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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 























JOURNALS 


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OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 


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From Fesroary the Ist, 1844, 


In the Seventu YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 


To DEcEMBER the 12th, 1844, 


In the Erguru Year of the Reign of 
QUEEN VICTORIA. 


a 


Sess. 1844. 


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Printed by Order of The House of Commons. 




















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JOURNALS 










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Sess. 1844. 








Jovis, 1° die Februarii ; 


Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


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


Mr. Speaker, 


The Queen commands this Honourable House to 


attend Her Majesty immediately in the House of 
Peers. 


——. 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 Warrants to the 
Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out new 
Writs for the election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the County of Kilkenny, in 
the room of George Bryan, Esquire, deceased ; and 
for the County of Tipperary, in the room of Valen- 
tine Maher, Esquire, deceased ; and also his War- 
rants to the Clerk of the Crown in Great Britain, 
to make out new Writs for the election of Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Kendal, in the room of George William Wood, 
Esquire, deceased; for the City of Salisbury, in 
the room of Wadham Wyndham, Esquire, deceased ; 
and for the City of London, in the room of Sir 
Matthew Wood, Baronet, deceased. 


Several Members returned upon new Writs, took 
the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and took 
and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration; and de- 
livered to the Clerk of the House an account of 
their Qualification. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had 
received from Major General Lord Saltoun, x.c.B., 
Major General Sir James Holmes Schoedde, k.c.B., 
and Vice Admiral Sir William Parker, c. c. B., 
respectively, the following Letters, in return to the 
Thanks of this House, communicated to each of 


them by Mr. Speaker, in. obedience to the Com- 
Vo. 99. 


mands of this House of the 14th day of February 
1843: 

Head Quarters, Hongkong, 
Sir, the 8th June 1843. 

I have the honour to state, that I have had the 
gratification of receiving your Letter of the 28th 
February last, inclosing certain Resolutions from 
the Honourable the House of Commons, expressive 
of their Thanks to the Naval and Military Forces 
in China, for their conduct in the late successful 
operations, which, I beg to state, I have had the 
pleasure of making known to the Force under my 
command. 


I further beg to acquaint you, that the two Letters 





addressed, under cover from the War Office, to 
Major General George Burrell, c. B., and Major 
General Sir Robert Bartley, k.c.B., respectively, 
have been returned to England by the mail of this 
day, those Officers having proceeded home. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient humble servant, 


Saltoun, 
Major General Commanding the 
The Right Honourable Land Force in China. 


The Speaker to the Honourable 
the House of Commons. 


Sir, Chusan, 11th July 1843. 

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 
your Letter of 28th February 1843, conveying to 
me, and the Officers and Men serving under me, the 
very gratifying and flattering Vote of the House of 
Commons; and which I had the pleasure to inform 
them of. And I beg to offer to you, Mr. Speaker, 
my sincere thanks for the kind manner in which 
you communicated to me the high and distinguished 
(and by me quite unexpected) honour conferred on 
me by the House of Commons. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient humble servant, 


J. H. Schoedde, Major General. 


To the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, 
Speaker of the House of Commons. 








B2 Her 








Athlone Elec- 


tion, 


Wiltshire 
( Northern Di- 
vision) Writ. 


Devizes Writ. 


Outlawries Bill. 


Mr. Speaker 
reports 

Her Majesty's 
Speech. 


Her Majesty’s Ship Cornwallis,at Hongkong, 
Sir, 15th June 1843. 


I have received with the proudest feelings of 


gratification, the distinguished honour of the Thanks 
of the House of Commons, transmitted in your 
Letter of the 28th of February last, and have lost 
no time in communicating, in the terms of the Reso- 
lutions, to the Officers and Men of the Navy and 
Royal Marines, including those of the East India 
Company under my command, the sense entertained 
by the House of the various services which have 
been successfully achieved by the combined Forces 
on the coasts and inland waters of China. 

To a British subject the approbation of the Re- 
presentatives of his countrymen must ever be one 
of his brightest rewards; and I very respectfully 
request you will have the goodness to express to 
the House, that by myself and the Force I have 
had the honour to command, their encomiums are 
deeply and gratefully appreciated. 

Allow me further to convey to you, Sir, my ac- 
knowledgments for the courtesy with which they , 
have been imparted, and to have the honour of re- | 
maining, 

Your most obedient servant, 
IV. Parker, Vice Admiral. 


To the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, 
Speaker of the House of Commons. 





Ordered, That the said Letters be entered in the 
Journals of this House. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 


1° Februari. 


» A. 1844, 


amicable dispositions of all Princes and States, con- 
firm Me in this expectation. 

I have directed that the Treaty which I have con- 
cluded with the Emperor of China, shall be laid 
before you; and I rejoice to think that it will in 
its results prove highly advantageous to the trade 


of this country. 


Throughout the whole course of my negotiations 
fo] ton) 


with the Government of China I have uniformly 
disclaimed the wish for any exclusive advantages. 


It has been My desire that equal favour should 


be shown to the industry and commercial enterprize 
of all nations. 


The hostilities which took place during the past 


year in Scinde have led to the annexation of a con- 
siderable portion of that country to the British 
Possessions in the East. 


In all the Military Operations, and especially in 


the Battles of Meeanee and Hydrabad, the constancy 
and valour of the Troops, Native and Ewropean, 
and the skill and gallantry of their distinguished 
Commander, have been most conspicuous. 


f 


I have directed that additional information, ex- 


| planatory of the Transactions in Scinde, shall be 


orthwith communicated to you. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 
The Estimates for the ensuing year will be imme- 


diately laid before you. 


They have been prepared with a strict regard to 


economy, and at the same time with a due consi- 
deration of those exigencies of the public service 
which are connected with the maintenance of our 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of | maritime strength, and the multiplied demands on 
Recognizances, stating that the Surety to the Peti-'the Naval and Military Establishments from the 


tion of Patrick Kelly and others, which was deli- | various parts ofa widely extended Empire. 


vered in upon the 17th day of August, in the last 
Session of Parliament, complaining of an undue 


Election and Return for the Borough of Athlone, | 





My Lords and Gentlemen, 
I congratulate you on the improved condition of 


being one Surety in the sum of £,1,000, is unob- | several important branches of the Trade and Ma- 


jectionable. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Northern Division 
of the County of Wilts, in the room of Sir Francis 
Burdett, Baronet, deceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


| 


nufactures of the country. 


I trust that the increased demand for labour has 


‘relieved, in a corresponding degree, many classes of 


| My faithful subjects from sufferings and privations, 
| which at former periods I have had occasion to 
| deplore. 


| 
| 


For several successive years the annual produce 
of the Revenue fell short of the Public Expenditure. 
I confidently trust that in the present year the 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ | Public Income will be amply sufficient to defray 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present | the charges upon it. 


Parliament for the Borough of Devizes, in the room 


I feel assured that, in considering all matters con- 


_ on Y ) ° ' . . 

of Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron, Esquire, who, | nected with the financial concerns of the country, 
since his election for the said Borough, hath ac-| you will bear in mind the evil consequences of accu- 
cepted the oftice of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma-| mulating debt during the time of peace, and that 


jesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desbo- 
rough and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 
A Bill for the more effectual preventing Clan- 


destine Outlawries, was read the first time; and or- 
cered to be read a second time. 


| 


| 


| 


you will firmly resolve to uphold that public credit, 
the maintenance of which concerns equally the per- 
manent interests and the honour and reputation of a 
great country. 

In the course of the present year the opportunity 
will occur of giving notice to the Bank of England 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had this | on the subject of the Revision of its Charter. 


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, 


It affords Me great satisfaction again to meet you 
in Parliament, and to have the opportunity of pro- 
fiting by your assistance and advice. 

{ entertain a confident hope that the general 


| 





It may be advisable that, during this Session of 
Parliament, and previously to the arrival of the 
period assigned for the giving of such notice, the 
state of the Law with regard to the Privileges of the 
Bank of England and to other Banking Establish- 
ments should be brought under your consideration. 

At the close of the last Session of Parliament I 
declared to you My firm determination to maintain 
inviolate the Legislative Union between Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland. 

I expressed at the same time My earnest desire 
to co-operate with Parliament in the adoption of 


peace, so necessary for the happiness and prosperity | all such measures as might tend to improve the 


of all nations, will continue uniterrupted. 


social condition of Zreland, and to develope the 


My friendly relations with the King of the French, | natural resources of that part of the United Kinge 
and the good understanding happily established be- dom. 
tween My Government and that of his Majesty, | 


I am resolved to act in strict conformity with this 


with the continued assurances of the peaceful and | declaration. 


| 





I forbear 








Mot 
Add 





Motion for 
Address. 


7 VictToriz. 


I forbear from observation on events in Jreland, 
in respect to which proceedings are pending before 
the proper legal tribunal. 

My attention has been directed to the state of 
the law and practice with regard to the occupation 
of land in Zreland. 

I have deemed it advisable to institute extensive 
local inquiries into a subject of so much importauce, 
and have appointed a Commission, with ample au- 
thority to conduct the requisite investigation. 

I recommend to your early consideration the en- 
actments at present in force in Ireland concerning 
the Registration of Voters for Members of Parlia- 
ment. 

You will probably find that a revision of the 
Law of Registration, taken in conjunction with 
other causes at present in operation, would produce 
a material diminution of the number of county voters, 
and that it may be advisable on that account to 
consider the state of the Law, with a view to an ex- 
tension of the county franchise in Ireland. 

I commit to your deliberate consideration the 
various important questions of Public Policy which 
will necessarily come under your review, with full 
confidence in your loyalty and wisdom, and with 
an earnest prayer to Almighty God to direct and 
favour your efforts to promote the welfare of all 
classes of My people. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, to acknowledge Her Majesty’s most 
gracious Speech from the Throne, and to thank Her 
Majesty for Her condescension in assuring us that 
it affords Her Majesty great satisfaction again to 
meet us in Parliament, and to have the opportunity 
of profiting by our assistance and advice: 

To assure Her Majesty, that we learn with great 
satisfaction, that Her Majesty entertains a confident 
hope that the general peace, so necessary for the 
happiness and prosperity of all nations, will continue 
uninterrupted : 

That we rejoice to be informed, that Her Majesty’s 
friendly relations with the King of the French, and 
the good understanding happily established between 
Her Majesty’s Government and that of his Ma- 
jesty, with the continued assurances of the peaceful 
and amicable dispositions of all Princes and States, 
confirm Her Majesty in this expectation : 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed to be 
laid before us the Treaty which Her Majesty has 
concluded with the Emperor of China, and which 
Her Majesty rejoices to think will, in its results, 
prove highly advantageous to the trade of this 
country : 

To express our thanks to Her Majesty, for ac- 
quainting us that, throughout the whole course of 
Her Majesty’s negotiations with the Government 
of China, Her Majesty has uniformly disclaimed 
the wish for any exclusive advantages; and that it 
has been Her Majesty's desire, that equa! favour 
should be shown to the industry and commercial 
enterprise of all nations : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us, 
that the hostilities which took place during the past 
year in Scinde, have led to the annexation of a con- 
siderable portion of that country to the British 
Possessions in the East : 

That we are gratified to learn, that, in all the 
military operations, and especially in the battles of 
Meeanee and Hydrabad, the constancy and valour 
of the troops, Native and European, and the skill 
and gallantry of their distinguished Commander, 
have been most conspicuous : 

To thank Her Majesty for having given directions, 
that additional information, explanatory of the 
transactions in Scinde, shall be forthwith communi- 
cated to us: 

To convey our thanks to Her Majesty, for having 
directed the Estimates for the ensuing year to be 

Vou. 99. 




















1° Februari. 5 


immediately laid before us ; and for Her Majestys« 
assurance, that they have been prepared with a strict 
regard to economy, and at the same time with a 
due consideration of those exigencies of the Public 
Service which are connected with the maintenance 
of our maritime strength, and the multiplied demands 
on the Naval and Military Establishments from the 
various parts of a widely extended empire : 

That we participate in the gratification expressed 
by Her Majesty, in the improved condition of several 
important branches of the trade and manufactures 
of the country ; and that, with Her Majesty, we 
trust that the increased demand for labour has re- 
lieved in a corresponding degree many classes of 
Her Majesty’s faithful subjects from sufferings and 
privations which, at former periods, Her Majesty 
has had occasion to deplore: 

That we rejoice to learn, that though for several 
successive years the annual produce of the Revenue 
fell short of the Public Expenditure, Her Majesty 
confidently trusts, that in the present year the Public 
Income will be amply sufficient to defray the charges 
upon it: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that in consider- 
ing all matters connected with the financial concerns 
of the country, we will bear in mind the evil conse- 
quences of accumulating debt during the time of 
peace ; and that we are firmly resolved to uphold 
that public credit, the maintenance of which con- 
cerns equally the permanent interests and the honour 
and reputation of a great country : 

To thank Her Majesty for having called our at- 


.tention to the circumstances that in the course of 


the present year the opportunity will occur of giving 
notice to the Bank of England on the subject of 
the revision of its Charter; and that it may be 
advisable that during this Session of Parliament, 
and previously to the arrival of the period assigned 
for the giving of such notice, the state of the Law 
with regard to the Privileges of the Bank of England 
and other Banking Establishments should be brought 
under our consideration : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
that Her Majesty is resolved to act in strict con- 
formity with the declaration made by Her Majesty 
at the close of the last Session of Parliament, of 
Her firm determination to maintain inviolate the 
Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and also of Her Majesty’s earnest desire to 
co-operate with Parliament in the adoption of all 
such measures as might tend to improve the social 
condition of Zreland, and to develope the natural 
resources of that part of the United Kingdom : 

That we recognize the just consideration of Her 
Majesty, in forbearing from observation on events 
in freland, in respect to which proceedings are 
pending before the proper legal tribunal : 

That we are gratified to learn that Her Majesty’s 
attention has been directed to the state of the law 
and practice with regard to the occupation of land 
in Ireland; and that Her Majesty has deemed it 
advisable to institute extensive local inquiries into 
a subject of so much importance, and has appointed 
a Commission with ample authority to conduct the 
requisite investigation : 

To thank Her Majesty for recommending that 
we should take into our early consideration the en- 
actments at present in force in Ireland, concerning 
the Registration of Voters for Members of Parlia- 
ment; and for Her Majesty’s gracious intimation 
that we may probably find that a revision of the 


|Law of Registration, taken in conjunction with 


other causes at present in operation, would produce 
a material diminution of the number of county vo- 
ters ; and that it may Le advisable on that account 
to consider the state of the law, with a view to an 

extension of the county franchise in Ireland: 
Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
of Wer Majesty’s confidence in the loyalty and wis- 
dom of Parliament, in committing to our deliberate 
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consideration the various important questions of |“ ple considerable relief from the pressure of taxa- 
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Public Policy which will necessarily come under |“ tion, without detriment to the public service. 





our review ; and that we unite with Her Majesty in 
an earnest prayer to Almighty God, to direct and 


favour our efforts to promote the welfare of all | 


classes of Her Majesty’s people ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ empire,” at 
the end of the ninth paragraph, the words, “ To 
“ assure Her Majesty, that Her faithful Commons 
will be always desirous to vote such Supplies as 
may be found just and necessary for the Public 
Service; but that, under the existing circum- 
stances of the country, we shall deem it our first 
and most important duty to inquire into the va- 
rious grievances complained of by Her people, 
and to devise such measures as may be most 
effectual for redressing all just causes of com- 
plaint.” 


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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 thef Mr. Sharman Crawford, | 
Yeas, Mr. Wallace : f 

Tellers for thef Sir Thomas I'remantle, —\,, 
Noes, \Mr. Henry Baring: | ie 

So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Veneris, 2° die Februarii, 1844: 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by inserting after the word “ deplore,” 
at the end of the tenth paragraph, the words, “ T 
“* declare that we should ill discharge the duty we 
owe to Her Majesty, if we did not direct Her 
most serious attention to the present condition of 
Her faithful people, which, notwithstanding the 
improvement in some branches of industry, still 
exhibits such an extent of destitution and suffer- 
ing, as to demand from Her Majesty’s faithful 


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causes, and the best means of removing the 
same : 

“ To assure Her Majesty that, although we fully 
appreciate the progress made by this Parliament 
in reducing the duties on many articles of import, 


jesty has not been advised to call our immediate 
attention to the repeal of those pernicious laws 


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so essential to the sustenance and comfort of the 
people, and to the prosperity of the State; and 
that we earnestly implore Her Majesty’s gracious 
co-operation for the repeal of those prohibitory 
and restrictive laws which give monopolies in 
Sugar and other articles to certain classes of Her 
Majesty’s subjects, to the detriment of the rest ; 
so that no duties may be levied on any imports, 
except for the direct purposes of Revenue to Her 
Majesty’s Exchequer : 


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“ To submit most respectfully to Her Majesty, 
that an excessive and unequal taxation, dispro- 
portionate to the reduced value of property, the 
diminished profits on capital, and to the inade- 
quate wages of labour, pressing on all ranks of 
the community, but especially on the working 


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Commons an expression of their opinion of the 


we at the same time deeply lament that Her Ma- | 


which prevent free trade in Corn and Provisions | 


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. Hume, 1 49 

Yeas, \ Dr. Bowring : aay 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremanile, hos 


Noes, Ul Mr. Henry Baring: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Resolution for 
to Her Majesty, to acknowledge Her Majesty’s Address 
|most gracious Speech from the Throne, and to thank 
| Her Majesty for Her condescension in assuring us 
that it affords Her Majesty great satisfaction again 

to meet us in Parliament, and to have the oppor- 
|tunity of profiting by our assistance and advice : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we learn with great 
satisfaction, that Her Majesty entertains a confident 
hope that the general peace, so necessary for the 
happiness and prosperity of all nations, will continue 
uninterrupted : 

That we rejoice to be informed, that Her Ma- 
| jesty’s friendly relations with the King of the French, 

and the good understanding happily established 
between Her Majesty’s Government and that of his 
| Majesty, with the continued assurances of the 
peaceful and amicable dispositions of all Princes 
iand States, confirm Her Majesty in this expectation : 
| To thank Her Majesty, for having directed to be 
laid before us the Treaty which Her Majesty has 
(concluded with the Emperor of China, and which 
| Her Majesty rejoices to think will, in its results, 
| prove highly advantageous to the trade of this 








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mi country : 


| To express our thanks to Her Majesty, for ac- 
| quainting us that, throughout the whole course of 


| Her Majesty’s negotiations with the Government of 


_ China, Her Majesty has uniformly disclaimed the 
wish for any exclusive advantages ; and that it has 
been Her Majesty’s desire, that equal favour should 

be shown to the industry and commercial enterprise 
| of all nations : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for informing us, 
that the hostilities which took place during the past 
| year in Scinde, have led to the annexation of a con- 
| siderable portion of that country to the British 
| Possessions in the East : 
| That we are gratified to learn, that, in all the mi- 
|litary operations, and especially in the battles of 
| Meeanee and Hydrabad, the constancy and valour 
of the troops, Native and European, and the skill 
and gallantry of their distinguished Commander, 
have been most conspicuous : 

To thank Her Majesty for having given direc- 
tions, that additional information, explanatory of 
the transactions in Scinde, shall be forthwith com- 
municated to us : 

To convey our thanks to Her Majesty, for having 
directed the Estimates for the ensuing year to be 
immediately laid before us ; and for Her Majesty’s 
assurance, that they have been prepared with a 
strict regard to economy, and at the same time with 
a due consideration of those exigencies of the 
Public Service which are connected with the main- 
tenance of our maritime strength, and the multiplied 
demands on the Navaland Military Establishments 
from the various parts ofa widely extended empire : 








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“ classes, is a principal cause of the existing dis- That we participate in the gratification expressed to ¢ 
“ tress; and that a reduction of the same is abso- | by Her Majesty, in the improved condition of se- Ad 
“ 


lutely necessary for the relief of Her Majesty’s 
loyal, peaceful and suffering people; that as this 
country is, and as we rejoice to hear is likely to 
continue, at peace with all the world, we humbly 
represent to Her Majesty, that many branches of 
the civil, military and naval establishments may 
« be so greatly reduced, as to procure for the peo- 


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veral important branches of the trade and manu- 
_factures of the country; and that, with Her Majesty, 
we trust, that the increased demand for labour has 
relieved in a corresponding degree many classes of 

Her Majesty’s faithful subjects from sufferings and 
privations which, at former periods, Her Majesty has 
had occasion to deplore : 


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Committee 
to draw up 
Address ; 


7 VicToriz. 


That we rejoice to learn, that though for several 
successive years the annual produce of the Revenue 
fell short of the Public Expenditure, Her Majesty 
confidently trusts, that in the present year the 
Public Income will be amply sufficient to defray 
the charges upon it: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that in consider- 
ing all matters connected with the financial concerns 
of the country we will bear in mind the evil con-' 
sequences of accumulating debt during the time of 
peace; and that we are firmly resolved to uphold 
that public credit, the maintenance of which con- 
cerns equally the permanent interests and the 
honour and reputation of a great country: 


To thank Her Majesty for having called our at- 
tention to the circumstances that in the course of 
the present year the opportunity will occur of giving 
notice to the Bank of England on the subject of 
the revision of its Charter; and that it may be ad- 
visable that during this Session of Parliament, and 
previously to the arrival of the period assigned for 
the giving of such notice, the state of the Law with 
regard to the Privileges of the Bank of England and 
other Banking Establishments should be brought 
under our consideration : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
that Her Majesty is resolved to act in strict con- 
formity with the declaration made by Her Majesty 
at the close of the last Session of Parliament, of 
Her firm determination to maintain inviolate the 
Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and also of Her Majesty’s earnest desire to 
co-operate with Parliament in the adoption of all 
such measures as might tend to improve the social 
condition of Zreland, and to develope the natural 
resources of that part of the United Kingdom : 


That we recognize the just consideration of Her 
Majesty, in forbearing from observation on events 
in Ireland, in respect to which proceedings are 
pending before the proper legal tribunal : 

That we are gratified to learn that Her Majesty’s | 
attention has been directed to the state of the Law | 
and practice with regard to the — of land | 
in Ireland; and that Her Majesty has deemed it | 
advisable to institute extensive local inquiries into | 
a subject ofso much importance, and has appointed | 
a Commission with ample authority to conduct the | 
requisite investigation : 

o thank Her Majesty for recommending that 
we should take into our early consideration the 
enactments at present in force in Ireland concerning 
the Registration of Voters for Members of Parlia- 
ment; and for Her Majesty’s gracious intimation 
that we may probably find that a revision of the 
Law of Registration, taken in conjunction with 
other causes at present in operation, would produce 
a material diminution of the number of county | 
voters; and that it may be advisable on that ac- 
count to consider the state of the Law with a view 
to an extension of the county franchise in Ire- 
land : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
of Her Majesty’s confidence in the loyalty and 


























wisdom of Parliament, in committing to our deli- 
berate consideration the various important questions 
of Public Policy which will necessarily come under | 
our review; and that we unite with Her Majesty in | 
an earnest prayer to Almighty God, to direct and | 
favour our efforts to promote the welfare of all | 
classes of Her Majesty’s people. 


1°—9° Februari. 7 


Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. 
Greene, or any Five of them:—And they are to 
withdraw immediately. 
Ordered, That Her Majestv’s Most gracious Queen's Speech 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament be referred ‘eferred. 
to the Committee. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s China. 
Command,—Copy of Treaty between Her Majesty 
and the Emperor of China, signed in the English 
and Chinese Languages at Nanking, August 29, 
1842, with other Documents relating thereto. 


Copy of Correspondence relative to Sinde, Sup- sinde. 
plementary to the Papers presented to Parliament 
in 1843. 

Copy of Treaty for the Marriage of Her Royal Princess 
Highness the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, with Augusta of 
His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke —— 
of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, signed at London, June 
23, 1843. 

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


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Newspaper 
Return of the Number of Stamps issued to News- Stamps, &amp;c. 
papers, and the Amount of Advertisement Duty 
paid on each in the two last quarters of the year 
1843, separately stated (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Returns of last Session); exhibiting also, 
the periods at which the Publication takes place, 
whether daily, weekly or otherwise. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Timber(¢Navy.) 

Return of the several expired Contracts for British 
and Foreign Oak and African Timber, Thick Stuff 
and Plank, for the use of Her Majesty’s Dockyards, 
since the year 1825; showing the date and expira- 
tion of each Contract, the Names of the Contractors, 
the Quantity delivered under each Contract ; toge- 
ther with the Price, and whether the Contract was 
made by Public or Private Tender, and whether the 
accepted Tender was the lowest one. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy. 
Return of the Ships whose Magazines have been 
altered, and how often, between the Ist day of Ja- 
nuary 1830 and the 1st day of July 1843, and the 
Expense attending such alteration ; and of the Ships 
whose sterns have been altered, and how often, 
between the 1st day of January 1830 and the 1st 
day of July 1843, and the Expense. 


Ordered, That the Return from the Court of gouthwark 
Requests for the Borough of Southwark, and the Court of Re- 
Eastern Half Hundred of Brizton, of the Salaries or 1°°*'* 
Stipends and Fees of the High Bailiff, andofeach No.1. 
of the chief and subordinate Clerks and executive 
Officers of the Court, on an average of the last seven 
years, to the last audit of Accounts, stating the 
source or sources from whence such Salaries, Fees 
or Stipends are derived ; also, the Number of Days 
of Attendance of each of the Chief Clerks in each 
of those years, the authority on which they from 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw | time to time delegate their office duties to the Sub- 
up an Address to be presented to Her Majesty upon | Clerks, with the aggregate Amount of unclaimed 


the said Resolution:—And a Committee was ap- | 
pointed of Viscount Clive, Mr. Cardwell, Sir | 
Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Edward Knatch- 
bull, Sir Henry Hardinge, the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. 
Attorney General, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. 
— Lord Eliot, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Gladstone, 
OL. 99. 


Suitors’ Cash or Stock at the last audit, with an 
Account of the Total Amount of Debts recovered 
during the said period, distinguishing the Amount 
under Forty shillings, Ten shillings and Five shillings 
respectively, and stating the Aggregate Amount of 
Costs incurred thereon, on Debts recovered under 
Forty shillings, Ten shillings and Five shillings re- 

B4 spectively, 








Ramsey 
Inclosure. 


Lighthouses. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Bury Inc!osure 


Rirmingham 
Canal Naviga- 
tiuns, 


Birkenhead 
Docks. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement. 





8 1°—.2° Februariz. 


spectively, which was presented upon the 22d day of 
August in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 











Veneris, 2° die Februari ; 





Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Owners and Proprietors of 
£\ estates in the parish of Ramsey, in the county 
of Huntingdon, for leave to bring in a Bill for in- 
closing Lands in the said parish, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Maltby, from the Trinity House, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the di- | 
rections 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 1842 by the Corporation of Trinity 
House of Deptford Strond:—And then he with- | 
drew. 

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


Mr. Johnson, from the Lord Chancellor’s Princi- 
pal Secretary’s Office, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament, —- An Account of Compensations 
eranted to the there-undermentioned Officers of the 
High Court of Chancery, pursuant to the Act 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 103, and chargeable upon the Sui- 
tors’ Fee Fund :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 





Table. 


. &lt;A Petition of Proprietors of estates in the parish 


of Bury,in the county of Huntingdon, for leave to 
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 the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Canal Navigations, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for enabling the said Company to borrow 
a further Sum of Money, and to extend and alter 
some of the provisions of their present Acts, was 


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


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property, 
and other Inhabitants of Birkenhead, and the 
neighbourhood thereof, in the county of Chester, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for constructing Tidal 
Basins, a Dock and other Works, at Birkenhead, 


in the county of Chester, and for other purposes, | 


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


A Petition of Commissioners for executing an 


“A. 1844. 


A Petition of Promoters of a line of Railway Newbury and 
from the Great Western Railway to the town of —- 
Newbury, for leave to bring in a Bill for making the “i 
said Railway, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Liverpool New Gas and Coke Liverpool 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and New Gas and 
np F Coke. 
enlarge the provisions of two several Acts for light- 
ing with Gas the Town of Liverpool, and certain 
Places adjacent thereto, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Ribble Navigation Company, Ribble _ 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- Navigation. 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and to en- 
able the Owners of reclaimed Lands to pay a Sum 
in gross in lieu of the annual Rents, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Clark (now, and during Legal and Ju. 
nearly seventeen years last past, a Prisoner in Her dicial Reform 
Majesty’s prison of the Fleet, and by recent transfer, 
in the Queen’s Prison), suggesting certain measures 
of legal and judicial reform ; and praying the House 
to take into consideration the practicability of a 
complete revision and compilement of the laws 
relative to the jurisprudence of the country, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Merchants and Inhabitants of the State Trial 
borough of Liverpool, complaining of the recent (Ireland.) 
proceedings on the pending State Trial in Ireland, 
in regard to the rejection and omission of names 
from the special jury panel; and praying the House 
to adopt measures for preventing the recurrence 
thereof, was presented, and and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Persons engaged in the promotion Norwich and 


of a Railway from the city of Norwich to the town Brandon Rail. 


of Brandon, in the county of Norfolk, for leave to **Y 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Worwich 

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


A Petition of Members of the Royal Society for Slaugltering 
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, stating that Horses Act. 
_the Petitioners have directed their serious attention 
| to the state of the various houses and premises in 
| and around the metropolis, commonly called, or 
| known as knackers’ yards ; and praying the House 
to alter and amend the Act for regulating houses 
and other places kept for the purpose of slaughter- 
ing horses, and for the enactment of an improved 

system of additional powers to the sessions, to inspec- 
_tors and to the police, was presented, and read ; and 
| ordered to lie upon the Table. 





| &lt;A Petition of Inhabitants of the several towns Manchester, 
_and places, and Owners and Occupiers of property Bury *"4 
‘ ! Rossendale 

on the line or in the neighbourhood of a Railway Railway. 
, to commence by a junction with the Manchester 

and Bolton Railway, in the township of Clifton, in 

the parish of Eccles, and to terminate in the town- 
| ship of Zower Booths, in the parish of Whalley, all 





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Act for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing andj in the county palatine of Lancaster, for leave to 

otherwise improving the Township or Chapelry of, bring in a Bill for making the said Railway, was 
Birkenhead, in the County Palatine of Chester, and | resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

for regulating the Police thereof, and for esta-| Table. 

blishing a Market within the said Township, for 

leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Purchase| A Petition of Thomas Horton, of Brierley Hill, Nutiouai Debt. 
of ** Monk's Ferry” by the Commissioners for won ggg a plan for paying off the National 


: Cu 
Improvementof Birkenhead, Claughton-cum-Grange,| Debt; and praying, that the House will make . 


and part of Oxton, in the county of Chester, and for|a law to pay off such Debt, to throw into this 
amending the Acts relating to the said Commis-; nation upwards of Eight hundred millions of law- 


sioners, Was presented, and read; and ordered to| ful authorized capital, and to reduce its burdens 
lie upon the Table. 


twenty-eight millions a year, either immediately, or 
in 





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Electors 
(Ireland. ) 


Malt. 


Hops. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 


Foreign Juris- 
diction Act, 


Baukruptey. 


Court of 
Chancery and 
urts of Law, 


2° Feb 


in about thirty-one years hence, in the way recom- 
mended in his Petition, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


7 VicToRi&amp;. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Electors for Counties in Lreland 
now entitled to vote, with the Name of the Baronies 
from which each Elector registers :—And, a similar 
Return of the Electors registered after the passing 
of the Irish Reform Act. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Total Number of Quarters of 
Malt made between the 10th day of October 1842 
and the 10th day of October 1843 ; distinguishing 
the Quantity made in each Country, and the Quan- 
tity used by Brewers and Victuallers and Retail 
Brewers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land ia 
Great Britain under the Cultivation of Hops in the 
year 1843; distinguishing the Number of Acres in 
each Parish :--Of the Duty on Hops of the Growth 
of the year 1843; distinguishing the Districts, 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 1843 to the 
dth day of January 1844; distinguishing the Coun- 
tries 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 1843 
to the 5th day of January 1844; distinguishing the 
Ports where imported, and the Countries from 


whence exported. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


an Account of the Number of Persons in each o 


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, par- 
ticularizing each Class in each Collection, from the 
10th day of October 1842 to the 10th day of Octo- 


ber 1845. 


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


to give directions that there be laid before thi 


House, Copies of all Orders in Council issued in 
‘ Resolved, That an humble Address be presented shea, 
“* The Foreign Jurisdiction Act;” and of any In- 
structions given to Her Majesty’s Consuls and 
Diplomatic Agents in Foreign Countries, on the 
subject of Criminal Jurisdiction over British Sub- 


consequence of the Act of last Session, intituled 


jects in those Countries. 


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 tiis House, a 
Return of all Sums of Money received and paid to 
the Fund called “ The Secretary of Bankrupts’ Ac- 
count,” since the passing and under the Statute 


5 and 6 Vic. c. 122; with a Return of the Names o 


all Persons who have been paid by Salary, Compen- 
sation or in any other manner, and with the Sums 
charged on the said Fund, and all Charges allowed 


on the same Fund. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of every Claim for Compensation made to 
the Lord Chancellor by each Person, as the Clerk 
of the Enrolments, Deputy of such Clerk, Comp- 


troller of the Hanaper, Riding Clerk, Six Clerk 


Sworn Clerk, Waiting Clerk, Agent or Record 


Vot. 99. 









ruari?. 9 
Keeper, under the Statute 5 and 6 Vic. c. 103, 5.1: 
—And, of any Order made by the Lord Chancellor for 
Compensation under the Statute 5 and 6 Vic. c. 103: 
—Returns ofall Compensations awarded or allowed 
to Officers in the Courts of Justice, under the Sta- 
tutes 11 Geo. 4, and 1 Will. 4, c. 58; stating the 
Names of the Persons, the Amount of Compensa- 
tion, and the Office in respect of which the Com- 
pensation was awarded and allowed :—Of all Sine- 
cure Offices and Offices entirely performed by 
Deputy in the Court of Chancery and the Superior 
Courts of Common law at Westminster; stating 
the Names of the Holders of such Offices, and the 
Amount of Salaries received for the last Three 
years :—And, of the various Duties performed by 
the Masters of the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Com- 
mon Pleas and Exchequer at Westminster. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Proclamation issued by Her 
Majesty to certain Districts in South Wales, dated 
Monday, October the 2d, 1843. 

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. 


tenant and Council of Jreland, dated Saturday, 
October the 7th, 1845. 








dom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844, after abating the Expenditure thereout de- 
frayed by the several Revenue Departments, and 
,| of the actual Issues or Payments within the same 
f} period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the Re- 
demption of Funded, or paying off Unfunded Debt, 
and of the Advances and Repayments for Local 
Works, &amp;c. :—And, of the Balances of the Public 
Money remaining in the Exchequer on the 5th day 
of January 1843, the Amount of Money raised by 
the additions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt, in 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1844, the 
Money applied to the Redemption of the Funded, 
or the paying off Unfunded Debt, the Total Amount 
of Advances and Repayments on account of Local 
Works, &amp;c., with the difference accruing thereon, 
and the Balances in the Exchequer on the 5th day 
S|of January 1844. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of Correspondence, or Extracts of 
Correspondence, connected with Captain Harris’s 
Mission to Shoa, on the subject of the late Com- 
mercial Treaty with that 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. 


Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, as 
f | published in the Gazette, since the 8th day of De- 
cember 1842 :—And, of the Notes in Circulation 
of the Bank of England, and other Banks of Issue 
in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and of 
the Bullion in the Bank of England in each Month, 
since the 7th day of January 1843, as published 
in the Gazette (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 46, of Session 1843). 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Proclamation 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (South Wales.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Proclamation 
a Copy of a Proclamation issued by the Lord Lieu- (Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
Accounts of the Net Income of the United King- and Expendi- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank of 
Accounts of the Quarterly Averages of the Weekly England, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a poor Law. 
,| Copy of any Correspondence that has taken place 
between the Poor Law Commissioners and the 

Cc Guardians 


Public Peti- 
tions, 


Orders and 
Resolutions. 


Elections. 


10 


Guardians of the Wells Union, relative to the Dis- 
missal of Mr. George Newman from Medical Super- 
intendence of the Poor ofthe Glastonbury District. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Orders 
of the House relative to the presentation of Public 
Petitions, might be read ; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

1. That every Member offering to present a Peti- 
tion 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 signatures 
attached to it, and of the material allegations con- 
tained in it, and to the reading of the prayer of 
such Petition. 

2. That every such Petition not containing matter 
in breach of the Privileges of this House, and 
which, according to the rules or usual 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. 

3. 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. 

4, That in the case of such Petition complaining 
of some present personal grievance, for which there 
may be an urgent necessity for providing an imme- 
diate remedy, the matter contained in such Petition 
may be brought into discussion on the presentation 
thereof. 

5. That all other such Petitions, after they shall 
have been ordered to lie on the Table, be referred 
to the Committee on Public Petitions, without any 
Question being put. 

6. That subject to the above regulations, Petitions 
against any Resolution or Bill, imposing a Tax or 
Duty for the current service of the year, be hence- 
forth received, and the usage under which the House 
has refused to entertain such Petitions be discon- 
tinued. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Standing Orders be repealed :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That all persons who will question any 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, for 
any county, city, borough or place in the United 
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 
two or more places in any part of the United 
Kingdom do make their election for which of the 
places they will serve, within one week from and 
after the expiration of the fourteen days before li- 
mited for presenting Petitions, provided there be no 
question upon the Return for that place, and if any 
thing shall come in question touching the Return 
or Election of any Member, he is to withdraw during 
the time the matter is in debate, and that all Mem- 
bers returned upon double Returns do withdraw till 
their Returns are determined. 

Ordered, That all persons who shall question any 
Return of Members to serve in the present Parlia- 
ment, upon any allegation of Bribery and Corruption, 
and who shall in their Petition specifically allege 
any payment of money or other reward to have 
been made by any Member, or on his account, or 
with his privity, since the time of such Return, in 
pursuance or in furtherance of such Bribery or Cor- 
ruption, may question the same at any time within 
twenty-eight days after the date of such payment; 


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A. 1844. 


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 
such Peers of freland as shall for the time being 
be actually elected, and shall not have declined to 
serve for any county, city or borough of Great Bri- 
tain, hath any right to give his vote in the Election 
of any Member to serve in Parliament. 

Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the 
liberties and privileges of the Commons of the 
United Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or 
other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland 
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 Ireland, at such Elections in Great 
Britain respectively, where such Peer shall appear 
as a Candidate, or by himself, or any others, be 
proposed to be elected; or for any Lord Lieutenant 
or Governor of any county to avail himself of any 
authority derived from his Commission, to influence 
the Election of any Member to serve for the Com- 
mons in Parliament. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person 
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 
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 
endeavoured 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 
will 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 of- 


fender. 

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 annoy- 
ance 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 Foot- 
men 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 

















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Witnesses. 
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Strangers. 
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Metropolis 
Police. 
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Prayers. 


Letters, 


Private Bills, 
No 2. 


Privileges. 


Public Business. 


Address 
Teported, 


7 Vicroriz. 


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

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

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

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


Resolved, That this House will not receive any 
Petition for any Private Bill after Friday the 23d 
day of this instant February. 

Resolved, That no Private Bill be read the first 
time after Friday the 22d day of March next. 

Resolved, 'That this House will not receive the 
Report of any such Private Bill after Friday the 
24th day of May next. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be printed. 


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


Resolved, That in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, all Orders of the day set down in the Order 
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. 

fesolved, 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. 


V iscount Clive reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed yesterday to drawn 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, 


2° Februariz. 


11 


‘gracious Speech from the Throne, and to thank 
| Your Majesty for Your condescension in assuring 
‘us that it affords Your Majesty great satisfaction 

| again to meet Your faithful Commons in Parliament, 

and to have the opportunity of profiting by our as- 
sistance and advice: 

We assure Your Majesty, that we learn with 
| great satisfaction, that Your Majesty entertains a 
_ confident hope that the general peace, so necessary 

for the happiness and prosperity of all nations, will 
continue uninterrupted : 

We rejoice to be informed, that Your Majesty’s 
friendly relations with the King of the French, and 
the good understanding happily established between 
Your Majesty’s Government and that of his Majesty, 
with the continued assurances of the peaceful and 
amicable dispositions of all Princes and States, con- 
| firm Your Majesty in this expectation : 

We humbly thank your Majesty for having di- 
rected to be laid before us the Treaty which Your 








Majesty has concluded with the Emperor of China, 
and which Your Majesty rejoices to think will, in 
its results, prove highly advantageous to the trade 
of this country: 

We desire to express our thanks to Your Ma- 
jesty, for acquainting us that, throughout the whole 
course of Your Majesty’s negotiations with the Go- 
vernment of China, Your Majesty has uniformly 
disclaimed the wish for any exclusive advantages ; 
and that it has been Your Majesty’s desire that 
equal favour should be shown to the industry and 
commercial enterprise of all nations : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us, that the hostilities which took place during the 
past year in Scinde, have led to the annexation of 
a considerable portion of that country to the British 
Possessions in the East : 

We are gratified to learn, that, in all the military 
operations, and especially in the battles of Meeanee 
and Hydrabad, the constancy and valour of the 
troops, Native and European, and the skill and 
gallantry of their distinguished Commander, have 
been most conspicuous : 

We thank Your Majesty for having given direc- 
tions, that additional information, explanatory of 
the Transactions in Scinde, shall be forthwith com- 
municated to us: 


We beg to convey our thanks to your Majesty, 
for having directed the Estimates for the ensuing 
year to be immediately laid before us ; and for Your 
Majesty’s assurance, that they have been prepared 
with a strict regard to economy, and at the same 
time with a due consideration of those exigencies of 
the Public Service which are connected with the 
maintenance of our maritime strength, and the mul- 
tiplied demands on the Naval and Military Esta- 
blishments from the various parts of a widely ex- 
tended empire : 

We participate in the gratification expressed by 
Your Majesty in the improved condition of several 














important branches of the trade and manufactures 
of the country ; and, with Your Majesty, we trust 
that the increased demand for labour has relieved 
in a corresponding degree many classes of Your 
Majesty’s faithful subjects from sufferings and pri- 
vations which, at former periods, Your Majesty has 
had occasion to deplore : 
| We rejoice to learn, that though for several 
| successive years the annual produce of the Reve- 
nue fell short of the Public Expenditure, Your Ma- 
jesty confidently trusts, that in the present year the 
| Public Income will be amply sufficient to defray the 
| charges upon it : 

We humbly assure Your Majesty, that in consider- 
ing all matters connected with the financial concerns 





_ We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal sub- | of the country we will bear in mind the evil con- 
jects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of sequences of accumulating debt during the time 
Great Britain and Jreland in Parliament assembled, | of peace ; and that we are firmly resclved to uphold 


beg leave to acknowledge Your Majesty’s most 
Vor. 99. 


that public credit, the maintenance of which con- 
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veto bP sis fe By Aes: a Ordered, That Her Majesty’s Most gracious Queen's Speech 

We fully recognize the just consideration of Your |Speech to both Houses of Parliament be taken into —"! 
Majesty, in forbearing from observation on events 
in Ireland, in respect to which proceedings are | 
pending before the proper legal tribunal : 

We are gratified to learn that Your Majesty’s 
attention has _ directed to the state of the Law 
and practice with regard to the occupation of land : : : . “ae . 
Todend: des ye, ath Mains a Reema fa | caster, to or near to the city of Carlisle, and other 
advisable to institute extensive local inquiries into 
a subject ofso much importance, and has appointed | 


a Commission with ample authorit d . 
. eee Pree I y toconduct the | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
requisite Investigation : | 


we should take into our early considerati | , he 
enactments at present in Suen in Persson some | The House was moved, That the Act 4 and 5 Vic., Metropolis 
nae sé s oncerning , aatge taal : af 1 t 
- 5 “&gt;| ¢. 40, to empower the Commissioners of Her Ma- Improvements 
the Registration of Voters for Members of Parlia- 4 P - Bill. 
ment; and for Your Majesty’s gracious intimation | 


°° | $1 i 4 is Ss ‘l 
that we may probably find that a revision of the | sania bee ccamagenct ibe agea: Aeaga t-—py 
Law of Registration, taken in conjunction with other | 
causes at present in operation, would produce a 
material diminution of the number of county voters ; . — : 
and that it may be advisable on that account to | Coes Fee bene te ahaie Se Sg eS 


consider the state of the Law, with a view to an ex- &gt; . . 
tension of the county franchise in Ireland : the Earl of Lincoln and Sir Thomas Fremantle do 


our review; and we unite with Your Majesty in an | : ; am 
earnest prayer to Almighty God, to direct and fa- on the Security of the Land Revenues of the Crown, 


“fk Sa _ within the County of Middlesex and City of London : 
prs he stele the welfare of all classes And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


proposed to be left out stand part of the Address ; 





12 9° 3° Februariz. - A. 1844, 


cerns equally the permanent interests and the ho-|“ may probably find that a revision of the Law of 
nour and reputation of a great country : ; 1 

We thank Your Majesty for having called our |“ causes at present in operation, would produce a 
attention to the circumstances, that in the course of | “ material diminution of the number of county 
the present year the opportunity will occur of giving |“ voters; and that it may be advisable on that 


wo 


Registration, taken in conjunction with other 


notice tothe Bank of England on the subject of the | “ account to consider the state of the Law, with a 
revision of its Charter; and that it may be advis- | “ view to an extension of the county franchise in 
able that during this Session of Parliament, and“ Zreland:” 

previously to the arrival of the period assigned for | 


the giving of such notice, the state of the Law with | words proposed to be left out stand part of the said 
regard to the Privileges of the Bank of England and | 


And the Question being proposed, That the 


| Address :—The said proposed Amendment was, with 


other Banking Establishments should be brought | leave of the House, withdrawn. 
under our consideration : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for the assurance | Cc 
that Your ye ge is resolved to act in strict con- 
formity with the declaration made by Your Majesty | a ; 
at x ew of the last Session of Putionan, of| Phe. og — — — be presented to 
Your firm determination to maintain inviolate the | ys ad t , vig “nea f this Hous 
Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ire- | YERTOR, SURE SUCR SSCMWETS OF This tOuse aS 


Her Majesty. 


} 
| 


land, and also of Your Majesty’s earnest desire to | i 4 wir! “ey a ge 
co-operate with Parliament in the adoption of all | She will be. i d ws rr He oo 
such measures as might tend to improve the social |’ a ae a 


consideration upon Monday next. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property I 
/on or near the line of an intended Railway, from 4 
the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, at or 
near the town of Lancaster, in the county of Lan- 


| Inhabitants of the counties, or some of them, through 
| which the same is intended to be made, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making the said Railway, was 


Ve thank Your Majesty for recommending that | — 

| jesty’s Woods to raise Money for certain Improve- 
| Revenues of the Crown, within the County of Mid- 
| dlesex and City of London, might be read ; and the 
| same being read ; 


to enlarge the powers of the said Act: And that 


We humbly thank Your Majesty for the assurance | poggere, st Seng 1 in. 


, . ’ : : The Earl of Lincoln accordingly presented a Bill 
of Your Majesty's confidence in the loyalty and wis | to enlarge the powers of an Act of ihe fourth and 
dom of Parliament, in committing to our deliberate | - p 


} 
| 


, él : ‘fifth years of Her present Majesty, empowering th 
consideration the various important questions of | wat et ttraheagg 9 ee 
Public Policy which will necessarily come under | 


Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to raise 
| Money for certain Improvements in the Metropolis, 


to be read a second time upon Monday next ; and 


The said Address being read a second time ; to be printed. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 


unto, by leaving out the words, “ that Your Ma- Aud Gan Ge Rae pened Gk Semen. 
“ jesty is resolved to act in strict conformity with | 


“c 





the declaration made by Your Majesty at the | ete 

close of the last Session of Parliament, of Your 

firm determination to maintain inviolate the Le- Sabbati. 3° die Februari: 

gislative Union between Great Britain and Ire- ‘ ’ 

land, and also :” Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
And the Question being put, That the words| Prayers. 





Khe Tienes Mahtad IR Robert Peel stated, that when the House 





Resolved, Vhat this House doth agree with the Address 
ommittee in the said Address to be presented to agreed to, 


ered. 


aancaster 


nd Carlisle 


Railway. 


No.3. 


Queen’s Specch 


‘ : Address.) 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; yesterday had agreed to the Address, and had ¢ 


iho Teas Gh the: eae Rat ‘resolved that it should be presented to Her Ma- 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir 7 ae |jesty by me male Sie Se Se eens, wd 

ie { Mr Henry Baring: * 142, | the convenience of Members, that Her Majesty 
Tellers for the Mr. Share on oe rated 1 would probably appoint to be attended this day at 

ste | Oe Min , 35,| two o'clock ; that Her Majesty was most desirous 
So it was wail in the iia |to be attended by Her faithful Commons, but that 
2 ™ eure it was his painful duty to communicate to the House, 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made that intelligence had been received of the death of 


to the said Address, by leaving out the words, “and | his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Cobourg- 


‘ee 


for Your Majesty’s gracious intimation, that we| Gotha, the Father of the illustrious Prince the Con- 
sort 





ecch 





Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture, 


No. 4. 


Electors, 


7 Vicroriz. 


sort of Her Majesty, which, although not strictly | 
official, left little doubt of the melancholy event; | 
that, under those circumstances, he would propose | 
that the Resolution for presenting the Address to , 
Her Majesty by the whole House, should be re-| 
scinded, and that the Address should be presented | 
by such Members of the House as are of Her Ma-| 
jesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 

The House was moved, That the Resolution of, 
the House of yesterday, That the said Address be. 


3°—5° Februariz. 


13 


stract of the Number of each class, and of the 
whole; showing also, a comparison of the Increase 
or Decrease since the last Return, with a Summary 
of the foregoing Returns (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 579, of Session 1840). 





Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Prisons 
24th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- Scotle4.) 


/ment, for Returns of the Aggregate Sums of Money 


imposed by the General Prison Board of Scotland, 
under the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 42; together with the 


presented to Her Majesty by the whole House, Allocations thereof in the different Cities and Burghs 


might be read ; and the same being read ; 


and Counties of Scotland; distinguishing the Amount 


Resolved, That the said Resolution be rescinded. | of Crime and Population in each District ; and dis- 


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, pursuant to Order,— 
Accounts of the Net Income of the United Kingdom 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1844, after 
abating the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the 
several Revenue 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.:—And, of 
the Balances of the Public Money remaining in the 
Exchequer on the 5th day of January 1843, the 
Amount of Money raised by the additions to the 


Funded or Unfunded Debt, in the year ended the | 


5th day of January 1844, the Money applied to the 
Redemption of the Funded, or the paying off Un- 
funded Debt, the Total Amount of Advances and 
Repayments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with 
the difference accruing thereon, and the Balances in 
the Exchequer on the 5th day of January 1844. 

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


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of June, 
in the last Session of Parliament,—Returns of the 
Number of Electors on the Register for each County 
in England and Wales for the year 1842-43: dis- 
tinguishing, in classes, the Number registered as 
Freeholders, Copyholders, Leaseholders, occupying 
Tenants at £.50 per annum rent and upwards, or as 
holding qualifications of a similar nature ; together 
with an Abstract of the Numbers of each class, 
showing the Increase or Decrease in Number, under 
each separate head, since the Return made to this 
House in the Session of 1840, with a Summary of 
the foregoing Returns :—Of the Number of Electors 
on the Register for each City, Town or Borough in 


England and Wales, for the year 1842-43 ; distin- | 


guishing, in classes, the Numbers registered in each 
place as £.10 Occupiers, and the Numbers registered 
under the old Qualifications reserved by the Reform 
Act, specifying what such Qualifications are in 
each, and whether the Party possessed the old and 


the new Franchise ; together with an Abstract of | 


the Numbers of each class and of the whole, showing, 
as above, the Increase or Decrease since the last 
Return, with a Summary of the foregoing Returns : 
—Of the Number of Electors on the Register for 
each County in Scotland for the year 1842-43, 
showing, in columns, those transferred from the old 
Roll of Freeholders to the new Roll, the £.10 Life 
Rent, and those enrolled on the different Qualifica- 
tions of Property or Lease; distinguishing, in each 
class, those enrolled as Life Renters, and those en- 
rolled as a Joint Qualification, showing a comparison 
of the Increase or Decrease since the last Keturn, 
with a Summary of the foregoing Returns :—And, 
of the Number of Electors on the Register in each 


City or Burgh returning or contributing to return a 


Member or Members to serve in Parliament, in 
classes of Burghs, for the year 1843 ; showing, in 


columns, the Number of Owners and Occupiers, Joint 


Owners and Joint Occupiers; together with an Ab- 
Vou. 99. 


_tinguishing also, under separate heads, the Purposes 
| for which, and the Places where, the Monies have 
| been applied, for the years 1840, 1841 and 1842: 

—And, of the Rates imposed upon the Inhabitants 
| of the different Counties, Cities and Burghs of Scot- 
| land, under the said Act, for the same years, distin- 


| guishing the Rate for each year. 


| Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Court of Session 


| the directions of an Act 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 1843 and the Ist day of January 
1844; showing the Number of Causes ready for 
Judgment, but not disposed of at the last of these 
Dates. 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


Lune, 5° die Februari ; 


Anno 7° Victoriz Regine, 1844. 





PRAYERs. 


the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—List (No. 122), specifying 
the Particulars of the Compensation proposed to be 
granted to the there under-mentioned Person who 
belonged to the late Maritime Service of the East 
India Company, under an arrangement sanctioned 
by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of 
India, and laid before the Honourable the House of 
Commons on the 26th February 1835 :—And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of 
Factories to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, for the half year 
ending 31st December 1843. 

Mr. Bingham Baring also presented, pursuant to 
| the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a 
Legislative Despatch from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company to the Governor-General 
of India in Council, dated the 31st January 1844, 
No. 4:—Slavery. 

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





Ordered, That a Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills be appointed :—And a Committee 
was appointed 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, Sir John 
Yarde Buller, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Richard Walker, 
Mr. George Philips, Mr. Bell, Mr. Gibson Craig, 
O’ Conor Don, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Hors- 
man, Mr. Eliot Yorke, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Aglionby, 
Captain Jones, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Barneby, Mr. 

c3 Benjamin 








(Scotland, ) 


M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India. 


Mr. Bingham Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s Factorics. 


Slavery 
(East Indies.) 


Petitions for 
Private Bills. 





14 


Benjamin Wood, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Stans- 
field, Lord Worsley, Mr. Henry Baillie, Mr. Edward 
Buller, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Hope Johnstone, 
Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, Mr. Packe, Mr. Ac- 
land, Mr. Evans, Mr. Home Drummond, Mr. Par- 
ker, Mr. Marshall and Mr. Evelyn Philip Shirley ; 
with power to send for persons, papers and records. 


Brandes Burton 


0 A Petition of Proprietors of estates in the parish 
closure, 


of Brandes Burton, in the county of York, and also 
of the Corporation of the Poor of Emanuel Hospital, 
in or near Westminster, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Brandes Bur- 
ton, in the county of York, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 

Great Western | 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the seve- 
ral Acts relating to the Great Western, the Chel- 
tenham and Great Western Union, and the Oxford 
Railways, to amalgamate the two last-mentioned 
Railways with the Great Western Railway, and to 
authorize the formation of certain additional Works 
at Cheltenham and Gloucester by the Great Western 
Railway Company, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 





Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Railway 
(Macclesfield 
and Poynton 
Branches. ) 


A Petition of the Manchester and Birmingham 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Biil for 
enabling the said Company to vary the Line of their 
Branch Railway to Macclesfield, and to make an- 
other Branch therefrom, and for amending the for- 
mer Acts relating to the said Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 











Window Tax. Petitions from Southampton ;—and, Cheltenham ; 


praying that Licensed Victuallers may be placed on 
the same footing in regard to the Tax on Windows | 
as other tradesmen, owners of warehouses and shops, | 
in which goods are deposited, sold and exposed for | 
sale,—were presented, and read; and ordered to | 
lie upon the Table. 


Ramsey 
Inclosure. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Ramsey Inclo- 
sure Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, be | 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for | 
Private Bills. 
Bury Inclosure. Ordered, That the Petition for the Bury Inclosure | 
Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, be | 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Sites Ordered, That the Petition for the Birmingham 

Canal Navigs Canal Navigations Bill, which was presented upon 

tons. Friday last, be referred to the Select Committtee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 

Birkenhead Ordered, That the Petition for the Birkenhead 

Docks. 


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


Birkenhead 
linprovement. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Birkenhead 
Improvement Bill, which was presented upon Fri- 
day last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Newbury and 
Great Western 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Newbury and 
Great Western Railway Bill, which was presented 


— upon Friday last, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
Liverpool Ordered, That the Petition for the Liverpool New 
oe Gas and Gas and Coke Bill, which was presented upon Fri- 
oe, 


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





5° Februari. 


, A. 1844. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Ribble Navi- Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, 84" 
be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Norwich and Norwich and 
Brandon Railway Bill, which was presented upon Brancon Rail- 
Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee on“ 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Manchester, Manchester, 
Bury and Rossendale Railway Bill, which was pre- Bury, — 
sented upon Friday last, be referred to the Select Reitway. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. , 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Zancaster and Lancaster 
Carlisle Railway Bill, which was presented upon 2n4 Carlisle 
Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee on atten 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions of the Rural Dean and Clergy of the Saint Asaph 
Southern Division of the Deanery of Frome ;—and, 2"4 Bangor 
Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Saint P'°*e*** 
Andrew, in Wells; praying the House to take into 
its earliest consideration, with a view to its enact- 
ment, any Bill that may be introduced for prevent- 
ing the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, 
and at the same time providing for the immediate 
appointment of a Bishop to the newly-erected See 
of Manchester,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Langriville ;—Brothertoft;--Don- Corn Laws. 
ington ;-— East Ville ;-- Wrangle ;—Gosberton ;— 
Swineshead ;--Pelham’s Lands ;-—Midville ;-- Fish- 
toft;—Frith Ville ;-— Butterwick ; — Stickney ;— 
Benington ; -- Leake (Lincoln) ; -— Quadring ; -—— 
Bicher ;— Frampton ;-—¥reiston ;-— Thornton-le-fen ; 
-—Kirton ; — Boston; -- Leverton ;— Wyberton ; — 
Fosdyhke ; — Sutterton ; — Surflect ;-- Skirbeck ; —— 
and, Wigtoft; praying the House to resist the efforts 
now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and in 
consideration of the vast amount of capital and skill 
which has been expended on the improvement of 
the land on the faith of protection, and of the evils 
which must attend the making this country depen- 
dent on foreign lands for the chief necessaries of 
life, that the House will preserve to the agricul- 
turists that amount of protection which they at pre- 


|sent possess,—were presented, and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitant House- 
holders of the borough of Kidderminster, in the 
county of Worcester, stating that the Petitioners are 
now and have been for some time past overburthened 
with the amount of the rates collected for the relief 
of the Poor in the said borough ; that the Petitioners 
caused inquiry to be made into the cause of such 
increase, and ascertained that the salaries of various 
officers connected with their union were consider- 
ably higher than those of any other union in the 
county of Worcester; that the Petitioners accord- 
ingly requested the Guardians of the said borough 
to take into consideration the salaries of the various 
officers connected with the union, with a view to 
their reduction ; complaining that the recommenda- 
tions of the Guardians were not carried out by the 
Poor Law Commissioners ; and praying, that the 
| Poor Law Commissioners may be directed to lay 
before the said Board of Guardians, a Copy of all 
the Correspondence of their clerk or any other 
person relating to the above matters, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law. 


A Petition of the Rochdale Gas Light and Coke Rocidale Gas 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for more effec- 
tually lighting with Gas the borough and parish of 
Rochdale, 























State Trial 
(Ireland.) 


Intoxicating 
Drinks. 


Edinburgh 
Cattle Market. 


Wich Tree 
Roads, 


Hartlepool 
West Harbour 
snd Dock. 


Hartlepoul Pier 
and Port. 


Manchester 
and Leeds, 
and Heywood 
Branch Rail. 
way. 


Huddersfield 
Branch Ruil- 


Way. 


7 VicToRiz. 5° Februarzz. 15 


Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor of Cork, complaining of 
the recent proceedings on the pending State Trial 
in Ireland, in regard to the rejection and omission 
of names from the Special Jury Panel ; and praying 
the House to adopt measures for preventing the re- 
currence thereof, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Haughton, of Eccles-street, 
Dublin, stating that the Petitioner is fully convinced 
of the necessity which exists for the Legislature of 
these kingdoms to mark its abhorrence of the con- 
tinued desolation and misery which are produced 
by the use of Intoxicating Drinks, and of the po- 
verty and crime, and national as well as private 
evils, which they create; that the Petitioner believes 
if the House would refuse to derive any portion of 
the national revenue from such a source, great good 
would result, and that he is of opinion that no de- 
cline in the revenues of the country would be the 
result of such a course, for the money now wasted 
in alcoholic decoctions would flow into healthy 
channels, diffusing comforts all around, and an ample 
revenue would be derived from a prosperous and 
happy people; and praying the House to take his 


Petition into consideration, was presented, and | 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition cf the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to amend an Act passed in the third year 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, for abolishing 
certain Petty and Market Customs in the City of 
Edinburgh, and granting other Duties in lieu there- 
of, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for re- 
pealing the Acts relating to the Wich Tree Bridge 
and Roads, in the county of Glamorgan, and for con- 
solidating the same Roads with the Swansea district 
of Roads, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Parties being Suitors for the Bill 
hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Harbour and Dock near to Hartlepool, 
in the county of Durham, was presented, and read ; 


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


A Petition of Commissioners for improving the 
Pier and Port of Hartlepool, in the county of Dur- 
ham, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the 
Acts relative to the improving of the said Pier and 
Port, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for maintaining 
a Railway from the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
to Heywood, and for amending the Acts relating to 
that Railway, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Branch Railway from the Manchester and Leeds 
Railway to Huddersfield, was presented, and read ; 


and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. ’ 
Vou. 99. 








A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Manchester and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Leeds Railway 
Branch Railway from the Manchester and Leeds Gony 
Railway to Bradford, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Manchester and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Leeds Railway 
Branch Railway from the Manchester and Leeds (Bury Branch.) 
Railway to Bury, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Petitions from Arbroath ;—and, Mauchline; pray- Redress of 
ing the House to refrain from voting the Supplies Grievances. 
until the Grievances of the people are investigated 
and redressed,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, wool. 
Accounts of the Quantity of Sheep and Lambs’ 
Wool imported into the United Kingdom in the 
year 1843; specifying the Countries from which it 
came, the Quantity that paid a Duty of 1d. per lb. 
and the Quantity that paid a Duty of $d. per lb. ; 
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 day of January 1844 :—Of the 
Quantities of British Sheep and Lambs’ Wool and 
Woollen Yarn exported from the United Kingdom 
in the year 1843 ; specifying the Countries to which 
they were sent:—Of the Quantities of Wools of 
the A/paca and Llama Tribe imported into the 
United Kingdom in the year 1843 :—And, of the 
Quantity of Mohair (or Goats’ Wool) imported into 
the United Kingdom in the year 1843. 


Ordered, That the Returns of Amount of So- Bankruptcy. 
licitors’ and Messengers’ Bills of Cost to the choice No.5. 
of Assignees under each of the first Twenty Com- 
missions and Fiats registered in the Court of Bank- 
ruptey in London, of the Commissions and Fiats 
transferred and removed into such Court under the 
provisions of the Act 5 and 6 Vie. c. 122, and in 
which such Bills of Cost were taxed by the Com- 
missioners previously acting in the prosecution 
thereof :—Of Amount of Solicitors’ and Messengers’ 

Bills of Cost to the choice of Assignees under each 
of the first Twenty Fiats registered in the Court of 
Bankruptcy in London, since the 12th day of No- 
vember 1842, of the Fiats directed to such Court 
against Bankrupts residing above Forty Miles from 
London:—Of Amount of Solicitors’ and Messengers’ 
Bills of Cost to the choice of Assignees under each 
of the first Twenty Commissions and Fiats registered 
in the several District Courts of Bankruptcy, of 
the Commissions and Fiats transferred and removed 





into such respective Courts, under the provisions of 
the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 122, and in which such Bills 
of Cost were taxed by the Commissioners previously 
acting in the prosecution thereof :—Of Amount of 
Solicitors’ and Messengers’ Bills of Cost to the 
choice of Assignees, under each of the first Twenty 
Fiats registered in the several District Courts of 
Bankruptcy, of the Fiats directed to such Courts 
respectively, and prosecuted therein, under the Act 
5 and 6 Vic, c. 122:—Of the Number of Affidavits 
of Debt filed in the Court of Bankruptcy in London, 
and in the several District Courts of Bankruptcy, 
under the 11th Section of the Statute 5 and 6 Vic. 
c. 122; and also the Number of Summonses issued 
under the same Section of the same Act, by the 
Court of Bankruptcy in London, and by the several 
District Courts of Bankruptcy :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Affidavits of Debt filed since the 12th day 
of November 1842 in the Court of Bankruptcy in 
London, under the 8th Section of the Statute 





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Sugar, &amp;c. 


Answer to 
Address. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


No.6. 


Queen’s Speech 


considered, 


Metropolis 


Improvements 


Bill. 


Railways. 


Merchant Sea- 


men’s Fund. 


16 5°_6° Februari. - 


1 and 2 Vic. c. 110, which were presented upon the 
3d day of July, in the last Session of Parlament, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Imports into the United Kingdom of 
Sugar, Molasses, Kum; Coffee and Cocoa, from the 
West Indies and British Guiana, distinguishing 
each Colony, for the years 1831 to 1843, both in- 
clusive, and distinguishing each year. 


Earl Jermyn reported to the House, That Her 
Majesty having been attended with their Address 
of Friday last, was pleased to receive the same very 
graciously, and to give the following Answer : 


I thank you for this dutiful and loyal Address. 


The declaration, that you are anxious to co-operate 
with Me in My earnest endeavours to promote the 
welfare of My people, is most satisfactory. 


You may be assured, that it is the invariable ob- 
ject and constant care of My life to promote the 
happiness, and to deserve the confidence of all 
classes of My subjects. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That his 
Warrant 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 5th year of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act 
to amend the Law for the Trial of Controverted 
Elections,” continued by two several Acts passed 
respectively in the 6th and 7th years of the reign of 
Her said Majesty, I do hereby appoint the Right 
honourable Granville Somerset, commonly called 
Lord Granville Somerset, Member for AZonmouth- 
shire ; the Right honourable Sir George Grey, Mem- 
ber for Devonport; the Right honourable Dudley 
Rider, commonly called Viscount 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 Lancaster; and the O’Conor 
Don, Member for the County of Roscommon; to be 
Members of the General Committee of Elections 
for the present Session. 

Given under my hand, this 5th day of February 
1844. 

Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker. 

Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


‘he House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration Her Majesty’s Most gracious 
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. 


The Metropolis Improvements Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider whether any and what new provisions 
ought to be introduced into such Railway Bills as 
may come before this House during the present or 
future Sessions, for the advantage of the public and 
the improvement of the Railway system, and like- 
wise to consider whether any and what changes 
ought to be made in the Standing Orders relating 
to Railways and to report their Opinion thereon to 
the House. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to examine into the state and prospects, and into the 
advantages of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund. 


A. 1844, 


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 
printing Returns and Papers presented in pursuance 
of Motions made by Members of this House, which 
may be referred to the said Committee :—And a 
Committee was appointed of Sir George Clerk, Sir 
Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Vernon Smith, 
Mr. Strutt, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Pa- 
trick Stuart and Mr. Hume, with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Western Railway to Salisbury, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Western Railway to Epsom, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


mand,—Co 
tions of the several States of Europe and America ; 
together with the Commercial Treaties between 
England and Foreign Countries.— Part X1I.— Swe- 
den and Norway. 

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


all Monies received and expended from the Ist 
January to the 3ist December 1843 ; and also, an 
Account of all Monies reccived as Tax upon Houses, 
Lands and Tenements, for the purposes of the Dublin 
Metropolitan Police, made up to 31st December 
1843; specifying the Total Sum charged upon and 
received from every Parish, the Rate in the Pound 
at which computed, and the Total Annual Value of 
the Property in every Parish. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 6 die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Naval Receipt and Expenditure for the year 
ended the 3ist March 1843 :—And then he with- 
drew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


of the Poor of the Morpeth Union, in the counties 
of Northumberland and Durham, praying the House 
to repeal the bastardy clause of the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act, and'make the reputed fathers answerable 
for the maintenance of their illegitimate offspring, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


England Lay Association, established for the pur- 
pose of supporting the rights, privileges and property 





of 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Printing. 


A Petition of the Zondon and South Western salisbury 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Branch Rail- 
make a Branch Railway from the London and South **’- 


A Petition of the London and South Western gysom ana 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to South Westcrz 
make a Branch Railway from the London and South Beilway. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Commercial 
of Commercial Tariffs and Regula- Tariffs, &amp;c. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the Dubiin Metro. 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of politan Police. 


N R. Soady, from the Audit Office, was called Navy. 


A Petition of the Vice Chairman of the Guardians Poor Law 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of Saint Asap» 


and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Redress of 
Grievances. 


State Trial 
(Ireland. ) 


Window Tax. 


Market Har- 
borough and 
Coventry Road. 


Newbury, 
Basingstoke, 
London and 
Southampton 
Railway. 


Factories Act. 


Metropolitan 
and City Police. 


7 Vicroriz. 


of the united Church of England and Ireland, as 
well as her union with the State, praying for the 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4,c. 77, 
as relates tothe union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cambridge ;—Clifton Dartmouth 
Hardness ;—Bocking ;— Pollockshaws ;—Chairman 
of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Aberdeen ;—Chair- 
man of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Dundee ;— 
Market Harborough ;— Brentford ;—and, Bunting- 


ford; praying the House to refrain from voting the 


Supplies until the Grievances of the people are in- 
vestigated and redressed, — were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Ca- 
tholic Inhabitants of the town of Belfast, com- 
plaining of the recent proceedings on the pending 
State Trial in Zreland, in regard to the rejection and 
omission of names from the special jury panel ; and 
praying the House to adopt measures for preventing 
the recurrence thereof, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Publicans and Owners of public 
houses in the borough of Bury, Lancashire, pray- 
ing that Licensed Victuallers may be placed on the 
same footing in regard to the Tax on Windows, as 
other tradesmen, owners of warehouses and shops 
in which goods are deposited, sold and exposed for 
sale, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for 
repairing and amending the Road from the town 
of Market Harborough, in the county of Leicester, 
to the city of Coventry, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually repairing the said Road, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Subscribers to, and Owners of 
land, and Inhabitants upon the line of the proposed 
Railway to Newbury, in the county of Berks, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 
the London and South Western Railway to the 
town of Newbury, was presented, and read ; and 


referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number and Names of the Persons 
summoned for Offences against the Factories Act, 
between the 1st day of January 1843 and the 1st 
day of January 1844; 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 :~-Also, a Summary of 
the Total Number of Informations and Convictions, 
the Amount of Penalties and Costs, in each year, 
since the commencement of the Factories Regulation 
Act in 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Police Constables and others, Officers 
of the Metropolitan Police Force, who have been 
charged with Offences before any of the Police Ma- 
gistrates, during the Two years ending the 31st day 
of December 1843, specifying the Rank of the Of- 
ficer, his Age, the time he has been in the Force, 
the nature of his Offence, whether convicted or not, 


the Punishment awarded, and whether he was re- 
Voz. 99. 


6° Februariz. 




















17 


tained in the Service; Total Number of Men who 
have been dismissed, fined, suspended or degraded 
by the Police Commissioners, during the same pe- 
riod; the Number who have resigned their Appoint- 
ments during the same period :—And, a similar 
Return of the City Police Force. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


Fugitive 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Criminals. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Instructions addressed to the 
Governors of Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions 
requiring the transmission to England of authentic 
Copies of the Depositions taken under any Warrants 
issued for the Apprehension and Surrender of Fu- 
gitive Criminals, under the authority of the Act 
6 and 7 Vic. c. 76, for giving effect to the 10th 
Article of the Treaty of Washington, between Her 
Majesty and the United States of America. 
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 Expenses incurred in the Fortifica- 
tion of Barracks and other Stations for Troops in 
Ireland, in the year 1843. 


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 Correspondence relative to the 
Emigration of Labourers to the West Indies and 
the Mauritius from the West Coast of Africa, the 
East Indies and China, since the Papers already 
laid before this House. 

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 Aggregate Average Price of 
Wheat, by which the Duty is regulated, according 
to the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 14, and also of the Weekly 
Aggregate Average Price of Wheat, calculated ac- 
cording to the Provisions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, 


from the 1st day of February 1843 to the present 
time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Amount of the Income Tax for 
the year ending the Sth day of January 1844; siat- 
ing separately the Sum received under each Sche- 
dule; inSchedules (A.) and (B.); distinguishing the 
Amounts received in England and in Scotland; and 
in Schedule (D.), stating separately the Amounts 
received, 1. From persons residing in Great Britain, 
in respect of Property :—2. From persons residing 
in Great Britain, in respect of Professions, Trades, 
&amp;c.; and distinguishing whether such Property is 
situated, and such Professions, Trades, &amp;c., carried 
on in England, Scotland, or elsewhere :—-3. From 
persons residing out of Great Britain, in respect 
of Property situated, or Professions or Trades car- 
ried on in Great Britain. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Light Gold Coin delivered by the 
Bank of England into Her Majesty’s Mint for Re- 
coinage, from the Ist day of June 1842 to the 5th 
day of February 1844; stating the Date and 
Amount of each Delivery, and the Date and Amount 
of each Return of Gold Coin in exchange for the 
same ; and also, the Balance, if any, of Light Gold 
Coin in the hands of the Bank on the latter day :-— 
And, of the Aggregate Amount of Light Gold Coin 
received at each of the Branches of the Bank of 
England during the above stated period. 


Barracks, &amp;c, 
(Treland. ) 


Emigration. 


Wheat. 


Property Tax. 


Gold Coin. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Silver Coin, 


a Return of the Aggregate Value of Silver Coin 
D coined 



























Poor Rates. 


Factories Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland, ) 


Railways. 


Merchant Sea- 


men’s Fund, 


Supply; 


Redress of 
Grievances. 


18 6° Februariz. . 


coined and received by the Bank of England from 
Her Majesty’s Mint since Her Majesty’s Procla- 
mation respecting Light Gold in June 1842; stating 
the Number and Value of Pieces of Silver Coin ; 
and distinguishing the Dates and Amounts received 
at the Bank from the Mint each day up to the pre- 
sent time, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing the Total Value of Property as- 
sessed to the Poor Rates, for the year ended Lady 
Day 1841, with the Amount of Money levied for 
Poor Rates, for the years ended Lady Day 1839 to 
1842, on each Parish in England and Wales. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Employment of Children, Young 
Persons and Women in Factories: And that Sir 
James Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Dates on which and the Places 
where the Military or Police have been employed 
in enforcing the Collection of Poor Rates in Ireland, 
between the Ist day of January 1843 and the 1st 
day of January 1844; specifying the Number of 
Men employed, and the Amount collected on each 
occasion :—And, of the Date and Amount of each 
Rate made in the different Poor Law Unions in 
Ireland, under the provisions of the Act 1 and 2 Vie. 
c. 56, for the more effectual Relief of the Destitute 
Poor in that country; specifying the Amount of 
each Rate remaining uncollected on the 1st day of 
January 1844. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- 
terday, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
consider whether any and what new provisions 
ought to be introduced into such Railways Bills as 
may come before this House during the present or 
future Sessions, for the advantage of the public and 
the improvement of the Railway system, and like- 
wise to consider whether any and what changes 
ought to he made in the Standing Orders relating 
to Railways, and to report their Opinion thereon to 
the House, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Gladstone be a Member of the 
said Committee :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to examine into the state and prospects, and into 
the advantages of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Gladstone, 
Sir Howard Douglas, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Lyall, Mr. 
Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Rice, Sir John 
Hanmer, Captain Gladstone, Admiral Dundas, Mr. 





A. 1844, 


Food, for the support of one of these monopolies, 
the supply is restricted and the price raised, whilst 
at the same time the demand for labour is dimi- 
nished and wages reduced, and the profits of 
manufacturing and commercial industry deeply 
injured ; that the burthen of general taxation has 
been increased to an intolerable extent, by an 
extravagant expenditure in every department of 
the State, and that this taxation 1s so imposed as 
to press most oppressively and heavily on the 
industrial portion of the community ; that laws 
have been passed injurious to the rights of the 
people, and arbitrary proceedings of Government 
have taken place dangerous to public liberty; 
that in order to sustain this system an unconsti- 
tutional amount of Standing Army is kept up for 
the Home Service, and the ancient Constitutional 
Constable superseded by the hired Police; all 
which would be wholly unnecessary if the grie- 
vances of the people were redressed, and just and 
impartial Government established ; it is further 
complained, that these and other grievances are 
= by the bad constitution of the Commons’ 

ouse ; that by the limitation of the suffrage, the 
long duration of Parliaments, and corruption and 
undue influences in the election of Representa- 
tives, this House, as at present constituted, does 
not truly represent and is not responsible to the 
people, and therefore does not legislate for their 
interests ; that, notwithstanding frequent respec- 
ful Petitions presented to this House, the com- 
plaints of the people have neither been inquired 
into nor redressed: That from these causes an 
* alarming state of discontent prevails generally 
over the United Kingdom; it is therefore the 
immediate duty of this House to make inquiry 
into these complaints; and as this House can 
have no right to vote Supplies except as being the 
Representatives of the people, it is imperatively 
necessary that the charges brought against its pre- 
sent constitution and competency in the Petitions 
which have been received and recorded among its 


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proceedings, should be inquired into, and, if found 
'“ to be justly made, redressed before this House 
| “ shall proceed to the voting of Supplies,” instead 
| thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
| posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
| Yeas, L Mr. Henry Baring: 
Tellers for theJ Mr. Sharman Crawford, \ ,, 
Noes, Mr. William Williams: Jf ~~ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the House 
to resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the 
Motion made yesterday, ‘That a Supply be granted 
to Her Majesty, be now read ; and the same being 


150. 





Corry, Mr. Aaron Chapman, Mr. Ross, Mr. Hutt | read ; . 
Ordered, That Her Majesty’s Most gracious Queen's Speech 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament, be referred to "erred. 


and Mr. Philip Miles, with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the House to 
res»lve itself into a Committee to consider of the 
Motion made yesterday, That a Supply be granted 
to Her Majesty, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the first word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
‘* whereas complaints have been made to this House 
“ on various occasions, by Petition, to the effect, 
“ that the people are suffering under unjust and 
“« partial legislation, and under the effects of mono- 
“ polies of various kinds, political and ecclesias- 
“ tical, created and kept in existence for the benefit 
“ of favoured classes; that by the Taxes imposed on 


the Committee. 
Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 
(In the Committee.) 


Queen’s Speech read. 

Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty. 

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 To-morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering and improving the Proceedings in the 
Superior 








Superior Courts 
(Common Law) 
Bill. 


7 VicToRizZ. 


6°—7° Februaritz. 


19 


Superior Courts of Common Law, as to certain Ac- 


tions for the Recovery of Debts or Damages not 


exceeding Twenty pounds, and as to other Actions, 


in certain cases: And that Mr. Jervis and Mr. 
Watson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Small Debts 

Bill. 
Demands: And that Mr. Jervis and Mr. Watson 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Factories Bill. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for regulating 
No.7. 


the Employment of Children, Young Persons and 
Women in Factories: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Trade and 
Manufactures 
(Scotland). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return (in continuation of that made to this House 
in 1835), showing, in columns, the yearly Income 
and Expenditure of the Public Money which is en- 
trusted to “ The Board for the Encouragement of 
Trade and Manufactures in Scotland;” the said 
Return to exhibit the Income of each year, and the 
individual items of Expenditure in each year respec- 
tively, since the last Return; distinguishing the 
Amount of Premiums, and the kind or name of the 
Premiums in each year, from the other items, with 
the Sum Total of Premiums, and of other items in 
each year respectively :—Also, the Names of the 
Trustees or Directors composing the Board, with 
their Residences and Avocations:—Also, the Amount 
of Salaries and other Allowances paid to the Officers 
of the Board in each year respectively ; together 
with the Dates of the Meetings of the Board in each 
year, and the Names of the Trustees or Directors 
who attended each of the same. 


Mr. Thomas Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Guthrie Wright. Copy of the Report made by Mr. Thomas Guthrie 
Wright to Baron Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner, 
and the other Judges of the Jury Court in Scotland, 
in the year 1827 (which Report was made under 
orders from the aforesaid Judges). 

Superior Courts Mr, Jervis presented a Bill for altering and im- 
(common Law) proving the Proceedings in the Superior Courts of 
No.g, Common Law as to certain Actions for the Recovery 
‘“* ef Debts or Damages not exceeding Twenty pounds, 
and as to other Actions, in certain cases: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Wednesday the 14th day of 

this instant February; and to be printed. 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


No.9. 


Mr. Jervis presented a Bill for the more easy Re- 
covery of Small Debts and Demands: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 14th day 
of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Lighthouses. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Licht- 


No.10. houses, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 
Electors. Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
No.11, to Electors, which was presented upon Saturday last, 
be printed. 
Prisons Ordered, That the Returns relative to Prisons 
@cotlnd.) (Scotland), which w ted Saturd 
No.2, (5eetland), which were presented upon Saturday 


last, be printed. 


Court of Session 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of 


a Session (Scotland), which was presented upon Sa- 
0. 13. turday last, be printed. 

tle Ordered, That the Paper relative to Slavery (East 

a ne ) Indies), which was presented upon Monday last, be 


printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Voi. 99. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and 


| Mercuri, 7° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


PETITION of the York and North Midland York ana 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill Scarborough 
for enabling the said Company to make a Railway 
from York to Scarborough, with a Branch to Pick- 
ering, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 








A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of estates Bleddfa and 
within the parishes of Bleddfa and Llangunilo, in Lispgunllo 
the — of Radnor, 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 for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of estates Farrington 
within the manors or lordships of Farrington and 2nd Cwngilla 
Cwmgilla, in the parish of Knighton, in the county “°° 
of Radnor, for leave to bring in a Bill for inclosing 
Lands in the said manors or lordships, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented, by Her Majesty’s Metropolis 
Command,—Copy of the First Report of the Com- mprovements. 
missioners appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into No. 15. 
and consider the most effectual means of improving 
the Metropolis, and of providing increased facilities 
of Communication within the same. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Duddington, in the Corn Laws. 
county of Northampton, engaged in and interested 
in the prosperity of agriculture, praying that there 
may not be any further reduction made in the pre- 
sent laws affecting agricultural produce, was pre- 


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


Petitions from Northampton ;—and, Stony Strat- Window Tax. 
ford; praying that Licensed Victuallers may be 
laced on the same footing, in regard to the Tax on 
V indows, as other tradesmen, owners of warehouses 
and shops, in which goods are deposited, sold and 
exposed for sale,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for providing for the liquidation of the debt 
owing by the Charity Workhouse of the said city ; 
for regulating the Assessment for Relief of the 
Poor of the said city, and for other purposes relating 
thereto, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 














Edinbargh 
Poor Assesse 
ment, 


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 Navy, Army, 
Naval Services, to the 31st day of March 1845, be a4 Ordnance 
‘laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1845, be 
\laid before this House. 
D2 


Supply, 

















Ordered, 


















































































































Redress of 
Grievances. 


Hawkers’ 
Licenses, 


Soap. 


Navy. 
No. 16. 


Russian 


Dutch Loan, 


20 7°—8° Februarit. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Ordnance Services, to the 31st day of March 1845, 
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 Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Coupar Angus, pray- 
ing the House to refrain from voting the Supplies, 
until measures have been adopted for investigating 
and redressing the Grievances of the people, was 
ogg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Hawkers licensed in each 
of the years 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 and in 
1843, stating the rate paid for each License, and 
the Gross and Net Amount of Revenue received in 
each of these years, distinguishing England, Scot- 
land and Ireland. 


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 
that upon which the silicated Duty has been charged, 
from the 5th day of January 1843 to the 5th day 
of January 1844:—Of all Soap exported, and the 
Amount of Drawback paid thereon ; specifying the 
Port from whence shipped, from the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1843 to the 5th day of January 1844 :—Of 
the Quantity of Soap, distinguishing Hard from 
Soft, and the Amount of all Allowances and Draw- 
backs made to the Manufacturers of Woollens, 
Linen, Silk and others, from the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1843 to the sth day of January 1844:—Of all 
Soap exported to Jreland, Hard and Soft, the Port 
from whence shipped, and the Amount of Draw- 
back paid thereon, from the 5th day of January 
1843 to the 5th day of January 1844 :—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 1843 to 
the 5th day of January 1844:— Of all Persons 
convicted of defrauding the Revenue arising from 
Soap; the Date of each Conviction; the Amount 
of the several Penalties; whether the Persons so 
convicted had been previously convicted or fineut 
or had had Penalties compromised with or withed, 
Conviction ; and the Names, Dates and Amount of 
all Penalties paid in all Cases which have been com- 
promised or tried before the Summary Court of 
Excise, from the 5th day of January 1843 to the 
Sth day of January 1844 :—And, of the Number 
of Licenses granted to Soap Makers; distinguishing 
those granted in England, Scotland and Ireland, 
from the Sth day of January 1843 to the 5th day 
of January 1844 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 221, of Session 1843). 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Navy, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 8° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Law, from the Treasury, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count, made up to the 31st December 1843, of the 





A, 1844, 


Sums which have been paid and applied within the 
year 1843, by virtue of an Act of 55 Geo. 3, c. 115, 
intituled, “ An Act for carrying into effect a Con- 
vention between his Majesty and the King of the 
Netherlands, and the Emperor of all the Russias,” 
for paying and satisfying the Interest on ca? of 
the Loan therein agreed to be borne by his Majesty 
on all or any of the Securities therein mentioned, 
and towards paying and satisfying the principal 
thereof (in case of the principal of any of the said 
Securities shall have been paid), and also for paying 
the expenses of carrying the said Act into execution, 
and the Sinking Fund for the extinction of the 
same. 


An Account of the Compensation granted to Co- Court of 
lonel Alexander Perceval, Serjeant-at-Arms in at- Chancery. 
tendance on the Great Seal attached to the Court 
of Chancery, for loss of Fees and Emoluments under 
the provisions of Acts 3 and 4 Vic. c. 94, and 4 and 
5 Vic. c. 52, pursuant to fourth section of the first- 
recited Act. 

An Account of Compensations granted to the 
Junior Clerks in the Offices of the Masters in Chan- 
cery, for the loss of Copy Money sustained by them, 
pursuant to Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 84, s. 16. 


An Account of Compensations granted to Officers Queen’s Bench 
of the Queen’s Bench and Marshalsea Prisons, for and Marshalsea 
the loss of their Employments by the operation of Prisons. 
the Act of 5 Vic. c. 22, pursuant to fourth section 
of that Act. 


An Account of Compensations granted to Officers peet Prison 
lately attached to the Fleet Prision, for the loss of 
their Offices or Employments by the operation of 
the Act 5 Vic. c. 22, pursuant to fourth section of 
that Act. 


An Account of Compensations granted to Lords fines and 
of Liberties, for the loss of Fines payable on the Recoveries. 
alienation of Land and other Hereditaments by Fine 
or Recovery, pursuant to Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 

82, s. 7. 

Copy of Treasury Warrant granting Compensation Court of 
Allowances to Mr. Hl. Hobbs and Mr. W. Kelly, Exchequer. 
as Agents in the Office of the Queen’s Remem- 
brancer, Exchequer. 


Copy of Warrant granting Compensation Allow- signet Ofice 


ances to the Officers in the Signet Office, Scotland, (Scotiand.) 
year 1843. 




















Copy of Warrant granting to Thomas Fenton, Court of 
Esquire, Examiner in Chief of the Court of Chancery Chancery 
in Lreland, Compensation for loss of Fees, for the (Ireland) 
quarter ended 11th October 1843. 

Copy of Warrant, granting Thomas Fenton, Es- 
quire, one of the Chief Examiners of the Court ot 
Chancery in Ireland, Compensation for loss of 
Fees, for the quarter ended 10th January 1844. 


An Account of the Fees which have been received Court of 
in the Office of Acheson Lyle, Esquire, Second Exchequer 
Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Jre-reland.) 
land, between the 6th day of October 1842, and 
5th day of January following, both days inclusive ; 
and also of the Disbursements made thereout during 
the same period. 

An Account of the Fees which have been received 
in the Office of Acheson Lyle, Esquire, Second Re- 
membrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Jreland, 
between the 6th day of January 1843 and 5th day 
of April following, both days inclusive ; and also 
of the Disbursements made thereout during the 
same period. 

An Account of the Fees which have been received 
in the Office of Acheson Lyle, Esquire, Second Re- 
membrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Jreland, 
between the 6th day of April 1843 and 26th day of 
September following, both days inclusive ; and also 
of the Disbursements made thereout during the 
same period :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Mr. 


Pilotage. 


Leeds and 
Selby Railway 
Purchase. 


Wildmore, &amp;ce 
Fen Highways. 


Leeds and 
Bradford Raile 
way. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Metropolis 
Improvements, 


7 Vicrortz. 


Mr. Jervis, from the Office of the Lord Warden 
of the Cinque Ports, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—An Account of the Receipts and Ap- 
propriations of the Surplus Rates of Pilotage :— 
And then he withdrew. 


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


A Petition of the York and North Midland Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting 
the Leeds and Selby Railway in the York and North 
Midland Railway Company, and to enable that 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money to com- 
plete the Purchase of such Railway, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of General Commissioners for Drainage 
by the River Witham, in the county of Lincoln, and 
also Inhabitants, Owners or Occupiers of land within 
the several townships of Eastville, Midville, Frith- 
ville, Carrington, Westville, Thornton-le-Fen and 
Langriville, some or one of them, in the said county 
of Linooln, for leave to bring in a Bill for providing 
for the repairs of the several Highways within the 
seven townships in the Wildmore, and the East and 
West Fens, in the county of Lincoln, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
on or near the line of the intended Railway from 
Leeds to Bradford, with a Branch to the North 
Midland Railway, and Inhabitants of the West Riding 
of the county of York, for leave to bring ina Bill 
for making the said Railway, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the cathe- 
dral church of the Holy Trinity of Chichester, pray- 
ing that the House will take into its earliest consi- 
deration, with a view to its enactment, any Bill that 
may be introduced for preventing the union of the 
Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the same 
time providing for the immediate appointment of a 
Bishop to the newly erected See of Manchester, was 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Saint 
Giles-in-the-Fields and Saint George, Bloomsbury, 
complaining of delay in carrying into effect the se- 
veral Improvements in those Parishes, contemplated 
under the provisions of the Act for carrying into effect 
certain Improvements in the Metropolis; and pray- 
ing, that the Improvements to be effected may be 
carried out with due celerity, and also that those 
who live in and by the locality may not incur ruin ; 
and that the House will be pleased to direct that 
the Commissioners of Woods and Forests will im- 
mediately select any part of their extensive plan for 
the Improvement of the parishes of Saint Giles-in- 
the- Fields and Saint George, Bloomsbury, and finish 
the portion so selected before they proceed to disturb 
what yet remains of the population of those districts, 


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


8° Februariz. 





21 


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


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers residing in the Window Tax. 


borough of Ludlow, praying that they may be placed 
on the same footing in regard to the Tax on Win- 
dows as other tradesmen, owners of warehouses 
and shops in which goods are deposited, sold and 
exposed for sale, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Warehousemen, Bro- Waterloo, &amp;c. 
kers, Traders and Residents of and in the vicinity Bridges. 


of the Ward of Cripplegate Within, in the city of 
London, praying the House to adopt measures for 
redeeming and extinguishing or otherwise commut- 
ing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vauz- 
hall Bridges, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Superintendent, Travelling and Sunday Tolls. 


Local Preachers with the Circuit Stewards and other 
officers of the Wesleyan Methodist Society in the 
Huntingdon Circuit, in their quarterly meeting as- 
sembled, stating that the Petitioners are resident in 
different parts of the above Circuit, which extends 
at least eighteen miles, and they have to travel 
various distances to the several chapels or places of 
worship to which they journey on the Lord’s Day, for 
the purpose of preaching God’s Holy Word, and con- 
ducting Divine Service according to the doctrines 
and discipline of the Wesleyan Methodist Society ; 
that the Petitioners, in common with their christian 
brethren, are often subjected to the demand for and 
payment of Tolls on the conveyances they make 
use of when proceeding to fulfil their appointments 
agreeably to the usages of their respective churches; 
and praying the House to relieve the Petitioners 
from the doubts, embarrassments and inconveniences 
resulting to them from the existing uncertainty of 
the laws and exemptions referred to in their Peti- 
tion, by passing a declaratory, explanatory or other 
general Act for a just and equitable assessment 
thereof, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers and other Inhabit- Tea. 
ants of Preston, in the county of Lancaster, and 
the neighbourhood thereof, praying the House to 
make such a reduction in the duty on Tea as may 
be deemed expedient in promoting its greater con- 
sumption in this country, and the increase of our 
trade with China, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
their Address of yesterday (that Her Majesty would Addresses. 


be graciously pleased to give directions to the proper 
Officers that the several Estimates 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 James Graham also reported to the House, 
That their several other Addresses of the 2d and 
6th 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 
Redress of Petitions from Shaftesbury ;— Pollockshaws ;— | that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
Grievances and, Paisley; praying the House to refrain from | this House, that She will give directions accordingly. 
voting the Supplies until the Grievances of the people 
are investigated and redressed,—were presented, Sir Henry Hardinge presented, by Her Majesty’s Chelsea Out- 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Command,—Copies of Warrant relative to the En- Pensioners. 
rolment, &amp;c. of Chelsea Out-Pensioners; and of No. 18- 
a A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-| Instructions to Staff Officers transmitting the said 
Railway «©: Way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- | Warrant. 


rize an extension of the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway, and to amend and enlarge the provisions 


of the Acts relating to such Railway, was presented, 
Vou. 99. 


Sir Henry Hardinge also presented, pursuant to an Army Estimates 
Address to Her Majesty,—Estimate of the Number (Ffective 
of Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Rank a? 
D3+ and 0.17. 








(Non-effective 
Services.) 


22 


and File, which it is proposed to maintain for the 
Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland (exclusive of the Troops employed in 
the East Indies), for the year, from the 1st April 
1844 to the 31st March 1845. 


Estimate of the Charge of Her Majesty’s Land 
Forces, for Service at Home and Abroad, from the 
1st April 1844 to the 31st March 1845; inclosing, 


Paper (A.)—Detail of the Charge of Her Majesty’s 

and Forces at Home and Abroad for 365 days, 

from the ist April 1844 to the 31st March 
1845. 

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 1st April 1844 to the 31st March 1845. 


Paper (C.)—Detail of the Regimental Charge of 
the Land Forces at Home and Abroad, as esti- 
mated for the twelve months from the 1st April 
1844 to the 31st March 1845; 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 
ek and the Establishments at Chatham, 
Maidstone, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, for 
365 days, from the 1st April 1844 to the 31st 
March 1845. 


Paper (E.)—Detail of the Charge for Recruiting 
istricts for 365 days, from 1st April 1844 to 
31st March 1845. 
Abstract of the Distribution of the Forces on the 
ist January 1844, and on the 1st January 1843. 


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 1st April 1844 to the 31st March 1845, being 
365 days; inclosing, 

Particulars of the Pay and probable Contingent 
Expenses of General Staff Officers and Officers 
of the Hospitals for 365 days, from the 1st 
April 1844 to the 31st March 1845. 


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;e., of the said Officers, from the 1st April 
1844 to the 31st March 1845, both days in- 
clusive. 

Recapitulation of the Pay and Contingencies of 
the Home and Foreign Staff. 


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 1844 to the 
31st March 1845. 


Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military 
College, from the 1st April 1844 to the 3ist March 
1845. 

Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military 
Asylum, and ofthe Hibernian Military School, from 
the 1st April 1844 to the 31st March 1845, being 
365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Volunteer Corps, from 
the ist April 1844 to the 31st March 1845. 


Estimate of the Charge required to cover Ex- 


penses incurred for Unprovided Services of former 
years. 


Estimate of the Charge of Allowances as Rewards 
for distinguished Services, not exceeding three-fifths 
of the Emoluments of Garrison Appointments which 
have become vacant; and also of Allowances to 


8° Februariz. 





A. 1844. 


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 the 1st April 1844 to the 31st March 
1845, both inclusive. 


Estimate of the Charge of the Pay of General 
Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, not being Colonels 
of Regiments, from the 1st April 1844 to the 31st 
March 1845, 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 1st April 1844 to the 31st March 1845, 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 1844 to 
the 3lst March 1845, both days inclusive, being 
365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Half Pay and Reduced 
Allowances to Officers of Disbanded Foreign Corps, 
of Pensions to Wounded Foreign Officers, and of 
Allowances to the Widows and Children of Deceased. 
Foreign Officers, from the 1st April 1844 to the 31st 
March 1845, 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 1844 to the 31st March 1845, both inclu- 
sive, 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 1844 to the 31st March 1845. 


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- 
pital; of Pensions granted to discharged Negro 
Soldiers; of Pensioners from Hanoverian Corps 
which served with the British Army in 1793, 1794 
and 1795; and of the Military Gusehiedion of 
Out-Pensioners in the United Kingdom ; from he 
ist April 1844 to the 31st March 1845, 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 1844 to 
the 31st March 1845. 


vices, for 365 days, from the 1st April 1844 to the 
31st March 1845. 


Abstract of the Estimates of Non-effective Army 
Services, for 365 days, from the 1st April 1844 to 
the 3ist March 1845. 


Comparative Abstract of the Estimates of Army 
Services, for the year ending the 31st March 1844, 
and for the year ending the 31st March 1845; 
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 and Paper do 
lie upon the Table ; and be printed. 


year 1844-45. 


Order,—-A Return of the Ships whose Magazines have 
been altered, and how often, between the 1st day of 
January 1830 and the ist day of July 1843, and 
the Expense attending such Alteration; and of the 





Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons at Home and 





Ships whose Sterns have been altered, and how often, 
between 


Abstract ofthe Estimates for Effective Army Sere abstracts, 


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


Mr. Sidney Herbert also presented, pursuant to Navy. 


Colonial 
Bishops. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


Grain, Flour, 
and Meal. 


Ameers of 
Sinde, 





Gm hgP nee 


7 VicToriz. 


between the 1st day of January 1830 and the ist 
day of July 1843, and the Expense. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table; and that the Navy Estimates be printed. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Ist day 
of April in the last Session of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count, in detail, of the manner in which £.577. 13s.4d. 
was expended, for creating the Bishoprics of Bar- 
badoes, Antigua, Guiana, Gibraltar and Tasmania ; 
stating to whom paid. 

Ordered, That the said Account do 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 of the Names of all Judges, De- 
puty Judges, Registrars and Deputy Registrars, 
with their Salaries, Fees and Emoluments (distin- 
guishing the Gross and Net Receipts); and the 
Total Amount of the Salaries, Fees and Emoluments 
of all other Officers in all Courts having the right 
to grant Probates of Wills and Letters of Admi- 
nistration in England and Wales in 1843 :—Also, 
Return of the Names of all Persons having a Re- 
versionary Interest in any Office or Place in such 
Courts :—Also, similar Returns for Ireland :—Also, 
Return of the Names, Salaries, Fees and Emolu- 
ments for 1843, of all Judges, Registrars, Deputy 


10° Februarii. 





23 


Veneris, 9° die Februari ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


HE House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournment. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
“eae yet it being four of the clock, Mr. 
eaker 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. 


not 


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Sabbati, 10° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Parkinson, from the Office of the Account- Court of 
ant General of the Court of Chancery, was Chancery. 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,--A Return 
from the Accountant General of the High Court 
of Chancery; showing the state of the several 
Funds in his Name, called the Suitors’ Fund and 
the Suitors’ Fee Fund, and the Charges upon the 
same respectively :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Parker, of Saint Paul’s Newbury and 











Registrars, Clerks of Seat, Deputy Clerks of Seat, 
Clerks, Apparitors, Sealers, Record Keepers, Au- 
ditors and other Officers and Servants (distinguish- 
ing the Gross and Net Receipts) in the following 
Courts of the Archbishop of Canterbury, viz. Arches, 
Prerogative, Vicar General, Peculiars, Faculties :— 
Also, a Statement of the Gross Receipts in the 
Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 
and the Expenditure thereof. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of any Grain, Flour and Meal imported, 
during the years 1841, 1842 and 18438, from each 
of the British Colonies (including India); stating 
the Quantity imported in each year from each 
Colony. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 
graciously pleased to take into Her consideration 
the situation and treatment of the Ameers of Sinde ; 
and that She will direct their immediate restoration 
to liberty, and the enjoyment of their estates, or 
with such provision for their future maintenance as 


may be considered a just equivalent ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 


twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 9° die Februarii, 1844: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
_ Lord Ashley, 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Viscount FA colyn : i 68. 
Sir Thomas F: Aiea 
Mr. Henry Baring : _ 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers forthe Noes, 


And then the House, having continued to si 


till a quarter of an hour before two of the 


clock on Friday morning, adjourned til 
this day. 


VoL. 99. 





Church-yard, in the city of London, Gentleman, Grest Western 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House, ““'*™" 

in respect to the application for the Newbury and 

Great Western Railway Bill, had not been complied 

with; and praying that he may be heard, by him- 

self, his agents and witnesses, against the same, 

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


A Petition of Commissioners for the Improvement Severn Navi- 
of the Navigation of the River Severn, for leave to s*tion. 
bring in a bill to alter and extend the provisions of 
an Act for improving the Navigation of the River 
Severn, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 














A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Shefield, 
Manchester Railway Company, for leave to bring in pang al 
a Bill to enable the said Company to make two jjuchester 
Branch Railways, and to alter and enlarge the Railway. 
powers of the said Company, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 


titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Edward Denis De Vitre, of Lan- Lancaster 
caster, in the county of Lancaster, Doctor of Medi- 2"4 Cerliste 
cine, John Shark, of the same place, Gentleman, ®“!"*): 
John Hargreaves, of the same place, Gardener, and 
Robert Wilkinson, of Skerton, m the same county, 
Yeoman, being Owners and Occupiers of property 
on or near the line of the intended Lancaster and 
Carlisle Railway, complaining that the Standing 
Orders of the House, in respect to the application for 
the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill, had not 
been complied with; and praymg that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their agents and witnesses, 
against the same, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


.| A Petition of Philip Barnes, of Surrey Mews, in Norwich and 
the city of Norwich, Gentleman, complaining that Brandon Rail- 
the Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the “*Y 
t | application for the Worwich and Brandon Railway 
Bill, had not been complied with; and praying that 
1| he may be heard, by himself, his agents and wit- 
nesses, against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 











D4+ A Petition 



































24, 


Saint Asaph A Petition of the Minister, Freeholders and other 
— Inhabitants of the parish of Llangynog, in the dio- 


cese of Saint Asaph, praying for the repeal of so 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c.77, as relates 
to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Ban- 
gor, was — and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 
the Lords, 


Sir Giffin Wilson : 
Mr. Speaker, 


Actions for The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Gaming Discon- to discontinue certain Actions under the Provisions 

tinuance Bill. OF several Statutes for the Prevention of Excessive 
Gaming, and to prevent for the future the bringing 
of such Actions; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 

Actions for The Actions for Gaming Discontinuance Bill was 


Gaming — read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
aa “ag time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Railways. The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Monday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider whether any and what new Provisions 
ought to be intendonel into such Railway Bills as 
may come before this House during the present or 
future Sessions, for the advantage of the public and 
the improvement of the Railway system, and like- 
wise to consider whether any and what changes 
ought to be made in the Standing Orders relating 
to Railways, and to report their Opinion thereon to 
the House, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Gladstone, 
Mr. Labouchere, Lord Seymour, Mr. Wilson Patten, 
Viscount Sandon, Mr. Gisborne, Lord Granville 
Somerset, Sir John Easthope, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. 
Russell, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Greene, Mr. Maclean, 
Mr. Thornely and Mr. Beckett Denison; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Court of 
Justiciary 
(Scotland. ) 


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, to show, in columns, the Number 
and Names, and the Amount in Salaries, Perquisites, 
Fees or other Allowances, of the Clerks to the Court 
of Justiciary in Scotland, distinguishing those Clerks 
who officiate only before the Court when sitting in 
Edinburgh from those who go Circuit ; also those 
who, having a Sinecure without Duties specially at- 
tached to his or their Office or Offices, do not offi- 
ciate at all; the Return to show any other Office or 
Offices held by any of the aforesaid Clerks, with 
the Name and Amount of the Salary and Emolu- 
ments of the same respectively, and to show the 
Total Amount of the whole Income derived from 
the Public by each Clerk respectively; the Return 
to show the Fees payable and paid on each Sentence 
of Transportation pronounced by the Court of Jus- 
ticiary, with the Number of the Sentences, and the 
Amount of Fees in each year respectively, and in 
whole, from the year 1830 to the present time; with 
the Name or Names of the Recipients of the said 
Transportation Fees, and the Amount of his or their 
other Emoluments from the Public in Fees, Salary 
or otherwise; the Return to include Principal Clerks, 
Deputies and Assistants, and to be for the Three 
last years only, with the exception of the Number 
of Sentences and the Amount of the Transportation 
Fees :—To show the Salaries, Fees and all Emolu- 
ments of the Macers to the Court of Justiciary re- 
spectively, with their Number, and the Name of 
each :—And, to show the Number of Trials and 
Number of Convictions had before the Court of Jus- 
ticiary when sitting in Edinburgh and when on 
Circuit respectively, in the Three last years; distin- 





10°—12° Februariz. 





A. 1844, 


guishing the Circuits, and the Number of Trials and 
Convictions at each Town and in each Circuit re- 
spectively, during the Three last years; with the 
umber and Names of the Judges who form the 
Court of Justiciary when sitting in Edinburgh, and 
when going Circuit, and the Names of those who 
actually have gone on Circuit in the above periods. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Metropolis 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Metropolis Improvements 
Improvements Bill:—The House accordingly re- ” 
solved 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 directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Supply. 
next, resolve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for the further amendment of the Laws relating to 
the Poor in England: And that Sir James Graham 
and Mr. Manners Sutton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Offences at Sea 
for the more speedy Trial of Offences committed on ~"* 
the High Seas: And that Sir James Graham, Mr. 
Attorney General and Mr. WVicholl do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


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

a Return of the Number of Ships laden with Foreign Ships. 
Corn entered Inwards at the Ports of the United 
Kingdom, between the 5th day of January 1843 

and the 5th day of January 1844; 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, (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 150, of Session 1843). 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for the further Poor Law 
amendment of the Laws relating to the Poor in Eng- a 
. ill. 
land: And the same was read the first time; and N 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the ® 21 
19th day of this instant February; and to be 
printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for the more Offences at Sea 
speedy Trial of Offences committed on the High Bill. 
Seas: And the same was read the first time; and No. 22. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, Navy. 
which was presented upon Thursday last, be printed. No. 23. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 12° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorize Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Law. 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order, a Copy of any Cor- 
respondence that has taken place between the Poor 
Law Commissioners and the Guardians of the Wells 
Union, relative to the dismissal of Mr. George 
Newman from Medical Superintendence of the Poor 
of the Glastonbury District:—And then he with- 
drew. 


Ordered, Thatthe said Paper do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. 














Bank of 
England. 


National Deb 


ca 


Imperial Gas 
Company. 


t 
Great Western 
Railway, 

t Sea 

2. 
Poor Law. 


¢ 
je 


Window Tax, 


Vv. 


State of 
Treland, 





7 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Smee, from the Bank of England, was called 
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 
by the Governor and Company of the said Bank, | 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1844; | 
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 Secu- 
rities, which was in the hands of the Governor and 
Company of the said Bank, on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1844 aforesaid. 

A Copy of all Applications made by the First 
Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer to the Governor and Deputy Governor 
of the Bank of England, for Advances to Govern- 
ment authorized by Parliament, from the 5th Janu- 


| 
} 


12° Februari. 





ary 1843 to the 5th January 1844, 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 
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 


t. 





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 
£.9,040. 17s. 9d. in one year, from the 5th January 
1843 to the 5th January 1844, by the Commissioners 
appointed by the 26th Geo. 8, tor the Reduction of 
the National Debt :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Mr. Filer, from the Imperial Gas Light and Coke | 


Company, was called in; and at the har presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—A Return of the Contingency Fund of the Im- 
perial Gas Light and Coke Company :—And then 
he withdrew. 


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


A Petition of William Nash Shillicorne, of Chel- 
tenham, Esquire, complaining that the Standing 
Orders of the House, in respect to the application 
for the Great Western Railway Bill, had not been 
compiied with ; and praying that he may be heard, 
by himself, his agents and witnesses, against the 
same, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the Bury Union, in the county of Lancaster, 
praying that measures may be adopted for obviating 
the evils arising out of the laws relating to Bastardy, 
and particularly that more effective powers may be 
given to Magistrates and Boards of Guardians for 
enforcing the payment of contributions from puta- 
tive fathers, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Canterbury ;—and, Wakefield ; 
praying that Licensed Victuallers may be placed 
on the same footing in regard to the Tax on Win- 
dows as other tradesmen, owners of warehouses and 
shops in which goods are deposited, sold and exposed 
for sale,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 


bourhood of Preston, stating that the Petitioners 
Vor. 99. 








25 


_are deeply impressed with the many evils attending 
| the agitation now going on in Jreland ; and fully sen- 


| sible of the still greater evils that would ensue by its 
separation from this country, they pray the House to 
| investigate the causes of the present agitation, and 
| that either some enlarged and comprehensive plan of 
‘amelioration may be brought forward by Her Ma- 
'jesty’s Ministers, or that a committee may be ap- 
pointed for obtaining information on this important 
subject ; and if appointed, that such persons may 
be examined before it as have been conversant in 
the improvement of moss land, and successful in 
reclaiming it, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers and other Inhabitants of Saint Asapi. 
and Bangor 
10CCSES 


the parish of Ware, in the county of Hertford, pray- 
ing for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of 
Saint Asaph and Bangor, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


D 


Petitions from Gateshead ;—and, Newcastle-xpon- Coals. 


Tyne; praying that the House will refuse to sanction 
any attempt to increase the dues payable on the 
importation of Coal into London, and also that 
they will, without delay, relieve the Coal Traae 
from the duty payable on the export of Coal,—were 


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


A Petition of the Manchester and Birmingham Manchester and 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for — 
enabling the said Company to vary the line of their (facclesfield 
Branch Railway to Macclesfield, and to make ano- and Poynton 
ther Branch therefrom, and for amending the former Branches) 


Acts relating to the said Company, was presented, ‘ 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Bolton and Preston Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to effectuate ‘ 
the sale by the said Company of their Railway, and 
other property and effects, to the North Union Rail- 
way Company, to incorporate with such last-men- 
tioned Company the Proprietors of the Bolton and 
Preston Railway, and to consolidate shares into 
stock, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





land-row, in the city of Westminster, Solicitor, pray- 
ing that the Clerk and Short-hand writer who at- 
tended the Cambridge Borough Election Committee 
in the year 1843 may have leave to attend on Her 
Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench at Westmiuster, 
and give evidence in the action now pending in the 
said Court, between James Coppock, Plaintiff, and 
Richard Southee and others, Defendants, and to 
produce the Minutes of Evidence and all documents 
in their possession relative to the proceedings be- 
fore the Committee; and that a Clerk from the 
Journal Office may also attend and produce the 
Journals of the House of Commons for the year 
1843, and give evidence as to any proceedings 
therein contained relating to the said Cambridge 
Election Committee, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, 'Yhat leave be given to the said several 
Parties to attend accordingly. 














| Loch, Esquire, being four 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 wil] 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. 
E 


The 








Bolton and 
Preston Rail- 


A Petition of James Coppock, of No. 3, Cleve- Cambridge 


Borough 
Election 


Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George Grey, Ba- Controverted 
|Tonet, John Wilson Patten, Esquire, and James "lection. 


Durham City 
Election, 


Athlone 
Election, 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Railway 

( Macclesfield 
and Poynton 
Branches) 
(No, 2.) 


Court of Session 


(Scotland.) 


Army (Ireland.) 
N v. 24. 


Legacy Dutys 
xc, 


26 


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 being read ; 

The Petitions severally complaining of undue 
Elections and Returns for the following places were 
referred to the said Committee, viz. :-— 

The Petition of Thomas Bowes, of Old Elvet, in 
or near the city of Durham, Gentleman, William 
Henderson, of the South Bailey, in the same city, 
Gentleman, John Henry Forster, of Old Elvet, 
aforesaid, Gentleman, and Francis Humble, of Fram- 
wellgate, in the said city, Printer and Publisher, 
Electors of the city of Durham, claiming and having 
a right to vote for Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said city, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said city, which was delivered in 
upon the 10th day of August in the last Session of 
Parliament. 

The Petition of the thereunder-signed, who were 
or claimed to be Electors for the borough of Athlone 
at and during the last Election of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, which 
was delivered in upon the 17th day of August in 
the last Session of Parliament. 


A Petition of the Right Honourable Edward 
Jervis Viscount Saint Vincent, complaining that 
the Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the 
application for the Manchester and Birmingham 
Railway (Macclesfieldand Poynton Branches) (No.2.) 
Bill, had not been complied with ; and praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his agents and wit- 
nesses, against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return extracted from the Accounts furnished by 
the Exchequer in Scotland, of Payments for the 
Maintenance of the Judicial Establishment in that 
country; to show, in columns, the Number and 
Names of the Judges of the Court of Session who 
have retired on Superannuation Allowances, with 
the Dates of their retiring ; the Annual Amount of 
Payments to each respectively, the whole Amount 
which each has received, with the Sum Total of the 
Payment to the said superannuated Judges, up to 
the last Quarterly or other Settlement. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Regiments of Infantry sent to Jre- 
land during the period commencing the Ist day of 
September 1841 and ending the 31st day of March 
1843, specifying the Dates of their Arrival in Ire- 
land :—A similar Return of Regiments of Cavalry : 
—A Return of Regiments of Infantry withdrawn 
from Freland during the same period, specifying the 
Dates of their Departure :—And, a similar Return of 
Regiments of Cavalry. 

Mr. Manners Sutton accordingly presented the 
said Returns. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Amount of Capital on which 
the several Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid 
in Great Britain in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1844 :—An Abstract of the Total Amount 
under each Rate, since 1797 :—An Account, show- 
ing the Total Amount of Duties on Legacies, Pro- 
bates and Administrations received in Jreland, in 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1844 :— 
Returns, forthe year ending the 5th day of January 
1844, showing the Amount of Capital 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 


12° Februari. 





A. 1844. 


day of January 1844, for Stamp Duty on Legacies 
(distinguishing those on direct and on reversionary 
Bequests, if possible), on Probates, Administrations 
and Testamentary Inventories; distinguishing the 
Amount from England and Wales, Scotland and 
Ireland; with an Abstract of the whole Amount 
of Duty received since 1797 :—And, of the Amount 
of Total Duty received in the United Kingdom since 
1797, to the 5th day of January 1844 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 111, of Session 
1843.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army (Ireland) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of a Despatch written by the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland to the Secretary of State, on 
the 2d day of May 1839, stating that Four or Five 
Regiments, in addition to those already sent, could 
be spared for a time, if wanted, in England. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Game Laws. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons con- 
victed of any Offences against the Game Laws at 
any Petty Sessions, Quarter Sessions or Assizes, 
during the year 1843; specifying the Penalties or 
Punishments inflicted, and in which County and 
upon whose Property the Offences were committed. 
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 Commissioners for executing an Act Beccles Navi- 


for making the River Waveney navigable for Ships gation. 


and other sea-borne Vessels, from Aosehall Fleet to 
the Mouth of Oulton Dyke, and for making and 
maintaining a navigable Cut from the said River at 
Carlton Shares Mill into the said Dyke, leading to 
Oulton Broad, in the County of Suffolk, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to amend the powers and _provi- 
sions of the said Act, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, poor Law 


a Copy of the Report of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners to Sir James Graham, on the Law concern- 
ing the maintenance of Bastards, dated the 31st day 
of January 1844. 


The Factories Bill was, according to Order, read factories Bill 


a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Friday the 23d day of this 
instant February. 


The ingrossed Bill to enlarge the Powers of an Metropolis 


Act ofthe fourth and fifth years of Her present Ma- 
jesty, empowering the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Woods to raise Money for certain Improve- 
ments in the Metropolis, on the Security of the Land 
Revenues of the Crown, within the County of Mid- 
dlesex and City of London, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in Pr. 4. Is. 35. and 36., by leaving out the 
words “ the Governor and Company of the Bank of 
“ England, and.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, UMr. Henry Baring: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, 

Noes, Mr. Hawes: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Improvements 


sill. 











the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Actions for 
Gaming Discon- 
tinuance Bill. 


d) 
Supp! ye 
Offences at Sea 
Bill. 
Sinde. 
Sinde. 
Avie 
. 
Bill. 


li $ 
ments 


Publication of 
the Debates, 





reading of the Actions for Gaming Discontinuance 
Bill; 


Then an Amendment was made tothe Bill. 


7 VicToriz. 12°—13° Februarie. Q7 


And the House, having continued to sit till after 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 





The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Offences at Sea Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Reading, and the 
neighbourhood, praying that the Motion for a Vote 
of Thanks to the Army lately employed in the in- 
vasion of the territories of the Ameers of Sinde, may 
be negatived or withdrawn, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Thanks of this House be given to 
Major General Sir Charles Napier, Knight Grand 
Cross of the Most honourable Order of the Bath, for 
the eminent skill, energy and gallantry displayed 
by him in the recent Military Operations in Sinde, 
particularly in the two decisive battles of Meanee 
and Hyderabad ; 

And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby, 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thefSir Thomas Fremanile, } 164 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Sharman Crawford, 

Noes, UMr. Brotherton : Ss 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Resolved, That the Thanks of this House be given 


9. 


Martis, 13° die Februarii, 1844: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the / Mr. Christie, } 37 
Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : . 

Tellers for the Sir Thomas Fremanile, } 4 
Noes, (Mr. Henry Baring: . 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Custom House 
Copy of the Evidence appended to the Report pre- Frauds. 
sented to this House in the last Session of Parlia- 

ment, respecting the Frauds which have been prac- 

tised on the Custom House Department in London. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Pubic 
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: — And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Thornely, Sir Ro- 
bert Harry Inglis, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, 
Lord Courtenay, Viscount Duncan, Captain Jones, 
Mr. Cowper, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Edward Buller, Mr. 
Buckley, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. William Hamilton, 
Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Cripps and Mr. Villiers 
Stuart. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill County _ 
to amend the Law respecting the appointment and Coroners Bill, 
office of County Coroner, and the Expenses of In- 
quests: And that Mr. Pakington and Viscount 














to Major General Sir Charles Napier, Knight Grand 
Cross of the Most honourable Order of the Bath, 


for the eminent skill, energy and gallantry displayed | 


by him in the recent Military Operations in Sinde ; 
particularly in the two decisive battles of Meanee 
and Hyderabad. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to the several Officers of the 


Major General Sir Charles Napier, for their un- 
wearied zeal and conspicuous gallantry. 








| Bill; 
O 


| 
| 


Army, both European and Native, serving under | 


Sandon do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Actions for 


reading of the Actions for Gaming Discontinuance Gaming Discon- 
. ad s tinuance Bill, 


rdered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Offences at Sea Bill was, according to the Offences at Sea 


| Order made this day, read a second time; and Bill. 
|committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House | this day. 


doth highly approve and acknowledge the brave and 
meritorious conduct displayed by the Non-commis- 
sioned Officers and private soldiers, both European 
and Native, engaged in the Operations in Sinde; 
and that this Resolution be signified to them by 
the Commanders of the several Corps. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be trans- 
mitted by Mr. Speaker to the Governor General in 


India, and that his Lordship be requested to com- | 


municate the same to the several Officers referred 
to therein. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
consider the expediency of recognizing the publica- 
tion of Debates, under the pleasure of the House ; 


and to consider and report what regulations may 
be necessary ; 


Vou. 99. 


| 

| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Recorderof 
Return of the Name of the present Recorder for Devizes 
‘the Borough of Devizes, the Date of his Appoint- 

/ment, and a Copy of the Warrant of the Appoint- 

|ment; also, the Date of the Resignation of the late 
Recorder of Devizes, and a Copy of any Letter of 

| Resignation written by or for the said Recorder, 

,and a Copy of any Communication made to him in 
acceptance of such Resignation. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





E2 


Poor Law. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Northern 
Lighthouses. 


Fishguard 
Yurnpike Trust. 


Slamannan 
Junction Rail- 
way. 


Sinde. 


Framework 
Knitters, 








13° Februarie. A. 1844. 


Committee for that purpose, was presented, and 
Martis, 13° die Februarit ; read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. The O’Conor Don and Viscount Sandon, two Controverted 
Pearuns. other Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve Elections. 
- R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law | 0, the General Committee of Elections, and not 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the being objected to by the House, took the following 





Oath: 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,--A Copy of the ahifeA 
Repovt of the Veer Law Commissioners to Sir James I do swear, that I will truly and faithfully 
Graham, on the Law concerning the Maintenance perform the duties belonging to a Member of 
of Bastards, dated the 31st day of January 1844: the General Committee of Elections, without 
asa then be within fear or favour, to the best of my judgment and 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the ability. So help me God. 


fable. A Petition of Promoters of a line of Railway North British 


from Edinburgh to the town of Berwick-upon- Railway. 
Tweed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making the 

said Railway, with a Branch to Haddington, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Johnson, from the Lord Chancellor’s Principal 
Secretary’s Office, was called in; and at the bar 
resented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Fidilemenh,-~Porthee Accounts of Compensations 
granted to the there-undermentioned Officers of 
the High Court of Chancery, pursuant to the Act 


Pt .-,.3| A Petition of Inhabitants of Blairgourie and vi- Redress of 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 103, and chargeable upon the Suitors : I 


? Pee cinity, praying the House to refrain from voting the Grievances. 
se aos Jem ag sg = peat do i th Supplies until the Grievances of the people are in- 
Tab TEER, SRSt Che Se Heceens ae Se wpek we vestigated and redressed, was presented, and read ; 
able. and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Ritchie, from the Commissioners of the 
Northern Lighthouses, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—An Abstract of the Receipts and 
Payments on account of the Duties levied for the 
Northern Lighthouses, for the year 1842:—And 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Gold Coin, 
Return of the Amount of Sovereigns and Half 
Sovereigns received by the Bank of England under 
the Standard Weight, in each month since Her Ma- 
jesty’s Proclamation was issued to call in Gold Coin 
bet, under the Standard Weight; stating the Amount 
then he withdrew. , , of the Deficient Weight in each month, at the rate 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the} of ¢ 3 1975. 104d. per ounce, and the Amount of : 
Table. Gold and Bank Notes paid for the same. a 


A Petition of Persons being Highway Rate-payers 
and resident near the line of ‘Turnpike-road lead- 
ing from the town of Haverfordwest, through the 
town of Fishguard, to the town of Newport, and 
from the said town of Fishguard, to the city of 
Saint David's, in the county of Pembroke, which 
said line of road is placed in Trust, called the Fish- 
guard Turnpike Trust, complaining of mismanage- 
ment of the funds, and errors in the accounts of 
the said Trustees; and praying the House to ap- 
point a Committee to investigate these grievances, 
and to cause the powers under which the said 
Trustees levy tolls upon the said lines of road to be 
suspended, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bankof 
an Account of the Notes of the Bank of England Exslant- 
in Circulation, distinguishing that of the Branch 
Banks from that in London; of the Amount of all 
Deposits, distinguishing Public from Private; of 
the Amount of all Securities held by the Bank, 
distinguishing Public from Private, and distinguish- 
ing Private into the heads of Bills and Notes dis- 
counted, and others; and of the Amount of Bullior. 
in the Bank at the close of the business, in every 
week, from the 6th day of March 18382 to the pre- 
sent time. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wooller 
an Account of the Quantities and Declared Value Manufactures 
of British Woollen Manufactures exported from 
A Petition of Persons interested in facilitating | the United Kingdom in the year 1843; specifying 
the transmission of passengers and goods between | the Countries to which they were sent. 
the Slamannan and Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
ways, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Rail-| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Smuggiing 
way to connect the said Railways, was presented, | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on | to give directions that there be laid before this 








Petitions for Private Bills. House, a Return of the Number of Persons com- 
mitted to Prison on a charge of Smuggling, and 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Glasgow, |the Numbers committed in each year since the 
praying the House not to pass the proposed Vote | passing of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 53, distin- 
of Thanks to the military forces lately employed in | guishing the Number committed and convicted, in 
the invasion of the territories of the Ameers of Sinde, | classes, for smuggling Tobacco, Spirits, Tea, Silks, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | and for any other Articles, and the Total Number 
the Table. in each year:—Also, of the Number of Persons 
who paid the Penalties imposed, the Number of 
A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of | Compromises made, and the Number of Persons 
Framework Knitting Delegates assembled in G’re- | confined in Prison for Smuggling in each year since 
gory’s Buildings, Nottingham, from the town and | the passing of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 53. 
counties of Vottingham, Derby and Leicester, stat- Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
ing that a Petition was presented to the House in| Her Majesty by such Members of this Sicene as are 
the last Session of Parliament, having 2,500 sig-| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
natures attached thereto, the allegations of which : 
set forth the grievances the Petitioners then com-| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Vexatious Su 
plained of, and the Government then expressed a | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
willingness, when grievances did exist, to grant | to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
an inquiry thereinto; and as such inquiry has not | a Return of the Number of Persons who have been 
taken place, praying the House to grant a Select subjected to Vexatious Proceedings at Law at the 
t suit 































13°—14° 


suit of Common Informers, or Persons other than 
the Actual Losers, for Offences under the Acts 
9 Anne, c. 14,8. 2; 11 Anne, c. 5, 8.2, for Ireland ; 
16 Chas. c. 7,8. 3; and 10 Will. 3, c. 11, s. 2, for 
Ireland, claiming Relief from Parliament against 
such Proceedings, stating the Names and Resi- 
dences of such Persons. 

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





7 Vicroriz. 


State of 
Ireland. 


A Petition of Persons resident in the town and 
neighbourhood of Belfast, praying the House to 
take the state of Zreland into its immediate con- 
sideration, and adopt such healing measures as may 
appear best calculated to avert the dangers which 
now exist, and to prevent a recurrence of them, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


State of 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
Ireland. 


proposed, That this House do resolve itself into a 
Committee, to take into consideration the state of 
Ireland :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Mercurii, 14° die Februarii, 1844: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


London Coal 


oe Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Market. 


Returns of the Sums of Money received and paid, 
and how applied, in the year, to and including the 
31st day of December 1843, by the Chamberlain of 
the City of London, in relation to the Market esta- 
blished for the Sale of Coals, &amp;c., pursuant to the 
Act 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 76, for regulating the Vend 
and Delivery of Coals within the Cities of London 
and Westminster, and in certain parts of the Coun- 
ties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Essex, and also 
the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 101, for continuing for Seven 
years the aforesaid Act of 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 76 :— 
Also, the Sums of Money when invested, and the 
Sum Total invested, under the authority of the said 
Acts; stating the Securities in which the same are 
invested, and the Rates of Interest paid upon each, 


and the Balance in hand on the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1843. 


Electors 


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


Returns of the Namber of Registered Electors in 
the Counties, Cities and Boroughs of Jreland, from 
the 1st day of February 1843 to the 1st day of Fe- 
bruary 1844; also, of the Total Number of Regis- 
tered Electors for each County, City and Borough 
of Lreland, on the 1st day of February 1844. 


Railroads. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 28th 
No, 25. 


day of March 1838, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to consider the present state of the 
Communications by Railroad, so far as it affects 
the regularity and convenience of the Transmission 
of Letters and the Post-office in general, to ascertain 
on what terms Mails are now conveyed by the Rail- 
roads in operation, and what measures it may be 
just and expedient to adopt for the purpose of se- 
curing to the public in future the benefit of the con- 
veyance of the Mails by Railroads, and who were 
empowered to report their Opinion thereupon to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them, be re-printed, but without the 
Evidence or Appendix. 
s Suits 


Offences at Sea 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Offences at Sea Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 


Februarit. 29 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank of Eng- 
a Return of the Country Banks issuing Bank of !and Notes. 
England Notes, and the Amount of Bank of Eng- 

land Notes so issued (in continuation of Return in 

Appendix to Report on Banks of Issue, in Sess. 

1841, No. 2.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Troops 
an Account of the Total Rank and File of all Arms (Ireland.) 
in Ireland, on the 1st day of January in each year, 

from 1830 to 1844, both inclusive. 


Ordered, That the Returns to an Order, dated Merchant Seas 
the 5th day of August 1842, for a Return of the ™e™’s Fund 
Number of Pensioners receiving Relief from the 

Trustees of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund, under 

the Act 4 and 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 30, from 30 to 40, 
from 40 to 50 and from 50 to 60 years and upwards ; 
distinguishing the Pensioners 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 Pension, stating the Highest and 
Lowest Rate of Pension, 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 received at each Port, in each year, since 
January 1837, under the said Act, distinguishing 
the Amount of Contributions 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 Ex- 
penditure at each Port in each year, up to J — 
1842, which were laid upon the Table on the 11t 
day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, be 
referred to the Select Committee on Merchant Sea- 
men’s Fund. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Poor Law. 
Law, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 26. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank Bank of 
of England, which were presented yesterday, be England. 
printed. No. 27. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- National Debt. 
tional Debt, which were presented yesterday, be No, 28. 
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. 








Mercurii, 14° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of John Robertson, of Saville- Lough Swilly 
: row, in the city of Westminster, Esquire, pray- Forie Desinees 
ing that the proper Officers attending this House, jj) (1837-8.) 
have leave to attend on Her Majesty’s Court o 
Common Pleas at the Guildhall of the city of Lon- 
don, in an action now pending in the said Court be- 
tween the Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery 





Vor. 99. 




















E3 of 



















































































County 


Coroners Bill. 


No. 29. 


General 
Committee of 
Elections, 


Sidmouth and 
Collumpton 


Road. 


Haliwistle 
Inclosure. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Window Tax, 


30 14° Februariz. 


of Fishmongers of the city of London, Plaintiffs, | 
and John Robertson and others, Defendants, and | 
take with them and produce the Petition of the | 
said Wardens and Commonalty against the Lough | 
Swilly and Lough Foyle Draimage Bill, complain- | 
ing of non-compliance with the Standing Orders, 
presented to the House on the 2d day of March 
1838; the Petition of the said Wardens and 
Commonalty in favour of the said Bill, presented 
on the 11th May 1838; the Petition of the Go- 
vernor and Assistants of London of the New Plan- 
tation in Ulster, against the said Bill, presented 
on the 16th day of May 1838; and the Petition of 
John David Towse, against certain parts of the said 
Bill, presented on the 21st day of May 1838 :— 
Also, the Books of Proceedings taken before the 
Select Committee on Petitions, the Standing Order 
Committee and the Committee on the said Bill, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
such Committee on Petition, and Committee on the 
Bill; and also the Copy of the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, as passed by the said Committee on the said 
Bill, in the Session of 1837-8, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Of- 
ficers to attend accordingly. 


Mr. Pakington presented a Bill to amend the 
Law respecting the Appointment and Office of 
County Coroner, and the Expenses of Inquests : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- 
neral Committee of Elections, That they had ap- 
pointed Monday, the 4th day of March next, to 
choose Select Committees to try the Durham City 
Election Petition and the Athlone Election Pe- 
tition. 

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


A Petition of Owners of Jand or Inhabitants in 
or near the following parishes and places, viz. Sid-| 
mouth, Collumpton, Hele Mill, Harpford, Ottery 
Saint Mary, Talaton, Clisthydon, Broadclyst and 
Bradninch, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
and maintaining a Turnpike-road from Sidmouth to 
Collumpion, and also to or near to Hele Mill, in the 
parish of Bradninch, all in the county of Devon, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Proprietors of estates in the manor 
and township of Hadtwistle, in the parish of Halt- 
wistle, in the county of Northumberland, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for inclosing lands in the said 
township, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the ca- 
thedral church of Christ and the blessed Mary 
the Virgin, of Worcester, praying that the House 
will take into its earliest consideration, with a view 
to its enactment, any Bill that may be introduced 
for preventing the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, and at the same time providing for the 
immediate appointment of a Bishop to the newly- 
erected See of Manchester, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers residing in the 
city of Oxford, praying that Licensed Victuallers 
may he placed on the same footing in regard to the 
Tax on Windows as other tradesmen, owners of 
warehouses and shops in which goods are deposited, 
sold and exposed for sale, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A. 1844, 


A Petition of the Preston and Wyre Railway, Preston and 
Harbour and Dock Company, for leave to bring in Wyte Dock, 


a Bill to amend the several Acts relating to the 
said Company, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Great Britain and Ireland and the General Post- 
office of the Kingdom of the Wetherlands. 


der,—Accounts of the 
Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Eng- 
land, as published in the Gazette, since the 8th day 
of December 1842 :—And, of the Notes in Circu- 
lation of the Bank of England, and of other Banks 
of Issue in England and Wales, Scotland and Ire- 
land, and of the Bullion in the Bank of England 
in each month, since the 7th day of January 1843, 
to the present time, as published in the Gazettes (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 46, of 
Session 1843). 


directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of 
Treasury Warrant regulating the Postage on Letters, 
&amp;e., under the Treaty with France, dated 9 May 
1843 :—Also, Copy of Treasury Warrant regulating 
the Postage on Letters within British North Ame- 
rica or within the British West Indies, or between 
British North America and the British West Indies, 
dated 11 October 1843 ;—Also, a Copy of Treasury 
Warrant regulating the Postage on Letters between 
the United Kingdom and Holland, &amp;c., dated 2 De- 
cember 1843, 


dated Fund, under the Acts 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 121, 
and 6 and 7 Will. 4,c. 94, in the year ended 81 De- 
cember 1843, for Interest and Sinking Fund on that 
part of the Greek Loan guaranteed by this country 
under the authority of the said Acts. 


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


issued by Her Majesty to certain Districts in South 
Wales, dated Monday, October the 2d, 1843. 


Orders,—Copy 
Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland, dated Sa- 
turday, October the 7th, 1843. 


year, from 1830 to 1844, both inclusive. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Returns of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of Great 
Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and 
Channel Islands; distinguishing those under and 
those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day 
of December 1843:—Similar Returns of Steam 
Vessels, and their Tonnage :—Returns of the Num- 
ber and Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared 
Coastwise at each of the Ports of Great Britain 
and Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands (in- 
cluding their repeated Voyages), with the Number 
of their Crews, distinguishing Steam from Sailing 
Vessels, between the 31st day of December 1842 
and the 31st day of December 1843 :—Like Returns 
from and to the Colonies; further distinguishing 
British from Foreign Vessels :—Like Returns from 
and to Foreign Ports ; also distinguishing British 
from Foreign Vessels: —Returns of the Number 











and 














Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s Postage 
Command,—Copy of Postage Convention between Convention 
the General Post-office of the United Kingdom of (Netherlands) 


Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to Or- Bank of 
Cosa Averages of the England, &amp;c. 


Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to the Postage. 








An Account of Money paid out of the Consoli- Greek Loan. 








Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an Proclamation 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Proclamation (South Weles.) 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Proclamation 
of a Proclamation issued by the (Ireland. 


An Account of the Total Rank and File of all Troops 
Arms in Ireland, on the 1st day of January in each {**!*"") 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Shipping 





Valuation 
Ireland.) 


Vexatious Suits, 


Vexatious Suits. 


Auswer to 
Addresses, 


7 VicToriz. 


and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels registered at each 
of the Ports of the Colonies of the United Kingdom 
respectively, distinguishing those under and those 
above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1843:—Similar Returns of Steam Vessels 
and Tonnage :—Returns of the Number and Ton- 
nage 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 from Sailing Ves- 
sels, and also distinguishing between British, Colo- 
nial and Foreign Vessels, from the 31st day of De- 
cember 1842 to and including the 31st day of De- 
cember 1843:— Like Returns from and to the 
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Jsle of 
Man :—Like Returns from and to Foreign Ports : 
—And, a Return of the Number of Vessels, with 
their Tonnage, (distinguishing Steam from Sailing 





14° Februari. 3] 


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 an Amy (Ireland.) 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Despatch No. 30. 
written by the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland to the 

Secretary of State, on the 2d day of May 1839, 

stating that four or five Regiments, in addition to 

those already sent, could be spared for a time, if 

wanted, in England. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Smuggling, &amp;e. 
an Account of the Law and other Expenses which 


Vessels) that were built and registered; also, a| have been incurred in the Proceedings against per- 
Return of Vessels sold, wrecked and broken up, in| sons charged with Smuggling, and with Frauds in 
the year 1843 (in continuation of Parliamentary | the Customs, during the years 1842 and 1843, in 


Paper, No. 207, of Session 1843). 


the United Kingdom ; distinguishing each Country, 
and the Amount of Duties and of Penalties respec- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a tively received, and the Amount received by Com- 
Return of the several Counties, Counties of Cities | PPOMSses that period. 


and Counties of Towns in Ireland, of which the Va- 


Iuation, under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c.84,has| Phe Order of the day being read, for the second Superior Courts 
been completed ; specifying the Name of each Ba-| 'e2ding of the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill ; (onenn Land 
&gt; &gt; aus an 


rony or Half Barony, the Acreable Contents, and 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time~’” 


the Valuation thereof ; stating also, the Sum ordered | UP” Wednesday next. 


to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring 


Assizes 1843, for each such Barony or Half Barony The Order of the day being read, for the second ng Debts 
. e ’ * ac « 5] " . . . . “ »; « 

and the Rate per centum which each such Sum —_— pelea i i —" 

bears to the Valuation ; also the Sum ordered to be aoe pt the Dill be read a second time 

levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer | "PO? tYeenescay nem. 


Assizes 1843, for each such Barony or Half Barony, 


and the Rate per centum which such Sum bears to]. = pee . the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
the Valuation ; stating also the Name and Acreable | ™°€ OF Supply &gt; : 
Contents of each such County, County of a City, Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

and County of a Town; the Annual Value thereof, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


according to the Valuation under that Act; the 


Amount of the Expense of such Valuation, the Cost} The Order of the day being read, for the second fies ~~ 
per Acre of such Valuation, and the Rate which the | reading of the Actions for Gaming Discontinuance “°mms*N- 


Cost of such Valuation bears to each £.100 of the | Bill; 


tinuance Bill. 


Valuation (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


No. 334, of Session 18438). 


proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


The House was moved, That the Order made Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
yesterday, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
« os a Hai Ss 


Address, that She would be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Persons who have 
been subjected to Vexatious Proceedings at Law at 
the suit of Common Informers, or persons other than 
the actual losers, for offences under the Acts 9 Anne, 


“ a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire into 


the existing Statutes against Gaming of — 
kind; and what penalties are enacted by suc 

? P 7 
Statutes ; and whether the same, or any and what 
parts of such Statutes, have fallen into desuetude, 
or ought to be repealed,” instead thereof. 


c. 14, s.2; 11 Anne, c. 5, s. 2, for Ireland; 16 And the Question being proposed, That the words 
Chas. c. 7, 8.3; and 10 Will. 3, c. 11, s. 2, for | Proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
Ireland, claiming Relief from Parliament against |} —And a Debate arising thereupon; 

such Proceedings, stating the Names and Residences| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
of such Persons, might be read ; and the same being posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :— And 


read ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
Return of all Writs of Summons issued out of Her The House divided : 
Majesty’s Court of Exchequer, between the 1st day The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
of July and the 31st day of December 1843, inclu- The Noes to the new Lobby. 


sive, at the Suit of any Parties other than the At-| Tellers for thef Mr. James Wortley, line. 
torney General, suing as well for the Poor of any| _ Yeas, |, Colomet 2° e0t 2. J 
Parish or Township as for themselves, together with | ‘Tellers for thef Mr. Milner Gibson, L os. 
the Names of the Attornies issuing them, the Names Noes, UCaptain Pechell : J 


of the Plaintiffs and Defendants, and the Dates| So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
when issued, and the Amounts of the several Sums Ordered, Vhat the Bill be now read a second 
indorsed thereon as claimed for Debts or Penalties. | time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 


time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That | House, for Wednesday next. 


their several Addresses of the 8th, 10th, 12th and 


13th days of this instant February, (That Her Ma-| The Order of the day being read, for cesuming State of 
jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions | the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Heland- 


Vor, 99, 














E4 yesterday, 


Offences at Sea 
Bill, 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law. 
No. 31. 


Northern 
Lighthouses. 


No, 32. 


Bankruptcy. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Liverpool 
New Gas and 
Coke Bill. 


)) 


ow 


3 


14°-—15° 


yesterday, That this House do resolve itself into a 
Committee to take into consideration the State of 
Ireland; 

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, 15° die Februarii, 1844: 


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


Mr. Greene reported the Offences at Sea 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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the General Order of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, which has received the sanction of the 
Secretary of State, that no child of seven years of 
age shall be separated in any workhouse from its 
mother :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


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


Ordered, That the Account relative to Northern 
. ? . 
Lighthouses, which was presented yesterday, be 
7 t | I ~ . 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Jovis, 13° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 

R. Goodbody, from the Court of Bankruptcy, 

was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to Order,—A_ Return of all Sums of Money 
received and paid to the Fund called “ The Secre- 
tary of Bankrupts’ Account,” since the passing and 
under the Statute 5 and 6 Vie. c. 122; with a Re- 
turn of the Names of all Persons who have been 
paid by Salary, Compensation orin any other man- 
ner, und with the Sums charged on the said Fund, 
aud also all Charges allowed on the same Fund, to 
31st January 1844:—And then he withdrew. 
, —" That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Strufé 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 not been complied with, 
inasmuch as the Bill appeared to confer powers to 
purchase, by agreement, a Ferry between the coun- 
ties of Chester and Lancaster, and no Notices had 
been inserted in any Newspaper for the county of 
Lancaster. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Struéé reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Liverpool New Gas and Coke 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and enlarge the Provisions of two several 
Acts for lighting with Gas the Town of Liverpool, 
and certain Places adjacent thereto: And that Vis- 
count Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas do prepare, 
and bring it in. 








A. 1844, 


| Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Bury Inclosure 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of il 
the Petition for the Bury Inclosure Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Bury, in the 
county of Huntingdon: And that Mr. Ledlowes and 
Mr. Thornhill do prepare, and bring it in. 


Februariz. 


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

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Ribble Navigation Company to raise 
a further Sum of Money, and to enable the Owners 
of reclaimed Lands to pay a Sum in gross im heu 
of the annual Kents: And that Mr. Wilson Patten, 

Sir Hesketh Fleetwood and Sir George Strickland 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Manchester, 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of ra — 
the Petition for the Manchester, Bury and Rossen- Railway Bill. 
dale Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Manchester and 
Bolton Railway, in the parish of Eccles, to the 
parish of Whalley, all in the county palatine of 
Lancaster, to be called “ The Manchester, Bur 
and Rossendale Railway :’ And that Mr. Walker 
and Mr. Wilson Patten do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Struté reported from the Select Committee Ramsey 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Inclosure Bill, 
the Petition for the Famsey 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 Ramsey, in the 
county of Huntingdon: And that Mr. Fellowes and 
Mr. Thornhill do prepare, and bring it in. 


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

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for constructing ‘Tidal Basins, a Dock, and other 
Works, at Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, and 
for other purposes: And that Sir Philip Egerton 
and Mr. John Tollemache do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Sheffield 
Sheffield Gas Light Company, and of the Sheffield United Gas, 
New Gas Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
uniting the said Companies, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Thomas Newsam, of Leeds, in the Leeds and 
county of York, Land Surveyor, complaining that Bradford 
the Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the 8" 
application for the Leeds and Bradford Railway 
Bill, had not been complied with; and praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his agents and wit- 
nesses, against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 





A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants Liverpoo! 
of the town and borough of Liverpool, fo ileave to Guardian Gax 
bring in a Bill for the better supplying and lighting 
with Gas the said town and places adjacent, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 









A Petition of John Beckwith Towse, of Laurence Lough Swilly 
Pountney-lane, in the city of London, Solicitor to ee 
the Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Bill (1837-8) 
Fishmongers 




















South Devon 
Railway, 


Northern 
Coal Mining 
Company, 


Window Tax. 


7 Vicrorizx. 


Fishmongers of the city of London, praying that 
the proper Officers attending this House have leave 
to attend and produce, at a trial at the Court of 
Common Pleas, at the Guildhall, Zondon, at the 
adjourned Sittings in London after Hilary Term 
now last past, and so from day to day until the 
cause be tried, the original Petition of Thomas 
Dimsdale, 7, Hanley-road, Holloway ; John Robert- 
son, 2, Warnford-court, Throqmorton-street ; John 
G. Booth, Crouch End, Hornsey; Francis Sted- 
man, Baron-street, Pentonville; I’. W. Staines, 
Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square; Thomas Edge, Pe- 
ter-street, Westminster ; James Whiskin, Ashby- 
street, Clerkenwell, presented to the House during 
the Session 1837-8, praying that leave might be 
given to bring in a Bill for the drainage of Waste 
Lands in Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly, in the 
counties of Donegal and Londonderry ; the original 
Bill as prepared and brought into the House during 
the said Session 1837-8; the original Petition of 
the Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of | 
Fishmongers of the city of London, presented to 
this House during the said Session 1837-8, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their agents 
and witnesses before the Select Committee on Pe- | 
titions for Private Bills ; the original Petition of the | 
said Wardens and Commonalty, presented to the | 
House during the said Session 1837-8, praying that | 
the said Bill might pass into a law; the original | 
Petition of the Governor and Assistants of London | 
of the new Plantation in Ulster, within the Realm | 
of Ireland, presented to the House during the said 

Session 1837-8, praying that the said Bill might | 
not pass into a law; the original Bill, as passed | 
during the said Session 1837-8, by the Committee | 
to whom the said Bill stood referred ; the original | 
Petition of John David Towse, presented to the | 
House during the said Session of 1837-8, praying 
that he might be heard, by himself, his counsel, 











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33 


sold and exposed for sale, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee PablicPetitions 
on Public Petitions, That they had examined the Committee 
Petitions presented from the Ist to the 13th day ne 
of this instant February, both inclusive ; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Minister, Freeholders and other Saint Asaph 

Inhabitants of the parish of Saint George, in the 274 Bangor 
. . : &gt; Dioceses, 

county of Denbigh, praying for the repeal of so much 
of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, a3 relates to the 
union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, was 
presented, and read ; arid ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Solicitors of Her Majesty’s High Court of 
Court of Chancery, complaining of the amount of Chancery. 
compensation awarded under the Act 6 Vic., for 
abolishing certain Offices of the High Court of 
Chancery in England; and praying the House to 
inquire into the claims made before the Lord Chan- 
cellor, in pursuance of the said Act, and to take 
under their consideration the several orders made 
thereon, and to inquire into the fees imposed upon 
the suitors of the said court, in pursuance of the 
powers of the said Act, and into the state and several 
charges affecting the several funds of the suitors of 
the said court, was presented, and read; and or 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hemingby ;—Haltham ;— Martin ; Corn Laws, 
—Ashby Puerorum ;—Gautby and Waddingworth ; 
— Baumber ;--Langton-by- Horncastle ;--Roughton ; 
— Belchford ;—Hagworthingham ;— Lusby ;— and, 
Scrafield and Hameringham; praying that there 


agents and witnesses, upon such Clause or Clauses may not be any further reductions made in the pre- 


as might be considered proper to protect the rights, 
interests and property of the said Wardens and 
Commonalty ; the Journals of the House for the 
Session 1837-8; the Committee Books of the Sub , 


sent inadequate laws affecting agricultural produce, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


and Select Committee on Standing Orders on Peti-| Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to the di- mint. 


tions for Private Bills during the said Session 


rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of 


1837-8, in which are respectively entered the pro- all Supplies remaining in the Mint, and of all Sums 
ceedings relating to the said Bill; the Committee /advanced out of the Consolidated Fund, under the 
Book, in which is entered the ego which | Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- 


took place upon the said Bill before the Committee 
to whom the said Bill stood referred ; the Notes of 
Evidence taken before the same Committees, and 
all other books, documents, papers and writing in 
the control of the House, which may promote the 
an of the action, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Offi- 
cers to attend accordingly. 


A Petition of Promoters of a Line of Railway 
from Exeter to Plymouth, and Owners and Occu- 
piers of property thereon, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making the said Railway, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Directors of the Northern Coal 
Mining Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the said Company to raise Money for pay- 
ing off their existing debts, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of the borough 
and township of Scarborough, in the North Riding of 
the county of York, praying that they may be placed 
on the same footing in regard to the Tax on Windows, 
as other tradesmen and manufacturers, owners of 


warehouses and shops in which goods are deposited, 
Vor. 99. 


|jesty’s Treasury to the Master of the Mint, tor ef- 
'fecting the Purchase of Bullion for the Coimage of 
Silver and Copper Monies for the Public Service ; 
| showing the Amount of the several Purchases of 
| Bullion, and of the Seignorage accruing on the 
| Coinage ; also, of Cash received 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 
repayment of the Advances so made, from the 31st 
day of December 1842 to the 31st day of December 
1843. 

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





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 

and Mr. Senior : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Teachers 
to facilitate the Recovery, by Summary Process, of of ae ain 
Small Sums due to the Teachers of Schools in Jre- (Itelnnd) Bul. 
land; to which theLords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Robert Fuller Graham, of Newbury, Newbury, 
in the county of Berks, Gentleman, complaining peep 
that the Standing Orders of the House in respect to goithamptoa 
the application for the Newbury, Basingstoke, Lon- Railway. 
don and Southampton Railway, had not been com- 


plied with; and praying that he may be heard, by 
F is 













































Factories. 


Education. 


Trade aud 









































Poor Law. 






































Navigation. 


Nou. 36. 


34, 


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A. 1844, 


his agents and witnesses, against the same, was! England and Wales, for the same periods :—Of the 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select; Amount of Money expended for In-maintenance 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the Factories Bill on Friday the 
23d day of this instant February, was read, and 
discharged. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Minutes in Council containing 
Regulations as to the Distribution of the Parlia- 
mentary Grant for the promotion of Education in 
Great Britain, from the close of last Session to the 
end of January. 

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 Copy of Articles 9,10, 11 and 12 of the General 
Workhouse Rules issued by the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, bearing date the 5th day of February 
1842; together with the Passages explanatory of 
those Articles, contained in the Letter of the Com- 
missioners which accompanied the General Work- 
house Rules, also dated the 5th day of February 
1842. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—An Account of the Imports of the Principal 
Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, of 
the Consumption of such Articles, and of the Cus- 
toms Duties received thereon, in the year ended 
5th January 1844, compared with the Imports, 
Consumption and Receipts in the preceding year. 

An Account of the Exports of the Principal Ar- 
ticles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, in the 
year ended 5th January 1844, compared with the 
Exports of the preceding year. 


An Account of the Exports of the Principal Ar-_ 
ticles of British and Irish Produce and Manufac- | 


tures, in the year ended 5th January 1844, compared 
with the Exports of the preceding year. 

An Account of the Gross and Net Produce of 
the Duties of Customs, in the years ended 5th Ja- 
nuary 1843 and 1844 respectively. 

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels, distinguishing the Countries to which they 
belonged, which entered inwards and cleared out- 
wards, in the year ended Sth January 1844, com- 
pared with the Entrances and Clearances in the 
preceding year; stated exclusively of Vessels in 
Ballast and of those employed in the Coasting Trade 
between Great Britain and Ireland. 

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of 


and Out-relief in each County in England and 
Wales, during the Half-years ended Michaelmas 
1842 and 1843, with comparative Statements for 
England and Wales :—And, of the Total Amount 
of Money levied and expended in England and 
Wales, during the Nine years prior and subsequent 


to the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act. 
| 


Accounts of the Total Number of Gallons of Proof 
Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and Ireland 
respectively; distinguishing the Quantities produced 
from Malt, and from a Mixture of Malt and Un- 
malted Grain, or from any other Ingredient ; show- 
ing, also, the Total Quantity of each Sort in the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1844:—Of the Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Sorts) on which 
Duty was paid for Home Consumption in each of 
the Three * ent haely withthe Rate per Gallon, and 
| the Amount of such Duty; also, the Total Number 
|of Gallons and Duty in the United Kingdom for 
| the year ending the 5th day of January 1844 :— 
| And 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 in- 
cluding in the cases of England and Scotland those 
conveyed either by Land or by 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 1844. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Spirits. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, yycit pistitta- 
| Returns of the Detections, and the Number of tion (Ireland.) 


| Persons prosecuted for Offences in Ireland against 
the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1844; 
distinguishing those convicted, those acquitted, and 
the Cases remaining undecided :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Persons confined in each Gaol in Jreland, for 
Offences against the Laws for the Suppression of 
Illicit Distillation, on the 5th day of January 1844, 





the Law for the Trial of Controverted Elections, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

The Clerk read the List of Members who have 
claimed to be excused from serving on Election 
Committees, as being upwards of sixty years of 
age, as followeth : 

William Astell, Esquire, Colonel Baillie (Honi- 
ton), John Benett, Esquire, Thomas Bunbury, Es- 

uire, Sir Charles Burrell, Honourable Colonel 
Butler, William Ralph Cartwright, Esquire, Aaron 
Chapman, Esquire, Sir John Chetwode, Edward 
| Bolton Clive, Esquire, William Sharman Cravw- 








The House was moved, That the 37th, 38th ard Controverted 
39th Sections of the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 58, to amend Elections. 


Vessels which entered inwards and cleared out-| ford, Esquire, William Joseph Denison, Esquire, 
wards, with Cargoes, at the several Ports of the| Sir Howard Douglas, William Fielden, Esquire, 
United Kingdom, during the year ended 5th Janu-| Augustus Eliott Fuller, Esquire, William Orsmby 
ary 1844, compared with the Entrances and Clear-| Gore (Salop), Esquire, John Heathcoat, Esquire, 
ances in the preceding year, distinguishing the Ves- | Kedgwin Hoskins, Esquire, Joseph Hume, Esquire, 
sels employed in the Intercourse between Great | John Irving, Esquire, William Gore Langton, Es- 
Britain and Ireland from other Coasters. | quire, James Loch, Esquire, Lord Charles Manners, 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the | Stewart Marjoribanks, Esquire, William Ord, Es- 
Tale; and be printed. 'quire, James Oswald, Esquire, George Palmer, 
| Esquire, Edward William Wynne Pendarves, Esquire, 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | John Phillpotts, Esquire, Sir Frederick Pollock, 
Returns showing the Number of In-door and Out-| Right honourable Sir George Rose, Colonel Rush- 
door Paupers relieved in each County in England , brooke, Joshua Scholefield, Esquire, Thomas Shep- 
and Wales, during the Quarters ended Lady Day | pard, Esquire, Sir George Henry Smyth, Sir George 
1842 and 1843 respectively, with the Amount of | Strickland, Sir Frederick Trench, Robert Wallace, 
Money expended for In-maintenance and Out-Re- | Esquire, Sir Thomas Wilde, Colonel Wood and the 
lief, during each of the years ended Lady Day | Right honourable Charles Watkin Williams Wynn. 
1842 and 1843:—Also, of the Number of Adult| The Right honourable Sir Robert Peel having 
Able-bodied Paupers relieved in each County in stated, that being First Lord of the Treasury, = 
coult 








7 VicToriz. 15°—16° 


could not attend Election Committees without ma- 
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. 

ord 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 
Committees, without material inconvenience to the 
Public Service, during the time he may hold the said 
office ; 

Resolved, 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 
Goulburn, 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. 

















OffexcesatSea The ingrossed Bill for the more speedy Trial of 


Bill, Offences committed on the High Seas, 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. 
State of The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
eland, 


the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Tuesday last, That this House do resolve itself 
into a Committee to take into consideration the 
State of Jreland ; 

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

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


Proclamation Ordered, That the Copy of a Proclamation issued 
(South Wale 3.) 


by Her Majesty to certain Districts in South Wales, 


No. 33. Which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

P ocla 10} . . 

yn Ordered, That the Copy of a Proclamation issued 
No.93, Py the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, which was pre- 

"sented yesterday, be printed. 

a. : Ordered, That the Account relative to Troops 

No a, (Zreland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
0.35, ‘ 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Von. 99. 


Februariz. 


35 


Veneris, 16° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844, 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Law, 

Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, jursuant to Order,—Returns, show- 
ing the Number &gt;f In-door and Out-door Paupers 
relieved in each County in England and Wales, 
during the quarte:s ended Lady Day 1842 and 
1843 respectively, with the Amount of Money ex- 
pended for In-maintenance and Out-relief during 
each of the years ended Lady Day 1842 and 1843: 
—Also, of the Number of Adult Able-bodied Pau- 
pers relieved in each County in England and Wales, 
for the same periods :—Of the Amount of Money 
expended for In-maintenance and Out-relief in 


}each County in England and Wales, during the 


half years ended Michaelmas 1842 and 1843, with 
comparative Statements for England and Wales :—- 
And, of the Total Amount of Money levied and ex- 
pended in England and Wales, during the Nine years 
prior and subsequent to the passing of the Poor 
Law Amendment Act:—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Johnson, from the Lord Chancellor’s Principal Court of 
Secretaries’ Office, was called in; and at the bar rg “ote 
presented,—Returns to an Order, dated the 2d day °°" * #"" 
of this instant February, for Copies of every Claim 
for Compensation made to the Lord Chancellor by 
each person, as the Clerk of the Enrolments, De- 
puty of such Clerk, Comptroller of the Hanaper, 
Riding Clerk, Six Clerk, Sworn Clerk, Waiting 
Clerk, Agent or Record Keeper, under the Statute 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 103, s. 1:—And, of any Order made 
by the Lord Chancellor for Compensation under 
the Statute 5 and 6 Vic. c. 103:—Returns of all 
Compensations awarded or allowed to Officers in 
the Courts of Justice, under the Statutes 11 Geo. 4, 
and 1 Will. 4, c. 58; stating the Names of the Per- 
sons, the Amount of Compensation, and the Office 
in respect of which the Compensation was awarded 
and allowed :—Of all Sinecure Offices and Offices 
entirely performed by Deputy in the Court of Chan- 
cery and the Superior Courts of Common Law at 
Westminster; stating the Names of the holders of 
such Offices, and the Amount of Salaries received 
for the last Three years :—And, of the various Du- 
ties performed by the Masters of the Courts of 
Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, at 
Westminster :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee ater and 
on Petitions for sehen Bills, to whom the Petition Railway Bill. 
of Thomas Parker, of Saint Paul’s Church-yard, in 
the city of London, complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for the Newbury and Great Western Railway Bill, 
was referred ; That the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. te 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Great Western 
Railway to the town of Newbury, in the county of 
Berks: And that Mr. Charles Russell and Viscount 
Barrington do prepare, and bring it in. 














lect Committee Lancaster 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill, 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Se it 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition 
of Edward Denis De Vitre, and others, complaining 
of non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the 
case of the Petition for the Lancaster and Carlisle 
Railway Bill, was referred ; That the Standing Or- 
ders had been complied with. ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Lancaster and Pres- 
ton Junction Railway, at Lancaster, to or near to 

F2 the 









































Norwich and 
Brandon Rail- 
way. 


Ramsey 
Inclosure Bill. 


Bury Inclosure 
Bill. 


Liverpool New 
Gas and Coke 
Bill. 


Pendleton, &amp;c., 
Roads, 


Manchester, 
Bury, and 
Rossendale 
Railway Bill. 


Guildford 
Junction Rail- 
way. 


Standing 
Orders. 


36 


the city of Carlisle: And that Mr. Wilson Patten, 
Colonel Lowther and Mr. Charles Howard do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition 
of Philip Barnes, of the city of Norwich, complain- 
ing of non-compliance with the Standing Orders in 
the case of the Petition for the Norwich and Bran- 
don Railway Bill, was referred ; That the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as it 
appears that powers are intended to be taken to carry 
an alternative main line of Railway between Vorwich 
and Brandon, through the parish of Saint Cuthbert, 
Thetford, such parish not having been included in 
the list of parishes contained in the Notice, through 
which any main line of Railway is intended to be 
carried, but Notice having been given of a Branch 
Railway intended to terminate in the same parish, 
without any mention of an alternative main line. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fellowes presented a Bill for inclosing Lands 
in the Parish of Ramsey, in the County of Hunting- 
don: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Fellowes presented a Bill for inclosing Lands 
in the Parish of Bury, in the County of Huntingdon: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill to amend 
and enlarge the Provisions of two several Acts for 
lighting with Gas the Town of Liverpool, and certain 
Places adjacent thereto: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for 
more effectually repairing and improving several 
Roads leading to and from the Town of Salford, 
through Pendleton, and other Places therein men- 
tioned, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and se- 
veral other Roads therein mentioned, and for making 
and maintaining certain Diversions or new Lines of 
Road to communicate therewith, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for more effectually repairing and improving 
the said Roads, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Mr. Walker presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from the Manchester and Bolton Railway, in 
the Parish of Eccles, to the Parish of Whalley, all 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to be called 
The Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the London and South 
Western Railway to Guildford, in the county of 
Surrey, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House (No. 3.), relative to the Appointment of 
Committees, might be read; and the same was read, 
as followeth; 


“ That a Committee be appointed at the 
commencement of every Session, consisting of 
Eleven 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 Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders.’”’ 

Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders be appointed accordingly :—And a Com- 


16° Februariz. 


A. 1844. 


mittee was appointed of Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Wilson 
Patten, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. William Miles, Mr. 
Cumming Bruce, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Ord and 
the Chairmen of the Committee and of the Sub- 
Committees on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Committees, might be read ; and the same was read, 
as followeth ; 


“ That a Committee be appointed at the 
cominencement of every Session, consisting of 
the Chairman of the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders and of the Chairmen of the 
Committee and of the Sub-Committees on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills, of whom Three shall 
be a Quorum; and such Committee shall be 
denominated “‘ The Committee of Selection.” 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection be 
appointed accordingly. 


was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


which was this day made from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


to consider whether any and what new Provisions 
ought to be introduced into such Railway Bills as 
may come before this House during the present or 
future Sessions, for the Advantage of the Public and 
the Improvement of the Railway System, and like- 
wise to consider whether any and what Changes 
ought to be made in the Standing Orders relating 
to Railways, have Power to report their Opinion 
thereupon from time to time to the House. 


Mr. Gladstone reported from the said Select 
Committee; ‘That they had considered the matter 
referred to them; and had come to a Resolution, 
which they had directed him to report to the 
House ; and the same was read, as followeth ; 


Resolved, That itis the Opinion of this Committee 
that the following Clause be inserted in all the Rail- 
way Bills now coming before or passing through 
Parliament; viz. 

« And be it further Enacted, That nothing herein 
contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt 
the Railway by this or the said-recited Acts autho- 
rized to be made from the provisions of any General 
Act relating to such Bills which may pass during 
the present Session of Parliament, or of any General 
Act relating to Railways which may pass during 
the present or any future Session of Parliament. 


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


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and 


rizing the construction of the said Railway, and to 
authorize the construction of certain new Works in 
connection therewith, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Leeds;—Bolton;— Bridgwater ;— 
Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Birming- 
ham ;—and, Huddersfield; praying the House to 
refrain from voting the Supplies until the Grievances 
of the people are investigated and redressed,—were 





presented, 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Committee of 
of the House (No. 4.), relative to the Appointment of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Report in respect of the Peti- Birkenhead 
tion for the Birkenhead Improvement Bill, which Improvement. 


Ordered, That the Report in respect of the Peti- Norwich and 


tion for the Norwich and Brandon Railway Bill, — Rail- 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Railways. 


No. 37. 


A Petition of the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Yarmouth and 
Norwich Rail 
"a 


enlarge ‘some of the provisions of the Act autho- “ 


Redress ot 
Grievancese 


ac PEE LIL OEO D a 





7 Vicroriz: 16° Februari. 37 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the} the land on the faith of protection, and of the evils 
Table. | which must attend the making this country de- 


| pendent on foreign lands for the chief necessaries 
Petitions of Members of the Committee of the! of life, that the House will preserve to the agricul- 


Manchester and Salford Peace Society, and others; | turists that amount of protection which they at 
—and, Inhabitants of Liverpool; praying that there | present possess,—were presented, and read; and 
| 


Military 
Establishments. 


may be no increase whatever made to the existing | ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Military Establishments of the empire, and that the : 

House will take into consideration such measures; Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Glass. 
as may be deemed most suitable and effective for) Return of the Amount of Duty charged and Draw- 


Poor Law. 


Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Furness Rail- 
way. 


Window Tax. 


Saint Asaph 
aud Bangor 
Dioceses, 


removing the temptation to war which such Esta- 
blishments present,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor in the 
Kingsbridge Union, praying that the Poor Law 
Amendment Act may be so altered, as to afford 
proper facilities in affiliating bastard children, and 
to make the putative father equally responsible 
with the mother, in person and property, for the 
maintenance of his illegitimate children, was pre- 


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


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to enable the 
Ribble Navigation Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money, and to enable the Owners of Reclaimed 
Lands to pay a Sum in gross in lieu of the Annual 


_Rents: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for making a Railway from Rampside and Bar- 
row, to Dalton Lindale and Kirkby freleth, in the 
county palatine of Jancaster, to be called the 
Furness Railway, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers residing in the 
borough of Gravesend and its vicinity, in the county 
of Kent, praying that Licensed Victuallers may be 
placed on the same footing, in regard to the Tax on 
Windows, as other tradesmen, owners of ware- 
houses and shops in which goods are deposited, 


| back paid on each description of Glass in England, 
distinguishing the Quantities, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1844:—A similar Return 
for Scotland:—A similar Return for Ireland :— 
| Returns of the Quantities of Glass retained for 
Home Use in the United Kingdom, during the said 
period, with the Amount of Duty thereon, calcu- 
lated on the principle of the Return of the 14th day 
of June 1841 :—Of the Amount of Drawback or 
Allowance on Glass used for Churches during the 
same period: —Of each Description of Glass im- 
ported into the United Kingdom for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1844, stating the Quantities 





or Weight, and the Countries from which imported: 

—Of the Quantities or Weight, and the Rate and 
Amount of Duty paid on each Description of Fo- 
reign Glass during the same period :—Of the Quan- 
tities of each Description of Foreign Glass exported, 
distinguishing the Seeutiinn to which, during the 
same period :—Of the Quantity of each Description 
of Foreign Glass remaining in Bond on the 5th day 
of January 1844:—And, of each Description of 
British Glass exported each year, for Seven years, 
ending the 5th day of January 1844, distinguishing 
the Quantities and Countries to which it was ex- 
ported. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Army and 
Return of the Number of Officers and Men voted Ordnance. 


for the Army and Ordnance Military Corps, in the 
years 1792, 1805, 1810 and 1815 :—A similar Re- 
turn for the years 1822 to 184%, both inclusive ; 
distinguishing the Number serving in Jreland and 
in India :—Returns of the Number of Officers and 
Men in the Army and Ordnance Military Corps 
who received Half-Pay and Pensions, and the 


sold and exposed for sale, was presented, and read ; | Amount voted for the same in each of those years : 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llangollen ;— Moreton ;—Bodfari; 
—and, Farnborough ; praying for the repeal of so 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates 


—And, of the Number of Military Pensioners re- 
turned fit for Service, and the Number called into 
lactive Service, under the authority of the Act 
'6 and 7 Vic. c. 95, distinguishing the Number em- 
‘ployed in Garrison Duty, and in aid of the Civil 


| Power. 


to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Ban- | 
uk ee ie aR; Ge eee te Re | _ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Police. 


and 
{ail 


Le ELIS OAD 


Tobaccc. 


¥ 


vailways, 


A Petition of Consumers of Tobacco and Snuff 
in the city of Salisbury, stating that the Petitioners 
are more heavily taxed than any other class of Her 
Majesty’s subjects, the duty on Tobacco being nine 
hundred to one thousand per centum; and praying 
the House to take the above case into consideration 
and grant relief, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, suggesting that 
in legislating for Railroad Companies, it should be 
with the understanding that all enactments were 
revocable when they were found to be at variance 
with the interests of society; and praying the House 
to take the subject into consideration, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| Return of the Number of the Zrish Police Force 
and of the Metropolitan Police, in each year since 
they were established, and the Amount of Public 
Money voted for the same in each year. 


| 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Wine. 


| Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign Wine 
‘imported ; of the Quantities upon which Duty has 
been paid for Home Consumption, and the Quan- 
|tities 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 1844, 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 1844, 


distinguishing London from the Country. 
sae | 
Petitions from Weston ; —-Spalding ;—Moulton ; | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Spirits. 
Pinchbeck ; — Deeping ; — Cowbit;— and, Crow- | Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, 
land; praying the House to resist the efforts now distinguishing West India, East India and Foreign, 
making by the Anti Corn Law League, and in con- also of Brandy, Geneva and other Foreign, Colonial 
sideration of the vast amount of capital and skill | or Jersey Spirits imported; of the Quantities upon 


which has been expended in the improvement of | which Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, 
Vox. 99, F3 the 


tf, 
Vor L; ws, 


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arare 

















































































38 16°—17° Februariz. A. 1844. 


the Quantities exported, and the Quantities shipped ' Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Army Force 
as Stores, and used by the Navy, for the year ended an Account, showing the Amount of Money issued (eens) 
the 5th day of January 1844; together with the for the payment of the Effective Army Force in 
Quantities of each Sort remaining in Bond on the Jre/and, distinguishing the Expense for each year, 

5th day of January 1844, distinguishing London , from 1838 up to the present Estimate, inclusive. 

from the Country. 
, ; Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Naval Force 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ! ., Account, showing the Amount of Money issued (Ireland. ) 
Accounts of the Total Number of Gallons of Proof | fo the payment of the Mevel Force employed in 

Spirits permitted out from Distillers’ Stocks in | Ireland, distinguishing the Expense for each year, 
England, and the Total Number of Gallons Proof! ¢,5.) 1838 up to the present Estimate, inclusive. 

of British Brandy and Spirits of Wine permitted out | , 
from Rectifiers’ Stocks in England, for the year | Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Joint Stock 
ending the 5th day of J anuary 1844 ; also, the | to inquire into the state of the Laws respecting Joint Companies. 
Stocks ——— ” the hands of a ey | Stock Companies (except for Banking), with a view 

on the 5th day of January 1844:—And, of the | patel ie . 

Total Number se Proof Gallons of Rum, Brandy, | to the greater security of the pattie. 
Geneva, and all other Spirits that paid Duty in each | Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Gaming. 
Kingdom, from the 5th day of January 1843 to the | to inquire into the existing Statutes against Gaming 

5th day of January 1844; Rate of Duty per Gallon, | of every kind; to ascertain to what extent these 

and Amount thereof; Total Number of Gallons of | gtatutes are evaded ; to consider whether any and 

each kind, and Total Duty thereon; Total Number | what Amendments should be made in such Statutes ; 


of Gallons of all kinds, and Total Duty thereon, for | and to report their Opinion thereupon to the House. 
the United Kingdom ; showing the Total Number 


of Proof Gallons of all kinds that paid Duty, and | 
Total Amount thereof, in each Kingdom ; and Total 
Number of Gallons, and Total Duty thereon, in the 
whole ofthe United Kingdom, from the 5th day of 
January 1843 tothe 5th day of January 1844. 


AEP ABI CS: 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Communication 
Copies of Report on Holyhead and Port Dynllaen with Ireland. 
Harbour, by Captain Back and Captain Fair, to the 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty :—And, of 
Report of James Walker, Esquire, Civil Engineer, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an a “a ae peepee ater _ 
Account of the Amount of Stock transferred from | Papers ak orm accoruing*y Pp 
England to Ireland, and from Ireland to England, |“ “}\” 7° . . . 
from January 1841 up to the latest period it can be | — ed, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
made up; distinguishing the Amount transferred in ” 
each year, and the different kinds of Stock (in con- . . . : 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 361 2 Ses-| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Stipendiary 
sion 1841) ' . | Returns of any new Stations to which Stipendiary Magistrates 


| Magistrates were appointed, between the 14th day _ 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | June and the 29th day of August 1841 :—And, ofall 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | the Stipendiary Magistrates serving in Lreland, from 
to give directions that there be laid before this the 4th day of April 1839 to the close of the year, 
House, an Account of the latest Valuation of every specifying the Stations at which they were severally 
Parish, Township or Place upon which the County | liary M a nt oe “. Stipen- 
Rates have been laid, in the respective Counties of | aes | — aan ge apt ~ ogg ~ pe tile 
England and Wales; stating the year in which such | MANS TRG TRGVER TUNE Sk SUED S—-ceen, Soe 


Le . ’ | 4 3 y ; 
Valuation was taken ; showing also the Total Valua- | Returns for the year 1840, and from the Ist day of 


tion of each Hundred and County (in continuation January to the Ist day of September 1841. 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 577, of Session 1832). |g. si . 

Ordered, That the watil Adiivene be presented to Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill for con- Birkeulicad 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as | structing Tidal Basins, a Dock and other Works, at Docks Bi. 
are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, and for other 

=e Purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the and ordered to be read a second time. 


House this day, adjourn till Monday next. | 








A Petition of Joseph James Hegan, of Liverpool, shefield, 
mr ° al mn? ~ M . ., . y } aT id le 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- oo en = te ag oa * eesayto ‘ 
mittee of Supply ; | the House in — o the application for the Shef- yi nchester 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday field, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Railway. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | Bill, had not been complied with; and praying that 
ihe may be heard, by himself, his agents and wit- 
The Order of the day being read, for resuming | oer pa Neo the “ake tC presented, and read ; 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed for Pri rag id the Select Committee on Petitions 
upon Tuesday last, That this House do resolve itself | ‘°* eS Ss. 
into a Committee to take into consideration the state | 


of Zreland : | Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank Bank of 
And the Question being again proposed :—The of England, &amp;e., nom ease yoemENS Spee Sree No. 38. 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. | nesday last, be printed. . 


And the House having continued to sit till after | Ordered, That the Account relative to the Greek ~— — ‘ 
tushte of the Gock on Saturday aiieees « | Loan, which was presented upon Wednesday last,be No.9 
4 ie a &gt; &gt; ! . 
| printed. 
Sabbati, 17° die Februarii, 1844: e : : 
nH Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, Mint. 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned | which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 40 


; 
% 
ES 


till Monday next. ‘ ; Le: E 
: | And then the House, having continued to sit till é 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ri wee of an hour — we of — — iD 
an Account, showing the Amount of Money issued = watarc ay morning, adjourned till Monday : 
for the payment of the Ordnance Departnient in | next. 2 


freland, distinguishing the Expense for each year, 
from 1838 up to the present period. 





Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Poor Law. 


3 
i 
¥, 

e 
$e 


Seacrest 


Court of 
Chancery and 
Courts of Law. 





Gold Coin, 


iC, 


Silver Coin. 


Peres 


See 


Gold Coin, 





7 VicToRI@. 


Lune, 19° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorize Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


O# DERED, That Sub-Committee (No. 2.) 
on Petitions for Private Bills, have leave to sit 
this day till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Mr, Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to Order,—Copy of Articles 9, 10, 
11 and 12 of the General Workhouse Rules issued 
by the Poor Law Commissioners, bearing Date the 
5th day of February 1842; together with the Pas- 
sages explanatory of those Articles, contained in the 
Letter of the Commissioners which accompanied 
the General Workhouse Rules, also dated the 5th 
day of February 1842 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Sir Fortunatus Dwarris, one of the Masters of 
the Pleas Side of the Court of Queen’s Bench, was 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Further Re- 
turns to an Order, dated the 2d day of this instant 
February, for Copies of every Claim for Compensa- 
tion made to the Lord Chancellor by each Person, 
as the Clerk of the Enrolments, Deputy of such 
Clerk, Comptroller of the Hanaper, Riding Clerk, 
Six Clerk, Sworn Clerk, Waiting Clerk, Agent or 
Record Keeper, under the Statute 5 and 6 Vic. c. 
103, s. 1 :—And, of any Order made by the Lord 
Chancellor for Compensation under the Statute 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 103 :—Returns of all Compensations 
awarded or allowed to Officers in the Courts of Jus- 
tive, under the Statutes 11 Geo. 4, and 1 Will. 4, 
c. 58 ; stating the Names of the Persons, the Amount 
of Compensation, and the Office in respect of which 
the Compensation was awarded and allowed :—Of 
all Sinecure Offices and Offices entirely performed 
by Deputy in the Court of Chancery and the Supe- 
rior Courts of Common Law at Westminster ; stating 
the Names of the holders of such Offices, and the 
Amount of Salaries received for the last Three years : 
—And, of the various Duties performed by the 
Masters of the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Common 
Pleas and Exchequer, at Westminster :—And then 
he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 


19° Februariz. 





39 


the Rate of £.3. 17s. 103d. per ounce, and the 
Amount of Gold and Bank Notes paid for the same: 
—And then he withdrew. 

‘ — That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Directors and Shareholders of the Durham County 
Durham County Coal Company, for leave to bring Coal Company. 
in a Bill for regulating Legal Proceedings by or 

against 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 the Dock Company at Kingston- Kingston-upon- 
upon- Hull, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Hull Docks. 
Dock and other Works connected therewith, in ad- 

dition to the present Docks at Kingston-upon- Hull, 

und for amending the Acts relating to such last- 

mentioned Docks, was presented, and read; and 

referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 

Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing several Acts Swansea 
for the Improvement of the Harbour of Swansea, in Harbour. 
the county of Glamorgan, for leave to bring in a 

Bill for altering and amending the said Acts, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for making Lancaster 

a Railway from the Lancaster and Preston Junction 24 Carlisle . 
Railway, at Lancaster, to or near to the City of Railway Bil- 
Carlisle: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing an Act Rochdale 

for lighting, cleansing, watching and regulating the Improvement. 
Town of Rochdale, in the County Palatine of Lan- 

caster, for leave to bring in a Bill for better lighting, 

paving, cleansing, watching, regulating and improv- 

ing the said Town, and the environs thereof, in the 

County Palatine of Lancaster, was presented, and 

read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 

titions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Charles Russell presented a Bill for making Newbury and 
a Railway from the Great Western Railway to the Great Westem 
Town of Newbury, in the County of Berks: And re 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Petitions of the Treasurer and Secretary of the Military 
Committee of the Preston Anti-War Association ;— /stabtishments 


Mr. Marshall, from the Bank of England, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Returns of the Light Gold Coin delivered 
by the Bank of England into Her Majesty’s Mint 
for recoinage, from the 1st day of June 1842 to the 
5th day of February 1844; stating the Date and 
Amount of each Delivery, and the Date and Amount 
of each Return of Gold Coin in exchange for the 
same; and also the Balance, if any, of Light Gold 
Coin in the hands of the Bank on the latter day :— 
And, of the Aggregate Amount of Light Gold Coin 
received at each of the Branches of the Bank of 
England during the above stated period. 

A Return of the Aggregate Value of Silver Coin 
coined and received by the Bank of England from 
Her Majesty’s Mint since Her Majesty’s Procla- 
mation respecting Light Gold Coin in June 1842 ; 
stating the Number and Value of Pieces of Silver 
Coin, and distinguishing the Dates and Amounts 
received at the Bank from the Mint each day up to 
the present time. 

_ A Return of the Amount of Sovereigns and Half 
Sovereigns received by the Bank of England under 
the Standard Weight, in each month since Her Ma- 
jesty’s Proclamation was issued to call in Gold 
Coin under the Standard Weight ; stating the 


— of the Deficient Weight in each month, at 
fou. 9. 





Treasurer and Secretary of the Tavistock Auxiliary 
Society, forthe promotion of permanent and universal 
Peace ;—-and, Chairman of the Ross Auxiliary Peace 
Society ; praying that no increase whatever may be 
made to the existing military establishments of the 
empire, and that the House will adopt measures for 
removing the fearful temptation to war which such 
establishments present,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Salford Union ;— Dewsbury Union Poor Law. 
(two Petitions) ;— Langport ;—and, Wortley Union ; 
praying for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Freeholders and other Saint Asaph 
Inhabitants of the parish of Erbistock, praying forthe ~— — 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, ¢.77, °°" 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Henry Phillips, Clerk of Small Debts 
the Court of Requests, at Kingston-upon-Hull, and Bl. 
of John Hastings and Richard Grove, Serjeants of 
the same Court, praying that the Small Debts Bill 
B4 








may 


































Corn Laws, 


Redress of 
Grievances. 


London Gas, 


State Trial 
(Ireland. ) 


Manchester, 
Leeds and Hull 
Associated 
Railway Com- 


panies, 


Chine. 


Merchant Sca- 
men’s Fund. 





40 


may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
ry 

lable. 


Petitions from Great Driffield ;—and, Holbeach ; 
praying the House to continue to the agriculturists 
the protection of the existing Corn Laws,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Reading ; —Maidstone ;—Chair- 
man of the Mewcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead 
Complete Suffrage Association ;—Marlow ;—and, 
Sudbury; praying the House to refrain from 
voting the Supplies until the Grievances of the 
people are investigated and redressed,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorpo- 
rating the London Gas Light Company, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 


19° Februariz. 


A. 1844. 


having been employed by his owners in their ware 

houses, for six mouths previous to his illness; and 
praying the House to take his case into considera- 
tion, and inquire into the rules of the society which 
prevented the Petitioner receiving relief from the 
Fund to which he had so long contributed, was 


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


health. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatches from 
the Governor of the Bahamas, relative to the Sur- 
render of Fugitive Criminals, under the Authority 
of the Act 6 and 7 Vie. c. 76, for giving effect to 
the 10th Article of the Treaty of Washington, be- 
tween Her Majesty and the United States of Ame- 
rica. 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


A Petition of Members of the Dublin Protestant | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Operative Association and Reformation Society, and 
other Protestants in public meeting assembled, 





investigation before the tribunals of the country, | Electors appearing, by the Lists or Books of the 
have been found guilty of conspiracy; and praying | Clerks of the Peace, registered for each County, 
that if a law excluding conspirators from the work | City, Town and Borough in Jreland, on the 1st day 
of British legislation be in existence, it may be en-| of February, in each of the following years, viz. 
forced in this case; and if not, that effectual means | 1835, 1837 and 1844 ; including in the Return for 
may be forthwith taken to supply the deficiency,! 1844 those only who had been registered subse- 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon quently to the 1st day of February 1836 ; distin- 
the Table. _guishing, in separate columns, the Numbers regis- 

‘tered under different Qualifications ; and showing 
A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway the Increase or Decrease exhibited by the Numbers 
Company and the Hull and Selby Railway Com- so appearing registered on the 1st day of February 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the 1844, compared with those appearing registered at 
said Companies to conduct the traffic and business each of the said previous periods (in continuation 
of their Railways in conjunction, was presented, | of Parliamentary Papers, No. 240, of Session 1841, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on’ and No. 203 of Session 1843); with an Abstract, 
Petitions for Private Bills. as in No. 240-2 of 1841. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ogle have leave of absence, Leave of 
till the 1st day of May next, on account of ill Absence: 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Electors 
stating that certain Members of the House, after Return of the Total Number of Parliamentary (Ireland. &gt; 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Staves. 


received from Major General George Burrell the | Return of the Number and Quantity of Staves im- 
following Letter, in return to the Thanks of this ported into the United Kingdom in each of the last 
House, communicated to him by Mr. Speaker, in | Six years ; stating the Quantity imported into Eng- 
obedience to the Commands of this House of the | land, Treland and Scotland ; distinguishing those 
14th day of February 1843 :— | from the United States of America, from Canada, 
Sir, Stoke Terrace, Devonport, February 10, 1844, | from the Baltic, and from other Places; stating the 
I have the honour to acknowledge your Letter of Rate of Duty levied, and the Amount of Duty — 
the 28th February 1843, conveying to me the very | ¢¢ived on each kind im each year, and the Total 
eratifying and flattering Vote of the House of Com- | Amount of Revenue in each year; also, an Account 
mons, for services rendered in China. Permit me ' of the Amount of Drawback allowed on the Ex- 
to offer my sincere thanks for the very kind manner | Portation of Shooks and of Casks in each of these 
in which you have communicated the honour con- | Y°@"S: 
ferred by the House, but which only reached me a | 
few days since. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Tothe Right honourable George Burrell, 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. M ator General. 


A Petition of Trustees of the ZLiverpogl Docks, 
| for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the said 
Trustees to construct additional Wet Docks and 
other Works, and to raise a further sum of Money, 
'and for amending and extending the Acts relating 
|to the Docks and Harbour of Liverpool, was pre- 
Ordered, That the said Letter be entered in the | sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
Journals of this House. | mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
| 


A Petition of John Robertson, of the borough | 
and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Seaman, stating on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
that the Petitioner entered into the employment of | the Petition for the Birmingham Canal Navigations 
the general shipping company of that port, and , Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
continued in such employment until May 1838,| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
when the said company required his services in their | for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the 
warehouses, when the Petitioner was seized with birmingham Canal Navigations to borrow a further 
palsy which rendered him unfit for further service; Sum of Money, and to extend and alter some of 
that he applied for assistance to the trustees of the the Provisions of their present Acts: And that 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund, praying for the usual | Viscount Jngestre, Mr. Muntz and Mr. Robert 
allowance, which was denied him on account of his | Scott do prepare, and bring it in. - 

Mr. 


Liverpool 
Docks. 


Mr. Struté reported from the Select Committee Birminghao 
Canal Nav'g* 


tions Bill. 


Leprse pees 5 


aie 


DA a tinny 5a 


Deeper co waren eet 








Me 


Br 


wo 


bet 2 bel be 





an 
yvigae 








Sere 


SP Sea feos a 
Rete s 5Nig 


2 Sap an RR HEY 


Manchester and 
Leeds Railway 
(Bradford 
Branch) Bill. 


Wich Tree 
Roads Bill, 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester and 


Leeds, and Hey 
wood Branch 
Railway Bill. 


Hartlepool 
West Harbour 
and Dock Bill, 


Rochdale 
Gas Bill, 


Huddersfield 
Branch Raile 
way Bill, 


7 Victoriz. 19°—20° 


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

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Branch Railway from the Manchester 
and Leeds Railway to Bradford: And that Mr. 
Hardy and Mr. Broadley 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 Wich Tree Roads Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repealing the Acts relating to the Wich Tree 
Bridge and Roads, in the county of Glamorgan, 
and for consolidating the same Roads with the 
Swansea District of Roads: And that Mr. John 
Henry Vivian and Mr. Talbot 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 Nash Shillicorne, Esquire, com- 
plaining of non-compliance with the Standing Orders 
in the case of the Petition for the Great Western 
Railway Bill, was referred ; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Great Western Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the several Acts relating to the Great West- 
ern, the Cheltenham and Great Western Union, and 
the Ozford Railways, to amalgamate the two last- 
mentioned Railways with the Great Western Rail- 
way, and to authorize the formation of certain ad- 
ditional Works at Cheltenham and Gloucester by 
the Great Western Railway Company: And that 
Mr. Charles Russell and Mr. Hayter 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 and Leeds and Hey- 
wood Branch Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for maintaining a Railway trom the Manchester and 
Leeds Railway to Heywood, and for amending the 
Acts relating to the Manchester and Leeds Railway : 
And that Mr. Mark Philips and Mr. Milner Gibson 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Sirutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Hartlepool West Harbour and 
ng Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Harbour and Dock near to Hartlepool, 
in the county of Durham: And that Lord Harry 
Vane and Mr. Ilodgson Hinde 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 Rochdale Gas Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually lighting with Gas the borough 
and parish of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster: 
And that Mr. Bootle Wilbraham and Mr. Wilson 
Patten do prepare, and bring it in. 


Februari. 


and Leeds Railway to Huddersfield: And that Mr. 
Hardy and Mr. Broadley do prepare, and bring 
it in. 





41 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Manchester and 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Leeds Railway 
the Petition for the Manchester and Leeds Railway yg Branch) 
(Bury Branch) Bill, the Standing Orders had been * 


complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Branch Railway from the Manchester 
and Leeds Railway to Bury: And that Mr. Milner 
Gibson and Mr. Mark Philips do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Captain Boldero presented, pursuant to an Ad- Ordnance 


dress to Her Majesty,—Estimates of the Office of Estimates. 


Ordnance, including Barracks, Surveys of the United 
Kingdom, Commissariat and Military and Civil 
Superannuations, for the year 1844-45, with Com- 
parative Abstract of the Estimate 1844--45 with 
1843-44. 

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


No. 4l. 


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 Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming state of Ireland. 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Tuesday last, That this House do resolve itself 
into a Committee to take into consideration the 
state of Ireland ; 

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


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


Martis, 20° die Februarii, 1844: 


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


Resolved, That the following Clause be inserted 
in all the Railway Bills now coming before or pass- 
ing through Parlhament ; viz. 

“« And be it further Enacted, That nothing herein 
contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt 
the Railway by this or the said recited Acts autho- 
rized to be made from the provisions of any general 
Act relating to such Bills, which may pass during 
the present Session of Parliament, or of any general 
Act relating to Railways, which may pass during 
the present or any future Session of Parliament. 


Railways. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on Railways, that they have Power to 
consider of any arrangements advantageous to the 
public, with regard to existing Railway Companies 
generally, to which, in the Opinion of the Com- 
mittee, Parliament might justly give its sanction. 


Railways. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Naval Force 
a Return ofthe Naval Force employed on the Coast (Ireland.) 
of and Rivers of Ireland, from 1834 to the present 
period ; describing the Number and Class of each 
Vessel, and the Number of Seamen and Officers so 








Mr Strutt reported from the Select Committee 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 


the Petition for the Huddersfield Branch Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Branch Railway from the Manchester 


Vor. 99, 





employed for each year. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Joint Stock 
Friday last, That a Select Committee be appointed, Companies. 
to inquire into the state of the Laws respecting 
Joint Stock Companies (except for Banking), with 

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42 19°—20° 


a view to the greater security of the Public, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Gladstone, 
Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Labouchere, Sir George 
Grey, Sir Walter James, Colonel Thomas Wood, 
Mr. Milnes, Mr. Hawes, Sir William Clay, Mr. 
Oswald, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Cripps, Mr. God- 
son and Mr. Young, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Shoa. Mr. Bingham Baring presented, pursuant to an 


Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of Correspondence 
or Extracts of Correspondence, connected with Cap- 


tain Harris’s Mission to Shoa, on the subject of| 


the late Commercial Treaty with that Government. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Norwich and 


— application for leave to bring in the Morwich and 


Brandon Railway Bill; and praying that such Bill 
may pass into law, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Recorder of 
Devizes. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Thet- 
Brandon Rail- ford, in the county of Norfolk, taking notice of the 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She wiil be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 


Februarit. A. 1844, 


| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
| Mr. Dare, one of the Masters of the Court of Vexatious Suit, 
Exchequer, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
| sented,—Return to an Order, dated the 14th day 
. this instant February, for a Return of all Writs 
of Summons issued out of Her Majesty’s Court of 
Exchequer, between the 1st day of July and the 
31st day of December 1843, inclusive, at the suit 
of any Parties other than the Attorney General, 
suing as well for the Poor of any Parish or Town- 
ship as for themselves, together with the Names of 
the Attornies issuing them, the Names of the Plain- 
tiffs and Defendants, and the Dates when issued, 
and the Amounts of the several Sums indorsed 
thereon, as claimed for Debts or Penalties :—And 
then he withdrew. 


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


Mr. Hardy presented a Bill for making a Brancli Manchester and 
Railway from the Manchester and Leeds Railway to Leeds Railway 
Bradford: And the same was read the first time ; Grane) Bill 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Hardy presented a Bill for making a Branch Huddersfield 
Railway from the Manchester and Leeds Railway to Branch Rail. 
Huddersfield: And the same was read the first ¥*9 Bi 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 





House, a Copy of a Letter addressed to the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department, by Mr. 
Ludlow Bruges, tendering his Resignation of the 


Mr. Muntz presented a Bill for enabling the Birmingham 


Office of Recorder of the Borough of Devizes; and 
also, a Copy of a Letter from Sir James Graham to 
Mr. Ludlow Brages, notifying the acceptance of 


such Resignation. 


Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Canal Naviga- 
Navigations to borrow a further Sum of Money, ‘"s Bill 
and to extend and alter some of the Provisions of 

their present Acts: And the same was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 












































































































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


Poor Law. 
No. 42. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Poor 
Law, which were presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 

Communication 
with Ireland. 


No. 43. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Communica- 
tion with Jreland, which was presented upon Friday 
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. 











Martis, 20° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M?°; Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
a 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. 

An Account of Allowances, Compensations, Re- 
munerations and Superannuations granted to Officers 
and Servants of the Last India Company in the 
year 1843. 

Particulars of all Compensations, Superannuations 
and Allowances granted by the Court of Directors 
of the East India Company, and confirmed by the 


East India. 








Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which Orders; 
were read, as follow: 

1. fesolved, That in the case of the Birkenhead Birkenhead 
Improvement Petition, the Standing Orders ought Improvement 
to be dispensed with ; ‘That the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill on giving the Notices for 
three successive weeks in some Newspaper published 
in the county of Lancaster : 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Norwich and Norwich and 

Brandon Railway Petition, the Standing Orders Brandon Rail 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be “*™ 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, so far as re- 
lates to the original main Line, and the Branch to 
Thetford, in conformity with the Notices published 
in the Newspapers ; 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 report the same to the House on the 
Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


A Petition of Persons interested in the formation Stratford 
of a Railway, commencing by a junction with the (Essent —_ 
Eastern Counties Railway, in the parish of West na Junes 
Ham, in the county of Essex, at or near the Stratford tion Railway- 
Station House of the Eastern Counties Railway, 


and terminating near the place where the River Lea 


| runs into the River Thames, with a pier or jetty at 
| or near such termination extending into the said 


River Thames, and also a Branch Railway from the 


said intended Railway commencing near to the 


junction of the said intended Railway with the said 
Eastern Counties Railway, in the said parish of 


| West Ham, and terminating by a junction with the 


Northern and Eastern Railway, near the Engine 
House of the said last-mentioned Railway, in the 
same parish, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 


Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of Jndia,| the said Railways, was presented, and read; and 


between the ist of January and the 31st of Decem- 
ber 1843 :—And then he withdrew. 


referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


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Manchester Mr. Mark Philips presented a Bill for maintain- 
ond Laem, aud ing a Railway from the Manchester and Leeds Rail- 
Beach Rail- way to Heywood, and for amending the Acts relating 
way Bill. to the Manchester and Leeds Railway: And the 


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


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution of 
two Acts for regulating, levying and applying the 
conversion of the Statute Labour within the Barony 
of Gorbals, in the City of Glasgow, and County of 
Lanark, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 
limits of the said Acts, and to alter and amend the 


Gorbals Statute 
Labour. 




















said Acts, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 

Manchesterand Mr. Mark Philips presented a Bill for making a 

Leeds Railway Branch Railway from the Manchester and Leeds | 

= Branch) Railway to Bury: And the same was read the first 

, time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Manchester, The Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway 

a Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill lie referred to the Com- 

. mittee of Selection. 

York United A Petition of the York Gas Light Company, and 

Gas, of the Directors cf the York Union Gas Light Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for uniting the 
said Companies, and for more effectually lighting 
with Gas the city of York, and the suburbs and 
vicinity thereof, and certain places adjacent thereto, 
in the county of York, was presented, and read ; | 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions | 
for Private Bills. | 

Salisbury Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 

— Rail- Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in | 


the case of the Petition for the Salisbury Branch | 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as no personal proof was 
adduced before the Committee of application having 
been made to several owners, lessees and occupiers 
whose property is affected by the proposed measure ; 
but an affidavit of Thomas Perrier Fleetwood, taken 
before a magistrate, (whose signature thereto was | 
proved) was produced before the Committce, stating | 
that application had been duly made by him in the 
form and manner prescribed by the Standing Orders 
to such owners, lessees and occupiers; and it was 
proved before the Committee by a medical attend- 
ant on Mr. 7. P. Fleetwood that he was wholly 
prevented by illness from giving personal testimony 
before them, and the agent for the Bill produced 
to the Committee duplicates of all the applications 
served by Mr. Fleetwood, with a memorandum on 
each signed by him, stating the service of the ori- 
ginal on the party to whom it was addressed. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 





Market Har- 
borough and 
Coventry Road 
Bill, 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Market Harborough 
and Coventry Road Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
tor more effectually repairing the Road from Mar- 
ket Harborough, in the county of Leicester, to the 
city of Coventry: And that Mr. Halford and Mr. 
Pache do prepare, and bring it in. 


eet Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Railway Bill Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 


the case of the Petition for the Epsom and South 
Western Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
Vox. 99. 


90° Februariz. 


Committee on Petitions for 
the case of the Petition for the Leeds and Selby 
Railway Purchase Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 





’ 
43 
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make a Branch Railway from the Zondon and 
South Western Railway to Epsom: And that Mr. 
Kemble and Sir John Easthope, do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Leeds and 


rivate Bills; That in Selby Railway 
Purchase Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 


for vesting the Leeds and Selby Railway in the York 
and North Midland Railway Company, and to en- 
able that Company to raise a further Sum of Money 
to complete the purchase of such Railway: And 
that Mr. Lowther, Mr. Octavius Duncombe and Mr. 


Stuart Wortley do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Canterbury 
Acts for paving, cleansing, lighting and watching Pavement. 
the Streets, Lanes and other Public Passages and 
Places within the Walls of the City of Canterbury, 
and the Liberties thereof, and also several Streets 
and other Places near or adjoining to the said City, 
and for removing and preventing Encroachments, 
Obstructions, Nuisances and Annoyances therein, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for amending the said Acts, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Bootle Wilbraham presented a Bill for more Rochdale 
effectually lighting with Gas the Borough and Pa- Gas Bill 
rish of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Mr. John Henry Vivian presented a Bill for re Wich Tree 
pealing the Acts relating to the Wich Tree Bridge Roads Bill. 
and Roads, in the County of Glamorgan, and for 
consolidating the same Roads, with the Swansea 
District of Roads: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Henry Cribbin, J. P. Miller, Liverpool 
Charles Ledward, Richard Dawson, Samuel Lud- Gvardian Gas. 
low, Thomas Forsyth, J. H. Stafford and James C. 
Ferguson, being Inhabitants of the town and borough 
of Liverpool, complaining that the Standing Orders 
of the House, in respect to the application for the 
Liverpool Guardian Gas Bill, had not been complied 
with ; and praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their agents and witnesses, against the same, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff of the county of Home Produc- 
Somerset, praying the House to abolish all duties tion and Taxa- 
on articles of Home Production, and to revise our “”" 
whole system of Taxation, with a view to a more 
equable and equitable arrangement, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Messrs. Bradley and Holmsworth, Tobacco. 
Tobacco Manufacturers, in the borough of Bir- 
mingham, praying for reduction of the duty on To- 
bacco, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Second Re- 
Petitions presented upon the 14th, 15th and 16th sites 
days of this instant February ; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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





A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Farmers and Lime. 
others, of the hundred of Oswestry, stating that in 
various parts of the country, as in parts of Hereford- 

G2 shire, 
























































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4.4, 
shire, and other counties, Lime, the same as farm 
manure, is exempt from the payment of toll; and 
praying the House to extend to them and the hun- 
dred of Oswestry a like exemption from an impost, 
which is found to be so highly detrimental to a 
proper cultivation of the soil, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ear! of 


A Petition of Thomas Earl of Dundonald, praying 
Dundonald. 


that the House will be pleased to sanction an Act 
giving to the Right honourable the Privy Council, | 
or otherwise, power in his case to grant such further | 
extension of patent right as may afford him a 
chance of recovering the heavy expenses incurred | 
during his successful exertions to supply an im- 
portant mechanical desideratum, and of obtaining 
a suitable recompense for thirteen years’ unremitting 
endeavours to bring into public notice a simplified 
condensing engine on the revolving principle, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 











| 
A Petition of Persons interested in a Railway to | 
commence by a junction with the London and Croy- | 
don Railway, at Croydon, in the county of Surrey, | 
and to terminate at Epsom, in the same county, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for making the said Railway, | 


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


Croydon aud 
Epsom Rail- 
way. 


Colchester 


A Petition of Persons interested in the formation 
and Harwich 


of a Railway in continuation of the Eastern Coun- 


(net) ties Railway from Colchester, in the county of Essex, 
to the port of Harwich, in the said county, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making the said Railway, was | 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select | 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

— Disabi- A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 

les. 


of the borough of Portsmouth, praying the House 
to confer on every British-born Jew the civil and 
municipal immunities to which he is entitled in com- 
mon with others of Her Majesty’s faithful subjects, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Redress of A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 


90° Februari. 








A. 1844. 


A Petition of Commissioners named in or ap- Wells Harbour 
pointed by the Act for more effectually repairing, 274 Quay, 
improving and preserving the Harbour and Quay of 
Wells, in the County of Norfolk, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for improving the said Harbour and Quay, 
and for extending and altering some of the Provisions 
of the Act relating thereto, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Brandes Burton 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in closure Bil, 
the case of the Petition for the Brandes Burton In- 
closure 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 Brandes Burton, 
in the county of York: And that Mr. Masterman 
and Mr. Lyall do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Hartlepool Pie 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in and Port Bill 
the case of the Petition for the Hartlepool Pier and 
Port Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending the Acts relative to the improving of 
the Pier and Port of Hartlepool, in the county of 
Durham: And that Lord Harry Vane and Mr. 
Hodgson Hinde do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses gfunicipal 
of the town of Clonmel, praying for an equally ex- Corporations 
tensive measure of Municipal Reform for Lreland as (tHelands) 
that obtained by England, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Norwich and 
of the Petition for the Norwich and Brandon Rail- Brandon Rail- 
way Bill, which was this day made from the Select #9 Bil’ 
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 Railway from Norwich to Thetford 
and Brandon: And that Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. 
Benjamin Smith do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Birkenhead 
of the Petition for the Birkenhead Improvement Improvement 





Grievances. habitants of Hawick, praying the House to refrain 
from voting the Supplies until the Grievances of the 
people are investigated and redressed, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Divorce Bills. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills be appointed :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Mr. Hayter, Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Serjeant 
Stock, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Wil- 
son Patten, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Tan- 
cred, Mr. Evans, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Gibson Craig, 
Mr. Patrick Stewart, Mr. Robert Scott and Mr. 
Darby, with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 


Great Western 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to amend the several 
Railway Bill, 


Acts relating to the Great Western, the Cheltenham 
and Great Western Union, and the Ozford Rail- 
ways, to amalgamate the two last-mentioned Rail- 
ways with the Great Western Railway, and to au- 
thorize the formation of certain additional Works at 


Cheltenham and Gloucester by the Great Western | 


Railway Company: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Wells Lighting 
and Improve- 


cae. of Wells, in the county of Norfolk, for leave to bring 


in a Bill for lighting, paving, cleansing, widening 
and improving the Streets of the said Town or Pa- 
rish, for removing andpreventing nuisances therein, 
and for making new Streets or Roadways, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





Bill, which was this day made from the Select Bi 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the purchase of Monks Ferry, by the 
Commissioners for the Improvement of Birkenhead, 
Claughton-cum-Grange and part of Oxton, in the 
county of Chester, and for amending the Acts re- 
lating to the said Commissioners: And that Sir 
Philip Egerton and Mr. John Tollemache do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Newbury, 
of the borough of Southampton, taking notice of Basingstoke, 
3 A &amp; London and 
the application for leave to bring in the Newbury, southampton 
Basingstoke, London and Southampton Railway Bill ; Railway Bil. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of the town or parish | 


and praying that such Bill may pass into law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 

| 
| Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 15th, 16th and 19th 4¢¢°*™ 
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 
acquaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 











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7 VicToriz. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Letter ad- 
dressed to the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment, by Mr. Ludlow Bruges, tendering his Re- 
signation of the Office of Recorder of the Borough 
of Devizes; and also, a Copy of a Letter from Sir 
James Graham to Mr. Ludlow Bruges, notifying the 
acceptance of such Resignation. 

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


Recorder of 
Devizes 


Window Tax. A Petition of Licensed Victuallers residing in the 
city and county of the city of Lichfield, praying that 
they may be placed on the same footing in regard to 
the Window Tax as other tradesmen, owners of shops 
and warehouses in which goods are deposited, sold 
and exposed for sale, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Coutroverted 
Elections. 


Ordered, That the Alphabetical List of Members 
to serve on Election Committees be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 


Court of Com- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
mon Pleas, &amp;e., Return of all the Officers in the Courts of Common 
serene and Pleas and Chancery of the County Palatine of 
. Lancaster, and in the Crown Office of the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, with Names of the Officers, 
and the Dates of their respective Appointments 
(and of the Persons by whom appointed), distin- 
guishing between those that are paid wholly or in 
part by Fees, and those that are am by Salary, 
with the Amount of such Fees or Salary received 
by each of such Officers, and stating which (if any) 
of such Offices are Sinecure, or performed by De- 
puty, with the Name of such Deputy or Deputies, 
with the Date and Particulars of their Appointment, 
and the Salaries paid to such Deputy :—Also, a 
Return of all Fees received in those Courts in the 
years 1841, 1842 and 1843, and of the Appropria- 
tion thereof, stating the Names of the several Per- 
sons to whom such Fees are paid, either for Salary, 
Compensation or otherwise, and the Title and Nature 
of the Office or abolished Office, in respect of which 
the same is paid :—Also, a Return of all Compen- 
sations granted for the last Ten years before the 
31st day of December 1843, to any Officer of the 
Court of Chancery or Court of Common Pleas at 
Lancaster, stating the Amount of such Compensa- 
tion, and the Names of the Persons to whom, and 
the Office in respect of which the same was granted, 
and the Amount of Compensations paid in each of 
those years:—And, a similar Return from the Court 
of Pleas, Court of Chancery and Crown Office of 

the County Palatine of Durham. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all the Fees received by the Taxing 
Masters of the Court of Chancery since their 
appointment, stating on what account received, 
and how applied or appropriated. 


Court of Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Queen’s Bench, Return of all Monies received on account of Fees 

- in the years 1841, 1842 and 1843, in the Courts of 
Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, or 
of any of the Officers thereof; and a Return of the 
Application or Appropriation of Monies so received ; 
and a Return of all Salaries, Compensations and 
other Payments made out of such Monies, stating 
the Names of the Persons to whom paid, and the 
Office, or abolished or reduced Office, in respect of 
which such Payments are made; and also, a Return 
of all Officers of such of those Courts who are paid 
in whole or in part by Fees, stating the Names of 
the Persons so paid, and the Office in respect of 
which they are so paid, and the Amount of Fees 
paid to or received by any such Officer so paid in 
part or in the whole by Fees, in each of those 
years. 

Vou. 99. 


20° Februariz. 45 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and Message from 

Mr. Duckworth : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Metropolis 
Act to enlarge the Powers of an Act of the fourth Improvements 
and fifth years of Her present Majesty, empowering Bill. 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to raise 
Money for certain Improvements in the Metropolis, 
on the Security of the Land Revenues of the Crown, 
within the County of Middlesex and City of London, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment the 
— desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act gang's 
for naturalizing John Frederick Sang ; to which the Nat. Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Sang’s Naturalization Bill was read the first time ; Sang’s_ 
and ordered to be read a second time. Nat, Bill. 























Ordered, That there be laid before this House, customs. 
Returns of the Number of Persons who have beer 
suspended, superseded or discharged from the Cus- 
toms, since the 1st day of January 1841; stating 
the Names of each Person and the Dates of their 
first entry into the Service, the several Situations 
which they have filled, and the time they served in 
each Situation, the Offences for which they have 
been respectively suspended, superseded or dis- 
charged, and the Dates respectively of such Sus- 
pension, Supersession or Discharge; also the Amount 
of Salary and Emoluments of every Person, and 
the time of his Suspension or Discharge :—And, of 
the Number of Licensed Custom House Agents, 
the Date of their Appointment, and the Names and 
Places of Residence of their respective Sureties ; 
also, a Return of such Agents as have been con- 
victed of Offences against the Revenue, and of 
those Defaulters who have eluded Examination; 
and whether the Amounts, or how much, were re- 
covered from the Agents or Sureties. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Appeals. 
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 Causes or Peti- 
tions heard on Appeal before the Lord Chancellor 
and Her Majesty’s Privy Council, during the last 
Two years, with the Dates of such Hearing, distin- 
guishing those upon which Judgment has been 
given from those upon which Judgment has not 
been given. 

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 gtate of Ireland. 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon ‘Tuesday last, That this House do resolve itself 
into a Committee to take into consideration the 
State of Ireland ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate :— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and Message from 

Mr. Duckworth : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, ee 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Gaming 
to indemnify Witnesses who may give Evidence be- Transactions 
fore the Lords Spiritual and Temporal touching wn) eu 
Gaming Transactions; to which the Lords desire Pore 
the concurrence of this House: —And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


And the Question being again proposed, That state of Ireland. 
this House co resolve itself into a Committee to 
take into consideration the State of Zre/and :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
G3 And 











Police Reward 
and Superan- 
nuation Funds 


(lreland.) 


Timber (Navy.) 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Teachers 
of Schools 


(Lreland) Bill. 


No. 44. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Poor Law. 


No . AS. 


Gold Coin. 
No. 46. 


Silver Coin. 


No. 46. 


Gold Coin. 
No. 46 


46 


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


Mercurii, 21° die Februarii, 1844: 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Police Reward Fund in Jreland, 
constituted by the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 13, s. 49, 
for the year ending the 31st day of December 
1843 :—Of the Police Superannuation Fund, con- 
stituted under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 13, s. 46, 
for the year ending the 31st day of December 1843 : 
—And, of the Names of all Persons receiving Pen- 
sions or Gratuities from either of the above Funds, 
showing the Date, in each case, of the commence- 
ment of Service; the Rank or Employment of each 
Individual; the Cause and Date of Retirement; 
the Age of each Person at the Date of Retirement ; 
and the Amount received by cach per annum, or 
otherwise, as received from either of the above 
Funds; specifying on which Fund the Charge is 
made. 





Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Or- 
der,—A Return of the several expired Contracts for 
British and Foreign Oak and African Timber, 
Thick Stuff and Plank, for the use of Her Majesty’s 
Dock-yards, since the year 1825 ; showing the Date 
and Expiration of each Contract, the Names of the 
Contractors, the Quantity delivered under each Con- 
tract; together with the Price, and whether the 
Contract was made by Public or Private Tender, 
and whether the accepted Tender was the lowest one. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Fees and Sums of Money 
which became payable to the Clerks of Enrolments, 
Six Clerks, Sworn Clerks and Comptroller of the 
Hanaper, under the old Constitution of the Six 
Clerks’ Office, in the year ending on the 29th day 
of October 1842 :—Of the Amount of Fees and ad- 
ditional Fees received in the Offices of the Clerk of 
Enrolments, Clerks of Records and Writs, and Tax- 
ing Masters, under the Order of the 26th day of 
October 1842, for the year ending on the 29th day 
of October 1843 :—- And, of the Amount of Salaries, 
Office Expenses and Compensations payable under 
the Statute 5 and 6 Vic. c. 108, and the Orders 
made to carry the same into effect, for the year end- 
ing the 29th day of October 1843. ’ 


The Teachers of Schools (Zreland) Bill was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars 
of the University of Cambridge, praying for the re- 
peal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


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


Ordered, That the Returns of Light Gold Coin 
delivered by the Bank of England to the Mint, for 
re-coinage, and of Gold Coin received in exchange, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Silver Coin, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


90°—21° Februari. 


A. 1844. 


Standard Weight, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before three of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Mercurii, 21° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Law, from the Treasury, was called in ; and Newspaper 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— Stamps, &amp;. 
Returns to an Order, dated the 1st day of this in- 

stant February, for a Return of the Number of 

Stamps issued to Newspapers, and the Amount of 
Advertisement Duty paid on each, in the two last 

uarters of the year 1843, separately stated (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Returns of last Session) ; 
exhibiting, also, the periods at which the Publication 

takes place, whether daily, weekly or otherwise. 

A Return of any Grain, Flour and Meal imported, Grain, Flour 
during the years 1841, 1842 and 1843, from each aud Meal, 
of the British Colonies (including India); stating 

the Quantity imported in each year from each Co- 

lony. 

A Return extracted from the Accounts furnished Court of gesica 
by the Exchequer in Scotland, of Payments for the (Scotland.) 
Maintenance of the Judicial Establishment in that 
Country ; to show, in columns, the Number and 

Names of the Judges of the Court of Session who 

have retired on Superannuation Allowances, with 

the Dates of their Retiring; the Annual Amount of 
Payments to each respectively, the whole Amount 

which each has received, with the Sum Total of the 
Payment to the said superannuated Judges, up to 

the last quarterly or other settlement. 

Mr. Law also presented, pursuant to the directions Court ofSessiaz 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Warrant (Scotland.) 
granting Compensation Allowance of £.62. 11s. 8 d. 

to William Shiell, one of the Assistant Clerks of 
Session, Scotland, year 1843. 

Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Al- Teind Court 
lowance to John Barron, Depute Clerk of the (Scotland) 
Teind Court in Scotland, year 1843. 

Copies of all Cases which have been stated and Assessed Ta 
signed by Commissioners acting in the execution of 

the Acts relating to the Assessed Taxes, subsequent 

to the 22d day of August last, being the date ofa 

like Return made in the last Session of Parliament : 

—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 








Mr. Johnson, Solicitor to the Suitors’ Fund, was Court of 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Chancery. 
Order,—Returns of the Amount of Fees and Sums 
of Money which became payable to the Clerks of 
Enrolment, Six Clerks, Sworn Clerks and Comp- 
troller of the Hanaper, under the old constitution of 
the Six Clerks’ Office, in the year ending on the 
29th day of October 1842: —Of the Amount of 
Fees and additional Fees received in the Offices of 
the Clerk of Enrolments, Clerks of Records and 
Writs and Taxing Masters, under the Order of the 
26th day of October 1842, for the year ending on 
the 29th day of October 1843 :—And, of the Amount 
of Salaries, Office Expenses and Compensations 
payable under the Statute 5 and 6 Vic. c. 103, and 
the Orders made to carry the same into effect, for 
the year ending the 29th day of October 1843:— 

And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 





Ordered, That the Return of the Amount of Gold 


Mr. Lowther presented a Bill for vesting the Leeds et 
Leeds and Selby Railway in the York and North pi isase Bil 


Coin received by the Bank of England under the | Midland Railway Company, and to enable that 





Company 








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7 Vicroriz. 


Company to raise a further Sum of Money to com- 
plete the Purchase of such Railway: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Pontop and A Petition of the Pontop and South Shields Rail- 

South Shields way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 

—— enabling the said Company to widen a part of their 
Railway, and to make a Branch therefrom, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Birmingham A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
Corporation. of the borough of Birmingham, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for transferring to the said Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses certain Powers and Property, now 
exercised and held under certain Local Acts in force 
; within the said Borough, and for other purposes 
E therein mentioned, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 

Private Bills. 


BrandesBurton Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for inclosing 

Inclosure Bill. Lands in the Parish of Brandes Burton, in the 
County of York: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Clerkenwell A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 

Improvement. Act for 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, 
for leave to bring in a Bill tocontinue and amend some 
of the provisions of the Acts relating to the Street to 
Clerkenwell-green, in the county of Middlesex, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


ied 


Epsom and Sir John Easthope presented a Bill to make a 
se — —— Branch Railway from the Zondon and South West- 
s10u allway Bul, 


ern Railway to Epsom: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mashet Wen. Mr. Packe presented a Bill for more effectually 
. Sant repairing the Road from Market Harborough, in 
) Road Ba, the County of Leicester, to the City of Coventry: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
aii to be read a second time. 
Controverted Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- 
CCtlONnse 


neral Committee of Elections; That they had se- 
lected the following Members to be the Chairmen’s 
Panel, and to serve as Chairmen of Election Com- 
mittees for the present Session :—Lord Ashley, 
Charles Wood, Esquire, Sir William Heathcote, 
Baronet, Charles Buller, Esquire, John Somerset 
Pakington, Esquire, Benjamin Hawes, Esquire. 
Y Lord Granville Somerset also reported from the 
said Committee; 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. 

Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 

sing “aed Lord Harry Vane presented a Bill for making a 

and Dock Bill, Harbour and Dock near to Hartlepool, in the County 
of Durham: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Corn Laws, Petitions from Stillington ;—Huby ;—Tollerton ; 

— Alne;—Craike ;— Easingwold ;—and, Amersham ; 

praying the House not to alter the present Corn 


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





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Ral af Vindow Tax, A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Newcastle~ 
= Tyne, Gateshead, and the adjoining neighbour- 

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21° Februarii. 47 


hood, praying that they may be placed on the same 
footing, in regard to the Tax on Windows, as other 
tradesmen, owners of shops and warehouses where 
goods are deposited, sold and exposed for sale, was 


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





A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of Military 

the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Peace Society, stating that Establishments, 
_the immense Naval and Military Establishments of 

| the country are an oppressive burden upon the peo- 

ple; and praying the House to take this statement 

into consideration before proceeding to vote the 

Supplies for the increase or continuation of the said 
Establishments, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Voelas ;—Llandoget ;— Minera ;— Saint Asaph 
Yspytty ;—and, Ruabon ; praying for the repeal of 24 Bangor 
so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates — 
to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, 


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


A Petition of the Zeeds New Gas Company, for Leeds NewGas. 
leave to bring in a Bill for extending and amending 
some of the powers and provisions of the Act relat- 
ing to the said Company, was presented, and read ; 





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


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Delabole and 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making Rock Railway. 
a Railway from Mellorn, in the parish of Minster, 
to Black Rock, in the parish of Saint Michael, in 
Saint Minver Lowlands, in the county of Cornwall, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Universities 
Dumbarton, stating that in contemplation of an (Scotland) 
union with England, the Scottish Parliament passed 
an Act for the security of the Church of Scotland, 
under which alone, and expressly for that object, 
the permanence of the universities with all their 
privileges was and is secured; by it the obligation 
on professors to subscribe the standards is renewed 
and extended, and the whole Act appointed to be 
ingrossed by the treaty of union, as a fundamental 
and essential condition of the said treaty in all time 
coming; and praying the House firmly to refuse 
and resist any proposal that may be made for the 
abrogation of those laws which have been enacted 
for the security of education in the national univer- 
sities of Scotland, in conformity with the standards 
of the Church of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Wodehouse presented a Bill for making a Norwich and 
Railway from Norwich to Thetford and Brandon ; Brandon Rail- 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered “* Bis 
to be read a second time. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That the Committees on 
Clerk had caused to be prepared Sessional Lists of Private Bills. 
Members to serve on Committees upon Private No.49. 
Bills. 

Ordered, That the said Lists be printed. 


Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill to authorize Birkenhead 

the Purchase of Monk’s Ferry, by the Commissioners Improvement 
for the Improvement of Birkenhead, Claughton-cum-~" 
Grange and part of Oxton, in the County of Chester, 
and for amending the Acts relating to the said Com- 
missioners: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Charches 
a Return of the Number of Churches and Chapels oP ee ag 
built in each Diocese of Ireland, since the 1st for ‘nme 
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48 


of January 1823 ; stating, as nearly as possible, the | 
Cost in each case, and the sources, whether public | 
or private, from which the Money was derived :— 
A similar Return of Churches and Chapels re-built 
and enlarged :—And, a Return of the Number of 
School Houses in which Divine Service is performed. 








91° Februari. 


A, 1844. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Superior Courts 
reading of the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill; — Law) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second —y Debts 
il, 


‘reading of the Small Debts Bill ; 


Exports to Ordered, That there be laid before this House,| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Brazil. an Account of the declared Value of British and | Wednesday next. 
Irish Produce and Manufactures exported from the 
United Kingdom to Brazil in the years 1841,1842| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Actions for 
and 1843 ; distinguishing the Principal Articles. ag on the Actions for Gaming Discontinuance a 
ill ; . 
Commissioners Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a} And a Motion being made, and the Question being No. 51, 


of Customs. Return, to show, in columns, the Names of the 


Commissioners of the Board of Customs in London, 
with the Age at which each was appointed to the 
said Office, and also his present Age ; the Occupa- 
tion, Calling or Office (if any) which each filled pre- 
viously to being so appointed. 


Customs 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Frauds, 


Return, to show the Number of Informations that 
have been filed by the Attorney General on the 
part of the Crown against Parties or Persons for 
alleged Frauds against the Revenue in the Customs 
Department, in the years 1840, 1841, 1842 and 
1843 :—And, secondly, a Return (as above) of the 
Number of Actions set down for Trial, also the Num- 
ber of Causes, as above, which have been already 
tried, with the Number of Verdicts which have been 
obtained against Parties or Persons, with the Num- 
ber of Verdicts for the Defendants; also, the Date | 
at which the first of the above Trials was com-| 
menced ; also, the Gross Amount of the Penalties 

incurred and Penalties recovered; and also, the 

Amount in Fees of the Bills of Costs, and all other 

Charges incurred in each of such Prosecutions. | 


Ordered, That the Return of the Names of all the | 
Barristers-at-Law 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 | 
Lreland, 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 Bar- | 
risters, which was presented upon the 18th day of | 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. | 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions that there be laid before this | 
House, an Account of all Salaries, Pensions, Profits, | 
Pay, Fees, Emoluments, Grants or Allowances of | 
Public Money, held and enjoyed by all Persons, | 
between the 5th day of January 1842 and the 5th 
day of January 1843, the Total Amount of which 
shall exceed £.1,000; specifying with each Name | 








Friendly 
Societies. 


No. 50. 


Public Salaries, 





proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it be an Instruction to the Committee to extend 
“ the provisions of the Bill to all proceedings of 
“ common informers under the authority of any 
“* penal Statute,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by paragraph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Criausss, N° 1 to 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 4, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Criause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble read. 

P. 3.1.5. Amendment proposed: To leave out 
from the words “ William the Third” to the words 
“ And whereas,” in 1. 12 :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed : To leave out from 
the word “ persons,” in |. 8., to the words “ have 
been,” in 1. 10. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Preamble ; 


The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, } 27 
Yeas, \ Mr. Watson: ic 

Tellers for ~~ Mr. James Wortley, } 81 
Noes, | Mr. Forbes Mackenzie : ; 

Another Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed: To leave out 


the Total Amount received. by each Individual, and | from the words “at law” in 1. 11., to the word 


distinguishing the various sources from whence the 
same are derived. 

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. 


Southampton A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 

Marsh Linproves of the borough of Southampton, for leave to bring in 

mcnt. aE =e 
a Bill for improving the Marsh and other Common 
Lands, and extendmg Rights of Common and of 
Recreation within the Town and County of the ‘Town 
of Southampton, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


County 


The County Coroners Bill was, according to Order, 
Coroners Bill, 


read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 


of the whole House, for Wednesday the 6th day of 


March next. 





“ And,” in |. 12., in order to insert the words “ for 
“‘ the recovery of penalties under the above recited 
« Acts, or some of them.” 


Question proposed, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Preamble :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Another Amendment made. 
Preamble, as amended, 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, ‘Vhat 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. Sis 




















Sug 


Sta 


Met 
Imp 
Bill, 


Verat 
Ne 


Recor 
Deviz 


Supply. 


Stateof Ireland. 


Gaming. 


Metropolis 
Improvements 
Bill, 


Verations Suits, 
No. 47. 

Recorder of 
evizes, 


No. 48, 


7 Vicroriz. 91°—92° 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; Pe 

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 Question proposed 
upon the 13th day of this instant February, That 
this House do resolve itself into a Committee to 
take into consideration the State of Ireland ; 

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

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


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the existing Statutes against Gaming 
of every kind; to ascertain to what extent these 
Statutes are evaded ; to consider whether any and 
what Amendments should be made in such Statutes ; 


and to report their Opinion thereupon to the House, | the Compensation was awarded and allowed :—Of 


might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Milner 
Gibson, Mr. Lascelles, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. 
James Wortley, Mr. Hume, Mr. Escott, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Mr. Cochrane, Mr. Hayter, Viscount Jocelyn, 
Mr. Hawes, Colonel Peel, Captain Berkeley, Sir 
Horace Seymour and Mr. Manners Sutton; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to enlarge the Powers of an Act o 
the fourth and fifth years of Her present Majesty, 
empowering the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 


Woods to raise Morey for certain Improvements in | 


the Metropolis, on the Security of the Land Re- 
venues of the Crown, within the County of Middle- 
sex and City of London; and the same was read, 
as followeth ; 

Pr. 8.1.11. After “mortgagee” insert Clause(A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, 
Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, shall, once 
in every year, until the several improvements and 
new streets hereinbefore referred to are completed, 
report to the Commons in Parliament assembled 
the progress made by the said Commissioners in 


n 


streets respectively, the monies raised and received 
by them for the purposes thereof, and the ex- 
penditure of the same, and the balance, if any, 
remaining unexpended at the date of each Report, 
and also the number and extent of houses and 
other property still remaining to be purchased in 
each line of improvement, and the estimated cost 
thereof, and the funds‘applicable to the purchase 
of the same.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were made thereunto : 
viz. Fo. 1.1. 8. Leave out “ in” and insert ‘ House 
of,” and leave out “ assembled.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, 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, 
with Amendments; towhich Amendments this House 
doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vexatious 
Suits, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Recorder 


of Devizes, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Vo. 99. | 


the execution of such improvements and new | 


Februarit. 


49 


Jovis, 22° die Februarii ; 


Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Goodbody, from the Court of Chancery, 
was called in; and at the bar presented,— 


February last, for Copies of every Claim for Com- 
pensation made to the Lord Chancellor by each 
Person, as the Clerk of the Enrolments, Deputy of 
such Clerk, Comptroller of the Hanaper, Riding 
Clerk, Six Clerk, Sworn Clerk, Waiting Clerk, Agent 
or Record Keeper, under the Statute 5 and 6 Vic. 
ce. 103, s. 1 :—And, of any Order made by the Lord 
Chancellor for Compensation under the Statute 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 103 :—Returns of all Compensations 
awarded or allowed to Officers in the Courts of Jus- 
tice, under the Statutes 11 Geo. 4, and 1 Will. 4, 
'c. 58; stating the Names of the Persons, the Amount 
| of Compensation, and the Office in respect of which 








all Sinecure Offices and Offices entirely performed 
by Deputy in the Court of Chancery and the Supe- 
rior Courts of Common Law at Westminster; stating 
the Names of the Holders of such Offices, and the 
Amount of Salaries received for the last Three years : 
—And, of the various Duties performed by the Mas- 
ters of the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas 
and Exchequer, at Westminster :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


| 





Ordered, That Sub-Committee (No. 3) on Pe- 
-~ of the clock during the sitting of the House. 


| A Petition of the Boroughreeve, Constables and 
| Burgesses of the town of Salford, in the county pa- 
| latine of Lancaster, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
| making certain new Streets, and otherwise improving 
| the Town of Salford,and for amending an Act passed 
in the eleventh year of the reign of his Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for better cleansing and 
improving the said Town of Salford, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the North Midland Railway Com- 
pany, the Midland Counties Railway Company and 
the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate the 
said Railways, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Proprietors of land within the Middle 
Level of the Fens, part of the Great Level of the 
Fens commonly called Bedford Level, and persons 
interested in the maintenance of the navigation of 
the rivers, and navigable streams passing through 
the said Level, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend 
and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the 








fiftieth year of the reign of King George the Third, 
for improving the Drainage of certain Lands within 
the North and South West Parts of the Middle 
Level, Part of the Great Level of the Fens, commonly 
called Bedford Level, and of an Act passed in the 
twenty-seventh year of the reign of King George 
the Second, for improving and preserving the Navi- 
gation from Saléer’s Lode Sluice in the County of 
Norfolk, to Stangréund Sluice, in the County of 
Huntingdon, and other Navigations therein men- 
tioned, and to make better Provision for the Drain- 
age of the said Lands, and of other Lands in the 
said Middle Level, and in certain Fens adjacent 
thereto, by means of a Cut from the said Middle 
Level to the River Ouse, and of other Works, and 
for improving the Navigation of the Rivers and na- 
vigable Streams passing through the same Level, 

H was 





Further Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of 


Court of 
Chancery and 
Courts of Law, 


Petitions for 


f | titions for Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, till Private Bills. 


Salford 
Tmprovement. 


Midland Rail 
ways Consoli- 
dation. 


Middle Level 
Drainage and 
Navigation, 





Globe Insurance 
Company. 


General 
Steam Carriage 
Company. 


Padstow 
Harbour. 


Monkland 
Railways. 


Standing 
Orders; 


Salisbury 
Branch Rail- 
way. 


Newport Dock. 


Poor Law. 


Railways. 


50 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Edward Goldsmid, the Chairman, 
and William Tite, the Deputy Chairman, and Ma- 
naging Director and Directors of the Globe Insu- 
rance Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the said Company to alter and amend some of the | 
Provisions of their Deed of Settlement, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. | 


| 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for establish- 
ing and regulating a Company, to be called “ The 
General Steam Carriage Company,” and to enable 
the said Company to purchase certain Letters Pa- 
tent, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





A Petition of Merchants, Traders, Inhabitants 
and others interested in the trade of the Port of | 
Padstow, for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating, | 
maintaining and improving the Port of Padstow, in | 
the county of Cornwall, and the navigable parts of | 
the River Camel or Allen, in the same county, was | 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





A Petition of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch | 
Railway Company, the Ballochney Railway Com- 


pany, and the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Com- | of the Romish Church 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend | 


and enlarge, and in part repeal, the Acts relating to 
the said Railways respectively, was presented, and 


titions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution; and the same 
was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That in the case of the Salisbury Branch 


Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be | 


dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, on condition that they shall 
prove before the Committee on the Bill, the appli- 
cations to Owners, Lessees and Occupiers stated to 
have been made by Mr. Fleetwood; and that they 
be permitted to prove the same by affidavit, if the 


Committee on the Bill be satisfied by sufficient evi- | 


dence that the said Mr. Fleetwood shall then be 


prevented from appearing before them by continued | 


illness; and that the said Committee do report to 
the House how far the said Order has been complied 
with, on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Petition of the Newport Dock Company, for | 


leave to bring ina Bill for authorizing the said Com- 
pany to raise further Monies, and to make Sale of 
the Dock and Works, and for amending certain 
Acts relating to that Dock, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Zancas- 
ter Union, praying the House to obviate the present 
evils in connexion with the bastardy laws, and espe- 


cially that the mode of obtaining orders upon the 
fathers of bastard children may be —s that | 


such orders may continue in operation for a longer 
period, and that power may be given to Magistrates 
to enforce obedience thereto, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and North 
Shields Railway Company, stating that the passen- 
gers conveyed upon their Railway consist of the 
working and trading classes, and it has afforded to 
these classes the greatest accommodation ; that since | 
the opening of the Railway in June 1839, three 





22° Februarii. 


! 


A. 1844, 


millions and a half of passengers have been conveyed 
thereon; that the fares for the lower class carriages 
upon that Railway have always been under one 
penny per mile, and that at present the fares for the 


third class carriages are little more than a half-penny 


per mile ; that notwithstanding the great number of 
passengers conveyed, yet owing to the low fares 
charged, the revenue arising from the Railway has 


failed to remunerate the Petitioners for their great 


outlay ; and praying the House to repeal the duty 
upon all fares at and under one penny per mile, was 


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


Petitions of Friends of Peace ;—and, Inhabitants military 


of Guisborough; praying that no increase wlhiatever Establishments 


may be made to the existing Military Establishments 
of the empire, and that the House will take into 
consideration the propriety of adopting measures for 
removing all the causes and temptations to war, 
which such Establishments present,-—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Belfast Non-com- poman Cathole 


promising Protestant Operatives Reformation So- Clergy. 


ciety, stating that the Petitioners have heard with 
deep regret that the subject of a State provision for 
the Romish Priesthood in Ireland is to be agitated 
‘in Parliament during the present Session; and 
praying the House to refuse all pecuniary assistance 
to the maintenance, encouragement and principles 
, was presented, and read ; 
| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

| 
| Assessments Act as affects the assessment upon 


tithes and tithe rent-charge, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of Theed Pearse, Clerk of the Peace Parliamentary 
of the county of Bedford, stating that in compliance Returns. 


with Addresses presented to Her Majesty, in pursu- 
ance of Resolutions of the House, Her Majesty’s 
| Secretary of State has from time to time required of 
'the Petitioner various returns in addition to those 
which the Petitioner is bound to make by exist- 
‘ing Statutes; that the Petitioner is informed that 
he is not entitled to any remuneration for such re- 
turns, either from the county rates or from any other 
fund at the disposal of Government; and praying 
that provision may be made by law for remunerating 
such services as aforesaid, was presented, and read ; 
| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the 
Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- gastern Coun 
'pany and of the Northern and Eastern Railway ties Railwey- 


| Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
the letting on lease to the Eastern Counties Railway 
Company of the Railways and Works of the North- 
ern and Eastern Railway Company, and to give 
effect to certain arrangements entered into by the 
said Companies, and to amend and enlarge some of 
the provisions of the Acts relating to the first-named 
Company, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, complaining 
that the Standing Orders of the House in respect 
to the application for the Liverpool Guardian Gas 
Bill had not been complied with ; and praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their agents and 

witnesses, against the same, was presented, and 


read ; 


A Petition of William Jocelyn Palmer, Clerk, B. D., parochial 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- praying for the repeal of so much of the Parochial] Assessments 
Act. 


A Petition of the Minister, Freeholders and other gaint Asaph 
Inhabitants of the parish of Llansaintffraid Glyn Cei- and Bangor 
riog, praying for tl 1 of h of the Act Divces 

1g, praying for the repeal of so much of the Ac 


Liverpool 
Guardian 





Eure 
Life 
and 


Con 


tior 





7 Vicroriz. 


read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 
European 
Life Assurance 
and Annuity 
Company- 


A Petition of Directors of and Shareholders in 
the Association or Partnership called The European 
Life Insurance and Annuity Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for regulating Legal Proceedings by 
or against the said Company, and for granting cer- 
tain powers thereto, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Devizes, in the county of Wilts, 
was delivered in, and read; setting forth, That at 
the last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Devizes, the Petitioners 
were and now are electors for the said borough, and 
had and claim to have a right to vote at any Election 
of Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
borough; that the said Election was held on the | 
sixth day of February instant, and a poll being de- 





Devizes Elec- 
tion. 


ents, 


32° Februariz. 











manded, was taken on the seventh day of the same | 
month, when William Heald Ludlow Bruges and | 
Christopher Temple, Esquires, were Candidates to 

represent the said borough; and at the conclusion | 
of the said poll, the Mayor and Returning Officer | 
of the said borough returned the said Welliam | 
Heald Ludlow Bruges as duly elected to serve as a | 
Member for the said borough, in this present Par- | 
liament ; that at the time when the said William | 
Heald Ludlow Bruges was nominated and proposed | 
as such Candidate as aforesaid, he the said William | 
Heald Ludlow Bruges was disqualified from being 
elected a Member for the said Borough of Devizes, 
and was not eligible to serve as a Member of the 
House of Commons for the said borough, inasmuch 
as the said William Heald Ludlow Bruges at the 
time of the teste and issuing out of the Writ com~- 
manding the said Election, and at the time he was so 
nominated and proposed as such Candidate as afore- 
said, had and held, and then was in possession of 
the office of Recorder of the said Borough of De- 
vizes; that the said William Heald Ludlow Bruges 
being so disqualified, all votes recorded on his be- 
half were utterly worthless and of no effect, and 
were totally null and void, and that the said Chris- 
topher Temple was and ought to have been returned 
as legally elected Member to serve as Member in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Devizes at the 
said Election ; and praying, that the Return of the 
said William Heald Ludlow Bruges as a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Devizes 
may be declared null and void, and that it may be 
declared that the said William Heald Ludlow Bruges 
was not eligible to serve, and ought not to have 
been returned, but that the said Christopher Temple 
was duly elected, and ought to have been returned, 
to serve in Parliament at the said Election, and that 
the Return may be amended by substituting the 
name of the said Christopher Temple in the place 
and stead of the said William Heald Ludlow Bruges, 
and that the House will give such further relief in 
the premises as 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. 


holie 


is 


un~ 


Harwich Rail- 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the several places, 
way and Pier, 


and Owners and Occupiers of property on the line, 
or in the neighbourhood of the Railway hereinafter 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from Harwich, in the county of Essex, to 
join the Eastern Counties Railway, at Colchester, in 
the said county, and for constructing a Pier or Jetty 
in the Harbour at Harwich ,was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 
Vox. 99. 








51 


A Petition of thet hereunder-signed, belonging to Actions for 
or attending upon the Working Man’s Church, Dock- Gaming Discon- 
head, Bermondsey, praying that the Actions for ™*"° Bil. 
Gaming Discontinuance Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Tewkesbury 
of the borough of Yewkesbury, complaining that Borough. 
paupers in the workhouse belonging to parishes not 
within the said borough are brought before the bo- 
rough magistrates and sometimes prosecuted at the 
borough sessions for offences committed in the 
workhouse, and are punished by imprisonment in 
the borough gaol, where they are maintained at the 
cost of the borough, and that as the parishes to 
which such paupers belong do not contribute to the 
borough rate, the expenses of their prosecution and 
maintenance fall on the borough fund; and praying 
the House to pass an Act to empower the treasurers 
of boroughs so circumstanced, to recover from the 
parishes to which such paupers belong or from the 
county in which the parishes are situated, the ex- 
penses of their prosecution and maintenance in the 


|cases above stated, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of Aungier- Samuel Gordon, 
street, Dublin, complaining of injuries perpetrated 
upon him by one of the officers of the Jrish govern- 
ment; and praying for redress, was presented, and 


|read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Pontefract, window Tax. 

Ferrybridge, Knottingley, and the villages adjacent 
thereto, praying that they may be placed on the 
same footing in regard to the Tax on Windows as 
other tradesmen, owners of warehouses and shops 
in which goods are deposited, sold and exposed for 
sale, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Eastwood;—and, Glasgow, La- Bleaching 
nark, Renfrew and Stirling ; praying the House to Works. 
extend the protection afforded by the provisions of 
the Factory Bill to Operative Bleachers,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Promoters ofa line of Railway from Eastern Union 
the town of Colchester, in the county of Essex, to Railway. 
the town of Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for making the said Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantity of Coals exported from the 
several Ports of Newcastle, Sunderland and Stock- 
ton, in each of the years 1841, 1842 and 1848 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Coals shipped to British Possessions 
from those shipped to Foreign Parts :—And, of the 
Total Quantity of Coals exported from the United 
Kingdom to Foreign Parts in each quarter of the 
years, from 1828 to 1843 inclusive; distinguishing 
Round Coals from Small, with the Amount of Duty 


Coals. 





paid in each quarter. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Stationery 
Returns showing the Annual Amount in Value of (Hel#4.) 
Paper, Bookbiading and Printing supplied by the 
Stationery Office in Dublin to the Ordnance Office, 
Custom House and Excise Offices in Lreland, during 
the years 1841, 1842 and 1843, distinguishing each 
year; the Amount of Paper, Bookbinding and 
Printing to be stated separately :—Showing the 
Annual Amount in Value of Paper, Bookbinding 
and Printing supplied by the Stationery Office in 

2 London 




































52 92°—23° Februariz. 


London to the Ordnance Office, Custom House, 
Excise and other Public Offices in Ireland, during 
the years 1841, 1842 and 1843 :—And, of the An- 
anil Expense incurred for the carriage of such 
Paper, printed Books and Forms as have been 
supplied from the Stationery Office in London to 
the Ordnance, Excise, Post-office and other Public 
Offices in Jreland, during the years 1841, 1842 and 
1843. 


Expenditure 
(Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Expenditure of Zreland during the 
years 1842 and 1843, respectively (in same manner 
and form as the Return of the same for the year 
1841, given in Account No. 4, of Sessional Paper, 
No. 305, of 1842). 


Constabulary 
Force. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of the Con- 
stabulary Force in each County or Division of a 
County in England and Wales, under the Act 
2 and 3 Vic. c. 93, distinguishing each Class or 
Denomination ; together with an Account, in detail, 
of the several Items of Expenditure for the year 
1843. 

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. 


Imprisonment 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
for Debt. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons confined 
for Debt, at the present time, in the Prisons of Lon- 
don, Middlesex and Surrey; stating, in classes, the 
years in which they were imprisoned, the Number 
whose Debts, without Costs, are respectively under 
£.1, £.5, £.10, £.50, £.100, £.500, and all above 
that Sum, and distinguishing the Number of those 
for Offences against the Revenue Laws ; and stating 
also the average Term of Imprisonment of each of 
these Classes, the Name, the Amount of Debt, and 
Amount of Expenses of each Person who has been 
in Prison more than Five years :—A similar Return 
for the other Prisons of England and Wales :—A 
similar Return for Scotland :—And, a similar Re- 
turn for 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. 
Admiralty. Ordered, That there be !aid before this House, 
Returns in detail, of the Expenditure under the head 
No. 3, Admiralty Offices ; showing the Expenditure 
of the Sum of £.7,743 in excess of the Sum voted 
for the year ended the 31st day of March 1843 :— 
And, of the Sums voted in each year, from the 31st 
day of March 1831, for the Admiralty Office, show- 
ing the excess or saving in each year. 


Masters and 
Servants Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enlarging the Powers of Justices in determining 
Complaints between Masters, Servants and Arti- 
ficers, and for the more effectual Recovery of Wages 
before Justices: And that Mr. William Miles, Mr. 
Robert Palmer and Mr. Gally Knight do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Court of Arches 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
Bill. 


for facilitating Appeals to the Court of Arches: And 
that Mr. Elphinstone and Dr. Stock do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Marriage and 
Divorce Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for extending the Jurisdiction of the Consistory 
Court of the Bishop of London, in Suits relating to 
Marriage and Divorce: And that Mr. Elphinstone 
and Dr. Stock do prepare, and bring it in, 








A. 1844. 


Mr. Elphinstone presented a Bill for facilitating Court of Arches 
Appeals to the Court of Arches: And the same was Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be readasecond No.2, 
time upon Wednesday the 13th day of March next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Elphinstone presented a Bill for extending Marriage and 
the Jurisdiction of the Consistory Court of the Divorce Bil, 
Bishop of London, in Suits relating to Marriage No. 53, 
and Divorce : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 6th day of March next; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Stateof Ireland, 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 13th day of this instant February, That 
this House do resolve itselfinto a Committee to take 
into consideration the State of Ireland ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Veneris, 23° die Februarii, 1844: 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shoa, which Shoa. 
was presented upon Monday last, be printed. No. 54, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to News- Newspaper 
paper Stamps, which was presented yesterday, be St™ps- 
printed. No. 55, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Grain, Grain, Meal 
Meal and Flour, which was presented yesterday, be 2"4 Flour. 
printed. No. 56. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Judges Court of Session 
of the Court of Session in Scotland, which was pre- (ones 
sented yesterday, be printed. 0. 37. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 23° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Rates, 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 

presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return showin 

the Total Value of Property assessed to the Poor 

Rates, for the year ended Lady Day 1841, with the 

Amount of Money levied for Poor Rates, for the 

years ended Lady Day 1839 to 1842, oneach Parish 

in England and Wales :—And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of the Company of Undertakers of the Grand Canal 
Grand Canal in Jreland, for leave to bring in a Bill (Ireland.) 
for vesting the Branch Canals connecting the 
Grand Canal with the towns of Ballinasloe, Mount- 
mellick and Kilbeggan, in the said Company, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of or Thetford 
otherwise interested in the open and common Inclosure and 
fields, commons, meadows, pastures, fens and Dr#n*e* 
other commonable lands and waste lands and 
grounds within the hamlet of Thetford, in the parish 
of Stretham, in the Isle of Ely, and county of Cam- 
bridge, and also certain lands in a fen called Reed 
Fen, and divers inclosed lands and homesteads, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting 
and inclosing Lands in the said hamlet, and for 
draining and embanking certain parts of the said 





Lands, 





Kr 
Ra 


I 
I 





7 Vicroriz. 


Lands, and other Lands in the said hamlet, and in | 
other parishes in the said isle and county, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Harrogate and 
Knaresborough 
Railway. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands 
and houses, and Persons resident in Harrogate, 
Knaresborough, and other places in the neighbour- 
hood ofthe proposed Harrogate and Knaresborough 
Railway, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
fur leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway 
from the York and North Midland Railway, at Bol- 
ton Percy, to the township and parish of Knaresbo- 
rough, all in the West Riding of the county of York, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





id, 


Veutnor 
Improvement. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
within part of the parish of Newchurch, in the Isle 
of Wight, called Ventnor, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for better paving, lighting, cleansing and otherwise 
improving part of the said parish, and for establish- 
ing a Market therein, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom 
the Petition of Thomas Newsom, complaining of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in the 
case of the Petition for the Leeds and Bradford 
Railway Bill, was referred; That the Standing Orders 
had not heen complied with, inasmuch as the name 
of Richard Margerison, the reputed Owner and Oc- 
cupier of a field in the township of Manningham, is 
omitted from the Book of Reference, in respect of 
such field ; also, inasmuch as the representatives of 
Lucy Brown, as Owners, and Joseph Winterburn, as 
Occupier of a field in the township of Idle, within 
the limits of deviation marked on the said Plan, are 
not named in the Book of Reference, and no appli- 
cation had been made to them for their consent in 
respect of such field; but it appeared, that the | 
representatives of Lucy Brown are the Owners of | 
the adjoining lands, and are consenting parties; 
also, inasmuch as the name of Joshua Stead, the 
reputed Owner of a certain cottage between the 
numbers 127 and 129 on the Plan, is omitted in 
the Book of Reference, and no application had been 
made to him; also, inasmuch as on the Section of 
the main Line of Railway between the two and two 
and a half miles, measured from the termination of 
the Section at the town of Leeds, in the township of 
Armley, there are no figures representing the height 
of the embankment at such part of the line; also, 
inasmuch as between the four and four and a half 
miles on the same Section, measuring from Leeds 
aforesaid, there are no figures representing either the 
height of embankment or the depth of the cutting ; 
and also, inasmuch as the application made to Tho- 
mas Durby, in respect of certain property of which 
he is the Lessee or Occupier, situate in the town- 
ship of Zdle, was not made in the form required by 








Leeds and 
Bradford Rail- 
way. 


‘ion 


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53 


Ordered, That Sub-Committee (No. 3.) of the Petitions for 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, have Private Bills. 
leave to sit this day till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


A Petition of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway Maryport 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 8"4 Carlisle 
Acts relating to the said Railway, and for making a 
certain Extensions and Branches connected there- 
with, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Directors of the Mariners and Mariners and 
General Life Assurance Company, for leave to bring General Life 
in a Bill for regulating Legal Proceedings by or Saou. 
against the said Company, and for granting certain 
powers thereto, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aidermen and Burgesses Coventry 

of the city of Coventry, for leave to bring in a Bill —— &amp;e.y 
for extinguishing Rights of Common and Pasturage “""" 
upon and over certain Lands called Lammas and 
Michaelmas Lands in the parishes of Saint Michael, 
The Holy Trinity and Saint John the Baptist, in the 
city of Lomsiias and county of Warwick, and in 
the parishes of Foleshill, Exhall, Sowe, Stoke and 
Wyken, in the county of Warwick, and granting 
Compensation in lieu thereof, and for fencing and 
improving certain Commons or Waste Lands called 
Whitley Common, Hearsall Common and Gosford 
Green, within the same parishes, or some of them, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Severn Navi- 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 8tion Bill. 
the Petition for the Severn Navigation Bill, the 

Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to alter and extend the Provisions of an Act for 
improving the Navigation of the River Severn: 

And that Mr. Pakington and Sir Thomas Wilde do 

prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Edinburgh 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of — Market 
the Petition for the Edinburgh Cattle Market 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 third year of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, for abolishing certain Petty 
and Market Customs, in the city of Edinburgh, and 
granting other Duties in lieu thereof: And that Mr. 
Macaulay and Mr. Gibson Craig do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee York and 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of Scarborough 
the Petition for the York and Scarborough Railway *'"*y Bi 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 








the Standing Orders, there being no description 
given of the Section of the Line of the proposed 
Railway, showing how such property will be aflected 
by it; nor any statement of the greatest height of 
the embankments, and depth of cutting on such 
property. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ramsey 


; The Ramsey Inclosure Bill was read a second 
Inclosure Bill. 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Bury Inclosure 


The Bury Inclosure Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


for enabling the York and North Midland Railway 
Company to make a Railway from York to Scar- 
borough, with a Branch to Pickering: And that 
Mr. Lowther, Mr. Octavius Duncombe and Sir 
Frederick Trench do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Coventry 
of the city of Coventry, for leave to bring in a Bill Waterworks. 
for better supplying with Water the parishes of 
Saint Michael, The Holy Trinity and Saint John 
the Baptist, in the said city, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Coventry 
of the city of Coventry, for leave to bring in a Bill mit: ymin 
for enabling the said Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- ““ ~“meter¥- 








Vou. 99, 

















H3 gesses 





South-Eastern, 
Canterbury, 
Ramsgate and 
Margate Rail- 
way. 


Cwm Celyn and 
Blaina Iron 
Company. 


Newcastle and 
Darlington 
Junction Rail- 
way and Tyne 
Bridge. 


British Iron 
Company. 


Lancaster 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Blackburn 
and Preston 
Railway. 


Saint Helen’s 
and Runcorn 
Gap Railway, 
and Sankey 
Brook Naviga- 
tion, 


Weaver 
Navigation, 


West Croft 
(Nottingham) 
Incloswe 


54 


gesses to make certain Improvements, and to pro- 
vide a Residence for the Judges during the Assizes 
in the said city, and also to establish a Cemetery 
for the Dead near the said city, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com-| 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said | 
Company to make a Railway from the said South | 
Eastern Railway, near Ashford, to the city of Can- 
terbury, and the towns of Ramsgate and Margate, 
and to join the Whitstable and Canterbury Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Directors and Shareholders of 2 cer- 
tain Company called “ The Cwm Celyn and Blaina 
Iron Company,” for leave to bring in a Bill to enlarge 
the powers granted by an Act for regulating Legal | 
Proceedings by or against the said Company, and 
for granting certain powers thereto, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 





A Petition of the Mewcastle and Darlington Junc- 
tion Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
authorizing the sale of the Durham Junction Railway 
to the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway 
Company, and for enabling the said Company to 
make a station at Gateshead, witha Bridge and Ap- 
proaches to connect the said last-mentioned Rail- 
way with the town of Vewcastle-upon-Tyne, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of Members of a Company called 
“ The British Iron Company,” for leave to bring in 
a Bill to facilitate the settlement of the affairs of 
the said Company, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ribble Navigation Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
on or near the iine of the intended Railway from 
the town of Blackburn to the North Union Railway, 
in the township of Farrington, near Preston, all in 
the county of Lancaster, and other Inhabitants of 
the said county, for leave to bring in a Bill for mak- 
ing the said Railway, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Sankey Brook Navigation, and of the Saint Helen’s 
and Runcorn Gap Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for uniting the said Navigation with 
the said Railway, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Edward Deane Falkner, of Liver- 
pool, Chairman of the Anderton Carrying Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the Acts 
relating to the Navigation of the River Weaver, 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 town of Nottingham, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for altering and amending an Act passed in the 





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A. 1844. 


third year of the reign of Her present Majesty, for 
inclosing certain Lands in the Town and County of 
the Town of Nottingham, was presented, and read ; 


/and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 


for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Nottingham 


of the town of Nottingham, for leave to bring in a (West Croft 
. . ws anal) Im- 
Bill for extending the provisions of an Act for form- provement. 


ing a Canal and other Works within and near cer- 
tain Lands called the Wes¢ Croft, in the Parish of 
Saint Mary, in the Town and County of the Town 
of Nottingham, 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 Manchester 
of the borough of Manchester, for leave to bring in I™provement. 
a Bill for the Improvement of the town of Manches- 
ter, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
| Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Manchester 
of the borough of Manchester, for leave to bring in arse 
a Bill to alter and amend an Act of the fifty-third © “°° 
year of the reign of King George the Third, for the 
Appointment of a Stipendiary Magistrate to act 
within the Townships of Manchester and Salford, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Manchester 
of the borough of Manchester, for leave to bring in Police. 
a Bill for the good Government and Police Regula- 
tion of the said borough, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Persons interested in the formation Colchester and 
of a Railway in continuation of the Eastern Counties Harwich Rail- 
Railway, from Colchester, in the county of Essex, ““Y aes 
to the port of Harwich, in the said county, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making the said Railway, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the towns of Newbury Newbury and 
and Hungerford, and their neighbourhood, praying Great Western 
that the Newbury and Great Western Railway Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Hungerford ;— Newbury ;— Ox- 
ford ;— Woolhampton ;—and, Bath; praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Most noble Henry Charles Glossop 
Duke of Norfolk, for leave to bring in a Bill for Market. 
establishing a Market in the town of Glossop, in 
the county of Derby, was presented, and read ; and 


referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 








The Liverpool New Gas and Coke Bill was read Liverpool 
a second time; and committed. a a ot 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~*~ 
mittee of Selection. 


| 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Liverpool Fire 
of the borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a Prevention 
Bill to alter and amend an Act of the sixth and 
seventh years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
for the better Protection of Property in the Borough 
of Liverpool from Fire, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Garakirk and Glasgow Railway Garnkirk, 





Company, and Subscribers to proposed extensions Glasgow and 
“. ; Fi ° Coatbridge 
_of the said Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill to Raijway. 


extend the Line of the said Railway, to enable the 


| 
| Company 


rm 


and 


Fire 


Ne 


pod 





Ayr Bridge. 


Pulteney Town 
Harbour and 
Improvement. 


Paisley 
General Gas. 


Swansea 
Improvement. 


Taff Vale 
Railway. 


Glamorganshire 
Canal. 


Swansea 
Waterworks, 


Ashton, Staly 

Bridge, and 
Liverpool June - 

tion Railway, 


Gravesend 
Railway, 


7 Victoria. 


Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
alter and amend the Acts relating to the said Rail- 


way, was presented, and read ; and referred to the | 


Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


93° Februariz. 


55 


a road leading from the London and Dover Road 
to the Thames and Medway Canal Basin, and ter- 
minating at or near the Terrace Pier Gardens, all 


in the parish of Milton-next-Gravesend in the torn 
of Gravesend, in the county of Kent, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making the said Railway, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of a Quorum of the Magistrates and 
Town Council of the town or burgh of Ayr, for 
leave to bring ina Bill for improving and maintain- 
ing the Bridge of Ayr, commonly called the New a ‘ 
Bridge, \eading across the River Ayr, at the royal A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
burgh or town of Ayr, or for taking down the same, | and other Inhabitants on or near the line of the 
and re-building a new Bridge in lieu thereof, and | proposed Railway, to commence by a junction with 
for other purposes in relation thereto, was presented, | the line of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on| Manchester Railway, in the township of Oxspring 
Petitions for Private Bills. and parish of Penistone, and to terminate by a 

junction with the line of the North Midland Rail- 

A Petition of the British Society for extending; way in the township of Carlton, in the parish of 
the Fisheries and improving the Sea Coasts of the | Foystone, all in the West Riding of the county of 
Kingdom, and of Householders and Inhabitants of| York, for leave to bring in a Bill for making the 
the town of Pulteney Town, in the parish of Wick| said Railway, was presented, and read; and re- 
and county of Caithness, for leave to bring in a Bill! ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
to alter and explain the Acts incorporating the said | Private Bills. 

Society, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 








A Petition of Trustees appointed by virtue of 
the Act for more effectually repairing the Wadsley 
and Langset Turnpike-road, and extending the same 
A Petition of Shareholders of the Joint Stock | in two lines to join the Huddersfield and Woodhead 
Company or Partnership, called “ The Paisley Ge-| Turnpike-road, in the townships of Upperthong and 
neral Gas Light Company,” for leave to bring in a} onley, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
Bill for the better supplying and lighting with Gas | for leave to bring in a Bill for repairing, maintaining 
or other illuminating power the town and suburbs | and improving the Road from Flint-lane to Holm- 
of Paisley, and certain neighbouring towns or villages | firth, and thence to the Huddersfield and Woodhead 
and places adjacent, and for other purposes relating | Turnpike-road, and for making and maintaining a 
thereto, was presented, and read; and referred to | new line of Road from the said Road, at a place 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. , called Bents, to or near Dunford Bridge, all in the 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Swansea, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for paving, lighting, cleansing, watering, 
lating and otherwise improving the said Town and 
Borough, and for removing and preventing Nuisances 
and Annoyances therein, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Taff Vale Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts relat- 


ing to the said Railway, to authorize the alteration | 


of certain Works thereby authorized, and the forma- 
tion of additional Works, and to enlarge the powers 
of the Company, was presented, and read; and re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- | 


vate Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Glamorganshire Canal Navigation, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to enable the said Company to deepen, 
widen and make certain Improvements in the Canal, 
from Merthyr Tydvil to the town of Cardiff, and to 
alter and amend the Acts relating thereto, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Swansea Waterworks Company, 
for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the said Com- 
pany to raise a further sum of Money, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there-| 


unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the Manchester and Leeds 
Railway to the towns of Ashton-wnder-Lyne and 
Staly Bridge, was presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
on the line or in the neighbourhood of the proposed 
Railway commencing at or near the eastern side of 


regu- | 


| West Riding of the county of York, was presented, 
| and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
| Petitions for Private Bills. 


| A Petition of Promoters of a Railway from the 
| South Eastern Railway to Hastings, for leave to 
| bring in a Bill for making the said Railway, with a 
Branch to the Harbour of Rye, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Barnsley Junc- 
tion Railway. 


Holmfirth and 
Dunford Roads. 


South-Eastern 
and Hastings 
Railway. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- South-Easterm 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to complete and maintain a Branch Rail- 
way and Approach to the Harbour of Folkestone, 
' and to construct other Works in connection with the 
said Harbour, and also to effect certain alterations 
and extensions of the Works of the Maidstone Branch 
of the said Railway, and to amend the Acts relating 
to the said Company, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Joseph Thomas Treffry, of Place, 
in the county of Cornwall, Esquire, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to amend an Act for maintaining the 
Pier and Harbour of Newquay, in the county of 
Cornwall, and to make certain Railways or Tram- 
roads in connection therewith, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions fer Private Bills. 





A Petition of Proprietors of Salmon Fisheries in 
the River Wess, and the locks, streams and waters 
flowing into the same, for leave to bring ina Bill for 
the more effectual preservation and increase of the 
breed of Salmon, and for better regulating the said 
Salmon Fisheries, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 





A Petition of the Northern and Eastern Railway 
| Company, for Jeave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
|said Company to make certain Deviations in the 
line of their Railway between Bishops Stortford 





Vou. 99. 


H 4 and 


Railway. 


Newquay 
Harbour and 
Railway. 


Ness Fisheries. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (Newport 
Deviations. ) 



















56 23° Februarit. 


A. 1844. 


and Newport, and to alter and amend the Acts re- | lesden, in the county of Middlesex, for leave to bring 
lating to the said Railway, was presented, and read ;| in a Bill for establishing the said Cemetery, was 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions | presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


for Private Bills. 


Salisbury 
Branch Raile 
wey Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Salisbury Branch 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 make a Branch Railway, from the London and 
Sonth Western Railway, to Salisbury : And that Sir 
William Heathcote aud Mr. Compton do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Southampton 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Improvement. 


Acts for paving, repairing, cleansing, lighting and 
watching the Streets and other Public Passages in 
the Town of Southampton, for leave to bring in a_| 
Bill for paving, lighting, cleansing and otherwise 
improving the said Town, and for removing and 
preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Hythe Landing 


7 A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses 
lace, 


and lands, and Inhabitants at and near to Hythe, in 
the parish of Fawley, in the county of Southampton, 
and Subscribers towards the undertaking, for making 
and maintaining a landing-place or hard at or near 
Hythe, in the parish of Fawley, and extra-parochial 
places adjoining thereto, in the county of South- 
ampton, for leave to bring in a Bill for making the 
said Landing-place, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Lakenheath 
and Brandon 
Draiuage. 


A Petition of Owners of fen lands and low 
grounds situate in the parishes of Lakenheath and | 
Brandon, in the county of Suffolk, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for amending and rendering more 
effectual an Act for draining and preserving the said | 
Fen Lands and Low Grounds, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- | 
titions for Private Bills. 








Reversionary 
Interest 
Society. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman 
and Directors of the Company or Society called The 
Reversionary Interest Society, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against 
the said Society, and for enabling the Society to 
increase its capital, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Westminster 


A Petition of Sir Samuel Brown, of Netherbyres 
and Lambeth 











House, Berwick, Knight, Captain in Her Majesty’s | 





Bie Navy, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a_ 
Suspension Bridge across the River Thames, from | 
Church-street, Lambeth, to Market-street, West- | 
minster, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Edinburgh, A Petition of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven 

se ag Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 

"alter, explain, revive and continue the powers and 
provisions of the Acts relating to the said Railway, 
and to make two Branch Railways therefrom, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select | 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
West London 
—— a pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
"Company to extend the line of their Railway to 
the River Thames, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 
Willesden A Petition of Directors of the Company for es- 
Cemetery. 


tablishing a general Cemetery in the parish of Wil- 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Eastern Coun- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the uae 4 
said Company to make a Railway from the Northern Peterborough 
and Ezstern Railway, at Newport, by Cambridge, to Extension.) 
Ely, and from thence eastward to Brandon and 
westward to Peterborough, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Persons engaged in the promotion North Wales 
of a Railway from the River Dee, in the parish of Mineral Rail- 
Saint Mary-on-the- Hill, and terminating at or near ““” 
the town of Wrexham, in the county of Denbigh, 


| with a Branch Railway from Wrexham aforesaid to 


certain mineral fields in the township of Brymbo, 
in the county of Denbigh, for leave to bring ina 
Bill for making the said Railway, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Newbury and 
posed, That the Vewbury and Great Western Rail- Great Western 
way Bill be now read a second time ; acele a 

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 Friday the 8th day of March next.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Ne- 
gative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon Friday the 8th day of March next” be 
added at the end of the Question :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 8th day of March next. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property Gravesend, 
in or near the Line of the intended Railway from Rochester and 
Rosherville, near Gravesend, to Rochester and Chat- ms. sane 
ham, in the county of Kent, and other Inhabitants 
of that county, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
the said Railway, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Council of the Dingwall 
royal burgh of Dingwall, and other Inhabitants Thoreughlares 
thereof, for leave to bring in a Bill to repair, and on 
maintain the Public Thoroughfares in the said 
burgh, and to light, cleanse and watch the same, 
and to regulate the Police of the said burgh, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of William Hodgson, of 10, Coleman- Middlesex 
street, in the city of London, for leave to present a ad —_- _ 
Petition for leave to bring in the Middlesex and — 
Surrey Grand Junction Railway Bill‘on the 22d 
day of March next, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Brighton and 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill Chichester 


A Petition of the West London Railway Com-' for making a Railway from the Shoreham Branch Railway. 


of the London and Brighton Railway to Chichester, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Alexander Turner Cory, of Pem- Yarmouth 
broke College, Cambridge, complaining that the =" 
Standing Orders of the House in respect to the _— 
application for the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway 
| Bill 





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Public Petitions 


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may be heard, by himself, his agents and witnesses, 
against the same, 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 city and cou of Canterbury, praying the 
House to adopt measures for forthwith carrying into 
complete operation the plan of Mr. Rowland Hiil, 
for Post-office Improvement, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 


(Third Report.) 5) Public Petitions; That they had examined the 


Redress of 
Grievances. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Military 
Establishments. 


Masters and 
Servants Bill. 


No. 58. 


New Zealand. 


Coals. 


Corn Laws, 


Petitions presented upon the 19th, 20th and 21st 
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. 


Petitions from Whitchurch (Hants) ;— Taunton ; 
Crediton ;— Oldham ;— Preston ;—and, Liverpool ; 
praying the House to refrain from voting the Supplies 
until the Grievances of the people are investigated 
and redressed,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Freeholders and other 
Inhabitants of Minera township, and its district, in 
the parish of Wrexham, and county of Denbigh, 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, ¢.77, as relates to the union of the Sees of 
Saint Asaph and Bangor, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leicester ;-—Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of the Southampton Auxiliary Peace Society ; 
— Huddersfield ;—and, Swansea; praying that no in- 
crease whatever may be made in the existing Militar 
Establishments of the empire, and that the House will 
adopt measures for removing the temptation to war, 
which such Establishments present,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. William Miles presented a Bill for enlarging 
the Powers of Justices in determining Complaints 
between Masters, Servants and Artificers, and for 
the more effectual Recovery of Wages before Jus- 
tices: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of March next; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors 
and other Inhabitants of the borough of Wellington, 
in New Zealand, and the neighbourhood, praying 
that the House will be pleased to institute an inquiry 
into the unprotected state of the settlers in Cook’s 
Straits, and to take steps for providing for their 
future protection, by the residence of an armed force 
among them, and also to provide for such an im- 
mediate settlement of the disputed claims to land 
as may enable the settlers to occupy that to which 
they may be entitled, and lastly, to provide means 
to ensure the equal administration of British law 
between the aborigines and the settlers, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Pitmen and Colliers employed at 
Radcliffe Colliery, in North Northumberland, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the duty of two shillings per 
ton on Coals going abroad, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land, 

and others abet. 5 in agriculture, residing in the 

neighbourhood and town of Wellington, in the 

county of Salop, praying the House to take into 

consideration the present extremely depressed state 

of the Agricultural interests of this kingdom, and 
Vou. 99. 


23° Februarii. 


Bill had not been complied with ; and praying that he | 





37 


also to regard with care and attention any measure 
that may be submitted to it, having in view an en- 
tire abolition or even a further reduction of the 
existing duties upon agricultural produce imported 
into this kingdom, as the Petitioners entertain the 
firm persuasion that the adoption of any such mea- 
sures must inevitably be followed by the most 
serious consequences to every class, if not total ruin, 
to a great proportion of the agricultural community 
of the kingdom at large, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


plaining that the Standing Orders of the House in 
respect to the application for the North British 
Railway Bill had not been complied with; and 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his agents 
and witnesses, against the same,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


near Sheffield, in the county of York, Silver Plater, 


Leeds and Hull Associated Railway Companies Bill, 
had not been complied with; and praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his agents and witnesses, 
against the same, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Commissioners of Ireland, under the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 37; specifying whether same were Paro- 
chial or Chapels of Ease ; the Diocese and Parish 
where situate, the Number of Sittings which they 
are calculated to afford, and whether free or appro- 
priated, the Expenses of Erection, and the Propor- 
tions and Amounts thereof contributed by the Ec- 
clesiastical Commissioners and by Voluntary Sub- 
scription :—A similar Return of all Churches rebuilt 
or enlarged by the Commissioners :— Returns of 
all Applications made to the Commissioners with 
regard to the Erection, Rebuilding or Enlargement 
of Churches, with their Decision thereon ; specifying 
the Diocese and Parish to which the Application 
referred, and the Accommodation proposed to be 
given :—And, of all Churches which have been taken 
down by the Commissioners ; specifying the Date 
when same were taken down, the Diocese and Parish 
where situate, and whether same were Parochial or 
Chapels of Ease, the Accommodation heretofore af- 
forded by them, and whether any new Churches 
have been erected in their stead; and the Applica- 
tion of the Proceeds (if any) of the Materials of the 
same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Churches 
Return of all Churches which have been erected in (Ireland.) 


Trelund since 1800; specifying the Date of Erection, 
whether Parochial, Chapels of Ease or Chapelries, 
the Parish and Diocese where situate, the Number 
of Sittings, and whether free or appropriated, the 
Expenses of Erection, and what Amount thereof has 
been contributed by the Voluntary Subscriptions of 
Individuals, Societies, Boards or Corporate Bodies, 
(with the Names of such) and how much has been 
raised by Pardchial Rates. 


which took 


Saint Patrich’s Cathedral (Dublin), in reference to 
the pulling down of the Church of Saint Nicholas 
Within, in that City, which was presented upon the 
31st day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, 
be printed. 





I Ordered, 





Two Petitions of Archibald Grahame, of No. 80, North British 
Great George-street, Westminster, Gentleman, com- Railway. 


A Petition of Henry Wilkinson, of Endcliffe Hall, Manchester, 
: and Leeds and 


#5 : Hull Associated 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House, Siatneg Gem. 


in respect to the application for the Manchester, pavies. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Churches 
Return of all Churches erected by the Ecclesiastical (Ireland.) 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Correspondence gaint Nicholas 
lace between the Ecclesiastical Com- Within Church 
missioners (Lreland), and the Dean and Chapter of (Dublia.) 















Customs Duty. 


Shipping. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Adjournment. 


Gaming. 


Supply. 


State of Ireland. 


Fugitive 
Criminals, 


Whitehaven 
and Maryport 
Railway. 


58 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
an Account of the Gross Receipts of Customs Duty | 
collected at each of the under-mentioned Ports, dur- 
ing the Five years ending the 5th day of January 
1844 :— Newcastle, Berwick, Leith, Dundee, Mon- 
trose, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Greenock and Port Glas- 
gow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement of the Tonnage of Shipping which arrived 
at the under-mentioned Ports from Foreign Places, 
during the Five years ending the 5th day of January 
1844 :— Newcastle, Berwick, Leith, Dundee, Mon- 
trose, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Greenock and Port Glas- 
gow. 


The Poor Law Amendment Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 11th day 
of March next. 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Hume be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Gaming. 

Ordered, That Mr. Martin Blake be added to the 
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. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 13th day of this instant February, That 
this House do resolve itself into a Committee to take 
into consideration the state of Zreland ; 

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


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


Sabbati, 24° die Februarii, 18 44: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Wyse, | 
Yeas, L Lord Marcus Hill: co 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1 ., 
Noes, UL Mr. Henry Baring : | lars 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty, dated the 6th and 
19th days of this instant February,—Copies of any 
Instructions addressed to the Governors of Her 
Majesty’s Colonial Possessions requiring the trans- 
mission to England of Authentic Copies of the 
Depositions taken under any Warrants issued for 
the Apprehension and Surrender of Fugitive Cri- 
minals under the authority of the Act 6 and 7 Vie. 
c. 76, for giving effect to the tenth Article of the 
Treaty of Washington, between Her Majesty and 
the United States of America : — And, Copies or 


Ex:racts of any Despatches from the Governor of 


the Bahamas, relative to the Surrender of Fugitive 
Criminals, under the authority of the Act 6 and 


7 Vic. c. 76, for giving effect to the 10th Article of 


the Treaty of Washington between Her Majesty and 
the United States of America. 


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


A Petition of the Right honourable Wiiliam 
Baron Lowther and Subscribers to the undertaking 
for making a Railway commencing at the town and 


23°—2A° Februarii. 


A. 1844. 


port of Whitehaven, in the several townships of 
Whitehaven and Preston Quarter, within the bo- 
rough of Whitehaven, within the parish of Saint 
Bees, in the county of Cumberland, to or near Mary- 
port, in the said county, there to join the Maryport 
and Carlisle Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill 
\for making the said Railway, was presented, and 
‘read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 


, titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Zondon and South Western London and 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Suh Westem 
‘amend the Acts relating to the said Railway, and (y,";&gt; 

ng : (No. 1.) 
to authorize an extension of the said Railway, and 
other Works, at or near the Wine Elms Station, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Zondon and South Western London and 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Sowh Wesiem 
amend the Acts relating to the said Railway, and (y."'2°) 
to authorize an extension of the said Railway, and 
other Works, at or near the Wine Elms Station, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Persons whuse names are thereunto Brighton,Lewes 
subscribed, for ieave to bring in a Bill for making —* 
a Railway from the London and Brighton Railway ““""** 
to Lewes and Hastings, with a Branch therefrom, 
all in the county of Susser, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Members of a certain Association New British 
called The New British Iron Company, for leave to 1» Company. 
bring in a Bill for granting certain powers to the 
said Company, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills: 





A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Sheffield and 
subseribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making ak 
a Railway from Sheffield, to jom the North Midland “a 
Railway, in the parish of Chesterfield, in the county 
of Derby, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 





| &lt;A Petition of Persons engaged in the promotion Chester and 
of a Railway from Chester to Holyhead, for leave Mvlyhead 

. : . ° : 2 Railway. 
to bring in a Bill for making the said Railway, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Mou\taxd 
Railway Company, the Ballochney Railway Com- B2!'"2y 
J - s (No. 2.) 
pany, and the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend, 
enlarge and in part repeal the Acts relating to the 
said Railways respectively, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered That there be laid before this House, a Yeomanry 
Return of the Number of the Yeomanry Arms that Arms( Ireland) 
have been registered in each County in Jreland, and 
showing the Names and Residence of every Person 
who may have more than one stand of Yeomanry 
Arms in his possession, and specifying the Number 
and Nature of such Arms in each case. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the Loan Societies 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Abstract 
of Accounts of Loan Societies in England and 
Wales, to the 31st December 1843. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 
Ordered, 














Bai 





Timber (Navy. ) 
No. 59. 


New Zealand. 
No. 60. 


Bankruptcy. 


;. 


Londonderry 
County Writ. 


Manchester and 


7 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Timber 
(Navy), which was presented upon Tuesday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Copies of the Laws and Ordi- 
nances passed by the Governor and Council of the 
Colony of New Zealand, 1841-42, which were pre- 
sented upon the 13th day of March, in the last 
Session of Parliament, be printed. 





And then the House, having continued to sit 
till four of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. : 





Lune, 26° die Februari ; 
Anno 7° Victorize Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Montagu, the Accountant in Bankruptcy, 
. was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of several Acts of Parliament, 
—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 
1842 to ist January 1844; alsv, showing the unap- 
propriated Balance existing on the following Ac- 
counts, and standing to the credit of Basil Montagu, 
Esquire, Accountant in Bankruptcy, on the 1st Ja- 
nuary 1844; viz. Ist, the Bankruptcy Fund Ac- 
count; 2d, the Interest arising from the Bankruptcy | 
Fund Account; 3d, the Unclaimed Dividend Ac- 
count; 4th, the Secretary of Bankrupts’ Account : 
5th, the Secretary of Bankrupts’ Compensation Ac- 
count; together with Appendixes to the two last- 
named Accounts, of the Payments made, to whom, 
and whether as Salaries, Compensation or other | 
Allowances. 





Court of Bankruptcy, made up to the 31st day of | 
December last. 

An Alphabetical List of the present Official As- 
signees of the Court of Bankruptcy in London, with 
their Directions :—-And then he withdrew. 

‘ Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Londonderry, in the room of Robert 
Bateson, Esquire, deceased. 


Leeds Railway Branch) Bill was read a second time; and com- 


(Bradford 
Branch) Bill. 


Huddersfield 
Branch Rail- 
way Bill, 


Rochdale 
Gas Bill. 


Brandes Burton 
Tnelosure Bill, 


Edinburgh Puor 
Ssessment 
ill, 


mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Huddersfield Branch Railway Bill was read | 


a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Rochdale Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Brandes Burton Inclosure Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Edinburgh Poor Assessment 
g Orders had been complied with. 


Bill, the Standin 
Vou. 99. 








93°—94°__-26° Februariz. 


The Manchester and Leeds Railway (Bradford 





59 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for providing for the liquidation of the Debt owing 
by the Charity Workhouse of the city of Edinburgh ; 
for regulating the Assessment for Relief ofthe Poor 
of the said city, and for other purposes relating 
thereto: And that Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Gibson 
Craig do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote presented a Bill to make Salisbury 


a Branch Railway from the Zondon and South a 
way Bill. 


Western Railway to Salisbury: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Lowther presented a Bill for enabling the york ana 


Scarborough 
Railway Bill, 


York and North Midland Railway Company to 
make a Railway from York to Scarborough, with a 
Branch to Pickering: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Leeds and Selby Railway Purchase Bill was Leeds ana 
Selby Railway 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Purchase Bill. 


read a second time; and committed. 


mittee of Selection. 


Sang’s Naturalization Bill was read a second § 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the said 
Committee, that the Committee on the Bill have 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Wednesday next, and 
report on the day of their sitting. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Peti- 


of the Petition for the Newbury, Basingstoke, Lon- 
don and Southampton Railway Bill, was referred ; 
That the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as the Books of Reference depo- 
sited with the Clerks of the Peace and in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office are inaccurate in the following par- 
ticulars, viz. 1, William Wellock is inserted as oc- 
cupier of field No. 5, in the parish of Basing, in- 
stead of George Barton, the real occupier; 2, George 
Barton is inserted as occupier of fields No. 6 in said 
parish, and 3 in the tithing of Chinham, instead of 
William Curtis and Richard Curtis; and due ap- 
plication has not been made to these parties in re- 
spect of such their occupancy ; but it appeared that 
they are consenting parties, and when applied to 
during the formation of the Books of Reference, 
they stated the fields in question to belong to and 
to be in the occupation of the parties whose names 
are in the Books of Reference; 3, Lovelace Bigg 
Wither is inserted as occupier of field No. 16, in 
the parish of Wooton Saint Lawrence, instead of 
George Watts; 4, William Parrott is inserted as 
lessee and occupier of field No. 70, in the parish of 
Baughurst, instead of James May; 5, John Barlow 
Shaw is inserted as occupier of field No. 4, in the 
tithing of Crookham, instead of John Penford; 
and due application has not been made to the said 
George Watts and James May, in respect of such 
their interest ; but it appeared that they as well as 
the said John Penford are consenting parties ; 
6, Robert Munday 1s inserted as occupier of field 
No. 21, in the parish of Kingsclere, instead of Els- 
more Parsons; 7, John Parrott is inserted as lessee 
and occupier of field No. 41, in said parish of Kings- 
clere, instead of John Penford, the occupier; 8, 
William Hobbs is inserted as lessee and occupier of 
field No. 62, in said parish of Kingsclere, instead of 
John Penford the occupier; but it appeared that 
these parties are consenting, and that the two former 
mistakes arose in copying; 9, The Dean and Chapter 
of Winchester are inserted as owners of fields Nos. 32, 

12 42 











ang’s 
Nat. Bill, 


Newbury, 

Basingstoke, 
: eons London and 
tion of Robert Fuller Graham, complaining of non-~ southampton 


A Return of Fees by the Chief Registrar of the | compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case Railway. 


















































































60 26° Februariz. A. 1844. 


42 and 43 in said parish of Kingsclere, instead of Mary Thomson and Reverend Henry Young, which 
the President and Scholars of Corpus Christi College | do not occur in the Books of Reference as lessees 
at Oxford; and due application has not been made of any a0 5 therein described ; but it appeared 
to these parties in respect of such their ownership, that Joseph Kent and the Reverend H. Young are 
nor are their names inserted in the Lists deposited neuter, and that the rest assent, except John Platt, 
in the Private Bill Office, but the Promoters stated who dissents, and who was originally inserted in 
that it was not their intention to take such property, the Book of Reference as Samue/ Platt; and inas- 
and there is a Clause in the Bill as attached to the much as although the line of Railway is laid down 
Petition, preventing them from taking it; 10, The through the parish of Brumpton, yet such parish is 
Reverend Thomas May, lessee for lives, of property not mentioned on the Plans, or in the Books of Re- 
Nos. 6 and 11, in the parish of Basing, is not in- ference deposited in the Private Bill Office, or with 
serted in such Books of Reference or in the List of the Clerks of the Peace, but fields numbered 1, 2 
Lessees deposited in the Private Bill Office, nor has and 4, as in the tithing of Crookham, and parish of 
due application been made to him in respect of Thatcham, are in point of fact in the parish of 
such his interest, but it appeared that he is a con-| Brumpton; but it appeared that the property was 
senting party; and inasmuch as the Books of Re- | correctly inserted in the Plan and Book of Reference 
ference deposited with the Clerks of the several | deposited with the parish Clerk of Brumpton, which 
parishes of Monks Sherborne, Wooton Saint Law- | parish was inserted in the Notices, and that all par- 
rence and Kingsclere, are not correct extracts from | ties interested in the property in question consent. 
the Books of Reference deposited with the Clerks; Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
of the Peace and in the Private Bill Office, in the | Committee on Standing Orders. 

following particulars, viz. Different persons are | . 

therein inserted as owners of properties, Nos. 25 in 


the tithing of Chinham, 35, 46 and 53 in the parish | Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Sheffield, Ash- 


of Monks Sherborne, 89 in the tithing of Evhurst, | °° Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition na a 
58 in the parish of Wooton Saint Lawrence, and | of Joseph James Hegan, complaining of non-come Railway. 


16 and 62 in the parish of Kingsclere, as lessees of | pliance with the Standing Orders in the case of the 
properties Nos. 75 to 83, in the parish of Baug- ' aaa for the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and 
hurst, and 41 and 62 in the parish of Kingsclere, Manchester Railway Bill, was referred ; ‘That the 
and as occupiers of properties Nos. 25 in the tithing | Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
of Chinham, 35, 46 and 53 in the parish of Monks much as two small portions of fields within the limits 
Sherborne, 89 in the tithing of Ewhurst, 75 to 85 in| of deviation of the Branch Railway to Hurst Tunnell 
the parish of Baughurst, and 21, 41 and 62 in the | Colliery, near Nos. 192 and 199, on the Plan are 
parish of Kingsclere, from those inserted in the said "0t numbered or referred to in the Book of Re- 
Books of Reference deposited with the Clerks of | ference, but it appeared to the Committee that the 
the Peace and in the Private Bill Office; but it ap- | said fields belong to owners who are consenting 
peared that in many of these cases the parties had, | P2tties, and the Promoters stated that it is not their 
subsequently to the deposits of the Books of Re- | Mention to take them; and inasmuch as in the Sec- 
ference with the Clerks of the Peace, discovered | #0 of the said Branch Railway deposited in the 
errors therein which they had corrected in the Books | Private Bill Office, the surface of the ground between 
deposited with the Parish Clerks, and which oc- ® fence forming the south boundary of a field in 
casioned the discrepancy ; and inasmuch as the List | Ashton Town division, No. 130 on the Plan, and 
of Owners is inaccurate in the following particulars ; | the termination of the said Railway at the colliery 
viz. 1, It does not contain the name of Lovelace |'8 laid down at too high an elevation, to the extent 
Bigg Wither, who appears on the Book of Reference | of 9 feet 3 inches, with reference to the datum line, 
as owner of properties, Nos. 29 to 56 in the parish |!" consequence whereof the height of the said Rail- 
of Wooton Saint Lawrence : but it appeared that he | W@Y Over or under the surface of two turnpike-roads, 
is a consenting party, and that the property in 20d two public carriage-roads crossed by the Rail- 
question is comprised in one field let in small al- | W@Y within that space, 1s to that extent incorrectly 
lotments ; 2, It does not contain the name of Wil- |marked on the Section ; and whereas it is stated on 
liam Hooper, who appears as owner of Nos. 50, 502 | the Section, that the levels of such roads are unal- 
and 53 in the parish of Monks Sherborne, but it ap- tered, if the Railway is carried as proposed in the 
peared that he is neuter; 3, Samuel Platt and Wil- | Plans, the levels of the same will be altered, but the 
liam Fisher ave both inserted as assentine, whereas | Promoters stated that it was not their intention to 
in the Books of Reference deposited in the Private alter the levels of such roads. - 

Bill Office and with the Clerk of the Peace, William | Ordered, That the Keport be referred to the Select 
Fisher does not appear as owner of any property, Committee on Standing Orders. 

and in the Book of Reference deposited with the 
Clerk of the parish of Kingsclere, the name of Samuel 
Platt is omitted as owner of the property of which | , 





he is stated to be owner, in the Books of Reference | zy, anni ‘ . 
3 t ner, caster, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
deposited with the Clerks of the Peace and in the | » pray y oy ~ 


\ 0 his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 

Private Bill Office, and William Fisher is substi- | Pjpble Masinntien, ae was presented me sony 

tuted for Samuel Platt, and the said Sumuel Platt | Giieal Tl | ‘ ws : 

does not appear in any of the said Books of Re- C am 7 “ —_ oe espana oe 

ference as owner of any other property ; but it ap- | ape seer his pacts: gn = - — ? cm ? 

peared that William Fisher is the owner and Samuel y a agent, upon his Petition, 
mechan ge : if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 

Platt the lessee of the property in question, and | Mt eeitest tae antl Petition 

that they both assent; 4, William Major, Thomas — . 

Smith and Thomas Wedd, are inserted therein, but 

their names do not occur in the Books of Reference 





- % ; pe. wood Branch 
William Major is interested as occupier, and Thomas | mitted, Railway Bill. 


Smithand Thomas Webb as lessees and occupiers of | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
property affected ; and inasmuch as the List rr, paste “mittee of Selection. 
contains the names of Thomas Bates, Edward Walter | 


Blunt, Harriet Blunt, Charles Holding, Enma | The Manchester and Leeds (Bury Branch) Rail- Manchester 
Frances Holding, Re- | way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. *24 4 


Holding, Rebecca Holding, 


verend John Holding, J. G. Harris, George Hold.| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-§ 
ing, Joseph Kent, John Platt, H.and D. Smalibone,' mittee of Selection. 


A Petition 





A Petition of William Ainsworth, one of the Over- Ribble a 
|seers of the borough of Preston, in the county of 8%" - 


The Manchester and Leeds and Heywood Branch Manchester and 
. “— Oe i ‘ Sa s and Hey- 
as owners of any property; but it appeared that | Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- Leeds and Bes 


Railway Bill. 








Lond 





Wic 
Roa 


Uni 
Trel 





le 
cr 


and 
ley- 
+h 
I. 


ich) 





London Gas. 


Wich Tree 
Roads Bill. 


Union with 
Treland, 


Poor Lav, 


7 Vicrori@. 26° Februari. 61 


A Petition of James Adolphus Moore, Clerk to| A Petition of Friends of Peace, Inhabitants of the Military 

the Commissioners of the Southampton Paving Trust, , borough of Zruro, and its neighbourhood, praying Establishments. 
in the parish of Saint Pancras, Middlesex, com- | that no increase whatever may be made in the exist- 

plaining that the Standing Orders of the House, in | ing Military Establishments of the empire, and that 

respect to the application for the London Gas Bill, | the House will remove the temptations to war which 

had not been complied with; and praying that he | such establishments present, was presented, and read ; 

may be heard, by his counsel, agents and witnesses, | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

against the same, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- | 


A Petition of Members of the Committee appointed Harbours of 
vate Bills. 


by the Inhabitants of Sandwich, and its neighbour- Refuge. 










The Wich Tree Roads Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, Tnat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Tullylish ;—Langfield ;—Temple- 
port ;—Kilrush ;— Rosbercon ;—Kilfarboy ;— Kills- 
heipdeny ;— Kilcrone ;—Churchtown ;— Lissan ; — 
Kilmahon ; — Ballypooreen ; — Glenravel ;— Carri- | 
geen ;— Addergool ; — Kilaraght ;— Killeaugh ; — 
Killacree;--Grenagh ;-- Ballintubber (two Petitions) ; | 
—Kilgarvan (two Petitions) ;—Knockbride ;—Cal- | 
lan ;—Kildacomogue ;—Ballycahill ;— Holycross ;— | 





| 


Newbridge ;—Youghall ;—Oilgate ;— Mullinahone ; | 
—Killaney ;— Toomar ;— Stradbally ;—Clonmack- | 
noise ;—Carrickedmund ;— Mayo ; — Killymard ;— | 
Kilkenny ; — Coolfanoy ; — Ballybricken ; — Knock- | 
mark ;—Cloyne ;--A bbeyside ;--Hull ;— Carlingford ; | 
— Kilcar ;— Bunratty ;— Templecrone ;— Shirk ;— | 
Mountmelick ;— Kilmarnock ;— Kilmurry ;—Sherkin | 
Island ;— Maheracloone ;— Ballynamona ; — Johns- 

town Bridge ; — Templetogher ; — Donesheagh ; — | 
Charleville ;— Kilbride ; — Kilvine ;—Cloontushert ; | 
— Suncroft ;— Donaghenry ; — Kilmeen ;-- Bally- | 
homhan ; —— Rathvilly ; — Cortown ; — Forkhill ; -~ | 
Saint Mary’s, New Ross ;—Fahy ;— Kilfenra ;-- 

Donnemagin ; -- Tehallen ;-—Cloonclare ; -— Maghe- | 
radroll ;— Templebay ; — Malahide ; -— Scarriff ;— | 
Shanrahan ;— Celbridge ; -- Kilcatherine ; -- Lower | 
Drumrilly ;—Belclare ;-- Killyon ;—Kilsiely ;— Kil- 

tegan ;—Abbeyleix ;—Tydavnet ;— Clonlea ; — Kil- | 
makillogue ;—Stonehall ;— Palmerstown ;—Ematris; | 
— Ballee ;— Kilcornan (two Petitions) ;— Tintern 


? 


hood, at a public meeting, praying the House to take 
into consideration the peculiar fitness of the locality 
within the Brake Rocks, in The Downs, for the erec- 
tion of a Harbour of Refuge, and apply such mea- 
sures as may seem best to complete this great na- 
tional object, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;—Jedburgh ;-—Chair- Redress of 
man of a Meeting of Inhabitants of the town and Grievances. 


| county of Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;—and, Chairman of 


the Nottingham Complete Suffrage Association ; pray- 
ing the House to refrain from voting the Supplies 
until the Grievances of the people have been inves- 


| tigated and redressed,—were presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kelso;—and, Lorn; praying the Schoolmasters 
House to devise measures for bettering the condition (Set#4.) 
of Parochial Schoolmasters in Scotland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Huddersfield; — James Fielder Window Tax. 

and others ;—and, Great Yarmouth; praying that 
Licensed Victuallers may be placed on the same 
footing in regard to the Tax on Windows as other 
tradesmen, owners of shops and warehouses in 
which goods are deposited, sold and exposed for sale, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost of Glasgow, stat- State of Ireland. 
ing that the Inhabitants of Glasgow view with much 


&gt;! alarm the present social condition of Ireland; that a 


le ome perfect uniformity of political!and municipal rights, a 

Sndte ~~. je Bleck —— Pied | like enjoyment of religious as well as civil liberty, an 

—— — — T. as | .. .* . . . as 
Ovan;~Midan ;— Landuford ;—Kilthomas Sol bo. equal participation in all the benefits of a just, im 


meras;-—Bally Philiss;—Kilnaspoggin ;—Clerihan ; 
— Doneraile ;— Loughan ;—Spiddle ; —Saul ;— Kil- 
macshalgan ;— Killeden ;— Meelich ;—Cape Clear ; 
— Roughgill ;—Kilbeg ;—Swords ; — Hachetstown ; 


? 


—Nobbor ;— Dromin ; — Ardagh ; — Rathcore ;— 


| partial and firm system of government, is what Ireland 
‘1s entitled to demand, if she is to remain an integral 
| part of the British empire, and also that the Esta- 
_ blished Church of Ireland ought to be abolished ; and 
praying the House to adopt measures of relief, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 











Glanoragah ;— Boyle ;—Bingessbeg ;—ast Clones; ‘Table. 

— Clashmore ;— Gorvell ;— Castletown ;—Faughma-&gt; 

connell ;— Kilmessan ; — Midleton ;— Duncane;—| Mr. Robert Scott presented a Bill to alter and Severn Navi- 
Desertmartin ;—Moynalty ; — Shruel ;— Old Con- | extend the Provisions of an Act for improving the ao 
naught ;— Dulechk ;—Aughnamullen (two Petitions) ; | Navigation of the River Severn: And the same was 
—Longwood ;—Ballibay ;— Bagnalstown ;— Killen- | read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

here ; — Moyrus ; — Clones ; -- Longford ; — Saint | time. 

James ; — Nenagh ;— Caherconlish ; —Oldtown ; — 


Newport ;—Kill (two Petitions) ;--Fethard ;—Rus- | The Birmingham Canal Navigations Bill was Birmingham 


oe ; ; : read a second time ; and committed. Canal Naviga~ 
saugh ;— Trim ;-- Kells ;—Kilmokea ;--Cappagh ;— |“ Qydered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ‘ios Bill 
Killeagh ;--K ilcommon ; -— Louginisland ;-—Clonoe ; snittinn off Selection 
ee ;--Kileliffe ;--Dysart ;-- Ballinrobe ;-- ‘ 
ee (Mets romintee ; — Drung ;—- Termona-| The Norwich and Brandon Railway Bill was read Norwich 
mungan ;-—--Dublin (two Petitions) ;—Killarney;— |. second tiene: and committed. and Brandon 
Nova Scotia ;— Errigal ;— Shanagolden ;— Lower |” Qy;dered, That the Bill be referred to the Come "*!"*y Bil 
Killcoo ;--Anna ;--Kilmeed ;--— Moncoin ; — Toma- eoittien of ae i 
cork ;-—C oropin ;— Ballygarrett ;—Carrigtohill ;-- . ; 
ee ;— Stamullin ; — Donagh ;--Co- 
umbhill ;—and, Creggan ; praying for the repeal of | 4... ; 
pad on union om yar Great Britain and | oe Bill be referred to the Com- 
‘retand,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to| _,: Slee 
lie ‘oan the Table. , ? mittee of Selection. 








The Great Western Railway Bill was read a second Great Westerm 
Railway Bill. 


ie Mr. Macaulay presented a Bill to amend an Act Edinburgh 
_ Petitions from Haslingden Union ;—and, Pock-| passed in the third year of the reign of Her present — Market 
lingion Union; praying for alteration of the Poor| Majesty, for abolishing certain Petty and Market” ” 


Law Amendment Act,--were presented, and read ;| Customs in the City of Edinburgh, and granting 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Voi. 99. 


other Duties in lieu thereof: And the same was read 
13 the 














62 2t°—27° Februariz. A. 1844, 


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


A Petition of Publishers in Edinburgh, praying 
for the repeal of the Duties on Paper, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Reed, of Blackheath Park, 
in the county of Kent, Esquire, and David Rae 
Newall, of Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, 
Esquire, late a Captain in the Maritime Service of 
the Honourable East India Company, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Great Western 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Two Petitions of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of 
Aungier-street, Dublin, alleging certain injuries per- 
petrated upon him by one of the officers of the Irish 
Government ; and praying the House to take his case 
into consideration, and grant him redress,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of 
the royal burgh of Dundee, praying for the repeal of 
so much of the Scots Statutes, as imposes religious 
tests upon professors, teachers of youth and others, 
as a qualification for their holding offices in the 








Universities and public schools of Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament, having been transmitted 
to the Clerk, were laid upon the Table; viz. 

Copy of Certificate of William Spranger White, 
Pastor of a Congregation of Persons in the Epis- 
copal Communion in Scotland, meeting for Divine 
Worship at Jedburgh, in the county of Roxburgh, 
having qualified in terms of and as required by the 
Act 32 Geo. 3, c. 63, s. 2. 

Returns of Official Assignees of the Court of 
Bankruptcy, showing the Total Amounts of their 
Receipts and Payments upon every Estate under 
their Charge, from the 1st January to the 31st De- 
cember 1843, both days inclusive ; also, the Balance 
standing to the credit of the Accountant in Bank- 
ruptcy, and of every such Estate in the Bank of 
England on the said 31st day of December; and 
also, the Balances of every such Estate then in their 
hands, or under their control or power; and lastly, 
the several Sums allowed to them for Remuneration 
and Petty Expenses, from the said 1st January to 
the 31st December 1843. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Order, 
--A Return, in detail, of the Expenditure under the 
Head No. 3., Admiralty Offices, showing the Ex- 
penditure of the Sum of £.7,733. 8s. 3d. in excess 
of the Sum voted for the year ended the 31st day of 
March 1843, and of the Sums in each year, from 
the 3ist day of March 1831, for the Admiralty 
Office, showing the excess or saving for each vear 
(arranged in the order of Duties). 

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


A Petition of Gentry, Bankers, Merchants and 
other Inhabitants of the town of Southampton, taking 
notice of the application for leave to bring in the 
Newbury, Basingstoke, London and Southampton 
Railway Bill; and praying that such Bill may pass 
into law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Captain Boldero presented, pursuant to an Address 
to his late Majesty, dated the 19th day of June 


1832,—A Return of the creation of any new Office 
in the Colonies by the Ordnance Department, in 
the year 1848, the Salary of which exceeds £. 200 
per annum. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply; 


mittee of Supply ; Estimates, 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Army Estimates for the year referred: 
1844-45, be referred to the Committee. Army. 


Ordered, That the Navy Estimates for the year Navy. 
1844-45, be referred to the Committee. 

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 
“ the consideration of the Estimates for the several 
“ branches of the Public Service be postponed till 
“* after the Easter Recess,” 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: - ies 
Tellers for thef Mr. Sharman Crawford, 11 
Noes, Colonel Rawdon : + Saabiial 


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.) 


1. Resolved, That Thirty-six thousand Men be seamen, 
employed for the Sea Service, for thirteen lunar Mariues, &amp;, 
months, to the 31st day of March 1845, including 
Ten thousand five hundred Royal Marines and Two 
thousand Boys. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One mil- Wages to a 
lion one hundred and seventy thousand four hun- 
dred and seventy-six 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 1845. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 

twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 27° die Februarii, 1844: 

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 House, according to Order, proceeded to take Actions for 
into further consideration the Report on the Actions Goning ; 
for Gaming Discontinuance Bill; and the Amend-‘™" 
ments were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5.1.28. Leave out from “ third” to “ And” 
in 1. 32. 

Pr. 5.1. 33. Leave out from “ persons” to “ have”’ 
in |. 87. 

Pr. 5.1.18. Leave out “ vexatious.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 16. Leave out “ discontinued” and in- 
sert “stayed and suspended for a limited time.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 12. After “ thereat” in the interlineation 
insert “ such playing or betting being alleged to 
“ have taken place previously to the first day of 
“ June One thousand eight hundred and forty-four.” 

Pr. 7.1. 23. Leave out from “ that” to the end 





of the interlineation in 1. 27, and insert “ pee 
sha 





scon- 


ill, 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill, 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Gaming 
Transactions 


7 Vicroriz. 26°—927° 


“ shall be stayed for Three calendar months, or 
“ till the end of the present Session of Parliament.” 

Pr. 8.1. 2. In the first interlineation leave out 
“ and payment or tender of such costs as,” and after 
“ aforesaid” insert “ all further proceedings on.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 5. Leave out “ discontinued” and insert 
“ stayed and suspended as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 8.1. 30. After “ same” insert “ such playing 
“ or betting being alleged to have taken place pre- 
“ viously to the first day of June One thousand 
“ eight hundred and forty-four.” 

Pr, 9. Is. 4. and 5. Leave out “ England or” and 
insert ‘‘ the United Kingdom of Great Britain and.” 


In Clause (B.): 


L. 16. Leave out “ further.” 
L. 18. Leave out from “ the” to “and” in 1. 20. 


63 


Februarii. 


A Petition of Land-owners on the line of the pro- Middlesex 
posed Railway hereinafter mentioned, taking notice a4 Surrey 


. Ss Grand Junction 
of the application for leave to present a Petition for Raiiway, 


leave to bring in the Middlesex and Surrey Grand 
Junction Railway Bill; and praying that the Ses- 
sional Order may not be dispensed with, and that 
leave may not be given to present such Petition, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates, poor Rates. 


which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


be printed. 





and insert “ last day of the present Session of Par- 
“« jiament.” 

L. 23. Leave out “ discontinuing” and insert 
““ suspending.” 

L. 25. Leave out from “the” to the end of the 
Clause, and insert “ last-mentioned day.” 


In the Schedule: 


Pr. 9.1.30. At the end of the Schedule, after | — 


“ patting-stone” add “ foot-ball.” 


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: 
—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. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 7.1. 23, were accordingly read a second time, 
and agreed to. 

Pr. 7. 1.23., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving 
out the word “ or” and inserting the word “ and” 
instead thereof. 

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 (That 
it shall not be lawful, for the space of Three calendar 
months from the passing of this Act, to lay inform- 
ation for the recovery of penalties against parties 
engaging in certain popular sports and games men- 
tioned in the Acts 5 and6 Will.3, c. 59, s. 3., and 
2and 3 Vic. c. 47, s.47):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the. Negative. 

Then the Amendment following was made to the 
Bill; viz. 

Pr. 6.1.16. After “ that” insert “ during such 
“* limited time.” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Birkenhead Docks Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Birkenhead Improvement Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Gaming Transactions (Witnesses Indemnity) 


(Witnesses Ix. Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
emnity) Bill, 


No, 62, 


read a second time this day ;. and to be printed. 
Vot. 99, 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to Loan Socie- Loan Svcieties. 


ties, which was presented upon Friday 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. 











Martis, 27° die Februari ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 





at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return 
| of the Sums of Money received and paid, and how 
| applied, in the year to and including the 31st day 
of December 1843, by the Chamberlain of the City 
of London, in relation to the Market established for 
the Sale of Coals, &amp;c., pursuant to the Act 1 and 2 
Will. 4, c. 76, for regulating the Vend and Delivery 
of Coals within the Cities of London and Westminster, 
and in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, 
Surrey, Kent and Essex, and also the Act 1 and 2 
Vic. c. 101, for continuing for Seven years the afore- 
said Act of 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 76 :—Also, the Sums 
of Money when invested, and the Sum Total in- 
vested, under the authority of the said Acts ; stating 
the Securities in which the same are invested, and 
the Rates of Interest paid upon each, and the Ba- 
lance in hand on the 31st day of December 1843 : 
—And.then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


to an Order, dated the 12th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary, for a Return showing the Amount of Capital 
on which the several Rates of Legacy Duty een 
been paid in Great Britain in the year ending the 
5th day of January 1844:—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 
Ireland, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844 :—Returns, for the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1844, showing the Amount of Capital on 
which the several Rates of Legacy Duty have been 
paid in Jreland, and distinguishing the Amount of 
/each Rate:—Of the Total Amount of Revenue re- 
|ceived in the United Kingdom, in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1844, for Stamp Duty on 
_ Legacies (distinguishing those on direct and on re- 
'versionary Bequests, if possible), on Probates, Ad- 
| ministrations and Testamentary Inventories ; distin- 
| guishing the Amount from England and Wales, Scot- 
‘land and Ireland; with an Abstract of the whole 
| Amount of Duty received since 1797 :—And, of the 
'Amount of Total Duty received in the United King- 
14 dom 


























Ordered, That the Paper relative to Fugitive Fugitive 
Criminals, which was presented upon Friday last, “So 


R. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain London 
yt of the City of London, was called in; and Coal Market. 


Mr. Law, from the Treasury, was called in; and Legacy Daty, 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Returns &amp;c. 











Exports to 
Brazil. 


Expenditure 
(Treland.) 


Assessed Taxes. 


Audit Office. 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Standing 
Orders; 


Leeds and 
Bradford 
Railway. 


Middlesex 

and Surrey 
Grand Junction 
Railway. 


Wildmore, &amp;c., 
Fen Highways 
Bill, 


Northern 
Cou! Mining 
Company Bill. 


South Devon 
Railway Bill. 


64 


297° Februariz. 


A. 1844. 


dom since 1797, to the 5th day of January 1844 be called the South Devon Railway: And that Mr. 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 111, | Gill, Lord Seymour and Lord Courtenay do prepare, 


of Session 1843). 

An Account of the declared Value of British and 
Trish Produce and Manufactures exported from the 
United Kingdom to Brazil in the years, 1841, 1842 
and 1843; distinguishing the principal Articles. 

A Return of the Expenditure of Zreland during 
the years 1842 and 1843 respectively, (in same man- 
ner and form as the Return of the same for the year 
1841, given in Account No. 4, of Sessional Paper, 
No. 305, of 1842). 

Mr. Law also presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Return of Copies 
of Cases stated and signed by the Commissioners 
acting in the execution of the Assessed Tax Acts 
determined by the Judges in Scotland, since the date 
of a like Return made in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment. 

A Statement of the Superannuation Allowance 
granted to Mr. Kennedy, an extra Clerk in the 
Audit Office, with Extract of Treasury Minute 
thereon :—And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of Richard Smith, of Poulton-cum- 
Seacombe, in the parish of Wallasea, in the county 
of Chester, Esquire, praying that he may be heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain 
parts of the Birkenhead Docks 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. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Leeds and 
Bradford Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Middlesex 
and Surrey Grand Junction Railway Petition, for 

eave to present a Petition for a Bill, the Sessional 
Order ought not to be dispensed with. 

The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report 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 Wildmore, &amp;c., Fen Highways 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for providing for the Repairs of the several High- 
ways within the seven Townships in the Wildmore, 
and the East and West Fens, in the county of Lin- 
coln: And that Mr. Christopher and Lord Worsley 
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 Northern Coal Mining Company 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Northern Coal Mining Compan 
to raise Money for paying offexisting Debts of the 
Company: And that Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Scar- 
lett do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Siruit reported from the Select Commitiee 
on Petitions for 
the Petition for the South Devon Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Exeter to Plymouth, to 


rivate Bills; That in the case of | 


| 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 Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize an extension of the Edinburgh and Glas- 
|gow Railway, and to amend and enlarge the provi- 
sions of the Acts relating to such Railway: And 
that Mr. Gibson Craig and Mr. Macaulay do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 





Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
| on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition 
|of the Right honourable Edward Jervis Viscount 
| Saint Vincent, complaining of non-compliance with 
| the Standing Orders, in the case of the Petition for 
| the Manchester and Birmingham Railway (Maccles- 
| field and Poynton Branches) (No. 2.) Bill, was re- 
ferred; That the Standing Orders had been complied 
| With. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Manchester and Birmingham Rail- 
way Company to vary the Line of their Branch 
Railway to Macclesfield, and to make another 
Branch therefrom, and for amending the former 
| Acts relating to the said Company: And that Mr. 
Tatton Egerton and Mr. Bootle Wilbraham do pre- 
pare, 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 Bolton and Preston Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
effectuate the Sale by the Bolton and Preston Rail- 
way Company of their Railway, and other Property 
and Effects to the North Union Railway Company, 
to incorporate with such last-mentioned Company 
the Proprietors of the Bolton and Preston Railway, 
and to consolidate Shares into Stock: And that 
Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Ainsworth 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 Beccles Navigation Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Powers and Provisions of an Act of 
the first year of King William the Fourth, for 
making the River Waveney navigable for Ships and 
other Sea-borne Vessels from Rosehall Fleet to the 
mouth of Oulton Dyke, and for making and main- 
taining a navigable Cut from the said River into 
the said Dyke: And that Lord Henniker and Lord 
Rendlesham 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 Preston and Wyre Dock, &amp;c., Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the several Acts refating to the Preston 
and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock Company : 
And that Mr. Wilson Patten and Sir George Strick- 
land do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom two Peti- 
tions from Inhabitants of Liverpool, complaining of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the case 
of the Petition for the Liverpool Guardian Gas Bill, 
were referred ; That in the case of the Petition for the 
said Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as Notices were affixed upon the outer 
doors of the several parish churches and chapels twice 
| only within the time limited by the Standing Orders, 
namely 








Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill, 


Poo 
Manchester ang 
Birmingham 
Railway 
(Macclesfield Con 
and Poynton 
Branches) 
(No. 2.) Bill, 
Sain 
nd 
Bolton and Dio 
Preston Rail- 
way Bill. 
Red 
Gric 
Beccles Navi- Pub 
gation Bill. (For 
port 
Har 
Wes 
and 
Eps 
Preston and Sou 
Wyre Deck, j 
&amp;c., Bill. 
You 
Sea 
Rai 
\ 
Ra 
Liverpool 
Guardian Gas. 
Ek 
As 
Bj 





id 


Gas. 


lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


or Law. 
ig — Cleveley ;— Myerscough ;— Nately ;—Barnacre- 
with- Bonds ;—Great Eccleston (two Petitions) ;— 

Kirkland; — Bleasdale; — Nether Wyersdale ; — 

Holleth ;— Forton ; —Claughton ;—Cabus ; —Cat- 


l 


—and, Bilsborrow; praying for alteration of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Corn Laws. 


by ; —Cherry Willingham ; —Waddington ; — Dod- 
dington ; — Harmston ;-— Aubourn; — North and 
South Hykeham ;— Scothorne ;— Haddington (Lin- 
coln) ; Burton; — South Carlton ;—Heighington ; 
— Skellingthorpe ; — Washingborough; — Swin- 
derby ;— Greetwell;— Boothby Graffoe ;—Stainfield ; 
— Fiskerton ;— Apley ;— Canwick ; — Riseholme ; 
—and, North Carlton; praying the House to resist 
the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn Law 
League ; and that no alteration whatever may be 
made in the present Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Saint Asaph and Bangor, and for the establishment 
of a Bishopric at Manchester,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Redress of 
Grievances, 


Public Petitions 
(Fourth Re- 
port. ) 


this instant February; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 


Hartlepool 
West Harbour 
and Dock Bill. 


Epsom and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


York and 
Scarborough 
Railway Bill. 


Railways, 


Edinburgh Poor 
Assessment 
Bill, 


7 VicrToriz. 


namely on the 19th and 26th days of November 
last. 


ing for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 


habitants of Newport, Monmouthshire, praying the 
House to refrain from voting the Supplies until the 
Grievances of the People have been investigated 
and redressed, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 





Ordered, 'That the Report be referred to the Se- 


Petitions from Garstang ;—Inskip-with-Sowerby ; 


eral! ;— Upper Rawcliffe ;— Preesall;—Pellnigton ; 


Petitions from Sudbrooke ;—Aisthorpe ;—Thurl- 


Petitions from Bistre;—and, Tremeirchion; pray- 


Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 


Petitions presented upon the 22d and 23d days of 


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


The Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Epsom and South Western 
Railway Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday 
next. 


A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and other 
Inhabitants of Malton, praying that the York and 
Scarborough Railway Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Brandling Junction Railway 
Company, praying the House to repeal the duty 
upon all Railway fares not exceeding one penny per 


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


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for providing 
for the Liquidation of the Debt owing by the Charity 
Workhouse of the City of Edinburgh, for regulating 
the Assessment for Relief of the Poor of the said 


2°29 Februariz. 


65 


City, and for other Purposes relating thereto: 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 Leeds and 
of the Petition for the Leeds and Bradford Rail- Bradford = 
way Bill, which was this day made from the Select **!"*9 BY 
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 Railway from Leeds to Bradford, with 

a Branch to the North Midland Railway: And that 

Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Beckett and Mr. Hardy 

do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Residents in the town of Rochdale, Tobocco. 
praying for reduction of the duty on Tobacco, was 


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


A Petition of the Chairman and Directors of the South Austra- 
South Australian (Land) Company, praying that the lian Corn. 
trade in Corn between the United Kingdom and 

South Australia may be made subject to the laws 

which regulate the trade between the United King- 

dom and Canada, was presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rated Inhabitants of the township Poor Law 

of Belford, in the county of Vorthumberland, com Anendment 
a ° ill. 

plaining that casual Poor constantly a | to and 

from Scotland, are daily applying for relief from the 

relieving officer of the Belford Poor Law Union, 

and that the cost of their maintenance is debited 

to the township of Belford alone ; and praying the 

House to insert a clause in the Poor Law Amend- 

ment Bill, to render such relief chargeable upon the 

common fund of the union, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners residing in Medical 
Paisley, praying the House to pass a Bill for the Profession. 
abolition of the Apothecaries Act of 1815, or so to 
modify it as to allow Medical Practitioners holding 
Scotch Licenses to practise their Profession in Eng- 
land as freely and legally as in Scotland, was pre- 

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


A Petition of Roman Catholics of Paisley, and State Trial 
neighbourhood, complaining of the recent proceed- (Ireland.) 
ings on the State Trial in debe in regard to the 
rejection and omission of names from the special 
jury panel; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for preventing the recurrence thereof, was 
rig and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Sir Henry Hardinge presented,--An Account, Army Force 
showing the Amount of Money issued for the Pay- (Ireland.) 
ment of the Effective Army Force in Jreland, dis- 
tinguishing the Expense for each Year, from 1838 
up to the present Estimate, inclusive. 

. — That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the Prisons. 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of all 
Reports and of all Schedules transmitted to the 
Secretary of State respecting Prisons. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Barracks, &amp;c. 
Order,—A Return of the Expenses incurred in the (reland.) 
Fortification of Barracks and other Stations for 
Troops in Jreland, in the year 1843. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented ,~-Return to an County 





Von. 99. 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of August, Treasurers. 
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Factories Act. 


Coroners’ 
Expenses, 


Clhicese, 


66 27° Februari. 


in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 
of the Abstracts of the Accounts of the several 
County Treasurers in England and Wales, for the 
years ending Michaelmas 1841 and Michaelmas 
1842. 

Keturn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
18th day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for Returns of the Number of Days, in the Twelve 
months ending the Ist day of July 1843, during 
which the Inspectors of Factories have been engaged 
in the discharge of their Duties ; specifying in how 
many of those Days they have been engaged in 
visiting Mills :—And, of the Number of Visits each 
Inspector has made to the Mills in his District ; 
and the Number of Mills (subject to his jurisdiction) 
which he has not inspected, during the same period 
of Twelve months; specifying whether such Mills 
have been visited, and how often, by any Superin- 
tendent of Factories within the same period :—And, 
similar Returns for the years ending the 1st day 
of July 1812 and the 1st day of July 1841. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
24th day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for a Return from each County of England and 
Wales, stating the Amount of Payments for Mileage 
made to Coroners out of the County Rate in the 
years 1840, 1841 and 1842; stating the Number of 
Coroners so paid in each County, the Number of 
Miles charged and paid for ; and also, as nearly as 
can be ascertained, the Number of Miles actually 
travelled by each Coroner on holding his Inquests ; 
and also, whether, when two or more Inquests had 
been held on the same day, the full mileage was 
paid from the Residence of the Coroner to each In- 
quest, or only from Inquest to Inquest. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Quantities of Cheese imported 
into the several Ports of Great Britain, in each 
month of the year 1843; distinguishing the Euro- 
pean, United States and Colonial Produce (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 373, of Ses- 
sion 1843). 


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


Canada. 


Canada, 


an Account of the Number of Persons in each County 
in Ireland who have registered more than Twenty 
Stand of Arms, mentioning the Name and Residence 
of every such Person. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Charges incurred upon account of the 
Canadas, in respect of the Army, Navy, Ordnance 
and Commissariat, in each of the years 1835 to 
1843, inclusive, and the Amounts granted by Par- 
liament, from the year 1837 to the year 1843, inclu- 
sive, in consequence of the Insurrection in Canada. 


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 Address of the House of As- 
sembly of the Province of Canada to the Governor 
General, respecting the Civil List, regulated by the 
Act for the Union of the Provinces of Upper and 
Lower Canada; of the Message of the Governor 
General in reply to the said Address, and dated the 
15th day of October 1843, together with the Me- 
morandum alluded to in the said Reply, and pre- 
sented to the House of Assembly by the command 
of the Governor General; and a Copy of the Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty the Queen, passed in the last 
Session of the Provincial Parliament by the House 
of Assembly, respecting the said Civil List :—Copy 
of the Report presented by the Commissioners ap- 
— pursuant to an Address of the 7th day of 

eptember 1841, of the House of Assembly of the 
Province of Canada, to inquire relative to the Seig- 
niorial Tenure existing in Lower Canada :—Also, 










































A. 1844. 


Extracts of any Correspondence of the Governor 
General of Canada and the Colonial Office, respect- 
ing the repeal of the Act of the Imperial Parliament, 
intituled, “ The Canada Tenures Act,” since the 
year 1837 :—And, Extracts of Correspondence re- 
lative to the effect of the British Copyright Act, and 
the policy of excluding from the Province American 
Reprints of British Publications. 

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. 


ease of any Convict who has been removed from the 
Pentonville Prison, from its opening for the recep- 
tion of Prisoners until the present time, stating the 
Penal Institution or Hospital to which each Prisoner 
has been removed, any cases of Death which may 
have occurred subsequent to such Removal, with 
the present State of Health of each Convict so re- 
moved, as far as the sume can be ascertained :—Of 
the Initials of the Name and Age of every Convict 
recommended, on medical grounds, for Her Ma- 
jesty’s Pardon by the Commissioners of Pentonville 
Prison :—Of the Initials of the Name, Age and 
Disease of every Convict who has died in the Pen- 
tonville Prison :—Of the Initials of the Name and 
Age of the Convicts, if any, who are now in Penton- 
ville Prison, and who are treated as labouring under 
Hallucination, Delusion, Dementia, or a marked 
tendency to Mental Disease :—And, of the Total 
Number of Prisoners who have been received into 
Pentonville Prison since its opening, and of the 


Total Number of Prisoners now confined in that 
Prison. 


and Colonial Grain and Flour, distinguishing each 
Sort, entered for Home Consumption, at each Rate 
of Duty, from the 5th day of January 1843 to the 
5th day of January 1844 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 97, of Session 1843.) 


Agents for the Petitioners against the Return of 
John Bright, Esquire, for the City of Durham, stat- 
ing that it was not intended to proceed with the 


Petition :—And the said Letter was read, as fol- 
loweth ; 


Sir, Spring Gardens, 27th February 1844. 
As Agents for Thomas Bowes, William Henderson, 
John Henry Forster and Francis Humble, who pre- 
sented a Petition to the Honourable the House of 
Commons, on the 10th day of August 1843, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of Durham, we have the honour to give you 
Notice, that it is not the intention of the Petitioners 

to proceed with such Petition. 
We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servants, 

Lyon, Barnes and Ellis. 
To the Right honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 12th day 
of this instant February, for referring the Petition of 
Thomas Bowes, of Old Elvet, in or near the city of 
Durham, Gentleman, William Henderson, of the 
South Bailey, in the same city, Gentleman, John 
Henry Forster, of Old Elvet, aforesaid, Gentleman, 
and Francis Humble, of Framwellgate, in the said 
city, Printer and Publisher, Electors of the City of 
Durham, claiming and having a right to vote for 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said city, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said City, to the General Committee of Elections, 





be discharged. 


A Motion 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Pentonville 
Returns of the Initials of the Name, Age and Dis- Prison. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Grain and 
an Account, showing the Total Quantities of Foreign Fleur 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Durham City 
received a Letter, signed “ Lyon, Barnes and Ellis,” !e*™ 


Jus 


and 


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Don Carlos. 


Justices’ Clerks 


7 VicrorizZ. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 


¢ put, 


is opposed to justice and the honour of this country, | 


97° Februariz. 





67 
1. Resolved, That Thirty-six thousand Men be em- Seamen, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- ployed for the Sea Service, for thirteen lunar months, Marines, &amp;c. 
jesty, representing to Her Majesty, that the deten- to the 31st day of March 1845, including Ten thou- 
tion of Don Carlos and his family in a town belong- sand five hundred Royal Marines and Two thousand 
ing to Her Majesty’s ally, the King of the French, | Boys. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One mil- Wages to - de. 


and humbly praying Her Majesty to intercede with | lion one hundred and seventy thousand four hundred 
the Court of the Tuileries for their deliverance there- and seventy-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 


from :—It passed in the Negative. 


to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen and Ma- 
|rines, and to the 6 


rdinary and Yard Craft, which 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | will come in course of payment during the year end- 


and Constables. tg Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | ing on the 31st day of March 1845. 


Bankruptcy. 


Dublin Protest 
ant Operative 
Association. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


No. 66. 


Supply ; 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Tables of Fees and Allowances to 
the Clerks to Justices and Constables, settled by 
the Justices in Sessions in the different Counties in 
England and Wales, and approved by the Secretary 
of State, under the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 109. 
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, 
Copies of all Accounts of Assignees in Bankruptcy 
audited by the Commissioners for the District Courts 
of Birmingham, Bristol and Exeter, since the 11th 
day of November 1842. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, a Copy of an 
Address presented to the Lord Lieutenant of Lreland, 
from the Dublin Protestant Operative Association 
and Reformation Society, dated the 14th day of 
October 1843; together with the Official Reply of 
the Lord Lieutenant, dated Vice Regal Lodge, Oc- 
tober 16th, 18483 ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Captain Bernal, } 

Yeas, L Mr. Thomas Duncombe: 

Tellers forthe { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Noes, Mr. Pringle: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


54, 
} 105. 


Ordered, That the further Return of the Total 
Amount of the Fees received by or on account of 
the Six Clerks of the High Court of Chancery, dur- 
ing the year 1838, distinguishing how much of such 
Fees was received on account of their office of Six | 
Clerks, and how much as Clerks of the Enrolments, | 
and Comptroller of the Hanaper respectively, of the 
Total Amount of the Fees and Sums of Money 
which were received by or became payable to each 
of the Sworn Clerks of the Court of Chancery 
during the year 1838, distinguishing how much of 
such fees was accounted for to the Six Clerks of 
the said Court, or to any other, and what persons : 
-—Of the Number of Term Fees which were received 
by or became payable to each of the said Sworn 
Clerks during the year 1838, and the number of 
causes in respect of which such Term Fees accrued : 
—Of the Amount of the Fees which were received 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. Sidney Her- 
bert and Sir George Cockburn do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Act to discontinue certain Actions under the Pro- 
visions of several Statutes for the Prevention of 
Excessive Gaming, and to prevent for the future the 
bringing of such Actions ; 

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 the f Viscount Palmerston, 

Yeas, UMr. Hutt: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Christie, a 
Noes, Mr. Hawes : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time; 
and the Amendments following were made to the 
Bill; viz. 

Pr. 9.1.15. After “ same” insert “ before the 

“ first day of June 1844.” 


In the Title of the Bill: 
L.1. Leave out “ discontinued ” and insert “stay 
“ proceedings for Three calendar months, and till 
“ the end of the present Session of Parliament in.” 
L. 4. Leave out from “ prevent” to the end of 
the Title, and add “ any proceedings being taken 
“ under those Statutes during such limited time.” 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 





by or became payable to each of such Sworn Clerks 
during the year 1838, on account of the Taxation of | 
Costs, and in respect of how many Bills of Costs | 
such Fees have become payable, specifying the Ten | 
largest Amounts received by each of the said Sworn | 
Clerks for any one Bill of Costs :—-Of the Total 
Amount which was received by or became payable | 
to each of the said Sworn Clerks, for Office Copies | 
during the year 1838 :—And, similar Returns during | 


the year 1839 (so far as relates to the Sworn Clerks | 


of the said Court), which was presented upon the 
10th day of June 1840, be re-printed, with the 
Names in addition to the Number, 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as fol- 
low: 


VoL. 99. 


Ordered, That Viscount Palmerston do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Gaming 


reading of the Gaming Transactions (Witnesses’ In- 
demnity) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order for reading a second time To-morrow, Teachers 


of S 
was read, (iceland) Bill. 


‘the Teachers of Schools (Zreland) Bill, 
and discharged. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
| Wednesday the 6th day of March next. 


K 2 The 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Ways aud 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of Ways Means. 
and Means for raising the Supply granted to Her 
Majesty. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Marine Mutiny 
for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine ®!'. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Actions for 


reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Gaming Discon- 
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Superior Courts 


68 27° Februari. 


The Order for reading a second time To-morrow, | 





A. 1844. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing 


a Law) the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill, was read, Orders have leave to sit this day till five of the Orders. 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Adjournment. 


River Weaver. 


Bankruptcy. 


omnittees, 


Court of 
Chancery. 


No. 67. 


Court of 
Chancery and 
Courts of Law. 


No. 67. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


No. 67. 


Admiralty. 
No. 70. 


Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of March next. 


The Order for reading a second time To-morrow, | 


the Small Debts Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of March next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into the 
Committee of Supply To-morrow, was read ; and 
discharged. 

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


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account, showing the Amount due for Principal, 
Debt and Interest on the River Weaver, on the 5th 
day of April 1823 and the 5th day of April 1843 
respectively ; with an Account of the Annual Re- 
ceipts and Expenditure in each year, commencing 


the 5th day of April 1823 and ending the 5th day | 


clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Petitions of William James, of Barrock Lodge, in Lancaster 
the county of Cumberland, Esquire ;—and, Henry nd Carlisle 
| Aglionby “Aglionby, of Nunnery, in the county of ®#!wy Bill 


| Cumberland, Esquire; praying that they may be 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway 
Bill,— were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


Mr. Scarlett presented a Bill for enabling the Norther 
Northern Coal Mining Company to raise Money for Coal Mining 
paying off existing Debts of the Company : And the CmP@"y Bil. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Lord Worsley presented a Bill for providing for witdmore, &amp;, 
the Repairs of the several Highways within the Fen Highways 
Seven Townships in the Wildmore and the East and Pl 
West Fens, in the county of Lincoln: And the same 





of April 1843 ; distinguishing the Amount annually | was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
received for Tonnage, from other incidental Sources} second time. 


of Income, and from Money borrowed ; also, dis- | 
tinguishing the Annual Expenditure for ordinary | 
Maintenance and Repairs from the Expenditure on | 
account of Improvements, or in Liquidation of Debt, 


and Interest, the Purchase of Land and the Erection | of non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Select Yarmouth 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom ae Aone 
the Petition of Alerander Turner Cory, complaining “*""*Y ” 


2) 
&gt; 


of Churches thereon, and endowing the same, or case of the Petition for the Yarmouth and Norwich 


other like incidental Expenses, and from the Amount 


Railway Bill, was referred ; That the Standing Or- 


annually paid over for the use of the County of, ders had been complied with. 


Chester (in continuation and inclusive of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 90, of Session 1838). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Return of all original Petitions or Petitions of, 
Appeal in Bankruptcy set down and heard before 
the Lord Chancellor, or either of the Three Vice 
Chancellors, previously to the First day of Michael- 
mas Term 1843, and now standing for Judgment ; 
with the Names of such Petitions, and the Dates of 
the Hearings of such Petitions respectively. 





Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, | 
To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of| 
the House. 


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


amend and enlarge some of the provisions of the Act 
authorizing the construction of the Yarmouth and 
Norwich Railway, and to authorize the construction 
of certain new Works in connection therewith: And 
that Mr. Rumbold and Mr. Wilshere do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Select Guildford June 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in tion Railway 
the case of the Petition for the Guildford Junction ®"" 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the London and South 
Western Railway to Guildford, in the county of 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Court| Surrey : And that Mr. Mangles, Mr. Baring Wall 
of Chancery, which were presented upon the 2d, | and Mr. Zrotter do prepare, and bring it in. 


10th and 13th days of this instant February, be} 
printed. 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Select Furness 


| Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Court | the case of the Petition for the Furness Railway Bill, 


of Chancery and Courts of Law, which were pre-| 
sented upon the 16th, 19th and 22d days of this! 
instant February, be printed. | 

in | 
Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Court | 
of Chancery, which were presented upon the 21st} 


day of this instant February, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Admi- 
ralty, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday 
next. 


~—_ 








Jovis, 29° die Februarii ; | 
| 
PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That Sub-Committee (No. 3.) of | 

the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, have leave to sit this day till five of the clock, 
during the sitting of the House. | 


Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Rampside and Barrow 
to Dalton Lindale and Kirkby Ireleth, in the county 
— of Lancaster, to be called The Furness 

ailway: And that Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. George 
William Hope and Mr. Charles Cavendish do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Lord Rendlesham presented a Bill to amend the Beccles Navi- 
Powers and Provisions of an Act of the first year of g#tion Bill 


| King William the Fourth, for making the River 


Waveney navigable for Ships and other sea-borne 
Vessels, from Rosehall Fleet to the Mouth of Oulton 
Dyke, and for making and maintaining a navigable 
Cut from the said River into the said Dyke: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Petition of the President, Treasurers, Deputy Mancheste 
Treasurers, Benefactors and Subscribers of and to — : 
the Manchester Royal Infirmary, Dispensary and I 
Lunatic 


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June. 
ay 


Bill. 


avi- 
ill. 


ter 
firm- 


7 Vicroriz. 


Lunatic Hospital or Asylum, for leave to present a 
Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for effecting the 
enlargement of the said Infirmary, and for enabling 
the Petitionersto purchase and hold Land for the erec- 
tion of a Lunatic Asylum at some convenient distance 
within five miles of the present Infirmary and Luna- 
tic Asylum, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Preston and 
Wyre Dock, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to amend the 
several Acts relating to the Preston and Wyre Rail- 
way, Harbour and Dock Company: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Eastern Union 


A Petition of Sir Robert Harland, Baronet, of 
Railway. 


Orwell, in the county of Suffolk, complaining that 
the Standing Orders of the House in respect to the 
application for the Eastern Union Railway Bill had 
not been complied with ; and praying that he may 
be heard, by himself, his agents and witnesses, 
against the same, was presented, and read; and re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Sang’s 


a Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Nat. Bill. 


Sang’s Naturalization Bill ; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through tlie Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


South Devon 


! D Mr. Greene, by Order, presented a Bill for making 
Railway Bill. , “ 


a Railway from Exeter to Plymouth, to be called The 
South Devon Railway: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Manchester and 


lane Mr. Greene presented a Bill for enabling the 
Birmingham = 


(Macclesfield Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company to 

and Poynton vary the Line of their Branch Railway to Maccles- 

— field, and to make another Branch therefrom, and 

(No. 2.) Bil, for amending the former Acts relating to the said 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Deptford 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Vestry Meeting 
of Parishioners of Saint Paul’s, Deptford, in the 
counties of Kent and Surrey, complaining of the 
exemption from land tax and poor rates claimed for 
Her Majesty’s Victualling and Dockyards at Dept- 
ford, by which the inhabitants of that parish are 
taxed for the support of that establishment ; and 
praying for relief, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Victualling and 
Dock Yards, 


Factories. 


A Petition of John Heathcote, late Superintendent 
of Factories for the Manchester District, praying the 
House to institute an inquiry into the circumstances 
of his dismissal from office, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Feetories Bill, Petitions from Batley ;— Batley Carr ; — and, 
Soothill; praying that the Factories Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Usury, A Petition of Patrick O'Malley, praying the 
House to enact a law for the prevention of Usury and 
all usurious dealing, in such a manner that interest, 
discount, commission or profit in all money trans- 
actions shall not exceed four per cent. per annum, 
for the better management, of Loan Funds and Be- 
nefit Societies in Ireland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Com Laws, 


Petitions from Fulletby ;— Branston ;—Fulnetby ; 
— Wickenhy ;—Scampton ;— Rand ;—Tupholme ;— 
Kettlethorpe ;—Kirkstead ;—Fulletby ;—West Tor- 
rington; — Scrivelsby ; — Thornton ;— West Bark- 

Vou. 99. ; 








29° Februarie. 








69 


with ;—Somersby ;— Low Toynton ;— Minting ;— 
Tedford ;—Scamblesby and Cawkwell ; — Balling- 
ton ; — Miningsby ;—Mareham-on-the- Hill ;— Ben- 
niworth ;— Coningsby ;— Horncastle ;—and, Berwick 
County; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the Anti-Corn Law League ; and that no 
alteration whatever may be made in the present 


Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of Merchants, Manufacturers, Railways, 
Tradesmen, Common Carriers and others interested 
in the conveyance of goods by Railway, complaining 
that certain Acts of Parliament have conferred upon 
Railway Companies the power of monopoly over the 
whole of the inland carrying trade ; that such a mo- 
nopoly is destructive of the rights of the Petitioners 
and the public ; and praying the House to secure to 
them the same benefit of a free competition in the 
inland carriage of goods as they enjoyed previous to 
the formation of Railways, — were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Thirty-four Petitions of Consumers of Tobacco Tobacco. 
and Snuff in the city of Bristol, praying for a reduc- 
tion of the duty on Tobacco,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Brecknock 
of the borough of Brecon, stating that by a recent College Chapel. 
Act of the Legislature, all the prebendal stalls and 
other property belonging to Christ’s College in 
Brecknock, have been transferred to the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners, without reserving any fund or 
means whatever for keeping in repair the Chapel of 
the said College, such Chapel having for several cen- 
turies been used as a place of Divine Worship by 
the Inhabitants of an Extra-parochial District, 
calied the College, and containing within its walls 
the ashes and monuments of many of the most 
eminent bishops of the diocese of Saint David’s ; 
that in consequence of the want of any funds for its 
repairs, the said Chapel is now in a most unseemly 
and dilapidated state, and in danger of becoming 
totally ruinous; and praying the House to remedy 
the evil by appropriating to the repair and endow- 
ment of the said Chapel some portion of the pre- 
bendal estates, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ainsworth presented a Bill to effectuate the Bolton and 
Sale by the Bolton and Preston Railway Company Preston Rail- 
of their Railway, and other Property and Effects, to “"? 
the North Union Railway Company, to incorporate 
with such last-mentioned Company the Proprietors 
of the Bolton and Preston Railway, and to consoli- 
date Shares into Stock: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to authorize Edinborgh 
an Extension of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- avd Glasgow 
= ee ee i »Railway Bill. 
way, and to amend and enlarge the Provisions of 
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 Clergy of the Rural Deanery of Saint Asaph 

Llifon, in the county of Anglesey and diocese of — iting tl 
° . inceses, &amp;Ce 

Bangor, praying for the repeal of so much of the 
Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of 
the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Minister, Freeholders and other 
Inhabitants of the parish of Amlwch, praying that 
the establishment of a Bishopric, in the District of 
Manchester may be forthwith carried into effect ; 
and that so much of the Act 6 and 7 Wiill.4, as relates 
to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, 
may be repealed ; was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


K 3 A Petition 
















Rochdale 
Gas Bill. 


Game Laws. 


Church Rates. 


Leeds and 
Bradford 
Railway Bill, 


Post-oflice. 


Dublin Paving 


Board, &amp;c. 


70 


A Petition of Commissioners for lighting, cleans- 
ing, watching and regulating the town of Rochdale, 
in the county palatine of Lancaster, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Rochdale Gas 
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 Noblemen, Gentlemen, Land-owners, 
Magistrates of towns, and others, residing in the 
counties of Renfrew, Ayr and Lanark, stating that the 
stealing of Game, commonly called Night Poaching, 
has of late years been rapidly increasing, and is now 
carried on to an alarming extent in all parts of Scot- 
land, and especially in the counties in which the Pe- 
titionersreside; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures more effectually to prevent the theft of Game 
during the night-time, not only to afford protection 
to this kind of property and the lives of those having 
charge of it, but also thereby generally to check the 
increase of crime, and particularly to amend the 
Statute which legalizes the sale of Game, and also 
to alter and amend the Statute of 9 Geo. 4, c. 69, 
in so much as it does not make provision for the of- 
fence of going on turnpike or other public roads at 
night armed with guns, bludgeons or other weapons, 
or having in their possession, nets or engines for 
the purpose of taking or killing Game thereon, and 
also to punish severely those, who having been once 
convicted of stealing Game at night, are again guilty 
of a similar offence, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of William Kinnersley, a Householder 
in the parish of Saint Lawrence, in the borough of 
Ludlow, praying for the repeal of the Statutes for the 
enforcement of Church Rates, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Beckett presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from Leeds to Bradford, with a Branch to the 
North Midland Railway: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Glasgow and its 
vicinity, stating that in the United States of America 
there are a great variety of periodicals published upon 
moral, religious and literary subjects, which might 
be interchanged with those of this country, with ad- 
vantage to literature, but the charge for transmission 
amouuts to exclusion, and the Post-office have de- 
nominated some of them newspapers, and these are 
privileged to be transmitted at two-pence each, while 
others not so named, and although of lighter weight, 
are charged two shillings, or other prices, and in 
some instances, different individuals are charged for 
the same thing at rates varying from four-pence to 
fourteen shillings ; and praying that every periodical 
or pamphlet of the weight of those called newspa- 
pers, and now carried for two-pence each, shall in 
future be carried for two-pence each, and all others 
of different weight in proportion, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Keturns of the Sums received by the Paving Board 
for the Paving and Lighting Tax of the City of 
Dublin, trom the 1st day of January 1837 to the 
Sist day of December 1837 :—Also, from the 1st 
day of January 1841 to the Ist day of March 1842; 
specifying the Sumsreceived in each separate month, 


and when such Sums were due :—Similar Returns of 


Police Tax paid during the same periods, from the 
Commissioners of Police: — Similar Returns of 
Grand Jury and Wide Street Tax, for the same pe- 
riods, from the Treasurer of the Grand Jury :—-And, 


20° Februari. 


riod, from the Corporation of the City of Dublin ; 
(in all these Returns the time of the Arrears to be 
specified, and the Amount paid in each separate 
month). 


Return of the Names, Addresses, Professions and 
Occupations of the several Auditors appointed under 





A. 1844. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law. 
Com 
tion 
é Ame 
the Poor Law Amendment Act; together with the 


Dates of their respective Appointments. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, River Mersey, 
Copies of the Reports of the Acting Conservator 

of the River Mersey to the Commissioners for the 
Conservancy of the Mersey, under the Act 5 and 6 

Vic. c. 110, in each of the years 1843 and 1844. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Municipal 
of the borough of Cork, praying for an equally ex- ———— 
tensive measure of Municipal Reform for Zreland “'"*) 
as that obtained by England, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Clo 
Mee 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Municipal 
of the borough of Cork, praying the House to pass a Boundat 
Bill for amending the Cork Borough Boundary ik Ore 
making it compulsory on the Grand Jury of the 

county of Cork to transfer the city prisoners to the 

county gaol, and to pay for each prisoner annually 

a larger sum than the present cost of maintenance per 

head in said gaol, and thereby save the city of Cork 

the enormous gaol establishment now upheld for the 
custody of a few prisoners, and in the event of the 

said Grand Jury disagreeing in the terms of such 
arrangement, to have it finally adjudicated thereon 

by an arbitrator, to be appointed by the Lord Lieu- 

tenant or senior judge of assizes, was presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. _ 


Ine 
A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the Schoolmasters 
presbytery of Weem, praying the House to adopt (Scotland.) 
measures for ameliorating the condition of the Paro- 

chial Schoolmasters of Scotland, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Chisholme, John Charles Scarborougii 
Hall and William Gibson, of 64, Lincoln’s- Inn Herbou. 
Fields, Solicitors and Copartners, praying that leave 
may be given to an Officer of the House to attend 
the ensuing Assizes at Durham, on the trial of an 
action between the corporation of Scarborough and 
Thomas Barker, and to produce a Return to an 
Order of the House of the Revenues received by 
the Corporation of Scarborough from the Ports of 
Sunderland and Newcastle, presented to the House 
on the 18th day of May 1843, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Pris 
(Sec 


Ord 
Mer 
Trel: 


A Petition of Members of the Liverpool Guardian Liverpool 
Society for the protection of Trade, and other In- New = - 
habitants being consumers of Gas in the town of saieni 
Liverpool, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Liverpool New Gas and Coke 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. 


Star 
Ord 


She 
Ash 
Lyr 
Ma 
Rai 


Metropolitan 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


for the better regulating the Buildings of the Metro- 
politan Districts, and to provide for the Drainage 
thereof: And that the Earl of Lincoln and Sir James 
Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Shipwrecks 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that a Commission of scientific 


Li 








Returns of Pipe Water Rent paid for the same pe- 


and competent persons may be appointed to consider 
and 


cl, 


ETS 


aud 


litan 


s Bill- 


cks, 


Communica- 
tion with 
America. 


Clontarf 
Meeting. 


Commons 
Iuclosure Bill. 


Prisons 


(Scotland) Bill, 


Ordnance 
Memoir of 
Treland. 


| Standing 


Orders; 


Sheffield, 
Ashton-under- 
Lyne and 
Manchester 
Railway. 


Liverpool 
Guardian G aS, 


7 VicTorRizZz. 


20° Februariz. 


and advise the best means of carrying into effect | 


71 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Newbury, Newbury, 


the recommendation of the Select Committee on| Basingstoke, London and Southampton Railway Pe- Basingstoke, 


Shipwrecks :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire and report how far it may be practicable, 
expedient and useful to promote a more speedy in- 
tercourse between Great Britain and America, by 
the establishment of Steam Carriages (in connection 
with a Ship Canal also to be executed) across Ire- 
land, and thence by Steam Communication across 
the Atlantic Ocean :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That it is the opinion of this House, upon con- 
sidering the lateness of the period at which was 
issued the Proclamation of the Irish Government, 
intended to prevent the assembling of a Meeting 
announced to be holden at or near Clontarf on the 
8th day of October 1843, that arisk of disastrous 
collision was incurred, and a precedent thereby 
created dangerous to the lives and liberties of Her 
Majesty’s subjects ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Colonel Rawdon, 


Yeas, u Mr. Villiers Stuart : = 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 90 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: ‘ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the Inclosure and Improvement of Com- 
mons and Lands held in Common ; the Exchange of 
Lands, and the Division of intermixed Lands; to 
provide Remedies for the defective or incomplete 
Executions, and for the Non-execution of the Powers 
of General and Local Inclosure Acts, and to provide 
for the Revival of such powers, in certain cases : And 
that Lord Worsley, Mr. Pusey and Mr. Aglionby 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the law with respect to Prisons and Prison 
Discipline in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate 
and Sir James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,--Copy of Report of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the Facts relating to the 
Ordnance Memoir of Ireland, together with the Mi- 
nutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index. 


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


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Sheffield, 
Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Peti- 
tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; That the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill, on depositing in the Private Bill Office 
amended Plans and Sections, excluding from the 
limits of the deviation the particular portions of land 
not numbered, and rectifying the sectional error, so 
that the levels of two turnpike-roads and two public 
carriage-roads crossed by the Railway between No. 
130 on the Plan, and the termination of the Railway 
at the collieries, be not affected; and that the Com- 
mittee on the Bill do examine in the first place how 
far such Order has been complied with, and do report 
the same to the House, on the Report of the Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Liverpool 
Guardian Gas Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
not to be dispensed with. 

Vor. 99. 








iti . London and 
tition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed content 


with ; That the Parties be permitted to proceed with Railway. 
their Bill. 

The first and third Resolutions, being read a se- 
cond time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Newbury, 
of the Petition for the Newbury, Basingstoke, Lon- Basingstoke, 
don and Southampton Railway Bill, which was this Seudannen 
day made from the Select Committee on Standing Railway Bill. 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the London and South 
Western Railway to the town of Newbury: And 
that Mr, Pusey, Sir William Heathcote and Mr. 

Aglionby do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend the Prisons 
Law with respect to Prisons and Prison Discipline (Scotland) Bill. 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time; No. 68. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the Prisons 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the (Scotland.) 
Fifth Report of the General Board of Directors of 
Prisons in Scotland, for 1843, with Appendix. 
~ Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

able. 


Lord Worsley presented a Bill to facilitate the Commons __ 
Inclosure and Improvement of Commons and Lands Inclosure Bill. 
held in Common ; the Exchange of Lands, and the No. 69. 
Division of intermixed Lands ; to provide Remedies 
for the defective or incomplete Executions and for 
the Non-execution of the Powers of General and 
Local Inclosure Acts, and to provide for the Revival 
of such powers, in certain cases: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 13th day of March next ; 
and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Recorder of 

to Her Majesty that She will be graciously pleased Devizes. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Name of the present Recorder of 
the Borough of Devizes, the Date of his Appoint- 
ment, and a Copy of the Warrant of the Appoint- 
ment. 

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 Railways. 

Return of all Monies to be raised under the sanction 
of the Acts whereby Railroad Companies have been 
incorporated, between the 1st day of January 1826 
and the 1st day of January 1844; distinguishing 
the Sums to be raised as Principal from the Sums 
to be raised by Loan or Mortgage ; and stating the 
several Acts under which the said several Sums are 
to be raised (in continuation of Return, Appendix 
No. 1, to the Report on Railways, 1839). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the London London 
Coal Market, which was presented upon Tuesday Coal Market. 
last, be printed. No.7. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Legacy Legacy Duty, 
Duty, &amp;c., which was presented upon Tuesday last, &amp;¢- 
be printed. No. 72. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Exports Exports to 
to Brazil, which was presented upon Tuesday last, Brazil. 
be printed. No. 73. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Expendi- Expenditure 
ture (Zreland), which was presented upon Tuesday (Ireland.) 
last, be printed. No. 74. 


K4 Ordered, 


































































ne PON a 


_ 


— ———— ‘ . aed 
Sate nae NS SR ESS ETI UT a IS NE AD HAO 


Prisons, 


No. 75. 


County 
‘Treasurers. 


No. 76. 


Factories Act. 


No. 77. 


Coroners’ 
Expenses. 


No, 78. 


Court of Com- 
mon Pleas, &amp;c., 
(Lancaster and 
Durham.) 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Slamannan 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


72 90° Februarit—1° Martiz. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Prisons, which 
was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- 
tive to County Treasurers, which were presented 
upon ‘Tuesday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Facto- 
ries Act, which were presented upon Tuesday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Coroners’ Expenses, which was presented upon 


Tuesday last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 1° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 

HE following Return having been transmitted 

to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table ; viz.,— 
Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of February 
last, for a Return of all the Officers in the Courts 
of Common Pleas and Chancery of the County Pa- 
latine of Lancaster, and in the Crown Office of the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, with Names of the 
Officers, and the Dates of their respective Appoint- 
ments (and of the persons by whom appointed), dis- 
tinguishing between those that are paid wholly or 
in part by Fees, and those that are paid by Salary, 
with the Amount of such Fees or Salary received 
by each of such Officers, and stating which (if any) 
of such Offices are Sinecure, or performed by De- 
puty, with the Name of such Deputy or Deputies, 
with the Date and Particulars of their Appointment, 
and the Salaries paid to such Deputy :—Also, a 
Return of all Fees received in those Courts in the 
years 1841, 1842 and 1843, and of the Appropriation 
thereof, stating the Names of the several Persons to 
whom such Fees are paid, either for Salary, Com- 
pensation or otherwise, and the Title and Nature of 
the Office or abolished Office, in respect of which 
the same is paid :—Also, a Return of all Compen- 
sations granted for the last Ten years before the 
31st day of December 1843, to any Officer of the 
Court of Chancery or Court of Common Pleas at 
Lancaster, stating the Amount of such Compensa- 
tion, and the Names of the Persons to whom, and 
the Office in respect of which, the same was granted, 





A, 1844. 


Bibby, of the same place, Merchant, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Birkenhead 
Docks 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. 


Railway to the Town of Newbury: And the same 


second time. 


second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


a second time ; and committed. 


mittee of Selection. 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


dale and Kirkby Ireleth, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, to be called “ The Furness Railway ”’: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. : 


of the Petition for the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 


ders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 





and the Amount of Compensations paid in each of 
those years :—And, a similar Return from the Court 
of Pleas, Court of Chancery and Crown Office of 
the County Palatine of Durham, (so far as relates 
to the Clerk of the Crown of the County Palatine 
of Durham). 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom two Peti- 
tions complaining of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the North 
British Railway Bill, were referred ; That the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the city of Edinburgh 
to the town of Berwich-upon- Tweed, with a Branch 
to the town of Haddington: And that Mr. Macau- 
day and Mr. Gibson Craig do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


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

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway to connect the Edinburgh 
and Glasgow and Slamannan Railways: And that 
Mr. Dennistoun and Mr. Gibson Craig do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


enable the Sheffield, Ashton-under- Lyne and Man- 
chester Railway Company, to make Two Branch 
Railways, and to alter and enlarge the Powers of the 
said Company: And that Lord Francis Egerton, 
Mr. Bootle Wilbraham and Mr. Wilson Patten do 
prepare, and bring it in, 


Petitions of Henry Gregson, of Lancaster, Gen- 
tleman ;— Thomas Housman Higgin, of Lancaster ; 
—John Higgin, of Lancaster ;—Persons whose names 


prietors of the Lancaster Canal Navigation ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Lancaster and 
Carlisle Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 





in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





are thereunto subscribed ;—and, Company of Pro- 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 


A Petition of John Bibby, of Liverpool, in the Birkenhead 
county of Lancaster, Merchant, and James Jenkinson Docks Bill, 


Sir William Heathcote presented a Bill for making Newbury, 


a Railway from the London and South Western Basingstoke, 
London and 


a ’ Southampton 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Railway Bill, 


The Salisbury Branch Railway Bill was read a Salisbury 
— Railway 


Petitions from Whitby ;—and, York (two Peti- York and 


; , : Scarborough 
tions; praying that the York and Scarborough Railway 4 


The York and Scarborough Railway Bill was read York and 


Scarborough 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ®#!"* Bil 


The Severn Navigation Bill was read a second Sons 
i gation Dill, 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for making a Furness _ 
Railway from Rampside and Barrow to Dalton Lin- Railway Bill 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect ma ro 
ton-under-Lyne 


: : ; di Manchester 
and Manchester Railway Bill, which was yesterday Railway Bill 


Lancaster 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bil, 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land South-Easter 
through which the line of the South Eastern and 
Hastings Railway will pass, complaining that the 
| Standing Orders of the House in respect to the 
application for the South Eastern and Hastings 
Railway Bill, had not been complied with, and 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
agents and witnesses, against the same, was pre- 
sented, 


and Hastings 
Railway, 


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sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Middle Level 
Drainage and 
Navigation. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands lying 
on each side of so much of Popham’s Eau, in the 
parish of Upwell, in the county of Norfolk, as lies 
between the Three Holes Bridges and Nordelph Cor- 
ner, complaining that the Standing Orders of the 
House, in respect to the application for the Middle 
Level Drainage and Navigation Bill, had not been 
complied with ; and praying that my | may be al- 
lowed to adduce evidence before the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions in support of their allegations 
against the same, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Ashton, Staley- 
bridge and 
Liverpool Junc- 
tion Railwaye 


A Petition of Robert Bennett, of Gorton Hall, in 
the parish of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 
Gentleman, complaining that the Standing Orders 
of the House, in respect to the application for the 
Ashton, Staleybridge and Liverpool Junction Rail- 
way Bill, had not been complied with; and praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agents, against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Guildford Junce- Mr. Mangles presented a Bill for making a Rail- 


Pal Railway way from the London and South Western Railway 
: to Guildford, in the County of Surrey: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Guild- 
ford, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against the said Bill, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. . 

Salisbury Petitions from Shaftesbury ;— and, Romsey ; 
Bran Pals praying that the Salisbury Branch Railway Bill 
_— may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
—— Petitions of George Rusk, of No. 7, Birchin-lane, 
“ —" in the city of London, Gentleman ;—and, John Bag- 
ter (No. 2) shaw, of Harwich, in the county of Essex, Ship- 


owner, complaining that the Standing Orders of the 
House, in respect to the application for the Colchester 
and Harwich Railway (No. 2.) Bill, had not been 
complied with ; and praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their agents and witnesses, against 
the same,—were presented, and read ; and referred 


—— Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
ills. 


Barnsley Junc- 


Barnsley A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
tion Railway. 


subscribed, complaining that the Standing Orders 
of the House in respect to the application for the 
Barnsley Junction Railway Bill had not been com- 
plied with; and praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their agents and witnesses, against 
the same, was presented, and read; and referred 


— Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
ills. 


a — A Petition of William Hodgson, of No. 10, Cole- 
Junction Reile Man-street, in the city of London, Esquire, for leave 
way(No.2.) to — a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Harrow, in the county of 
Middlesex, to Merstham, inthe county of Surrey, to 
be called The Middlesex and Surrey Grand Junction 
Railway, on the twenty-second day of this instant 


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


erm 
g5 


Satig’s 


Nat. Bill, 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- 
turalizing John Frederick Sang, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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the several parishes, or some of them, through which = 
it is proposed to construct the intended Croydon 


73 


Ordered, That Mr. Harcourt do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands in Croydon 
Epsom 
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al 


and Epsom Railway, taking notice of the application 
for leave to bring in the Croydon and Epsom Rail- 
way Bill; and praying that such Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Mayor and Burgesses of the Bo- Hartiepoo! 
rough of Hartlepool, in the bishopric of Durham; West Harbour 
—and, Pilots of the Harbour of Hartlepool, in the 4 Peck Bill 
port of Stockton-upon- Tees, in the county of Dur- 

ham; praying thatthey may be heard, bythemselves, 

their counsel or agents, against the Hartlepool West 

Harbour and Dock Bill,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of lands and Sheffield and 
houses situated on or near to the proposed Sheffield seg: 
and Chesterfield Junction Railway; — Gabriel a= cw) 
Hamilton Lang, of Park-street, Westminster ;—and, 

Owners and Occupiers of lands and houses situated 

on or near to the line of the proposed Sheffield and 
Chesterfield Junction Railway; complaining that 

the Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the 
application for the Sheffield and Chesterfield Junc- 

tion Railway Bill, had not been complied with; and 

praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 

their agents and witnesses, against the same,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Joshua Ingham, of Blake Hall, in Manchester and 
the parish of Mirfield, in the county of York, Es- Leeds Railway 
. : ( Bradford 
quire, an Owner and Occupier of property on or }ranch) Bill. 
near the line of the proposed Bradford Branch of 
the Manchester and Leeds Railway, praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds 
Railway (Bradford Branch) 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. Ainsworth presented a Bill to amend and Yarmouth 
enlarge some of the Provisions of the Act authoriz- ae 
: ° , . ailway Bill. 
ing the construction of the Yarmouth and Norwich 

Railway, and to authorize the construction of cer- 

tain New Works in connexion therewith: And the 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


The Edinburgh Cattle Market Bill was read a Edinburgh 
second time ; and committed. — Market 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~ 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Fifth Report.) 
Petitions presented upon the 26th and 27th days of 
February 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. 


Two Petitions of Merchants, Manufacturers, 
Tradesmen, Common Carriers and others interested 
in the conveyance of goods by Railway; praying 
the House to secure to them and the public the 
same benefit of a free competition in the inland 
carriage of goods, as they enjoyed previous to the 
formation of Railways,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Railways: 


Railways. 





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74 1° Martie. A, 1844. 


Ten Petitions of Consumers of Tobacco and|of Male Pensioners from the Number by Female 
Snuff, in the town of Huddersfield, in the county of | Pensioners. 
York, praying for a reduction of the duty on To- 
bacco,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 


A Petition of Herbert Sturmy, of No. 8, Wel- Gravesene 
lie upon the Table. 


lington-street, in the borough of Southwark, Gen- Railway, 
tleman, complaining that the Standing Orders of 


















































A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Poor of the Chorley Poor Law 
Union, in the county palatine of Lancaster, praying 
that that Union may oe released from the operation 
of the Poor Law Amendment Act, and that they 
may revert to their former mode of managing the 
affairs of their poor, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Catholic Inhabitants of the borough 
of Wigan, and others, complaining of the recent pro- 
ceedings on the State Trial in Jreland, in regard to 
the omission and rejection of names from the special 
jury panel; and praying the House to adopt 
measures for preventingjthe recurrence thereof, was 

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


Petitions from Alnwick ;—Lowick ;—Stogumber ; 
—and, Nettlecombe and Treborough; praying the 
House to resist the efforts now making by the Anti- 
Corn Law League, and that no alteration whatever 
may be made in the present Corn Laws,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Freeholders and other Inhabitants 
of the parish of Saint Asaph, praying for the repeal 
of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as 
relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and 
Bangor, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Henry Bridges, of Beddington, 
in the county of Surrey, Knight, praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against the Epsom and South Western Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Noblemen, Gentle- 
men, Land-owners, Magistrates of towns, and others 
thereunto subscribing, and residing in the counties 
of Renfrew, Ayr and Lanark, for amendment of 
the Game Laws, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the whole Receipts and Revenue of the 
Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford 
Strond; distinguishing the particular Sources from 
which the same are derived; together with a par- 
ticular and detailed Account of the Appropriation 
of the same, for each of the years 1841 to 1843, 
both inclusive (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 448, of Session 1842):—And, of the 
Number of Pensioners receiving Relief 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 1841; 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 vi- 
cinity of which the Parties receiving Pensions reside, 
and the Number of Men, Women and Children at 
each Port; with a Copy of the Rules of Admission, 
showing the Age bee 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 Three years, commencing on the 1st day of 
January 1841; distinguishing the Number of Va- 
cancies occasioned by the Death or Disqualification 


the House, in respect to the application for the 
Gravesend Railway Bill, had not been complied 


with; and praying that he may be heard, by him- 


self, his agents and witnesses, against the same, was 


presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


end, Rochester and Chatham Railway Bill, had not 
been complied with ; and praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his agents and witnesses, against 
the same, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign Iron imported 
into and exported from the United Kingdom in the 
year 1843 ; distinguishing the several Sorts of Iron, 
and the Countries from which imported, and to 
which exported :—Of the Quantity of British Iron 
exported (including Unwrought Steel) in the year 
1843 ; distinguishing the Countries to which ex- 
ported :—And, of the Quantity of British Hard- 
ware and Cutlery exported in the year 1843; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
exported, and the declared Value thereof (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 237, of Ses- 
sion 1843). 


Railway Bills as may come before this House during 
the present or future Sessions, for the Advantage of 
the Public and the Improvement of the Railway 
System, and likewise to consider whether any and 
what Changes ought to be made in the Standing 
Orders relating to Railways, and who were em- 
powered to report their Opinion thereupon from time 
to time to the House; and who were instructed 
to consider of any arrangements advantageous to 
the Public, with regard to existing Railway Com- 
panies generally, to which, in the Opinion of the 
Committee, Parliament might justly give its sanc- 
tion; That the Committee had further considered 
the matters referred to them; and had come to se- 
veral Resolutions, which they had directed him to 
report to the House; and the Resolutions of the 
Committee were read, as follow: 

1. That in each case where Bills are now pen- 
ding to authorize the construction of new Lines of 
Railway, competing with one another, such Bills be 
respectively referred to One Committee. 

2. That the Committees for the consideration of 
such Bills be specially constituted. 

3. That Bills now pending to authorize the con- 
struction of new Lines of Railway, which will 
compete with existing Railways, be in like manner 
referred to Committees specially constituted. 

4. That such Committees be composed of Five 
Members, to be nominated by the Committee of 
Selection, who shall sign a declaration that their 
Constituents have no local interest, and that they 
themselves have no personal interest in the Bill or 
Bills referred to them, and that they will not vote on 





any question which may arise without having duly 
heard and attended to the Evidence relating thereto; 
and that Three shall be a Quorum. 

5. That a Select Committee be appointed, to 





A Petition of Thomas Crosse, of Hatton Court, Gravesend, 
Threadneedle-street, in the city of London, Gentle- Rochester aud 
man, complaining that the Standing Orders of the — Rail 
House, in respect to the application for the Graves- ~* 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, fron, &amp;. 


Mr. Gladstone reported from the Select Com- Railways 
mittee appointed to consider whether any and what (Second Re- 
new Provisions ought to be introduced into such P 


consider which of the pending Railway Bills shall 
be- 


tion, 


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7 Vicroriz. 





be deemed competing Bills, according to the fore- 
going Resolutions. 


Five Members, of whom Three shall be a 


6. That such Select Committee be composed of 
uorum, 


and that the Committee have Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 


7. That such of the Standing Orders as relate 


to the composition of the Committees on Private 
Bills, and the Orders consequent thereon, be sus- 
pended, so far as regards competing Railway Bills 
pending in the course of the present Session. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Supply; 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 


oO 


f 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 
Repeal Agita- “ there be laid before this House, a Return of all 


tion, &amp;e. “ 


(Ireland, ) 


Monies paid to Richard Bond Hughes, Charles 


“ Ross and John Jackson, on account of any Com- 


“ munications made by them to Government relative 


“ 
if? 
it 3 
é 


n 


to the Repeal Agitation in Jreland, distinguishing 
the Amounts paid to each ; also, the Dates of the 
several Payments, specifying the respective pe- 


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riods at which they commenced ; together with 
Copies of any Instructions given to the above- 
“ named Richard Bond Hughes, Charles Ross and 
“ John Jackson, with respect to the duties to be 
“ performed by them in Jreland:—Also, a Return 
“ of the Amount paid to the above named for Ex- 
“ penses during their attendance at the Trial of the 
* Queen against O’Connell and others :—Also, a 
“ Return of all Monies |paid to the late or present 
Proprietor or Proprietors, Managers, Conductors 
or Persons in the employ of the Morning Herald 
and Standard Newspapers, or any of them, on 
account of Communications or Information made 
or given by the said Parties, or wo, fon them, to 
the Government, in reference to the Repeal Agita- 
tion in Jreland ; distinguishing the times at which 
the said Communications or Informations were 
furnished, and the period at which the several 
Sums of Money were paid,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 
Tellers for thef Mr Thomas Duncombe, 


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Noes, Mr. Bellew : } - 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
— of Supply be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 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 

Representation “ the several Petitions which have been received 

ofthe People. “ and laid on the Table of this House since the 

** commencement of the Session, complaining that 

this House is not a true Representation of the 

People, be referred to a Select Committee to in- 

“ quire into the said allegation ; and that the further 

“ consideration of the Estimates be postponed till 

“ such Committee shall report thereon,” instead 
thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 


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75 


The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1 91 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: hea 
Tellers for the { Mr. Sharman Crawford, | ,; 
Noes, Mr. John Fielden : : Soa 


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.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Victuals to 
hundred and forty-four thousand nine hundred and Seamen and 
sixty pees, 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 1845. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Admiralty 
hundred and twenty-six thousand eight hundred Office. 
and twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 

to defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Con- 

tingent Expenses of the Admiralty Office, to the 

31st day of March 1845. 

3. 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 1845. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding 'Thirty- Scientific 
eight thousand and seventy-six pounds, be granted oe 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers ® ""° “*¥* 
and the Contingent Expenses of the several Scien- 

tific Departments of the Navy, to the 31st day of 

March 1845. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Naval Esta- 
hundred and twenty-seven thousand nine hundred Dlishments 
and twenty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Ma- * #™® 
jesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the 
Contingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Es- 
tablishments at Home, to the 31st day of March 

1845. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- D° - Abroad. 
two thousand four hundred and twenty-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 1845. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six Wages of 
hundred and forty-nine thousand one hundred and Attiicers 
four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the “ — 
Wages of Artificers, Labourers and others employed 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- p° - Abroad. 
two thousand and eighty pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Wages of Artificers, Labourers 
and others employed in Her Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Naval Stores, 
million fifty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty- &amp;e. 
five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the ; aoa of Naval Stores, for the Building, Repair 
and Outfit of the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam Ma- 
chinery, and for other purposes connected therewith, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Dock Yards. 
hundred and ninety-eight thousand eight hundred 
and sixty-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 1845. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty Medicines. 
thousand one hundred and sixty-five pounds, be 
west to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

edicines and Medical Stores, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Naval Miscella- 
one thousand six hundred and thirty pounds, be "ous Services. 





L2 granted 



























































































HalfPay (Navy 
and Marines, ) 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances, 


Civil - d®. 


Transports, &amp;c. 


Convicts (New 
South Wales 
and Van Die- 
men’s Land). 


Packet Service. 


Adjournment. 


Factories Bill. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Library of the 
House. 


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granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
hundred and forty-two thousand two hundred and 
ninety-six pounds, be yes 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 1845. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and ninety-five thousand six hundred and 
twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Allow- 
ances which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1845. 


15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixty-two thousand nine hundred and 
fifty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
rs ae the Charge of Civil Pensions and Allowances 
which will come in course of payment during the 


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year ending on the 31st day of March 1845. 


16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixty-thousand eight hundred and 
ninety pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Transports, on monthly pay, for one 
year, to the 31st day of March 1845, and to defray 
the other Charges for the Victualling and Convey- 
ance of Troops and for the Freight of 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 1845. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
six thousand three hundred and twenty-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense 
of conveying Convicts to Vew 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 1845. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred and 
forty-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of the Packet Service for the Con- 
veyance of Mails, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


And the House, having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Subbati, 2° die Martii, 1844: 


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, Thai 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 Factories Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
~esolve 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. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Sixteen 
Members be appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in the 
direction of the Library, and to whom shall be re- 
ferred all matters relating thereto:—And a Com- 





A. 1844, 


mittee was appointed of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Mr. Chancellor of the gy ee Lord John Rus- 
sell, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Baring, Mr. Williams 
Wynn, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Shaw, Viscount Pal- 
merston, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Serjeant Stock, Vis- 
count Mahon, Colonel Fox, Mr. Gally Knight, 
Mr. Pendarves and Mr. Acland. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lyall be added to the Select Joint Stock 


Companies, 


Committee on Joint Stock Companies. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill for the better Metropolitan 
regulating the Buildings of the Metropolitan Dis- Bui!dings Bil. 
tricts, and to provide forthe Drainage thereof: And No.80, 


the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday the 15th day of 
this instant March; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Repeal Agi- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased "3%" &amp;c. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Monies paid to Frederick 
Bond Hughes, Charles Ross and John Jackson, on 
account of any Communications made by them to 
Government relative to the Repeal Agitation in 
Ireland, distinguishing the Amounts paid to each ; 
also, the dates of the several Payments, specifying 
the respective periods at which they commenced ; 
together with Copies of any Instructions given to 
the above-named Frederick Bond Hughes, Charles 
Ross and John Jackson, with respect to the Duties 
to be performed by them in Jreland:—Of the 
Amount paid to the above named for Expenses 
during their attendance at the Trial of the Queen 
versus O’ Connell and others :—And, of the Rate of 
Payments made to Mr. Frederick Bond Hughes and 
to the Shorthand Writers appointed to report the 
Proceedings at the Trial of the Queen versus O’ Con- 
nell and others, and of the Rate of Payments made 
to the Shorthand Writers attached respectively to 
the Two Commissions appointed to inquire into the 
Tenure of Land in Jreland, and into the causes of 
the late Disturbances in South Wales. 

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


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from each Division of the Metro- 
politan Police, of the Number of Robberies com- 
mitted, the Value of the Property stolen, and the 
Value of the Property recovered, from the 1st day 
of January to the 31st day of December 1843, both 
inclusive, as far as the Police have been able to 
ascertain 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Officers who have been wounded in 
the Naval Service during the last War, specifying 
the nature of their Wounds, and whether they re- 
ceive Pensions or not, and the Amount of the Pen- 





sions and Gratuities. 


Navigation Company, complaining that the Standing 
Orders of the House, in respect to the application 
for the London and South Western Railway (No. 1.) 
Bill, had not been complied with; and praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his agents and witnesses, 
against the same, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 





Private Bills. 
Ordered, 


(Ireiand, ) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolitan 


Police. 


Navy. 


A Petition of William James Le Feuvre, of South- London se 
ampton, Secretary to the South of England Steam Sous 


Rail 
(No. 1.) 
































nd 
ster 





Prisons 
(Scotland) 
No. 81. 


Court of 
Queen’s Bench, 
&amp;ec. 


Court of Come 
mon Pleas, &amp;c., 
(Lancaster and 
Durham.) 


River Mersey. 


7 VicToriz. | 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Prisons (Scot- 
land), 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. 











Luna, 4° die Marti ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Dare, one of the Masters of the Exchequer 
i Office of Pleas, was called in; and at the 
bar presented,—Return to an Order dated the 20th 
day of February last, for a Return of all Monies 
received on account of Fees in the years 1841, 1842 
and 1843, in the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Com- 
mon Pleas and Exchequer, or of any of the Officers 
thereof; and a Return of the Application or Appro- 
priation of Monies so received ; and a Return of all 
Salaries, Compensations and other Payments made 
out of such Monies, stating the Names of the Per- 
sons to whom paid, and the Office, or abolished or 
reduced Office, in respect of which such Payments 
are made; and also,a Return of all Officers of such 
of those Courts who are paid in whole or in part 
by Fees, stating the Names of the Persons so paid, 
and the Office in respect of which they are so paid, 
and the Amount of Fees paid to or received by any 
such Officer so paid in part or in whole by Fees, in 
each of those years (so far as relates to the Office 
of Pleas of the Court of Exchequer) :—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Return having been transmitted to 
the Clerk, was laid upon the Table ; viz.,—Further 
Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of February 
last, for a Return of all the Officers in the Courts 
of Common Pleas and Chancery of the County Pa- 
latine of Lancaster, and in the Crown Office of the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, with Names of the 
Officers, and the Dates of their respective Appoint- 
ments (and of the Persons by nis appointed), 
distinguishing between those that are paid wholly 
or in part by Fees, and those that are paid by Sa- 
Jary, with the Amount of such Fees or Salary re- 
ceived by each of such Officers, and stating which 
(if any) of such Offices are sinecure, or performed 
by Deputy, with the Name of such Deputy or De- 
puties, with the Date and Particulars of their Ap- 
pointment, and the Salaries paid to such Deputy : 
—Also, a Return of all Fees received in those 
Courts, in the years 1841, 1842 and 1843, and of 
the Appropriation thereof, stating the Names of the 
several Persons to whom such Fees are paid, either 
for Salary, Compensation or otherwise, and the 
Title and Nature of the Office or abolished Office, 
in respect of which the same is paid :—Also, a Re- 
turn of all Compensations granted for the last Ten 
years before the 31st day of December 1843, to any 
Officer of the Court of Chancery or Court of Com- 
mon Pleas at Lancaster, stating the Amount of such 
Compensation, and the Names of the Persons to 
whom, and the Office in respect of which, the same 
was granted, and the Amount of Compensations 
paid in each of those years ;—And, a similar Return 
from the Court of Pleas, Court of Chancery and 
Crown Office in the County Palatine of Durham, 
(so far as relates to the Registrar of the Court of 
Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster). 


Captain George Evans, r.N., was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of 
the Reports of the acting Conservator of the River 
Mersey to the Commissioners for the Conservancy 
of the Mersey, under the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 110, in 

Vox. 99. 


1°—9°— 4° Marti. 





U7 


each of the years 1843 and 1844:—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That thesaid Papers do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Sub-Committee (No. 4.) of the Petitions for 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, Private Bills. 
have leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, dur- 
ing the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Devizes 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election. 
Recognizances, stating that the Surety to the Peti- 
tion of Paul Anstie and Henry Knight, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the ectak 
of Devizes, being one Surety in the sum of £.1,000, 
is unobjectionable. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- General 
neral Committee of Elections ; That they had a gg - 
pointed Wednesday, the 20th day of March instant, 7 
to choose from Panel, No. 2, the Select Committee 
to try the Devizes Election Petition. 

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


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of property Norwich 
on the line of the Railway from Norwich to Thetford are 9 
and Brandon ;— Richard Hanbury Gurney, of roe 
Herthersett, in the county of Norfolk, Esquire ;— 
Hudson Gurney, of Keswick, in the county of Wor- 
folk, Esquire ;—Joseph Salisbury Muskett, of Int- 
wood, in the county of Norfolk, Esquire ;—Sir John 
Peter Boileau, of Ketteringham Hall, in the county 
of Norfolk, Baronet ;—John Mitchell, of Wymond- 
ham, in the county of Norfolk, Gentleman ;—Ann 
Dorothy Martineau, of Bracondale, in the county 
of the city of Norwich, Widow ;—Ann Diana Bur- © 
roughes, of Wymondham, in the county of Norfolk, 
Spinster ;—Henry Birkbeck, the younger, of Kes- 
wick, in the county of Norfolk, Esquire ;—Edward 
William Trafford, of Wroxham, in the county of 
Norfolk, Esquire ;—and, Merchants, Traders and 
other Inhabitants of the city of Norwich, and count 
of the same city ; praying that they may be “as | 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Norwich and Brandon 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. 


The Beccles Navigation Bill was read a second Beccles Navi- 
time; and committed. gation Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Edinburgh 
Council of the city of Edinburgh ;—Provost, Ma- ag 4 
gistrates and Town Council of Dundee ;—Provost, al 
Magistrates and Town Council of Leith ;—Master, 
Assistants and Members of the Company of Mer- 
chants of the city of Edinburgh ;--Commissioners 
of Improvements of the city of Edinburgh ;—Con- 
venery of the Fourteen Incorporated Trades of the 
city of Edinburgh; -—and, Merchants, Bankers, 
Manufacturers and others, Inhabitants of the city 
of Edinburgh; praying that the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway Billmay pass intoa law,-—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Manchester, 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition Leeds end Hull 
of Henry Wilkinson, of Endcliffe Hall, Sheffield, Ree C ou, 
complaining of non-compliance with the Standing panies. 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Manchester, 
Leeds and Hull Associated Railway Companies Bill, 
was referred ; That the Standing Orders relative to 
Bills of the third class, had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as no Notices had been inserted in the 





L3 London 








78 


London Gazette, or in any Newspaper published in 
the county to which the proposed measure relates. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Rochdale 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
_— 
1 


on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Rochdale Improvement Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better lighting, paving, cleansing, watching, re- 
gulating and improving the Town of Rochdale, and 
the environs thereof, in the county palatine of Lan- 
caster: And that Mr. Sharman Crawford and Mr. 
Bright do prepare, and bring it in. 
Durham ' Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Compeny Bill on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Durham County Coal Company 
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 
Durham County Coal Company, and for other pur- 
poses: And that Mr. Lowther and Mr. Hodgson 
Hinde do prepare, and bring it in. 


Liverpool 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Docks Bill. 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Liverpool Docks Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks 
to construct additional Wet Docks and other Works, 
and to raise a further Sum of Money, and for amend- 
ing and extending the Acts relating to the Docks and 
Harbour of Liverpool: And that Viscount Sandon 
and Sir Howard Douglas do prepare, and bring it in. 


London Gas 


a Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
lle 


on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition 
of Thomas Adolphus Moore, Clerk to the Commis- 
sioners of the Southampton Paving Trust, in the 
parish of Saint Pancras, Middlesex, complaining 
of non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in the 
case of the Petition for the Zondon Gas Bill, was 
referred ; That the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating the London Gas Light Company : 
And that Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Thomas Dun- 
combe and Mr. Kemble do prepare, and bring it in, 


Kingston-upon- Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Hull Docks Bill. 4 Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, 

the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Dock, and other Works connected 
therewith, in addition to the present Docks at King- 
ston-upon-Hull, and for amending the Acts relating 
to such last-mentioned Docks: And that Sit Walter 
James and Sir John Hanmer do prepare, and bring 


it in. 
York and Petitions from Scarborough ;—and, Seamer; pray- 
Scarborough : 7 : 
Railway + ol ing that the York and Scarborough Railway Bill 


may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands and 
houses in the township of Clifton, in the North 
Riding of the county of York, and Inhabitants of 
the city of York, and its vicinity, 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 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


4° Martiz. 








A. 1844. 





Petitions of Creditors of the Teignmouth and South Devon = 
Dawlish Turnpike Trust, in the county of Devon ;— Railway Bit, = 
and, Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the city 
and borough of Exeter; praying that the South 
Devon Railway Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions of Rayner Winterbotham, of Cheltenham, Great Western 
in the county of Gloucester, Gentleman ;—Mayor, Railway Bill 
Aldermen and Burgesses of the city of Gloucester ; 

— Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company ;— Bir- = 
mingham and Gloucester Railway Company ;—Go- 
vernors of the Gloucester General Infirmary ; — 
Isabella Read, of the city of Exeter, Widow ;— 
Commissioners of the Turnpike-road called the 
Southgate District of Roads in the county of Glou- | 
cester ;—Chairman and Committee of the London - 
Association of Merchants and Warehousemen ; — me: 
and, Wholesale and Retail Traders and others, In- 
habitants of the city of Bristol; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, - 
against certain parts of the Great Western Railway oe 
Bill,—were presented, and read. Ra 

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, Pre 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. wa} 

A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Ship-owners Hartlepoot 
and others, Inhabitants of the borough of Hartle- pay berg Slat 
pool, in the county of Durham, praying that the i Jun 
Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Bill may not wa) 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Fishing Merchants, Owners of Yarmouth a“ 

and Norwich 


Fishing Vessels and Persons concerned in and car- 
rying on the Herring and Mackerel Fisheries in and 
from the borough of Great Yarmouth, in the county 
of Norfolk, praying that the Yarmouth and Norwich 
Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railway Bill. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to enable the Shefield, Asb- 
ton-under-Lyne 


Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail- , 

car eae to make Two Branch Railways, and Railway Bil. 
to alter and enlarge the Powers of the said Com- 

pany: And the same was read the first time ; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 


The Manchester and Birmingham Railway (Mac- Manchester and 
clesfield and Poynton Branches) (No. 2.) Bill was —" 
read a second time ; and committed. (Macclesfield 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and Poynton 
mittee of Selection. (Nena.) Bill 

A Petition of John Watkins Drew, of the town Southampton 
and county of Southampton, Esquire, taking notice pcre 
of the application for leave to bring in the South-" 
ampton Marsh Improvement Bill; and praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against the same, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Most honourable the Marquis Glamorganshire 

of Bute, complaining that the Standing Orders of C#*!- 

the House, in respect to the application for the Gla- 
morganshire Canal Bill, had not been complied 

with; and praying that he may be heard, by his 

agents and witnesses, against the same, was pre- 

sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 

mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


South Devon 


The South Devon Railway Bill was read a second Railway Bill 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





A Petition 


































hire 


on 
sill. 





Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Poor Assess- 
ment Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Bolton and 
Preston Rail- 
way Bill. 


Slamannan 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Railways. 
No, 82. 


7 VICTORIZ. 4° Marti. 79 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants in the 
borough of Preston, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Ribble 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. 


Mr. Macaulay presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from the City of Edinburgh to the Town 
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, with a Branch to the Town 
of Haddington: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Edinburgh Poor Assessment Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bolton and Preston Railway Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for making a 
Railway to connect the Edinburgh and Glasgow and 
Slamannan Railways: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report which, upon Friday last, was made from 
the Select Committee appointed to consider whether 
any and what new provisions ought to be introduced 
into such Railway Bills as may come before this 
House during the present or future Sessions, for the 
advantage of the Public and the Improvement of 
the Railway system, and likewise to consider whe- 
ther any and what changes ought to be made in the 
Standing Orders relating to Railways ; and who were 
empowered to report their Opinion thereupon from 
time to time to the House, and who were instructed 
to consider of any arrangements advantageous to 
the Public, with regard to existing Railway Com- 
panies generally, to which, in the Opinion of the 
Committee, Parliament might justly give its sanc- 
tion ; and the Resolutions of the Committee were 
again read, as follow ; 

1. That, in each case where Bills are now pending 
to authorize the construction of new Lines of Rail- 
way, competing with one another, such Bills be re- 
spectively referred to one Committee. 

2. That the Committees for the consideration of 
such Bills be specially constituted. 

3. That Bills now pending to authorize the con- 
struction of new Lines of Railway, which will com- 
pete with existing Railways, be in like manner 
referred to Committees specially constituted. 

4. That such Committees be composed of Five 
Members, to be nominated by the Committee of Se- 
lection, who shall sign a declaration that their con- 
stituents have no local interest, and that they 
themselves have no personal interest, in the Bill or 
Bills referred to them, and that they will not vote 
on any question which may arise without having 
duly heard and attended to the Evidence relating 
thereto ; and that Three shall be a Quorum. 

5. That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
consider which of the pending Railway Bills shall 
be deemed competing Bills, according to the fore- 
going Resolutions. 

6. That such Select Committee be composed of 


Five Members, of whom Three shall be a Quorum, 
Voi. 99. 





and that the Committee have Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

7. That such of the Standing Orders as relate to 
the composition of the Committees on Private Bills, 
and the Orders consequent thereon, be suspended, 
so far as regards competing Railway Bills pending 
in the course of the present Session. 


The first Resolution of the Committee being read 
a second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Committee 
in the said Resolution: —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 f Colonel Sibthorp, 5 
Yeas, | Mr. Hodgson Hinde: } : 
Tellers for thej Sir Zhomas Fremantle, },, 00 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: | nai 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Resolution. 
Then the subsequent Resolutions of the Com- 
mittee, being read a second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the said Resolutions ke printed. 


A Petition of James Parsons, of North Stoneham, galisbur 
in the county of Southampton, Steward and Agent, Branch Railway 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- Bi" 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Salisbury 
Branch 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. 


A Petition of Gas Consumers and other Inha- Rochdale - 
bitants of the town and parish of Rochdale, in the &amp;s Bill. 
county palatine of Lancaster, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Rochdale Gas 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 Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 
and Sir George Rose : the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Offences at Sea 
Act for the more speedy Trial of Offences committed Bill. 


on the High Seas, without any Amendment: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Actions for 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- Gaming Discon- 
continue certain Actions under the Provisions of “™™"° Bi 
several Statutes for the Prevention of excessive 
Gaming, and to prevent for the future the bringing 


of such Actions, without any Amendment: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Metropolis 
by this House to the Amendment made by their Improvements 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enlarge 
the Powers of an Act of the fourth and fifth years 
of Her present Majesty, empowering the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to raise Money for 
certain Improvements in the Metropolis, on the Se- 
curity of the Land Revenues of the Crown, within 
the Srenhe of Middlesex and City of London, with- 
out any Amendment :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


L4 Ordered, 























80 4° Martit. A. 1844, 


“Mails Con- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
— Return, exhibiting the ? seca state of the Arrange- 
ments made by the Government with the Royal 


Mail Steam Navigation Company, for the Convey- 
ance of the Mails. 


Provisions Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

er Return showing the Average Prices of Provisions, 
under their various heads, upon which the Navy 
Estimates of 1844-45 have been founded. 


Corporal Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
po _ to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
and Navy.) to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Abstracts of the Number of Men belonging 
to the Royal Marines who, since the 1st day of 
January 1839 to the 31st day of December 1843, 
have suffered Corporal Punishment or Imprison- 
ment; showing the nature of Offences, in Classes, 
for which such Punishment has been awarded, and 
the Number in each class ; and showing the greatest 
Number and the smallest Number of Lashes, also 
the longest and shortest period of Confinement, 
awarded as Punishment to each Person, and the 
average period of Confinement for each class of Of- 
fence :—And, of the Number of Soldiers belonging 
to the Royal Artillery in Great Britain and Ireland 
who, between the 1st day of January 1839 and the 
31st day of December 1843, have suffered Corporal 
Punishment or Imprisonment ; showing the nature 
of the Offences, in classes, for which such Corporal 
Punishment or Imprisonment has been awarded, 
and the Number in each class; and showing also 
the greatest and the smallest Number of Lashes, 
also the longest and shortest period of Confinement, 
awarded as Punishment, and the average period for 
each class of Offences :—Returns of the Number of 
Soldiers belonging to Regiments and Depdts in 
Great Britain and Ireland, who, since the 1st day 
of January 1839, have suffered either Corporal Pu- 
nishment or Imprisonment ; and, whenever either 
Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment has been 
inflicted on the same person more than once, speci- 
fying how often it has been so inflicted ; with Ab- 
stract of the Number of Soldiers belonging to Re- 
giments in the Colonies and Possessions of Great 
Britain, who, in each year since the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1839, have sutlered Corporal Punishments 
and Imprisonments; showing the nature of the Of- 
fences, in classes, for which such Corporal Punish- 
ment or Imprisonment has been awarded, and the 
Numbers in each class; stating also the greatest 
Number and the lowest Number of Lashes inflicted 
on any Person in each year; alsu, the longest and 
shortest period of Confinement awarded as Punish- 
ment, and the average period of Confinement for 
each class in each year:—Of the Number of Sol- 
diers who, since the Ist day of January 1839, have 
suffered Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment, and 
whether either Corporal Punishment or Imprison- 
ment has been inflicted on the same person more 
than once, specifying how often it has been so in- 
flicted ; and distinguishing Numbers in Regiments 
in the Colonies and Possessions of Her Majesty 
from Regiments in Depots in Great Britain and 
Ireland :—And, of the Number of Corporal Punish- 
ments inflicted in the Royal Navy in each of the 
years 1839 and 1840 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 242, of Session 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. 


Azzopardi. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Expenses attending the Trial of the 
Maltese Azzopardi, for Murder, before the Central 
Criminal Court, on the 12th day of May 1843, in- 
cluding the transport of the said Prisoner, and the 
Witnesses against him, from Smyrna, and the Com- 
pensation paid to the Witnesses for their attendance 
on the said Trial. 


Return of the Total Number of Unions in England 
and Wales, stating in which of them Chaplains have 
been appointed ; the different Rates of Salaries se- 
verally paid to those Chaplains; the Number of 
Unions in which the Poor in the Workhouse, or any 
classes of them, are not allowed to go out of the 
Workhouse on Sunday to attend Divine Service, no 
Chaplains having been appointed to such Unions. 


Copy of so much of the Minutes of the Board of 
Guardians of the Wells Union, at their meeting on 
the 30th day of August 1843, as relates to the 
dismissal of Mr. G. Newman by the Poor Law 
Commissioners from his Office of Surgeon to the 
Poor in the Glastonbury District, or to any other 
proceeding taken upon that occasion relative to that 
Gentleman. 


of ill health. 


proposed, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee 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, 


“ mittee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question : —The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
— of Supply, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Estimates for the Office of 
Ordnance for the year 1844-45, 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 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 


“ 


“ descriptions of Military Force now kept up for 


“ the service of the United Kingdom of Great 
“ Britain and Ireland, is contrary to the principles 
of constitutional liberty, and dangerous to the 
rights of the people,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
he House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, \ 87 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : . 
Tellers for the { Mr. Sharman Crawford, } g 
Noes, Dr. Bowring : : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 


Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


“ 
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1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Land Forces. 


number of Land Forces, not exceeding One hundred 
thousand two hundred and ninety-five 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 1st day of April 1844 
to the 31st day of March 1845 ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question pt 
That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 





Eighty 


Ordered, That theye be laid before this House, a Poor Lay, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law, 


Ordered, That General Johnson have leave of Leave of 
absence till the 20th day of April next, on account bsenee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Supply; 


“ the Army Estimates be referred to a Select Com- Army Esti- 
mates, 


Ordnance 
Estimates 
referred. 


the large amount of Standing Army, and other Military Force. 





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Charge of - d°. 


Supply ; 


Victuals to 
Seamen and 
Marines, 


Admiralty 
Office. 


Registry of 
Merchant 
Seamen, 


Scientific 
Departments 
of the Navy. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments 
at Home. 


D°. Abroad. 


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Eighty thousand two hundred and ninety-five men 
(exclusive of the men employed in the Territorial 
Possessions of the East India Company), Commis- 
sioned and Non-commissioned Officers included, be 
maintained, for the service of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of 
April 1844 to the 31st day of March 1845 ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the { Mr. William Williams, } 12 
Yeas, Dr. Bowring : tas 
Tellers for the ( Sir Thomas Fremantle, 114 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : | iw 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
million, four hundred and thirty-one thousand seven 
hundred and sixty-four pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces, for Service in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Stations Abroad 
(excepting the Regiments employed in the Territorial 
Possessions of the East India Company), from the 
Ist day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 
1845, both days inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 5° die Martit, 1844: 


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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and forty-four thousand nine hundred and 
sixty 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 1845, 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and twenty-six thousand eight hundred and 
twenty-six —_— 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 1845. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand nine hundred and eighty pounds, be 
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 18435. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
eight thousand and seventy-six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers 
and the Contingent Expenses of the several Scien- 
tific Departments of the Navy, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and twenty-seven thousand nine hundred 
and twenty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
Jesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the 
Contingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments at Home, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

6. ftesolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
two thousand four hundred and twenty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abruad, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 

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7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six Wages of 
hundred and forty-nine thousand one hundred and Attiicers at 
four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the - 
Wages of Artificers, Labourers and others employed 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 


8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- D°- Abroad. 
two thousand and eighty pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Wages of Artificers, Labourers 
and others employed in Her Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Naval Stores, 
million fifty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty- &amp;* 
five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of Naval Stores, for the Building, Re- 
pair and Outfit of the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam 
Machinery, and for other Purposes connected there- 
with, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Dock Yards, 
hundred and ninety-eight thousand eight hundred 
and sixty-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 1845. 


11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty Medicines. 
thousand one hundred and sixty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Medicines and Medical Stores, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 


12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Naval Miscel- 
one thousand six hundred and thirty pounds, — 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ~~ 
divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 


13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Half Pay (Navy 
hundred and forty-two thousand two hundred and and Marines.) 
ninety-six 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 1845. 


14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Military 

hundred and ninety-five thousand six hundred and — ot 
- . owances. 

twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 

defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Allow- 

ances which will come in course of payment during 

the year ending on the 31st day of March 1845. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Civil - 4°. 
hundred and sixty-two thousand nine hundred and 
fifty-nine 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 1845. 


16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Transports, &amp;c- 

hundred and sixty thousand eight hundred and 
ninety pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Transports on monthly pay for one 
year, to the 31st day of March 1845, and to defray 
the other Charges for the Victualling and Convey- 
ance of Troops and for the Freight of 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 1845. 


17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- Convicts (New 

six thousand three hundred and twenty-seven oo Wales 
J a an Die- 

pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the men’s Land). 
Expense of Conveying Convicts te New South Wales 
and Van Diemen’s Land, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Packet Service. 
hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred and 
forty-one 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 
1845. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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82 4°—-5° Martz. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Prisons The Prisons (Scotland) Bill was, according to 


(Scotland) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons taken into custody 
by the Police of the City of London, and the Re- 
sults, in the years 1842 and 1843 ; with Compara- 
tive Statements for the several preceding years which 
have elapsed since the Establishment of the New 
Police Force in the City. 


City of London 
Police. 


Greenwich 
Hospital 
Schools. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Two last half-yearly Reports of In- 
spection, by Professor Moseley, on the Greenwich 
Hospital Schools. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses, 


A Petition of the Minister, Freeholders and other 
Inhabitants of the parish of Aberffraw, in the county 
of Anglesey, praying for the repeal of so much of 
the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the 
union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and 
for the Establishment of a Bishopric at Manchester 
by other means, was = and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Answer to 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That 
Addresses. 


their several Addresses of the 20th, 21st, 22d, 27th 
and 29th days of February last, and the 1st day 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. 


County 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to se- 
Buildings. 


veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of 
August in the last Session of Parliament, for Re- 
turns from the Treasurers of each County in Eng- 
land and Wales, stating whether any and what Officer 
is employed in superintending the County Buildings 
and Bridges, with the Amount paid to such Officer 
in each of the last Five years, distinguishing Salary 
from Fees, Per-centage, and other Allowances. 


Copies of all Minutes in Council containing Re- 
gulations as to the Distribution of the Parliamentary 
Grant for the Promotion of Education in Great 
Britain, from the close of last Session to the end 
of January. 


A Return, from each Division, of the Number of 
Robberies committed, the Value of the Property 
stolen, and the Value of the Property recovered, 
from the 1st day of January to tle 31st day of De- 
cember 1843, both inclusive, as far as the Police 
have been able to ascertain the same. 


Education. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Metropolitan 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented,—Return to 
and City Police. 


an Order dated the 6th day of February last, for a 
Return of Police Constables and others, Officers of 
the Metropolitan Police Force, who have been 
charged with Offences before any of the Police 
Magistrates, during the ‘Two years ending the 31st 
day of December 1843, specifying the Rank of the 
Officer, his Age, the time he has been in the Force, 
the Nature of his Offence, whether convicted or 
not, the Punishment awarded, and whether he was 
retained in the Service ; Total Number of Men who 
have been Dismissed, Fined, Suspended or Degraded 
by the Police Commissioners, durmg the same pe- 
riod ; the Number who have resigned their Appoint- 
ments during the same period :—And, a similar Re- 


A. 1844, 


turn of the City Police Force, (so far as relates to 
the Metropolitan Police). 

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 twelve of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Martis, 5° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


A* ESSAGE, 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 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 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 Bills and one Private Bill 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 stay Proceedings for Three calendar Actions for 
Months, and till the end of the present Session of Gaming Discote 
Parliament, in certain Actions under the Provisions ™"¢ Bile 
of several Statutes for the Prevention of excessive 
Gaming, and to prevent any Proceedings being taken 
under those Statutes during such limited time : 

An Act to enlarge the Powers of an Act of the Metropolis 
fourth and fifth years of Her present Majesty, Improvemem 
empowering the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s ®" 
Woods to raise Money for certain Improvements in 
the Metropolis, on the Security of the Land Reve- 
nues of the Crown, within the County of Middlesex, 
and City of London : 

An Act for the more speedy Trial of Offences Offences at $e 
committed on the High Seas. Bill. 

An Act for naturalizing John Frederick Sang. aj 

at. - 

Ordered, That Sub-Committee (No. 2.) of the Petitions for 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills have Private Bills 
leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- Athlone 
neral Committee of Elections, the Names of the Election. 
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 Athlone, 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: 

William Beckett, Esquire, the Honourable Wel- 
liam Owen Stanley, William Lockhart, Esquire, 
Raikes Currie, Esquire, William Cripps, Esquire, 
Henry George Ward, Esquire; Chairman, John So- 
merset Pakington, Esquire. 


The Northern Coal Mining Company Bill was Northern 
read a second time; and committed. _ any Be 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- —_ 

mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read Orders 
as followeth : 








Resolved, 





So ei ty 


tow 








Manchester 
Royal Infirm- 
ary, &amp;e. 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 
Railway Bill. 


Padstow 
Harbour Bill. 


Eastern Union 
Railway. 


Croydon and 


ony (East- Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
pe — Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 


Junction Rail- 


way Bill, 


Harwich Rail- 
way and Pier 
Bill. 


_ Railway Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 


7 VicToriz. 


Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester 
Royal Infirmary, &amp;c., Petition for leave to a 
a Petition for a Bill, the Sessional Order be dis- 
pensed with; That the Parties be permitted to pre- 
sent a Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Padstow Harbour 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating, maintaining and improving the Port 
of Padstow, in the county of Cornwall, and the na- 
vigable parts of the River Camel or Allen, in the 
same county: And that Sir Charles Lemon and 
Mr. Rashleigh do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom 
the Petition of Sir Robert Harland, Baronet, com- 
plaining of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders, in the case of the Petition for the Eastern 
Union Railway Bill, was referred ; That the Stand- 
ing Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch 
as application was not made to one Charles Frost, 
in respect of a certain parcel of land within the 
limits of deviation, and numbered 291 upon the 
Plan, the said Charles Frost being the Lessee and 
Occupier thereof, but that the Promoters used rea- 
sonable diligence in ascertaining the occupation of 
such parcel of land, and were misled by misunder- 
standing the information given them by the said 
Charles Frost himself. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 


the case of the Petition for the Croydon and Epsom 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the London and Croydon 
Railway, at Croydon, to Epsom: And that Mr. Kem- 
ble and Mr. Antrobus do prepare, and bring it in. 


the case of the Petition for the Stratford (Eastern 
Counties) and Thames Junction Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Junction Railway from the Eastern 


5° Martii. 





83 


the case of the Petition for the Leeds New Gas Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for extending and amending some of the Powers 
and Provisions of the Act relating to the Leeds 
New Gas Company: And that Mr. Beckett and 
Mr. Aldam do prepare, and bring it in. 


Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


the Petitioner presented, on Thursday the tweniy- 
ninth day of February last, a Petition to the House, 
complaining that the Promoters of a certain Bill 
for making a Railway from Colchester to Ipswich, 
called The Eastern Union Railway, had omitted to 
serve either the reputed owners or the occupiers of 
certain parcels of land numbered on the Plans as 
specified in the said Petition, and had thereby failed 
to comply with the Standing Orders of the House ; 
and the Petitioner therein prayed to be heard in 
support of the allegations of the said Petition, by 
himself, his agents and witnesses; that the Peti- 
tioner duly attended the Committee on Petitions to 
whom the said Petition was referred, by his agents, 
Messrs. Jones and Walmisley and Messrs. Raimondi 
and Gooday, Solicitors, but the latter, who were 
alone conversant with the facts set forth in the said 
Petition, were not allowed to be heard in support 
of the same, on the ground that they were not 
agents of the House; and praying that his Petition 
may be referred back to the Committee, and his So- 
licitors permitted to be heard, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


praying that the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Sandon presented a Bill for enabling the 
Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to construct ad- 
ditional Wet Docks and other Works, and to raise 
a further Sum of Money, and for amending and ex- 
tending the Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour 
of Liverpool: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Beckett presented a Bill for making a Dock 
and other Works connected therewith, in addition 
to the present Docks at Kingston-upon-Hull, and 
for amending the Acts relating to such last-men- 
‘tioned Docks: And the same was read the first 





Counties Railway, at Stratford, in the county of 
Essex, to the River Thames, with a Branch Railway 
therefrom, and for constructing a Pier in the River 
Thames: Aud that Mr. Bramston and Mr. Charles 
Round 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 Harwich Railway 
and Pier Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


for making a Railway from Harwich, in the county | 
of Essex, to join the Eastern Counties Railway at | 


Colchester, in the said county, and for constructing 
a Pier or Jetty in the Harbour at Harwich: And 
that Sir John Tyrell and Major Beresford do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


te NewGas Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
Vou. 99. 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Commissioners acting under the 
authority of the Act for making and extending the 
Navigation of the River Bure, (commonly called the 
North River), by and from Coltishall, to dylsham 
Bridge, in the county of Norfolk, praying that they 
may be heard, by counsel, against certain parts of 
the Yarmouth and Norwich 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 counsel, upon their Petition, if they think fit; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


The Leeds and Bradford Railway Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 








The 


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The Order of the day being read, for the second Epsom and 


: 3 ; South-Western 
reading of the Epsom and South Western Railway Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Sir Robert Harland, Baronet, of Eastern Union 
Orwell Park, in the county of Suffolk, stating that Railway. 


A Petition of Companies and Persons engaged Edinburgh 


in the manufacture of Iron, in the county of Lanark, 2”4 Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Liverpool 
Docks Bill. 


Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks bill, 


Yarmouth 
aud Norwich 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds and 
Bradford 
Railway Bill, 













































Guildford 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Athlone 
Election. 


Furness 
Railway Bill. 


Brighton and 
Chichester 
Railway. 


Factories Bill. 


Public Petitions 


84 5° Marti: 


The Guildford Junction Railway Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Richard Smith, of Poulton-cum- 
Seacombe, in the parish of Wallasea, in the county 
of Chester, Esquire, praying that he may be heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain 
parts of the Birkenhead Docks 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 Members of the Athlone Election Committee 








A. 1844. 


Presbytery of Glasgow; praying the House to 
adopt measures for ameliorating the condition of 
the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





Petitions from Kettering ;—Aberdeen (two Peti- Redress of 
tions) ;—Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Grievances. 
Liverpool ;—and, Cranbrook; praying the House 
to refrain from voting the Supplies until the Grie- 
vances of the people are investigated and redressed, 

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


A Petition of John and Elizabeth Ryan, the Pro- Ballysax Paro 
testant Master and Mistress of Ballysax Parochial ‘bial School. 
School, in the county and diocese of Kildare, com- 


being come to the Table, they were sworn by the plaining that the Board of Charitable Donations and 
? . 


Clerk. 


Bequests have refused to pay to the Petitioners the 


r 7” . interest of the legacy left them by the Reverend 
Ordered, That the Petition relative to the Elec- a, ae gacy ; . 
tion and Return forthe Borough of Athlone, be re- William Tew, formerly Rector of Ballysaz parish, 


ferred to the Select Committee appointed to try and 


as Teachers of the Parochial School founded and Tob: 


determine the matter of the Petition complaining of eetoont ty Nan, wut Teve eommames Cin 


an undue Election and Return for that Borough. 


determination to withhold said legacy while the 


Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- peennet Sate. of Digs enlie, Sar Me aamine af 


morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 


House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 


The Furness Railway Bill was read a second time ; 


and committed. 


education recommended by the National Board of 
Education in Jreland is continued to be pursued 
in that Parochial School; and praying the House Pap 
to appoint a Committee to inquire into the powers, 
constitution and authority of the said Board, who 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- have assumed the powers of a National Board of 


mittee of Selection. 


Education in Ireland, and have withheld from the 
Petitioners a legacy enjoyed by their predecessors Poo 


7 , d themselves since the year 1825, was presented 
A Petition of Trustees of a certain Turnpike-road pre nate y. | F ; 
called the Worthing and Branch Turnpike, com- soetienin Seateiamaieaie, eas 


plaining that the Standing Orders of the House, in 





t to tl Kaatinn for ti A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Mary, Lam- Lambeth 
Circhester Railwey Bill had. not been complied |t% stating that the water supplied to them by a Waters 
with ; and praying that such Bill may not pass into | C&amp;'t#n Joint Stock Company called “ The Lambeth 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie Waterworks Company” is foul and filthy, although 


upon the ‘Table. 


the rates have been increased as high in some cases 
as 50 per cent. to some of the Petitioners, others 60, 


A Petition of Operatives employed at Royd’s others 70, others 80, and others 100 per cent., without 
Mill, Wilsden, in the parish of Bradford, in the at all improving the condition of the water ; and 
West Riding and county of York, praying that the | Ptaying the House to inquire into the allegations of 
Factories Bill may not pass into a law, as it now | their Petition, and to take measures to compel thes 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie | Stid Company, in honesty and good faith, to be sub- 


upon the Table. 


jected to the penalties of the Act of the 26th March 
1834, if they do not supply when called upon lawful 





Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee | W#ter effectually purified by means of filtration, and 


(Sith Report.)on Public Petitions; That they had examined the | © Protect the Petitioners from being compelled to 
Petitions presented upon the 29th day of February | Consume the impure and unhealthy water with which 
last, and the 1st day of this instant March; and they are at present supplied, wasi presented, and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railways. 


Land. 


Schoolmasters 
( Scotland.) 


House. 


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


A Petition of John Lamb, Farmer, in Knockshan- Sheriff Substi- 
nock, parish of Drymen, and county of Stirling, penal 
praying for inquiry into the judicial conduct of the =~ 


? 


Two Petitions of Merchants, Manufacturers, Sheriff-Substitute of Stirlingshire, in having refused Po 
Tradesmen, Common Carriers and others interested | to allow the Petitioner to be heard in his own de- An 
in the conveyance of goods by Railway, praying the | fence in two actions brought against him in the 


House to secure to them and the public the same | Sheriffs Small Debt Court, was presented, and 
benefit in a free competition in the inland carriage | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of goods as they enjoyed previously to the formation 


of Railways,—were presented, and read; and re 
ferred to the Select Committee on Railways. 


A Petition of Burgesses and other Inhabitants of | Southwold ;—Southerton ; —Bramfield ;— Linstead 
the burgh of Pollokshaws, praying the House to} Parva; — Halesworth ; — Metfield ;— Holton;— 
take 25 per cent. off the rental of the agriculturists, 
and follow this up at intervals, by laying on the | ingfield ; — Reydon ; — Stoven ; — Frostenden; — 
Jand-holders, like the rest of the nation, the Stamp Rumburgh ;—Sudbourn ;— Hasketon ;—Hollesly ;— 
Duty, the Auction Duty, the Legacy Duty and | Boyton ; — Waldringfield ; — Wickham Market ; — 
other burthens borne by the rest of the community, | Sutton (Suffolk) ;—Melton ;—Burgh ;—Dallingho ; 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | —Alderton ;—Grundisburgh ;— Orford ;— Rendles- 


the Table. 


Petitions of Schoolmasters of the Presbytery of 
Dunbar —and, Paochial Schoolmasters of the | mersham ;—Ringshall;--Ofton ;— Needham Market ; 


-| Petitions from the County of Haddington ;—Bly- Com Laws. 
ford; — Southelmham (three Petitions) ; — Blyth- 


burgh-cum-Hinton and Bulcamp ;—Thorington ;— 


Cratfield ;— Linstead Magna ;—Spexhall ; —Hunt- 


ham ; — Campsey Ash ;— Kirton;— Bredfield ;— 
Butley ;— Otley ;— Bawdsey;— Falkenham;--Wood- 
bridge ;—Clopton ;—Petistree ;— Bramford ;—So- 





—Mickfield ; 





Tobacco. 


Paper. 


Poor Law, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Blasphemy. 


Stmvel Gordon, A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of Aun- | 





7 Vicroriz. 


— Mickfield ; — Helmingham ; — Hemnigstone ; — 
Whitton ;—Stonham Earl ;— Willisham ;— Henley ; 
— _Darmsden ;— Claydon ;— Creeting ;—Coddenham ; 
—Little Blakenham ; — Crowfield ; — Barking ; — 
Bricet ;—Battisford ;— Barham ;—Ashbocking ;— 
Akenham ; — Woolverstone ; — Wenham Parva ; — 
Wherstead ; — Washbrook ; — Wenham Magna ;— 
Tattingstone ;—Stratford Saint Mary ;— Shotley ; 
—Stutton ;—Shelley ;—Sproughton ;—Higham ;— 
Harkstead ; —Hinthlesham ; — Holbrook ;— Holton 
Saint Mary ;—Freston;—East Bergholt ;—Cop- 
doch ;—Chuttisham ; — Capel Saint Mary ;—Chel- 
mondiston ;— Bentley ; — Arwarton ;--Ubbeston ;— 
Henham;— Westhall;—Chediston ;—Haveringham ; 
— Uggeshall ;— Wissett ;— Wenhaston with Mells ;— 
and, Walberswick ; praying the House to resist the 
efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, 
and that no further alteration may be made in the 
existing Corn Laws,— were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Eighteen Petitions of Consumers of Tobacco 
and Snuff, in the borough of Finsbury, praying for 
a reduction of the duty on Tobacco, — were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers of paper, in the vici- 
nity of Edinburgh, praying for the repeal of the’ 
Excise Laws affecting Paper, was presented, and | 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


{ 
} 
i 


| 
A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Pa- | 
trington Union, praying that measures may be | 
adopted for obviating the evils arising out of the | 
present Bastardy Laws, and particularly that facility | 
may be given to Boards of Guardians to use their | 
discretion how long after chargeability application | 
must be made for orders of maintenance, and that 
more effective powers may be given to Magistrates 
for enforcing the payment of maintenance from pu- | 
tative fathers, was presented, and read ; and ordered | 
to lie upon the Table. | 

A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of Fails- | 
worth, stating that smce the passing of the New | 
Poor Law, the amount collected as poor rates in 
that township has very materially and ruinously in- | 
creased, and in much greater ratio than the increase | 
of pauperism ; and praying that their township may | 
be released from the operation of the said law, and | 
that they may revert to their former mode of manag- | 
ing the affairs of their own poor, was also presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘I'able. 

_A Petition of the President of the Manchester Me- 
dical Society, praying for inquiry into the mode and 
extent of administering Medical Relief to the poor, 
was also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Gravesend, praying for alteration 
in the Poor Law Amendment Bill in regard to plu- 
rality of votes of rate-payers in the election of the 
Board of Guardians, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Members of the Working Men’s Mental Improve- 
ment Society of Carlisle, praying the House to 
abrogate all laws interfering with freedom of opinion, | 





and all enactments or regulations relative to Blas- | 


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


| 


gier-street, Dublin, complaining of injuries perpe- | 


| 
trated upon him by an officer of the Lrish Govern- | 


ment; and praying for redress, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vor. 99. 


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85 


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


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

A Committee was numinated of Mr. Bingham 
Baring, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Rice, Mr. Acland 
and Sir John Walsh. 


Return of the Number of Persons convicted before 
Magistrates for Smuggling, or being concerned in 
the Smuggling, of Tobacco in the United Kingdom, 
distinguishing England, Ireland and Scotland, be- 
tween the 1st day of January 1842 and the 1st da 

of January 1843, naming the Places where we 
Conviction occurred; distinguishing those cases 
heard by Magistrates where the weight has been 
, over Six pounds, and stating the weight in both 
‘cases; and also specifying whether the Tobacco 
| seized was manufactured or was not manufactured ; 
| and also stating the Amount of Fine or Imprison- 
| ment imposed in each case, and whether the Party 
paid the Fine, or suffered the Imprisonment ; also, 
the Cost of maintaining the Prisoners in Gaol :— 
| And the like Return between the !st day of January 

1843 and the ist day of January 1844. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exports and 
an Account of the declared Value of the various Arti- Imports 


cles of British Produce and Manufacture exported 
to the British West India Colonies for the past year, 
ending January 1844, and of the Quantities of the 
principal Articles, the Growth and Manufacture of 
the British West India Colonies, imported into the 
United Kingdom, and of the Quantity of last Ar- 
ticle for Home Consumption, for the year ending 
January 1844; also, the Number of Ships, distin- 
guishing British and Foreign, and their Tonnage, 
that have entered and cleared for the British West 
India Colonies, for the year ending January 1844: 
—A similar Return for the year ending January 
1844, for the United States of America :—Similar 
Returns for the East India Company’s Territories 
and Ceylon:—A similar Return for the Mauritius : 
—A similar Return for China :—A similar Return 
for the British North American Colonies :—A simi- 
lar Return of each year for the past twelve years for 
all the Ports in South America, exclusive of the Bra- 
zils :—And, a similar Return for the Island of Cuba 
for the past Twelve months, ending in January last. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law. 


Copy of the Report of Mr. Austin, Assistant Poor 
Law Commissioner, on the conduct of Mr. Benjamin 
Prince, the Relieving Officer of the Parish of Dud- 
ley, and Copies of all Letters and Communications 
which have passed between him or the Commis- 
sioners and the Board of Guardians of the Dudley 
Union, and of the Surgeon and Relieving Officer, in 
reference to this matter. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law. 


Copy of the Dietary Table issued by the Poor Law 
Commissioners, for the Cirencester Union, on the 
luth day of December 1836, and of any amended 
Table issued for the same Union from that date to 
the present time. : 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
discussed in this House after midnight ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. William Williams, 1 46 
Yeas, \ Mr. Brotherton: J . 

Tellers for thej Sir Tomas Fremantle, lia6 
Noes, LMr. Henry Baring : } eames 


So it passed in the Negative. 
M3 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill for incor- pondon Gas 
porating the London Gas Light Company: And the Bill. 














The House was moved, That the Fifth of the Railway Bills 
Resolutions agreed to yesterday, relative to Railway Classification. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tobacco. 


put, Business of 
That no Motion, if opposed, shall be brought on and the House. 
















































Metropolitan 
Police. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Parishes 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act (Medical 
Relief.) 


Poor Law. 


Supply ; 


Land Forces. 


Charge of - d°. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Church of 
Treland. 








County 
Buildings. 
No. 83. 


Education, 


No. 84. 








86 


Two Petitions from the parish of Saint Mary-le- 
bone, in the county of Middlesex, complaining of the 
expense of the Metropolitan Police Force in that 
parish; and praying for inquiry,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire 
into the cost of the Metropolitan Police Force, and 
the manner in which the Sums levied as Police Rate 
are assessed on the different Parishes within the 
Metropolitan Police District: —It passed in the 
Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the disjoining or dividing of extensive 
or populous Parishes, and the erecting of new Pa- 
rishes in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate 
and Sir James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to inquire into the mode of administering Medical 
Relief to the Sick Poor, under the provisions of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act, and to report their 
Opinion thereupon, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Unions in England and 
Wales, in which no Chaplains had been appointed 
on the Ist day of January last, and the Number of 


5°_6° Martii. 





Inmates in such Unions at that period. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Number of Land Forces, not 
exceeding One hundred thousand two hundred and 
ninety-five Men (exclusive of the Men employed in 
the Territorial Possessions of the East India Com- 
pany), Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers 
included, be maintained, for the Service of the Uni- 
ted Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 
the 1st day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
million four hundred and thirty-one thousand seven 
hundred and sixty-four 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 1844 to the 31st day of 
March 1845, both days inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for punishing 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Actual Amount of the Revenue of 
the Irish Church, whether derived from Tithe, Rent- 
charge, Glebe Lands, or Lands in the Possession of 
the Bishops, Prebends or other Dignitaries ; the 
Return to include Ministers’ Money and Easter 
Offerings. 


Ordered, Thatan Abstract of the Returns relative 
to (ounty Buildings, which were presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





A. 1844. 
Mercurii, 6° die Martii; 


Anno, 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS, 


R. Golden, from the Office of the Commis- Metropolita, 
sioners of the Metropolitan Police, was called Police. 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
of all Monies demanded, received and expended for 
the purposes of the Metropolitan Police, made up 
to the 31st day of December 1843. 
A Return of the Number of Men of each Rank and 
Class of the Metropolitan Police serving on the 1st 
day of January 1844; the Rate of Pay of each Class, 
and the Allowances :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Railways Railways, 
have leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, 
during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Railway Railway Bis 
Bills Classification have leave to sit this day, till Classificatin, 
tive of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 

Ordered, That the Committee have power to re- 
port from time to time. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Warehouse- Great Westen 
men, Traders and others, praying that the Great Railway Bil. 
Western Railway Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


Sir Charles Lemon presented a Bill for regulating, Padstow 
maintaining and improving the Port of Padstow, in Harbour Bil. 
the County of Cornwall, and the navigable Parts 
of the River Camel or Allen, in the same County: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That Sub-Committee (No. 3.) of the petitions for 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, Private Bills 
have leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, 
during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Trotter presented a Bill for making a Rail- Croydon ani 
way from the London and Croydon Railway, at Croy- _ Rates 
don, to Epsom: And the same was read the first" * 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Land-owners residing in the town- Commons 
ship of Nateby, in the county of Westmoreland, en- lnclosure. 
titled to the rights of Common within the said town- 
ship in respect of their several estates, praying that 
the attention of the House may be again given, in 
the present Session of Parliament, to some measure, 


| having for its object the facilitating the inclosure of 


commonable and of common and of waste lands, 
so that the difficulties which now impede the progress 
of cultivation, and the employment of labour and 
capital, may be speedily and effectually removed, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 














Mr. Bramston presented a Bill for making 2 Stratford 
| Junction Railway from the Eastern Counties Rail- (Easter! ~~ 
| way, at Stratford, in the County of Essex, to the Thee Jone 
| River Thames, with a Branch Railway therefrom ; tion Railvey 
and for constructing a Pier in the River Zhames : Bill. 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Beckett presented a Bill for extending and Leeds New 6s 
amending some of the Powers and Provisions of the Bi 
Act relating to The Leeds New Gas Company: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
.ead a second time. 





A Petition 


Liver| 
New 
Coke 


Sain 
and. 
Gap 
and | 
Broo 
tion. 


Nev 
Har 
Rail 


We: 
(No 
Tnel 


Yor 
Gas 


Sou 
Can 
Rar 
Ma 


wa\ 


Pp 









7 Victoriz. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Tradesmen 
and other Inhabitants of the townships of Walton- 
on-the- Hill, Bootle-upon-Linacre, Allerton, Garston 
and Wavertree, adjacent to the borough of Liver- 
pool, in the county of Lancaster, praying that the 
Liverpool New Gas and Coke Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Liverpool 
New Gas and 
Coke Bill. 


ah 


Saint Helen’s 
and Runcorn 
Gap Railway, 
and Sankey 
Brook Naviga- 


tion. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Saint Helen’s and Runcorn Gap 
Railway and Sankey Brook Navigation Bill, the 
Standing Orders relative to Bills of the third class, 
had not been complied with, inasmuch as no No- 
tices had been given in the London Gazette, or in 
any Newspaper published in the county to which 
the proposed measure relates. 

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 Newquay Harbour and Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act for maintaining the Pier and Har- 
bour of Newguay, in the county of Cornwall, and 
to make certain Railways or Tram Roads in con- 
nection therewith: And that Mr. Rashleigh, Lord 
Eliot and Sir Charles Lemon do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Newquay 

Harbour and 

Railway Bill. 
Bil 


tion, 


estern 
Bill, 


West Croft 
(Nottingham) 
Tnclosure Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the West Croft (Nottingham) In- 
closure Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering and amending an Act passed in the 
third year of the reign of Her present Majesty, for 
inclosing certain Lands in the town and county of 
the town of Nottingham: And that Sir John Hob- 
house and Mr. Gisborne do prepare, and bring it in. 


Bill. 


for 
Bills, 
York United 


ag Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
as Dul, 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the York United Gas Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for uniting the York Gas Light Company and the 
York Union Gas Light Company, and for more ef- 
fectually lighting with Gas the city of York, and 
the suburbs and vicinity thereof, and certain places 
adjacent thereto, in the county of York: And that 
Mr. Lowther and My. Redhead Yorke do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


) and 
Railway 


1s 


South-Eastern, 
Canterbury, 
Ramsgate and 
Margate Rail- 
way Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the South Eastern, Canterbury, 
Ramsgate and Margate Railway Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


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87 


And that Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Smythe do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Nottingham 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of (West Croft 
the Petition for the Nottingham (West Croft Canal) ees 
Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for extending the Provisions of an Act for forming 

a Canal and other Works within and near certain 

Lands, called The West Croft, in the parish of Saint 

Mary, in the town and county of the town of Wot- 
tingham: And that Sir John Hobhouse and Mr. 
Gisborne do prepare, and bring it in. 


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

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for better paving, lighting, cleansing and otherwise 
improving part of the parish of Newchurch, in the 

Isle of Wight, called Ventnor, and for establishing a 
Market therein: And that Mr. A’Court Holmes 

and Mr. Wykeham Martin do prepare, and bring 

it In. 


Mr. Struté reported from the Select Committee Thetford 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of eset _— 
the Petition for the Thetford Inclosure and Drainage ~‘*""** ” 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing, allotting and inclosing Lands in the 
hamlet of Thetford, in the parish of Stretham, in 
the Isle of Ely and county of Cambridge, and for 
draining and embanking certain parts of the said 
Lands, and other Lands in the said hamlet, and in 
other parishes in the said isle and county: And that 
Mr. Eliot Yorke and Mr. Eaton do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Eastern Coun- 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in tes Railway 
the case of the Petition for the Eastern Counties” ~* 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
authorize the letting on lease to the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway Company of the Railways and Works 
of the Northern and Eastern Railway Company, 
and to give effect to certain Arrangements entered 
into by the said Companies, and to amend and en- 
large some of the Provisions of the Acts relating to 
the first-named Company: And that Mr. Ward, 

Mr. Marshall and Mr. Bramston do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Petitions from Walmer ;—Shadoxhurst ;--Eastwell; 
— Nocton ;—Nockington ;— Wingham ;—Selhirk ;— 
Kent (Eastern Division), (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— 
Standford; — Hythe; — Moldash ; — Otterden ; — 
Ripple ; — Lydden ;—Sandwich (three Petitions ;— 
Coldred ;— Kingstone ;—Ash-next-Wingham ;—Re- 


Corn Laws. 





to enable the South Eastern Railway Company to 
make a Railway from the said South Eastern Rail- 
way, near Ashford, to the city of Canterbury, and 
the towns of Ramsgate and Margate, and to join 
the Whitstable and Canterbury Railway : And that 


Mr. Smythe and Mr. Bradshaw do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


d 

1 Cour 

; June. 

ilway 
Canterbury 
Pavement Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 


the Petition for the Canterbury Pavement Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 


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


for amending certain Acts for paving, cleansing and 


lighting the Streets and other Public Passages and 


Places within the City and Borough of Canterbury: 


VoL. 99. 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 


culver ;—Crundale ;— Brenzett ; —Littlebourne ;— 
Staple ;— Ivychurch ;— Doddington ;— Ham ;— Si- 
bertswould ; — Betshanger ; — Saint Nicholas ; — 
Warehorne ;— Petham ; — Snargate — Lyminge ;— 
Lower Halstow ;—Chilham ;—Dymchurch ;—East- 
ling; — Alkham; — Brookland ; — Sevington ; — 
Goodnestone-next- Wingham ; — Orlestone ;— Non- 
ington ;—Frinstead ;— Bobbing ;— Brook ; —Rod- 
mersham ; — Ruchinge ;—Oxney ;— Barfrestone;— 
Lower Hardres;—Hope-All-Saints;—Eastchurch ; 
—AIsle of Sheppey ;—Saint Peter, Isle of Thanet; 
—Preston-next-Wingham ; — Davington ;— Guild- 
ford ;— Stouting ; — Stourmouth ; — Ewell (Kent) ; 
—Eastry ;— Upper Hardres ;— Monkshorton ; — 
Sittingbourne ;—Murston ;— Smarden ;— Thaning- 
ton ;— Womenswould ;— Kingsnorth ;— Smeeth ;— 











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Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Tobacco. 


Universities 
(Scotland.) 


Court of 
Justiciary 
(Scotland. ) 


88 


Eastbridge ; — Patrixbourne ;— Beahesbourne ; — 
Stodmarsh ;— Blackmanstone ; — Waldershare ; — 
Hartlip; — Tidmanstone ; — Chillenden; — New- 
church ;— Milstead ;-- Blean ;-- Harbledown ;—Saint 
Margaret’s, near Dovor ;— Newington-next-Hythe; 
—Oare;— Lynsted ;-- Bredgar ; — Wickhambreuz ; 
— Whitfield ;— River ;—and, Headcorn; praying 
the House to resist the efforts now making by the 
Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no alteration 
whatever may be made in the existing Corn Laws, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the Chesterton Union, in the county of Cambridge, 
suggesting certain alterations in the Poor Law 
Amendment Bill; and praying for their adoption, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Freeholders and other 
Inhabitants of the parish of Liansantffraid Glan 
Conway, Denbighshire, praying for the repeal of so 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c.77, as relates to the 
union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and 
for the establishment of a Bishopric at Manchester 
by other means, was presented, and read ; and or- 


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A. 1844. 


ber, and the Name of each :—And, showing the 


Number of Trials and Number of Convictions had 
before the Court of Justiciary when sitting in Edin- 
burgh and when on Circuit respectively, in the Three 
last years ; distinguishing the Circuits, and the Num- 
ber of Trials and Convictions at each Town and in 
each Circuit respectively, during the Three last 
years ; with the Number and Names of the Judges 
who form the Court of Justiciary when sitting in 
Edinburgh and when going Circuit, and the Names 
of those who actually have gone on Circuit in the 
above periods. 


from the Péntonville Prison, from its opening for 
the Reception of Prisoners until the present time, 
stating the Penal Institution or Hospital to wnich 
each Prisoner has been removed, any cases of Death 
which may have occurred subsequent to such Re- 
moval, with the present State of Health of each Con- 
vict so removed, as far as the same can be ascer- 
tained :—Of the Initials of the Name and Age of 
every Convict recommended, on medical grounds, 
for Her Majesty’s Pardon by the Commissioners of 
Pentonville Prison :—Of the Initials of the Name, 
Age and Disease of every Convict who has died in 





dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Residents in the town of Liverpool ; | 
—and, Grocers and Dealers in Tobacco in the town 
of Liverpool; praying for a reduction of the duty 
on Tobacco,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers and Elders of the presby- 
tery of Saint Andrews, met in presbytery, stating 
that the Petitioners cannot fail to express their 
strongest disapprobation of the attempts now in 
progress to sever the connection between the church 
and the national seminaries of learning, a connection 
established in former times by men pre-eminent in 
talents and wisdom, a connection which has been 
sanctioned by the approving voice of many genera- 
tions, and the fruits of which have been proved by 
the high, intellectual, moral and religious character 
of the people of Scotland ; and praying the House 
to resist measures fraught with ruin to the best and 
dearest interests of the country, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Returns, showing, in co- 
lumns, the Number and Names, and the Amount in 
Salaries, Perquisites, Fees or other Allowances, of 
the Clerks to the Court of Justiciary in Scotland, 
distinguishing those Clerks who officiate only before 
the Court when sitting in Edinburgh from those 
who go Circuit; also those who, having a sinecure 
without Duties specially attached to his or their 
Office or Offices, do not officiate at all; showing 
any other Office or Offices held by any of the afore- 
said Clerks, with the Name and Amount of the 
Salary and Emoluments of the same respectively, 
and showing the Total Amount of the whole Income 
derived from the Public by each Clerk respectively ; 
showing the Fees payable and paid on each Sen- 
tence of Transportation pronounced by the Court of 
Justiciary, with the Number of the Sentences, and 
the Armount of Fees in each year respectively, and 
in whole, from the year 1830 to the present time ; 
with the Name or Names of the Recipients of the 
said Transportation Fees, and the Amount of his or 
their other Emoluments from the Public in Fees, 
Salary or otherwise; including Principal Clerks, 
Deputies and Assistants, for the Three last years, with 
the exception of the Number of Sentences and the 
Amount of the Transportation Fees:—Showing, the 
Salaries, Fees and all Emoluments of the Macers to 
the Court of Justiciary respectively, with their Num- 





the Pentonville Prison :—Of the Initials of the Name 
and Age of the Convicts, if any, who are now in 
Pentonville Prison, and who are treated as labouring 


junder Hallucination, Delusion, Dementia, or a 


marked tendency to Mental Disease ;—And, of the 
Total Number of Prisoners who have been received 
into Pentonville Prison since its opening, and of the 
Total Number of Prisoners now confined in that 
Prison. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Returns relative to Pentonville 
Prison, be printed. 


Chester, Esquire;— Francis Richard Price, of 
Bryn-y-Pys, in the county of Flint, Esquire ;— 
Trustees of the Liverpool Docks ;—Mayor, Alder- 
men and Burgesses of the borough of [.iverpool ;—- 
and, Persons being in their own right, or as Trustees 
or Executors, respectively interested as Mortgagees 
and Bond-holders in the rates and duties payable to 
the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Birkenhead 
Docks 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 Petitidns. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Marriage and Divorce Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 24th day of April next. 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Midland Railways Con- 
solidation Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate the North Midland, Midland Coun- 
ties, and Birmingham and Derby Junction Rail- 
ways: And that Mr. Gisborne, Mr. Aldam and Mr. 
Dugdale do prepare, and bring it in. 








Mr. Bramston reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Liverpool Fire Prevention Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 














Mr. Bramsion 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Pentonville 
Order,—Returns of the Initials of the Name, Age Prison. 
and Disease of any Convict who has been removed No. 8, 


Petitions of Richard Smith, of Poulton-cum-Sea- Birkenhead 
combe, in the parish of Wallasey, in the county of Docks Bill 





Marriage and 
Divorce Bill. 


waysC 
tion Bill. 


Liverpool 
Preveution 


fe 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Select Com- Midiad Be 


Bi. 





e and 
Bill. 


} Rail- 


solide 








ol Fire 
ion Bis, 


7 Vicroriz. 





Blackburn 
aud Preston 
Railway. 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Blackburn and Preston 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as Thomas Eastwood, John 
Francis Middleton, John Cooper and the Bolton 
and Preston Railway Company had been returned 
in the List of Lessees deposited in the Private Bill 
Office as neuter, instead of dissenting ; but it ap- 
peared to the Committee, that John Francis Mid- 
dleton and Thomas Eastwood were also Owners and 
Occupiers, and were correctly returned in the re- 
spective Lists of Owners and Occupiers deposited 
in the Private Bill Office as dissenting ; and it fur- 
ther appeared, that John Cooper and the Bolton 
and Preston Railway Company were also Occupiers, 
and were correctly returned as dissenting, in the 
said Lists of Occupiers deposited in the Private Bill 
Office. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Glossop 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Select Committee 
Market Bill. 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Glossop Market Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a Market in the town of Glossop, 
in the county of Derby: And that the Earl of 
Arundel and Surrey and Mr. Parker do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


General Steam Mr. Bramston reported from the Select Committee 

Carriage Com- on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 

pany Bill, the Petition for the General Steam Carriage Com- 
pany Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for establishing and regulating a Company to be 
called the General Steam Carriage Company, and 
to enable the said Company to purchase certain 
Letters Patent: And that Mr. Emerson Tennent and 
Mr. Mackinnon do prepare, and bring it in. 


Pendleton, &amp;c., 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Select Committee 
Roads Bill. 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Pendleton, &amp;c., Roads Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
fur more effectually repairing and improving several 
Roads leading to and from the town of Salford, 
through Pendleton and other places, in the county 
palatine of Lancaster: And that Lord Francis 
Egerton, Mr. Bootle Wilbraham and Mr. Brother- 
ton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sheffield United 


Shetiold Mr. Bramston reported from the Select Committee 
as Dill, 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Sheffield United Gas Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for uniting the Sheffield Gas Light Companies: 
And that Mr. Parker and Mr. Ward do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Farrington 
and Cwmgilla 
Inclosure Bill. 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills}; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Farrington and Cwmgilla In- 
closure Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Manors or Lordships of 
Farrington and Cwmgilla, inthe parish of Knighton, 
in the county of Radnor: And that Sir John Walsh 
and Mr. Price do prepare, and bring it in. 


Bleddfa and 
Liangunllo 
Tnclosure Bill. 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 


the Petition for the Bleddfa and Llangunllo Inclo- 
Vot. 99. 


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89 


sure 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 Bleddfa and 
Llangunllo, in the county of Radnor: And that Sir 
John Walsh and Mr. Price do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. Bramsion reported from the Select Committee Ashton, 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition Stalybridge 
of Robert Bennett, complaining of non-compliance te 
with the Standing Orders, in the case of the Petitior — ~~ el 
for the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction 
Railway Bill, was referred ; That the Standing Or- 
ders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Manchester and 
Leeds Railway to the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne 
and Stalybridge: And that Mr. Milner Gibson and 
Mr. Walker do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Select Committee gouth-Eastern 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition and Hastings 
of Owners and Occupiers of land through which Bway Bill. 
the line of the South Eastern and Hastings Railway 
will pass, complaining of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders, in the case of the Petition for the 
South Eastern and Hastings Railway Bill, was re- 
ferred; That the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the South Eastern Rail- 
way to Hastings, with a Branch to the Harbour of 
Rye: And that Mr. Hollond and Mr. Curteis do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Pakington, from the Select Committee ap- Athlone 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- Election. 
tition of Patrick Kelly and others, Electors, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Athlone, informed the House, That it 
appearing to the Committee that Marks Quin, whose 
evidence was stated by the Parties promoting the 
Petition to be essential to the establishment of their 
case, was now in confinement in Roscommon Gaol 
for debt, and that his attendance could not be 
secured without the intervention of the House, he 
had been instructed to report the circumstances to 
the House, in order that they might take such 
measures as to them may seem fit. 

Ordered, That the Keeper of Roscommon Gaol 
do brmg Marks Quin, in safe custody, on the 11th 
day of this instant March, to the Select Committee 
appuinted to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition of Patrick Kelly and others, Electors, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Athlone, 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. 


A Petition of Governors and Directors of the poo Law 
Poor of the united parishes of Saint Margaret and Amendment 
Saint John-the-Evangelist, in the city of Wese- Bill. 
minster, 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 Owners and Occupiers of lands York and 
and houses in the township of Clifton, in the North Scarborough 
Riding of the county of York, and Inhabitants of ®#!way Bill- 
the city of York and its vicinity, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the York and Scarborough 
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 





N Petition, 





Three-and-a- 
Half per-Cent- 
um Annuities, 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


Couity 
Corouers Bill. 








90 


Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The House was moved, That the Acts relating to 
Three pounds ten shillings per centum Annuities 
1818; Three pounds ten shillings per centum Re- 
duced Annuities ; New Three pounds ten shillings 
per centum Annuities ; Three pounds ten shillings 
per centum Old Stock and Government Debentures 
(Ireland); Irish Three pounds ten shillings per cen- 
tum Reduced Annuities; and New Three pounds 
ten shillings per centum Annuities and Government 
Debentures, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Wheat delivered from the Ware- 
house or Vessel, Duty free, under the Act 5 and 6 
Vic. c. 92, from the passing of that Act to the 24th 
day of February 1844 inclusive; distinguishing the 
Place and Dates of Delivery :—Of all Flour and 
Biscuit substituted for Wheat, delivered as above 
described ; distinguishing the Quality of the Flour 
and Biscuit so substituted, and when and where de- 
posited :—Of the Delivery of all Flour and Biscuit 
so substituted, showing when and were delivered, 
(and, in the case of Flour, whether for Export or 
Home Consumption), the Quantity remaining in 
Warehouse, and where deposited: —Of all For- 
feitures under the Act :—Of the Disposal of the 
Articles forfeited :—And, of all Fines levied under 
the Act. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
. . 4 ' ? . 
into a Committee upon the County Coroners Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Criausg, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N°3 and N° 4, agreed to. 

CravseE, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

CrausE, N° 6, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 

Cravse, N® 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Criausss, N° 11, to N° 13, agreed to. 

Criavuses, N° 14, to N° 16, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Criausz, N° 17, disagreed to. 

Crausss, N° 18 and N° 19, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cravust, N° 20, (Coroners to receive one shilling 
per mile for Travelling Expenses) ——read. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the blank 
.- at ? . 9 
in 1. 36. be filled with “ three-pence. 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for thef Mr. Pakington, 7 93 
Yeas, L Mr. Maclean : ; ia 
Tellers for thef Mr. Craven Berkeley, 1 34 
Noes, UMr. William Williams: Jf °* 


Other Amendments made. 
CLAvsE, as amended, agreed to. 
Criavuse, N° 21, agreed to. 
Criause, N° 22, disagreed to. 
Criauses, N° 23 to N° 25, amended, and agreed to, 
Cuiause, N° 26, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Hill, as amended, to be reported. 





6° Martiz. 





A. 1844. 


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 Wed- 
nesday the 20th day of this instant March. 


The Masters and Servants Bill was, according to Masters and 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Servants Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 

next. 


The Teachers of Schools (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Teachers 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- % Sthools. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ¢ anne) Oe. 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Superior Courts 
reading of the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill; re, ies) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — 

upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant 

March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Small Debts 
reading of the Small Debts Bill ; om. 
Qerdered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant 

March. 


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 Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; seens. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Saint Andrew's 
Copy of a Report of W.J. Hancock, Esquire, As- We'd (Dublin.) 
sistant Poor Law Commissioner, upon the late Elec- 

tion of a Poor Law Guardian for the Ward of Saint 

Andrew’s, in the city of Dublin. 


Mr. Acland reported from the Select Committee Railway Bills 
appointed to consider which of the pending Railway sang el 
Bills shall be deemed competing Bills, and who‘"™ “?™ ’ 
were empowered to report from time to time; That 
they had agreed to the following Report : 
Your Committee having considered the cases of 
the under-mentioned Railway Bills, Bolton and 
Preston, Brighton and Chichester, Chester and 
Holyhead, Colchester and Harwich (No. 2.), Eastern 
Counties, Eastern Counties (Brandon and Peterbo- 
rough), Edinburgh and Glasgow, Furness, Great 
Western, Guildford Junction, Harwich Railway and 
Pier, Huddersfield, Lancaster and Carlisle, London 
and South Western, Macclesfield and Birmingham 
‘Macclesfield and Poynton Branches), Manchester 
and Leeds (Heywood Branch), Midland Counties 
Consolidation, Newcastle and Darlington Junction, 
Northern and Eastern (Vewport Deviation), Nor- 
wich and Brandon, Salisbury Branch, Slamannan 
Branch, South Devon, South Eastern, South East- 
ern (Canterbury, Margate and Ramsgate), Taff 
Vale, West London (Extension), Yarmouth and 
Norwich, aie of Opinion, that, of the said Bills, the 
Colchester and Harwich Railway (No. 2.), and the 
Harwich Railway and Pier, are alone Bills for com- 
peting Lines 
Ordered, ‘inat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to facilitate Parishes 
the disjoining or dividing of extensive or populous (Scotland) Bill 
Parishes, and the erecting of new Parishes, in that 
part of the United Kingdom called Scotland: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 18th day of 
this instant March; and to be printed. 


No. 86. 











Resolved, 








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Emig 
(Wes 
and } 


Court 
Chane 


York ; 
Scarbe 
Railw: 





Bledd 
Liang: 
Taclos 


Farrin, 
and Cy 
Tnclosi 


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and N 
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Norwi 
Brand 
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7 Vicroriz. 6°—7° 


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 Names of the different Re- 
giments of Yeomanry that have been called out 
upon Service in aid of the Civil Power, in the years 
1840, 1841 and 1842, and the Number of Days 
that each Regiment was kept on Duty. 


Yeomanry. 


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. 


Emigration 
(West Indies 
and Mauritius. ) 


Mr. George William Hope presented, by Her 
Majesty’s Command,—Copies of Correspondence 
relative to Emigration of Labourers to the West 
Indies and the Mauritius, from the West Coast of 
Africa, the East Indies and China, since the Papers 
already laid before the House. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 7° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


Court of R. Martineau, one of the Taxing Masters of 
Ganeny. the Court of Chancery, was called in; and 
at the bar presented,—Further Return to an Order, 
dated the 20th day of February last, fora Return 
of all the Fees received by the Taxing Masters of 
the Court of Chancery since their Appointment, 
stating cn what account received, and how applied 
or appropriated :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 

York and A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and borough 
seg of Scarborough, praying that the York and Scarbo- 
ailway Bill. : : sad é : 

rough Railway Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 
Bleddfa and Sir John Walsh presented a Bill for inclosing 
Liangunllo 


: ., Lands in the Parishes of Bleddfa and Liangunllo 
Ik Sa 4 

— is. the County of Radnor: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


Farrington 
and Cwmgilla 
Inclosure Bill. 


Sir John Walsh presented a Bill for inclosing 
Lands in the Manors or Lordships of Farrington 
and Cwmgilla, in the Parish of Knighton, in the 
County of Radnor: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


rae A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
Railway Bill 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, 
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. 


Norwich and 
Brandon Rail- 
way Bill, 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the city of Norwich, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Norwich and Brandon Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by theniselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Vou. 99. 


Marti. gl 


Mr. Gisborne presented a Bill for altering and West Croft 
amending an Act passed in the third year of the (Nottingham) 
: : : : - Inclosure Bill. 
reign of Her ge Majesty, for inclosing certain 
Lands in the Town and County of the Town of Wot- 
tingham: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to read a second time. 


Mr. Gisborne presented a Bill for extending the Nottingham 





Provisions of an Act for forming a Canal and other (West Croft 
Works within and near certain Lands, called The wenn eng 
West Croft, in the Parish of Saint Mary, in the 

Town and County of the Town of Nottingham: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

to be read a second time. 


Mr. Gisborne presented a Bill for better paving. Ventnor 
lighting, cleansing and otherwise improving Part of — 
the Parish of Newchurch, in the Isle of Wight, called ~"* 
Ventnor, and for establishing a Market therein : 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Gisborne presented a Bill to consolidate the Midland Rail- 
North Midland, Midland Counties, and Birmingham ways Cet 
and Derby Junction Railways: And the same was “*Y” Bil 


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


Mr. Hollond presented a Bill for making a Rail- South Eastern 
way from the South Eastern Railway to Hastings, a4 Hastings 
with a Branch to the Harbour of Rye: And the Rwy Bil 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Lowther presented a Bill for rezulating Legal Darham County 
Proceedings by or against the Durham County Coal Company 
Coal Company, and for other Purposes: And the °"" 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey presented a Bill Glossop 
for establishing a Market in the Town of Glossop, Market Bill. 
in the County of Derby: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of John Wood, of Thedden Grange, in Leeds and 
the parish of Alton, in the county of Southampton, een 
Esquire, praying that he may be heard, by his coun- "9 ©" 





sel, against the Leeds and Bradford Railway Bill, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- Pendleton, &amp;c., 
tually repairing and improving several Roads leading Roads Bill. 
to and from the Town of Salford, through Pendleton 
and other Places, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second tinie. 











Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Select Delabole and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Rock Railway. 
the case of the Petition for the Delabole and Rock 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as the Subscription Con- 
tract had not been produced, nor the execution 
thereof proved before the Committee ; but it appeared 
that copies of the same had been deposited in the 
Private Bill Office and the Vote Office, previously 
to the presentation of the Petition. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Select Haltwhistle 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in !closure Bill. 
the case of the Petition for the Haltwhistle Inclosure 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the township of Haltwhistle, 
in the parish of Haltwhistle, in the county of Nor- 








N 2 thumberland ; 








Se  Baeee 










































































Newquay 
Harbour and 
Railway Bill. 


ts ee 


PBRPV SAE 


——— 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


aS 


et 


Mariners and 
General Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


por tae Ry eae eee ot A 


ae 


i aksee 


South-Eastern 
Railway. 


Epsom and 
South-Western 
Railway Bill. 


Rochdale 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Ashton, Staley- 
bridge, and 
Liverpool 
Junction Rail 
way Bill. 


Sheffield 
United Gas 
Bill. 


Newport 
Dock Bill. 


Salisbury 


Bill. 


Brauch Railway 


92 


thumberland: And that Mr. Matthew Bell and Mr. 
Hodgson Hinde do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Rashleigh presented a Bill to amend an Act 
for maintaining the Pier and Harbour of Newquay, 
in the County of Cornwall, and to make certain 
Railways or Tram Roads in connection therewith : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures of the city of Glasgow, praying that 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to 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 Mariners and General Life 
Assurance Company 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 
Mariners and General Life Assurance Company, 
and for granting certain Powers thereto: And that 
Viscount Ingestre and Mr. Rickford Collett do pre- 
pare, 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 South Eastern Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as no Notice had been given by the Promo- 
ters of the Bill (being an existing Railway Company) 
of their intention to take powers to act also as a 
Steam-Boat Company. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Reverend Fleetwood Parkhurst, 
Rector of Epsom, in the county of Surrey, pray- 
ing that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against the Epsom and South Western 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bright presented a Bill for better lighting, 
paving, cleansing, watching, regulating and improv- 
ing the Town of Rochdale, and the Environs thereof, 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster: And the same 


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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill for making 
a Railway from the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
to the Towns of Ashton-under-Lyne and Staley- 
bridge: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill for uniting 
the Sheffield Gas Light Companies: And the same 


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


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Newport Dock Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for authorizing the Newport Dock Company to raise 


further Monies, and to make Sale of the Dock and | 


Works, and for amending certain Acts relating to 
the said Docks: And that Mr. Blewitt, Mr. Morris 
and Mr. Wawn do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from Southampton —Salisbury ; 





and, 


7° Marti. 









A. 1844, 


Streets and other Public Passages and Places within 
the City and Borough of Canterbury: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


or any other Bill, to the effect of giving power to 
open and examine parcels, and to charge separately 
for any inclosures in such parcels ; also giving power 
to inflict a fine of twenty pounds for any such in- 
closures, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tradesmen, Shopkeepers, &amp;c., of 
the borough of Barnstaple, praying that the Great 
Western Railway 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 Messrs. Mawdsley and Smith, of 
Poulton-cum-Seacumbe, in the county of Chester, 
Smalt Manufacturers ;— William Stuart, of Liver- 
pool, Merchant, President of the American Chamber 
of Commerce ;—Robert Vyner, of Hanover-square, 
in the county of Middlesex, Esquire ;—Owners and 
Occupiers or Persons otherwise interested in the 
preservation of the low lands contributing to the 
Leasowes Embankment in the hundred of Wirrall 
and county of Chester; Commissioners of the 
Leasowes Embankment Act ;—and William Ashley, 
Chairman of the Liverpool Steam Tug Company ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Birkenhead Docks 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. 


Kay, Robert Kay, Joseph Fenton, William Hartley, 
Edmund Taylor and John Hilton Kay, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Manchester 
and Leeds Railway (Bury Branch) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Smythe presented a Bill to enable the South 
Eastern Railway Company to make a Railway from 
the said South Eastern Railway, near Ashford, to 
the City of Canterbury and the Towns of Ramsgate 
and Margate, and to join the Whitstable and Can- 
terbury Railway: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 




















|County of Cambridge; and for draining and em- 
| banking certain Parts of the said Lands, and other 
Lands in the said Hamlet, and in other Parishes in 
the said Isle and County: And the same was read 


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





Mr. Bradshaw presented a Bill for amending Canterbury 
certain Acts for paving, cleansing and lighting the Pavement Bit, 


A Petition of the Mayor of the borough of Bridg- Great Westen 
water, praying that the House will not allow Clauses 9 Bill 
to be inserted in the Great Western Railway Bill, ““ 


Great, Westen 
Railway Bill, 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill, 


A Petition of James Clegg, John Elliott, Richard Manchesterand 


Leeds Railway 
(Bary Brauch) 
Bill. 


South-Eastem, 
Canterbury, 
Ramsgate and 
Margate Rail- 
way Bill. 


Mr. Mundy presented a Bill for dividing, allotting Thetford 
and inclosing Lands in the Hamlet of Thetford, in Inclosure ant 


the Parish of Stretham, in the Isle of Ely, and Drainage Bil. 


Mr. Marshall presented a Bill to authorize the Eastern Cou 


Winchester; praying that the Salisbury Branch | letting on Lease to the Eastern Counties Railway ‘i Railwey 


Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





| Company of the Railways and Works of the North- 
ern and Eastern Railway Company, and to give 
effect 





Harwic 
Railwa 
Pier B 


Birmin 
Corpo! 
Bill. 


Coven 
Impro 
and C 
Bill, 


Cove: 
Wate 
Bill, 


Ches 
Hols 
Rail 


nd 
ay 


b) 


id 
ill. 





Ne 


Harwich 
Railway and 
Pier Bill. 


Birmingham 
Corporation 
Bill. 


Coventry 
Improvement 
and Cemetery 
Bill, 


Coventry 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway, 


7 VicToriz. 


effect to certain Arrangements entered into by the 
said Companies ; and to amend and enlarge some 
of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the first- 
named Company: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Hindley presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from Harwich, in the County of Essex, to join 
the Eastern Counties Railway at Colchester, in the 
said County, and for constructing a Pier or Jetty 
in the Harbour at Harwich: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Birmingham Cor- 
poration Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for transferring to the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Birmingham, in the county 
of Warwick, certain Powers and Property now ex- 
ercised and held under certain Local Acts in force 
within the said borough, and for other purposes 
therein mentioned: And that Mr. Scholefield and 
Mr. Muntz 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 Coventry Improve- 
ment and Cemetery Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the city of Coventry to make certain Improve- 
ments, to provide a Residence for the Judges during 
the Assizes in the said city, and to establish a Ce- 
metery for the Dead near the said city: And that 
Mr. Ellice and Mr. William Williams 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 Coventry 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 parishes of 
Saint Michael, The Holy Trinity and Saint John- 
the- Baptist, in the city of Coventry and the county 
of Warwick: And that Mr. Ellice and Mr. William 
Williams 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 Chester and Holyhead 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as application was not 
made previously to the 31st of December to Mrs. 
Watson, an Owner of property intended to be taken ; 
but it appeared that im December last, a person on 
behalf of the Promoters had inguired of Mrs. Wat- 
son’s tenant as to her residence, and being directed 
to Leamington, proceeded thither and inquired of 
every person in the town for the name of Watson ; 
that not succeeding in finding the right person, he 
went back to the farm, and again inquired of the 
tenant’s wife, and understood that Mrs. Watson lived 
at Leamington, where he had before made every in- 
quiry; that some time afterwards (in the month of 
January) it was discovered, by chance, that Mrs. 
Watson lived at Lymington, and application was 
made to her there by letter, to which an answer has 
been received, stating she has referred the matter 
to her solicitor, and no dissent on her part has been 
received. 

Ordered, That the Report be’referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 

Vox. 99, 


7° Martiv. 




























































93 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select London and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom South-Western 
the Petition of William James Le Feuvre, complain- (No 1 
ing of non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in 
the case of the Petition for the Zondon and South 
Western Railway (No. 1.) Bill, was referred ; That 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as no Notice had been given by the Pro- 
moters of the Bill (being an existing Railway Com- 
pany) of their intention to take powers to act also 
as a Steam-Boat Company. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Whitehaven 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 274 Maryport 
the case of the Petition for the Whitehaven and ®'vay Bill. 
Maryport Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Town and Port of 
Whitehaven, to the Town and Port of Maryport, in 
the county of Cumberland: And that Mr. Matthias 
Attwood, Mr. Edward Stanley and Mr. Irton do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Westminster 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in = — 
the case of the Petition for the Westminster and Bridge Bill. 
Lambeth Suspension Bridge Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Suspension Bridge across the River 
Thames, from Church-street, Lambeth, to Market- 
street, Westminster: And that Captain Rous and 
Mr. Benjamin Wood do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select British Iron 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Company Bill. 
the case of the Petition for the British Iron Com- 
pany Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate the Settlement of the Affairs of The 
British lron Company : And that Mr. Hawes, Mr. 


Masterman and Mr. Cripps do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select salford 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Improvement 
the case of the Petition for the Salford Improvement ®"" 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making certain New Streets and otherwise im- 
proving the Town of Salford, and for amending an 
Act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Fourth, for better cleans- 
ing and improving the said Town of Salford, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster: And that Mr. Bro- 
therton, Mr. Mark Philips and Mr. Milner Gibson 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Eastern Coun- 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in ties Railway 
the case of the Petition for the Eastern Counties (Brandon an 
Railway (Brandon and Peterborough Extension) Extension) Bill. 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company 
to make a Railway from the Northern and Eastern 
Railway, at Newport, by Cambridge, to Ely, and 
from thence eastward to Brandon and westward to 
Peterborough: And that Mr. Eliot Yorke, Mr. Eaton 
and Mr. Alliz do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Globe Insurance 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Copy Bill. 
the case of the Petition for the Globe Insurance 


N3 Company 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way ( Newport 
Deviations) Bill. 


New British 
iron Company 
Bill. 


Corn Laws, 


Poor Law. 


Window Tax. 


Universities 
(Scotland. ) 


Thames 
Embankment, 








94 


7° Marti. 
Company Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Globe Insurance Company to alter 
and amend some of the Provisions of their Deed 
of Settlement: And that Mr. Alderman Thompson 
and Mr. Brownrigg do prepare, and bring it in. 


A, 1844. 


Petitions from Leicester (four Petitions) ;— Tower Tobacco, 
Hamlets (seventy-three Petitions) ;—and, Wotting- 
ham (four Petitions); praying for reduction of the 
Duty on Tobacco,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





| A Petition of Thomas and Tabitha Jones, of Thomas ang 
| Dowlais, in the parish of Merthyr Tydvil, county Tabitha Jones, 
Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select | of Glamorgan, praying for inquiry into the circum~- 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in | stances attending the conviction of their son for 
the case of the Petition for the Northern and East- robbery at the Swansea sessions, and his expatria- 
ern Railway (ewport Deviations) Bill, the Stand-| tion to Van Diemen’s Land, was presented, and 
ing Orders had been complied with. | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway Com-| Mr. Pakington, from the Select Committee ap- Athlone 
any to make certain Deviations in the line of their | pointed to try and determine the matter of the Flection, 
| wr Ay between Bishops Stortford and Newport, | Petition of Patrick Kelly and others, Electors, com- 
and to alter and amend the Acts relating to the said | plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Railway: And that Mr. Charles Round, Mr. Bram- | Borough of Athlone, informed the House, That the 
ston and Mr. George Palmer do prepare, and bring | Committee had determined, 
it in. That John Collett, Esquire, was duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Athlone. 
And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the New British Iron 
Company Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 

lied with. | of the Committee, and of the Evidence taken before 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | them, be laid before this House. 
for granting certain Powers to the New British Iron | The House was moved, That the Order made yes- 
Company: And that Mr. Hawes, Mr. Masterman |terday, That the Keeper of Roscommon Gaol do 
and Mr. Cripps do prepare, and bring it in. | bring Marks Quin in safe custody, on the 11th day 

of this instant March, to the Select Committee ap- 

Petitions from Rock and Rennington ;—Long- | pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- 
houghton ;— Newham ;— Chatton ; — Lesbury ;—and, | tition of Patrick Kelly and others, Electors, com- 
Haltwistle; praying the House to resist the efforts | plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
now making by the Anti-Corn Law League, and | Borough of Athlone, in order to his being examined 
that no alteration whatever may be made in the | as a witness, and so from time to time as often as 
existing Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and | his attendance shall be thought necessary ; and that 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant accordingly, 
wight be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 





A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the deanery of 
Penwith, in the diocese of Exeter, praying for al- 
teration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was pre- 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Darlington, in the Military 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


county of Durham, praying that no increase what- Establishments 
/ever may be made in the existing Military Esta- 
Petitions of Licensed Victuallers of Bolton;—and, | blishments of the Empire, and that the House will 

Lewes; praying that licensed victuallers may be | remove such a temptation to war as these Esta- 

laced on the same footing in regard to the Tax on | blishments present, was presented, and read ; and 

Vindows, as other tradesmen, owners of shops and | ordered to lie upon the Table. 
warehouses in which goods are deposited, sold and 
exposed for sale,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Mem- Slavery and 
bers and Friends of the Glasgow Emancipation ‘lve td. 
Society, praying for alteration of the laws relative to 
Slavery and the Slave Trade, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Glasgow, praying for repeal 
of the laws that require the subscription of religious 
tests from professors and others bearing office in| A Petition of Charles Steade, of Broom House, in Sheffield and 
the Scottish Universities, except in so far as they | the parish of Whittington, in the county of Derby, Chesteriat 


- Ape .t 4 Junction Rail- 
require the subscription of the professors of divi- | an Owner and Occupier of houses, lands and here- way. 
nity, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


ditaments situated on or near the line of the pro- 
upon the ‘Table. posed Sheffield and Chesterfield Junction Railway, 
A Petition of the Reverend the Presbytery of | taking notice of the application for leave to bring 
Chanonry, in Presbytery assembled, at Fortrose,|in the Sheffield and Chesterfield Junction Railway 
praying the House to resist the attempts now mak- | Bill; and praying that such Bill may pass into law, 
ing by certain denominations of dissenters for re-| was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
moving the laws at present in existence respecting | the Table. 
the subscription of tests by professors in the na- 
tional Universities, was also presented, and read; | 
end ordered to lie upon Table. 





Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an Recorder of 
| Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Name 2° 
of the present Recorder of the Borough of Devizes, 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses |the Date of his Appointment, and a Copy of the 

of the borough of Gravesend, stating that there is | Warrant of the Appointment. 

a Bill in contemplation, for imposing a new tax of | Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

5d. per ton upon all coals entering the port of | Table. 

London, towards the embankment of the river; and | 

praying that the inhabitants of Gravesend, being at| Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill pay 
a great expense for embankment, may be exempt | to define and regulate the periods for holding Quar- snd Boroughs) 
from any such imposition, or that such Bill may not |ter Sessions in Cities and Boroughs : And that pill. 

pass into law, was presented, and read; and ordered | Mr. Pakington and Mr. Vernon Smith do prepare, 

to lie upon the ‘Table. |and bring it in. 


A Petition 








Trade 
Brazil 


Trade 
Brazi 


Rib 
gati 













es 
zhs) 


Trade with the 
Brazils. 


Trade with the 
Brazils. 


Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Railway Bills 
Classification 
(Second Re- 

port. ) 


7 VicToRiz. 


ber of Commerce and Manufactures, praying that 
every possible facility may be afforded for the resto- 
ration and extension of our trade with Brazil, which 
they consider can only be permanently effected by a 
perfect equality of fiscal regulations, and by the total 
abandonment of all discriminating and differential 
duties, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, representing to Her Majesty the great 
importance to this country of the trade with the 
Empire of the Brazils, and humbly praying Her 
Majesty to adopt such measures as may appear 





best calculated to maintain and improve the Com- 
mercial Relations between the United Kingdom and 
the Brazils ; 


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


Veneris, 8° die Martii, 1844: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided: 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for they Mr. Tufnell, 139 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: } 4 
Tellers for thef Sir George Clerk, } 205 
Noes, { Mr. Henry Baring: —_ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Ribble Navigation Bill; and to whom several Peti- 
tions against the said Bill were referred; That no 
person appeared in support of the said Petitions ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and had 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. Bingham Baring reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to consider which of the pend- 
ing Railway Bills shall be deemed competing Bills, 
and who were empowered to report from time to time; 
That they had agreed to the following Report ; 

Your Committee having considered the cases of 
the following Railway Bills; viz. Ashton, Staley- 
bridge and Liverpool Junction, Barnsley Junction, 
Blackburn and Preston, Brighton, Lewes and Hast- 
ings, Colchester and Harwich (No. 1.), Croydon 
and Epsom, Delabole and Rock, Eastern Union, 
Edinburgh, Leith and Granton, Epsom and South 
Western, Garnkirk, Glasgow and Coathridge, Graves- 
end, Gravesend, Rochester and Chatham, Harroyate 
and Knaresborough, Leeds and Bradford, Leeds and 
Selby, London and South Western (No. 2.), Man- 
chester and Birmingham, (Macclesfield and Poynton 
Branches) (No. 2.), Manchester and Leeds (Brad- 
ford Branch), Manchester and Leeds (Bury Branch), 
Manchester, Bury and Rossendale, Manchester and 
Leeds and Hull Associated, Maryport and Carlisle, 
Monkland (Nos. 1 and 2.), Newbury, Basingstoke, 
London and Southampton, Newbury and Great 
Western (Valley of the Kennet), Newquay, North 
British, North Wales Mineral, Pontop and South 
Shields, Sheffield and Chesterfield Junction, Shef- 
field, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester, South 
Eastern and Hastings, Stratford (Eastern Counties) 
and Thames Junction, Whitehaven and Maryport, 
York and Scarborough, are of opinion that of the 
said Bills the following are Bills to authorize the 
construction of new lines of Railway, respectively 


competing with one another; viz. Ashton, Staley-| 


bridge and Liverpool Junction with Sheffield, Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne and Manchester, Brighton, Lewes 
and Hastings with South Eastern and Hastings, 


Croydon and Epsom with Epsom and South West- 
oL. 99. 





7°—8° Martiz. 95 


A Petition of Directors of the Manchester Cham- | 


ern, Gravesend with Gravesend, Rochester and 
Chatham, Manchester and Leeds (Bury Branch) 
with Manchester, Bury and Rossendale, Newbury, 
Basingstoke, London and Southampton with Newbury 
and Great Western (Valley of the Kennet); and that 
the following are Bills to authorize the construction 
of new lines of Railway, which will compete with 
existing Railways: viz. Barnsley Junction, Garn- 
kirk, Glasgow and Coatbridge, Sheffield and Ches- 
terfield Junction. 

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

Ordered, That the first and second Reports of the 
said Select Committee be referred to the Committee 
of Selection. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the Convicts. 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Report 
of John Henry Capper, Esquire, Supermtendent of 
Ships and Vessels employed for the confinement of 
Offenders under Sentence of Transportation, with 
Enclosures. 


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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Court Court of 
of Justiciary (Scotland), which were presented yes- Justiciary 
terday, be printed. Goa.) 


. : No.87. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 


till a quarter of an hour before one of the 


clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





Veneris, 8° die Martii; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Smee, from the Bank of England, was Bank of 
called in ; and at the bar presented,— Return England. 
to an Order, dated the 13th day of February last, 
for an Account of the Notes of the Bank of Eng- 
land in Circulation, distinguishing that of the Branch 
Banks from that in London; of the Amount of all 
Deposits, distinguishing Public from Private; of 
the Amount of all Securities held by the Bank, 
distinguishing Public from Private, and distinguish- 
ing Private into the heads of Bills and Notes dis- 
counted, and others ; and of the Amount of Bullion 
in the Bank at the close of the Business, in every 
week, from the 6th day of March 1832 to the pre- 
sent time. 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of Fe- Bank of Eng- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Country Banks is- !4n¢ Notes. 
suing Bank of England Notes, and the Amount of 
Bank of England Notes so issued (in continuation 
of Return in Appendix to Report on Banks of Issue, 

1841, No. 2.) :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Holford, from the Office of the Governors Queen Anne's 
of Queen Anne’s Bounty, was called in; and at Bounty. 








the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an 
Act of Parliament,—An Account of all Monies re- 
ceived and disbursed by the Governors of Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, during the year ending on the 
31st day of December 1842 :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Mr. Lewis, from the Commissioners of Arundel Arundel Port. 
Port, was called in ; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
Report and Account of the Commissioners of the 
Harbour of Littlehampton, called Arundel Port, in 
the County of Sussex, from the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1841, up to and including the 31st day of De- 
cember 1842. 
Report and Account of the Commissioners of the 














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Haltwhistle 
Inclosure Bill, 


York and 
Scarborough 
Railway Bill. 


British Tron 
Company Bill, 


South Eastern 
and Hastings 
Railway Bill, 


Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


Brighton and 
Chichester 
Railway. 


York United 
Gas Bill, 


96 


Harbour of Littlehampton, called Arundel Port, in 
the County of Sussex, from the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1842, up to and including the 31st day of De- 
cember 1843 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Matthew Bell presented a Bill for inclosing 
Lands in the Township of Haltwhistle, in the Parish 
of Haltwhistle, in the County of Northumberland : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and other 
Inhabitants of Malton, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the York and Scarborough 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. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to facilitate the Set- 
tlement of the Affairs of the British Iron Com- 
pany: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of J. Russell Collett, Esquire, of the 
Jungle, in Lincolnshire, and of Leasam, in the parish 
of ow in the county of Sussex, being Owner and 
Proprietor of certain lands and estates within the 
said parish of Rye, in Susser, complaining that 
the Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the 
application for the South Eastern and Hastings 
Railway Bill, had not been complied with; and 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his agents 
and witnesses, against the same, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and bo- 
rough of Tenterden and its vicinity, in the county 
of Kent, praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read ; a ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Sub-Committee (No. 1.) of the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, 
have leave to sit this day till five of the clock during 
the sitting of the House. 


Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Wey and Arun Junction Canal ;—-Commissioners 
for erecting Piers in, and for repairing and keeping 
in repair the Harbour of Littlehampton, called 
Arundel Port, in the county of Sussex, and for im- 
proving the Navigation of the River Arun from the 
said Harbour to the town of Arundel, in the same 
county ; —Land-holders, Merchants, Shop-keepers, 
Farmers and others, Inhabitants of the town of 
Petworth, in the county of Sussex, and of its neigh- 
bourhood ;—and, George Wyndham, of Petworth 
House, in the county of Susser, Esquire; taking 
notice of the application for leave to bring in the 
Brighton and Chichester Railway Bill; and praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against the same,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition-of the Company of Proprietors of the 


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A. 1844, 


rough of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, 
certain Powers and Property now exercised and 
held under certain Local Acts in force within the 
said Borough, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


—Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Com- 

mittee on the Athlone Election Petition, and of the 

Evidence taken before them. 

™ Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
able. 


of Cumberland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


of Salford, and for amending an Act passed in the 
eleventh year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for better cleansing and improv- 
ing the said Town of Sa/ford, in the County Pa- 
latine of Lancaster: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


way, between Bishops Stortford and Newport, and 
to alter and amend the Acts relating to the said 
Railway: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the case of the Petition for the Brighton and Chi- 
chester Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Shoreham Branch 
of the London and Brighton Railway to Chichester : 
And that Mr. John Abel Smith and Captain Pechell 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


the Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands lying 
on each side of so much of Popham’s Eau, in the 
arish of Upwell, in the county of Norfolk, as lies 
betwen the Three Holes Bridges and Nordelph 
Corner, complaining of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders, in the case of the Petition for the 
Middle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill, was 
referred; That the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as certain Owners and 





River Arun Navigation, taking notice of the appli- 
cation for the said Bill, and praying that such Bill 
may not pass into law, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Lowther presented a Bill for uniting the York 
Gas Light Company and the York Union Gas Light 
Company, and for more effectually lighting with 
Gas the City of York, and the Suburbs and Vicinity 
thereof, and certain Places adjacent thereto, in the 
County of York: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 





Occupiers of lands abutting on Popham’s Eau, 
parts of which are sought to be affected by the pro- 
posed Bill, had not received any Notice, nor had 
any application been made to them in respect of 
such property. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Petitions of Resident and Non-resident Proprie- 
tors of the houses situated on the beach, Dawlish ;— 
the Right honourable Ernest Augustus Earl of Mount 
Edgcumbe ;— and, Thomas 





ewes, of Beaumont 
House, 


Mr. Scholefield presented a Bill for transferring Birmingham 
to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Bo- Corporatio 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Athlone 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, Election. 


Mr. Matthias Attwood presented a Bill for making Whitehaven 
a Railway from the Town and Port of Whitehaven _ Maryport 
to the Town and Port of Maryport, in the County ®*!™y Bill 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making cer- Salford 
tain New Streets, and otherwise improving the Town Improvement 


Mr. Charles Round presented a Bill to enable Norther and 
the Northern and Eastern Railway Company to astern Rail. 


make certain Deviations in the Line of their Rail- Der iStioes| Bl 


Petitions from Winchester ;—and, Portsmouth, Newbury, 
Portsea and Gosport; praying that the Newbury, ce en 
Basingstoke, London and Southampton Railway Bill sevthanpt 

asingstoke, London and Southampton Railway Bull southampton 


may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; Railway Bill, 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Brighton and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Chichester 


Railway Bill, 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Middle Level 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; to whom Drainsge 


Navigation. 


South Devon 
Railway Bill. 





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Bil 


ce, 
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Sill, 


and 


ill, 


evel 
and 
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evonl 


Bill. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


West London 
Railway 
(Extension. ) 


Garnkirk, 
Glasgow, and 
Coatbridge 
Railway. 


Leeds and 
Bradford 
Railway Bill. 


Guildford 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill, 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Colchester and 
Harwich Rail- 


Way No, 3. 
Bil ) 


7 VicToRiz. 


House, in Plymouth, Devon, Esquire; praying that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the South Devon Railway 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Peti- | 
tioners heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions from the Eastern District of Berwick- 
shire ; — Berwick-upon- Tweed ;— and, Edinburgh 
(four Petitions); praying that the North Britesh 
Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Commissioners of the Metropolis Turn- 
pike-roads north of the Thames ;— and, the Right 
honourable William Lord Kensington; complaining 
that the Standing Orders of the House, in respect to 
the application for the West London Railway (Exten- 
sion) Bill, had not been complied with ; and praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their agents 
and witnesses, against the same,—were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of John Bell, of Glasgow, complaining 
that the Standing Orders of the House, in respect 
to the application for the Garnkirk, Glasgow and 
Coatbridge Railway Bill, had not been complied 
with ; and praying that he may be heard, by him- 
self, his agent and witnesses, against the same, was | 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select | 
Committee on_Petitions for Private Bills. 





Petitions of William Henry Rawson, of Mill | 
House, in the township of Sowerby, in the parish of | 
Halifax, in the West Riding of the county of York ; | 
—and, Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers and | 
other Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of 
Halifax, in the West Riding of the county of York; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Leeds and Bradford Railway Bill,—-were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


A Petition of Samuel Paynter, Clerk, Rector of 
Stoke-next-Guildford, Surrey, praying that he may 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Guildford Junction 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. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Liverpool, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Birkenhead Improve- 
ment 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 William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom 
the Petition of George Rusk, complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case 
of the Petition for the Colchester and Harwich 

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8° Martz. 97 


Railway (No. 2.) Bill, was referred ; That the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway in continuation of the Eastern 


Counties Railway, from Colchester to the Port of 


Harwich: And that Sir Henry Smyth and Major 
Beresford do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Harrogate and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Knaresborough 


the case of the Petition for the Harrogate and 
Knaresborough Railway Bill, the Standing Orders 
had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the York and North 
Midland Railway, at Bolton Percy, to the township 
and parish of Knaresborough, allin the West Riding 
of the county of York: And that Mr. Lawson and 
Mr. Ferrand do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Sidmouth ana 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Sidmouth and Col- 
lumpton Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining a Turnpike-road from 
Sidmouth to Collumpton, and also to or near to 
Hele Mill, in the parish of Bradninch, all in the 
county of Devon: And that Mr. Divett and Sir 
John Yarde Buller 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 Holmfirth and Dun- 


ford Roads Bill, the Standing Orders had been 


complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing, maintaining and improving the Road 
from L[lint-lane to Holmfirth, and thence to the 
Huddersfield and Woodhead Turnpike-road, and 
for making and maintaining a new Line of Road 
from the said Road, at a place called Bents, to or 
near Dunford Bridge, all in the West Riding of the 
county of York: And that Mr. Stuart Wortley and 
Mr. Bechett Denison do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Life Insurance 


the case of the Petition for the European Life In- 
surance and Annuity Company 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 
European Life Insurance and Annuity Company, 
and for granting certain Powers thereto: And that 
Mr. Bramston, Sir Hesketh Fleetweod and Mr. Phill- 
potts do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Wells Harbour 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Wells Harbour and 
Quay Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with, inasmuch as the datum line upon the 
Section was referred to no fixed point, but only to 
high-water mark at spring tides, but it was proved 
that there was a post in the existing Quay, showing 
by a line drawn upon it high-water mark at spring 
tides. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Railway Bill. 


Collumpton 
Road Bill. 


Holmfirth 
and Dunford 
Roads Bill. 


European 


and Annuity 


Company Bill. 


and Quay. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Southampton 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Marsh Improve- 


the case of the Petition for the Southampton Marsh 
Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders had been 

complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving the Marsh and other Common Lands, 
and extending Rights of Common and of —— 
fe) within 


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98 


within the town and county of the town of South- 
ampton: And that Mr. George William Hope and 
Mr. Mildmay do prepare, and bring it in. 


Southampton 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Southampton Im- 
provement Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 

lied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for paving, lighting, cleansing and otherwise im- 
proving the Town of Southampton, and for removing 
and preventing nuisances and annoyances therein: 
And that Mr. George William Hope and Mr. Mild- 
may do prepare, and bring it in. 


Newbury, 
Basingstoke, 
London and 
Southampton 
Railway Bill. 


The Newbury, Basingstoke, London and South- 
ampton Railway Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill he referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sheffield, Ash- = The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester 
ton-under-Lyne A 


dn Gashatnen Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 


Railway Bill, mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
es Mr. Blewitt presented a Bill for authorizing the 


Newport Dock Company to raise further Monies, 
and to make Sale of the Dock and Works, and for 
amending certain Acts relating to the said Dock : 
And the same was read the first time: and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Fastern Coun- 
ties Railway 


Mr. Eliot Yorke presented a Bill to enable the 
are Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a 
Peterborough Railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway at 
Extension) Bill. Newport, by Cambridge, to Ely, and from thence 


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eastward to Brandon, and westward to Peterborough: 
And the same was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 










Railways. A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


posed, That any Member whose constituents are 
locally interested in any competing Lines of Railway, 
may be permitted to sit upon the Committee ap- 
pointed to decide upon their respective merits, though 
without being allowed to vote — any question 
arising thereon :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 























Sheffield, Ash- A Petition of Magistrates, Gentry, Merchants, 

ton-under-Lyne Manufacturers, Shop-keepers, and others, resident 

and Manchester « es ° . 

Railway Bill, in Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Dukinfield, 
and the neighbourhood, in the counties of Lancaster 
and Chester, praying that the Sheffield, Ashton- 
under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 












































Manchester and 


Petitions of Thomas Roylance, of the borough of 
Birmingham 


Macclesfield, in the county of Chester, Timber Mer- 









































ile . . 
CMaccliatield chant ;—Trustees of the Macclesfield district of the 
and Poynton Sandon Turnpike-roads, in the county of Chester ; 
(Non a') Bill —-and, Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the bo- 

NO. 2, . ' 








rough of Macclesfield, in the county of Chester ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Manchester and Birmingham Railway (Macclesfield 
and Poynton Branches) (No. 2.) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

é.nd 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. 
























































Newbury and 
Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


The Newbury and Great Western Railway Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed. 





























A. 1844, 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com 
mittee of Selection. 

Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land on the 
line of a proposed Railway from the Great Western 
Railway to the town of Newbury, in the county of 
Berks ;—Trustees for executing an Act for repairing 
the Road from the Thirty-three mile-stone, in the 
parish of Ruscombe, in the county of Berks, towards 
Reading, to a place called the Seven Mile-stone, in 
the parish of Beenham, in the same county, and a 
certain other Road communicating therewith ; — 
and, John Hopkins, of Tidmarsh House, in the county 
of Berks, Esquire; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the said Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And tle 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 Slamannan Junction Railway Bill was read Siamannan 
a second time; and committed. Junction 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- R##!ay Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The North British Railway Bill was read a second North British 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Colquhoun presented a Bill for regulating Mariners aud 
Legal Proceedings by or against the Mariners and General Life 
General Life Assurance Company, and for granting (Su"°? 
certain Powers thereto: And the same was read 


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


Mr. Alderman Thompson presented a Bill to enable Globe Insurance 
the Globe Insurance Company to alter and amend Company Bill. 
some of the Provisions of their Deed of Settlement : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

to be read a second time. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Brighton,Lewes 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of and Hastings 
the Petition for the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings a 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 

plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for making a Railway from the London and Brighton 

Railway to Lewes and Hastings, with a Branch 
therefrom, all in the county of Sussex: And that 

Mr. Darby and Lord Alfred Hervey do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


A Petition of Commissioners acting under the yarmouth 
authority of an Act for making and extending the and Norwich 
Navigation of the River Bure (commonly called ®“!*y - 
the North River) by and from Coltishall to Ayls- 
ham Bridge, in the County of Norfolk; 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, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners acting in the execu- Rother Levels 
tion of the Acts for more effectually draining and Drainage. 
preserving certain Marsh Lands or Low Grounds 
in the Parishes of Sandhurst, Newenden, Rolvenden, 
Tenterden, Wittersham, Ebony, Woodchurch, Apple- 
dore and Stone, in the County of Kent, and Tice- 
hurst, Salehurst, Bodiam, Ewhurst, Northiam, Bech- 
ley, Peasmarsh, Iden and Pleyden, in the County of 
Sussex, for leave to present a Petition for leave to 








bring 





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Coventry 
Waterworks 


Bill, 


Coventry Im- 
provement an 
Cemetery Bill. 


Westminster 
and Lambeth 
Suspension 
Bridge Bill. 


Slamannan 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway Bill. 


New British 
Tron Company 
Bill, 


Excise, 


Customs. 


Paper Mills. 


Copper, 


7 VicTorizZ. 


bring in a Bill for amending the said Acts, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. William Williams presented a Bill for better 
supplying with Water the Parishes of Saint Michael, 
the Holy Trinity and Saint John-the-Baptist, in the 
City of Coventry and the County of Warwick: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Mr. William Williams presented a Bill for en- 
abling the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the 
City of Coventry to make certain Improvements, to 
provide a Residence for the Judges during the 
Assizes in the said City, and to establish a Cemetery 
for the Dead near the said City: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Captain Rous presented a Bill for making a 
Suspension Bridge across the River Thames from 
Church-street, Lambeth, to Market-street, Westmin- 
ster: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


8° Martiz. 


99 | 


what Country exported :—And, of all Copper Ore 
which has been imported into the United Kingdom 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1844; 
showing the Quantity upon which Duty has been 
paid, the Countries from which the same has been 
imported, and the Per-centage Quantity of Metallic 
Copper contained in each parcel of Ore upon which 
the Duty has been paid, together with the Rate and 
Amount of Duty received thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tin. 
an Account of all Tin imported into the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844, distinguishing from what Countries imported ; 
also, an Account of all Tin exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844; distinguishing to what Countries exported. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Zinc. 
an Account of all Zinc and Zinc Ore imported and 
exported during the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1844, and the Duty paid thereon. 


an Account of the Imports and Exports of Lead for 
for the year ending the 5th day of January 1844. 





A Petition of Companies and Persons engaged 
in the manufacture of iron, in the county of Lanark, 
praying that the Slamannan Junction Railway Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;—and, Public Carriers 
on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ; praying 
that the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cripps presented a Bill for granting certain 
Powers to “The New British ron Company :” And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of the Quantities of, and the Amount of 


Duty received on, the several Articles liable to Ex- 
cise Duty in the United Kingdom, during the years 
ending the 5th day of January 1842, 1843 and 1844; 
distinguishing England, Scotland and Ireland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Comparative Statement of the Consumption of Im- 
ported Commodities, and of the Receipt of Customs 


Duties thereon, within the United Kingdom, in the 
Three years ended the 5th day of January 1842, 
1843 and 1844 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 45, of Session 1843). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, stating the Name, Description and Locality 
of every Paper Mill in England; and also, the Num- 
ber of Engines, Machines and Vats in each of such 
Mills; and the Quantity of Paper made at each 
Mili, and charged by the Excise :—And, a similar 


Return for Scotland, Ireland and Wales. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Copper imported into the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844; distinguishing each Sort of Copper, from 
what Conntry, and into what Ports imported :—Of 
the Quantities of Copper exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844; 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 Sth day of January 1844 


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 1844; distinguishing each Sort, and to 


Vox. 99. : 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Port 


Searchers and Landing Waiters in the Port of Liver- 
pool, for the years 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844:— 
And, of the Persons employed as Assistants in the 
Landing Department for each of the above years ; 
showing the Amount of Bond given in each case 
for the due performance of their respective Duties 
in the Port of Liverpool. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Matrimonial 
Suits instituted in each Metropolitan and Diocesan 
Court in England, Wales and Ireland in 1840, 1841, 
1842 and 1843; also, a similar Return from Courts 
having Consistorial Jurisdiction in Scotland in 1840, 
1841, 1842 and 1843 ; also, Number of Matrimonial 
Suits in Judicial Committee of Privy Council or 
House of Lords, on Appeal, in 1840, 1841, 1842 
and 1843; also, Return of Number of Divorce Acts 
passed by the Legislature in 1840, 1841, 1842 and 
1843; also, the average Expense of such Suits in 
1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843, as far as the same can 
be stated by the Officers of the above-mentioned 
Courts. 

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. 


an Abstract of the Account of the Receipt and Ex- © 
penditure of all Monies by the Corporation of the 
City of Dublin, from the 1st day of March 1843 
to the date of the Audit next preceding the 1st day 
of January 1844. 


land in 1842-1843 (pursuant to Act 3 and 4 Vic. 
c. 108, s. 137) (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 590, of Session 1843). 


Ordered, That the Return of the Number of Sci 
Mails despatched Outwards and Inwards to and 
from the Islands of Scilly, from the 1st day of May 
1842 to the 1st day of May 1843; specifying se- 

;| parately the Number of Letters forwarded by each 

Mail, with the different Rates of Postage of the 

same, as well as the Number of Foreign Letters, 

which was presented upon the 17th day of July in 

the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 
02 





Ordered, 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lead. 


of 


Returns of the Ages of the Landing Surveyors, Liverpool. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Matrimonial 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 5"" 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dublin 


poration, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, municipal 
an Abstract of Statements of Monies received and Borooghs 
expended on account of certain Boroughs in Tre- (Ueland.) 


lly Maiis. 
No, &amp;8. 













































































Stipendiary 
Magistrates 
(Treland.) 


Vaccine 
Establishment. 


Revising 
Barristers, 


Sierra Leone. 


Church of 
Ireland. 


100 8° Martiz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Stipendiary Magistrates appointed 
in Ireland since the month of September 1841; 
distinguishing such as have been previously Mem- 
bers of the Constabulary, or educated to the Pro- 
fession of the Law. 





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 from the National Vac- 
cine Establishment to Her Majesty’s 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. 


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 Appeals from the Courts of the Re- 
vising Barristers to the Court of Common Pleas, 
pursuant to Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 18 :—I. Counties ; 
1. Name of County or Division of County; Place 
where the Court of Revision was held; Names of 
several Appellants and Respondents; Decision of 
Court of Appeal, whether for Appellant or Re- 
spondent (the several Cases to have each a Number 
attached for the purpose of Reference):—2. A ge- | 
neral Statement of the Point of the Appeal in each | 
Case, and of the Decision of the Court on each | 
such Point, the Cases being classified according to 
their subject-matter or Point (that is, if the same 
subject-matter or Point forms the subject of Appeal 
in several different Cases, these Cases are to be 
classed together, and referred to according to the 
Numbers they bear in the foregoing List):—II. Cities 
and Boroughs; 1. Same as I. 1. mutatis mutandis ; 
2. Same as I. 2. mutatis mutandis :—\11. Returns 
of all Orders made by the Court of Common Pleas 
respecting the Payment of the Costs of any Appeals, 
or of any part of such Costs; and the Amount of 
the Costs of any Appeal, so far as the same can be 
made out. 

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 Hler Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Patients received into 
Kissey Hospital, Sierra Leone (the Hospital at- 
tached to the Liberated African Department), with 
the Nature of the Diseases, as far as reported ; to- | 
gether with the Number discharged Cured, and the | 





Number of Deaths there, for the years 1835 to! 
1842 inclusive. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Summaries of the Revenues and Condition of the 
Established Church in Jre/and, classified in the fol- | 
lowing manner :---1. Total of the Gross and the | 
Net Income of the Archbishops and Bishops; | 
2. Total of the Gross and the Net Income of the | 
Beneficed Clergy; 3. Total of the Gross and the, 
Net Income of the Deans and Chapters, and all | 
Subordinate Corporations, such as Minor Canons, | 
Vicars Choral, &amp;c., and of all Dignities and Pre- 
bends, exclusive of the Incomes of Benefices with 
Cure of Souls, forming the Corps of such Dignities 
and Prebends; 4. ‘Total of the Gross and the 
Net Value of the Economy Estates of Cathedral 
Churches :—And, of the Gross and Net Revenues 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; specifying the | 
Sources from whence derived :—An Estimate of the 
Revenues which will belong to each of the foregoing, 


| 


A. 1844, 


when the Provisions of the Church Temporalities 
Act, 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 37, shall have come into 
full operation :—Accounts of the Amount of the 
several Annual Payments made by the Ecclesi- 
astical Commissioners, in lieu of the Compulsory 
Assessments by Vestries, abolished by the Act 
3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 37, (to be obtained from each 
Diocese) :—Of the Number of Spiritual Persons 
officiating in the Established Church in Jreland, 
classified in the following manner :—1. Archbishops 
and Bishops; 2. Dignitaries, Prebendaries, Canons, 
Minor Canons and Vicars Choral; 3. Beneficed 
Clergy ; 4. Stipendiary Curates; 5. Additional Cu- 
rates supported by Private Contributions :—And, 
of the Number of Lay Vicars Choral, Organists, 
Stipendiaries and Choristers of Cathedrals ; of Si- 
necures abolished since the passing of said Act 
3and 4 Will. 4, c. 37, the 14th day of August 
1833; of Faculties for holding a Plurality of Be- 
nefices granted since the passing of the aforesaid 
Act, the 14th day of August 1833, and when the 
last such Faculty was granted ; of Cases in which 
Incumbents have ceased to hold more than one 
Benefice, since the passing of the aforesaid Act, 
the 14th day of August 1833; of Unions of Pa- 
rishes dissolved since the passing of the aforesaid 
Act, the 14th day of August 1833; of the Beneficed 
Clergy who are Resident within their Benefices, and 
of those who reside sufficiently near to them to 
perform their own Duties; of the Beneficed Clergy 
who are Non-resident, and the occasion of their 
Non-residence ; of Benefices wherein the Incum- 
bents did not reside or perform the Duty personally 
previous to the passing of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
ce. 37, the 14th day of August 1833, in which the 
Incumbents are now resident or performing the 
Duty in person; of Churches in Ireland; of School- 
houses and other Buildings used for the Perform- 
ance of Divine Service by License or Permission of 
the Diocesans ; of Churches built, rebuilt and en- 
larged, since the passing of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c. 37, the 14th day of August 1833; distinguishing 
the Number built, rebuilt and enlarged by means 
of Private Subscriptions, by Grants from the Ec- 
clesiastical Commissioners, and partly by both, with 
the Total Amount of such Grants, and the Amount 
of increased Accommodation for Attendants on Di- 
vine Worship provided thereby ; of Schools for the 
Instruction of the Poor, and Diocesan Classical 
Schools, supported by or under the Superintendence 
of the Bishops and Clergy of the Established Church 
in Ireland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coals, Cinders 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and and Culm. 


Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, 


| Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of 


the United Kingdom, in the year 1843; distin- 
cuishing the Quantity shipped at each of the said 
Ports, as compared with the year 1842:—Of the 
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 
1843; distinguishing the Countries to which the 
same were seut, and comparing the same with the 
year 1842; 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 
1843, with the Rate and Amount of Duty thereon : 


'—And, cf the Quantities of Coals brought Coast- 


ways and by Inland Navigation into the Port of 
London during the year 1843, comparing the same 
with the Quantities brought during the year 1842. 


A Petition of Stationers and Paper Dealers in the Postege- 


city of Chester, stating that the Petitioners view the 
intended measure of issuing stamped sheets of paper 
for the Penny Post as highly injurious to the inter- 


ests, net only of the various paper manufactories 
| 


throughout 











7 VicToriz. 


throughout the country, but more especially to the 
stationers in general, and a numerous class of per- 
sons who now derive their livelihood from selling 
writing paper in almost every town and village in 
the kingdom ; and praying the House not to sanc- 
tion such measure, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law A Petition of the Chairman of the Corporation 

Amendment of the Guardians of the Poor of the city of Chester, 

Bill. and county of the same city, 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. 


Public Petitions Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
(Seventh Re- on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
port.) Petitions presented upon the 4th and 5th days of 
this instant March; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Factories Billk § The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Three-and-a~ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
eee into a Committee to consider the Acts relating to 
hree Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum Annuities 
1818, Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum 
Reduced Annuities, New Three Pounds Ten Shil- 
lings per Centum Annuities, Three Pounds Ten 
Shillings per Centum Old Stock and Government 
Debentures (Ireland), Irish Three Pounds Ten Shil- 
lings per Centum Reduced Annuities and New Three 
Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum Annuities and Go- 
vernment Debentures. 


(In the Committee). 


Three-and-a- 1. Resolved, That all and every person and per- 
— sons, bodies politic and corporate, who now is or are 
- or hereafter may be interested in or entitled unto any 
pait of the National Debt, redeemabie by law, which 
now carries an interest after the rate of £.3 10s. per 
centum per annum, and known in freland by the 
several names of £.3 10s. per Centum Old Stock 
and Government Debentures, Irish £.3 10s. per 
Centum Reduced Annuities, and New £.3 10s. per 
Centum Annuities and Government Debentures, 
and known in Great Britain by the several names 
of £.3 10s. per Centum Reduced Annuities, and 
New £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, the Dividends 
of which are paid either at the Bank of England or 
at the Bank of Jreland respectively, and who shall 
not signify his, her or their dissent in the manner 
hereinafter mentioned, shall for every £.100 of such 
£.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, or Government De- 
bentures, receive for every £.100 of such £.3 10s. 
per Centum Annuities or Government Debentures, 
£.100, in a new Stock, to be called “ £.3 5s. per 
Centum Annuities,’ which said Annuities shall con- 
tinue to be paid at the rate of £.3 5s. per centum 
per annum until the 10th day of October 1854; and 
from and after that date the said Annuities shall 
carry Interest at the rate of £.3 per centum per an- 
num, which said last-mentioned Annuities shall not 
be subject to reduction until from and after the 10th 
day of October 1874; and the Dividends or Interest 
of the said “ £.3 5s. per Centum Annnities,” and 
“ New £.3 per Centum Anuuities,” shall be paid 
and payable at the Bank of England, or at the 
Bank of Ireland, on the 5th day of April and the 
10th day of October in each and every year; the 
first half-yearly dividend on the said “ £.3 5s. per 
Centum Annuities” shall be payable on the 5th day 
of April 1845 ; and that the said “ £.3 5s. per Cen- 
tum Annuities,” and the “ New £.3 per Centum 
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8° Marti. 101 


Annuities” respectively, shall be free from all taxes’ 
charges and impositions, in the like manner as the 
said £.3. 10s. per Centum Aunuities.” 

2. Resolved, That the Interest and Dividends 
payable in respect of the said “ £.3 5s. per Centum 
Annuities,” and “ New £.3 per Centum Annuities,” 
shall be charged and chargeable upon the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland.” 

3. Resolved, That all and every person and per- 
sons, bodies politic or corporate, who shall not, 
within the period commencing on Monday the 11th 
day of March 1844, and ending on Saturday the 
23d day of March 1844, both days inclusive, signify 
his, her or their dissent from accepting and receiving 
a share in the said “ £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities,” 
and * New £.3 per Centum Annuities,” in lieu of 
his, her or their respective shares in the before-men- 
tioned £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities or Govern- 
ment Debentures, in the manner hereinafter directed, 
shall be deemed and taken to have consented to 
accept and receive the same: Provided always, 
That if any proprietor or proprietors of the said 
£.3 10s. per Centum Annuities shall not be within 
the limits of the United Kingdom at any time be- 
tween Monday the 11th day of March 1844 and 
Saturday the 23d day of March 1844, both days 
inclusive, but shall be in any other part of Europe, 
it shall be lawful for such proprietor or proprietors 
to signify such dissent at any time before the 2d 
day of June 1844; and if any such proprietor or 
proprietors shall not, at any time between the 11th 
day of March 1844 and the 2d day of June 1844, 
be within any part of Europe, it shall be lawful for 
him, her or them to signify such dissent at any time 
before the 1st day of February 1845, such proprietor 
or proprietors proving to the satisfaction of the Go- 
vernor or Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, 
or to the Governor or Deputy Governor of the Bank 
of Ireland, according to the Bank in which his An- 
nuities of £.3 10s. per centum may be placed, and 
the Dividends and Interest payable, his, her or their 
absence from the United Kingdom, or out of Europe, 
as above specified, and that his, her or their share or 
shares of such £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities stood 
in his, her or their name or names respectively on 
the 23d day of March 1844, in the books of the 
Governor and Company of the Bank to which he 
shall signify his dissent: Provided, that such pro- 
prietor or proprietors, so absent from the United 
Kingdom or out of Europe, shall signify such his, 
her or their dissent within ten days after his, her or 
their return to the United Kingdom. 

4. Resolved, That provision shall be made for 
paying off such proprietor or proprietors of any of 
the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities before 
mentioned as shall signify his, her or their dissent 
from accepting and receiving any share in the said 
“ £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities,” and “ New £.3 
per Centum Annuities,” in lieu thereof. 

5. Resolved, That all persons, bodies politic and 
corporate, possessed of any part of the before-men- 
tioned £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, and who 
shall desire to signify such dissent as aforesaid, 
shall, between the 11th day of March 1844, and the 
23d day of March 1844, both inclusive, by them- 
selves, or some agent or agents for that purpose 
duly authorized, signify to the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England, or to the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of Jreland respectively, 
in which their Capital Stock of £.3 10s. per Centum 
Annuities may be placed, such dissent in writing, 
under his, her or their hand or hands, together with 
the amount of his, her or their respective shares in 
the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, and which 
said dissent shall be entered in a book or books, to 
be opened and kept by the said Goyernor and Com- 
pany of each of the said Banks for that purpose, 
and numbered in the order in which his, her or their 
dissent shall be received by the said Governor and 





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A. 1844, 


Company of either of the said Banks ; and in case | every £.100 of such£.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 


of any transfer of such shares, or any part or parts | 


1818, receive £.100 in a New Stock to be called 


thereof, after such dissent, the part or parts so trans- |“ £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities,” which said An- 


ferred shall be entered in the said books under the 
same numbers as were fixed to such shares when 
the dissent was so signified ; and every such dissen- 
tient proprietor or proprietors, or his, her or their 
assigns, under such transfer, shall be paid off in 





nuities shall continue to be paid at the rate of 
£.3 5s. per centum per annum, until the 10th day of 


October 1854, and from and after that date the said 
Annuities shall carry interest at the rate of £.3 per 
centum per annum, and shall be called “ New £.3 


. . ; a] *,° ” . . . 
such order and at such periods and in such manner | per Centum Annuities,” which said last-mentioned 


as Parliament may direct. 
6. Resolved, That every proprietor or proprietors | 


Annuities shall not be subject to reduction until 
from and after the 10th day of October 1874; and 


of the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, the Di- | the said £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities, and the New 
vidends and Interest on which are payable the 5th | £.3 per Centum Annuities, respectively, shall be free 


day of April and the 10th day of October, shall re- | 
ceive the Dividend due thereupon for the half year 
up to the 10th day of October 1844, and no longer ; 
and every proprietor or proprietors of the said 
£.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, the Dividends and 
Interest on which are payable on the 5th day of| 
January and the 5th day of July, shall receive the 
Dividend due thereupon for the half year up to the 
5th day of July 1844, and shall also receive one 
quarter’s dividend thereon up to the 10th day of 
October 1844, and no longer; and the several be- 
fore-mentioned £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities shall 
be paid off or converted into £.3. 5s. per Centum 
Annuities, and New £.3 per Centum Annuities in| 
manner aforesaid, from and after the 10th day of | 
October 1844 ; and no transfer of any of the before- | 
mentioned £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities to or 
from the books of the Governor and Company of | 
the Bank of England, or to or from the books of the 
Governor and Company of the Bank of Jreland, 
shall take place from and after the 6th day of March 
1844. 

7. Resolved, That all executors, administrators, | 
guardians and trustees may signify such dissent in | 
respect of such shares of any of the said £.3 10s. 
per Centum Annuities, for the holding of which 
their names are made use of respectively; and all | 
executors, administrators, guardians and trustees, 
not signifying such dissent, shall be deemed to have | 
assented as aforesaid, and shall be indemnified in | 
respect thereof. 

8. Resolved, That all and every person and per- | 
sons, bodies politic and corporate, who now is or are | 
or hereafter may be interested in or entitled unto | 
any part of the National Debt redeemable by Law, | 
which now carries an Interest after the rate of £.3 10s. | 
per centum per annum, and is usually known by the | 
name of “£.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818,” | 
the Dividends of which are payable at the Bank of 
England on the 5th day of April and 10th day of 
October in each year, and who shall not signify his, | 
her or their assent to accept £.3 5s. per Centum 
Annuities, and New £.3 per Centum Annuities, upon | 
the terms and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, 
shall on the 10th day of October 1844 receive the 
sum of £.100 for every £.100 of such £.3 10s. per' 
Centum Annuities 1818, which may be then stand-' 
ing in his, her or their name or names, and the said | 
amount of capital of such Annuities shall from the | 
said 10th day of October 1844, be considered as 
cancelled and paid off, and no interest shall from | 
thenceforth accrue, or become payable thereon. 

9. Lesolved, That provision shall be made by this | 
House for paying off such proprietor or proprietors | 
of the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, 
as shall not signify his, her or their assent to accept 
and receive a share in £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities 
and New £.3 per Centum Annuities in lieu thereof. | 

10. Resolved, That all and every person or per- | 
sons, bodies politic or corporate, who shall hold or 
be possessed of any such £.3 10s. per Centum An- 
nuities 1818, and who shall, on or before Saturday | 
the 20th day of April 1844, signify in the manner 
hereafter directed his, her or their assent to accept | 
and receive £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities, in lieu 
of his, her or their respective share or shares in the 
said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, shall, for 











from all taxes, charges and impositions, in the like 
manner as the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 
1818; and the Dividends or Interest of the said 
£.3 5s. per Centum Annuities, and New £.3 per 
Centum Annuities, shall be paid and payable at the 
Bank of England, or at the Bank of Ireland, on the 
5th day of April and 10th day of October in each 
and every year; and the first half-yearly Dividend 
on the said £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities shall be 
payable on the 5th day of April 1845. 

11. Resolved, That all and every person or per- 
sons, bodies politic or corporate, possessed of any 
part of the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 
1818, and who shall desire to signify his, her or 
their assent to receive the said £.3 5s. per Centum 
Annuities and New £.3 per Centum Annuities in 
lieu thereof, shall, on or before the 20th day of April 
1844, but within the usual hours of transacting 
business at the Bank of England, by themselves or 
some agent or agents for that purpose duly autho- 
rized, signify to the Governor and Company of the 
Bank of England such assent in writing under his, 
her or their hand or hands, or the hand or hands of 
his, her or their agent or agents, together with the 
amount of his, her or their respective share or shares 
in the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, 
and which said assent shall be entered in a book or 


| books to be opened and kept by the said Governor 


and Company for that purpose ; and in case of any 
transfer of such share or shares of such Annuities, 
or any part or parts thereof, after such assent, the 
part or parts of such Annuities so transferred shall 
be entered in the said book or books of the said 
Governor and Company separately from the said 
£.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, in respect of 
which no such assent shall be signified, and every 
such person or persons so assenting, or his, her or 
their assigns, or the executors or administrators of 
such assigns, under any such transfer, shall, from 
the 10th day of October 1844, be entitled to £.100 
of such £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities and New £.3 
per Centum Annuities, in lieu of every £.100 of their 
said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818 Capital 
Stock: Provided always, that if any person or per- 
sons holding any such £.3 10s. per Centum An- 
nuities 1818, shall not be within the limits of the 
United Kingdom at any time between the 11th and 
23d day of March 1844, both inclusive, but shall 
be in any other part of Europe, it shall be lawful 
for such person or persons to signify such assent at 
any time before the 1st day of July 1844, and if any 
such person or persons shall not at any time between 
the 11th day of March 1844 and the 1st day of July 
1844 be within any part of Europe, it shall be lawful 
for him, her or them to signify such assent at any 
time before the 1st day of February 1845, such per- 
son or persons proving to the satisfaction of the 
Governor or Deputy Governor of the Bank of Eng- 
land, his, her or their absence from the United King- 
dom, or out of Europe as above specified, and that 
his, her or their share or shares of such £.3 10s. per 
Centum Annuities 1818 stood in his, her or their 


name or names respectively, or in the name or names 


of any one or more trustee or trustees, on his, her 
or their behalf, in the books of the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, on the 23d day 
of March 1844: Provided also, that such person 

or 











7 Vicroriz. 


or persons so absent from the United Kingdom, or 
out of Europe, shall signify such his, her or their 
assent, within ten days after his, her or their return 
to the United Kingdom. 

12. Resolved, That the Interest and Dividends 
payable in respect of the said £.3 5s. per Centum 
Annuities and New £.3 per Centum Annuities shall 
be charged and chargeable upon, and shall be issued 
and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the Uni- 
ted Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the 
5th day of April and the 10th day of October in 
every year. 

13. Resolved, That every proprietor or proprietors 
of the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, 
shall receive the Dividends of the said Annuities 
due thereon on the 10th day of October 1844, and 
no longer. 

14. Resolved, That it shall be lawful for the Ac- 
countant General of the Courts of Chancery in Eng- 
land and Ireland respectively, and also for the Ac- 
countant General of the Court of Exchequer in Ire- 
land, and for the Accountant in Bankruptcy in Eng- 
land, at any time before the 8th day of July 1844, to 
signify to the Governor and Company of the Bank 
of England, on behalf of any suitor or suitors, or 
others interested in any such £.3 10s. per Centum 
Anuuities 1818, standing in the names of such Ac- 
countants General and Accountant respectively, 
their assent to accept and receive shares in the said 
£.3 5s. per Centum Annuities, and New £.3 per 
Centum Annuities, in lieu of all such £.3 10s. per 
Centum Annuities 1818, standing in their names re- 
spectively ; and the said Accountants General and 
Accountant respectively shall be fully indemnified 
against all actions, suits and proceedings for and in 
respect of any action, matter or thing done by them 


8° Martiz. 





103 


to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Allowances of the Principal Officers of the several 
Public Military Departments in Great Britain, their 
Deputies, Clerks and Contingent Expenses, from 
the 1st day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 
1845, both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen poyal Military 
thousand four hundred and eight pounds, be granted Asylum, &amp;c. 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Royal Military Asylum, and of the Hibernian Mili- 
tary School, from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 
31st day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 

4, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- volunteer 
eight thousand and seventy-seven pounds, be granted Corps. 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Volun- 
teer Corps, from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 
31st day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- gervices unpro- 
sand six hundred and forty-nine pounds, be granted vided for. 
to Her Majesty, for defraying Expenses incurred 
for unprovided Services of former years. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen Rewards for 
thousand nine hundred and fifty-three pounds, be distinguished 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge **v!°** 
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 1844 to the 31st day of 
March 1845, both days inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- pay of General 
seven thousand pounds, he granted to Her Majesty, Otlicers. 
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 1844 to the 





respectively in pursuance thereof. 

15. Resolved, That all executors, administrators, 
guardians and trustees, may signify such assent at | 
any time before the 20th day of April 1844, in re-' 
spect of such shares of any of the said £.3 10s. 
per Centum Annuities 1818, for the holding of which | 
their names shall be made use of respectively, and 
shall be indemnified for giving such assent in respect 
thereof; and all executors, administrators, guar- 
dians and trustees not signifying such assent, shall 
be deemed not to have assented as aforesaid, and 
shall be paid off accordingly. 


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. 


Redress of 
Grievances, 


Petitions from Galashiels ;— Darlington ;—Aber- 
deen (two Petitions) ;—and, Bridport; praying the 
House to refrain from voting the Supplies until the 
Grievances of the people are investigated and re- 
dressed,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


31st day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Full Pay 
two thousand three hundred pounds, be granted tu for Reduced 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Full Pay 0"°«' 
for Reduced and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Forces, from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 3ist 

ay of March 1845, both days inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four hun- Half Pay for a’. 
dred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half Pay and 
Military Allowances to Reduced and Retired Offi- 
cers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, from the 1st 
day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 1845, 
both days inclusive. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Half Pay to 
four thousand nine hundred and thirty-two pounds, Foreisn Officers. 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
for 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 
lst day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 
1845, both days inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and forty-one thousand six hundred and ten 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Pensions to be paid to the Widows 


Widows’ 


Pensions. 





Supply 5 The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty-eight thousand two hundred and 
thirty-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of General Staff Officers and 
Officers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty’s 


General Staff 
fficers, 


of Officers of the Land Forces, from the 1st day of 

April 1844 to the 31st day of March 1845, both 

days inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Compassionate 

hundred and ten thousand pounds, be granted to List. 

Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 

ances on the Compassionate List, of Allowances as 

of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and Pensions, 

Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, 

from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 31st day of 





Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting 
India), and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower 
of London, from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 
31st day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety 
thousand three hundred and eight pounds, be granted 


Public Militar y 
partments, 


Vor. 99. 








March 1845, both days inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Chelsea and 
million two hundred and fifty-two thousand seven Kilmainhem 
hundred and ninety-two pounds, be granted to Her Hosritals: &amp;e- 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and 
Kilmainham Hospitals, of the In-Pensioners of those 
Establishments, of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea 

04 Hospital, 























Superannua- 
tions. 


Ordnance Civil 
Establishments. 


Royal 
Engineers. 


Royal Regiment 
of Artillery, Xe. 


Barrack 
Masters. 


Orduance 
Works and 
Repairs. 


O-duance 
Surveys and 
Contingencies. 


Ordnance 
Stores. 


Saperannua- 
tions, 


104. 


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, and of the Military Organization of Out- 
Pensioners in the United Kingdom, from the 1st 
day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 1845, 
both days inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
eight thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances, 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 Bri- 
tain and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1844 to 
the 31st day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and twenty-seven thousand and forty-three 
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 King- 
dom, and at the Foreign Stations, for the year 
1844-45. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and eleven thousand seven hundred and 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Expense of the Corps of Royal Engineers 
and Sappers and Miners, for the year 1844-45. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and forty-three thousand five hundred and 
fifty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Regiment of 
Artillery, Royal African Artillery Gunners, Jamaica 
Royal Horse Artillery, &amp;c., the Master Gunners, the 
Field Train Department, the Medical Department 
and the Royal Military Academy, for the year 
1844-45. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
nine thousand two hundred and ninety-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Sa- 
laries to Barrack Masters, &amp;c., in the United King- 
dem and at Foreign Stations, for the year 1844-45. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and eighty-three thousand seven hundred 
and twenty-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge for Ordnance Works and 
Repairs, Storekeepers’ Expenditure, Building and 
Repair of Barracks, Barrack Masters’ Expenditure, 
and Pay of Clerks of Works, Foremen of Works, 
&amp;e., in the United Kingdom and Colonies, for the 
year 1844-45, after deducting One hundred and 
forty thousand eight hundred and ninety-four pounds 
for Credits, by Sale of Old Stores, Rents of Can- 
teens, &amp;e. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixty-six thousand seven hundred and 
ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of the Ordnance Surveys, 
Military and Civil Contingencies, and for Barrack 
Accommodation, Hire of Buildings, and Allowances 
in lieu of Quarters Abroad, transferred to the Ord- 
nance, for the year 1844-45. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and twenty-nine thousand five hundred 
and eighty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of Stores, on account of 
Ordnance and Military Store Branch Services in 
the United Kingdom and Colonies, for the year 
1844-45. 

22. Resolved, Vhat a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixty-three thousand six hundred and 
eighty, pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, on 
account of the Allowances to Superannuated and 
Half Pay Officers, Retired General Officers, Pen- 
sions for Good Services and Wounds, for Pensions 
to Widows and Children of deceased Officers late 
belonging to the several Ordnance Military Corps; 
also Allowances, Compensations and Emoluments, 


8° Marizi, 





A. 1844. 


in the nature of Superannuated or Retired Allow- 
ances to Persons late belonging to the Office of 
Ordnance and to the Barrack Department, in re- 
spect to their having held any Public Offices or 
Employments of a Civil nature; and also for the 
Charge of Widows’ Pensions, for the year 1844-45. 


and eighty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Expense of the Commis- 
sariat Supplies in the United Kingdom, for the year 
1844-45. 


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. 

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 Committec. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eight millions 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 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. 


A Petition of John Moore, Surgeon, Jacob 
Fletcher Fletcher, Esquire, Thomas Mulliner, Ac- 
countant, and Joseph Ramsden, Gentleman, Devisees 
in trust of Ellis Fletcher, late of Clifton, in the 
county of Lancaster, Esquire, deceased, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Manchester, 
Bury and Rossendale 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, “ their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Copies of the two last half-yearly Reports of In- 
spection, by Professor Moseley, on the Greenwich 
Hospital Schools. 


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


der, dated the 21st day of March in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, for an Account of the manner 
in which £.52,850, voted in 1842, for Salaries and 
Allowances of Stipendiary Justices in the Colonies, 
was expended ; stating the Name of each Justice, 
the Date of his Appointment, the Salary and Allow- 
ances he received from the Public Grant, and 
whether any are paid by the Colonies :—Also, an 


each Colony, and the Nature of those Charges. 
Table. 








Ordered, 


23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Commissarigs 
hundred and seventy-four thousand six hundred Supplies. 


Ways and 
Teans. 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


Manchester, 

Bury and 
ossendale 

Railway Bill. 


Greenwich 
Hospital 
Schoo!s. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented,—Return to an Or- stipendiary 


Justices 
(Colonies) 


Account of the Amount of Contingent Charges for 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 





Recorde 
Devizes. 


No. 


Convict! 
No. 


Poor L: 


Court | 
Queen 
ke. 


River 


Pad 


nat 


Ore 


Chi 


D.: 
“Nal 


Recorder of * 
Devizes. 


No. 89. 


Convicts 


No. 90. 


Poor Law. 


Court of 
Queen’s Bench, 
&amp;e, 


River Weaver, 


Padstow 
Harbour Bill, 


Gravesend, 
Nochester and 
Chatham 
Railway, 








7 VicToRiz. 8°—11° 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Re-' 
corder of Devizes, which was presented yesterday, | 
be printed. 


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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. | 











Lune, 11° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M’ Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy of the 
Dietary Table issued by the Poor Law Commission- 
ers for the Cirencester Union, on the 10th day of 
December 1836, and of any amended Table issued 
for the same Union from that date to the present 
time :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Methold, one of the Masters of the Court of 
Common Pleas, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented,—Further Returns to an Order, dated the 
20th day of February last, for a Return of all Mo- 
nies received on account of Fees in the years 1841, 
1842 and 1843, in the Courts of Queen’s Bench, 
Common Pleas and Exchequer, or any of the Offi- 
cers thereof; and a Return of the application or ap- 
propriation of Monies so received ; and a Return of 
all Salaries, Compensations and other Payments 
made out of such Monies, stating the Names of the 





Persons to whom paid, and the Office, or abolished 
or reduced Office, in respect of which such Pay- 
ments are made; and also, a Return of all Officers 
of such of those Courts who are paid in whole or in 
part by Fees, stating the Names of the Persons so 
paid, and the Office in respect of which they are so 
paid, and the Amount. of Fees paid to or received 
by any such Officer so paid in part or in the whole 














by Fees, in each of those years (so far as relates to 

the Prothonotary, and Masters of the Court of 

Common Pleas) :—And then he withdrew. 

. — That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


The following Return, pursuant to an Order of 
the House, having been transmitted to the Clerk, 
was laid upon the Table; vtz—An Account show- 
ing the Amount due for Principal, Debt and Interest 
on the River Weaver, on the 5th day of April 1823 
and the 5th day of April 1843 respectively; with 
an Account of the Annual Receipts and Expendi- 
ture in each year, commencing the Sth day of April 
1823 and ending the 5th day of April 1843; dis- 
tinguishing the Amount annually received for Ton- 
nage from other incidental sources of Income, and 
from Money borrowed; also, distinguishing the 
Annual Expenditure for ordinary Maintenance and 
Repairs, from the Expenditure on account of Im- 
provements, or in liquidation of Debt and Interest, 
the Purchase of Land and the Erection of Churches 
thereon, and endowing the same, or other like inci- 
dental Expenses, and from the Amount annually 
paid over for the use of the County of Chester (in 
continuation and inclusive of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 90, of Session 1838). 


The Padstow Harbour Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition 
of Thomas Cross, complaining of non-compliance 


Vou. 99. 





Martiz. 105 


with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for the Gravesend, Rochester and Chatham Railway 
Bill, was referred; That the Standing Orders had 
not been complied with, inasmuch as a piece of land 
of the extent of nearly half an acre, marked No. 40, 
on the Plan, in the parish of Morthfleet, and included 
within the limits of deviation, was not laid down on 
an enlarged Plan, though appearing to be ground 
cultivated as a garden; also, inasmuch as a piece 
ofland, marked No. 37 on the Plan, in the parish of 
Northfleet, included withir the limits of deviation, 
was not laid down upon the enlarged Plan, though 
proved to be ground cultivated as a garden; also, 
inasmuch as two pieces of ground near certain pro- 
perty, numbered 10, in the parish of Cuxton, in- 
cluded within the limits of deviation, were not laid 
down upon an enlarged Plan, though proved to be 
ground cultivated as gardens; also, inasmuch as in 
the Notice served on the owner of certain property 
in the said parish of Cuxton, described on the said 
Plan by the No. 37, the description given of the 
Section as the greatest depth of the cutting in the 
said property is four feet, whereas the Notice served 
on the occupier of the same property describes the 
greatest depth of the cutting in the same property 
as 11 feet; also, inasmuch as the Notice served on 
the owners and occupiers of certain property in the 
said parish of Cuxton, described onthe Plan by the 
No. 36, such property is not described or referred 
to as being on the line through which the Railway 
is laid down, but only as property that may be taken 
under the power to deviate ; and the greatest depth 
of the cutting through such property is not specified, 
although the line of Railway is laid down upon the 
said Plan as passing through such property, and in 
a cutting of 12 feet; also, inasmuch as the said 
Plan contains a piece of arable land near certain 
property, numbered 29 on the said Plan, in the parish 
of Saint Margaret’s, Rochester, which piece of 
ground is included in the limits of deviation as de- 
scribed on the said Plan, nevertheless, the Book of 
Reference does not contain the names of the owner 
or the occupier of the said piece of ground in refer- 
ence thereto, nor has any application been made 
to them in respect of the same; also, inasmuch as 
the said Plan contains a piece of ground cultivated 
as a garden, referred to by the No. 45 on the Plan, 
in the said parish of Saint Margaret’s, Rochester, 
which is included within the limits of deviation, 
as described on the said Plan, nevertheless, such 
piece of ground is not drawn on an additional en- 
larged Plan; also, inasmuch as the Book of Re- 
ference does not contain the names of the surveyors 
of the highways in respect of a certain parish road 
called Delce-lane, included within the limits of de- 
viation, described on the Plan and referred to by 
the No. 142 on the said Plan, in the parish of 
Saint Margaret’s, Rochester, in reference thereto ; 
also, inasmuch as the No. 18, which appears on 
the Plan as an arable field, and No. 15, which ap- 
pears as the River Medway, have been mutually 
transferred in the Book of Reference ; also, inasmuch 
as in fifteen instances no Notices have been served 
on the land-owners and occupiers, showing the 
heights of the embankments and depths of the cut- 
tings as corresponding with the black line showing 
the surface of the ground in the Section; but that 
Notices have been served upon, such owners and 
occupiers, corresponding with a certain red line 
shown in the Section, and there called “ an alterna- 




















| to adopt ; also, inasmuch as there is no datum line 


tive Section,” which Section, the Promoters of the 
Bill informed the Committee it was their intention 


'on that portion of the Section of the Railway laid 
down between the junction of the Railway leading 
to Chatham and the Railway leading from thence 
to Rochester or Troy Town, mentioned on the Plan, 
being of the distance of 330 yards. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
i P Mr. 






































































ee 


rt te OO OES 





Glamorganshire 





106 


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

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the limits of the Acts for regulating the 
conversion of the Statute Labour within the Barony 
of Gorbals, in the city of Glasgow, and county of 
Lanark, and to alter and amend the said Acts: And 
that Mr. Lockhart 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 Swansea Improvement Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. _ 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for paving, lighting, cleansing, watering, regulating 
and otherwise improving the town and borough of 
Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, and for re- 
moving and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances 
therein: And that Mr. John Henry Vivian and Mr. 
Talbot do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


way and Tyne the Petition forthe Newcastle and Darlington Junc- 


tion Railway and Tyne Bridge Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for authorizing the Sale of the Durham Junction 
Railway to the Mewcastle and Darlington Junction 
Railway Company, and for enabling the said Com- 
pany to make a Station at Gateshead, with a Bridge 
and Approaches, to connect the said last-mentioned 
Railway with the town of Mewcastle-upon- Tyne, and 
for other purposes: And that Mr. Hodgson Hinde, 
Mr. Bowes and Mr. Liddell 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 Pontop and South Shields Rail- 
way Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Pontop and South Shields Railway 
Company to widen a part of their Railway, and to 
make a Branch therefrom, and for other purposes : 
And that Mr. Hutt and Mr. Hodgson Hinde do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; Tnat in the case of 
the Petition for the Hythe Landing-place Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, in- 
asmuch as no Book of Reference was deposited with 
the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Southamp- 
ton on or before the 30th November last; but that 
on the 6th of December a Book of Reference, with 
a new Plan, containing numbers referring thereto, 
was deposited with the said Clerk of the Peace. 

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, to whom the Peti- 
tion of the Marquis of Bute, complaining of non- 


compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of | 


the Petition for the Glamorganshire Canal Bill, was 
referred ; That the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as it appeared that the 
—— works extend over a piece of land between 
1igh and low water-mark adjoining a certain pro- 
posed lock described in the Plan, of which piece of 
land it appeared to the Committee that the Marquis 
of Bute is the owner or reputed owner; and it ap- 

eared that no Notice had been served on the said 
Mone, nor is the name of the said Marquis in- 


11° Marita. 











A. 1844. 


cluded in the Book of Reference; also, inasmuch 


as the Plan does not exhibit the height of the em- 
bankment and depths of the cuttings of the works 
proposed for widening or improving the said navi- 
gation ; also, inasmuch as the Sections deposited 
with the said Plans do not show the surface of the 
ground in the line of the works marked on the said 
Plans. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Swansea 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of Harbour, 
the Petition for the Swansea Harbour Bill, the 
Standing Orders relative to Bills of the third 
class, had not been complied with, inasmuch as no 
notices had been given in the London Gazette or in 
any newspaper published in the county to which the 
proposed measure relates. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Gravesend 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition Railway. 
of Herbert Sturmy, of Wellington-street, in the bo- 
rough of Southwark, complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for the Gravesend Railway Bill, was referred ; That 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, in- 
asmuch as the Notices in the London Gazette and 
county newspapers, the Plans and Sections deposited 
in the Private Bill Office and with the Parish Clerks, 
and the applications to land-owners and occupiers, 
had relation to a Railway to be constructed from 
the Town of Gravesend to the Towns of Chatham and 
Rochester, being nine miles in length; whereas the 
Petition for the Bill relates to a Railway entirely 
within the parish of Milton-next-Gravesend, and 
only half a mile in length, though for that distance 
in the same line. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Darby presented a Bill for making a Railway Brighton, 
from the London and Brighton Railway to Lewes a - a 
and Hastings, with a Branch therefrom, all in the way Bill : 
County of Sussex: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions of Samuel Elias Sawbridge, of Olan- South-Easten, 
teigh, in the parish of Wye, in the county of Kent, Came 


: ° ° R te and 
Esquire ;—and, Edward Knight, Esquire, of God- Margate Rai 


| mersham Park, in the parish of Godmersham, in the way Bill. 
|county of Kent; praying that the South Eastern, 
Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Railway Bill 


may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Canterbury ;—Ramsgate ;— Mar- 
gate ;—and, Broadstairs; praying that the said Bill 
may pass into a law,—were also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Midland Railways Consolidation Bill was Midland Rail- 
read a second time ; and committed. ways Consoli- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- °%" Bi 

mittee of Selection. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Sonth-Rastem, 
posed, That the South Eastern, Canterbury, Rams- Canterbury, 


: : Ramsgate an 
gate and Margate Railway Bill, be now read a second Margate Rail- 


time ; way Bill. 

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 week.” 

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 Bill be now read a second 
time :— 


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Great ¥ 
Railay 


Rochds 
Improv 
Bill. 


Liverp 
Docks 


Rail 


Classi 


Bill. 


East 
ties | 
Bill. 


Stre 


en 


Jun 
way 


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Rail 


ern, 
Py 


ail- 


aile 
gli- 


ern, 


and 
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Great Western 

Railway Bill. jn the county of Southampton, praying that the 
Great Western Railway Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Committee on the Bill, 


7 VicToRizZ. 


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 Tradesmen of the town of Petersfield, 


11° Martiz. 


107 


The Order made upon Friday last, That Mr. European 


Bramston, Sir Hesketh Fleetwood and Mr. Phillpotts Life Insurance 


and Annuity 


do prepare, and bring in the European Life In- Company Bill. 
surance and Annuity Company Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bramston and Mr. Phillpotts 


do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


Mr. Divett presented a Bill for making and main- siemouth and 


taining a Turnpike-road from Sidmouth to Collump- Collumpron 
ton, and also to or near to Hele Mill, in the Parish ®*4 Bil. 


Rochdale The Rochdale Improvement Bill was read a second | of Bradninch, all in the County of Devon: And the 
Improvement’ time; and committed. same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
= Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| read a second time. 
mittee of Selection. 
Petitions of Bankers, Merchants, Ship-owners Norwich and 
Liverpool The Liverpool Docks Bill was read a second time; | and Inhabitants of the borough of Great Yarmouth, Brandon Rail- 
Decks Bill. and committed. in the county of Norfolk ;—and, Fishing Merchants, “*Y 8" 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-} Owners of fishing vessels and Persons engaged in 
mittee of Selection. the herring and mackarel fisheries of Great Yar- 
mouth ; praying that the Norwich and Brandon 
Railway Bills © A Motion was made, and the Question was pro-| Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
Classification. posed, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of the| and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
lect Committee on Railway Bills Classification, 
and of the Evidence taken before them, be laid} The Durham County Coal Company Bill was read Durham County 
before this House :—And the said Motion was, with | a second time; and committed. Ny Cungeny 
leave of the House, withdrawn. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ° 
mittee of Selection. 
Leeds NewGas ‘The Leeds New Gas Bill was read a second time; 
™ and committed. Mr. Stuart Wortley presented a Bill for repairing, Holmfirth 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| maintaining and improving the Road from Fling- and — 
mittee of Selection. lane to Holmfirth, and thence to the Huddersfield ®*** ¥"'- 
and Woodhead Turnpike-road, and for making and 
Eastern Coune The Eastern Counties Railway Bill was read a| maintaining a new Line of Road from the said Road , 


rated second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Stretford (East- A Petition of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
em Céunties) property through which the Railway hereinafter 


Junction Raile mentioned is intended to be carried, and Inhabitants 
way Bill, of the parish of West Ham, in the county of Essez, 
and others, Parties whose properties are affected 
thereby, praying that the Stratford (Eastern Coun- 
ties) and Thames Junction Railway Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Leeds and 
Bradford Rail- 
way Bill, 


A Petition of John Garnett Horsfall, of Bolton 
Royd, Bradford, in the county of York, Esquire, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel 
or agent, against certain parts of the Leeds and 
Bradford 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. 
een ee The London Gas Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Colchester and 
Harwich Rail- 
way (No. 2. 
Bi ) 


Major Beresford presented a Bill for making a 
Railway, in continuation of the Eastern Counties 
Railway, from Colchester to the Port of Harwich: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


arwich Rails ‘The Harwich Railway and Pier Bill was read a 
Bill ‘*F second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


North British 
Railway Bill, 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and 
others, Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Dundee, 


praying that the North British Railway Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 
Vat. 99. 


at a Place called Bents, to or near Dunford Bridge, 
all in the West Riding cf the County of York: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill was read a Kingston-upon- 
second time ; and committed. Hull Docks Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Greene, by Order, presented a Bill for pav- Southampton 
ing, lighting, cleansing me otherwise improving the Improvement 
Town of Southampton, and for removing and pre-”* 
venting Nuisances and Annoyances therein: And 

the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


Mr. Greene, by Order, presented a Bill for im- gouthampton 
proving the Marsh and other Common Lands, and Marsh lmprove- 
extending Rights of Common and of Recreation ™™* ®'- 
within the Town and County of the Town of South- 

ampton: And the same was read the first time ; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Rochester Gravesend 
and town of Chatham, in the county of Kent, taking ®ailway. 
notice of the application for leave to bring in the 
Gravesend Railway Bill; and praying that such Bill 

may not pass into law, was presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rochester and Chatham i--and, Qemcoent, . 
Gravesend and Milton ; taking notice of the appli- Q7e ene 
cation for leave to bring in the Gravesend, Roches- = — 
ter and Chatham Railway Bill; and praying that 
such Bill may pass into law,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. John Abel Smith presented a Bill for making Brighton and 
a Railway from the Shoreham Branch of the London Chichester 
and Brighton Railway to Chichester: And the same *"'™*Y °" 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of Noblemen, Commissioners of Sup- Corn Laws. 
ply, Owners, Tenants and other Occupiers of land, 








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Military 
Establishments. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Union with 
Ireland. 


Factories Bill. 


Capital 
Punishment. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


108 


of the county of Elgin and Forres, praying the 
House to continue the protection yet left to agricul- 
ture by a graduated scale of duties on Foreign Corn, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Alton ;— Bridport ;— Oswestry ; 
— Cockermouth ;— Neath ; — Kingsbridge ;—Ban- 
bury ; — Belfast ; — Woodbridge ; — Liskeard ; -- 
Fakenham ; — Secretary of the Wem Peace So- 
ciety ; — Dorking ; — Secretary of the Hitchin 
Auxiliary Peace Society ;—Chairman of the Bir- 
mingham Peace Association ; — Bolton ; — Wor- 
cester ; — Kingston-on-Thames ; — Charlbury ; — 
Street ;—Secretary of the Maidstone Peace Society ; 
— Ramsgate ; -- Reading ;-- Dunfermline (Chaur- 
man of a Meeting);— Ware ;—Chairman of the Glou- 
cester Peace Society ;— Rochester (two Petitions) ;— 
Secretary of the Wellingboro’ Auxiliary Peace So- 
ciety ;— Ipswich ; — Lanark and New Lanark ;— 
Saint Austell ;--Exeter ;--Leeds ;--Enfield ;—Se- 
cretary of the Sheffield Auxiliary Peace Society ;— 
Doncaster ;— Colchester (two Petitions) ;— Spald- 
ing ;— Chairman and Secretaries of the London 
Peace Society ;—Staines ;—and, Ayton and Stokes- 
ley ; praying that no increase whatever may be made 
in the Military Establishments of the Empire, and 
that the House will remove the temptations to war 
which such Establishments present,— were pre- 


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


Petitions of Clergymen of the diocese of Kildare ; 
—and, Rural Dean of Trigg Major; praying for 
the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and7 Will. 4, 
c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor, — were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Laracor and Gallow ;—Killenard ; 
— Kilmarnock ;—Ballycroy ;--Blarney ;— Portlaw ; 
—Ballymachugh and Drummlumman ;—Athlone ; 
— Mybologue ;— Ballyclough and Kilbrin;-—Maghe- 
racoolmony ; — Balleek ;-- Donfeeny ; — Carrigar- 
ran ; —— Kilmeena ; — Denne ; — Innismacsaint ; — 
Thomastown ; — Phibsboro’ ;-— Dromore and Gar- 
vaghy ;—Monasterevan ;— Rossinver ; — Gurtnahoe 
and New Birmingham ;—Ballinderry ;—Augnith ; 
—Kilmurrys Huchane ;— Grangegeith and Monk- 
newton ; -— Clonacool; — Errigal Truagh ; — Ath- 
league ; — Granard ;—Ardstraw West ;—Kilfinane 
and 4rdpatrick ;—Cooley ;—Ardcath, Clonolvy and 
Piercetown ;—Arhkiow ;—Saint Mary’s, (Meath) ;— 
and Lavey; praying for the repeal of the legislative 
union between Great Britain and Ireland,—were 


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





Petitions from Esholt (two Petitions) ;—Batley 
Carr (two Petitions); — Batley (five Petitions) ; 
— Farsley ;— Bramley and Stanningley ; — Dews- 
bury ;—Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church 
of Manchester ;— Huddersfield ;—and, Congleton ; 
praying that the Factories Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lic upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Roch- 
dale; praying the House that there may speedily 
be made such an alteration in the judicial or penal 
statutes of the realm, relative to the taking away of 
human life, that this office may be taken from the 
hands of the sheriff, and added to the other duties 
of the ministers of the church, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Mary, Islington ;—Canter- 
bury ;—and, Bishop’s Stortford; praying that the 
Poor Law Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, 


11° Martz. 





A. 1844, 


as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Darlington, in the Wool. 
county of Durham, engaged or interested in the 
manufacture of beng ar. for reduction of the 
duties upon Foreign Wool imported, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Merchants, Manufacturers, Trades- Railways, 
men, Common Carriers, and others, interested in the 
conveyance of goods by Railway ;—and, Merchants, 
Manufacturers and others resident in Ozford (two 
Petitions); praying the House to secure to them 
and the public the same benefit of a free competi- 
tion in the inland carriage of goods as they enjoyed 
previously to the formation of Railways,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Railways. 


A Petition of Land-owners residing in the town- Commous 
ship of Crosby Garrett, in the county of Westmore- Inclosure. 
land, entitled to rights of common within the said 
township, in respect of their several estates, praying 
the House to direct their attention in the present 
Session of Parliament to some measure having for 
its object the facilitating the inclosure of common- 
able and of common and waste lands, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Fifty-seven Petitions of Consumers of Tobacco Tobacco, 
and Snuff, in the borough of Finsbury, praying for a 
reduction of the duty on Tobacco,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Universities 
Council of Greenock, praying for the repeal of the (Scetland.) 
statutes imposing religious tests upon professors as 
a qualification for their holding offices in the Uni- 
versities and public schools of Scotland, excepting 
in so far as they require professors of divinity con- 
nected with the Established Church to subscribe the 
same, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- State of 
habitants of the borough of Birmingham, praying '¢!"¢- 
the House to adopt such measures as shall effectually 
remove the grievances of the people of Ireland, and 
destroy class legislation, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of a 
England Lay Association, praying for the immediate ~ &gt;?" 
formation of a new and independent Bishopric for 
the town of Manchester, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of South Shields, pray- Redress of 
ing the House to refrain from voting the Supplies &amp;"°"™"* 
until the Grievances of the people are investigated 
and redressed, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Whitechurch, in the State Trial 
county of Cork, complaining of the recent proceed- (te!) 
ings on the late State Trial in Ireland, in regard to 
the rejection and omission of names from the Special 
Jury Panel; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for preventing the recurrence thereof, was 


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


A Petition of the Mayor of Bury Saint Edmunds, Eastern Coune 


praying that the Eastern Counties Railway Bill may {* untied 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 

and read; and referred to the Committee on the 

Bill. 


Ordered, 








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Stipendiary 
Magistrates 
(Ireland. ) 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 


(Ireland. ) 


7 VicToriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Stipendiary Magistrates serving in 
Ireland on the 1st day of April 1839, specifying 
the Station at which they were severally serving, 
and the Dates of their respective Appointments as 
Stipendiary Magistrates: —Showing the Dates of 
all Warrants for the Appointment of Stipendiary 
Magistrates, from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 
15th day of September 1841, specifying the Names 
of the several Magistrates, the Stations to which 
they were severally appointed by such Warrants, 
and the Cause assigned in each Warrant respectively 
for the Appointment :—Of the Number of Stipendiary 
Magistrates serving in Ireland on the Ist day of 
April 1839, and of the Increase and Decrease there- 
in, between the 1st day of April 1839 and the 15th 
day of September 1841; showing the Date of such 
Increase or Decrease respectively, the Name of the 
Magistrate, the Cause of Decrease, and the Station 
at which a Vacancy was created thereby :—Showing 
the Number of Stipendiary Magistrates appointed 
in Jreland between the 1st day of April 1839 and 
the 15th day of September 1841, the Dates of their 
respective Appointments, and how disposed of re- 
spectively :—Showing the Number of New Stipen- 
diary Magistrates’ Stations created in Ireland be- 
tween the Ist day of April 1839 and the 15th day 
of September 1841, with Dates of Creation, Names 
of Stipendiary Magistrates stationed there, and in 
what manner Magistrates were provided for those 
several Stations: —Showing the Number of Va- 
cancies, by Death or Retirement, amongst the Sti- 
pendiary Magistrates in Jreland, from the 1st day 
of April 1839 to the 15th day of September 1841, 
showing the Date of Vacation, Station vacated, and 
in what manner filled up :—Showing the Number 
and Names of the Stipendiary Magistrates’ Stations 
abandoned, between the 1st day of April 1839 and 
the 15th day of September 1841; also showing 
Date of Abandonment, and how the Stipendiary 
Magistrate previously stationed there was disposed 
of:—Showing the Dates of the Appointment of 
Stipendiary Magistrates, from the 15th day of Sep- 
tember 1841 to the Ist day of March 1844, both 
inclusive ; specifying the Names of the several Ma- 
gistrates, the Stations to which they were severally 
appointed by each Warrant, and the Cause assigned 
in each Warrant respectively for the Appointment : 
—And, of the Number of Stipendiary Magistrates 
in Ireland who were effective on the 1st and 15th 
day of each month, from the 1st day of April 1839 
to the Ist day of March 1844, inclusive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Expense of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners (Ireland), under the following Heads, in 
each of the last Six years :—1. Of the Salary, Fees 
and Emoluments of every kind paid to each Com- 
missioner, Secretary, Treasurer or other Person em- 
ployed in the Office in Dublin, and the Name of 
every Person receiving the same :—2. Of the Salary, 
Fees and Emoluments of the Solicitors, or any 
Clerks employed on that Duty, with the Name of 
every Person receiving the same, and the Disburse- 
ments and Expenses incurred on that account :— 
3. Of the Salary, Fees, Travelling Expenses and 
Emoluments paid to each Architect or Person em- 
ployed for that purpose, as well for Churches as for 
Glebe Houses, and the Name of every Person re- 
ceiving the same, with the Amount of Per-centage 
(if any) allowed to each :—4. Of the Salary, Fees 
and Emoluments paid to each Agent, with the Name 
of each Person receiving the same, and the Per- 
centage allowed him on receiving Rent or Rent- 
charge ; with Totals of each Class in each year, 
and Total of the entire in each year:—And, of the 
Amount received from the passing of the Act 
3 and 4 Will. 4,c. 37, on account of the Perpetuity 
Purchase Fund ; distinguishing the Interest on the 
Sum invested, and stating the manner in which the 
Vou. 99. 





11° Marti. 





109 


Receipts have been disposed of, and the Balance 
now in hand. 


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 6th day of January 
1843 to the 5th day of January 1844, both Dates 
inclusive ; stating the Denomination, Sort or Kind 
of all such Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened 
Compounded Spirits so imported, and the Amount 
per Gallon of Duty charged and paid upon all the 
above-mentioned Articles so imported :— Of all 
Seizures that have been made by the Excise and 
Customs of any 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 January 1844, 
and where bonded. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Parochial and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Borough Rates, 
to give directions that there be laid before this ~~ 


House, Returns, by the Overseers of the Poor, 
acting for Parishes or Portions of Parishes, or other 
Places, within the several Parliamentary Boroughs 
in England and Wales, of the Total Amount of 
Rates levied by them respectively, on such respective 
Boroughs or Portions of Boroughs within their re- 
spective Collections, in the year ending the 31st day 
of December 1843, and the Sum in the Pound, on 
Annual Value, to which the Total Sum so levied by 
them respectively, within such year, amounted, in 
respect of the Premises on which such Rates were 

















levied, specifying the purposes, in addition to the 
Support of the Poor, for which such Rates were 
levied, and the Acts of Parliament authorizing the 
same :—And, from the several Boroughs in England 
and Wales, returning a Member or Members to serve 
in Parliament, of the respective Sums assessed for 
Borough Rates on such Boroughs respectively, for 
the year ending at the period to which the Accounts 
of such Boroughs Have been last audited ; and also 
of the Sums paid by such Boroughs respectively, 
in the year ending at the same period, on each of 
the following Accounts ; viz. Expense of Gaol and 
Maintenance of Prisoners; Administration of Justice 
and Prosecution of Prisoners; County Expenses ; 
Coroner; County Rates. 

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 


within the respective Parliamentary Boroughs in 
Ireland ; specifying under what Act or Acts, or by 
what Authority the same are respectively levied ; 
and the Amount of each of such Taxes assessed 
in each of the last Three years; and the Sum in 
the Pound on the Annual Value of the Premises 
charged therewith, to which the Total Sum so as- 
sessed for each of such Rates amounted, on an 
Average of such Three last years; and stating which 
of such Rates are required to be paid in reference 











P3 to 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, RatesandTaxes, 
Returns of the several Rates and Taxes chargeable (Ireland.) 





Poor Law. 


Charitable 
Bequests 
Cireland.) 


Commissariat, 


Commissariat, 


Commissariat. 





i10 11° Martiz. 


to Parliamentary Franchise :—From the Treasurers 
of the respective Counties in Jreland in which the 
respective Parliamentary Boroughs, not being Coun- 
ties of themselves, are situated, of the Amount of 


Grand Jury Cess charged upon each of such Bo-| Co 


roughs, so far as the same can be ascertained, as its 
eee of Grand Jury Cess, in each of the last 

hree years; specifying the manner in which the 
Sum so charged was made up, and upon what Va- 
luation the same was applotted on the Borough, and 
whether, in ascertaining the proportion of Grand 
Jury Cess to be charged on each of such Boroughs, 
and in applotting the Amount to be raised upon them 
respectively, the Value of Houses and other Build- 
ings within such Boroughs respectively were taken 
into account, or whether such Valuation and Ap- 
plotment respectively were confined to Land:—And, 
from the several Municipal Boroughs in Ireland, of 
the respective Sums assessed on them respectively 
for Borough Rates since the Acts 3 and 4 Vice. 
c. 108 and 109, came into operation in them re- 
spectively ; specifying the Amount of each Rate, 
and the time at which it was assessed, and the Sum 
in the Pound on the Annual Value of the Premises 
charged therewith. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of such Letter or Letters as may have been 
addressed to the Wells Board of Guardians by any 
of the Four Clergymen who memorialised the Poor 
Law Commissioners, in June last, explanatory of 
their object in requiring the removal of Mr. G. New- 
man, from the Situation of Medical Officer of the 
Glastonbury District. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return from the Commissioners of Charitable 
Bequests in Dublin, of all Charitable Bequests 
during each year, from the commencement of the 
year 1830; setting forth the Name of each Testator 
or Testatrix, the Date of the Probate or Letters of 
Administration, the Court in which such may have 
been proved ; the full Particulars of the prescribed 
Charitable Intentions of the deceased, and the pre- 
cise Sums of Money or other Property bequeathed 
to give effect to such Intentions; the Names and 
Description of the Persons appointed Trustees to 
the Charities, and the Names and Description and 
Residence of the Persons to whom Probate or Ad- 
ministration may have been granted. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Receipt and Expenditure for 
Commissariat Services in the year ended on the 
31st day of March 1843. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Account. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of any Treasury Minutes and other Of- 
ficial Documents, on the subject of the Transfer of 
the Cost of providing Provisions, Forage, Fuel and 
Light from the War Office to the Commissariat 
Estimates. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Return. 


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


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Estimate of Sums required for the Pay, 
Allowances and Contingent Expenses of the Com- 
missariat Department at Home and Abroad, for Pro- 
visions, Forage, Fuel and Light issued to the Army, 
Ordnance and Commissariat at Her Majesty’s Fo- 
reign Garrisons and Possessions ; and for Land and 
Inland Water Transport and Freight of Specie, for 
the year ending 31st March 1845; witha Statement 








A. 1844. 


of the Amount required for similar Services, for the 
year ended the 31st March 1844, 

Estimate of Sums required for the Half Pay of 
Commissariat Officers, and for Retired Full Pay, 

mpensation and Superannuation Allowances ; 
also for Pensions of Widows of Commissariat 
Officers, and Compassionate Allowances to their 
Children, for one year, from the 1st April 1844 to 
the 31st March 1845. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Valuation 
a Return of the Number of Acres the Valuation of (Ireland.) 


which has been completed, and the Cost of Valua- 
tion :—2. Of the Number of Acres the Valuation 
of which has not been commenced, and the esti- 
mated Cost of Valuation:—3. Of the Number of 
Acres the Valuation of which is in progress, sepa- 
rated into Two Classes :—I1st. Where One-fourth 
and upwards of the estimated Cost of Valuation 
has been already incurred :— 2d. Where less than 
One-fourth of the estimated Cost has as yet been 
expended on the Valuation: — And, stating the 
Number of Acres, actual Expense incurred, and 
the estimated ultimate Cost of the Valuation of 
each Class. 


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


of the several States of Europe and America ; toge- 
ther with the Commercial Treaties between England 
and Foreign Countries.—Part the XII[Ith.—Spain. 

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


Ordered, That the Gaming Transactions (Wit- Gaming 


Transactions 
( 


nesses’ Indemnity) Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


demnity) Bill. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum, British 
being offered to be presented ; Museum. 


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 only funds belonging to the 
Petitioners for the support of the British Museum 
consist of 30,0007. 3 per cent. Reduced Bank An- 
nuities, the Annual Dividend whereof amounts to 
900/.; of a bequest of the late Earl of Bridgewater, 
the annual proceeds of which amount to about 4151. ; 
and also of a bequest of the late Lord Farnborough, 
the annual proceeds of which amount to 861. 3s. 4d; 
that the Establishment is necessarily attended 
with an expense far beyond the annual produce of 
the above-mentioned sums, and the Trust cannot, 
with benefit to the public, be carried on without the 
aid of Parliament ; and praying the House to grant 
them such further support towards enabling them 
to carry on the execution of the trust reposed in 
them by Parliament for the general benefit of learn- 
ing and useful knowledge, as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Britise 
an Account of the Income and Expenditure of the Msse4™ 


British Museum for the year 1843; of the estimated 
Charges and Expenses for the year ending 25th 
March 1845, and of the Sum necessary to discharge 
the same ; and also, an Account of the Number of 
Persons admitted to visit the Museum from Christ- 
mas 1837 to Christmas 1843; together with a 
Statement of the Progress made in the Arrangement 
of the Collections ; and an Account of Objects 
added to them in the year 1843. 
r. 


b&gt; re 


I. 


Three-and-a- 
HalfperCentam 
Annuities. 


Three-and-a- 
Half perCentum 
Annuities. 


7 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider the Acts relating to Three 
Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum Annuities 1818, 
Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum Reduced 
Annuities, New Three Pounds Ten Shillings per 
Centum Annuities, Three Pounds Ten Shillings per 
Centum Old Stock and Government Debentures 
(Ireland), Irish Three Pounds Ten Shillings per 
Centum Reduced Annuities, and New Three Pounds 
Ten Shillings per Centum Annuities and Govern- 
ment Debentures ; several Resolutions, which were 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That all and every person and per- 
sons, bodies politic and corporate, who now is or are 
or hereafter may be interested in or entitled unto any 
part of the National Debt, redeemable by law, which 
now catries an interest after the rate of £.3 10s. per 
centum per annum, and known in freland by the 
several names of £.3 10s. per Centum Old Stock 
and Government Debentures, Irish £.3 10s. per 
Centum Reduced Annuities, and New £.3 10s. per 
Centum Annuities and Government Debentures, 
and known in Great Britain by the several names 
of £.3 10s. per Centum Reduced Annuities, and 
New £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, the Dividends 
of which are paid either at the Bank of England or 
at the Bank of Ireland respectively, and who shall 
not signify his, her or their dissent in the manner 
hereinafter mentioned, shall for every £.100 of such 
£.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, or Government De- 
bentures, receive for every £.100 of such £.3 10s. 
per Centum Annuities or Government Debentures, 
£.100, in a New Stock, to be called “ £.3 5s. per 
Centum Annuities,” which said Annuities shall con- 
tinue to be paid at the rate of £.3 5s. per centum 
per annum until the 10th day of October 1854; and 
from and after that date the said Annuities shall 
carry Interest at the rate of £.3 per centum per an- 
2um, which said last-mentioned Annuities shall not 
be subject to reduction until from and after the 10th 
day of October 1874; and the Dividends or Interest 
of the said “ £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities,” and 
““ New £.3 per Centum Annuities,” shall be paid 
and payable at the Bank of England, or at the 
Bank of Jreland, on the 5th day of April and the 
10th day of October in each and every year; the 
first half-yearly dividend on the said “ £.3 5s. per 
Centum Annuities” shall be payable on the 5th day 
of April 1845 ; and that the said “£, 3 5s. per Cen- 
tum Annuities,” and the “ New £.3 per Centum 
Annuities” respectively, shall be free from all taxes, 
charges and impositions, in the like manner as the 
said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities. 

2. Resolved, That the Interest and Dividends 
payable in respect of the said “ £.3 5s. per Centum 
Annuities,” and “ New £.3 per Centum Annuities,” 
shall be charged and chargeable upon the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland. 

3. Resolved, That all and every person and per- 
sons, bodies politic or corporate, who shall not, 
within the period commencing on Monday the 11th 
day of March 1844, and ending on Saturday the 
23d day of March 1844, both days inclusive, signify 
his, her or their dissent from accepting and receiving 
a share in the said “ £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities,” 
and “ New £.3 per Centum Annuities,” in lieu of 
his, her or their respective shares in the before-men- 
tioned £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities or Govern- 
ment Debentures, in the manner hereinafter directed, 
shall be deemed and taken to have ‘consented to 
accept and receive the same: Provided always, 
That if any proprietor or proprietors of the said 
£.3 10s. per Centum Annuities shall not be within 
the limits of the United Kingdom at any time be- 
tween Monday the 11th day of March 1844 and 
Saturday the 23d day of March 1844, both days 
inclusive, but shall be in any other part of Europe, 
it shall be lawful for such proprietor or proprietors 


to signify such dissent at any time before the 2d 
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111 


day of June 1844; and if any such proprietor or 
proprietors shall not, at any time, between the 11th 
day of March 1844 and the 2d day of June 1844, 
be within any part of Europe, it shall be lawful for 
him, her or them to signify such dissent at any time 
before the 1st day of February 1845, such proprietor 
or proprietors proving to the satisfaction of the Go- 
vernor or Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, 
or to the Governor or Deputy Governor of the Bank 
of Ireland, according to the Bank in which his An- 
nuities of £.3 10s. per Centum may be placed, and 
the Dividends and Interest payable, his, her or their 
absence from the United Kingdom, or out of Europe, 
as above specified, and that his, her or their share or 
shares of such £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities stood 
in his, her or their name or names respectively on 
the 23d day of March 1844, in the books of the 
Governor and Company of the Bank to which he 
shall signify his dissent: Provided, that such pro- 
prietor or proprietors, so absent from the United 
Kingdom or out of Europe, shall signify such his, 
her or their dissent within ten days after his, her or 
their return to the United Kingdom. 

4. Resolved, That provision shall be made for 
paying off such proprietor or proprietors of any of 
the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities before 
mentioned as shall signify his, her or their dissent 
from accepting and receiving any share in the said 
“£.3 5s. per Centum Annuities,” and “ New £.3 
per Centum Annuities,” in lieu thereof. 

5. Resolved, That all persons, bodies politic and 
corporate, possessed of any part of the before-men- 
tioned £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, and who 
shall desire to signify such dissent as aforesaid, 
shall, between the 11th day of March 1844, and the 
23d day of March 1844, both inclusive, by them- 
selves, or some agent or agents for that purpose 
duly authorized, signify to the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England, or to the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of Jreland respectively, 
in which their Capital Stock of £.3 10s. per Centum 
Annuities may be placed, such dissent in writing, 
under his, her or their hand or hands, together with 
the amount of his, her or their respective shares in 
the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, and which 
said dissent shall be entered in a book or books, to 
be opened and kept by the said Governor and Com 
pany of each of the said Banks for that purpose, 
and numbered in the order in which his, her or their 
dissent shall be received by the said Governor and 
Company of either of the said Banks; and in case 
of any transfer of such shares, or any part or parts 
thereof, after such dissent, the part or parts so trans- 
ferred shall be entered in the said books under the 
same numbers as were fixed to such shares when 
the dissent was so signified ; and every such dissen- 
tient proprietor or proprietors, or his, her or their 
assigns, under such transfer, shall be paid off in 
such order and at such periods and in such manner 
as Parliament may direct. 

6. Resolved, That every proprietor or proprietors 
of the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, the Di- 
vidends and Interest on which are payable the 5th 
day of April and the 10th day of October, shall re- 
ceive the Dividend due thereupon for the half year 
up to the 10th day of October 1844, and no longer ; 
and every proprietor or proprietors of the said 
£.3 10s. per Centum Annuities, the Dividends and 
Interest on which are payable on the 5th day of 
January and the 5th day of July, shall receive the 
Dividend due thereupon for the half year up to the 
5th day of July 1844, and shall also receive one 
quarter’s dividend thereon up to the 10th day of 
October 1844, and no longer; and the several be- 
fore-mentioned £.3. 10s. per Centum Annuities shall 
be paid off or converted into £.3 5s. per Centum 
Annuities, and New £.3 per Centum Annuities in 
manner aforesaid, from and after the 10th day of 
October 1844; and no transfer of any of the before- 
mentioned £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities to or 

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 iiaeeecediaan a diecante oth tn sees a ieee 


Three-and-a- 
HalfperCentum 
Annuities 1818. 


112 11° Martiz. 


from the books of the Governor and Company of | 
the Bank of England, or to or from the books of the 

Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, | 
shall take place from and after the 6th day of March | 
1844. 

7. Resolved, That all executors, administrators, 
guardians and trustees may signify such dissent in | 
respect of such shares of any of the said £.3 10s. | 
per Centum Annuities, for the holding of which | 
their names are made use of respectively; and all 
executors, administrators, guardians and trustees, 
not signifying such dissent, shall be deemed to have 
assented as aforesaid, and shall be indemnified in 
respect thereof. 

8. Resolved, That all and every person and per- 
sons, bodies politic and corporate, who now is or are 
or hereafter may be interested in or entitled unto any 
part of the National Debt redeemable by Law, which 
now carries an Interest after the rate of £.3 10s. 
per centum per annum, and is usually known by the 
name of “ £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818,” 
the Dividends of which are payable at the Bank of 
England on the 5th day of April and 10th day of 
October in each year, and who shall not signify his, 
her or their assent to accept £.3 5s. per Centum 
Annuities, and New £.3 per Centum Annuities, upon 
the terms and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, 
shall on the 10th day of October 1844 receive the 
sum of £.100 for every £.100 of such £.3 10s. per 
Centum Annuities 1818, which may be then stand- 
ing in his, her or their name or names, and the said 
amount of capital of such Annuities shall from the | 





said 10th day of October 1844, be considered as | fi 


cancelled and paid off, and no Interest shall from 
thenceforth accrue, or become payable thereon. 

9. Resolved, That provision shall be made by this 
House for paying off such proprietor or proprietors 
of the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, 
as shall not signify his, her or their assent to accept 
and receive a share in £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities 
and New £.3 per Centum Annuities in lieu thereof. 

10. Resolved, That all and every person or per- 
sons, bodies politic or corporate, who shall hold or | 
be possessed of any such £.3 10s. per Centum An-| 
nuities 1818, and who shall, on or before Saturday | 
the 20th day of April 1844, signify in the manner | 
hereafter directed his, her or their assent to accept 
and receive £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities, in lieu 
of his, her or their respective share or shares in the 
said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, shall, for 
every £.100 of such £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 
1818, receive £.100 in a New Stock to be called 
“ £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities,” which said An- 
nuities shall continue to be paid at the rate of 
£.3 5s. per centum per annum, until the 10th day of 
October 1854, and from and after that date the said 
Annuities shall carry Interest at the rate of £.3 per 
centum per annum, and shall be called “ New £.3 
per Centum Annuities,” which said last-mentioned 
Annuities shall not be subject to reduction until 
from and after the 10th day of October 1874 ; and | 
the said £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities, and the New 
£.3 per Centum Annuities, respectively, shall be free 











A. 1844, 


1844, but within the usual hours of transacting 
business at the Bank of England, by themselves or 
some agent or agents for that purpose duly autho- 
rized, signify to the Governor and Company of the 
Bank of England such assent in writing under his, 


| her or their hand or hands, or the hand or hands of 


his, her or their agent or agents, together with the 
amount of his, her or their respective share or shares 
in the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, 
and which said assent shall be entered in a book or 
books to be opened and kept by the said Governor 
and Company for that purpose ; and in case of any 
transfer of such share or shares of such Annuities, 
or any part or parts thereof, after such assent, the 
part or parts of such Annuities so transferred shall 
be entered in the said book or books of the said 
Governor and Company separately from the said 
£.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, in respect of 
which no such assent shall be signified, and every 
such person or persons so assenting, or his, her or 
their assigns, or the executors or administrators of 
such assigns, under any such transfer, shall, from 
the 10th day of October 1844, be entitled to £.100 
of such £.3 5s. per Centum Annuities and New £.3 
per Centum Annuities, in lieu of every £.100 of their 
said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818 Capital 
Stock: Provided always, That if any person or per- 
sons holding any such £.3 10s. per Centum An- 
nuities 1818, shall not be within the limits of the 
United Kingdom at any time between the 11th and 
23d day of March 1844, both inclusive, but shall 
be in any other part of Europe, it shall be lawful 
or such person or persons to signify such assent at 
any time before the 1st day of July 1844, and if any 
such person or persons shall not at any time between 
the 11th day of March 1844 and the 1st day of July 
1844 be within any part of Europe, it shall be lawful 
for him, her or them to signify such assent at any 
time before the 1st day of February 1845, such per- 
son or persons proving to the satisfaction of the 
Governor or Deputy Governor of the Bank of Eng- 
land, his, her or their absence from the United King- 
dom, or out of Europe as above specified, and that 
his, her or their share or shares of such £.3 10s. per 
Centum Annuities 1818 stood in his, her or their 
name or names respectively, or in the name or names 
of any one or more trustee or trustees, on his, her 
or their behalf, in the books of the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, on the 23d day 
of March 1844: Provided also, that such person 
or persons so absent from the United Kingdom, or 
out of Europe, shall signify such his, her or their 
assent, within ten days after his, her or their return 
to the United Kingdom. 

12. Resolved, That the Interest and Dividends 


| payable in respect of the said £.3 5s. per Centum 


Annuities and New £.3 per Centum Annuities shall 
be charged and chargeable upon, and shall be is- 
sued and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jreland, on 
the 5th day of April and the 10th day of October 
in every year. 

13. Resolved, That every proprietor or proprietors 


from all taxes, charges and impositions, in the like | of the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, 
manner as the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities | shall receive the Dividends of the said Annuities 


1818; and the Dividends or Interest of the said 
£.3 5s. per Centum Annuities, and New £.3 per 
Centum Annuities, shall be paid and payable at the 
Bank of England, or at the Bank of Zreland, on the 
5th day of April and 10th day of October in each 
and every year; and the first half-yearly Dividend 
on the said £.3 5s. per Centum Aunuities shall be 
payable on the 5th day of April 1845. 

11. Resolved, That all and every person or per- 
sons, bodies politic or corporate, » menage of any 
part of the said £.3 10s. per Centum Annuities 
1818, and who shall desire to signify his, her or 
their assent to receive the said £.3 5s. per Centum 
Annuities and New £.3 per Centum Annuities in 
lieu thereof, shall, on or before the 20th day of April 


due thereon on the 10th day of October 1844, and 
| no longer. 
14. Resolved, That it shall be lawful for the Ac- 
countant General of the Courts of Chancery in Eng- 
| land and Ireland respectively, and also for the Ac- 
,countant General of the Court of Exchequer in Jre- 
| land, and for the Accountant in Bankruptcy in Eng- 
| and, at any time before the 8th day of July 1844, to 
| signify to the Governor and Company of the Bank 
of England, on behalf of any suitor or suitors, or 
others interested in any such £.3 10s. per Centum 
Annuities 1818, standing in the names of such Ac- 
countants General and Accountant respectively, 
their assent to accept and receive shares in the said 
£.3 5s. per Centum Annuities, and New £.3 per 
Centum 








Sy 


a ae 





Ways and 
Means ; 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


Supply ; 


General Staff 
Officers. 


Pablic Military 
Departments, 


Royal Miltary 
Asylan, &amp;e. 


7 VicToriz. 


Centum Annuities, in lieu of all such £.3 10s. per 
Centum Annuities 1818, standing in their names re- 
spectively ; and the said Accountants General and 
Accountant respectively shall be fully indemnified 
against all actions, suits and proceedings for and in 
respect of any action, matter or thing done by them 
respectively in pursuance thereof. 

15. Resolved, ‘That all executors, administrators, 
guardians and trustees, may signify such assent at 
any time before the 20th day of April 1844, in re- 
spect of such shares of any of the said £.3 10s. 
per Centum Annuities 1818, for the holding of which 
their names shall be made use of respectively, and 
shall be indemnified for giving such assent in respect 
thereof; and all executors, administrators, guar- 
dians and trustees not signifying such assent, shall 
be deemed not to have assented as aforesaid, and 
shall be paid off accordingly. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first 
Seven Resolutions : And that Mr.Greene, Mr.Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Robert Peel and Sir 
George Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the sub- 
sequent Resolutions: And that the same Gentlemen 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do forthwith give 
Notice, that the Three Pounds Ten Shillings per 
Centum Annuities 1818, payable at the Bank of 
England, which were created by an Act passed in the 
fifty-eighth year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Third, will be redeemed and paid off. 

Ordered, That the first Seven of the said Resolu- 
tions be printed. 

Ordered, That the remainder of the said Resolu- 
tions, and the said Order, be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight Millions 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

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 from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty-eight thousand two hundred and 
thirty-one 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 1844 to the 
31st day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety 
thousand three hundred and eight pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Allowances of the Principal Officers of the several 
Public Military Departments in Great Britain, their 
Deputies, Clerks and Contingent Expenses, from 
the 1st day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 
1845, both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand four hundred and eight pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Royal Military Asylum, and of the Hibernian Mili- 
tary School, from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 
31st day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 

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113 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- Volunteer 
eight thousand and seventy-seven pounds, be granted Corps. 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Volun- 
teer Corps, from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 
31st day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 
5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- Services unpro- 
sand six hundred and forty-nine pounds, be granted vided for. 
to Her Majesty, for defraying Expenses incurred 
for unprovided Services of former years. 


6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen Rewards for 
thousand nine hundred and fifty-three pounds, be distinguished 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge Services. 
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 1844 to the 31st day of 
March 1845, both days inclusive. 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- Pay of General 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Ollicers. 
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 1844 to the 
31st day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 


8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Full Pay for 
two thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to Reduced 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Full Pay OMe" 
for Reduced and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Forces, from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 31st 
day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four hun- Half Pay for d°. 
dred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half Pay and 
Military Allowances to Reduced and Retired Offi- 
cers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, from the 1st 
day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 1845, 
both days inclusive. 


10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Half Pay to 
four thousand nine hundred and thirty-two pounds, Foreign Officers. 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
for 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 1844 to the 31st day of March 
1845, both days inclusive. 


11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Widows’ 
hundred and forty-one thousand six hundred and ten Pensions. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Pensions to be paid to the Widows 
of Officers of the Land Forces, from the 1st day of 
April 1844 to the 31st day of March 1845, both 
days inclusive. 


12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Compassionate 

hundred and ten thousand pounds, be granted to List. 

Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 

ances on the Compassionate List, of Allowances as 

of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and Pensions, 
Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, 

from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 31st day of 

March 1845, both days inclusive. 


13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Chelsea and 
million two hundred and fifty-two thousand seven Kilmainham 
hundred and ninety-two pounds, be granted to Her Hospitals &amp;e- 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea 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 [/anoverian Corps 
which served with the British Army in 1793, 1794 
and 1795, and of the Military Organization of Out- 
Pensioners in the United Kingdom, from the 1st 
day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 1845, 
both days inclusive. 


14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- superavaua- 
eight thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to ticns. 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
Q ances, 





114 


ances, 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 Bri- 
tain and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1844 to 
the 31st day of March 1845, both days inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and twenty-seven thousand and forty-three 
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 King- 
dom, and at the Foreign Stations, for the year 
1844-5. 


Ordnance Civil 
Establishments. 


Royal 16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 

Engineers. hundred and eleven thousand seven hundred and 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Expense of the Corps of Royal Engineers 
and Sappers and Miners, for the year 1844-45. 

Royal 17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 


Regiment of 


Artillery, &amp;cs hundred and forty-three thousand five hundred and 


fifty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Regiment of 
Artillery, Royal African Artillery Gunners, Jamaica 
Royal Horse Artillery, &amp;c., the Master Gunners, the 
Field Train Department, the Medical Department 
and the Royal Military Academy, for the year 
1844-45. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
nine thousand two hundred andninety-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Sa- 
laries to Barrack Masters, &amp;c., in the United King- 
dom and at Foreign Stations, for the year 1844-45. 

19. Resolved, ‘That a sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and eighty-three thousand seven hundred 
and twenty-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge for Ordnance Works and 
Repairs, Storekeepers’ Expenditure, Building and 
Repair of Barracks, Barrack Masters’ Expenditure, 
and Pay of Clerks of Works, Foremen of Works, 
&amp;e., in the United Kingdom and Colonies, for the 
year 1844-45, after deducting One hundred and 
forty thousand eight hundred and ninety-four pounds 
for Credits, by Sale of Old Stores, Rents of Can- 
teens, &amp;c. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixty-six thousand seven hundred and 
ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of the Ordnance Surveys, 
Military and Civil Contingencies, and for Barrack 
Accommodation, Hire of Buildings, and Allowances 
in lieu of Quarters Abroad, transferred to the Ord- 
nance, for the year 1844-45. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and twenty-nine thousand five hundred 
and eighty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of Stores, on account of 
Ordnance and Military Store Branch Services in 
the United Kingdom and Colonies, for the year 
1844-45. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixty-three thousand six hundred and 
eighty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, on 
account of the Allowances to Superannuated and 
Half Pay Officers, Retired General Officers, Pen- 
sions for Good Services and Wounds, for Pensions 
to Widows and Children of deceased Officers late 
belonging to the several Ordnance Military Corps ; 
also, Allowances, Compensations and Emoluments, 
in the nature of Superannuated or Retired Allow- 
ances, to Persons late belonging to the Office of 
Ordnance and to the Barrack Department, in re- 
spect to their having held any Public Offices or 

Employments of a Civil nature; and also for the 
Charge of Widows’ Pensions, for the year 1844-45. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and seventy-four thousand six hundred 
and eighty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 


Barrack 
Masters. 


Ordinance 
Works and 
Repairs. 


Ordnance 
Surveys and 
Contingencies, 


Ordnance 
Stores, 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Commissariat 
Supplies. 


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A. 1844, 


sariat Supplies in the United Kingdom, for the year 
1844-45. 


The first ten Resolutions, being read a second 

time, were agreed to. 

The Eleventh Resolution being read a second 

time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House doth agree with the Com- 

mittee in the said Resolution ; 

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 Mrs. Faweetis 
Letter or Correspondence which has passed be- Pension. 
tween the Secretary-ai-War and the Widow of 

the late Lieutenant-Colonel David Lynar Faw- 

cett, C.B., relative to the withholding of her Pen- 

sion,” 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 said Resolution was agreed to. 
Then the subsequent Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 


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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 2! 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come pyisong 

mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 

19th day of April 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 Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave he given to bring in a Bill Roman Catholic 
to enable Roman Catholic Archbishops, Bishops Clergy, Grants 
and Priests in Jreland, to take Grants or Convey- pony a a 
ances to them and their successors, without the in- Bill, 
tervention of Trustees: And that Mr. O’Connell, 

Mr. Maurice O'Connell and Mr. Pigot do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Tobecco Trade. 

to examine into the present state of the Tobacco 
Trade, and to inquire what effects have been pro- 
duced by the changes in the laws relating to it; and 
whether any and what legislative measures, compa- 
tible with the general interest of the country, may 
be advisable, in order to promote the Trade or to 
check Smuggling in Tobacco; and to report their 
Observations thereupon to the House. 


Mr. O'Connell presented a Bill to enable Roman Roman Catholic 
Catholic Archbishops, Bishops and Priests in Ire- a 
land to take Grants or Conveyances to them and hee (Ireland) 
their Successors, without the intervention of Trus- Bill. 
tees: And the same was read the first time; and No.91. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday the 
19th day of April next; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Poor Law 
upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be ap- Amc Nedicl 
pointed to inquire into the mode of administering xelies.) 
Medical Relief to the Sick Poor, under the provi- 


sions of the Poor Law Amendment Act, and to re- 





jesty, for defraying the Expense of the Commis- 





port their Opinion thereupon, together with the 
Minutes 





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Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Lord Ashley, Mr. 
Brotherton, Mr. Matthew Bell, Colonel Fox, Mr. Pa- 
hington, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Owen 
Stanley, Lord John Manners, Mr. Warburton, Lord 
Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Gally Knight, Mr. Lascelles, 
Mr. Manners Sutton and Mr. Bramston, with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 


Three-and-a- . 3 eC 
HalfperCentum for transferring certain Annuities of Three Pounds 


Annuities Bill. 


ot Ten Shillings per Centum per annum, and Govern- 
0. lao 


ment Debentures, into Annuities of Three Pounds 
Five Shillings per Centum per annum, and New 
Three Pounds per Centum per annum Annuities : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time To-morrow; and to be 
printed. 


Three-and-a- Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
HaliperCentum foy transferring Three Pounds Ten Shillings per 
ae Bil, Centum per annum Annuities 1818 into Annuities 
No.93, Of Three Pounds Five Shillings per Centum per 
, annum, and New Three Pounds per Centum per an- 
num Annuities: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To- 

morrow ; and to be printed. 


Consolidated Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 

Ft o00,000.) t2 @Ppply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the 

Bi ”"* Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-four: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow. 

South Wales. Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s 

Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners 

of Inquiry for South Wales. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
an Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Num- 
ber and Names of the Persons summoned for Of- 
fences against the Factories Act, between the 1st 
day of January 1843 and the 1st day of January 


Factories Act. 


Martiz. 115 


1838, ending the 5th day of January 1839 ; 1839, 
ending the 5th day of January 1840; 1840, ending 
the 5th day of January 1841 ; 1841, ending the 5th 
day of January 1842; 1842, ending the 5th day of 
January 1843; 1843, ending the 5th day of January 
1844; the Rate of Duty, and the Total Amount of 
— distinguishing England, Scotland and Ire- 
and. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Barracks, Barracks, &amp;c , 
&amp;e., (Ireland), which was presented upon the 27th (Ireland.) 
day of February last, be printed. No. 94. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Bank Bank of 
of England, which was presented upon Friday last, Evgland. 
be printed. No. 95. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bank of Bank of Eng- 
England Notes, which was presented upon Friday !#"4 Notes. 
last, be printed. No. 95. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen Queen Anne’s 
Anne’s Bounty, which was presented upon Friday Bounty. 
last, be printed. No. 96. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of Athlone 
the Select Committee on the Athlone Election Pe- =!ection- 
tition, and of the Evidence taken before them, which No. 97. 
were presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Greenwich Greenwich 
Hospital Schools, which was presented upon Friday Hospital 


last, be printed. "cee 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Martis, 12° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Bramston presented a Bill for regulating Furopean 
Legal Proceedings by or against The European Life Insurance 

Life I dA itv C d for &amp; _ and Annuity 
ife Insurance and Annuity Company, and for grant ! 

; . DH Company Bill. 

ing certain Powers thereto: And the same was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 





1844; specifying the Date of the Conviction or 
Hearing, the Place of Hearing, by whom each Con- 
viction was made, the Offence in each case, and the 
manner in which the Penalties and Costs were ap- 
propriated :—Also, a Summary of the Total Number 
of Informations and Convictions, the Amount of 
Penalties and Costs, in each year, since the com- 
mencement of the Factories Regulation Act in 1834. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
Order,—Returns of any New Stations to which Sti- 
pendiary Magistrates were appointed, between the 
14th day of June and the 29th day of August 1841 : 
—And, of all the Stipendiary Magistrates serving in 
Ireland, from the 4th day of April 1839 to the close 
of the year, specifying the Stations at which they were 
severally serving, the Dates of their Appointments 
as Stipendiary Magistrates, and the periods at which 
any may have been removed from the Service :—And, 
similar Returns for the year 1840, and from the 
ist day of January to the 1st day of September 
1841. 

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


Stipendiary 
Magistrates 
(Ireland. 


Tobacco and 


ae Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
wut, 


an Account of the Number of Pounds Weight of 
Leaf Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco, Segars and 
Snuff, paid Duty upon for the year 1830, ending 
the 5th day of January 1831; also for the years 
1831, ending the 5th day of January 1832; 1832, 
ending the 5th day of January 1833 ; 1833, ending 
the 5th day of January 1834; 1834, ending the 5th 
day of January 1835 ; 1835, ending the 5th day of 
January 1836 ; 1836,ending the 5th day of January 
1837 ; 1837, ending the 5th day of January 1838 ; 
Vor. 99, ; 





A Petition of Commissioners for executing an Yarmouth 
Act for improving the Haven of Great Yarmouth, and Norwich 
in the county of Worfolk, and the several Rivers ®#ilway Bill 
connected therewith, and for repairing or taking 
down and rebuilding a certain Bridge over the said 
Haven at Great Yarmouth aforesaid, and a certain 
Bridge, called Saint Olave’s Bridge, over the River 
Waveney, in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, 
and for suspending for a limited period certain du- 
ties payable to the corporation of Great Yarmouth, 
and imposing other Duties in lieu thereof, 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, 
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. Lockhart presented a Bill to extend the Gorbals Statute 
limits of the Acts for regulating the Conversion of Labour Bill. 
the Statute Labour withm the Barony of Gorbals, 
in the City of Glasgow and County of Lanark, and 
to alter and amend the said Acts: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Hodgson Hinde presented a Bill for autho- Newcastle and 
rizing the Sale of the Durham Junction Railway to eine a 
the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Woy and Tyne 
Company, and for enabling the said Company to Bridge Bill. 
make a Station at Gateshead, with a Bridge and 
Approaches to connect the said Jast-mentioned Rail- 


Q 2 way 















































Pontop and 
South Shields 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


Croydon and 
Epsom Rail- 
way Bill. 


Epsom and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


Epsom and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


Croydon and 


Epsom Railway 


Bill. 


Newquay 
Harbour and 
Railway Bill. 


Hartlepool 
West Harbour 
and Dock Bill. 


Sheffield United 


Gas Bill. 


Manchester and 


Birmingham 
Railway 

( Macclesfield 
and Poynton 
Branches) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Newbury and 


116 12° Marti. 


way with the Town of Newcastle-upon Tyne, and for 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Hodgson Hinde presented a Bill for enabling 
the Pontop and South Shields Railway Company 
to widen a part of their Railway, and to make a 
Branch therefrom, and for other Purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Ordered, That Sub-Committee (No. 3.) of the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, have 
leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Petitions from Epsom ;— Cheam ;— Sutton ;—and, 
Carshalton ; praying thatthe Croydon and Epsom 
Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands 
and other property, and Residents in the several pa- 
rishes of Epsom and Ewell, in the county of Surrey, 
praying that the Epsom and South Western Rail- 
way Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


The Epsom and South Western Railway Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Croydon and Epsom Railway Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Newquay Harbour and Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Parties interested in the Coal and 
general trade of the Port of Hartlepool, in the 
county of Durham, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Hartlepool West Harbour and 
Dock Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Sheffield United Gas 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 Macclesfield, in the 
county of Chester, praying that the Manchester and 
Birmingham Railway (Macclesfield and Poynton 
Branches) (No. 2.) 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 Robert Skeat Hulbert and other Resi- 


Great Western dents in and around the town of Basingstoke, in the 


Railway ; and, 


Newbury, 
Basingstoke, 
London and 
Southampton 


Railway Bills. 


Barnsley Junc- 


tion Railway. 


county of Southampton ;—and, Edward Adams and 
other Residents in and around the town of Basing- 
stoxe, in the county of Southampton ; praying that 
the Newbury and Great Western Railway Bill may 
not pass into a law; and that the Mewbury, Basing- 
stoke, London and Southampton Railway Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Committee on the Bills. 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom 
the Petition of J. S. Beckett and others, complaining 








A. 1844, 


of non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in 
the case of the Petition for the Barnsley Junction 
Railway Bill, was referred ; That the Standing Or- 
ders had not been complied with, inasmuch as a 
piece of land, adjoining certain properties numbered 
60, 62 and 64 on the Plan, and within the limits 
of deviation, is not numbered thereon nor referred 
to in the Book of Reference, nor are the names of 
the Owners or Reputed Owners, Lessees or Occupiers 
of the said piece of land, contained or stated in re- 
spect thereto in the Book of Reference ; also, in- 
asmuch as a piece of land adjoining to properties 
numbered 50 and 60 on the said Plan, and within 
the limits of deviation, is not numbered thereon nor 
referred to in the Book of Reference, nor are the 
names of the Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of the 
said piece of land contained in respect thereto in 
the said Book of Reference; also inasmuch as a 
piece of land adjoining to a road numbered 17 and 
13 on the said Plan, and within the limits of devia- 
tion is not numbered thereon, nor referred to in the 
Bock of Reference, nor are the names of the Owners, 
Lessees or Occupiers of the said piece of land con- 
tained or stated in respect thereto in the Book of 
Reference ; also inasmuch as a piece of land on the 
east side of property numbered 13 on the said Plan, 
and within the limits of deviation, is not numbered 
thereon, nor referred to in the Book of Reference, 
nor are the names of the Owners, Lessees or Occu- 
piers of the said piece of land contained or stated 
in respect thereto in the Book of Reference; also 
inasmuch as no application in writing in the form 
required by the Standing Orders, or in any other 
form, was made to the Owners, Lessees and Occu- 
piers of lands or houses intended to be taken, situate 
on the line of Railway, or within the limits of de- 
viation, in the following instances; viz. To Thomas 
Pemberton, as Owner of land adjoining properties 
numbered 60, 62 and 64 on the Plan; to the De- 
visees of the late John Fletcher, as Owners, and to 
Joseph Beevers, as Occupier of land adjoining to 
a road numbered 17, and near property numbered 13 
on the said Plan; to the Reverend Mr. Theakstone, 
as Owner of property adjoining to that numbered 13 
on the said Plan; also inasmuch as in the written 
application, and Schedule thereto, served on David 
and Samuel Johnson, as Owners of land No. 19 on 
the said Plan, and passed through by the Railway, 
the greatest height of embankment is erroneously 
described to be 61 feet, whereas it ought to be de- 
scribed to be of 49 feet 10 inches, or thereabouts, 
according to the Plan and Section deposited in the 
Private Bill Office ; also, with respect to the same 
David and Samuel Johnson, as Owners of a piece 
of land No. 23 on the Plan, wherein the greatest 
depth of cutting is erroneously described to be 3 feet, 
whereas it ought to be stated to be 11 feet or there- 
abouts ; also inasmuch as :n the written application 
and Schedule thereto served on Thomas Pemberton, 
the Occupier of a piece of land No. 77 on the said 
Plan, the greatest depth of cutting is stated to be 
7 feet, whereas it should be described to be 4 feet 
or thereabouts; also inasmuch as in the application 
to the said Thomas Pemberton, as Occupier of a 
piece of land No. 85 on the Plan, the greatest 
depth of cutting is stated to be 32 feet, whereas it 
should be described to be 26 feet or thereabouts ; 
also as in the same application to the said Thomas 
Pemberton, as Occupier of land No. 87 on the said 
Plan, the greatest depth of cutting is stated to be 
32 feet, whereas it ought to be 27 feet, and is so 
marked by figures on the Section deposited in the 
Private Bill Office ; also as in the application to the 
said Thomas Pemberton, as Occupier of land No. 88 
on the Plan, the greatest depth of cutting is stated 
to be 11 feet, whereas it ought to be 15 feet or 
thereabouts; also inasmuch as in the application 
to the said Thomas Pemberton, as Occupier of land 
No. 89 on the Plan, the greatest height of embank- 
ment is stated to be 16 feet, whereas it ought to be 





4 feet 





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Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Window Tax. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses, 


Lambeth 
Waterworks, 


Public Petitions 
(Special Re- 
port.) 


7 VictrorizZ. 


4 feet or thereabouts, and the Schedule does not 
state there is to be any cutting in the said land, 
although there is to be a cutting therein ; also inas- 
much as in a like application to William Burken- 
shaw, as Owner of land No. 56 on the said Plan, 
the greatest height of embankment is stated to be 
18 feet, whereas it should be 37 feet or thereabouts ; 
and also inasmuch as the Plan does not exhibit 
thereon the heights of the several embankments 
and the depths of the cuttings respectively ona 
scale specified thereon, there being no vertical scale 
specified on such Plan. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Sir Henry Jardine, Knight, Preses 
of, and as authorized by the Committee of the Pro- 
prietors of houses in Princes-street, Hanover-street 
and Hope-street, acting under the Act of Parlia- 
ment 56 Geo. 3,c. 41; praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 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 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 Leamington Priors;—and, Chester ; 
praying that Licensed Victuallers may be placed on 
the same footing, in regard to the Tax on Windows, 
as other tradesmen, owners of shops and warehouses 
in which goods are deposited, sold and exposed for 
sale,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; 
—Deanery of Kineton ;—and, Donington; praying 
for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor, and for the establishment of a 
Bishopric at Manchester by other means,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Mary, Lam- 
beth, stating that the water supplied to them by a 
certain Joint Stock Company called “ The Lambeth 
Waterworks Company ” is foul and filthy, although 
the rates have been increased as high in some cases 
as 50 per cent. to some of the Petitioners, others 60, 
others 70, others 80, and others 100 per cent., without 
at all improving the condition of the water; and 
praying the House to inquire into the allegations of 
their Petition, and to take measures to compel the 
said Company, in honesty and good faith, to be sub- 
jected to the penalties of the Act of the 26th March 
1834, if they do not supply when called upon, lawful 
water effectually purified by means of filtration, and 
to protect the Petitioners from being compelled to 
consume the impure and unhealthy water with which 
they are at present supplied, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public 
Petitions, have Power to — their Opinion there- 
upon from time to time to the House. 

Mr. Thornely reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had come to a Resolution, 
which they had directed him to report to the House; 
and the same was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Petition of John Lamb, 
Farmer, in Knockshannock, in the parish of Drymen, 
and county of Stirling, Scotland, praying for inquiry 
into the conduct of the Sheriff Substitute of Stir- 
lingshire, which was presented upon the 5th day of 
this instant March, is a Petition which ought to be 
printed for the use of Members only; and that a 
Special Report be made to this effect. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Vor. 99. 


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117 


Mr. Thornely also reported from the said Select (Eighth Re- 
Committee; That they had examined the Petitions port.) 
presented upon the 6th, 7th and sth 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition of John Lamb, for Sheriff Substi- 
inquiry into the conduct of the Sheriff Substitute tute of Lanark- 
of Lanarkshire, which was presented upon Tuesday “""~ 
last, be printed for the use of Members only. 


Petitions from Ecclesfield ;—and, county of Lin- Corn Laws. 
lithgow ; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the Anti-Corn Law League, and that no 
alteration whatever may be made in the existing 
Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Three Petitions of Merchants, Manufacturers, Railways. 
Tradesmen, Common Carriers and others interested 
in the conveyance of goods by Railway, praying the 
House to secure to them the same benefit of a free 
competition in the inland carriage of goods, as they 
enjoyed previously to the formation of Railways,— 


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


Petitions from Soothill ;—Horsforth (three Peti- Factories Bill. 

tions) ;— Guiseley (two Petitions); — Earlsheaton 
(two Petitions) ;—Birstall and Batley ;— Ossett ;— 
Horbury ; —Kendal ; — Carlinghow and Bookroyd ; 
— Rawdon (two Petitions) ;—Esholt ;— Yeadon (two 
Petitions) ;—and, Pudsey (six Petitions); praying 
that the Factories Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands,-—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Chairman and Secretary of the Factories. 
Short-time Committee of Keighley ;—and, Factory 
Workers of Mirfield; praying the House to reduce 
the time of labour for young persons in Factories to 
ten hours a day, a period the Petitioners believe to 
be the average time of the daily work of the male 
adult population of the United Kingdom,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians for the Poor Law 
Kendal Union, praying that the Poor Law Amend- ‘cri, 
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 Freeholders residing in the township Commons 
of Colby, in the county of Westmoreland, entitled to Inclosure. 
rights of common within the said township in respect 
of their freehold estates, praying the House to direct 
its attention in the present Session of Parliament 
to some measure having for its object the facilitating 
the inclosure of Commonable or Waste Lands, so that 
the difficulties which now impede the progress of 
cultivation and the employment of labour and capital 
may be speedily and effectually removed, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kidwelly, Carmar- Local Courts. 
thenshire, praying for the establishment of Local 
Courts for the decision of small causes, with such 
provisions as may render their operation as bene- 
ficial to the Principality of Wales as to the other 
parts of the kingdom, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Monkland 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Railways 
the Petition for the Monkland Railways (No. 2.)‘%® ?? vo 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter, amend, enlarge and in part repeal the Acts 
relating to the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway, 
the Ballochney Railway, and the Wishaw and Colt- 

Q3 ness 

























































118 


ness Railway respectively: And that Mr. Lockhart 
and Mr. Oswald do prepare, and bring it in. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
way Bill. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter, explain, revive and continue the powers and 
provisions of the Acts relating to the Edinburgh, 
Leith and Newhaven Railway, and to make two 
Branch Railways therefrom: And that Mr. Gibson 
Craig, Mr. Rutherfurd and Mr. Macaulay do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Swansea 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Mr. John Henry Vivian presented a Bill for 

paving, lighting, cleansing, watering, regulating and 
otherwise improving the Town and Borough of 
Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan, and for re- 
moving and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances 
therein: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Cotton. Petitions from Preston (Lancaster) ;—and, Burn- 
ley; praying for the repeal of the Duties on Raw 
Cotton Wool, — were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Hartlepool A Petition of Fishermen of Hartlepool, in the 

West Harbour county of Durham, stating that the Petitioners are 

and Dock Bill. informed that a Company is applying to Parliament 
for leave to make an additional Dock and Harbour 
near that place, at Stranton, to be called The West 
Harbour and Dock; that, being informed they would 
derive considerable advantage from the plan, they 
unthinkingly signed or gave their consent to a Peti- 
tion to the House in favour of the plan; that the 
Petitioners have since discovered that the plan would 
be injurious to themselves and the public generally, 
and pray the House not to pay the slightest atten- 
tion to a Petition obtained from them under such 
misrepresentations, but refuse their assent to the 
proposed measure, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Naviga- 
tions Bill. 


A Petition of Charles Woodcock, of the city of 
Coventry, Gentleman, praying that the Birmingham 
Canal Navigations Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


Tobacco, Three Petitions of Consumers of Tobacco and 
Snuff in the City of London, praying for the repeal of 
the Duty on Tobacco,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

York and A Petition of Merchants and Traders of the city 

Scarborough 


Railway Dill of York, and Owners of vessels navigating on the 
* River Ouse; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 

parts of the York and Scarborough 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. 


12° Martiz. 


A. 1844, 


opinion of the Petitioners that the present system 

of Currency is rapidly pauperizing, demoralizing and 

enslaving the people; that the Petitioners believe 

that the making money subordinate to only one 

particular and scarce description of property, and 

that an article of foreign produce, of uncertain sup- 

ply, and in increased demand, termed gold, and 

maintaining for it a fixed standard of value, is in 

the highest degree impolitic as well as unjust; and 

praying the House to take into their serious con- 

sideration the following proposals: that, in place of 
basing the Currency entirely upon a very scarce, 

uncertain and fleeting foreign metal, it may be 

founded upon the available, real or real and funded 
property of the country; and that, in lieu of one 
law for a portion of Her Majesty’s subjects who are 
proprietors of the Bank of England, a second and 
third for bankers in England and Wales, and still 
a different one allowing to bankers in Scot/and and 
Ireland a privilege that is denied to those of Eng- 
land and Wales, that of issuing one-pound notes, 
one uniform law be made for the entire kingdom 
and the entire people; that the House would ap- 
point a Board, independent of the Government, but 
responsible to the Privy Council, Parliament and 
the Country, in whom shall be vested the power and 
exclusive right of issuing paper money for the general 
good of the country; and that such board be em- 
powered to make advances thereof to such persons 
as shall deposit double the amount of real or real 
and funded securities, and consent to pay two or 
two-and-a-half per cent. interest per annum there- 
upon ; that such notes be for the sum of one pound 
and upwards, and the total amount as shall be found 
necessary to give the heavily-taxed producers and 
industrial classes of Her Majesty’s subjects such an 
advance upon the present low and unremunerating 
prices for their produce and labour as the House 
may consider them justly entitled to obtain; that 
such notes be at all times a legal tender in discharge 
of taxes and all other payments, but to be redeem- 
able at the office of issue in either silver or gold, at 
the market price of such metals, as from time to 
time the same may be carefully computed by the 
state of the exchanges, &amp;c., made publicly known in 
the London Gazette ; the Petitioners believing that 
the enactment of a measure of this kind would 
greatly tend to a the industry of this great 
mercantile country alike from undue subjection to 
the influence of foreign gold and hostile foreign 
tariffs ; also that it would in a corresponding degree 
restore the finances, trade, agriculture and labour 
of the country to a healthy and satisfactory state ; 
and the Petitioners do therefore ask the House to 
pass it into law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lorenzo Giordano, of No. 17, Duke- Diseases. 
street, Saint James’s, in the county of Middlesex, 
Gentleman, stating that the Petitioner, from many 
years’ laborious study, discovered a speedy and 
efficacious remedy for curing, at a trifling expense, 
several diseases; and praying the House to cause 
an inquiry and examination to be made of the bene- 
ficial effects to the public of the said discovery, was 


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





Great Western 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Visitors of the bo- 
Railway Bill. 


rough of Cheltenham, praying that the Great Western 
Railway Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Currency. A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Mem- 
bers of the Improved Currency League, and other Per- 
sons, in public meeting assembled, at the Parthenium 
Rooms, in the city of Westminster, stating that it is the 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law. 
Return of the Number of Able-bodied Persons and 
their Families (not being sick), for whom or by whom 
application for Relief has been made to the Board 
of Guardians of any Union in the Counties of Dor- 
set, Wilts, Berks, Oxford, Buckingham and Bedford, 
in which the Prohibitory Order as to Out-door Re- 
lief is in force, for Six months, ending the 25th day 
of March 1843 ; of the Number of such Persons to 
whom Relief has been refused ; of the Number of 
such Persons to whom Relief has been offered in 
the Workhouse ; of the Number of such Persons 
who 














Ch 


Pauper 
Children. 


Saint Nicholas 
Within Church 
(Dubiin.) 


Mrs. Fawcett’s 
Pension. 


Farrington 
and Cwmgilla 
Inclosure Bill. 


Bleddfa and 
Llangunllo 
Inclosure Bill. 


Kingston-upon- 


Hull Docks Bill. 


Import Duties. 


7 VicrorizZ. 
who have taken Orders to go into the Workhouse ; 


of the Number of such Persons who have gone into | 


a Workhouse. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Returns of all Children who have been removed from | 
Union Houses into the Army and into the Navy, 
distinguishing the two Classes ; their Names, their 
Ages; Names of Unions from which removed, and 
Date of such Removal; and whether by consent of 
their Parents or not. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Applications made by the Incumbents 
Churchwardens and Parishioners of the Church of 
Saint Nicholas Within, Dublin, or any of them, to 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Jreland, relative 
to the dilapidated state of the parish church, and 
to the taking down of same :—-Of the Report of the 
Architect of the said Commissioners, relative to the 


12°—13° 





taking down of said Church :—Of the Official Re- 
port made by the Provincial Architect to the Arch- 
bishop of Dublin, relative to the taking down of 
said Church :—And, of the Correspondence or other 
Communications which may have passed between 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Archbishop 
of Dublin upon this subject. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Correspondence between the Secretary at 
War and the Widow of Lieutenant-Colonel David 


Lynar Fawcett, c.B., relative to withholding her 
Pension. 


The Farrington and Cwmgilla Inclosure Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bleddfa and Llangunilo 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 Guild or Brotherhood of Masters 
and Pilots, Seamen, of the Trinity House in Kings- 








ton-upon-Hull, praying that they may be heard, by 

themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 

parts of the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, was 
resented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the effects of Protective Duties on Im- 
ports upon the interests of the Tenant Farmers and 
Farm Labourers of this country; 











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


Mercurii, 13° die Martii, 1844: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr Cobden, 


} 
Yeas, Mr. Bright: f _ 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremanile, 294 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: ge 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Martit. 119 


tius, and the British Settlements in India, upon 
which the Duty chargeable on British Plantation 
Sugar was paid :—Also, showing the Quantity of 
Sugar refined from the same, which was exported, 
calculating each Ton of Refined Sugar so exported 
as representing Twenty-one cwts. of Raw Sugar :— 
Also, the Quantity of Molasses upon which Duty 
was paid converted into its equivalent Quantity of 
Sugar, calculating Twenty-four cwts. of Molasses 
to represent Nine ewts. of Sugar ; and showing from 
these data the actual Quantity of Sugar retained 
for Consumption in the United Kingdom in each 
year, from 1830 to 1843:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Gold and 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the Laws, Silver Wares 
for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the marking ®! 


of Gold and Silver Wares in England :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws now in force for preventing Frauds 
and Abuses in the marking of Gold and Silver Wares 
in England. 


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 now received . 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported 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 
to amend thd Laws now in force for preventing Frauds 
and Abuses in the marking of Gold and Silver Wares 
in England :—And he moved the House accord- 
ingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bing- 
ham Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- International 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the Law Copyright Bill. 


relating to International Copyright :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee). 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to International Copyright. 

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 ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend the Law relating to International Copy- 
right :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bing- 
ham Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


| Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Gwalior. 
_| Command,—- Papers respecting Gwalior. 


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


Sugar, A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, showing the Quantity of Sugar, the Produce 


of the British Possessions in America, the Mauri- 
Vou. 99. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, pur- cel 
suant to their Order to him of yesterday, he signified aunties 
by Writing affixed this day on the Royal Exchange 1818, 

in London, and by another Copy of the same Writing 


Q4 affixed 











120 


affixed also this day on the building where the meet- 
ings of the Royal Exchange are now held, while 
the Royal Exchange is being rebuilt, and inserted | 
in this day’s London Gazette, that the Three Pounds 
Ten Shillings per Centum Annuities 1818, payable 
at the Bank of England, which were created by an 
Act passed in the 58th year of the reign of his late | 
Majesty King George the Third, will be redeemed | 
and paid off. 



















Gawing | The Gaming Transactions ( Witnesses’ Indemnity) | 
Transactions 


(Witnesses’ Ine Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
dewnity) Bill, and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 
Three-and-a- The Three and a Half per Centum Annuities Bill 
pee ke was, according to Order, read a secoud time ; and 
* committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


12°—13° Martzii. 





A. 1844. 


15th day of September 1841, with dates of creation, 
Names of Stipendiary Magistrates stationed there, 
and in what manner Magistrates were provided for 
those several Stations:—Showing the Number of 
Vacancies, by death or retirement, amongst the Sti- 
pendiary Magistrates in Jreland, from the 1st day 
of April 1839 to the 15th day of September 1841, 
showing the date of Vacation, Station vacated and 
in what manner filled up :—Showing the Number 
and Names of the Stipendiary Magistrates’ Stations 
abandoned, between the 1st day of April 1839 and 
the 15th day of September 1841; also, showing 
date of abandonment, and how the Stipendiary Ma- 
gistrate previously stationed there was disposed of : 
—Showing the dates of the appointment of Stipen- 
diary Magistrates, from the 15th day of September 
1841 to the 1st day of March 1844, both inclusive ; 
specifying the Names of the several Magistrates, the 
Stations to which they were severally appointed by 













Three-and-a- The Three and a Half per Centum Annuities 1818 
Ansa. and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 


for this day. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000.) 
Bill. 


Canterbury 
Pavement Bill. 


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 Canterbury Pavement Bill was read a se- 


cond time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 



















Postage. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of so much of the Treasury Minute of the 26th 
day of December 1839, respecting the mode of car- 
rying out the Penny Postage Act, as relates to the 


preparation and application of Postage Stamps. 


Gold and Silver 
Wares Bill. 


No. 100. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to amend the Laws 
now in force for preventing Frauds and Abuses in 
the marking of Gold and Silver Wares in England: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 22d day 
of this instant March ; and to be printed. 
International Mr. Greene presented a Bill to amend the Law 
Copyright Bill. pelating to International Copyright: And the same 

No.101. 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 Order, 
—Returns of all Stipendiary Magistrates serving in 
Ireland on the 1st day of April 1839, specifying the 
Station at which they were severally serving, and 
the dates of their respective Appointments as Sti- 
pendiary Magistrates :—Showing dates of all War- 
rants for the Appointment of Stipendiary Magis- 
trates, from the 1st day of April 1839 to the 15th 
day of September 1841, specifying the Names of 
the several Magistrates, the Stations to which they 
were severally appointed by such Warrants, and the 
cause assigned in each Warrant respectively for the 


Stipendiary 
Mazistrates 
(Treiand.) 









































April1839, and of the Increase and Decrease therein, 
between the Ist day of April 1839 and the 15th 
day of September 1841; showing the date of such 
Increase or Decrease respectively, the Name of the 
Magistrate, the cause of Decrease, and the Station 
at which a Vacancy was created thereby :—Show- 
ing the Number of Stipendiary Magistrates ap- 
poited in Jreland between the 1st day of April 
1839 and the 15th day of September 1841, with 
dates of their respective Appointments, and how 






















new Stipendiary Magistrates’ Stations created in 
Treland between the 1st day of April 1839 and the 





each Warrant, and the cause assigned in each War- 
rant respectively for the appointment :—And, of the 


HalfperCeutum Bi}] was, according to Order, read a second time ; | Number of Stipendiary Magistrates in Zreland who 


were effective on the 1st and 15th day of each 
month, from the Ist day of April 1839 to the 1st 
day of March 1844, inclusive. 

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


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to Foreign Juris 
an Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of all Orders diction Act. 
in Council issued in consequence of the Act of last No. 107. 
Session, intituled, ‘‘ The Foreign Jurisdiction Act ;” 
and of any Instructions given to Her Majesty’s 
Consuls and Diplomatic Agents in Foreign Coun- 
tries, on the subject of Criminal Jurisdiction over 
British Subjects in those Countries. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Poor Law. 
| Law, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 102. 
| 


| Ordered, That the Account relative to the Com- Gommissariat. 
/missariat, which was presented yesterday, be printed. wo, 103, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Com- Commissariat. 
| missariat, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 104. 














| Ordered, That the Commissariat Estimates, which Commissariat. 


' were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 105. 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to Factories, Factories. 
_which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 106, 


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, 13° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 





| PRAYERs. 

N R. Cowtan, from the British Museum, was British 
| called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant Museum. 
\to Order,~-An Account of the Income and Expen- 


Appointment: — Of the Number of Stipendiary |diture of the British Museum for the year 1843 ; 
Magistrates serving in Jreland on the 1st day of | of the estimated Charges and Expenses for the year 


ending 25th March 1845, 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 1837 to Christmas 1843 ; together 
|with a Statement of the Progress made in the Ar- 
rangement of the Collections; and an Account of 
/Objects added to them in the year 1843:—And 
| then he withdrew. 

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


disposed of respectively :—Showing the Number of | 


Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Law. 
| Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, 





Poo! 


Ss Pe 


— SS 


Poor Law. 


York and 
Scarborough 
Railway Bill. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Epsom and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


Corn Laws. 





7 VicToRi¢. 


sented, pursuant to Orders,—Copy of the Report of 
Mr. Austin, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, on 
the conduct of Mr. Benjamin Prince, the Relieving 
Officer of the Parish of Dudley, and Copies of all 
Letters and Communications which have passed be- 
tween him or the Commissioners and the Board of 
Guardians of the Dudley Union, and of the Surgeon 
and Relieving Officer, in reference to this matter. 

A Return of the Number of Able-bodied Persons 
and their families (not being sick), for whom or by 
whom application for Relief has been made to the 
Board of Guardians of any Union in the Counties 
of Dorset, Wilis, Berks, Oxford, Buckingham and 
Bedford, in which the prohibitory Order as to out- 
door Relief is in force, for six months, ending the 
25th day of March 1843; of the Number of such 
Persons to whom Relief has been refused; of the 
Number of such Persons to whom Relief has been 
offered in the Workhouse ; of the Number of such 
Persons who have taken Orders to go into the Work- 
house; of the Number of such Persons who have 
gone into the Workhouse :—And then he withdrew. 


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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Scarborough, in the county of 
York, praying that a clause may be inserted in the 
York and Scarborough Railway Bill, to prevent the 
Railway from being brought so close to the public 
carriage road: between Scarborough and Seamer, as 
to endanger the safety of persons travelling on horses 
or in carriages thereon, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for 
more effectually repairing and otherwise improving 
certain Roads and Bridges in the Liberties of the Bo- 
rough of Berwick-upon- Tweed and Counties of Dur- 
ham and Berwick, and improving the Entrance to 
the Town of Berwick, praymg that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the North British 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 Bull, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir Henry Bridges, of Beddington, 
in the county of Surrey, Knight, praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against vertain parts of the Epsom and South West- 
ern Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, 'Vhat 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 Tannington ;—Lowestoft ;—Lound; 
— Wangford ;— Benacre; —Mark Soham ;—Mo- 
newden ; — Brandeston ; — Hoo; — Cransford ; — 
Easton ;—Winston ; — Dennington ; —Marlesford ; 
— Hacheston ; — Fressingfield ; — Worlingworth ;— 
Tunstall ;—A ldringham-with- Thorpe ;—Aldeburgh ; 
— Parham ;— Framlingham ;— Earl Soham ;— Bed- 
field ;— Bruisyard ; — Ashfield-cum- Thorpe ;—Lea- 
theringham ;—Kettleburgh;— Debenham ;— Beccles; 
— Brampton ;—Barsham ;— Dunwich ;-- Wrentham; 
— Ashby ;— Barnby ; — Bradwell ;— Blundeston ;— 
Carlton Colville ;—Corton ; —Fritton ; —Flizton ; 
— Gunton ;—Gorleston-with-Southtown ;— Hopton ; 
— Kirkley ;— Oulton ;—Pakefield ;—Somerleyton ;— 
Mutford ; — Henstead-with-Hulver-street ; — Bun- 
gay ;—Denham ;—Brundish ;—Sylam ;— Hone ;-- 

Weybread ;— Wing field ;— Wilby ;—I|ketshall Saint 
Andrew ; — Rushmere ; —Shading field ; —Shipmea- 
dow ;—Sotterley ;-— Weston ;— Willingham ;—Athe- 
lington ;—North Cove ;--Cove Hithe ;—South Cove; 
—Ellough ;—Gisleham ;—Herringfleet ;—Ilketshall 
Vor. 99, 





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121 


Saint John ;—Kessingland ;—Ilketshall Saint Law- 
rence ;—Ilketshall Saint Margaret ;—Metingham ; 
Redisham ;— Ringsfield ; — Westleton ;—Sternfield ; 
— Farnham (Suffolk) ;—Great Glemham ;—Strad- 
broke ;—Rendham ; —Middleton ; —Iken ; -—Glem- 
ham ; —Hazlewood ;— Sibton ;—Leiston ;— Theber- 
ton ;—Friston ; — Blaxhall ;— Snape ;— Stratford 
Saint Andrew ; — Knodishall;— Darsham ;—Swef- 
Sling ;—Yoxford ;—Peasenhall ;— Norwich District 
of the Hundred of Taverham (Norfolk) ;—Wrox- 
ham ; — Horsford ; — Faverham ; — Drayton-with- 
Hellesdon ; —Sprowston ; —Catton ;—Hainford ;— 
Horstead-with-Stanninghall ;— Salehouse ;—Rach- 
heath ;—Frettenham ;— Crostwick ;—Spixworth and 
Saint Faith's ;— Potter [Heigham ;—Hoppesburgh 
and Walcott ;— Stalham ;— Sutton (Norfolk) ;— 
Catfield ;— Ingham ;—FPalling and other places ; 
— Hickling ;— Hempstead-cum- Eccles and | peso 
ham ;— Swafield and Trunch ;—Barningham and 
other places; — East Ruston and Brunstead ;— 
— Thorpe Market and Gunton ;— Overstrand and 
Sidestrand; — Roughton and Metton; — Suffield 
and Colby;— Blessingham and Gresham ;—South 
Repps ; — Cromer ; — Mundesley ; — Scottow and 
Sheyton;— North Repps ;— Alby and Hanworth ; 
—Smallburgh and Barton ;—Horning and Hove- 
ton Saint John ;— Beeston Saint Lawrence and 
other places; — Weatishead ;— Worstead ;— Bac- 
ton; — Westwick; — Purton and Edingthorp; — 
Antingham and Bradfield ;— Honing ; — Witton 
and other places ;—Zunstead and other places ;— 
Dilham ; — Felmingham ; — North Walsham; —- 
Wharram Percy ; — Raisthorpe ; — Wharram-le- 
Street ;— West Heslerion ;— Thirkleby ;—Kirkby- 
grindalythe ; — Kirkham ;—Killington ;—Knapton ; 
Yedingham ;— Burythorpe ; — Langton ; -— Kenny- 
thorpe ; — Wintringham ;—and, County of Edin- 
burgh; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no 
alteration whatever may be made in the existing 
Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 





gation, in the county of Chester, and Ministers or 
Curates of two churches erected by the said trustees 
in pursuatice of powers vested in them, complaining 
that the Standing Orders of the House, in sag 9 
to the application for the Weaver Navigation Bill, 
had not been complied with; 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. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Great West- 
ern Railway Bill have leave to sit this day, till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Tradesmen, Common Carriers and others interested 
in the conveyance of goods by Railway, praying the 
House to secure to them and the public, the same 
benefit of a free competition in the inland carriage 
of goods, as they enjoyed previously to the forma- 
tion of Railways,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Railways. 


Llangwyllog ;— Rural Deanery of Tindaethwy ;— 
Rhuddlan ; — Deanery of Marchia ;—Northop ;— 
Tegenle ;—and, Cum; praying for the repeal of so 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates 
to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Ban- 
gor,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





Petitions 


R 





Ordered, That Sub-Committee No. 3, of the Se- Petitions for 
lect Committee on Petitions for Private Bills have Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees of the River Weaver Navi- Weaver 


Navigation. 


Great Western 


Railway Bill, 


Two Petitions of Merchants, Manufacturers, Railways. 


Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Twrcelyn ;— Saint Asaph 
Deanery of Malltreath ;—Llangefni, Tregayan and 24 Bangor 


Dioceses. 










Yarmouth and 
Norwich Rail- 


way Bill. 


Monkland 
Railways 
(No. 2.) Biil. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
way Bill. 


Leeds and 
Bradford Raile 
way Bill. 


South-Eastern, 
Canterbury, 
Ramsgate 

and Margate 
Railway Bill, 


Railway Bills. 


Standing 
Orders; 


Manchester, 


122 


Petitions of Alexander Turner Cory, Fellow of | 
Pembroke College, Cambridge, Esquire ; — and, | 
Owners and Navigators of wherries, barges and | 
other craft navigating the River Bure, in the county 
of Norfolk, and the rivers and streams of the haven 
of Great Yarmouth ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway | 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 





Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to alter, amend, 
enlarge and in part repeal the Acts relating to the 
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway, the Balloch- 
ney Railway and the Wishaw and Coltness Railway 
respectively : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to alter, explain, 
revive and continue the Powers and Provisions of 
the Acts relating to the Edinburgh, Leith and New- 
haven Railway, and to make Two Branch Railways 
therefrom: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Earl of Cardigan, praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Leeds and Bradford 
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 
Bili, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Fulke Southwell Greville, of Eaton- 
square, in the county of Middlesex, and of Algernon 
Greville, of Frimley, in the county of Hants, Es- 
quires, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the South 
Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate 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 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 no Private Bill for the construction 
of a new Line of Railway, which shall have been 
reported to this House to bea competing Line, shall 
be read a second time after Friday the 19th day of 
April next. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, not to fix the time for holding 
the first sitting of the Committee on any Private 
Bill for the construction of a new Line of Railway, 
which shall have been reported to this House to be a 
competing Line, after Friday the 3d day of May next. 


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 Manchester, 


Leeds and Hull Leeds and Hull Associated Railway Companies Pe- 


Associated 
Railway Com- 
panies. 
Eastern Union 
Railway. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway. 


titicn, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with, 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Eastern Union 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; ‘That the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 


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A. 1844, 


4. Resolved, That in the cases of the London and London ana 
South Western Railway (No. 1.) Petition, and the aaa 
South Eastern Railway Petition, the Standing Orders (No. 1); and, 
ought to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be per- —— Eastern 
mitted respectively to proceed with their Bills, pro- ““""*Y: 
vided that such clause or clauses or parts of clauses 
as shall directly or indirectly authorize the Com- 
panies to build, purchase or charter Steam Boats, 
or otherwise to act as Steam Boat Companies, be 
omitted. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Liverpool Liverpooi Fire 
Fire Prevention Petition, the Standing Orders ought P*evention. 
to be dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, on giving the Notices for 
three successive weeks in the London Gazette and 
in some newspaper of the county of Lancaster. 

That the Committees on this and the two pre- 
ceding 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. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Saint Helen’s saint Heten’s 
and Runcorn Gap Railway and Sankey Brook Navi- 24 Runcom 
gation Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to ——w 
be dispensed with. Brook Naw. 
gation, 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Blackburn Blackbur 
and Preston Railway Petition, the Standing Orders — Preston 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be *"" 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. ( 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Wells Har- wells Harbour ; 
bour and Quay Petition, the Standing Orders ought and Quay, : 
to be dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill. 

9. Resolved, That in the case of the Rother Levels Rother Levels 
Drainage Petition for leave to present a Petition for Drainage. 

a Bill, the Sessional Order ought to be dispensed 
with; That the Parties be permitted to present a 
Petition accordingly. 

The second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth 
and ninth Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


o~ Fr TP kt 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Eastern Union 
of the Petition for the Eastern Union Railway Bill, Railway 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 
for making a Railway from Colchester to Ipswich : 

And that Captain Gladstone and Lord Henniker do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Liverpool Fire 
of the Petition for the Liverpool Fire Prevention PreventionBill. 
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 in a Bill 
to alter and amend an Act of the sixth and seventh 
years of the reign of Her present Majesty, for the 
better Protection of Property in the Borough of 
Liverpool from Fire : And that Viscount Sandon and 
Sir Howard Douglas do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect South-Eastern 
of the Petition for the South Eastern Railway Railway Bill. 
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 enable the South Eastern Railway Company to 
complete and maintain a Branch Railway and Ap- 
proach to the Harbour of Folkestone, and to con- 
struct other Works in connexion with the said Har- 
bour, and also to effect certain Alterations and 
Extensions of the Works of the Maidstone Branch 
of the said South Eastern Railway, and to amend 
the Acts relating to the said Company: And that 
Sir Edmund Filmer and Mr. Dodd do prepare, and 


bring it in. 
























Mr. 









7 Vicroriz. 


eds and Mr. Greene, the Chairman of the Committees on 
Selby ona 4 unopposed Private Bills, informed the House, that 
Purchase Ba" in the case of the Leeds and Selby Railway Purchase 
Bill, when the Parties appeared before him pre- 

viously to going into 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 submitted to the House whether, in 

such case, the Parties ought not to withdraw their 


13° Martiz. 


123 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for extinguishing Rights of Common and Pasturage 
upon and over certain Lands called Lammas and 
Michaelmas Lands, in the parishes of Saint Michael, 
The Holy Trinity and Saint John-the- Baptist, in the 
city of Coventry and county of Warwick, and in 
the parishes of Foleshill, Exhall, Sowe, Stoke and 
Wyken, in the county of Warwick, and granting 
compensation in lieu thereof, and for fencing and 





Bill, and present another Bill in the amended form. 
Ordered, That the Order made upon the 26th 
day 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 Leeds and Selby Railway 
Purchase Bill, which, upon the 20th day of February 
last, was made from the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for vesting the Leeds and Selby Railway in the York 


Leeds und 
Selby Railway 
Purchase 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


and North Midland Railway Company, and for en- | 


abling that Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money to complete the Purchase of such Railway : 
And that Mr. Lowther, Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. 
Octavius Duncombe do prepare, and bring it in, 


Chester and 
. Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Chester and Holyhead Rail- 
way 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 
for making a Railway from Chester to Holyhead : 
And that Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Owen 
Stanley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Poor Law A Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor and 
Amendment Guardians of the Poor of the city of Exeter, pray- 
an ing 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. 
it 
: Tobacco. Six Petitions of Consumers of Tobacco and Snuff, 
in the borough of the Tower Hamlets; praying for 
a reduction of the Duty on Tobacco,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
Edinburgh Petitions of Feoffees of Trust and Governors of 
and Glasgow 


Railway Lill. 


e 
ill. 


Harrogate and 
Knaresborough 


a Bolton Percy, to the Township and Parish of 
Knaresborough, all in the West Riding of the County 
of York: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Coventry Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 

ne Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 





George Heriot his Hospital:—John Laing, Pro- 
prietor of the premises in the Lothian-road, Edin- 
burgh, called The Royal Horse Bazaar ;—Reverend 
James Veitch, one of the Ministers of Saint Cuth- 
bert, in the county of Edinburgh ;—Kirk Session of 
the parish of Saint Cuthbert, in the county of Edin- 
burgh ;—and, Edinburgh Water Company ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 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, ifthey think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Mr. Lawson presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from the York and North Midland Railway, at 


the case of the Petition for the Coventry Lammas, 
&amp;c., Lands Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 


Vor. 99. 


improving certain Commons or Waste Lands called 
| Whitley Common, Hearsall Common and Gosford 
| Green, within the same parishes, or some of them : 
And that Lord Worsley and Mr. Aglionby do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; 
the case of the Petition for the Maryport and Car- 
lisle Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
‘amend the Acts relating to the Maryport and Car- 
lisle Railway, and for making certain Extensions 





‘and Branches connected therewith: And that Mr. 
| Aglionby, Mr. Philip Howard and Mr. Marshall 


\do prepare, and bring it in. 


| 


the case of the Petition for the Ayr Bridge Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving and maintaining the Bridge of Ayr, 
commonly called the New Bridge, leading across 
the River of Ayr, at the royal burgh or town of Ayr, 
in the county of Ayr, or for taking down the same, 
and rebuilding a New Bridge in lieu thereof, and 
for other purposes in relation thereto: And that 
Lord James Stuart and Mr. Alexander Oswald do 
prepare, and bring it in. 











Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Maryport 


in and Carlisle 
ine ng oe 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Ayr Bridge 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Bill. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Paisley General 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 6s Bill. 


the case of the Petition for the Paisley General Gas 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better supplying and lighting with Gas or 
other illuminating power, the Town and Suburbs of 
Paisley, and certain neighbouring Towns or Villages 
and places adjacent, and for other purposes relating 
thereto: And that Mr. Hastie and Mr. Patrick 
Stuart do prepare, and bring it in. 


the case of the Petition for the Manchester Police 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the good Government and Police Regulation of 
the Borough of Manchester: And that Mr. Mark 
Philips and Mr. Milner Gibson do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


the case of the Petition for the Manchester Improve- 
ment Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Improvement of the Town of Manchester : 
And that Mr. Mark Philips and Mr. Milner Gibson 


do prepare, and bring it in. 








Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 


the case of the Petition for the Manchester Stipen- 
diary Magistrate Bill, the Standing Orders had 

been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
alter and amend an Act of the fifty-third year of the 
R 2 reign 





Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Manchester 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Police Bill. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Manchester 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Improvement 


Manchester 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Stipendiary 


Magistrate Bill. 














124 


reign of King George the Third, for the Appointment 
of a Stipendiary Magistrate to act within the town- 
ships of Manchester and Salford: And that Mr. 
Mark Philips and Mr. Milner Gibson do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 


of Dunbar ;— and, Merchants, Manufacturers, 
Traders and others residing in the royal burgh of 


Dunbar and its neighbourhood ; praying that the | 


North British Railway Bill may pass into a law,— 


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


Devizes 
Election. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Letter signed “ James Coppock,” Agent 
for the Petitioners against the Return of William 
Heald Ludlow Bruges, Esquire, for the Borough of 
Devizes, stating that it was not intended to proceed 
with the Petition :—And the said Letter was read, 
as followeth : 


Sir, 3, Cleveland Row, 13 March 1844. 

As Agent for the Petitioners Henry Knight and 
Paul Anstie, against the Return of William Heald 
Ludlow Bruges, Esquire, for the Borough of Devizes, 
I beg to give you Notice, that it is not their inten- 
tion to proceed with their said Petition. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 


To the Right Honourable James Coppock. 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 22d day 
of February last, for referring the Petition of the 
thereunder-signed Electors of the Borough of De- 
vizes, in the County of Wilts, complaining of an 
undue Election and Keturn for the said Borough, to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


Public Depart- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
ments, 


a Statement of the Changes which have been intro- 
duced into the Public Departments in the system 


13° Martiz. 


Council, forming the corporation of the royal burgh | 





A. 1844, 


An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted Trafalgar. 
in the year 1844-45, on account of Trafalgar- sae. 
square, : 

Estimate of the Sums required for the Services of Holyhead 
the Holyhead Harbour, and Shrewsbury and Holy- "tour, &amp;e. 
head Roads, in the year ending the 31st of March 
| 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Caledonian 

| the year ending 5th January 1845, on account of the Canal. 

| Works carrying on at the Caledonian Canal. 

| An Estimate of the probable Expense of main- Public Build 
| taining and repairing the several Public Buildings ines, &amp;c., 
in the Department of the Commissioners of Public ("4 
Works in Ireland ; also of the Expense of Inland 
Navigation and other Services under the direction 

of the Commissioners, for the year ending 31st 

March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted Kingstown 
for Works and Repairs to Kingstown Harbour, from "our. 
Ist April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 


II. 
Statement of the Estimates for Salaries and Ex- yy 40, 


penses of Public Departments, for 1844-45, com- Comparative 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services for Statement. 
1842-43 and 1843-44. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Houses of 
the year 1844, to defray the Charge for Salaries and Pa*liament. 
Expenses of the Two Houses of Parliament, and of 
Allowances to Retired Officers of the Two Houses, 
for the year ending 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Treasury. 
the year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845, 
| 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, Home Office. 
in the year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of 
| Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home De- 
| partment. 
| An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Foreign Offce. 

pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the Depart~- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign 








of Book-keeping, since the Report on the Exchequer | Affairs ; also of the Queen’s Messengers and Extra 
made by the Commissioners of Public Accounts in Couriers attached to the Department, for the year 
1832; and Copies of any Treasury Minutes on the ending 31st March 1845. 


same subject since that period. 


British 
Museum, 


leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Estimates of 
Miscellaneous 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Li- 
thographic Print of the intended Fagade of the 
British Museum :—And the said Motion was, with 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
Command,—Statement of the Estimates for Public 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Colonial Office. 
pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the Depart- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Colonies, for the year ending 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in Privy Council 
the year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845, Office, &amp;c. 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Departments 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 
and Committee of Privy Council for Trade. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Lord PrivySeal. 


the Estimates for the like Services for 1842-43 and required to pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, 


from the 1st April 1844 to the 31st March 1845. 
An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Paymaster Ge- 


An Estimate of the Amount that will probably be Charge of the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster "erl’s Vffice. 


| General, established pursuant to the Act 5 and 6 
| Will. 4, c. 35, from the Lst April 1844 to the 31st 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required, in Comptroller- 


Repairs of Royal Palaces, and Works in the Royal | the year, from Ist April 1844 to 31st March 1845, General of the 


Gardens, formerly charged upon the Civil List, for | to pay the Salaries and Contingent Expenses in the 


Exchequer, Kee 


Departments of the Comptroller General of the Ex- 
chequer, the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills, and the 


Services. 
a Works and Buildings for 1844-45 ; compared with 
No. 108. 
Comparative 1843-44. 
Statement. 
Public 
Buildings, &amp;c. required for the Repairs, &amp;c., of Public Buildings ; 
for Furniture, &amp;c., for. various Public Departments ; | ’ 
for certain Charges for Lighting and Watching, and | March 1845. 
for Rates and Taxes; also for the Maintenance and 
One year, from the 1st of April 1844 to the 31st of 
March 1845. 
Houses of An Estimate of the probable Sum that will be re- 


Parliament. 


quired to defray the Expense of providing temporary sad ‘ 
A :commodation for the Houses of Parliament, Com- | defray the Charge of the Salaries and other Ex- 


Paymaster of Civil Services. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to _ Paper 
ce. 


mittee Rooms, Offices and Temporary Official Re- | Pemses of the State Paper Office, for One year, from 


sidences for the Speaker of the ss of Commons, 
and other Officers of the House, &amp;c., for the year 


ending the 31st of March 1845. 


New Houses of 
Parliament. 


the 31st of March 1845, beyond what has alread 
been provided for by Votes of Parliament. 





An Estimate of the probable Sum that will be 
required to defray the Expense of the Works at 
the New Houses of Parliament, for the year ending i 
y |the year 1844, to defray the Charge of Salaries and ~° 


1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 


An Estimate of the Sum required towards the Ecclesiastical 
Expenses of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for °°" 
England, for the year commencing 1st of April 1844 
and ending 31st of March 1845. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in aah 





Expenses of the Commissioners appointed to carry 
into 





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7 Victoriz: 


into execution the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 76, for 
the Amendment and better Administration of the 
Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales, 
and the Act 1 and 2 Vice. c. 56, for the more effec- 
tual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to defray 
the Expenditure for the several Branches of the 
Mint, for the year ending 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to pay the Salaries of Persons employed 
in the Care and Arrangement of the Public Records, 
and Expenses connected therewith, for the year, 
from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845; also, to 
pay Compensations granted to Keepers of Records, 
and others whose Offices have been abolished. 

Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Sala- 
ries and Expenses of the Inspectors and Superin- 
tendents of Factories, Mines, &amp;c., appointed under the 
Acts 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 103, and 6 and 7 Vic., c. 41. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to pay the Salaries of certain Officers in 
Scotland, and other Charges formerly paid from the 
Hereditary Revenue, for the year, from 1st April 
1844 to 31st March 1845. 

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 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sums required to pay the 
Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Chief 
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, in 
Dublin and London, and the Privy Council Office in 
Ireland, for One year, to 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Charge of the Paymaster of Civil Services 
Office in Ireland, for the year ending 31st March 
1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required 
of Public Works to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Board of 
(Ireland) Public Works in Ireland, for the year, from Ist 
April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 
the year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1843, 
to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services. 

An Estimate of the Expense of providing Station- 
ery, Printing and Binding for the several Depart- 
ments of Government in England, Scotland, Ireland 
and the Colonies, and for providing Stationery, 
Binding, Printing and Paper for Printing for the 
Two Houses of Parliament, and including also the 
Expense of the Establishment of the Stationery 
Office, from the 1st April 1844 to the 31st March 
1845. 


Mint. 


Public 
Records. 


Factories, 
Mines, &amp;c. 


Officers, &amp;Ce, 
(Scotland). 


Househo!d 

of Lord Lieu- 
tenant (Ire. 
land). 


Chief Secretary 
to the Lord 
Lieutenant, &amp;c. 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services 
(Ireland). 


Commissioners 


Secret Services. 


Stationery, &amp;c. 


= An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
(Ireland.) required for Printing, &amp;c., to be executed by the 
Queen’s Printers, Jreland, for the year ending 31st 
March 1845. 
Ill. Statement of the Estimates for Law and Justice, 
No. 108. for 1844-45, compared with the Estimates for the 
Comparative like Services for 1842-43 and 1843-44. 
Statement. 


Law Charges. | An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray Law Charges, and the Salaries, Allowances 
and Incidental Expenses in the Office of the Soli- 
citor for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 
Mint, An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to pay Expenses connected with the Pro- 
secution of Offenders against the Laws relating to 
Gold and Silver Coin, between the 1st day of April 
1844 and the 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1844, to defray certain Charges hitherio 
paid out of the County Rates. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in 
the year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845, 
to defray the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly 
paid from Civil Contingencies ; also, of the Amount 


County Rates. 


Sheriffs’ 
Expenses, &amp;e, 


13° Marti. 


125 


the Office of the Queen’s Remembrancer in the Ex- 

chequer, in consequence of the Diminution of Fees 

in that Department, and to pay the Salaries and 

ancient Allowances of certain Officers of the Court 

of Exchequer; also, to pay the extra Expense to 

be incurred for a Winter Circuit of the Judges, and 

for the Queen’s Prison. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be required Insolvent 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Com- Debtors Court. 
missioners of the Insolvent Debtors Court, of their 

Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of the Court 

and Office, for One year, from 1st April 1844 to 

31st March 1845 ; also, of the Expenses attendant 

upon the Circuit. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Parkhurst 
Expense of the Prison for Juvenile Offenders in the Prison. 
Isle of Wight, for the year, from 1st April 1844 to 

31st March 1845, 

Estimate of the Sum that will be required to de- Pentonville 
fray the Expenses of the Pentonville Prison, for the Prison. 
year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 

Estimate of the Sum that will be required to de- Millbank 
fray the Expenses of the Millbank Prison, for the Prison. 
year 1844-45, 

Estimate of the probable Expense of confining ¢yiminal 
and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the Buildings Lunatics. 
attached to Bethlem Hospital, for the year 1844, 

ending 31st March 1845. 

Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Sala- Inspectors of 
ries and Expenses of the Inspectors of Prisons, ap- Prisuns, &amp;c. 
pointed under the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 38; also, 

the Salary of the Secretary to the Prison Board in 
Scotland, per Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 42, from 1st April 

1844 to 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Law Expenses 
required to defray Law Expenses in Scotland, from Scotland.) 
Ist April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Criminal 
defray the Expense of Criminal Prosecutions and Prosecutions 
other Law Charges in Jre/and, from 1st April 1844 (Ieland.) 
to 31st March 1845. 

Estimate of the Income and Expenditure of the Dublin Police. 
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 1844 and ending 31st 
March 1845. 

Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required Convict Depot, 
in the year 1844, for the Convict Depdt in Dublin. (Dublin.) 

Estimate of the probable Expense of providing Convict Esta- 
for the Convict Hulk Establishment at Home, at Plishment. 
Bermuda and at Gibraltar, for the year ending 31st 
March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Convicts (New 
required, in the year ending 31st March 1845, to South Wales 
defray the Charge of the Maintenance, Custody, Su- hoes 
perintendence and Management of Convicts at New : 


South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land. 


Statement of the Estimates for Education, Science IV. 
and Art, for 1844-45, compared with the Estimates No. 108. 
for the like Services in 1842-43 and 1843-44. Comparative 

Statement. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted Education — 
in the year 1844, for Public Education in Great (Gre#t Britsin.) 
Britain. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to enable the gaucation 
Lord Lieutenant of [reland to issue Money for the (Ireland. ) 
Advancement of Education, from ist April 1844 to 
31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required Schools of 
to defray the Expenses of the School of Design, ?esie™ 
for the year ending 31st March 1845, and for Aid 
to Provincial Schools. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, professors 
in the year from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845, (Oxford and 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Allowances Cambridge.) 
granted to certain Professors in the Universities of 





required to make good the deficiency of the Fees in 
Vor. 99. 





| Oxford and Cambridge. 
Ri Estimate 

















































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126 138° Martiz. 


University of Estimate of the Expenses of the University of 


London. London, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 
Scottish — An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
Universities. “ 


required to pay Grants to Scottish Universities, for- 
merly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of 
the Crown, and not provided for on Her Majesty’s 
Civil List, nor on the Consolidated Fund; from 1st 
April 1844 to 31st March 1845, 


RomanCatholic An Estimate of the Charge of the Roman Ca- 


ne tholic College, for the Financial year ending 31st 
March 1845. 
Royal Irish Estimate of the probable Expenditure, Income 


Academy. and Sum required for the Royal Irish Academy, 


from ist April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 
Royal — A probable Estimate of the Income and Expen- 
= diture of the Royal Hibernian Academy, for the year 
° commencing 1st April 1844, and ending 31st March 
1845. 

Estimate of the Sum that will be required for de- 
fraying the Expenses of the Royal Dublin Society, 
for the year commencing Ist April 1844, and ending 
3ist March 1845. 

Estimate of the Expenditure of the Royal Belfasé 
Academical Institution, for the year commencing 
1st April 1844, and ending 31st March 1845, as far 
as the same be chargeable on the Public Funds. 

An Estimate of the Amount that will probably 
be required for the British Museum, exclusive of 
the ordinary and necessary Works, for the main- 
tenance of the Building, provided for in the Esti- 
mates for Public Buildings, &amp;c., for the year ending 
31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 


Royal Dublin 


Dociety. 


Royal Belfast 
Academical 
Institution, 


British Museum 
(New Build- 


ings.) 


British Museum 


(New Fors enable the ‘Trustees of the British Museum to pur- 
ere chase for the Museum the thereunder-mentioned 
Collections, and to defray Expenses incurred in pro- 
curing Antiquities for the Museum. 
a An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in the 
allery. 


year 1844 for the Expenses of the National Gallery. 
An Estimate of the Sum that will be required 
for Services connected with the Museum of Economic 
Geology, Craig’s Court, within the year ending the 
3ist of March 1845. 
Magnetic | An Estimate of the Amount that will probably be 
Observatories, required in the year ending 31st March 1845, to defray 
&amp;e. , oD . ’ 
the Expense of Magnetic Observatories at Toronto, 


Museum of 
Economic 
Geology. 





A, 1844. 


the Relief of Shipwrecked Persons, from the 1st 
day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 1845. 
Estimate of the Sum which will be required to Western Coas, 
meet the Charges of the Civil Establishment on the of Africa, ~ 
Western Coast of Africa, from the 1st day of April 
1844 to the 31st day of March 1845. 
Estimate of the Amount which will be required Saint Helena, 
to 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 1844 to 31st March 1845. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expense Westen 
of the Settlement of Western Australia, from 1st Australia. 
April 1844 to 31st of March 1845. 


the year ending 31st March 1845, to defray Ex- 
penses incurred at South Australia. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Port Essington, 
the year 1844, in aid of the Charge of the Settle- 
ment at Port Essington. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required for Falkiana 
maintaining the Government of the Falk/and Islands, Islands. 
during the year ending 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to New Zealand, 
be voted in the year 1844, to defray the Charge of 
the Colony of New Zealand. 

Estimate of the Sum which will be required to Heligoland, 
defray the Expense of the Civil Establishment of 
Heligoland, from the 1st of April 1844 to the 31st 
of March 1845. 


to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Gover- Golsciee) 
nors and Lieutenant Governors, and others, in the " 
West India Colonies, from 1st April 1844 to the 

31st March 1845. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expenses Ecclesiastical 
of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British &gt; oa me 
North American Provinces, from the 1st day of See) wn 
April 1844 to the 81st day of March 1845. 

Estimate of the probable Expenditure of the Indian 
Indian Department in Canada, for its Establish- ee 
ment and Pensions, from the 1st day of April 1944 (Canada) 
to the 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to Emigration, 
defray the Charge of the Colonial Land and Emi- 





Saint Helena and the Cape of Good Hopeand Van 
Diemen’s Land; also, for Observations and Services 
carrying on under the Direction of the Astronomer 
Royal; and other Scientific W orks and Publications. 
An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1844, towards defraying the Cost of the 
Monuments to be erected to the Memory of Sir 
Sydney Smith, Lord Exmouth and Lord De Saumarez, 
pursuant to the Addresses of the House of Com- 
mons, dated 10th August 1842. 
- eriagg An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
(Edinburgb.) the year 1844, on account of the Agricultural Mu- 
, seum at Edinburgh. 
An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 


Monuments, 


Botanic Garden 


gration Board, and the Salaries of the Agents for 
Emigration at the different Ports of this Kingdom ; 
also to defray Expenses in Canada connected with 
Emigration from this Country, for the year, from 
ist April 1844 to 31st of March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required stipendiary 
from the Ist of April 1844 to the 31st March 1845, Justices 
to defray the Charge of Salaries and Allowances, ce wie 
and Contingencies of the Stipendiary Justices in the 
West India Colonies, the Cape of Good Hope and 
the Mauritius. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Negro 
the year 1844, to enable Her Majesty to defray such Education. 
Expenses as Her Majesty may incur in aiding the 














eae the year 1844, in aid of the Expense of erecting 
Conservatories and other Buildings in the Botanic 
Garden in Dublin. 
V 
Te Stateme ‘the Estimates for is g 
No. 108. Statement of the Estimates for Colonial, Consular 


and other Foreign Services for 1844-45, compared 
with the Estimates for the like Services for 1842-43 
and 1843-44, 
oo Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil 
cee Establishment of the Bahama Islands, from the 1st 
day of April 1844 to 31st of March 1845. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil 
Establishment of the Bermudas, in America, from 
1st day of April 1844 to the 31st day of March 1845. 
PrinceEdward’s Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil 
Island. Establishment of Prince Edward’s Island, in Ame- 
rica, from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

Estimate of the Amount required to defray the 
Expense of the Establishment at Sable Island, for 


Comparative 
Statement, 


Bermudas. 


S.ble Island. 





Local Legislatures in providing for the Religious 
and Moral Instruction of the Emancipated Negro 
Population. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Captured | 
the year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845, Ness “* 
to defray Expenses incurred for the Support of 
Captured Negroes and Liberated Africans, under 
the Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted Slave T rade 
for Twelve months, from the 1st of April 1844 to Comme 
the 31st of March 1845, to pay Salaries and Inci- 
dental Expenses for Commissions established on the 
part of Her Majesty, under the Treaties with Fo- 
reign Powers, for suppressing the Traffic in Slaves, 
and in pursuance of Acts of the Legislature for 
carrying those Treaties into effect. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required to Consuls. 
provide for the Expense of the Consular Establish- 


ment Abroad, for the year ending the 31st March 
1845. 








An 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in South Austral, 


An Estimate of the Amount that will be required Governors, &amp;., 


Ministe 
Foreig! 


No 
Comp 
Statet 


Super 
tions. 


Toul 
and 
Emi 


Va 
Ins 


a. om 


—~ —_ pt 





Ministers at 


Oast 


VI. 
No. 108. 


Comparative 
Statement. 


Superannua~ 
tions. 


ralia, 


ton, 
Toulonese 
and Corsican 
Emigrants, &amp;c. 


Vaccine 
Institution. 


ke, Refuge for the 
ia Destitute. 


Polish 
Refugees, &amp;e. 


cal 
ent 


le . 
. Miscellaneous 


Allowances. 


Miscellaneous 
Charges 
(Scotland. ) 


Foundling 
Hospital 
(Dublin.) 


ies, House of 
Industry 
(Dublin. ) 


Female Orphan 


Westmoreland 
C. Lock Hospital 


(Dublin, ) 


Lying-in Hose 
pital (Dublin.) 


ns. 


Dr Steeven’s 
Hospitat 


(Dublin, ) Hospital, Dublin, for One year, from 1st April 1844 
to 31st March 1845, inclusive. 

tiowe of Re- Estimate of the probable Expense of the House 

ss 

ever Hospital es ° 

(Dublin, * for One year, commencing 1st April 1844 and end- 


Hospital for 
\urables 


(Dublin,) 








7 VicToRiz. 13° Martiz. 127 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be re- 


Foreign Courts. quired, in the year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 


1845, to defray Extraordinary Expenses ineurred by 
Her Majesty’s Ministers at Foreign Courts. 


Statement of the Estimates for Superannuation 
and Retired Allowances and Gratuities for Charitable 
and other purposes, for 1844-45, compared with 
the Estimates for the like Services for 1842-43 and 
1843-44. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to 
defray the Charge of Allowances or Compensations 
granted as Superannuation or Retired Allowances, 
to Persons formerly employed in the Public Offices 
or Departments, or in the Public Service, according 
to the provisions of the Acts 50 Geo. 3, c.117,3 Geo. 
4,c. 113, and 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 24, &amp;c., for the 
year, from ist April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 
the year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845, 
to enable Her Majesty to grant Relief to Toulonese 
and Corsican Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers’ Wi- 
dows, Saint Domingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, 
and others who have heretofore received Allowances 
from Her Majesty ; and who, for Services performed 


or Losses sustained in the British Service, have spe- 


cial claims on Her Majesty’s justice and liberality. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the 
Expense of the National Vaccine Institution for the | 4), 


year 1844, 


An Estimate of the Sum required in aid of the 
Institution called “ The Refuge for the Destitute,” | 


for the year 1844. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required 
for the Payment of the Subsistence of the Polish 
Refugees, and Allowances to Distressed Spaniards, 


for the year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 
the year, from 1st April 1844 to 31st March 1845, 
to pay Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed | 


An Estimate of the Sum necessary for defraying Commissioners 
the Expenses of the Board of Commissioners of — 
Charitable Donations and Bequests in Jreland, finden} ” 
from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 31st of March 
1845. 

Estimate of the Sum that will be necessary to Protestant 
defray the Expense of Non-Conforming, Seceding ee 
and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in Ireland, for (Ireland.) 
One year, ending 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to ———_ 
pay Charitable Allowances charged on the Concor- g¢. (Ircland.) 
datum Fund in Jreland, and other Allowances and 
Bounties formerly defrayed from the Grants for the 
Lord Lieutenant’s Household, Civil Contingencies, 

&amp;e., for the year ending 31st March 1845. 





VII. 

Statement of the Estimates for Special and Tem- WNo.108. 
porary Objects, for 1844-45, compared with the comparative 
Estimates for the like Services for 1842-43 and Statement. 
1843-44. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in Townland 
the year, from ist April 1844 to 31st March 1845, mtd 4.) 
‘to defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of ('!"* 
| Ireland. 





Estimate of the Sum that will be required to de- Shannon 

| fray the Expenses of the Shannon Commission, from Comm. 

| Ist April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in British 
e year 1844-45, to defray the Charges of Works man 
'and Repairs to the British Ambassador’s House at °°" °°" 
| Paris. 
An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in D° - at Con- 
‘the year ending the 31st March 1845, towards de- stantinople. 
fraying the Expense of rebuilding the British Am- 
_bassador’s House at Constantinople. 
| An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to- Steam Com- 
wards defraying the Expense of Steam Communi- munication to 
cation to India by way of the Red Sea, for One “""™ 
year, to the 31st March 1845. 


from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenues, &amp;c.,| , Estimate of the Expense to be incurred in Canada Militia and 
for which no permanent annie teen been made for Militia and Volunteers, in the year 1844-45. (yim 


by Parliament. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 


(Canada.) 


| 
| 


An Account of the Sum expended under the head civil Contin- 


required in the year, from 1st April 1844 to 3ist of Civil Contingencies in the year 1843 ; and an gencies. 
March 1845, to pay Charities, Bounties and other | Estimate of the Amount required for 1844. No. 109. 
Charges in Scotland, formerly defrayed from the Ordered, That the said Estimates and Account be 


Hereditary Revenue. 


referred to the Committee of Supply. 


An Estimate of the probable Expense of the Ordered, That the said Estimates and Account 
Foundling Hospital, Dublin, for the year, com-| be printed. 
mencing the 1st April 1844 and ending the 31st, 


March 1845. 


Sir Henry Hardinge presented, pursuant to Or- Mrs. Faweett’s 


Estimate of the Expense of supporting the House | der, —Copy of Correspondence between the Se- Pension. 
of Industry, Dublin; including the Two Lunatic | cretary at War and the Widow of Lieutenant Colonel No. 110. 
Departments, the Four General Hospitals and the | David Lynar Fawcett, c. B., relative to withholding 
Dispensary attached; for One year, from the Ist her Pension. 
day of April 1844 to the 3ist day of March 1845,| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


inclusive. 


for 160 Children. 


Estimate of the Sum that will be required for the 
Support of the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, for 
One year, commencing 1st April 1844 and ending 


the 31st March 1845. 


3lst March 1845. 


Estimate of the probable Expense of Dr. Steeven’ 


ing 31st March 1845. 


Female Orphi Estimate of the Expense of the Female Orphan 
House(Dublin.) House, Circular-road, Dublin, for One year, from 
the 1st of April 1844 to the 31st of March 1845, Cc 


Estimate for the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, for 
the year commencing 1st April 1844 and ending 


Table ; and be printed. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Society Islancs. 
ommand,— Copy of Correspondence relative to 
| the Society Islands, 1843, in continuation of the 
| Papers presented to the House of Commons (in 
August 1843). 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
| Table. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of Arches 
reading of the Court of Arches Bill; - 
S| 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 Wed- 


of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dublin, nesday the 27th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read for the second Con:mons 


An Estimate of the probable Expenses of the | reading of the Commons Inclosure Bill; | emseranieene 
Hospital for Incurables, for One year, from 1st| Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second ae 
R4 e 


April 1844 to 31st March 1845. 
Vou. 99. 












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128 


13°—14° Martiz. 





A. 1844. 


The Amendments following were proposed to be | ported, That the Committee had gone through the 


made to the Question ; viz. ‘lo 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 { Lord Worsley, } 70 
Yeas, Mr. Aglionby : i 
Tellers for the f Mr. Sharman Crawford, 1 23 
Noes, L Colonel Sibthorp : | et 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :--The Bill was accordingly read a second | 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole | 


House, for Wednesday the 27th day of this instant 
March. 














Masters and 
Servants Bill. 


No, 111. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Masters and Servants 
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 Wednesday next; and the Bill, 
as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Teachers of Schools (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Teachers 
of Schools 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


Ways and 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Gaming The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Transactions ~— into a Committee upon the Gaming Transactions 
CWitnesses’ In- a ‘ 3 - ; ° 
dewnity) Bill, (Witnesses’ Indemnity) Bill; and, after some time 
No. 112. 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. 

‘Three and-a- The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
yn ofan a Committee upon the Three and a half per Centum 
= ' Annuities 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, 'Vhat the Report be received To-morrow. 


Vhree-and-a- 
Half pe: Centum 
Annuities 


1818 bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


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. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
into a Committee upon the Consolidated Fund 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 


Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Clerks to 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to Justices. 
inquire into the mode of appointment, the duties, 
and the present system of remunerating the Clerks 
to Justices at Petty Sessions in England and Wales, 
and to report the Minutes of Evidence, and their 
Opinion thereon, to the House :—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Port Philip 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased hang South 
to give directions that there be laid before this © ~*~ 
House, Copies or Extracts of a Despatch, dated 
the 24th day of February 1841, with the Inclosures, 
between Sir George Gipps and Lord John Russell, 
relative to the Condition of the Licensed Occupiers 
of Crown Lands in Port Philip and New South 
Wales, and subsequent Correspondence. 

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, Pauper 

a Return of the Number of Pauper Lunatics and Lunatics. 
Idiots chargeable to each ofthe Unions in England 

and Wales, in the month of August 1842 and 1843, 
respectively (in pursuance of the Act 5 and 6 Vic. 

c. 57), distinguishing those maintained in County 
Lunatic Asylum, in Licensed House, and elsewhere, 

with the Average Weekly Cost per Head of Main- 
tenance and Clothing: together with the Population 

of each Union in 1841, and the estimated Number 

of Lunatics and Idiots for Places not in union. 


A Petition of Josiah Iles Wathen, of Bedford- Gavelkina. 
square, Bloomsbury, in the county of Middlesex, 
Attorney and Solicitor, praying that the proper Of- 
ficer of the House may attend a trial relative to 
Gavelkind at Maidstone, for the purpose of iden- 
tifying the original manuscript Journals of the 
House, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Of- 
ficer to attend accordingly. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Oil Cakes. 
a Return of the Importation of Oil Cakes into the 
different Ports of Great Britain, for the year end- 
ing the 5th day of January 1844, and for the Two 
previous years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tobacco. 
a Return of the Pounds Weight of Tobacco seized 
and condemned in England, Scotland and Ireland 
respectively, from the 5th day of January 1843 to 
the 5th day of January 1844; distinguishing the 
Unmanufactured, Manufactured Stalks, and Cigars. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 14° die Martii; 
Anno 7° Victoriz Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Law, from the Treasury, was called in ; Malt. 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 











a Committee upon the Three and a half per Centum | 
Aunuities 1818 Bill; and, after some time spent} 


' 


| 


—An Account of the Total Number of Quarters of 
Malt made between the 10th day of October 1842 
and the 10th day of October 1843; distinguishing 
the Quantity made in each Country, and the Quan- 
tity used by Brewers and Victuallers, and Retail 
Brewers. 
Accounis of the Total Number of Acres of Land Hops- 

in Great Britain under the Cultivation of Hops in 
the year 1843: distinguishing the Number of Acres 
in each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of the 








growth of the year 1843; distinguishing the Dis- 
tricts, 








Brewers, &amp;c. 


Wheat. 


Hawkers’ 
Licenses, 


Stock trans- 
aired, 





7 Vicroriz. 


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 
1843 to the 5th day of January 1844; distinguish- 
ing the Countries to which the same have been ex- 

orted, 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 1843 to the 5th day of January 1844; distin- 
guishing the Ports where imported, and the Coun- 
tries from whence exported. 


An Account of the Number of Persons in each of 
the several Collections in the United Kingdom li- 
censed as “ Brewers,” “ Victuallers,” “ to sell Beer 
to be drunk on the Premises” and “ to sell Beer 
not to be drunk on the Premises ;” stating the 
Number of each Class who brew their own Beer, 
and the Quantity of Malt consumed by them, par- 
ticularizing each Class in each Collection, from the 
10th day of October 1842 to the 10th day of Octo- 
ber 1843. 


A Return of the weekly aggregate Average Price 
of Wheat by which the Duty is regulated, according 
to the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 14, and also of the weekly 
aggregate Average Price of Wheat, calculated ac- 
cording to the Provisions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, 
from the 1st day of February 1843 to the present 
time. 

A Return of the Number of Hawkers licensed in 
each of the years 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, and 
in 1843, stating the Rate paid for each License, and 
the Gross and Net Amount of Revenue received in 
each of these years, distinguishing England, Scot- 
land and Ireland. 

Accounts of all Soap made in each Town in Great 
Britain, distinguishing Hard from Soft, and also 
that upon which the silicated Duty has been charged, 
from the 5th day of January 1843 to the 5th day 
of January 1844:—Of all Soap exported, and the 
Amount of Drawback paid thereon ; specifying the 
Port from whence shipped, from the 5th day of 
January 1843 to the 5th day of January 1844 :— 
Of the Quantity of Soap, distinguishing Hard 
from Soft, and the Amount of all Allowances and 
Drawbacks made to the Manufacturers of Woollens, 


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Linen, Silk and others, from the 5th day of January 
1843 to the 5th day of January 1844 :—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 1843 
to the 5th day of January 1844 :—Of all Soap im- 
ported into Great Britain, Hard and Soft, the Port 
at which imported, and the Amount of Duty paid 
thereon, from the 5th day of January 1843 to the 
5th day of January 1844:—Of all Persons con- 
victed of defrauding the Revenue arising from Soap; 








the date of each Conviction; the Amount of the 
several Penalties ; whether the Persons so convicted 
had been previously convicted or fined, or had had 
Penalties compromised, with or without Conviction ; 
and the Names, Dates and Amount of all Penalties 
paid in all cases which have been compromised or 
tried before the Summary Court of Excise, from 
the 5th day of January 1843 to the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1844:—And, of the Number of Licenses 
granted to Soap Makers; distinguishing those 
granted in England, Scotland and Ireland, trom the 
Sth day of January 1843 to the 5th day of January 
1844 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 331, of Session 1843). 


An Account of the Amount of Stock transferred 
from England to Ireland, and from Ireland to Eng- 
land, from January 1841 up to the latest period it 
can be made up; distinguishing the Amount trans- 
ferred in each year, and the different kinds of Stock 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 361, 
of Session 1841). 

Vo. 99. 








129 


Returns to an Order, dated the 20th day of Febru- 
ary last, for Returns of the Number of Persons who 
have been suspended, superseded or discharged from 
the Customs, since the 1st day of January 1841; stat- 
ing the Names of each Person and the dates of their 
first Entry into the Service, the several Situations 
which they have filled, and the time they served 
in each Situation, the Offences for which they have 
been respectively suspended, superseded or dis- 
charged, and the dates respectively of such suspen- 
sion, supersession or discharge; also, the Amount 
of Salary and Emoluments of every Person, at the 
time of his suspension or discharge :—And, of the 
Number of Licensed Custom House Agents, the date 
of their Appointment, and the Names and Places 
of Residence of their respective Sureties ; also, a 
Return of such Agents as have been convicted of 
Offences against the Revenue, and of those de- 
faulters who have eluded Examination ; and whether 
the Amounts, or how much, were recovered from the 
Agents or Sureties. 


A Return, showing, in columns, the Names of the Commissioners 
Commissioners of the Board of Customs in London, Customs. 
with the Age at which each was appointed to the 
said Office, and also his present Age ; the Occupa- 
tion, Calling or Office (if any) which each filled pre- 
viously to being so appointed. 


An Account of the gross Receipts of Customs Customs Duty. 
Duty collected at each of the under-mentioned 
Ports, during the Five years ending the 5th day of 
January 1844:—ewcastle, Berwick, Leith, Dun- 
dee, Montrose, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Greenock and 
Port Glasgow. 


A Statement of the Tonnage of Shipping which Shipping. 
arrived at the under-mentioned Ports, from Foreign 
Places, during the Five years ending the 5th day of 
January 1844:—Newcastle, Berwick, Leith, Dun- 
dee, Montrose, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Greenock and 
Port Glasgow. 


A Copy of so much of the Treasury Minute of the Postage. 
26th day of December 1839, respecting the mode of 
carrying out the Penny Postage Act, as relates to 
the preparation and application of Postage Stamps: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Customs, 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Joint Joint Stock 
Stock Companies have leave to sit this day, till five Companies- 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing 
Orders have leave to sit this day, till five of the Orders. 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Sub-Committee (No. 2.) of the Petitions for 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills have Private Bills. 
leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


Petitions of John Gott, of Leeds ;—George Hirst, Leeds and 
of Leeds ;—George Baron, of Drewton, near South — Bill 
Cave, in the county of York, Esquire ;—Sir Sand- soe 
ford Graham, Baronet ;—Inhabitants of Adwalton ; 
—Armley ;—Thornton ;—- Pudsey ;— Gildersome ;— 
Southowram ; — Leicester Dyke; — Low Moor ; — 

Bramley ;— Bowling ;—Shebdin;— Leeds ;— Queen’s 
Head ;— Drighlington ;—Bradford (York) ;— Hol- 
beck ;—Booth Town;—East Bierley ;—Ovendon ; 
—Great Horton ;—Northowram ;— Benjamin Gas- 
hell, of Thornes House, in the parish of Wakefield, 
in the county of York, Esquire ;—Thomas Haigh, 
of Newlay, in the parish of Leeds, Dyer ;—Reverend 
Godfrey Wright, of Bilham House, near Doncas- 
ter, in the county of York ;— Trustees in whom 
are vested the manors, real estates, coal mines and 
collieries which were late the property of Charles 
Brandling, deceased, afterwards of Charles John 
Brandling, Esquire, deceased, and subsequently 





s of 
















York and Petitions from Scarborough;—and, Filey; pray- 
se nome ~ ing that the York and Scarborough Railway Bull 
ailway Bill. &gt; s 


South-Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds and 


Selby Railway 


Purchase 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Rochdale 
Gas Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill, 


Liverpool Fire 


130 


of the Reverend Ralph Henry Brandling, situate at | 
Middleton, near Leeds, in the county of York ;—Inha- 

bitants of Clayton ;— Wortley ;—Farnley ;— Robert 

Pemberton Milnes, of Fryston, in the county of York, 

Esquire;—and, Leeds Waterworks Company; pray- 

ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 

counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Leeds 

and Bradford 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. 


may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Edmund Filmer presented a Bill to enable 
the South Eastern Railway Company to complete 
and maintain a Branch Railway and Approach to 
the Harbour of Folkestone, and to construct other 
Works in connection with the said Harbour; and 
also to effect certain Alterations and Extensions of 
the Works of the Maidstone Branch of the said 
South Eastern Railway, and to amend the Acts re- 


14° Martiz. 








lating to the said Company: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Lowther presented a Bill for vesting the 
Leeds and Selby Railway in the York and North 
Midland Railway Company, and for enabling that 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money to com- 
plete the Purchase of such Railway: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Sir Henry Winston Barron reported from the 
Committee on the Rochdale Gas 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 one of them; and 
had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and 
that the Committee had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven 
Railway Company ;— Edinburgh and Glasgow Union 
Canal Company ;—Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of Linlithgow ;—and, Thomas Sprot, Writer 
tothe Signet, Edinburgh ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way 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 Howard Douglas presented a Bill to alter and 


Prevention Bill. amend an Act of the Sixth and Seventh years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, for the better Protec- 
tion of Property in the Borough of Liverpool from 
Fire: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Bury {nclosure 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- 


Bury Inclosure 
Bill. 





A. 1844. 


mittee; and that the Committee 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 Ramsey 
Ramsey \nclosure Bill; That they had examined !closure 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 made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to alter and Manchester 
amend an Act of Fifty-third George Third, for the arse 
Appointment of a Stipendiary Magistrate to act “°"""° ™ 
within the Townships of Manchester and Salford: 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill for the Im- Manchester 
provement of the Town of Manchester: And the Improvement 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be _ 
read a second time. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill for the good Manchester 
Government and Police Regulation of the Borough Police Bill. 
of Manchester: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir William Clay reported from the Committee Lancaster 
on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill; and to 2nd Carlisle 
whom several Petitions against the said Bill were ®#!*y Bill 
referred ; That no person appeared in support of the 
said Petitions; and that the Committee had heard 
counsel in favour of the Bill; That they had in- 
quired into the several matters required by the 
| Standing Orders on Railway Bills; 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. 

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








| A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Slamannan 
| Canal Company, praying that they may be heard, a. ~_ 
| by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- ""9 ~" 
tain parts of the Slamannan 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. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the Maryport 
Acts relating to the Maryport and Carlisle Railway, and Carlisle 
and for making certain Extensions and Branches Bay Bil- 
connected therewith: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Worsley presented a Bill for extinguishing Coventry 
Rights of Common and Pasturage upon and over panes o 
certain Lands, called Lammas and Michaelmas 
Lands, in the Parishes of Saint Michael, The Holy 
Trinity and Saint John Baptist, in the City of 
Coventry and County of Warwick, and in the Pa- 
rishes of Foleshill, Exhall, Sowe, Stoke and Wyken, 
|in the County of Warwick, and granting Compen- 
| sation in lieu thereof, and for fencing and improving 
| certain Commons or Waste Lands, called Whitley 
Common, Hearsall Common and Gosford Green, 
within the same Parishes or some of them: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of Blandford and its Salisbary 
vicinity, praying that the Salisbury Branch Railway Bch Rat 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


way Bill. 





Mr. 





Ches' 
Holy 
Rails 


Man 


Bur 
Ci. 


Rai 


Kin 


Sai 
and 


Dic 


Sar 


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io my 


Chester and 
Holyhead ; 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester and 
Leeds Railway 

(Bury Branch) 

Bill. 


Railways 


Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses, 


Samuel Gordon. 


London Bridge 
Railways. 


Public Works, 
&amp;c., ( Ireland.) 





7 VicToriz. 


Mr. Owen Stanley presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from Chester to Holyhead: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Edward Earl 
of Derby, and of the Right honourable Thomas Earl 
of Wilton,and Owners of or interested im property 
on or near the line of the proposed Bury Branch 
of the Leeds and Manchester Railway, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Manchester and 
Leeds Railway (Bury Branch) 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 Merchants, Manufacturers, Trades- 
men, Common Carriers and others interested in the 
conveyance of goods by Railway, praying the House 
to secure to them the same benefit of a free com- 
petition in the inland carriage of goods as they en- 
joyed previously to the formation of Railways, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Railways. 


A Petition of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
lands, tenements and property situate at a place 
called “ The Garrison Side,” in the county of the 
town of Kingston-upon-Hull, proposed to be pur- 
chased or taken for the purposes of a new dock and 
other works at Kingston-upon-Hull, under the pow- 
ers and provisions of the Bill hereinafter mentioned, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Kingston-upon-Hull Docks 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 Ludlow ;—Donnington ;— Deanery 
of Stottesdon ;—and, Liverpool; praying for the re- 
peal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of Aungier- 
street, Dublin, complaining of injuries perpetrated 
upon him by an officer of the Lrish Government ; 
and praying for consideration of his case, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the London and Greenwich Railway 
Company, stating that in consequence of dispro- 
portionate and almost prohibitory rates of charge, 
ea by the Dover and Croydon Railway 

ines are reduced to the alternative of either sub- 
mitting to an exorbitant extra charge in order to be 
carried to London Bridge, or to much inconvenience 
and loss of time by proceeding from New Cross in 
an omnibus or otherwise; and praying the House 
to take their statements into consideration, and 
adopt such measures as will secure the objects con- 
templated by the legislature, and in particular the 
conveyance at moderate and equal fares of all classes 
of passengers desirous of being carried to and from 
London Bridge, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Railways. 


A Petition of Thomas Callan, of Ardee, stating 
that the main source of the evils of Ireland arises 


from the want of means of employing of two millions 
Vou. 99. 





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131 


of her population, who are thereby reduced to a 
state of destitution, being obliged to seek for work- 
house relief, or to have recourse to mendicancy ; 
that there is ample room for employment were the 
means only enacted for that purpose ; that to effect 
an object so desirable, it would only be necessary 
to apply certain sums to Public Works, such as rail- 
roads, reclaiming waste lands, &amp;c., and towards 
defraying one half the expenses of workhouse relief 
on the same principle that the expenses of the con- 
stabulary are defrayed under the Peace Preservation 
Bill; and praying the House to take the matter into 
consideration, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from West Keal;—-Burgh ;—Skegness ;-- 
Hagnaby ;— Mavis Enderby ;— Willoughby ;—Hun- 
dleby ;— Partney and Dalby ;— Toynton All Saints ; 
—Aswardby and Harrington ; —Firsby and Irby ; 
— Thorpe ;—Saucethorpe ;—Toynton Saint Peters ; 
—Raithby ;— Scremby and Grebby ;— Spilsby ;— 
Carham ; — Ashby ;— Croft ; — Wooler ; — Elling- 
ham ; — Chollerton ; — Warden ; — Edlingham ; — 
Bamburgh ;—Ovingham Kidley ;—Alnham;— North 
Sunderland ;—Bellingham ;—Mickley Eltringham ; 
—-Ovingham Horsley ;—Ovingham Prudhoe;---Barn- 
burgh ; — Warkworth ;—and, Chillingham; praying 
the House to resist the efforts now making by the 
Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no further altera- 
tion may be made in the present Corn Laws,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





Corn Laws. 


A Petition of Freeholders of the township of Dent, Commons 
in the county of York, praying that the Commons Inclosure Bill. 


Inclosure Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Conisborough ;— Kirkby Stephen ; Commons 
—and, Braithwell; praying the House to devise Iuclosure. 


means for a more effectual and less expensive method 
in-inclosing Open Fields and Waste Lands,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of Trus- 


Poor Law 


tees of the Poor of the parish of Saint Leonard, a 
Ml. 


Shoreditch, in the county of Middlesex ; — and, 
Members of the Board of Guardians of the Fording- 
bridge Union, in the county of Southampton; 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 the Chairman of a Meeting of Mill- 
owners, Overlookers, and other Residents in Brad- 
ford, in the West Riding of the county of York ;— 
Osset ;—and, Horbury; praying that the Factories 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Campden ;—and, Chipping Camp- 
den; praying that the Silk Trade may be excluded 
from the operation of the said Bill,—were also 
presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Factories Bill. 


A Petition of Journeymen Coopers of the city of Coopers’ Trade. 


Bristol, in general meeting assembled, stating that 
the Petitioners are suffering great privations, owing 
to the great falling off of the Coopering Trade, prin- 
cipally in the export branch, which they attribute 
to the heavy amount of duty charged on all imported 
timber used for Coopers’ work ; that there is no 
drawback allowed on Coopers’ work when exported, 
as the greater part of our casks, &amp;c., are sent to the 
West India Colonies ; that the British Colonies are 
chiefly supplied from foreign countries with shooks, 











which are casks made, knocked down and imported 
s 2 there 










































Blackburn and 
Preston Rail- 
way Bill. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


Pilots. 


Paper Mills. 


Garnkirk, 
Glasgow and 
Coatbridge 
Railway Bill. 


Joseph Cappur. 


Coals. 





132 


there as lumber ; and praying for the repeal of the ‘impose, for the purpose of Metropolitan Improve- 
duty on the raw material used by the Coopers’ Trade, | ments, any additional tax on Coals received into 


14° Martii. A. 1844, 


such an alteration of the law as will enable | the port of Zondon, was presented, and read ; and 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Blackburn and Preston Rail- 
way Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 


or b 

the Se wntond to compete with the foreign Cooper, | ordered to lie upon the Table. 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Cotton Merchants, Spinners and Cotton, 
Manufacturers of Bolton-le-Moors, and its neigh- 
bourhood, praying for the repeal of the tax on Raw 
Cotton, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message from 


for making a Railway from the town of Blackburn 
to the North Union Railway, in the township of 
Farrington, all in the county of Lancaster: And igh I ‘ . . ; ; 
that Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. William Feilden and for naturalizing Dionysius Onufri Marianski ; to Nat. Bill 


Sir Hesketh Fleetwood do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway . ; 
Company ;—and, William Henry Miller, of Craig- Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Greece, 


Mr. Senior: the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Marianski’s 


which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


. : : : ; to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
entinny, in the county of Mid Lothian, Esquire ; : pony: ig bg yP ‘ 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, to give directions that there be laid before this 


their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 


House, Copy of Correspondence or Extracts of any 


North British Railway Bill,—were presented, and Correspondence between Her Majesty’s Government 


read. 


and Sir Edmund Lyons, or the Courts of France 


And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred and Russia, relating to the recent events in Greece. 


to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

















A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- The Porte. 


Captain Gladstone presented a Bill for making a | posed, That an humble Address be presented to 


Railway from Colchester to Ipswich: And the same 


Her Majesty, representing to Her Majesty the pre- 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a | Set anomalous state of Criminal Jurisdiction over 


second time. 


British Subjects within the Dominions of the Porte; 
and praying that Her Majesty will be pleased to 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a establish, with as little delay as possible, some such 
Return of the Income of each Individual Pilot acting jurisdiction as shall protect the lives and property 


under the License of the Corporation of the Trinity 


of Her Subjects in those countries, and remedy the 


House, Deptford Strond, for the years 1835, 1836, lawless disorder resulting from the absence of any 
1837, 1888, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; such jurisdiction :—And the said Motion was, with 
showing the Name of each Pilot, the Channels for leave of the House, withdrawn. 


which he is licensed to act, and his Earnings in each 


year, separately, as returned by him to the Trinity Petitions from Penryn ;—and, Falmouth ; pray- Duelling. 
House, and upon which Poundage has been paid. | ing the House to take measures for the enforcement 


of the Law, that the practice of Duelling may be 


The House was moved, That the Order made prevented,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
upon the 8th day of this instant March, That there to lie upon the Table. 


be laid before this House, a Return, stating the 





Name, Description and Locality of every Paper| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Duelling, 
Mill in England; and also, the Number of Engines, | posed, That it is the Opinion of this House, that 
Machines and Vats in each of such Mills; and the | Duelling is immoral in its tendency, that it brings 
Quantity of Paper made at each Mill, and charged | into contempt the Laws of the Country, is contrary 
by the Excise :—And, a similar Return for Scotland, | to Divine Command, and ought to be abolished :— 
Treland, and Wales, might be read; and the same | And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 


ing read ; 
being read ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


withdrawn. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Real Property. 


Petitions of Rosina Smith and George Smith, posed, That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 


of Glasgow ; 





and, John Leadbetter, of Glasgow ; mittee of the whole House, on an early day, for the 


complaining that the Standing Orders of the House | purpose of taking into consideration the Acts 36 
in respect to the application for the Garnkirk, Glas- | Geo. 3, c. 52, 45 Geo. 3, c. 28, 48 Geo. 3, c. 149, 
gow and Coatbridge Railway Bill, had not been |and 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, with the view of se 


complied with; and praying that they may be|the same Amount of Probate Duty on Real 


state 


heard, by themselves, their agents and witnesses, | 4S 1S now In similar cases imposed on Personal Pro- 
against the same,—were presented, and read ; and perty ; and, likewise, of considering the expediency 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for | of imposing a Probate Duty in all cases on the death 


Private Bills. 


of the cestut que Trust (whether the Trust Property 
be Realty or Personalty), in order to substitute 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tunstall and its vi-| Such proposed Probate Duty on Real Estate for 
cinity, in the Staffordshire Potteries, praying that 


some of those Taxes which now press most heavily 


the House will be pleased to address Her Majesty, | 0m the productive industry of the People :—And 
advising Her to liberate forthwith Joseph Cappur | the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
from the county gaol of Stafford, was presented, drawn. 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Hert-| posed, That full effect be given to the Act, com- 


ford, praying that the House will not consent to | monly called the Penny Postage Act, by the issue 


of 





Dean Fo 
Encroac' 
Bill. 


Indemn 


Land 1 
Commi 
Naines 


Night 
Preve 


Nav 


Tob: 





Dean Forest 
Encroachments 
Bill. 


{ndemnity Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 
Names Bill. 


Night Poaching 
Prevention Bill. 


Naval Officers. 


Tobacco Trade, 


Teachers 
of Schools 
(Ireland) Bill 


Three-and-a- 


HalfperCentum 
Annuities Bill. 


7 Vicroriz. 


of Postage Free Stamped Paper, without restriction 
as to Size or Quality, in addition to the use of 
Labels, Postage Free Envelopes, and Pre-payment 
at Post-offices, as at present :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to extend the Time within which Conveyances may 
be made, on behalf of the Crown, of Encroachments 
in the Forest of Dean: And that the Earl of Lincoln 
and Sir Thomas Fremantle do prepare, and bring 
it in. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a 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 respectively: And that Sir George 
Clerk and Mr. Greene do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to appoint additional Commissioners for executing 
the Acts for granting a Land Tax and other Rates 
and Taxes: And that Sir George Clerk and Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 Martii, 1844: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend an Act of the ninth year of King George 
the Fourth, for the more effectual Prevention of 
Persons going armed by Night for the Destruction | 
of Game: And that Mr. Wallace, Mr. Henry Ber- 
heley and Lord Worsley do prepare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Return of the Names of all Persons who have 
been appointed to command Vessels in Her Majesty’s 
Service, from the 1st day of October 1841 to the 
ist day of March 1844. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Monday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to examine into the present state of the _ ana 
Trade, and to inquire what effects have been pro- 
duced by the changes in the Laws relating to it; 
and whether any and what Legislative measures, 
compatible with the general interest of the Country, 
may be advisable, in order to promote the Trade or 
to check Smuggling in Tobacco ; and to report their 
Observations thereupon to the House, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Hume, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Parker, Mr. 
Villiers, Mr. Colquhoun, Viscount Sandon, Mr. 
Beckett, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Young, Mr. Smythe, Dr. 
Bowring, Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Sir Charles Douglas, 
Mr. Alderman Humphery and Mr. Darby; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Teachers of Schools (Ireland) 


14°—15° Marti. 


centum Annuities 1818 Bill; and the Amendments 4 
were read, and agreed to. 


and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 





133 


Mr. Greene reported the Three-and-a-Half per Three-and-a- 
alf perCentum 
nnuities 

} 1818 Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Consolidated Fund Bill ; Consolidated 
un 
(£. 8,000,000.) 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Biil, 


be ingrossed ; and .ead the third time this day. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to extend Dean Forest 
the Time within which Conveyances may be made, ne 
on behalf of the Crown, of Encroachments in the 


Forest of Dean: And the same was fead the first N° 115: 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 


Monday next; and to be printed. 


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 the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to appoint ad- Land Tax 
ditional Commissioners for executing the Acts for Commissioners’ 
eranting a Land Tax, and other Rates and Taxes: °°" """ 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day. 


Mr. Wallace presented a Bill to extend an Act Night Poaching 
of the ninth year of King George the Fourth, for Prevention Bill. 
the more effectual Prevention of Persons going No.114. 
armed by Night for the Destruction of Game: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 4th, 6th, sth, 11th Addresses. 
and 13th days of this instant March (That Her Ma- 
jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions, 
that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this House), had been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty ; and that Her Majesty had commanded him 
to acquaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to seve- Yeomanry. 
ral Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of the 
Names of the different Regiments of Yeomanry that 
have been called out upon Service in aid of the Civil 
Power, in the years 1840, 1841 and 1842, and the 
Number of Days that each Regiment was kept on 
Duty. 

Cees of the last Report from the National Vac- Vaccine 
cine Establishment to Her Majesty’s Secretary of P*tablishment. 
State for the Home Department. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Liverpool 
Liverpool New Gas and Coke Bill; and to whom the i bo and 
Petition of the Liverpool Guardian Society against “°** ™" 











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 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


read, and agreed to. 


Mr. Greene reported the Three-and-a-Half per 
Centum Annuities Bill; and the Amendments were | gow, praying the House to resist the efforts now (Scotlend.) 





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 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. 





A Petition of Members of the University of Glas- Universities 


| making to obtain a repeal of those statutory pro- 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | visions under which the Universities of Scotland are 


be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
Von. 99. 


1 
} 


now constituted, which require subscription to the 
$3 Standards 





























































River Weaver. 


No. 115. 


British 
Museum. 


No. 116. 


Poor Law. 
No. 117. 


Poor Law. 
No. 118. 


London 
Gas Bill. 


Haltwhistle 
Inclosure Bill, 


Hartlepool 
West Harbour 
and Dock Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection. 


Glossop 
Market Bill. 


South-Eastern 
and Hastings 
Railway Bill. 





1354 


Standards of the Church from all professors in Uni- 
versities, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the River 
Weaver, which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Bri- 
tish Museum, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


14°—15° Martz. 


A. 1844. 


Guestling ;— Romney Marsh ;— Rye Union ;— West- 
field ;— Appledore ; — Biddenden ;— Peasmarsh ; — 
Brede ;—Smarden ; —Northiam ; — Woodchurch ;— 
High Halden ; — Udimore ; —Stone ; — Bechly ;— 
Wittersham; —and, Hastings (three Petitions) ; 
praying that the South Eastern and Hastings Rail- 
way Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land, and 
others, of Cranbrook ;—Hawkhurst ;—Ewhurst and 





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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
Law, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 15° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


ETITIONS of the Governor and Company of 
Chelsea Waterworks ; —Brentford Gas Light 
Company ;—and, Coal Traders and Coal Merchants 
of the Port of London; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the London Gas Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


The Haltwhistle Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of Captains of vessels wrecked near 
Hartlepool;— Owners and Captains of trading 
vessels at Sunderland ;—South Shields ;—Blyth ; 
—Owners of collieries interested in the trade of 
Hartlepool ;—Ipswich ; —Lyna ;—Scarborough ;— 
North Shields; —- Yarmouth ;— Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne ; — Hartlepool; — Stockton and Hartlepool 
Railway Company ;— Whitby ;—Stranton ;—and, 
Clarence Railway Company; praying that the 
Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Fishermen belonging to or frequent- 
ing the public Port of Hartlepool, in the county of 
Durham, praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to referthe Edinburgh and Glas- 
gow, the Slamannan Junction, and the Edinburgh, 
Leith and Granton Railway Bills to the same 
Committee. 


The Glossop Market Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Tenterden ;—Ichlesham ;— Ore ;— 
Playden ;— Iden ;—Winchelsea;— Rye ;—Rolvenden 
and other places (two Petitions) ;— Ebony and other 
places (two Petitions); — Hundred of Tenterden 
( Kent) ;—Ebony and Small Hythe ;— Headcorn ;— 
East Guildford ;— Marden ;—Pett ;—Fairlight ;— 


Seddlescome ; — Sandhurst ; — Benenden ; — Goud- 
hurst, Horsmonden, &amp;c.;—Owners and Occupiers 
of land in the interior part of the Weald of Kent 
and Sussex ;—Owners and Occupiers of lands and 
houses at Battle ;—Ticehurst ;—Etchingham and 
Burwash ;— Robertsbridge ;—Mountfield, Watling- 
ton and Sedlescomb ;—and, Wadhurst ; praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Worthing ;—Bognor (two Peti- 
tions); and, Littlehampton; praying that the 
Brighton and Chichester Railway Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the South Eastern and Hastings Rail- 
way Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
** now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of the Bradford Gas Light Company ; 
—Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of or interested 
in property upon or near the line of the proposed 
Railway from the town of Leeds to the town of Brad- 
ford ;— Bradford Waterworks Company ;—Leeds 
Gas Light Company ;—Company of Proprietors of 
the Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool ;— 
Mrs. Mary Ann Duffield, of Town Hill House, 
near Bradford, Gentlewoman ; — Ellis Cunliffe 
Lister Kaye, of Manningham Hall, in the parish of 
Bradford, in the county of York, Esquire ;—Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands, tenements and pro- 
perty upon or near to the line of the proposed Rail- 
way from Leeds to Bradford; — Inhabitants of 
Sowerby ;—Shkircoat ;— Stanningley ; — Warley ;— 
Birkenshaw ;—Oakenshaw ;— Tong ;—Cleckheaton; 
— Batley ;—Shelf ;— Wibsey ;— Clayton Heights ;— 
Liversedge ; — Gomersal ; — Birstal ;— Heckmond- 
wike ;—Edward Lambert, of Manningham, in the 
West Riding of the county of York, Farmer ;— 
Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of lands, tenements 
and property upon or near to the line of the pro- 
posed Railway from Leeds to Bradford ;—Owners 
of mills, manufactories and other works ;—Owners, 
Lessees or Occupiers of lands, tenements and pro- 
perty upon or near to the line of the proposed 
Railway from Leeds to Bradford ;—Subscribers to a 
Company for forming a direct line of Railway com- 
munication between the towns of Leeds and Brad- 
ford, in the county of York ;—Company of Propri- 
etors of the Bradford Canal Navigation ;—and, 
William Morgan Benett, of Gray’s Inn, in the county 
of Middlesex, Solicitor of Anne Teresa Hebdin, of 
the city of Paris, Widow, Arthur Oates Hebdin, 
of Blackheath, in the county of Kent, Esquire, and 





Isabella Hebdin, of the same place, Spinster ; pray- 
ing 


Brighton and 
Chichester 
Railway Bill. 


South-Eastern 
and Hastings 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds and 
Bradford 
Railway Bill. 








Epson 
South 
Railw 


York 
Rail 


Eas' 
Rai 


Bil 


Mat = 


Epsom and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


York and 
Scarborough 
Railway Bill. 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


Ayr Bridge 
Bill, 


Coventry 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Manchester, 
Bury, and 
Rossendale 
Railway Bill. 





7 VicrorizZ. 15° Martiz. 135 


ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Leeds 
and Bradford Railway Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel | 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- | 
tions. 

Petitions from Calverley and Farsley ;— Burley ; | 
— Yeadon ; — Armley ; — Rawdon ; — Eccleshill ;—_ 
Horsforth ; — Guiseley;—and, Bramley; praying. 
that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also, 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the | 
Table. 





| 





Petitions of the Reverend Fleetwood Parkhurst, | 
of Ripple Hall, near Tewkesbury, in the county of | 
Gloucester ;—and, William Everest, of Epsom, in| 
the county of Surrey, Gentleman; praying that they | 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or | 
agents, against certain parts of the Epsom and South | 
Western Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. | 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


Petitions of Charles William Earl Fitzwilliam ;— 
and, William Saint Quintin, of Scampton Hall, in the 
county of York, Esquire; praying that they may 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the York and Scarborough 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. 


upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ribble Navie 
the Report on the Ribble Navigation Bill; and the gation Bill. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for making Blackbum 
a Railway from the Town of Blackburn to the North 24 Preston 
Union Railway in the Township of Farrington, all ®**7 Bil 
in the County of Lancaster: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of messuages Canterbury 
or tenements, lands and hereditaments situate within Pavement Bill. 
the walls of the city of Canterbury, and Owners 
and Occupiers of messuages or tenements, lands and 
hereditaments situate in the suburbs or without the 
walls of the same city, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Canterbury Pavement 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 William Heathcote reported from the Select Wells Lighting 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 2"4 — 
the case of the Petition for the Wells Lighting and" 
Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for lighting, paving, cleansing, widening and im- 
proving the Streets of the Town or Parish of Wells, 
in the County of Norfolk, for removing and pre- 
venting Nuisances therein, and for making new 
Streets or Roadways: And that Mr. Wodehouse, Mr. 





A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, 
praying that the Eastern Union Railway Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord James Stuart presented a Bill for improving 
and maintaining the Bridge of Ayr, commonly 
called the New Bridge, leading across the River of 
Ayr, at the Royal Burgh or Town of Ayr, in the 
County of Ayr; or for taking down the same, and 
rebuilding a new Bridge in lieu thereof, and for 
other Purposes in relation thereto: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The Coventry Waterworks Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of William Cooper, of Shrewsbury, in 
the county of Salop, Gentleman ;—Trustees for ex- 
ecuting an Act for making and maintaining a Turn- 
pike-road and Branches leading from Radcliffe to- 
wards Bolton, and Bolton, all in the county of 
Lancaster ;—Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Bolton, in the county of Lancaster ;— 
and, Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, 
Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 

VoL. 99. 


Chute and Mr. Rumbold do prepare, and bring it in. 


| Petitions of Commissioners of the Pier of Hartle- Hartlepool 
| pool, in the county of Durham ;—and, Hartlepool pies ae oo 
Dock and Railway Company; praying that they wt 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Hartlepool West Har- 
bour and Dock Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred tothe 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 Charles Collins Blane, Esquire, a Midland 
| Lieutenant-Colonel in Her Majesty’s Army ;—Per- ae _ 
|sons whose names are thereunto subscribed ;— °°?" °"" 
Owners of coal-mines in the valley of Erewash, in 
the counties of Derby and Nottingham ;—William 
Jessop, of Butterley lron Works, in the county of 
Derby, Esquire ;—Charles Frederick Younge, and 
John Newton Mappin, Inhabitants of the town of 
Sheffield, in the county of York, and Two of the 
persons forming a Company for promoting and 
making a Railway from Sheffield, to join the North 
Midland Railway at or near a place called Locka- 
ford, near Chesterfield, in the county of Derby ;— 
| and, Shareholders in the Midland Counties Railway 
Company; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Midland Railways Consolidation 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 

s4 heard, 





























Manchester and 


Rirmingham 
Railway 
(Macclesfield 
and Poynton 
Branches) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Naviga- 
tions Bill. 


South- Eastern, 
Canterbury, 
Ramsgate and 
Margate Rail- 
way Bill. 


Manchester and 


Leeds Railway 
(Bury Branch) 
Bill. 


Ashton, Staley- 
bridge and 
Liverpool 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Colchester and 
Harwich Rail- 
away (No. 2.); 
and, Harwich 
Railway and 
Pier Bills. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Slamannan 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


136 


tions. 


Petitions from Stockport ;—and, Chester; pray- 
ing that the Manchester and Birmingham Raiiway 
(Macclesfield and Poynton Branches) (No. 2.) Bill 


may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 


15° Marizi. 


heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 





Birmingham Canal Navigations 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. 


A Petition of John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge 
Erle Drax, of Charborough Park, in the county of 
Dorset, Esquire, mM. p., praying that the South 
Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Rail- 
way Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Rochdale Canal ;—Trustees of the Turnpike-road 
from the New Wall, on the Parade, in Cas¢/eton, in 
the parish of Rochdale, through Middleton, to the 
Mere Stone, in Great Heaton, and to the town of 
Manchester ;—and, Company of Proprietors of the 
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation 
and Railway; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
_ of the Manchester and Leeds Railway (Bury 

ranch) 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 Ashton, Staleybridge and Liverpool Junction 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Sir Henry Webb, Baronet, and Wil- 
liam Adams Smith, Esquire, Members of the Pro- 
visional Committee of the Harwich Raiiway Com- 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against the Colchester 
and Harwich Railway (No. 2.) and the Harwich 
Railway and Pier Bills, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Committee on the Harwich 
Railway and Pier Bill. 


Petitions of the Honourable James Hope and the 
Honourable Charles Hope, Two of the Tutors and 
Guardians of John Alexander Earl of Hopetoun ; 
—Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Com- 


‘ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 























pany ;— William Sandilands, Esquire, of Barny | 
Hill, \ate Captain in the Seventh Dragoon Guards ;! 
— George William Hope;—Sir John Hail, of| 
Dunglass, Baronet; — and, John Charles Hall ;| 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, | 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the! 
North British Railway Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 


Railway (No. 1.) Bill, which, upon Wednesday last 






A. 1844. 


counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Slaman- 
nan Junction 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. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which 0; 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Middle Level Middle Ley 
Drainage and Navigation Petition, the Standing ete and 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the Par- 
ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Delabole and Delabole ang 
Rock Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought Rock Railway, 
to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, and that they produce 
and prove the original contract before the Committee 
on the Bill; and that the said Committee do report 
to the House how far such Order has been complied 
with, on the Report of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Barnsley Bamsley Jur. 
Junction Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to Railway, 
not to be dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Swansea Swansea 
Harbour Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be H*™- 
dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Gravesend, Gravesend, 
Rochester and Chatham Railway Petition, the Stand- Rechester 

and Chatham 
Railway, 
6. Resolved, That in the case of the Gravesend Gravesend 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought not Railway. 
to be dispensed with. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Hythe Landing Hythe Land 
Place Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be s-Plae- 
dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Glamorgan- Glamorgausiire 
shire Canal Petition, the Standing Orders ought Cal. 
not to be dispensed with. 

The first, second, fourth and seventh Resolutions, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Delabole and 
of the Petition for the Delabole and Rock Railway Rock Railway 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- B#- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Mellorn, in the parish 
of Minster, to Black Roch, in the parish of Saint 
Michael, in Saint Minver Lowlands, in the county 
of Cornwall: And that Sir John Yarde Buller, 

Mr. Pendarves and Mr. Trelawny do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect London and 
of the Petition for the London and South Western = 
| ast, (No, 1°) Bill 
was 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 
amend the Acts relating to the Zondon and South 
Western Railway, and to authorize an extension of 
the said Railway, and other Works, at or near the 
Nine Elms Station: And that Mr. Kemble and Sir 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon | John Easthope do prepare, and bring it in. 


their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of 
forth Berwick, and neighbourhood, praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 


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


A Petition of William Forbes, Esquire, of Callen- 
dar, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 








Mr. Milnes reported from the Committee on Great Wester 
the Great Western Railway Bill; and to whom Bailway Bill 
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; 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 amended the Preamble 

of 





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7 VicTORIZ. 


of the Bill, and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Hastie presented a Bill for the better supply- 
ing and lighting with Gas, or other illuminating 
Power, the Town and Suburbs of Paisley, and cer- 
tain neighbouring Towns or Villages, and Places 
adjacent ; and for other Purposes relating thereto : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Paisley General 
Gas Bill. 


Wells Harbour The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
and Quay Bill. Of the Petition for the Wells Harbour and Quay 
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 in a Bill 
for improving the Harbour and Quay of Wells, in 


15° Martiz. 





137 

The House was moved, That the Report in respect Swansea 
of the Petition for the Swansea Harbour Bill, which ##&gt;our Bill. 
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 amend an Act for altering and amending several 
Acts for the Improvement of the Harbour of Swan- 
sea, in the county of Glamorgan: And that Mr. 
John Henry Vivian and Mr. Mansel Talbot do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions presented upon the 11th and 12th days of 
this instant March; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tithes 


the county of Worfolk, and for extending and al-| Return from the Auditor General’s Office in Ireland, Ireland.) 
tering some of the Provisions of the Act relating | of the Nature, Extent and Annual Value of the Lay 


to the said Harbour and Quay: And that Mr. 


Tithes formerly belonging to the Dissolved Monas- 


Wodehouse, Mr. Chute and Mr. Rumbold do pre-| tery of Victoria Hill, in the Diocese of Tuam and 


pare, and bring it in. 


Hythe Landing- 
place Bill, 


County of Galway, in Ireland; upon what Condition 
such Tithes were annexed to the Crown, for the be- 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect nefit of the Church, and to whom such Tithes would 
of the Petition for the Hythe Landing-place Bill,| have belonged if such Annexation had not taken 


which was this day made from the Select Committee | place. 


on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same 


being read ; 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Churches, &amp;c. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill! to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


for making a Landing-place at or near Hythe, in 


to give directions that there be laid before this 


the parish of Fawley and extra-parochial places | House, a Return from each Diocese in England and 


adjoining thereto, in the county of Southampton : 


Wales, of the Total Amount paid upon the Conse- 


And that Mr. Compton and Sir William Heathcote | cration of every Church and Chapel, original or 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


additional, and Burying Ground, for the last Three 
years ; specifying the Name of each Parish, and 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Padworth and Been- | °!ssifying the Fees, Costs, Charges and Expenses, 

















Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee PublicPetitions 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the (Ninth Report) 





Newbury and 
Great Wests, Ram, in the county of Berks, praying that they may 
ye be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Newbury and Great Western Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 
Marianski’s Marianshi’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
Nat. Bill. time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Middle Level The House was moved, That the Report in respect 


Drainage and 
Navigation Bill. 


of the Petition for the Middle Level Drainage and 
Navigation 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 amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed 
in the fiftieth year of the reign of King George the 
Third, for improving the Drainage of certain Lands 
within the north and south-west parts of the Middle 
Level, part of the Great Level of the Fens, com- 
monly called ‘‘ Bedford Level,” and of an Act passed 
in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King 
George the Second, for improving and preserving 
the Navigation from Salter’s Lode Sluice, in the 
county of Norfolk, to Standground Sluice, in the 
county of Huntingdon, and other Navigations therein 
mentioned ; and to make better provision for the 
Drainage of the said Lands, and of other Lands in 
the said Middle Level, and in certain Fens adjacent 
thereto, by means of a Cut from the said Middle 
Level to the River Ouse, and of other Works, and 
for improving the Navigation of the Rivers and na- 
vigable Streams passing through the same Level : 
And that Mr. Fellowes, Mr. Thornhill and Mr. 
Eaton do prepare, and bring it in. 

Vor. 99. 














in each case, by whom and for what Purpose the 
same were received. 


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 Poor and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Borovs? Rates. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Overseers of the Poor of Birming- 
ham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, of 
the Amount of Poor Rate assessed and levied upon 
each of these Boroughs for the last Five years re- 
spectively ; specifying the Rate per Pound upon 
the Rateable Property within each Union or parts 
of an Union comprised within each Borough, and 
the Purposes to which said Poor Rate has been 
applied :—And, of the Amount of Borough Rate 
assessed and levied upon each of said Boroughs re- 
spectively, for the same period ; specifying, in like 
manner, the Rate per Pound of said Borough Rate 
upon the Rateable Property within each Borough, 
and the Purposes to which same was 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Customs Dutics. 
an Account of the Gross and Net Receipts of Cus- 
toms Duties collected at each Custom House of the 
United Kingdom, during the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1844, as compared with similar Re- 
ceipts during the previous year (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 143, of Session 1842). 


A Petition of Manufacturers of Tobacco and Tobacco. 
Snuff, praying for reduction of the Duty on To- 
bacco, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 

T Petitions 



































Bleaching 
Works. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
(First Report.) 


No. 119. 


Registration of 
all Joint Stock 
Companies, 
future and 
existing. 


Future Com- 
panies. 





138 15° Marti. 


Petitions from JVeilston;—and, Paisley; pray- 
ing the House toextend to operative Bleachers, the 
protection afforded by the Factory Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the state of the Laws respecting 
Joint Stock Companies (except for Banking), with 
a view to the greater Security of the Public, have 
Power to report their Observations and Opinion 
thereupon, from time to time, to the House, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Mr. Gladstone reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had made Progress in the matter 
referred to them; and had come to several Resolu- 
tions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them; and the Resolutions of the 
Committee were read, as follow : 

1. That in order to prevent the establishment of 
fraudulent Companies, and to protect the interests 
of the shareholders and of the public, it is expedient 
that all Joint Stock Companies (other than Banking 
Companies) for commercial purposes, whether future 
or already formed, be registered in an office to be 
appointed for that purpose. 

2. That the registration of future Companies be 
made—(1.) Provisionally, before the public an- 
nouncement of the Company, or the doing of any 
public act by it; and (2.) Absolutely or completely, 
on the full formation thereof. 

3. That on such provisional registration, such 
future Companies do register the principal parti- 
culars thereof; such as— 

The name and business or purpose of the Com- 

any ; 

Its place of business, and every branch office 
or agency appointed or contemplated ; 

The names and addresses of its promoters ; 
and also, as the case may be, the names and 
addresses of its provisional directors, of its 
provisional officers and of its subscribers ; 

And any prospectus or circular issued or in- 
tended to be issued ; 

And so from time to time, until complete registra- 
tion, any addition to or change in such particulars. 

And that if any such Company intend to seek for 
incorporation by Act of Parliament, or by Charter, 
otherwise than under the Letters Patent Act, the 
promoters thereof do, upop provisional registration, 
make a declaration to that effect; and that they 
do also register such notices of the intention to apply 
to Parliament for an Act of Incorporation, as are 
required by the Standing Orders of either House 
of Parliament to be inserted in the London Gazette, 
or other newspaper, such registration being made 
at or within the period prescribed for such insertion 
by such Orders. 

And that if a Company be intended to be esta- 
blished by Letters Patent or Charter, in pursuance 
of the Letters Patent Act, it do also register a re- 
ference to the London Gazette, in which the appli- 
cation for Letters Patent or Charter is announced. 

4. That on the absolute or complete registration, 
such future Companies (except Companies incorpo- 
rated by Act of Parliament or by Charter otherwise 
than under the Letters Patent Act) do register the 
principal particulars thereof; such as— 

A copy of every prospectus or circular ad- 
dressed to the public ; 

A copy of the Deed of Settlement, Subscrip- 
tion Contract or other such Instrument ; 

The business or purpose of the Company, and 
its place of business ; 

The amount of its nominal capital, and the 
proportion paid up ; 

The total number of shares, and the amount 
of each share ; 








A. 1844, 


The names, addresses and occupations of its 
members, with the shares held by each ; 
The names of directors, trustees, patrons, au- 
ditors and all other officers of the Company, 
with their occupations and addresses, and a 
written consent of acceptance of office by 
each ; 
And such other like particulars as may upon con- 
sideration appear to be requisite. 

And that if a Company be established by Letters 
Patent or Charter, in pursuance of the Letters 
Patent Act, it do also register a copy of such Letters 
Patent or Charter. 

And that provision be made for the return of any 
changes in the particulars so required for such com- 
plete registration. 


5. That in respect of such registrations, whether 
provisional or absolute, a certain charge be made ; 
and that in respect of other registrations, the charge 
be made, by way of fee, proportionate to the expense 
computed to be occasioned thereby to the office, 
such fees being from time to time appointed by the 
Treasury. 

6. That for enforcing such registration, it is ex- 
pedient tu provide that any future Company not re- 
gistered shall not be lawful. 

7. That in order to prevent jobbing in shares of 
non-registered Companies and other Companies in 
an immature state, no allotment of shares have any 
legal effect till the Company be provisionally regis- 
tered ; and all sales or transfers of shares be pro- 
hibited till the Company be completely registered. 


8. That due provision be made for defining and 
declaring the duties of the several officers of the 
Company, to such extent at least as is usually pro- 
vided by Acts of Parliament and Charters for the 
incorporation of Companies; that the remedies of 
shareholders against directors for abuse and excess 
of their functions, be declared and facilitated ; and 
that generally the legal and equitable remedies 
available to Joint Stock Companies, and to their 
directors, officers and shareholders, inter se, be fa- 
cilitated and improved. 

9. That if any such Company be duly constituted, 
then, on its being registered provisionally, it be en- 
titled to the following powers and privileges :— 

To use 2 common name ; 

To open subscription lists ; 

To receive deposits; and, 

To perform such other acts only as are neces- 
sary for the establishment of the Company ; 

But not to make calls; 

Nor to declare dividends ; 

Nor to purchase or hold lands ; 

Nor to enter into contracts (except such as 
are necessary in its provisional state) ; 

Nor to sue or be sued as a Company. 

And that on its absolute or complete registration, it 
be entitled to the following powers and privileges :— 

To use a common name, but that together 
with the word “ Registered,” or other words 
denoting the particular character of the Com- 
eee &amp; 

And also to have a Common Seal, whereon 
must be inscribed the name of the Com- 
pany, together with the word “ Registered,” 
or other words denoting the particular cha- 
racter of the Company ; and in every such 
case the date of the registration; and also, 

To perform allacts necessary for carrying into 
effect the purposes of such Company, which 
a body corporate might do; and also, 

To purchase and hold lands, tenements and he- 
reditaments, with reference to the purposes 
of the Company, under such restrictions as 
shall be deemed necessary ; and also, 

To enter into contracts for the execution of its 
works, and for the supply of its stores, or 
for any other necessary purpose; and =, 

° 








Fu 


7 Vicroriz. 


To sue and be sued in its common name; 
and also, 

To issue certificates of shares, with the date 
of complete registration, and the particular 
character of the Company marked thereon ; 
and also, 

To receive instalments from the subscribers of 
the concern in respect of the amount of 
any shares not paid up, and in respect of 
any claims of the Company ; and also, 

To declare dividends of the profits of the con- 
cern, if profits there be. 

10. That it is expedient that the accounts of every 
such Company be open to the inspection of the 
shareholders; and that the annual balance-sheet, 
together with the reports of the auditors thereon, 
be registered. 


15° Martiz. 


139 


bankrupt or insolvent Companies, by the agency of 
the Court of Bankruptcy in England, and by other 
courts of analogous jurisdiction in Scotland and 
Ireland. 

17. That if it thereon appear that any acts have 
been illegally or fraudulently committed in the ma-~ 
nagement of such Company it is expedient to make 
provision for prosecuting the directors or officers in 
respect thereof. 

18. That in order to prevent the use of false de- 
signations of Companies, and of the names of fic- 
titious directors and officers, it is expedient to subject 
offenders in that respect to penalties recoverable in 
a summary way. 

19. That in order to make known the operation 
of Joint Stock Companies, provision be made for 
registering the instances of failure, with the causes 
thereof, so far as practicable. 


Existing Com- 


11. That existing Companies, except Companies 
panies, 


incorporated by Act of Parliament or Charter, re- 
gister such particulars thereof as the following: 


20. That with regard to existing Companies in- Companies 
corporated by Act of Parliament or by Charter, «lready incor- 


The name and purpose of the Company ; 

The names and addresses of its directors and 
officers ; 

The place of its business, and every branch 
office or agency ; 

The number and amount of the shares of the 
Company ; 

The names and addresses of the Officers ap- 
pointed to sue or be sued on behalf of the 
Company, and a copy of every deed of set- 
tlement or letters patent under which the 
Company is constituted or is or may be re- 
gulated ; 

And that in respect of such registrations of ex- 
isting Companies no charge be made. 

12. That for enforcing such registration, it is ex- 
pedient to provide that any such Company not re- 
gistered shall cease to be lawful after a time to be 
appointed in that behalf, provision being made for 
making this known to the public. 

13. That in order to enable existing Companies 
to avail themselves of the privileges to be conferred 
on future Companies, it is expedient to provide that 
if such existing Companies comply with the con- 
ditions and regulations imposed on future Com- 
panies, they also be entitled to the same privileges. 


every such Company shall register— 
. The name and purpose of the Company ; 

The place of its business, and every branch 
office or agency ; 

And a copy of every Act of Parliament or 
Charter under which the Company is con- 
stituted or is or may be regulated. 

21. And with regard to existing or future Com- 
panies hereafter seeking to be incorporated by Act 
of Parliament or by Charter, otherwise than under 
the Letters Patent Act :—That when any such Com- 
pany shall have obtained its Charter or Act of In- 
corporation, it register such particulars as follows ; 
viz.— 

If incorporated by Charter, such particulars 
as are required by Resolution 4 : 

If incorporated by Act of Parliament, such 
particulars as are required by Resolution 20; 
except so far as is otherwise provided by 
such Act of Incorporation. 

And also a copy of every Charter or Act of Par- 
liament, by which such Company shall be so incor- 
porated or otherwise constituted or regulated. 

22. And that the provisions contemplated by the 
Resolutions 5, 6,7, 8, be applied to such future 
Companies seeking to be incorporated or incorpo- 
rated by Act of Parliament, or by Charter. 


porated. 


Companies 
hereafter to be 
incorporated. 


Future or exist- 1'4, That for a time to be limited, with regard 


i o | with re 23. That the Committee recommend, that Her General recom 
ing Companies. Hoth to future and to existing Companies, if it ap- 


Majesty's Government do cause Bills to be prepared mendation, 


pear to the Board of Trade that such conditions 
and regulations as may be prescribed by law for the 
government and constitution of Companies generally, 
are in any case inapplicable to or inexpedient in the 
case of any such Company, it is expedient to enable 
the Board of Trade to dispense with or modify the 
same accordingly, subject to the following checks, 


for carrying into effect the above Resolutions, with 
such subsidiary provisions (whether relating to any 
of the Resolutions or to collateral portions of the 
subject not herein specifically treated), as may be 
requisite for that purpose. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upox the Table ; 


; and be printed. 
viz. -— 


1. That no such dispensation be granted or 
modification made, but upon a memorial 
made by or on behalf of the Company, 
setting forth the nature of such dispensa- 
tion or modification, and the special grounds 
upon which the application is made. 

2. That before such application te granted, it 
be advertised in the ‘ Gazette” in the 
manner prescribed by the Letters Patent 
Act, with regard to Companies applying 
thereunder for Letters Patent. 

3. That annually a Return be made to Parlia- 
ment of all such applications, and of the 
results thereof. 

15. That for duly recording the existence of every 
Company, by which privileges shall have been so 
acquired, it is expedient to provide that every such 
Company shall obtain an annual certificate within 
such time as shall be appointed, under penalty of 
fine, and ultimately of forfeiture, and that in respect 
of such certificate there be imposed a moderate fee. 

16. That it is expedient to consider how far pro- 
vision can be made for winding up the affairs of 

Vor. 99. 


The ingrossed Bill for transferring certain An- Three-and-a- 
nuities of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum yer 
: nnuities Bill. 
per Annum, and Government Debentures, into An- 
nuities of Three Pounds Five Shillings per Centum 
per Annum, and New Three Pounds per Centum per 
Annum Annuities, 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 transferring Three Pounds Three-and-a- 
Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum Annuities 1818 HalfperCentum 
into Annuities of Three Pounds Five Shillings per Amnviics 
Centum per Annum, and New Three Pounds per 
Centum per Annum Annuities, 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 apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 


Consolidated Fund _ Service of the year One  _ 


thousand Biil, 








Message from 
the Lords. 


Schuster’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Schuster’s 


Nat. Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


Factories Bill. 





140 15°—16° 


thousand eight hundred and Forty-four, was, ac- |i 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions 
out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four. 

Ordered, That Sir George Clerk do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 
Mr. Lynch: 

Mr. Speaker, 

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


Schuster’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Watford ;—Macclesfield (two Pe- 
titions) ; —Leek (two Petitions) ;— Hertfordshire ; 
—Saint Alban’s;—Tring ;—Congleton (two Peti- 
tions); — Blockley (two Petitions);— and, Derby 
(two Petitions); praying the House to exclude the 
silk trade from the operation of the Factories Bill, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Burnley ;—Bury (Lancaster) (two 
Petitions) ; — Ashton-under-Lyne ; — Hindley; — 
Stockport ;— Leigh ;— and, Lancashire; prayin 
that provision may be made in the said Bill 
that persons under twenty-one years of age may 
not be worked more than ten hours in any one day, 
for five days in the week, and eight hours on Satur- 
day,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Master Cotton Spinners of Great 
and Little Bolton, inthe county of Lancaster, pray- 
ing for the insertion of a clause in the said Bill 
abridging the hours of labour of young persons to 
thirteen hours per diem, including two hours for 
meals, for five days in the week, and eight hours on 
Saturday, and to admit children at eleven years of 
age to work the above time, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Soothill Nether ; — Ossett (two 
Petitions) ;—Sands Mills ;— Dewsbury ;—Gomersal 
(two Petitions) ; — Batley Carr ;— Osset-cum-Gaw- 
thorpe ;—Batley ;—Idle, Eccleshill and Calverley ; 
— Yeadon (five Petitions);— Guiseley (six Petitions) ; 
— Rawdon ;— Kccleshill (five Petitions) ;—Shipley ; 
Idle (twelve Petitions) ;— and, Baildon (two 
Petitions) ; praying that the said Bill may not pass 





reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; 


Martiz. A. 1844. 


n the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 


the Committee may have leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolitan 
Buildings Bij), 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second International 
reading of the International Copyright Bill ; Copyright Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon 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 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. 


Means. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Gaming 


&amp; | take into further consideration the Report on the Transactions 


: : ‘ 2 : Wit ’ Tn- 
Gaming Transactions (Witnesses’ Indemnity) Bill; elena tg 


and the Amendments were read, as follow : 
Pr. 1.1.1. Leave out from “ Whereas”’ to “ at,”’ 
in |. 5., and insert “a Select Committee of the Lords’ 
* House of Parliament, was appointed on the fifth 
day of February, in this year, to inquire into the 
Laws respecting Gaming : And whereas, it is ex- 
pedient to enable the said Committee, or any other 
Committee of either House of Parliament, which 
has been or may be appointed in this Session of 
Parliament, or either of the said Houses of Par- 
liament.” 

Pr. 1.1. 20. After “ prosecuting” insert “ any.” 


Pr. 1. 1. 25. After “who” insert “ during this 
Session of Parliament.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 29. After “‘ temporal” insert “ or of the 
Commons.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 2. Leave out from “ be” to the end of 
the line, and insert “ by virtue of this Act.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 20. After “ transaction” insert “ save 
and except any penal action or criminal prosecu- 


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into a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

into a Committee upon the Factories Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Ciavse, N° 2, (Interpretation Clause). 

Several Amendments made. 


Amendment proposed: P. 2. 1. 8. To leave out 
‘“‘ eioht” in order to insert “ six ” instead thereof. 
Question proposed, That “ eight” stand part of 
the Clause. 


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, 16° die Martti, 1844: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 


tion which was commenced before the said fifth 
day of February, and the forfeitures, punishments, 
disabilities and incapacities consequent upon any 
‘« judgment given in any such penal action or crimi- 
“ nal prosecution as last aforesaid.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 21. Leave out from “ that” to “ be,” in 
“ ], 26., and insert “ no such witness shall.” 
Pr. 2. 1.29. After “ or” insert “‘ The Speaker of 
“ the House of Commons or.” 
Pr, 2. 1. 38. Leave out from “or” to “ And,” in 
Pr. 3. 1. 1., and insert “‘ The Speaker or the Chair- 
“ man of such Committee shall be authorized to 
“ give.” 
“The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


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The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
facilitate the Recovery, by Summary Process, of 
small Sums due to the Teachers of Schools in Jre- 
land, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wyse do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


to Teachers 
of Schools 








agreed to the same, without Amendment. T 
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(Ireland) Bill. 





Ind 








Indemnity Bill. 


Land Tax 


Commissioners’ 


. Names Bill. 
No. 120. 


ll, 


Railways. 


Postage. 


. 
I, 


Malt. 
No. 121. 


Hops. 
No.121. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 
No.121. 
Wheat. 
No. 122. 


Hawkers’ 
Licenses. 


No. 123. 
Soap. 
No. 124. 


Stock 
transferred. 


No. 125. 


Customs. 


Commissioners 


of Customs, 


No. 126. 


Postage. 


No, 127. 


Yeomanry. 


No. 128. 


Vaccine 


Establishment, 


No.129. 


ill. 


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a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read 


The Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill was, 


Friday the 26th day of April next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That the Knights of Shires, and other 
Members of this House, do prepare Lists, fairly 
written, of the Names of Commissioners for execut- 
ing the said Acts for the respective Counties, Cities 
and places for which there have been used to be 
Commissioners ; and that the Christian and Sur- 
names of the said Commissioners be written at 
length. 








A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Trades- 
men, Common Carriers and others interested in the 
conveyance of goods by Railway, praying the House 
to secure to them, and the public, the same benefit 
of a free competition in the inland carriage of goods 
as they enjoyed previously to the formation of Rail- 
ways, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Railways. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, carrying on 
the business of Retail Stationers in the Metropolis, 
stating that the Petitioners have been informed, that 
the Government has in contemplation a plan for the 
impressing of Postage-stamps upon half-sheets of 
paper, and that it is also proposed to extend this 
plan to the impressing of Postage-stamps on whole 
sheets of paper, and on paper of various descrip- 
tions: and praying the House to secure for the 
Petitioners and all other persons engaged in the 
trade of a Stationer, such fair and adequate protec- 





tion as the circumstances require, was presented, and | 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Malt, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Hops, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Brewers, 
&amp;c., which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hawkers’ 
Licenses, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Soap, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Stock 


transferred, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs, 
which was presented yesterday, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 


Ordered, That the Returnrelative to the Commis- 
missioners of Customs, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Yeomanry, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


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


And then the House, having continued to sit till | 
one of the clock on Saturday morning, ad- | 


journed till Monday next. 


Von. 99. 


15°—16°—18° Marti. 


Lune, 18° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


N Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—A Copy of so 
much of the Minutes of the Board of Guardians of 
the Wells Union, at their Meeting on the 30th day 
of August 1848, as relates to the Dismissal of Mr. 
G. Newman, by the Poor Law Commissioners, from 
his Office of Surgeon to the Poor in the Glaston- 
bury District, or to any other Proceeding taken upon 
that occasion relative to that Gentleman. 


A Copy of such Letter or Letters as may have Poor Law. 


been addressed to the Wells Board of Guardians 
by any of the Four Clergymen who memorialized 
the Poor Law Commissioners, in June last, ex- 
planatory of their object in requiring the removal 
of Mr. G. Newman from the Situation of Medical 
Officer of the Glastonbury District :—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Petitions of Commissioners for executing several London Gas 
Acts for the paving, lighting, &amp;c., the South Western Bill. 


District of the Parish of Saint Pancras, Middlesex ; 
—Commissioners for executing an Act for repairing, 
maintaining and improving the Highways and other 
Public Places in the Parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, 
Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey;—Rate-payers 
and Inhabitants within the several districts, or some 
of them, included within the limits of a Bill now 
before the House, for incorporating the London Gas 
Light Company ;—Trustees for executing an Act 
for more effectually repairing certain Roads in the 
parishes of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Saint Paul 
;and Saint Nicholas Deptford, and for making seve- 
ral New Roads connected therewith, all in the coun- 
|ues of Surrey and Kent ;— Inhabitants, House- 
| holders of the city of London, the city of Westmin- 
_ ster and the county of Middlesex (three Petitions) ; 
—Commissioners acting under Acts for the Regu- 
lation and Improvement of the District known as 
the Southampton Paving District, in the Parish of 
Saint Pancras ;—\nhabitants of houses and pre- 
mises situate in various streets and places wherein 
the pipes of the London Gas Light Company are 
now laid down ;—Persons following the trade or 
business of Gas-fitters in the Metropolis ;—Com- 
missioners appointed under two Acts for paving, 
cleansing, watering and watching that part of Saint 
Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, called Somers 
Town ;— Commissioners appointed under an Act for 
paving, lighting, watching and otherwise improving 
the several Streets and other Public Places partly 
lying on the West Side of Maiden-lane, partly on the 
North Side of the New-road, and partly on the West 
Side cf the Pancras-road, near Battle Bridge, in 
the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Mid- 
dlesex, and for preventing Nuisances and Obstruction 
therein, and which are called “ The Pancras Union 
Estates” ;—Commissioners appointed under an Act 
for paving and improving the Streets and other 
Public Passages and Places which are or shall be 
made upon a Piece of Ground belonging to the 
Brewers’ Company, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, 
in the County of Middlesex ;—Commissioners ap- 
ointed under an Act for watching, lighting, water- 
ing, cleansing or otherwise improving the Foot, Car- 
\Tiage and other public Ways on certain Lands and 
|Grounds in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the 
County of Middlesex, called Camden Town ;—Equi- 
table Gas Light Company ;—Imperial Gas Light 
and Coke Company ;—Commissioners for executing 
the Acts for paving, cleansing, lighting and watch- 











\ing, opening, widening and better regulating the 


[seen Lanes and Places within the Eastern Divi- 
T3 


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142 


county of Surrey ;—John Oliver Hanson, of Dorset- 
square, in the county of Middlesex, Trustee of the 
Atlas Fire and Life Insurance Company ;— Pheenix 


Gas Light and Coke Company ;—Commissioners | 
for executing an Act for better paving, cleansing, 


lighting and watching the Streets, Lanes and other 


Public Passages and Places within the Manor of 
Southwark, otherwise called The Clink, or Bishop of 


Winchester’s Liberty, in the Parish of Saint Saviour, 
Southwark ;—Commissioners for executing several 
Acts for paving, cleansing, lighting and watching 
the Streets, Lanes and Places within the Western 
Division of the Town and Borough of Southwark, 
and certain Parts adjacent, in the County of Surrey, 
and for preventing Nuisances and Annoyances 
therein ;—Commissioners acting under an Act for 
paving, &amp;v., the Streets, Highways, &amp;c., on the Bed- 
ford Estate, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, Mid- 
dlesex ;—and, Shareholders of the South Metropo- 
litan Gas Light and Coke Company ; praying that 
they, may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 


agents, against certain parts of the London Gas 


Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill. of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, and, Mer- 
chants, Ship-owners, Warehouse-keepers, Traders 
and others, at Kingston-upon-Hull aforesaid, and 
the President of the Chamber of Commerce there ; 


—Ship-owners and Ship-masters of the port of 
Kingston-upon-Hull ;—and, Watch Committee of 


the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks 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 cousnel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Leeds and 
Bradford 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions from I/kley ;— Hunslet ;—Idle ;— Head- 
ingley-cum- Burley ;— Holbeck ;— Wortley ;— Ship- 
ley ;— Leeds ;—Esholt ;— Morton, East and West ;— 
Wilsden ;—~— Bingley ;— Thornton;— Heaton ;—Bail- 
don ;— Bradford ;— Keighley ;— Haworth ; — Bol- 
ton ;— Clayton ;—and, Otley; praying that the 
Leeds and Bradford Railway Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Great Western 


A Petition of Booksellers of the town of Bradford, 
Railway Bill. 


in the county of York, praying that the Great West- 
ern Railway Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Norwich and 
Brendon Rail- 
way Bill. 


Mr. Brownrigg reported from the Committee on 
the Norwich and Brandon Railway 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; 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 


18° Marti. 
sion of the Town and Borough of Southwark, and 
certain Parts adjacent, in the County of Surrey, and 
for preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein ; 
—City of London Gas Light and Coke Company ; 
—Inhabitant Householders of the borough of South- 
wark, and the parishes of Saint Mary, Rotherhithe, 
Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Saint Giles, | 
Camberwell, and Saint Mary, Newington, in the | 


Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses | 





A. 1844, 


the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson and Mr. North Britis, 
Forster be added to the Committee on the North Railway Biy, 
British Railway Bill. 


Mr. Chute presented a Bill for improving the Wells Harbo, 
Harbour and Quay of Wells, in the County of Nor- 24 Quay Bi, 
folk, and for extending and altering some of the 
Provisions of the Act relating to the said Harbour 
and Quay: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Chute presented a Bill for lighting, paving, Wells Lighting 
cleansing, widening and improving the Streets of the and Improve. 
Town or Parish of Wells, in the County of Norfolk, ™*™ Bil 
for removing and preventing Nuisances therein, and 

for making New Streets or Roadways: And the 
| same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
| read a second time. 





Mr. Trelawny presented a Bill for making a Rail- Delabole ang 
way from Mellorn, in the Parish of Minster, to Rock Railway 
| Black Rock, inthe Parish of Saint Michael, in Saint ®*" 
| Minver Lowlands, in the County of Cornwall: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The Northern and Eastern Railway (Vewport Northem and 
Deviations) Bill was read a second time ; and com- Eastern Rail- 
mitted. _ y ye 

. evia 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pin, ~_ 

mittee of Selection. 





Petitions from Manningtree ;—and, Stowmarket ; Eastern Union 
praying that the Eastern Union Railway Bill may Railway Bill. 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 

i dered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Easthope presented a Bill to amend the London and 
Acts relating to the London and South Western South-Westero 
Railway, and to authorize an Extension of the said (Not) Bill 
Railway and other Works, at or near the Wines =” * 
Elms Station: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Eaton presented a Bill to amend and enlarge Middle Level 
the Powers of an Act passed in the fiftieth year of Drainage aX, 
the reign of King George the Third, for improving ““"8"""™" 
the Drainage of certain Lands within the North and 
South-west Parts of the Middle Level, Part of the 
Great Level of the Fens, commonly called “ Bedford 
Level,” and of an Act passed in the twenty-seventh 
year of the reign of King George the Second, for 
improving and preserving the Navigation from 





| Salter’s Lode Sluice, in the County of Norfolk, to 


| Standground Sluice, in the County of Huntingdon, 
and other Navigations therein mentioned ; and to 
make better Provision for the Drainage of the said 
Lands, and of other Lands in the said Middle Level, 
and in certain Fens adjacent thereto, by means of a 
Cut from the said Middle Level to the River Ouse, 
and of other Works, and for improving the Naviga- 
tion of the Rivers and navigable Streams passing 
through the same Level: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Thetford Inclosure and Drainage Bill was Thetford 
read a second time ; and committed. Inclosure and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Prinase Bil 
mittee of Selection. 


The Eastern Counties Railway (Brandon and Eastern Coun- 
Peterborough Extension) Bill was read a second ties Railway 
. . (Brandon and 
time ; and committed. Peterborough 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Extension) Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 





Petitions 









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Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 
River Arun Navigation ;—-and, David Lyon, of Goring 
Hall, in the parish of Goring, in the county of Sus- 
sex, Esquire; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Brighton and Chichester Railway Bill, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Brighton and 
Chichester 
Railway Bill. 


Sir William Heathcote presented a Bill for making 
a Landing-place at or near Hythe, in the Parish 
of Fawley, and Extra-parochial Places adjoining 
thereto, in the County of Southampton: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Hythe Landing- 
place Bill. 


Garukirk, 
Glasgow an 
Coatbridge 
Railway Bill. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom 
the Petitions of John Bell, John Leadbetier, Rosina 
Smith and George Smith, severally complaining of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in the 
case of the Petition for the Glasgow, Garnkirk and 
Coatbridge Railway Bill, were referred ; That the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the line of the Garnkirk and Glasgow 
Railway, to enable the Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money and to alter and amend the Acts re- 
lating to the said Railway: And that Mr. Lockhart 
and Mr. Oswald do prepare, and bring it in. 


Cwm Celyn Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 

a Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 

Company Pil’ the case of the Petition for the Cwm Celyn and 
Blaina Iron Company Bill, the Standing Orders 
had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enlarge the Powers granted by an Act passed in 
the second Session of the fifth year of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, An Act for regulating Legal 
Proceedings by or against the Cwm Celyn and 
-Blaina \ron Company, and for granting certain 
Powers thereto: And that Dr. Bowring and Mr. 
Morris do prepare, and bring it in. 


West London 
Railway Extene 
sion, 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom 
the Petitions of the Commissioners of the Metro- 
polis Roads, and of Lord Kensington, severally 
complaining of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the West Lon- 
don Railway Extension Bill, were referred ; That the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, in- 
asmuch as Notices were not given, and the copies 
of the Plans and Sections and Books of Reference 
were not deposited, and applications to Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers were not made within the 
time prescribed by the Standing Orders; and inas- 
much as in the separate Lists of Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers deposited in the Private Bill Office, the 
Commissioners of the Metropolitan Roads being the 
Owners of one property and the Lessees and Occu- 

iers of another property, were returned as dissentient 
in the List of Owners only, and were not inserted in 
the Lists of Lessees or Occupiers. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


General Steam 
Carriage Com- 
pany Bill, 


Mr. Emerson Tennent presented a Bill for esta- 
blishing and regulating a Company to be called The 
General Steam Carriage Company, and to enable 
the said Company to purchase certain Letters Pa- 
tent: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


re Petitions from Strensall;—Bridlington;— Malton 
o_ and Norton ;—Lockton and other places ;— Thorn- 
y Bill. ? 


ton ;— Pickering ;--Kirby Moorside ;-—Sinnington;— 
Clifton ;— Rillington ;—Crambe and Huttons Ambo; 
—and, Robin Hood’s Bay; praying that the York 
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18° Marti. 





143 


and Scarborough Railway Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions of Shareholders in the Northern and gastern Coun- 
Eastern Railway Company ;—and, James Thornton, ties Railway 
of Mead End, and George Thornton, of Brighton, ®\"- 
Contractors ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Eastern Counties 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 James Beckford Wildman, Esquire, South-Eastern 
of Chilham Castle, in the parish of Chilham, in the Canterbury, 
county of Kent, praying that he may be heard, by Ramseate and 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts Railway Bill. 
of the South Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and 
Margate 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. 


A Petition of Sir John Barker Mill, of Mottisford salisbury 
Abbey, in the county of Southampton, Baronet, Branch mol 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- “*Y na 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Salisbury 
Branch 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. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of and in- Croydon and 
terested in lands lying on, near and in the proposed Epsom Railway 
line of the projected Croydon and Epsom Railway, _— 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Croy- 
don and Epsom Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Edinburgh 
Edinburgh Cattle Market Bill; That they had exa- Cattle Market 
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 Edinburgh Poor 
Edinburgh Poor Assessment Bill; That they had Assessment 
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 Beccles Navie 
Beccles Navigation Bill; That they had examined gation 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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Severn Navi 
Severn Navigation Bill; That they had examined sition 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. 

tT 4 The 








Liverpool Fire 
Preveution Bill, 


Bolton and 
Leigh Railway. 


New British 
tron Company 
Bill. 


British Iron 
Company Bill, 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Monchester 
Royal 


Infirmary, &amp;e., 


Bill. 


Globe 


Insurance 


Company Bill. 


Swansea 
Harbour Bill, 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 


Granton Rail- 


way Bill. 





144 


The Liverpool Fire Prevention Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Bolton and Leigh Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to present a Petition for leave to 
bring in the Bill for amalgamating the Bolton and 
Leigh Railway and the Kenyon and Leigh Railway 
into the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 





The New British Iron Company Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The British Iron Company Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of Creditors on the rates and duties 
payable on the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, 
and the Branches thereof ;—Trustees of the Turn- 
pike-roads of the county of Haddington, and Trus- 
tees of the five following districts of Turnpike-roads 
of said county, viz., the Great Post-road district, 
the North district, the Kilhallet district, the South 
District and the Ormiston district, as also of Henry 
Marshall Davidson, clerk to the said Trustees and 
said five districts of roads ;—Justices of the Peace 
and landed Proprietors of the county of Haddington ; 
—and, Alexander Oliphant Lord Elibank; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the North 
British Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


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A. 1844, 


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


A Petition of John Copp, of Northcote House, south Devon 
near Teignmouth, Devon, praying that the South Railway gjj) 
Devon Railway Bill may not pass into a law, as it 

now stands, was presented, and read; and referred 

to the Committee on the Bill. 


The Mariners and General Life Assurance Com- Mariners ana 

pany Bill was read a second time ; and committed. General Lig 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Assurance 

: a ce Company Bi, 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Newcastle-under-Lyme ; — South- Window Ta, 
ampton ;—and, Malton ; praying that Licensed Vic- 

tualiers may be placed on the same footing, in regard 

to the Tax on Windows, as other tradesmen, owners 

of shops and warehouses in which goods are de- 

posited, sold and exposed for sale,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- Local Courts, 
bourhood of Tregaron, in the county of Cardigan, 
stating that the Petitioners have learned with satis- 
faction, that it is the intention of Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment to submit to the consideration of the Le- 
gislature a Bill for the establishment of Local Courts, 
for the recovery of debts of a small amount, at an 
early period in the present Session; and praying 
that such Bill may speedily pass inte law, with such 
provisions as may render its operation as beneficial 
to the principality of Wales as to the other parts of 
the kingdom, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aislaby ;—Falstone ;—-Wark and Corn Laws. 
Warksburn; — Kingthorp ; —Kirkwhelpington ; — 
Thornton ; — Corbridge ; — Normanby and other 
places ;— Morpeth ;-—Dalry ;-—- Wilton ;— Levisham ; 
—Ampieforth ; Middleton ; —Ellerburn ;— Scaw - 








upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 

Petitions from Leith ;—Linton ;—Edinburgh ;— 
Berwich-upon- Tweed ;— Eastern district of East 
Lothian ;—Tranent ;—and, Haddington; praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for leave to present a Petition 
for the Manchester Royal Infirmary, &amp;c., Bill, which, 
upon the 5th day of this instant March, was made 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Petition of the President, Treasurers, Deputy 
Treasurers, Benefactors and Subscribers of and to 
the Royal Manchester Infirmary, Dispensary and 
Lunatic Hospital or Asylum, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable the said President, and other persons, 
to enlarge the said Infirmary, and to purchase and 
hold Land for the erection of a new Lunatic Hos- 
pital or Asylum, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


The Globe Insurance Company Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. John Henry Vivian presented a Bill to amend 
an Act for altering and amending several Acts for 
the Improvement of the Harbour of Swansea, in the 
County of Glamorgan: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Council 


ofthe burgh of Leith, praying that the Edinburgh, 


Leith and Granton Railway Bill may pass into a 


ton ; —Bilsdale (three Petitions) ; — Pickering; -- 
Ovington, Thornton, Risebro’ and Welton ;-——Allers- 
ton ;-—Eglingham ;— Wrelton;— Woodhorn ;— Mar- 
ton ;—Inghoe ;-- Elsdon ;--Sinnington;--Chollerton ; 
— Newton ;—Ebberston ;—-Lockton ;—Sproxton ;— 
Oswaldkirk ;— Welburn ;—Edston and Northholme; 
— Wombleton ;—Satton ;—Pockley ;—Shiplam and 
Bransdale ; —Newton, Laysthorpe and Stonegrave ; 
—Gillamoor ;—Nawton ; —Corbridge ; —Rievaulx 
and Laskill Pasture; — Helmsley ; — Fadmoor ; — 
East and West Ness and Muscoats;— Brawby ;— 
Farndale ;— Kirkby Moorside ;— Haram ;—Spaun- 
ton ;--Nunningham;--Appleton-le- Moors ;--Marton; 
— Hution-le- Holland ;— Rosedale West Side;—and, 
Cawton and Coulton; praying the House to resist 
the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn Law 
League, and that no further alteration may be made 
in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the burgh and county 
of Elgin, praying the House to abolish the prohibi- 
tions and duties on the importation of Foreign Corn, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stambourne ;—and, Saint Bumps Maynooth 
and Toppesfield; praying the House to withhold all College, &amp;. 
support from the Roman Catholic College of May- 
nooth, and also to reject any proposition for the 
payment, on the part of the State, of the Romish 
priesthood in Jre/and, or any other department of 
the Empire, and that immediate steps may be taken 
to enforce the restrictive clauses of the Roman 
Catholic Relief Bill of the year 1829, more espe- 
cially those designed to effect the ultimate suppres- 
sion of that order of men called Jesuits, within these 
realms,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dunblane (Moderator) ;— Perth ern 
(Moderator and Clerk) ;—and, Presbytery of Glas- (Scotland) 








gow ;- 


Fat 





mn 
lL. 





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gow; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the dissenters of Scotland, to obtain the 
repeal of so much of the Act 1717, which enforces 
the subscription of the confession of faith, and of 
the formula by all professors and other office-bearers 
in the Scottish Universities —were presented, and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Batley ;—and, Soothill; praying 
that the Factories 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 Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Clitheroe, in the county of Lancaster, 
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 Operative Bleachers employed in 
the Bleaching Works in the parish of Neilston, pray- 


Factories Bill. 





Bleaching 
Works. 


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ing that the provisions of the Factory Act may be 
extended to the Bleaching Works in Scotland, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘Table. 


Schoolmasters Petitions from Peebles; — and, Auchterarder ; 





(Seotland.) —_ praying the House to adopt measures for ameliorating 
the condition of the Parochial Schoolmasters of 
Scotland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered | 
to lie upon the Table. 

Railways. Petitions from Halifax; — Manchester ;— Mer- 


chants, Manufacturers, Tradesmen, Common Car- 
riers, and others interested in the conveyance of 
goods by Railway ;—and, Huddersfield; praying 
the House to secure to them, and the public, the 
same benefit of a free competition in the inland 
carriage of goods, as they enjoyed previously to the 





145 


A Petition of John Carr, of Sheffield, in the county Migland 
of York, Surgeon and Apothecary, praying that the Railways Con- 
Midland Railways Consolidation Bill may not pass *!idation Bill. 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Masters and Seamen Merchant Sea 
of the port of Montrose, complaining of the mode of men’s Fund. 
collecting and distributing the Merchant Seamen’s 
Fund ; and praying for redress, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund. 


A Petition of the Manager of the British and Irish London and 
Steam Packet Company, praying that the Zondon South-Western 
and South Western Railway (No. 1.) Bill may not (ot) Bill 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; andor-" = 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wetheringseit, in the Commons 
county of Suffolk, and parishes adjoining and near Inclosure Bill. 
to, praying that the Commons Inclosure Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


_A Petition of James Buker, and others, Commis- Tower Hamlets 
sioners of the Court of Requests for the Tower Court of Re- 
Hamlets, praying the House to grant the use of a %"** 


| prison for the Tower Hamlets, for the punishment of 
| fraudulent debtors, and afford protection to the in- 


habitants of the borough, who contribute largely 
to the county rate, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operative Framework-knitters, of stocking 
Hawick, in Scotland, stating that the Petitioners Weavers. 
consist of upwards of eight hundred individuals, all 


formation of Railways,—were presented, and read ;| employed in the weaving of stocking and under 


and referred to the Select Committee on Railways. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


A Petition of the Rector, Householders and other 
Inhabitants of the parish of Zrefdraeth, in the 
county of Anglesea, praying for the repeal of so 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to 
the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions of Residents in the town of Manchester ; 
—and, Grocers and Dealers in Tobacco in the town 
of Manchester ; praying for reduction of the duty on 
Tobacco,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 


Tobacco, 


Coals. A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Coal- 


masters of the West Riding of the county of York, 
assembled at Wakefield, praying for the repeal of 
the export duty on Coals, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Coal- 
masters of the West Riding of the county of York, 
assembled at Wakefield, stating that the Petitioners 
have heard with regret, that a Bill is about to be 
introduced into the House to increase the city dues 
on Coals imported into London; and praying the 
House to withhoid its sanction to a measure inju- 
rious alike to the Petitioners and to the citizens of 
London, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Prisons 


A Petition of the burgh of Musselburgh, in the 
(Scotland) Bill. county of Midlothian, praying that the Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


clothing, and in the performance of their work they 
are subjected to considerable hardships, from the 
circumstance of the master manufacturers having 
entered into an association or combination, by one 
of the rules or regulations of which they refuse to 
give out tickets with the yarn given to the Petition- 
ers to manufacture into stockings to them, contain- 
ing the quantities, while in the event of there being 
any deficiency or alleged deficiency of weight in 
the returns made by the operatives, according to the 
date kept by the masters in their own books (which 
are not open to the operatives), they are punished 
by the retention of part of their wages until the 
alleged deficiency is wrought up, and should they 
refuse to acquiesce in such settlement as the master 
is willing to allow, and offer to leave the employer, 
they cannot be received into the employment of 
another master, unless the operative produces a cer- 
tificate or line, showing the cause of his leaving, and 
containing a check to the effect of allowing part of 
his wages to remain for the payment of the alleged 
defalcation ; and praying the House to take the pre- 
mises into consideration, and to afford them redress, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of Geddington, in the redress of 
county of Northampton, praying the House to refrain Grievances, 
from voting the Supplies until the Grievances of the 
people are investigated and redressed, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Eas- poo; Law. 
inguwold Poor Law Union, in the county of York, 
| praying for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment 
| Act, in relation to cases of bastardy, was presented, 





A Petition of Richard Thain, of 15, George-| and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Reform of 
aay street, in the parish of Islington, in the county of | 
he. ) Middlesex, praying the House to repeal the rate- 


paying clauses of the Reform of Parliament (Eng- 
lund) Act, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 99. 





A Petition of the Corporation of the Governor, poor Law 
Deputy Governor, Assistants and Guardians of the Amendment 
Poor of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying ®"" 
that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may not pass 

U into 


Commissaries’ 
Accounts. 


Grain and 
Flour. 


Spirits. 


Ilticit Distilla- 
ticn (Lreland. ) 


Spirits, 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law (Q,. 
Return of the Number of Orphan Children, i. e. wey Children, 


into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Abstracts of the Commissaries’ Accounts of the Re- 
ceipts and Payments from the several Commissariat 
Chests, during the period from the 1st day of April 
1842 to the 31st day of March 1843. ; 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Abstracts. 

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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
An Account, showing the Total Quantities of Foreign 
and Colonial Grain and Flour, distinguishing each 
Sort, entered for Home Consumption at each Rate 
of Duty, from the Sth day of January 1843 to the 
5th day of January 1844 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 97, of Session 1843). 

Accounts of the Total Number of Gallons of Proof 
Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and Ireland 
respectively; distinguishing the Quantities produced 
from Malt, and from a Mixture of Malt and un- 
malted Grain, or from any other Ingredient ; show- 
ing also, the Total Quantity of each Sort in the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1844:—Of the Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Sorts) on which 
Duty was paid for Home Consumption in each of | 
the Three Kingdoms, with the Rate per Gallon, 
and the Amount of such Duty; also, the Total 
Number of Gallons and Duty in the United King- 





dom, for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844 :—And, showing, under separate heads, the 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing 
the Materials from which made) imported into each 
Kingdom from each of the others respectively, and 
including in the cases of England and Scotland, 
those conveyed either by Land or by 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 Ja- 
nuary 1844, 

Returns of the Detections, and the Number of 
Persons prosecuted for Offences in Jreland against 
the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1844; 
distinguishing those convicted, those acquitted and 
the cases remaining undecided :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Persons confined in each Gaol in Ireland, for 
Ofiences against the Laws for the Suppression of 
Illicit Distillation, on the 5th day of January 1844. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Accounts of the Total Number of 
Gallons of Proof Spirits permitted out from Distil- 
lers’ Stocks in England, and the Total Number of 
Gallons Proof of British Brandy, and Spirits of 
Wine, permitted out from Rectifiers’ Stocks in Eng- 
land, for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844; also, the Stocks remaining in the hands of 
English Distillers on the 5th day of January 1844: 
—And, of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of 
Run, Brandy, Geneva and all other Spirits that paid 
Duty ineach Kingdom, from the 5th day of January 
1843 to the 5th day of January 1844; Rate of 
Duty per Gallon, and Amount thereof; Total Num- 
ber of Gallons of each kind, and Total Duty thereon ; 
‘Total Number of Gallons of all kinds, and Total 
Duty thereon, for the United Kingdom ; showing 
the Total Number of Proof Gallons of all 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 1843 to the 5th day 
of January 1844. 

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


A. 1844, 


having lost one or both Parents, under Fourteen 
years of age, at present in the Poor Law Union 
Workhouses of England and Wales; distinguishing 
the Males from the Females :—The like Return in 
respect to Children who have been deserted by their 
Parents:—A Return of the Number of Orphan 
Children, under Fourteen years of age, at present in 
the Parish Workhouses of England and Wales not 
incorporated in the Poor Law Unions ; distinguish- 
ing the Males from the Females :—The like Return 
in respect to Children who have been deserted by 
their Parents:— And, a Return of the Number of 
Widows at present receiving Out-door Relief from 
the various Parishes and Unions in England and 
Wales ; stating the Number of their Children under 
Fourteen years of age, who are dependent upon 
thein for Subsistence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Law Expenses 


further Return for Law Expenses in reference to the (Public De- 
partments, ) 


Account delivered to the House of Commons (Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 603 of Session 1848); viz. 
Return from Solicitors of Public Departments in 
Great Britain who are not paid by Salary, contain- 
ing the Amount of Charges for Professional Business 
paid by the Public, or by Individuals for Official 
Business ; showing from such Charges the Amount 
for Attendances, and all other Profits, for the years 
1838, 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, in order that the 
whole Amount of Income may be clearly shown in 
cases where it is partly derived from Salary and 
Professional Charges or by Professional Charges 
only. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Charitable 
Returns made into the Office of the Commissioners Donations and 


of Charitable Donations and Bequests, since 1830 
specifying Name of Testator or Donor, particular 





Diocese or Court :—Of the Number of Bills filed, or 
| Actions or other Suits instituted, in any Courts, in 
| each year, specifying the time of filing the Bills or 
| commencing Actions :-—Of the Number and Parti- 
culars of Cases prosecuted to conclusion, or settled 
by Compromise ; the Amount of Money realised, 
and the Taxed Costs or Expenses deducted :—Of the 
Number of Cases where the Commissioners have in- 
terfered, and recovered or administered any Funds 
or Property without Cost, with the Amount and 
Expenses :—Of the Amount of Sums voted by Par- 
liament, in aid of the Board of Charity, since 1830: 
—Of the Number and Names of the Counsel for the 
Board in each case, and Amount of Fees paid to 
Counsel in each and every year :—Of the Number 
of Cases in which Suits instituted have not been 
prosecuted to a final Decision or termination :—Of 
the Number of Cases in which the Board of Dona- 
tions now administer the Funds ; Compensation by 
way of Agency :—Of the Sums in progress of Re- 
covery :—Of the Sums in each Case recovered, and 
the Expenses comparatively :—And, of the Sums 
now invested in the Names of the Commissioners, and 
Specifications of Annuities and Charities now under 
the Administration of the Board :—Specification of 
the Number and Particulars of the Charitable Do- 
nations and Bequests which appear to have been 
devoted to Roman Catholic Schools, Institutions or 
Charities :—Returns of the Number of Meetings in 
each year, for the last Five years, held by the Com- 
missioners ; also, the Names of the Commissioners 
present at each Meeting:—And, of the Total Number 
of Commissioners, their Names and Occupations :— 
Copies of all Communications between the Commis- 
sioners and the Reverend Mr. Birmingham of Bally- 
saxe; also, his Answers to same respecting a Legacy 
left to endow a School at said Place :—And, of that 
part of the Will of the Person who left said Legacy, 
as far as relates to said Bequest :—Account of the 
Amount ofall Costs incurred in ali Cases since 1830: 
—Return 





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—Return of the Names and Particulars of Cases, 
when Proceedingscommenced, what Progress made, 
and when terminated:—And, Account of the Amount 
of Principal Monies in dispute, and Costs deducted 
in each Case. 


Railway se The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of all Monies to be raised under the 
sanction of the Acts whereby Railruad Companies 
have been incorporated, between the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1826 and the Ist day of January 1844; dis- 
tinguishing the Sums to be raised as Principal from 
the Sums to be raised by Loan or Mortgage; and 
stating the several Acts under which the said several 
Sums are to be raised (in continuation of Return, 
Appendix, No. 1,to the Report on Railways, 1839). 





vactories Bill. = The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Factories Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Cxiause, N° 2 (Interpretation Clause). 

Amendment again proposed, in P. 2.1. 18.: To 
leave out “cight” in order to insert “ six” instead 
thereof. 

Question put, That “eight” stand part of the 
Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 170 


Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 
Tellers for thef Lord Ashley, lirs 
Noes, Mr. Stuart Wortley : ones 


Question put, That “ six” be inserted instead 


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147 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to in- Gaming 
demnify Witnesses who may give Evidence before /ransactions 
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal touching Gaming Seanity) Bil. 
Transactions, was, according to Order, read the 


third time ; and the Amendment following was made 
to the Bill; 


In the Title of the Bill: 


L. 2. Leave out from “ Evidence”’ to “ touching” 
in 1. 3, and insert “ during this Session, before either 
“ House of Parliament.” 

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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Indemnity Bill. 
a Committee upon the Indemnity 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. 


Ordered, That Mr. Barclay be discharged from Merchant Sea- 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on men's Fund. 
the Merchant Seamen’s Fund. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wawn be added to the Com- 
mittee. 











thereof ; 


The Committee divided: 


Tellers for the f Lord Ashley, liei 
Yeas, UMr. Stuart Wortley: | satelite 

Tellers for thef Mr. John Collett, lass 
Noes, UMr. Richard Hodgson: — 

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, 19° die Martii, 1844: 


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 Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Parishes The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Parishes (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


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. 


Dean Forest The Dean Forest Encroachments Bill was, accord- 
~-"eaaneae ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
” a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
international The International Copyright Bill was, according 
Copyright Bill. tg Order, read a second time ; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
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. 
Vou. 99. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s East India. 
Command,—Copy of a Legislative Despatch from 
the Court of Directors of the East India Company 
to the Governor-General of India in Council, dated 
4th April 1843, No. 6. :—Superintendence of Native 
Religious Institutions. 

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





Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for punishing Matiny Bill. 
| Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment 
lof the Army and their Quarters: And the same 
| was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time this day. 
| 
| 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for the Regula- Marine Mutiny 
‘tion of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while Bill. 
;on Shore: And the same was read the first time ; 
(and ordered to be read a second time this day. 
| 
} 
| Mr. Manners Sution presented, pursuant to the Committals 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Returns (Ireland.) 
from the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the 
Peace of the several Counties, &amp;c., in Jreland, of the 
Number of Persons committed to the different Gaols 
thereof for 'I'rial, in the year 1843, 


Returns from the Marshal of the City of Dublin, Pawnbrokers 
uf the Pawnbrokers of Jredand for the year ending (teland. 
the 31st day of December 1843 ; together with the 
dates of their Registry, and the Amount of Sales of 
forfeited Pledges in said City by the Divisional 
Auctioneers in that year. 

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


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. 








































































PRAT ALOES tee 


SN seer end ene ere a 





European Life 
Insurance and 
Annuity Com- 
pany Bill. 


Salford 
Iinprovement 
Bill. 


Garnkirk, 
Glasgow and 
Coatbridge 
Railway Bill. 


Whitehaven 
and Maryport 
Railway Bill. 


Whitehaven 
and Maryport 
Railway Bill, 


Schuster’s 


Nat. Bill, 


Harrogate and 
Knaresborough 


Railway Bill. 


Sidmouth and 
Collumpton 
Road Bill. 


Liverpool 
New Gas and 
Coke Bill. 


Rochdale 
Gas Bill. 


Leeds and 
Selby Railway 
Purchase 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


148 


Martis, 19° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 18 44. 


PRAYERS. 


'. European Life Insurance and Annuity | 
Company Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


The Salford Improvement Bill was read a se-| 
cond time; and committed. | 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


| 
Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to extend the Line | 


of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, to enable | the county of Sussex, praying that the Brighton and © 


the Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and | 
to alter and amend the Acts relating to the said | 
Railway: And the same was read the first time ; and | 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The Whitehaven and Maryport Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Right honourable William Ba- 
ron Lowther and Subscribers to the undertaking for 
making a Railway from the town and port of White- 
haven to the town and port of Maryport, in the 
county of Cumberland, praying that provision may 
be made in the Whitehaven and Maryport Railway | 
Bill, enabling the Petitioners to build a bridge or 
roadway over the River Derwent, at or near to 
Workington, in the county of Cumberland, and for 


19° Martiz. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Ribble Navigation Ribble Navi. 
| Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to gation Bill, 






A. 1844. 


enable the Owners of Reclaimed Lands to pay a 
Sum in Gross in lieu of the Annual Rents, 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Lancaster 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mew Shoreham, in Brighton ang 


Chichester Railway Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case o 
the Petition for the Pulteney Town, Harbour and 
Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with, inasmuch as power being taken 
in the Bill to execute new works for the improvement 
of a Harbour, the Plans do not describe with suffi- 
cient clearness the line or situation of the whole 
work, and the lands in or through which it is to be 
made, two different Plans of such intended works, 
called alternative Plans, having been deposited in 
the Private Bill Office, and with the Sheriff Clerk 
and Session Clerk, and power being taken by the 
Bill to execute the work in accordance with either 
of the said Plans. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 





regulating the tolls, rates and fares thereon, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Schuster’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of Surveyors of Highways for the town- 
ship of Yadcaster East, in the parish of Tadcaster, 
in the county of York ;—and, the Right honourable 
Henry Earl of Harewood, and others, Owners of 
lands and other hereditaments affected by the Bill 
hereinafter mentioned ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Harrogate and Knaresborough 
Railway Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Sidmouth and Collumpton Road Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
niittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Liverpool New Gas and Coke 
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 Report on the Rochdale Gas Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Leeds and Selby Railway Purchase (No. 2.) 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Commitiee Pulteney Tow: 
f Harbour and 


hichester 
Railway Bill, 


Improvement, 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee North Wales 


‘the Petition for the North Wales Mineral Railway 
| Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
' with, inasmuch as in the first Notice in the Gazette, 
| the words relating to the compulsory taking of lands 
| were omitted, but it was proved that a correct copy 
| of such Notice was sent for insertion to the Gazette 
| Office more than two days before the day of publi- 
, cation. 

| 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 Weaver Navigation Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
‘much as the Bill appears to relate to property held 
\in trust for public purposes, and no Notice has been 
| given to the owners or reputed owners of the said 
property, namely, the Trustees of the River Weaver 
| Navigation. 

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, to whom the Peti- 
| tions of Robert Jackson, and others; of Gabriel Ha- 

milton Lang; and, of Samuel Roberts, junior, and 

others, severally complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders, in the case of the Petition 
| for the Sheffield and Chesterfield Junction Railway 
| Bill, were referred ; That the Standing Orders had 


the township of Coal Aston, through which township 
the Railway is intended to be made is not contained 


the township through which the Railway is intended 
to pass, is a small and detached portion of the town- 





the 


not been complied with, inasmuch as the name of 
in the Notices, but it appeared that the portion of 


ship, and distant about half a mile from the rest of 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of — Rail 


Weaver 
Navigation. 





Sheffield and 
Chesterfield 
Junction Rail- 
way. 























































































7 VicrTorigZ. 


the township ; and inasmuch as a manufactory and 
buildings within the limits of deviation in the town- 
ship and parish of Sheffield, of which Joseph Wol- 
stenholme is lessee and occupier, near properties 73 
and 74, in the said township and parish, are not 
described on the Plan, nor is the name of Joseph 
Wolstenholme contained in the Book of Reference 
as such lessee and occupier, nor has application been 
made to him on or before the 31st of December, in 
respect of such property, and inasmuch as one or 
more cottages in the said township and parish, of 
which the assignees of Luke Palfreymanare lessees, 
near No. 93, on the Plan within the limits of devi- 
ation, are not described on the Plan, nor are the 
names of the assignees of Luke Palfreyman con- 
tained in the Book of Reference as such lessees, 
nor has application been made to them on or before 
the 31st of December, in respect of such property ; 
and inasmuch as two cottages and yard of which 
the executors of Jane Badger are lessees, near Nos. 
97 and 101, in the said township and parish within 
the limits of deviation, are not described on the Plan, 
nor are the names of the executors of Jane Badger 
contained in the Book of Reference as such lessees, 
nor has application been made to them on or before 
the 31st of December, in respect of such property ; 
and inasmuch as a cow-house, stable and piggeries, 
of which the Duke of Norfolk is owner, as trustee 
of the Hospital of Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury, and 
the Reverend Thomas Robinson, occupier, and which 
are referred to in the Book of Reference, and num- 
bered 150, in the said township and parish of Shef- 
field, and which are within the limits of deviation, 
are not described upon the Plan; and inasmuch as 
a certain piece of ground, in separate occupation, 
near property No. 6 in the parish of Whittington, 
within the limits of deviation, is not described on 
the Plan; and inasmuch as a line on the Plan, ap- 
parently describing a fence between two fields, num- 
bered 45 and 48, in the township of Unston, is in- 
correctly laid down, as no fence exists at the place 
described, but at a point further on, and in conse- 
quence thereof, Thomas Ward, owner and occupier 
of the land numbered 45, is not described as such 
owner and occupier in the Book of Reference, nor 
has application been made to him on or before De- 
cember 31st, in respect of such property; and inas- 
much as in the Section, the datum line is referred 
to the surface water, in the Sheffield and Finsbury 
Canal, which it did not appear to the Committee 
designated any fixed point (it being proved that the 
surface varied in its actual level to the extent of 
12 inches); and inasmuch as there is no Section of 
a part of the line as described on the Plan through 
Jands numbered and referred to in the Book of Re- 
ference, near the terminus of the Railway, at the 
Junction with the Sheffield and Manchester Railway ; 
and inasmuch as the Section does not show the sur- 
face of the ground marked on the Plan for a distance 
of 690 feet from the proposed point of Junction with 
the North Midland Railway, as marked upon the 
said Plan; and inasmuch as in the Section, the pro- 
portion or rate of inclination of the proposed Railway 
for a distance of 690 feet from the pomt of Junction 
with the North Midland Railway, is marked as one 
in 330, whereas, in point of fact, it is one in 267; 
and inasmuch as the height of the proposed Railway 
over or under the surface of Spitalfields, a public 
carriage-road in the township of Brightside Bierlow, 
is not marked in figures on the Section, at the pro- 
posed crossing thereof; and inasmuch as at the 
crossing of Johnson-street, a public carriage-road in 
the said township, the said street is named on the 
Section Stanley-street (a street which is not crossed 
by the Railway) ; and inasmuch as on the Section, 
it is stated that the level of the public carriage-road 
called Crown-alley, in the township of Sheffield, is 
to remain unaltered, whereas, in order to give the 
height provided by Clause 249 of the Bill annexed 
to the Petition, it will be necessary to alter the level 
Von. 99, 





19° Martiz. 





149 


of the said road; and inasmuch as the Book of Re- 
ference does not contain the names of the following 
persons, nor has application been made to them on 
or before 31st December, in respect of the properties 
following ; viz. 1. William Newbold, occupier of 
fields Nos. 112, 124 and 135, in the township of Un- 
ston; 2. George Beckett, occupier of field No. 34, in 
the parish of Whittington; 8. George Gordon, in- 
cumbent of the parish of Whittington, and as such, 
owner of certain glebe lands, numbered 94 and 95, 
in the said parish ; and inasmuch as the Book of 
Reference does not contain the name of George 
Marr, owner of field No. 67, in the parish of Whit- 
tington ; and inasmuch as the form of application 
served on William Webster, owner of property num- 
bered 21, in the township of Brightside Bierlow, 
did not contain a description of the Section of the 
line deposited, and of the greatest height of embank- 
ment and depth of cutting. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


of the United Kingdom, praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the North British 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. 


the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Session of the fifth year of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings 
by or against the Cwm Celyn and Blaina tron Com- 
pany, and for granting certain Powers thereto: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


for leave to bring in the Rother Levels Drainage 
Bill, which, upon Wednesday last, was made from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Acts for more effectually draining and preserving 
certain Marsh Lands or Low Grounds in the parishes 
of Sandhurst, Newenden, Jtolvenden, Tenterden, Wit- 
tersham, Ebony, Woodchurch, Appledore and Stone, 
in the county of Kent, and Ticehurst, Salthurst, 
Bodiam, Ewhurst, Northiam, Beckley, Peasmarsh 
Iden and Playden, in the county of Sussex, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to amend the said Acts, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





A Petition of the Right honourable Francis Char- North British 
teris Earl of Wemyss and March Baron Wemyss Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Westera 
the Report on the Great Western Railway Bill; and Railway Bil. 


Dr. Bowring presented a Bill to enlarge the Cwm Celyn 
Powers granted by an Act passed in the second 


id Blaina Iron 
ompany Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in te- Rother Levels 
spect of the Petition for leave to present a Petition Drainage. 


Petitions of Edward Knight, Esquire, of G'od- gouth-Easters, 


mersham Park, in the parish of Godmersham, 


and, Owners and Occupiers of land within the Isle 
of Thanet, in the county of Kent; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the South Eastern, 
Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate 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 








U3 their 


in the Canterbury, 
county of Kent ;— Roger Kynaston the younger, y 


of Saint James’s Place, Westminster, Esquire ;— way Bill. 


amsgate and 
Targate Rail- 















































their Petitions, ifthey think fit; and counsel heard, | 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


South-Eastern A Petition of Sarah Elizabeth Countess of War- 


Railway Bill, pick, praying that she may be heard, by her coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the South 
Eastern Railway Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Sheffield and Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 


— of the borough of Sheffield; — Master, Wardens, 

unction Rail- S la aeolad t dc lty of ti 7 

way. Searchers, Assistants and Commonalty of the cor 
poration of Cutlers in Sheffield, in the county of 
York ;— Inhabitants of Chesterfield ;— Dronfield ; 
—and, Gentlemen, Merchants and others of the 
town and borough of Sheffield; taking notice of the 
application for leave to bring in the Sheffield and 
Chesterfield Junction Railway Bill; and praying 
that such Bill may pass into law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Leeds and Petitions from Allerton;—Horton;—Addingham; 
ae —Kildwick and Sutton ;—Manningham ;—Shipton ; 
aey 2 Menston ;—and, Hawksworth ; praying that the 
Leeds and Bradford Railway Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


PublicPetitions Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
(Tenth Report.) mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 13th, 14th and 15th 
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. 


ye a Petitions from Criccieth and other places ;—Ban- 
and Bangor - aad &gt; * pnravi ‘Or , 
‘inemae gor ;—-and, Llanerchymedd ; praying for the repeal of 


so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates 
to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, 
—-were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Zlantrissaint ;—and, Dean and 
Chapter of Rochester; praying forthe repeal of so 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates 
to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Ban- 
gor, and for the immediate establishment of a Bi- 
shopric in Manchester by other means,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 











Railways. Petitions of Merchants, Carriers, Traders and 
Inhabitants of Rochdale, and of adjacent places, in 
the several counties of York and Lancaster ;—and, 
Merchants and others interested in the carriage of 
heavy goods by Railways; praying the House to 
secure to them the same benefit of a free competition 
in the inland carriage of goods as they enjoyed pre- 
viously to the formation of Railways,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Railways. 


Universities A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 

(Scotland) Tain, in the county of Ross, praying the House to 
resist the efforts that are being made to abolish the 
practice of subjecting the principles of professors 
in the Universities of Scotland to religious tests, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 










Corn Laws, A Petition of Inhabitants of the burgh or barony 


of Moniaive, mn the county of Dumfries, praying for 
the repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Black Isle district of Ross and 
Cromarty ;— Beadlam ;— Eagle ;— Owmby ;— Nettle- 
ham ;— Ashby-de-la-Launde ; — Snelland ; — Bar- 











150 19° Martiz. A. 1844, 


lings ;—and, Boultham ;—praying the House to re" 
sist the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law 
League, and that no alteration whatever may be 
made in the existing Corn Laws,—were also pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Factor 


Table. 


Petitions from Mary-le-bone (four Petitions) ;— Tobacco. 
and, Southwark (forty-four Petitions); praying for 
reduction of the duty on Tobacco,—were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Tobacco Trade. 


A Petition of Stephen Geary, of No. 10, Hamilton Metropolitan ~ 


a . opolitan R 
Place, New Road, Saint Pancras, Architect and B!dings Bit, 


Surveyor, praying that a clause may be introduced 
into the Metropolitan Buildings Bill, whereby the 
safety mode of Buildings as designed by the Peti- 
tioner for the prevention of accidents and preserva- 











ailw 


tion of life from fire may be carried out in all future Birk 


buildings that may be erected, and that he may be 
allowed the opportunity of submitting his plans and 
models to the Committee on such Bill, and give 
and produce evidence as to the practicability and 
general utility that such safety mode of Building 
would be to the protection of the public, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Redress of 
Manchester, praying the House to refrain from voting S™ievanees. 
the Supplies until the Grievances of the people are 
investigated and redressed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Anglesey Union ;—and, Shrewsbury Poor Law 
Poor United District ; praying that the Poor Law Amendment 
Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 2! 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hoghton;— and, Withnell; praying Poor Law. 
that those townships may be released from the 
operation of the Poor Law Amendment Act,-—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers and other Inhabitants Tea. 
of Blackburn and its neighbourhood, praying for 
such a reduction in the duty on Tea, as may be 
deemed expedient in promoting its greater consump- 
tion in this country, and the increase of our trade 
with China, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Bisdée, of Fosbury, in the South Austra- 
parish of Tidcombe, in the county of Wilts, Gentle- !ia Com. 
man, praying the House to adopt measures for per- 
mitting the importation into this country from /Vew 
South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, of Grain grown 
therein, at the same rate of duty only as that im- 
ported from Canada, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Kingston-apon- 
before the Committee on the Kingston-upon-Hull Hull Docks Bill 
Docks Bill in Session 1810, be referred to the 
Committee on the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill 
of the present Session. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Yarmouth 
North Walsham and Dilham Canal Navigation, pray- oe i 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their i 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Yar- 
mouth 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, 


by 





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19° Marti. 


| 


7 Vicroriz. 


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. 


151 


respectively, for Prosecutions for Libel, or Actions 
instituted against the House of Commons through 
its Officers; stating the Names of the Plaintiffs and 
Defendants in each Prosecution or Action, with the 
A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- | Names in each case of the Crown Counsel, Solicitors 
habitants of Todmorden and its vicinity, in the| for the Crown, and others employed on the part of 
counties of York and Lancaster, praying the House | the House of Commons, or the Officers of the said 
to insert a clause in the Factories Bill to prevent | House, to defend such Actions, with the Amount 
persons from working in Mills or Factories above charged in Fees, Bills of Costs and other Law 
ten hours per day for five days a week, and eight Charges; showing the Sum Total paid by the Coun- 
on Saturday, was presented, and read ; and ordered try on account of such Prosecutions or Actions dur- 
to lie upon the Table. Ing the above period, so as to balance the Receipt 
for Parliamentary Papers against the Expenses at 
A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Law, in a Debt and Credit Account. 
Council of the town of Cupar, in the county of | 
Fife, praying that the North British Railway Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Factories Bill. 


North British 
Railway Bill. 


Fiscal Business in each County, County of a City, 
and County of a Town in Ireland; with the Num- 
ber 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 Magistrates 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, which 
were presented upon the 22d day of: August in the 
last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Birkenhead 


oo A Petition of James Mainwaring, of Bromborow, 
Docks bill. 


in the county of Chester, Clerk, praying that the 
Birkenhead Docks Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency. 


A Petition of Debtor Prisoners in Monmouth 
County Gaol, praying the House to pass a Bill with 
reference to the Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed by Her Majesty to inquire into the Laws of 
Bankruptcy and Insolvency, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered fe lie upon the Table. 


Brandes Burton 


r Ordered, That the Committee on the Brandes 
Tuclosure Bill. 


Burton Inclosure Bill have leave to sit this day, till 
five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 





Magistrates (Ireland), which were presented upon 
the 11th and 12th days of this instant March, be 
printed. 


Lambeth 
Waterworks. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Christchurch, Surrey, 
stating that the Petitioners are supplied with water 
by the Lambeth Waterworks Company, and that 
the water so supplied is foul and filthy; and praying 
the House to take measures to compel the Com- 
pany to be subjected in honesty and gocd faith to 
the penalties of their Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Law, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 
| be printed. 


Flour, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Schoolmasters 


A Petition of the Preses and Clerk of a Meeting 
(Scotland. 


of Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, within the 
presbytery of Saint Andrews, and county of Fife, 
praying the House to adopt measures for amelio- 
rating the condition of the Burgh and Parochial 
Schoolmasters of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


distilled, &amp;c., which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 





Ordered, That the Returns relative to Illicit Dis- 
tillation (Jreland), which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits per- 


mitted out of Distillers’ and Rectifiers’ Stocks, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was laid upon the Table yesterday, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Railways. 


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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Com- 
mittals (Zreland), which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Stipendiary 
Judges. 


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 Number 
of Stipendiary Judges in England and Wales, with 
the Rank and Denomination of each respectively ; 
also, the Cost of the said Judicial Establishment to 
the Country annually, exclusive of Recorders of 
Cities and Towns :—A similar Return for Ireland: 
—And, a similar Return for Scotland, exclusive of 
Town Clerks and Assessors. 

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 an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions to Her Servants, 
not to enter into any negociations with Foreign 
Powers which would make any contemplated alter- 
ations of the Tariff of the United Kingdom contin- 
gent on the alteration of the Tariffs of other Coun- 
tries; and humbly expressing to Her Majesty the 
Opinion of this House, that the great object of re- 
lieving the Commercial Intercourse between this 
Country and Foreign Nations from all injurious 
restrictions, will be best promoted by regulating our 
own Customs Duties as may be most suitable to 

u 4 the 


Parliamentary 
Papers, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing, in columns, the Net Amount 
received annually from the Sale of Parliamentary 
Papers, printed by Order of the House of Commons ; 
distinguishing the Amount received for whole sets of 
Papers, and the Amount for Miscellaneous Papers ; 
showing the Amount in each year, commencing in 
1836, specifying the Increase or Decrease in each 
year respectively; and in one Sum, the Total Net 
Receipt, to the end of 1843 ;—Also, the Amount 


paid by the Country in 1836, and each year since 
VoL. 99. 





Ordered, That the Returns of the Number of Grand Jurors, 
Days appointed by the Sheriff for transacting the &amp;¢» (Ireland. 


No. 1380. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Stipendiary Stipendiary 
Magistraies 
(Ireland.) 


No. 181. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Poor Poor Law. 


No. 132. 


Ordered, That the Abstracts of the Commis Commissaries 
saries’ Accounts, which were presented yesterday, Accounts. 


No. 133. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Grain and oe and 
our. 


No. 134. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Spirits Spirits. 


No. 135. 


Tilicit Distillae 
tion (Ireland. ) 


No. 136. 


Spirits. 
No.135. 


Railways. 


East India. 
No. 137. 

Committals 

(Ireland.) 
No. 138. 


Commercial 
Intercourse. 






















152 19°—20° 


the financial and commercial Interests of this 
Country, without reference to the Amount of Duties | 
which Foreign Powers may think it expedient for | 
their own interests to levy on British Goods ; 


And Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first | 
put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 20° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Owners and Occupiers of 
land in the several parishes of Ashford, Wil- 
lesborough, Kennington, Boughton Aluph, Wye, 
Godmersham, Chilham, Chartham, Thannington, 
Harbledown, Saint Dunstan and Holy Cross, West- 
gate, in the county of Kent, praying that the South 
Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Rail- 
way Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Zondon and Greenwich Railway 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by their 


South-Eastern, 
Canterbury, 
Ramsgate 

and Margate 
Railway Bill. 





Marti. A. 1844, 


sel or agent, against the said clause, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, to hear the Petitioner in case 
any clause of the nature referred to in the Petition 
be proposed in the Committee. 


Petitions from Bury ;—Rochdale ;—Oldham ;— Manchester ang 
the Right honourable Edward Vernon Lord Suffield ; — Railway 
—and, Middleton; praying that the Manchester ag Branch) 
and Leeds Railway (Bury Branch) Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Inhabitants of Tottington Lower 

End, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and others ; 
— Walmsley-cum-Shuttleworth ; — Haslingden ; — 
Tottington Higher End ;—Bury and Elton ;—Bol- 
ton ;— Rawtenstall ;— Radcliffe ;—and, Pilkington ; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Marianshi’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Marianski’s 











counsel or agents, against certain parts of the said 
Bill, was also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if | 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the | 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


—, . Lord Rendlesham reported from the Committee on 
way Bill “the Guildford Junction Railway 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; That they had inquired into the several mat- 
ters required by the Standing Orders on Railway 
Bills; 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. 


Brighton and 
Chichester 


Railway Bill. of Arundel, in the county of Sussex, agreed to at a 


special sessions of sewers holden at Arundel, in the 
said county ;—and, Mayor, Aldermen and Council- 
lors of the borough of Arundel; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Brighton and Chichester 
Railway Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Birmingham 
Canal Navigae 
tions Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Birmingham Canal Navigations 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Right honourable William 
Henry Francis Lord Petre Baron of Writtle, stating 
chat he has been informed by his solicitors that a 
clause is proposed to be introduced into the Eastern 
Counties Railway Bill, to the effect of allowing the 
Eastern Counties Railway Company to erect and 
place a station, loading or unloading place, with all 
proper buildings, roads and approaches thereto, 
upon the lands of the said Company, situated at or 
near Stock-/ane, in the parish of Lngatestone, in the 


Petitions of Commissioners of Sewers for the Rape | 


time ; and committed. Nat. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the township and Leeds and — 
neighbourhood of Pudsey, in the county of York, ag Rall. 
praying that the Leeds and Bradford Railway Bill “7 "" 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Joseph Wolstenholme, Lessee of a Sheffield and 
certain manufactory and buildings in the township meg 
and parish of Sheffield ;— George Foster, the execu- = 
tor of the late Jane Badger, deceased, and as such 


the lessee of certain cottages and yard, in the town- 


ship and parish of Sheffield; -— Thomas Ward, of 


Unston, in the parish of Dronfield, in the county of 
| Derby ;— William Newbould, of Intake, in the parish 
of Handsworth, in the county of York ;—George 
| Bechett, of the parish of Whittington, in the county 
(of Derby ;-—William Webster, of the township of 
Brightside Bierlow, in the parish of Sheffield ;—and, 
Edward Brooksbank Tattershall, of Great James- 
street, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, As- 
signee of the estate and effects of Luke Palfreyman, 
of Sheffield, in the county of York, a bankrupt; 
taking notice of the application for leave to bring in 
the Sheffield and Chester field Junction Railway Bill ; 
and praying that such Bill may pass into law, al- 
| though their property has not been properly de- 
scribed, marked and numbered on the plan of the 
said proposed Railway deposited in the Private Bill 
Office of the House, and that any omission or tech- 
nical error in reference to the same may not be 
considered an obstacle to the passing of such Bill, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Burgesses or Free-tenants and Trus- 
tees of the town of Sheffield, in the county of York, 
commonly called the town collector and his assis- 
tants, taking notice of the application for the said 
Bill; and praying that such Biil may pass into law, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 











Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Select Grand Canal 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in (te!) 
the case of the Petition for the Grand Canal (Jre- 
land) Bill, the Standing Orders relative to Bills of 


county of Essex, or upon such other lands adjoining | the Third Class had not been complied with. 


thereto as the said Company may purchase ; and 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 





praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- | Committee on Standing Orders. 





A Petition 











Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


7 VicTorigz. 


20° Martiz. 





1538 


A Petition of Sir Henry Jardine, Knight, a Pro-| rected to be laid out in the improvement of the 
prietor of a house and tenement in Princes-street, | drainage and navigation of the River Shannon, and 


and 
Ry 


il. 


between Hanover-street and Hope-street, Edinburgh, | that a considerable portion thereof is directed to be 


and also joint proprietor of ground in the area op- | repaid by the different counties adjoining said river, 
posite the said street, sought to be acquired by the |in certain specified proportions by compulsory pre- 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company and as | sentment over which the Grand Jury have no power 
Preses of the committee of the proprietors of houses ; whatsoever ; that from the peculiar conformation of 
in said street, acting under the Act of Parliament |the county of Roscommon, which lies in a long 
56 Geo. 3, c. 41, praying that he may be heard, | narrow strip along the Upper Shannon, a very undue 


by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain | 
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 Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


Eastern Coun 














proportion of said re-payment has been laid upon 
it; and praying that the House will afford to the 
Petitioners and the county they are connected with, 
relief, either by remitting the re-payment of a con- 
siderable portion of the contemplated expenditure, 
or else by spreading the instalments of re-payment 
over a much more considerable period of time, and 
thus preventing such an enhancement of the county 
rate as would be out of the power of the occupiers 
to pay, and which is for an object of far more na- 
tional than local importance, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Abergavenny ; —Goytrey ;—Llan- Local Courts. 


ellen ; —- Llanwenarth ; -— Mynyddisslwyn ; — and, 
Llanover ; praying that a Bill for establishing 
Local Courts for the decision of small causes may 
speedily pass into law, with such provisions as 


them. pose: render its operation as beneficial to the princi- 


ties Railway mittee on the Eastern Counties Railway Bill to hear 
- the Petitioners against the Bill on any ground of 
objection arising out of the lease of the Northern 
and Eastern Railway, thereby intended to be con- 
firmed, although such grounds of objection be not 
specifically set forth in their Petitions, provided it 
be shown to the satisfaction of the Committee that 
such Petitioners have a right to be heard before 
Bolton and Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
—e Bolton and Preston Railway Bill; That they had | 
_— inquired into the several matters required by the 
Standing Orders on Railway Bills; 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. 
Hartlepool Pier Mr. Hodgson Hinde presented a Biil for amend- 
and Port Bill. ing the Acts relative to the improving of the Pier 
and Port of Hartlepool, in the County of Durham: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
Manchester, Petitions from Haslingden ;— Tottington Higher 
0 eel End ;— Tottington Lower End ;— Pilkington ; — 
Railway Bill, Walmsley-cum-Shuttleworth;—Rawtenstall ;—Bury 


and Elton ;—and, Radcliffe; praying that the Man- 
chester, Bury and Rossendale Railway Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Petitions from Llanrhaidr-in-Cimmerch ;—Rural 
Deanery of Dyffryn Cleyd ; — Denbigh ;— and, 
Ruthin; praying for the repeal of so much of the 
Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, ¢. 77, as relates to the union 
of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor,—were 
a. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

A Petition of the Minister, Freeholders and other 
Inhabitants of the parish of Llanfairtalhaiarn, in 
the county of Denbigh, praying for the repeal of so 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates 


pality of Wales, as to other parts of the king¢dom,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Chiches- Duelling. 


ter, stating that the Petitioners believe that it is in 
the power of Parliament to put an end to Duelling 
in the United Kingdom, by enabling juries to find 
| three kinds of verdicts; first, a verdict of guilty of 
murder; secondly, a verdict of guilty of having 
fought a duel; and thirdly, a verdict of having as- 
_ sisted at a duel, and by providing that all persons 
found guilty of having fought a duel shall be pu- 
nished by transportion for life, and all persons found 
guilty of having assisted at a duel shall be punished 
by hard labour on the tread-wheel for not less than 
twelve months ; and praying the attention of the 
House to their suggestions, and to forthwith pass 
an Act to carry them into effect, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


plies until the Grievances of the people are investi- 
gated and redressed, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| &lt;A Petition of Weavers of the city of Aberdeen, Redress of 
praying the House to refrain from voting the Sup- Grievances. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Stump Cross Turn- Eastern Coun- 


tJ 








Counties Railway (Brandon and Peterborough Ex- 
tension) Bill, was presented, and read. 

| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
'Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 


pike-roads, in the county of Cambridge, praying yee a A 4 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- Peterborough 


sel or agents, against certain parts of the Eastern Extension) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Shannon Navi- 
gation, 


to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, | bY themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
“ 907) | Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


endeavours may be made for the establishment of a | favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


and, at the same time, that speedy and strenuous | 
See at Manchester by other means, was also pre- | 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


'gulate the Periods for holding Quarter Sessions in sions (Cities and 
Petitions from the Bedminster Union (Chairman); Cities and Boroughs: And the same was read the 


wit a ell 5 ? | first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
and, Bristol; praying that the Poor Law Amend- | upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


ment 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 High Sheriff and Grand Jury 
of the county of Roscommon, stating that by a re- 


cent Act of the Legislature certain sums were di- | 
Vot. 99. 


be received To-morrow. 


cond time:— The Bill was accordingly read a second 

















Mr. Pakington presented a Bill to define and re- Quarter Ses- 


Boroughs) Bill. 
No. 139. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Indemnity Bill Indemnity Bill. 


Ordered, That the Mutiny Bill be now read a se- Mutiny Bill. 


x time ; 

















Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Ramsey 
Tnclosure Bill. 


Bury Inclosure 
Bill. 


Hastings Writ. 


County 
Coroners Bill. 


No. 140. 


154 


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


Ordered, That the Marine Mutiny 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 proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Ramsey Inclosure 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 Report on the Bury Inclosure Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Baron to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town and Port of Hastings, in 
the room of the Right honourable Joseph Planta, 
who, since his Election for the said Town and Port, 
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. 


Mr. Greene reported the County Coroners Bill : 
—And the Bill was re-committed to a Committee of 
the whole House :—The House immediately resolved 
itself into the said Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuavuses, N°1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 4, and N° 5, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 6, (Elections to be held in the dis- 
trict, and who to elect.) 


Amendment proposed, in P. 3. 1. 4: To leave out | 5. Committee may have leave to sit again. 


“ Knights of the Shire” in order to insert ‘ Co- 
“ roners,” instead thereof. 
Question put, That “ Knights of the Shire’’ 
stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for — Mr. Pakington, 


} 45. 


Yeas, Mr. Gally Knight: 
Tellers for the} Mr. Robert Scott, } 70 
Noes, Mr. Warburton: ssid 


Question, That “ Coroners” be inserted instead 
thereof, put, and agreed to. 


Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiauses, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 
Criausess, N° 11, to N° 13, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 14, amended, and agreed to. 
Criauses, N° 15 and N° 16, agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 18 and N° 19, agreed to. 
Cxause, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiauses, N° 21 to N° 23, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 24, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciavuses N° 25 and N° 26, agreed to. 
Clause added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








20° Martiz. 














A. 1844. 


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 Order of the day being read, for the second Superior Couns 
reading of the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill; an Law) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Small Debts 
reading of the Small Debts Bill; =. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Masters and 
further consideration the Report on the Masters and Servants Bill, 
Servants Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House:—The House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the said Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiauses N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

CuiavuseE N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

CriavseE N° 4. (In cases of misbehaviour impri- 
sonment may be awarded.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2.1.37: After “ con- 

“ tract”’ to insert “ such contract being in writing, 
“« and signed by the contracting parties.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

Wheupon, Motion made, and Question, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again put, and agreed to. 








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 


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


The Night Poaching Prevention Bill was, accord- Night Poaching 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed Prevention Bill 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
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 Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Taii Vale 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Railway Bill. 
the Petition for the Taff Vale Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Acts relating to the Taff Vale Railway, 
to authorize the alteration of certain Works thereby 
authorized, and the formation of additional Works, 
and to enlarge the Powers of the Company: And 
that Mr. Henry Berkeley and Mr. Philip Miles do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Reversionary 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Interest Society 








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rts 


wr) 





Dingwall 
Thorough fares 
and Police Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Stipendiary 
Magistrates 
(Ireland. ) 


South-Eastern, 
Canterbury, 
Ramsgate and 
Margate Rail- 
way Bill. 


Rochdale 
Gas Bill. 


Manchester 
Police Bill. 


Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


York and 
Scarborough 
Railway Bill, 


7 Vicroriz. 


the Petition for the Reversionary Interest 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 
Reversionary Interest Society, and for enabling the 
Society to increase its capital: And that Mr. Evans 
and Mr. Gisborne do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Dingwall Thoroughfares and Police 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repair the Public Thoroughfares in the burgh of 
Dingwall, and to light, cleanse and watch the same, 


20°—21° Maritiz. 


155 
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 Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Committee of 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee Selection. 
of Selection, to postpone the meeting of the Com- 
mittee on the South Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate 
and Margate Railway Bill, till after Easter :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 





and also to regulate the Police of the said Burgh: 
And that Mr. Hope Johnstone and Mr. Lockhart do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies 
of Orders in Council issued in the year 1843, ap- 
proving Schemes of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
for England. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
Order,—A Return of the Stipendiary Magistrates 
appointed in Jreland since the month of September 
1841 ; distinguishing such as have been previously 
Members of the Constabulary, or educated to the 
Profession of the Law. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 21° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 
A * ETITION of George Millman, of Chartham 


Deanery, in the county of Kent, Gentleman, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the South 
Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Rail- 
way Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually lighting 
with Gas the Borough and Parish of Rochdale, in 
the County of Lancaster, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bootle Wilbraham do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of William Barnes, of Ardwick, near 
Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Gentleman, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Manchester 
Police Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Barnes, of Ardwick, near 
Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Gentleman, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Manchester 
Improvement Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Marsham reported from the Committee 
on the York and Scarborough 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 inquired 


into the several matters required by the Standing 


Vout. 99. 





Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill to amend Taff Vale 
the Acts relating to the Taff Vale Railway, to au- Railway Bill. 
thorize the alteration of certain Works thereby au- 
thorized, and the formation of additional Works, 
and to enlarge the Powers of the Company: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Brandes Burton 
Brandes Burton Inclosure Bill ; That they had ex- Inclosure Bill. 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfac- 
tion of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Liverpool 
Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool, praying Docks Bill. 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool 
Docks 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. 








Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Lakenheath 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of ae 
the Petition for the Lakenheath and Brandon Drain- D'ine8e Bille 
age Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending and rendering more effectual an Act 
for draining and preserving certain Fen Lands and 
Low Grounds in the parishes of Lakenheath and 
Brandon, in the county of Suffolk: And that Colo- 
nel Rushbrooke and Mr. Waddington do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Mr. Hope Johnstone presented a Bill to repair the Dingwall 
Public Thoroughfares in the Burgh of Dingwall, wren saad 
and to light, cleanse and watch the same; and also “© “°"* 
to regulate the Police of the said Burgh : And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Lancaster 
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, at Zan- oe 
caster, to or near to the City of Carlisle, 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. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Edinburgh, 
Canal Company, praying that they may be heard, Leith and Gran- 
: : ton Railway 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- pi), 
tain parts of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 





x 2 A Petition 


f 





Newbury, 
Basingstoke, 
London and 
Southampton 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


Christchurch 
Writ. 


Committee of 
Selection. 


State Trial 
(Ireland. ) 


Tea, 






156 21° Marti. A. 1844. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com-| A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wil- Message from 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by their | son and Mr. Brougham: the Lords, 
raed agents, against certain parts of the New- Mr. Speaker, 


bury, Basingstoke, London and Southampton Rail-| The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
way Bill, was presented, and read. ing, without Amendment ; viz. 


cries hn th ad Paton bef o th !A Dil initled, An Act fr tantorngcartan Trane 
“a phages Reagtharetag ag a neg Annuities of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum ian 

by their counsel or agents, , Ss - &gt; | per Annum, and Government Debentures, into An- il 

they think fit ; and ae reard, in favour of the | nuities of Three Pounds Five Shillings per Centum 

Bill, against the said Petition. per Annum and New Three Pounds per Centum per 

Annum Annuities : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for transferring Three Three-and-a. 
Great Western Union, and the Oxford Railways, to | Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum An- Half per Centum 
amalgamate the two last-mentioned Railways with | nuities One thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 1, gi), 
the Great Western Railway, and to authorize the | into Annuities of Three Pounds Five Shillings per 
formation of certain additional Works at Cheltenham | Centum per Annum and New Three Pounds per 


and Gloucester, by the Great Western Railway Com- | Centwn per Annum Annuities. 


pany, was read the third time. A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply the Sum of Consolidatea 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Fund 
Bill, in Pr. 19.1. 9., by leaving out from the word Service of the year One thousand eight hundred ng 
“ paid” to the word “ And,” in |. 18. /and Forty-four: And also, , 

The House was moved, That the Standing Order; The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bow Bricktill 
of the House (No. 121.), relative to Private Bills,’ ¢. enable the Rector rane aoa Re and Tieasinietes Estate Bill, 
might be read; and the same was read, as fol- ‘of the Poor of the Duside of Baw Brickhill, in the 
loweth _ . | County of Buckingham, to sell certain Parcels of 

“ That when any Clause or Amendment is| [and ‘in the said Parish which were allotted to 
offered upon the Report, or the consideration | them under the Award of the Commissioners, made 
of the Report, or the Third Reading of any in pursuance of the Bow Brickhill and Fenny Strat- 
Private Bill, such Clause or Amendment shall ford Inclosure Act, passed in the Thirtieth year of 
be referred to the Select Committee on Stand-| King George the Shik» ts whisk the Uaols dusien 
ing Orders :—-That such Clause shall be printed: | the Pine of thin Weens: bad also, 
—And when any Clause is proposed to be! The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dowager 
amended, it shall be printed in extenso, with every | for navavelnine Dame Genen Victoria Regina Widow Lady Nugent's 
addition or substitution in different type, and | of Si- James Nugent Danes deel: toh 
the omissions therefrom included in brackets.” | the Lords desire the peers os of this Wiens tens 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the several Acts re- 
lating to the Great Western, the Cheltenham and | 








Ordered, That the said Amendment be referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


| And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 


to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ |0n Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which Orders; 
for the electing ofa Burgess to serve in this present | Were read, as follow: 


Parliament for the Borough of Christchurch, in the | 


room of the Right honourable Sir George Henry | 
Rose, who, since his election for the said Borough, | 
hath accepted the Office of Steward of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Manor of Northstead. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being | 
put, That the Order made upon Friday the 15th day | 
of this instant March, That it be an Instruction to | 
the Committee of Selection to refer the Edinburgh 
and Glasgow, the Slamannan Junction, and the Edin- 
burgh, Leith and Granton Railway Bills, to the same 
Committee, be discharged, in so far as relates to | 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill ; and that 
the Committee on the said Bill have leave to sit 
and proceed, upon Wednesday next, without further 
notice ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 





Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Gibson Craig, 7. ee 
Yeas, Mr. Macaulay : ‘oe 
Tellers for the f Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, \ .. 
Noes, \. Mr. Hope Johnstone:  $ _ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Petition of Members of the Loyal National 
Repeal Association, and others, praying the House 
to grant an immediate inquiry into their complaints, 
with reference to the late State Prosecution in Jre- 
land, with the view of enabling them to establish 
the truth of the allegations contained in their Peti- 


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


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others, 


ing Orders ought not to be dispened with. 


/Town Harbour and Improvement 





Inhabitants of Leith, praying for a reduction of 


the duty on Tea, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





1. Resolved, That in the case of the Sheffield and Sheffield and 

Chesterfield Junction Railway Petition, the Stand- Chesterfiad. 
° unction Rail- 

Way. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the West London West London 
Railway Extension Petition, the Standing Orders Railway Ex- 

° . tension, 

ought not to be dispensed with. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the North Wales North Wales 
Mineral Railway Petition, the Standing Orders Mineral Rall- 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be ““™ 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the Pulteney Pulteney Town 
Petition, the Harbour and 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that ‘™Preveme™ 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 

on condition that they abandon all such parts as 

relate to the Plan of Messrs. Gibbs. 


5. Resolved, That in the case of the Weaver Na- Weaver 
vigation Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Navigation. 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, upon condition that they 
give to the Trustees of the Weaver Navigation, 
within one week from the present time, such Notice 
as is required by the 19th Standing Order to be 
given previous to the presentation of the Petition 
for the Bill, and that the Second Reading of the 
Bill be deferred till after the Easter Recess. 

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 report the same 
to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

The Third, Fourth and Fifth Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Tab. 


The House was moved, That the Report in ~— 7 Weaver. ‘ 
of the Petition for the Weaver Navigation I aL 
which was this day made from the Select Committee 

on 





Ness 
Bill. 


Ha 
W 












Pulteney Town 
Harbour and 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Ness Fisheries 
Bill. 


Hartlepool 
West Harbour 
and Dock Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bills, 


Smuggling. 


Port of 
Liverpool. 


Tobacco and 
Snuff, 


7 Vicroriz. 


on Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending the Acts relating to the Navigation of 
the River Weaver: And that Viscount Sandon and 
Sir Howard Douglas do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Pulteney Town Harbour and 
Improvement 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 alter, explain and amend the Acts incorporating 
the British Society, for extending the Fisheries and 
improving the Sea Coasts of the Kingdom, for en- 
larging and improving the Harbour of Pulteney 
Town, and for paving, lighting, cleansing and im- 
proving the said Town, and _ better suppying the 
same with Water: And that Mr. 7raill, Mr. David 
Dundas and Mr. Loch do prepare, and bring it in. 





Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Mess Fisheries Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more effectual Preservation and Increase of 
the breed of Salmon, and for better regulating the 
Salmon Fisheries in the River Ness, and the Lochs, 
Streams and Waters flowing into the same: And 
that Mr. Henry James Baillie and Mr. Edward 
Ellice do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Masters, Pilots and Seamen of the 
Corporation of the Trinity House of Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, praying that the Hartlepool West Harbour 
and Dock Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Exchequer Bills raised or autho- 
rized to be raised, charged on the Aids or Supplies 
of 1844, unprovided for. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Account. 

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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number of 
Persons committed to Prison on a charge of Smug- 
gling, and the Numbers committed in each year 
since the passing of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 53, 
distinguishing the Number committed and convicted, 
in classes, for Smuggling Tobacco, Spirits, Tea, Silks 
and for any other Articles, and the Total Number 
in each year:—Also, of the Number of Persons 
who paid the Penalties imposed, the Number of 
Compromises made, and the Number of Persons 
confined in Prison for Smuggling in each year since 
the passing of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 53. 

Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—Returns of the Ages of the Landing Sur- 
veyors, Searchers and Landing Waiters, in the Port 
of Liverpool, for the years 1841, 1842, 1843 and 
1844 :—And, ofthe Persons employed as Assistants 
in the Landing Department for each of the above 
years, showing the Amount of Bond given in each 
case for the due performance of their respective 
Duties in the Port of Liverpool. 


An Account of the Number of Pounds weight 
of Leaf Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco, Segars 
and Snuff, paid Duty upon for the year 1830, ending 
the 5th day of January 1831; also for the years 
1831, ending the 5th day of January 1832; 1832, 
ending the sth day of January 1833; 1833, ending 
the 5th day of January 1834; 1834, ending the 5th 


day of January 1835; 1835, ending the oth day of 


ou. 99. 


21°—-22° Marti. 





157 


January 1836 ; 1836, ending the 5th day of January 
1837; 1837, ending the 5th day of January 1838 ; 
1838, ending the 5th day of January 1839; 1839, 
ending the 5th day of January 1840 ; 1840, ending 
the 5th day of January 1841; 1841, ending the 5th 
day of January 1842; 1842, ending the 5th day of 
January 1843; 1843, ending the 5th day of January 
1844; the Rate of Duty, and the Total Amount of 
a gee distinguishing England, Scotland and Ire- 
and. 

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


be printed. 


Magistrates (Ireland), which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, an Abstract Return, being a continuation of 
the Statistical Reports already published, on the 
Sickness, Mortality and Invaliding among Her 
Majesty’s Troops serving in the West Indies, the 
United Kingdom, the Mediterranean and British 
America; Western Africa, Saint Helena, the Cape 
of Good Hope and the Mauritius; Ceylon,the Tenas- 
serim Provincesand Burmese Empire; and among Her 
Majesty’s Troops serving in the East Indies for the 
years 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843. 
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. 


Trigonometrical Survey of Scotland has been appro- 
priated ; the Amount expended ; the Balance, if any, 
remaining in hand ; and a detailed Statement of the 
Progress made up to this date, since the last Return. 


Notice being taken, that forty Members were not 
present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker; 
and forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 22° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victories Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of the 
Total Number of Unions in England and Wales, 
stating in which of them Chaplains have been ap- 
pointed ; the different Rates of Salary severally paid 
to those Chaplains; the Number of Unions in which 
the Poor in the Workhouse, or any classes of them, 
are not allowed to go out of the Workhouse on 
Sunday to attend Divine Service, no Chaplains 
having been appointed to such Unions :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


of several Acts of Parliament,—List of Officers and 
Departments whose Accounts are audited by the 
Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts. 
An Account of the Arrears and Balances due to 
and from all Public Accountants on the 5th day of 





x3 January 





_ Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ecclesias- Ecclesiastical 
tical Commission, which was presented yesterday, Commission, 
N 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stipendiary Stipendiary 
Magistrates 
(Ireland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Army. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Trigonometricat 
Return of the manner in which the Sum voted in Survey of 
the Ordnance Estimates of the last year for the Scotland. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law poor Law, 


Mr. Soady, from the Audit Office, was called in ; puttic 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions Accountants. 

















































career pen ARE TE TENT 

























Midland Rail- 
ways Consoli- 
dation Dill, 


Birmingham 
Canal Naviga- 
tions Bill, 


Severn Navi- 
gation Bill, 


Dowager 
Lady Nugent’s 
Nat, Bill, 


Gorbals Statute 
Labour Bill, 


Beccles Navi- 
gation Bill, 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill, 


Ramsey 
Inclosure Bill. 


Bury luclosare 
Bill. 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 


Railway Bill, 


Pulteney Town 
Harbour and 
Improvement 


Bill. 


158 


22° Martiz. 





A. 1844, 


January 1844, arising upon Accounts which have ‘and better supplying the same with Water: And 


been stated or declared, completed to the 5th day 
of January 1844. 

List of the Accounts depending in the Office of 
the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts, 
which have not been audited, stated or declared, 
completed to the 29th February 1844 :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Midland 
Railways Consolidation Bill have leave to sit this 
day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Company of 


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


The Eastern Union Railway Bill was read a second Eastern Unig, 
time ; and committed. Railway Bil) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Trustees fur executing an Act for South-Basten, 
more effectually repairing and otherwise improving Canterbury, ; 
the Road from the Post-road, near Faversham, by Neete k aud 
Bacon’s Water, through Ashford, to Hythe, and way Bil, ” 
from Bacons’ Water to Castle-street, in the city of 

‘anterbury, all in the County of Kent, and of the 
other Trustees of the said first-mentioned Road, 
praying that the South Eastern, Canterbury, Rams- 


Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigations | gate and Margate Railway Bill may not pass into 


to borrow a further Sum of Money, and to extend 
and alter some of the Provisions of their present Acts, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Scott do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Severn Navigation Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Dowager Lady Nugent's Naturalization Bill was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The Gorbals Statute Labour Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Beccles Navigation Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from Woodbridge ;—Halesworth ;—Ips- 
wich ;—Saxmundham ;— Needham Market ;—Low- 
estoft ;—Framlingham ;—and, Eye; praying that 
the Eastern Union Railway Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 








An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- 
rish of Ramsey, in the County of Huntingdon, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fellowes do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- | 
rish of Bury, in the County of Huntingdon, was | 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Iellowes do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Traders and 
Inhabitants of Great Yarmouth, in the county of | 
Norfolk, praying that the Yarmouth and Norwich 
Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Loch presented a Bill to alter, explain and 
amend the Acts incorporating the British Society 
for extending the Fisheries and improving the Sea 
Coasts of the Kingdom, for enlarging and improving | 
the Harbour of Pulteney Town, and for paving, 
lighting, cleansing and improving the said Town, 


a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


The Newcastle and Darlington J unction Railway Newcastle ana 
and Tyne Bridge Bill was read a second time ; and Darlington 
So Junetion Rail 
committed. wap sali Gon 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bridge Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The Pontop and South Shields Railway Bill was Pontop and 
read a second time; and committed. oe — 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- °° "7° 
mittee of Selection. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect North Wales 
of the Petition for the North Wales Mineral Railway —— 
Bill, which, upon Thursday last, was 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 making a Railway from the River Dee, in the 
county of the city of Chester, to Wrexham, in the 
county of Denbigh, with a Branch Railway from 
Wrexham, to the Mineral Fields in the township of 
Brymbo, in the parish of Wrexham, to be called 
“ The North Wales Mineral Railway”: And that 
Mr. Mainwaring and Mr. Bagot do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Petition of Henry Curwen, of Workington Hall, Whitehaven 
in the county of Cumberland, Esquire, praying that oe 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Whitehaven and Mary- 
port 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. 


Mr. Mainwaring presented a Bill for making a North Wales 


| Railway from the River Dee, in the County of the — 
| City of Chester, to Wrexham, in the County of Den- “*) *" 


bigh, with a Branch Railway from Wrexham to the 
Mineral Fields in the Township of Brymbo, in the 
Parish of Wrexham, to be called “The North Wales 
Mineral Railway”: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions of Shareholders of the British Izon Come British Iron, 


| pany ;—and, James Whitchurch, of Norland-place, ©o™p"s ¥' 


in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, and John 
Shewell, of the Steck Exchange, Esquire, and Ed- 
ward Lomer, of Southampton, Merchant; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the British Iron 
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. 














Petitions 


South I 
Railwa 





Great 
Railw: 


Ness 
Bill. 


Ribl 
gati 


Re' 
Tat 
Bil 


W 


ga 





7 Vicrorim. 22° Martiz. 159 


South Devon Petitions of the Teignmouth and Shaldon Bridge presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Railway Bill Company ;—Henry Hooper, Mayor of Ezeter (two | Table. 
Petitions) ; — and, William Hobson Furlong, of}  ,, : ; 
Northernhay, in the county of the city of Exeter, The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 
Gentleman; praying that they may be heard, by the Report on the Edinburgh Poor Assessment Bill ; Poor Assess 


i i i t Bill. 
a, themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. ment Dt 
\ parts of the South Devon Railway Bill,—were pre- And other Amendments being proposed to be made 
sented, and read. to the Bill ; 





And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred | Ordered, That the said Amendments be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners | t° the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
m, heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
nd their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
il. in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 
the Report on the Edinburgh Cattle Market Bill ; Cattle Market 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. -. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


Great Westen A Petition of John Bawtree Hervey, of Colchester, | },, ingrossed. 


Railway Bill. jn the county of Essex, Bookseller, praying that the 
Great Western Railway Bill may not pass into a} The Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Bill Edinburgh, 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; and | was read a second time ; and committed. . Leith and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — 

mittee of Selection. soctee 


Ness Fisheries Mr. Edward Ellice presented a Bill for the more 
Bill. effectual Preservation and Increase of the Breed of | Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Whitehaven 
nd Salmon, and for better regulating the Salmon Fish- | Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in ie 
iI eries in the River Ness, and the Lochs, Streams and | the case of the Petition for Provision in the White- tiie ites 
ne Waters flowing into the same: And the same was | haven and Maryport Railway Bill, the Standing 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | Orders relative to Bills for building Bridges had 
time. been complied with. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
s Ribble Navi- A Petition of John Grundy, of the borough of | mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
gation Bill. § Preston, in the county of Lancaster, praying that | Provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
the Ribble Navigation Bill may not pass into a law, | Petition. 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | 





the Table. Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Clerkenwell 
-_ | Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in — 
"TB Reversionary Mr. Gisborne presented a Bill for regulating Legal the case of the Petition for the Clerkenwell Im-""™ 


Interest Society Proceedings by or against the Reversionary Interest | provement Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
- Society, and for enabling the Society to increase its | plied with. ; ae 
Capital: And the same was read the first time ; and| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
ordered to be read a second time. to continue and amend some of the Provisions of 
the Acts relating to the Street to Clerkenwell Green, 
Weaver Navi- Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill for amend- | in the county of Middlesex: And that Mr. Wakley 
zation Bill. ing the Acts relating to the Navigation of the River |and Mr. Thomas Duncombe do prepare, and bring 
Weaver: And the same was read the first time ; | 1 in. 
te Se ee Se ee | The Bow Brickhill Estate Bill was read the first — 
; 5 ee : “ _ Estate Bill. 
Liverpool An ingrossed Bill to amend and enlarge the Pro- | — ? = oo Select Committee on Pe 
New Gas and visions of two several Acts for lighting with Gas the | “Hons for Private bulls, 


Coke Bill. oe ee | - | . 
Town of Liverpool, and certam Places adjacent) yy Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill to con- Clerkenwell 
‘ thereto, was read the third time. 


“ ; tinue and amend some of the Provisions of the Improvement 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Acts relating to the Street to Clerkenwell Green, in Ba. 
Ordered, That Sir Howard Douglas do carry the! th, County of Middlesex: And the same was read 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. ‘the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


Liverpool A Petition of William Stuart, President, and the | time. 


Docks Bill. other Members of the American Chamber of Com-| 4 Petition of the Dock Company at Kingston- Kingstou-upon- 
merce of Liverpool, praying that they may be heard, | upon-Hull, praying that provision may be made in Hull Docks Bill. 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- | the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, to the effect of 
tain parts of the Liverpool Docks Bill, was presented, | authorizing the said Company to make and maintain 
and read. Q me |a Branch Dock on the western side of the Humber 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred tothe | Dock at the said Port of Kingston-upon-Hull, and 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | tg the north of the Railway terminus at the said 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their | town, with a communication therefrom into the said 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in| Ffumber Docks, was presented, and read; and re- 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Sipid aoe incl 


Railroad A Petition of Charles Wye Williams, of the town 


Companies. of Liverpool, Esquire, Managing Director of the| A Petition of the Hull and Selby Railway Com- Leeds and 
city of Dublin Steam Packet Company, praying | pany, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, Selby Railway 
the House to refuse to Railroad Companies the ex- | their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the (No. 2) Bill 
: traordinary and unprecedented powers and privileges | Zeeds and Selby Railway Purchase (No. 2.) Bill,~ °” ~ 
sought by them, and by which they would be en- | was presented, and read. 
abled to engage in the business of Steam-ship Com-| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
panies, in addition to the former and legitimate ob- Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
ject of Railway traffic, was presented, and read ;| by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. | Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
m) | favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Birkenhead A Petition of Rate-payers of the townships of | 
Bi emett «Birkenhead and Claughton-cum-Grange, in the | A Petition of the Board for the repair of the Shefiield United 
county of Chester, praying that the Birkenhead Highways in the township of Sheffield, in the county Gas Bill. 


Improvement Bill may not pass into a law, was of York, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
Vot. 99, x 4 selves, 


























160 


selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts | 


22° Martiz. 





A. 1844, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Tice- 


of the Sheffield United Gas Bill, was presented, and | hurst, in the county of Sussex, praying for the repeal 


read. 


|of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | relates to the union of the Dioceses of Saint Asaph 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | and Bangor, and at the same time that speedy and 


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. 


South-Eastern 


Petitions of Surveyors of Highways of the pa- 
Railway Bill. 


rish of East Peckham, in the county of Kent ;—and, 
Surveyors of the Highways of the parish of Brench- 
ley, in the county of Kent, and others, Rate-payers 
of the same parish ; praying that the South Eastern 
Railway Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upen the Table. 


Lakenheath 
and Brandon 
Drainage Bill, 


Mr. Redhead Yorke presented a Bill for amending 
and rendering more effectual an Act for draining 
and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds | 
in the Parishes of Lakenheath and Brandon, in the 
County of Suffolk: And the same was read the} 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. | 








South-Eastern 


The South Eastern Railway Bill was read a second | 
Railway Bill, 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





Public Petitions Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee | 
(Eleventh Ree on Public Petitions; That they had examined the | 


port.) Petitions presented upon the 18th and 19th 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. 


Bankruptcy Petitions of Debtor Prisoners in Her Majesty’s | 

and Insolvency. Gaol at Wilton, in the county of Somerset ;—and, | 
Debtor Prisoners in Durham Gaol; praying the) 
House to expedite the passing of a Bill, with refer-| 
ence to the Report of the Commissioners appointe 
by Her Majesty to inquire into the Laws of Bank- 
ruptcy and Insolvency,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Petitions from Sudbury Union ;—and, Rochdale ; 
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. 


Hand-loom 


A Petition of Silk Hand-loom Weavers of Leigh, 
Weavers. 


and the townships and villages adjacent thereto, in 
the county of Lancaster, praying the House to pass 
some legislative enactment to protect them from 
the encroachments of their masters, which in the 
opinion of the Petitioners may be effected by 
the establishment of Boards of Trade composed of 
masters and workmen, and that the House will 
grant a Committee to inquire iuto the truth of all 


or any ofthe allegations contained in their Petition, | 


and especially into the system of abatements, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table, 


Petitions from Chester (two Petitions) ;— Finsbury 
(five Petitions) ;—and, Westminster (sixteen Peti- 
tions); praying for a reduction of the duty on To- 
bacco,—were presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 


Tobacco. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Divceses. 


A Petition of the Principal, Fellows and Scholars 


Oxford, of Queen Elizabeth’s foundation, praying 


of Jesus College within the university and city of 


strenuous endeavours may be made for the esta- 
blishment of a See at Manchester by other means, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the baronies of Cork ang 
Kinsale and Kinalea, in the county of Cork, praying Skibbereen 
the House not to pass any measure for continuing Road Act, 
the Cork and Skibbereen Road Act beyond the end 
of the present Session of Parliament, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Universities 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying the House (Scotland,) 
to pass a measure for the speedy and entire abolition 
of all laws respecting the subscription tests by pro- 
fessors in the National Universities of Scotland, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Burgh and Parochial Schoolmas- gehoolmaster; 
ters of the Presbytery of Dumfries, praying the (Scotlaud.) 
House to adopt measures for ameliorating the con- 
dition of the anes and Parochial Schoolmasters of 
Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Hinks Nankwill, praying for Medical 
the formation of one Faculty of Medicine and Sur- Profession. 
gery for the United Kingdom, having boards of 
examiners in London, Edinburgh and Dublin, to 
grant medical degrees under uniform regulations, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Chartists, Inhabitants of Newcastle- yniversal 
upon-T'yne, praying the House forthwith to pass into Suffrage, &amp;c. 
a law the People’s Charter, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


] 


| A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Municipal 

| of the borough of Waterford, praying for an equally —. 
extensive measure of Municipal Reform as that aint 
obtained by England, was presented, and read ; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 
| Petitions from Edinburgh ;—and, Dunbar; pray- Prisons 
‘ing that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass (Scotland) Bilh 
into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| Petitions of William Roberts ;--and, Inhabitants Anatomy Act. 
of Mary le-bone; praying the House to take into 
, consideration the working of the Act for regulating 
Schools of Anatomy, with a view to its amendment, 
| —were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
_ the Table. 


| 
| A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint John, in the Coercive 
,colony of Newfoundland, praying the House to Measuns 
\adopt towards Ireland those conciliatory measures ““*"" ) 
|of policy, which shall have the effect of lessening 

‘the sufferings and injustice of which she complains, 

and shall be the happy means of uniting her varied 
interests to those of the British people, with bonds 

for ever indissoluble, and trusting that the House 

will avert the disastrous consequences to which 
coercive measures inevitably tend, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Liverpool;—Drumlase ;—Raheen; Union with 
_—Baslick ;—Lower Ard ;— Dungarvan ;— Tuam Ireland. 


for the repeal ofso much of the Act 6 and 7 Will.4,! (Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Town 
c. 77, as relates to the union of the Dioceses of Commissioners) ;—Ballymore Eustace and Holly- 


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


wood ;— Newry ;—Kenally ;—Castle Lyons;—Inagh 
| and Kilnamona ; — Bailieboro’ ;—Bright ;—Pres- 
ton 





ye a 


































Meanas ; — Ballyhea ; — Lucan ; —St. Canice’s ; — 
Shreen ; — Cappamore ;— Connohy ;— Kilmegan ;— 
Mohill ; — Newmarket-on-Fergus ; — Kiltubride ;— 
Kilcock and Cloncurry ;—Kilsaran and Stabannon ; 
— Navan ; — Islandeady ; — Donecavy ; — Ennis- 
corthy ;— Killesher ; — Kilbolane and other places ; 
— Ballinascreen ; — Tullyfern ;— Maryborough ;— 
Kilcommock ;—Thura and Garrison ;—Creagh and 
Shibbereen ;— Kildrino and Chapel Russell ;— Tau- 
nagh and other places ;— Tyrone ;— Castletowndelvin 
and Killulagh; — Ringogona ; — Ballycallan; — 


repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain 
and IJreland,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Railways, 


veyance of goods by Railway, praying the House to 
secure to them the same benefit of a free competition 


ers 


State Trial 
(Ireland.) 


Lime. 


Bil Monkland 
; Railways 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


ct. Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


a3 as or il 


Coals. 


Church Rates, 





7 VicToRtz. 


. sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 


land ;—Oranmore ;—Menagh ;—Bruff Grange and | 





Upper Drumgooland ; — Aughaloo; — Dingle ; — 
Contigalieed ;—and, Davidstown; praying for the 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders, 
Common Carriers and others interested in the con- 





in the inland carriage of goods, as they enjoyed 
previously to the formation of Railways, was pre- 


mittee on Railways. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the 
town and parish of Ross, in the county of Cork, 
complaining of the recent proceedings on the late 
State Trial in Zreland, and of the omission of qualified 
Roman Catholics from the panel of jurors; and 
praying the House to address Her Majesty for the 
removal of Her present advisers, was presented, and 





22° Martiz. 161 


ton (Lancaster); — Brigown; — Lower Drumgoo- | or enforcing their payment take place, the same may 


not inany degree weaken the sound principles of 
right and justice, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Minter Morgan, of Ham Com- Commons 
mon, Surrey, praying that provision may be made Inclosure Bill, 
in the Commons Inclosure Bill, for appropriating a 
portion of inclosed lands for the benefit of the work- 
ing classes, by the establishment of self-supportin 
institutions, was presented, and read; and 5 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rothbury ;—Felton ;—and, Shil- Com Laws. 
bottle ; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the Anti-Corn Law League, and that no 
alteration whatever may be made in the existing Corn 
Laws,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Braintree, and its Redress of 
vicinity, in the county of Essex, praying the House Grievances. 
to refrain from voting the Supplies until the Griev- 
ances of the people are investigated and redressed, 


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


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 
Usher of the Black Rod: to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 





read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Four Petitions of Members of the Loyal National 
Repeal Association, praying that an immediate in- 
quiry may be granted into their complaints, with 
reference to the late State Prosecution in Ireland, 
with the view of enabling the Petitioners to establish 
the truth of the allegations contained in their Peti- 
tions,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands in 
the parish of Llangurig, in the county of Montgo- 
mery, praying for the abolition of the toll upon Lime 
when used as a manure, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Monkland Railways (No. 2.) Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Members ofa Provisional Committee 
formed to promote the construction of a Railway 
from Colchester, through Hadleigh, to Bury Saint 
Edmunds, and to Ipswich, praymg that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Eastern 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 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 Chairman of a Meeting of Coal- 
owners interested in the export of Coal from Wark- 


in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public 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 apply the Sum of Eight Millions out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year or 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four : ee 


An Act for transferring certain Annuities of Three Three-and-a- 
Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per Annum and HalfperCeutum 
Government Debentures, into Annuities of Three ities Bill. 
Pounds Five Shillings per Centum per Annum and 
New Three Pounds per Centum per Annum An- 
nuities : 


An Act for transferring Three Pounds Ten Shil- Three-and.a- 
lings per Centum per Annum Annuities One thou- oe 
sand eight hundred and Eighteen into Annuities of 33/3 Bil, 
Three Pounds Five Shillings per Centum per An- 
num and New Three Pounds per Centum per Annum 
Annuities : 


An Act to indemnify Witnesses who may give Gaming 
Evidence during this Session before either House of Transactions 


Parliament touching Gaming Transactions : unity) Bi 


An Act to facilitate the Recovery, by summary Teachers 
Process, of small Sums due to the Teachers of of Schools — 
Schools in Lreland. (Ireland) Bill. 


worth Harbour, in North Northumberland, praying Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Scindia, 
the House to repeal the duties levied on Coals ex- | Copies of Instructions from Lord Cornwallis to Lord 


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


Lake, regarding the relations of the British Govern- 
ment with Scindia, dated 19th September 1805 :— 
And of Instructions from Sir George Barlow to Lord 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of} Lake, on the same subject, dated in October or early 
England Lay Association, praying the House to re-|in November 1805 :— And, Extracts of a Letter 


sist all attempts to deprive the Established Church 
of the full benefit and amount of Church Rates, and 


that should any alteration in the mode of collection 
Vou. 99. 


from the Marquis of Hastings to the Secret Com- 
mittee, as far as it respects our relations with Scin 
dia, dated 1st March 1820. 

Y Resolved, 




















Dean Forest 
Encroachments 
Bill. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Factories Bill. 


162 29°— 93° Marti. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 
Dean Forest Encroachments Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Indemnity Bill 
be now received. 

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 upon Monday 
next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Mu- 
tiny Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Ma- 
rine Mutiny Bill. 


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


Petitions from Leicester ;—and, Preston (Lancas- 
ter); praying that the hours of labour of young per- 
sons employed in Factories may not be limited to 
ten hours in the day,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Dean of Manchester ;—Far- 
linlerly;-- Ossett (Chairman) ;—Carlaton ;—Riddles- 
den (Chairman) ;— Wordsworth (Chairman) ;-—Colne, 
York (Chairman) ;— Wosboro’ (Chairman) ;—Haili- 
fax (Chairman) ;—Ascrigg (Chairman) ;-— Raswick 
(Chairman) ;—Deanhead (Chairman and Secretary) ; 
— Ecclesfield (Chairman) ; — Sorby (Chairman) ;— 
Almondbury (Chairman) (two Petitions) ;—Hockton 
(two Petitions);— Ealland (Chairman) ; — Great- 
land (Chairman) ;—Burley (Chairman) ;—Bright- 
holmey (Chairman) ;— Bingley (Chairman) ;— Se¢- 
tle ; — Marsden ;— Bradford, York (Chairman) ;— 
Brierley (Chairman) ; — Keithley (Chairman) ; — 
Keighley (Chairman) ; — Alverthorpe (Chairman); 
—ILllingworth (Chairman and Secretary) ;—Brough- 
ton (Chairman) ;-— Meltham (Chairman and Secre- 
tary) ;—Kimberworth (Chairman and Secretary) ;— 
Onley (Chairman) ;—Bradley (Chairman) (two Pe- 
titions ;— Ovendon (Chairman) ;— Horbury (Chair- 
man and Secretary);— Huddersfield (Chairman) 
(three Petitions) ; — Saddleworth (Chairman); — 
Overeton (Chairman) ;— Addingham (Chairman); 
—Rippindale (Chairman); — Birley (Chairman) ; 
— Dodsworth (Chairman) ; — Batley (Chairman) ; 
— Hoyland (Chairman) ; — Cowthorne (Chairman) ; 
— Todmorden (Chairman) ;—Skelmanthorp (Chair- 
man) ;— Sheiffield ;—Durton (Chairman) ;—Dews- 


bury Fullgate ;— Otley ;— Brighouse (two Petitions) ; 
— Dewsbury Dawgreen (Chairman) ;—Mirfield ;-- | 


Dewsbury Moor ; — Harrington (Chairman) ; — 
Eccleshall (Chairman) ;— Birstall (Chairman) ; — 


Thornton (Chairman) ;—Goker (Chairman) ;— Kirk- | 


heaton ;— Thornhill ;—Farnley (Chairman) ;— Levels 
Armley (Chairman) ;—Holmfirth;—Mytholm (Chair- 


Newton (Chairman) ; — Ripponden (Chairman) ;— 
Watergate, Dewsbury (two Petitions); — Hebden 
Bridge (Chairman and Secretary) ;—Ealand (Chair- 
ran); -— East Martin’s (Chairman) ; — Medgley 
(Chairman and Secretary) ; — Oldham (Chairman) ; 
—Stainland (two Petitions) ;—Wisden (Chairman) ; 
— Orton (Chairman) ;—Hechmondwike (Chairman) ; 
--Otley (Chairman) ;— Hopton (Chairman and Se- 
cretary) ;—Crofton (Chairman) ;—Skipton (Chair- 
man and Secretary);—Kirkburton (Chairman) ;— 
Holme (Secretary and Chairman) ;—and, Lowe- 
thorpe, Dewsbury (Chairman); praying the House 
to limit the hours of labour of persons employed in 
Factories to ten in the day,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A. 1844, 


a Committee upon the Factories Bill. 


(In the Committee). 

CuiavseE N° 2 (Interpretation Clause) : 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 31: 
To leave out the word “ silk.” 

Question, That the word “ silk” stand part of 
the Clause put, and agreed to. 

CLAUSE, as amended, agreed to. 

CriauseE, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 4, agreed to. 

Cuavusss, N° 5 to N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

CiausE, N° 8, (Young persons and women not 
to be employed more than hours daily.) 

P. 4. 1. 8. Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the blank be filled with “ twelve.” 


Afterwards proposed, That the blank be filled 
with “ ten.” 
Whereupon, Motion made, and Question pro- 





posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ twelve ;” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremanile, } 183 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: : 
Tellers for thef Lord Ashley, 186 
Noes, \Mr. Brotherton: , 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ ten.” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Lord Ashley, } 181 
Yeas, { Mr Brotherton: ° 
Tellers for the Sir Thomas Fremanile, 188 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: } F 
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, 23° die Martii, 1844: 


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, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


reading of the Gold and Silver Wares Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 











reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


| 


| The House, according to Order, resolved itself into International 
man) ; -- Wakefield (Chairman) ; — Barnsley ; — | a Committee upon the International Copyright Bill ; Copyright 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 
an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill; and 
the Amendment was read, and agreed to. 
| Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon 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. “ 
le 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Factories Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Gold and Silver 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metropolitan 


Wa: 
Mes 


Bil 














er 





Ways and 
Means. 


Dean Forest 
Encroachments 
Bill. 


Westminster 
Court of Bur- 
gesses. 


Auswer to 
Addresses. 


Churches, &amp;c. 


Provisions 
(Navy,) 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


No. 142, 
Smuggling. 


Tobacco and 
Snuff, 


7 Victoriz. 


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 on the Dean Forest Encroachments Bill; 


mittee, That they have Power to make Provision 
therein, to extend: the time within which the Ver- 
derors may settle Disputes as to claims to Encroach- 
ments. 

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 received upon Mon- 
day next. : 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Fines and Amerciaments, stating 
them separately, set or imposed by virtue of the 
Acts 29 Geo. 2, c. 25, and 31 Geo. 2, c. 17, as well 
as of all other Monies received, in pursuance of the 
said Acts, by the Court of Burgesses, Westminster, 
during each of the last Seven years, ending on the 
31st day of December 1843 ; the yearly Application 
of such Fines, Amerciaments and Monies; stating 
how much has been paid to the Overseers of any 
Parish, naming it, as well as the Yearly Amount, 
and Nature of the Charges and Expenses of the 
Court of Burgesses in carrying the said Acts into 
execution. 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 14th, 15th, 19th and 
21st 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. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,— A Return from each 
Diocese in England and Wales, of the Total Amount 
paid upon the Consecration of every Church and 
Chapel, Original or Additional, and Burying Ground, 
for the last Three years; specifying the Name of 


Q9°__.93°__95° Marti. 163 


Luna, 25° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraordinary Re- 
sources constituting the Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 
ended 5th January 1844. 

An Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Great Britain, for the year ended 5th January 
1844, 

An Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Ireland, for the year ended 5th January 1844. 
An Account of the Total Income of the Revenue 
of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year ended 
5th January 1844, 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 1844, 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. 

An Account of the Balances of Public Money 
remaining in the Exchequer on the 5th January 
1843; the Amount of Money raised by the additions 
to the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 
5th January 1844; the Money applied towards the 
Redemption of the Funded Debt or paying off Un- 
funded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and 
Repayments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with 
the Difference accruing thereon, and the Balances 
in the Exchequer on 5th January 1844. 


ended 5th January 1844; and also of the actual 
Payments, on account of the Consolidated Fund, 





each Parish, and classifying the Fees, Costs, Charges 
and Expenses in each Case, by whom and for what 
purpose the same were received. 


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


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return showing the Average Prices of Provi- 
sions, under their various Heads, upon which the 
Navy Estimates of 1844-45 have been founded. 


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


Ordered, That the Account relative to Exchequer 
Bills, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Smuggling, 
which was presented yesterday, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 


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 1844, and of 
the several Charges which have become due thereon 
in the same year; including the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills charged upon the said Fund, at the 
commencement and at the termination of the year ; 
with Appendices. 





ture of the Sums placed in the hands of the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
year ending 5th January 1844. 

An Account of the Total Amount of the Unre- 
deemed Funded Debt, and the Charge thereof, at 
the 5th January 1843; of the Debt and Charge 
thereof created in the year ended Sth January 1844 ; 
‘of the Debt and Charge thereof, reduced in the 
course of that year; and the Total Amount of the 
| Unredeemed Debt and Charge, as it stood on 5th 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Tobacco January 1844. 
and Snuff, which was presented yesterday, be re-| An Account of the state of the Public Funded 


ferred to the Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 


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, 


Vo. 99. 





Debt of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Charge 
| thereupon, at 5th January 1844, 


tain and Ireland, and of the Demands outstanding, 
on Sth January 1844; distinguishing Exchequer 
Bills; Sums remaining unpaid, charged upon the 
Aids granted by Parliament ; and Exchequer Bills 
} ¥ 2 to 


M R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Public Income 
i I and at the bar presented, pursuant to the di- 2d Expendi- 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- | rections of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 


An Account of the Income of the Consolidated Consolidated 
Fund arising in the United Kingdom, in the year Fund. 


An Account of the actual Receipt and Expendi- Funded Debt. 


An Account of the Unfunded Debt of Great Bri- Unfunded Debt. 









































q 





Disposition of 
Grants. 


Arrears and 
Balances 
(Customs. ) 


Excise. 


Stamps. 


Taxes. 


Post-office, 


Land Revenue. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


164 


to be issued out of the Consolidated Fund; and 
distinguishing also such part of the Unfunded Debt 
and y nee 3 as has been provided for by Parlia- 
ment ; together with an Account of the Ways and 
Means remaining in the Exchequer, or to be received 
on the 5th January 1844, to defray such part of the 
Unfunded Debt, and Demands outstanding, as have 
been provided for; with Appendices. 


An Account, showing how the Monies given for 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, for the year 1843, have been disposed 
of, distinguished under their several heads, to 5th 
January 1844. 


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 1844. 


An Account of the Total Amount of the Arrears 
and Current Balances due on the 5th January 1844, 
from the Officers of Excise in England, from 5th 
January 1774, as far as the same can be made up. 

An Account of the Total Amount of the Arrears 
and Current Balances due on the 5th January 1844, 
from the Officers of Excise in Scotland, from 5th 
January 1774, as far as the same can be made up. 

Excise, Ireland :—An Account of the Arrears and 
Current Balances due on 5th January 1844, from 
the Officers of Excise in Ireland, from 5th January 
1774. 

An Account of the Total Amount of Arrears due, 
on 5th January 1844, from Distributors of Stamps 
in Great Britain, who have died or gone out of 
office since 5th January 1800, so far as the same 
can be made up. 

An Account of the Net Balances in the hands 
of the Distributors of Stamps in Great Britain, on 
the 10th of October 1843 and Sth January 1844, 
respectively. 

tamps, Jreland:—An Account of Arrears and 
Balances due from former and present Distributors, 
&amp;c., of the Stamp Department in Ireland, on 5th 
January 1844. 


Taxes, Great Britain :—An Account of the Total 
Amount of the Arrears and Current Balances due, 
on the 5th January 1844, from the Receiving Offi- 
cers of the pen and Assessed Taxes in Great 
Britain, from 5th January 1790, so far as the same 
can be made up. 

Taxes, Ireland:—An Account of deceased and 
dismissed Tax Collectors’ Balances on 5th January 
1844, 

Taxes, Jreland :—An Account of a Balance due 
by a deceased Revenue Collector, on account of 
Taxes, on the 5th January 1844. 


An Account of Arrears due from late Postmasters 
in England, on 5th January 1844; and an Account 
of Arrears due by Deputy Postmasters, &amp;c., in 
Scotland, on 5th January 1844. 

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 1842 and 1843. 

An Account of Arrears due by dismissed, deceased 
and resigned Deputy Postmasters and Letter-car- 
riers in Jreland, on the 5th January 1844. 

An Account of Balances and Arrears due by De- 
uty Postmasters and others in the Post-office, 
dreland, in the years ended 5th January 1843 and 
5th January 1844. 

Auditors of the Land Revenue :—An Account of 
the Total Amount of the Arrears and Current Ba- 
lances due on the 5th January 1844, from the 
several Persons employed in receiving or collecting 
the Land Revenue of the Crown. 


Accounts of the Trade and Navigation of the 
United Kingdom, during each of the Three years, 
ending 5th January 1844. 


Q5° Marti. 





A. 1844, 


Accounts of every Increase and Diminution which Increase ang 
has taken place within the year 1843, in the Number Diminution of 
of Persons employed, or in the Salaries, Emolu-~"""™ 
ments, Allowances or Expenses in all Public Offices 

or Departments. 


An Account of all Allowances or Compensations superannua- 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations, tions. 

in all Public Offices or Departments which remained 

payable on the Ist January 1843; the Annual 

Amount which was granted in the year 1843; the 

Annual Amount which ceased within the year; 

and the Total Amount remaining payable on the 

31st of December 1843. 


An Account of all Additions which have been Public Debt, 
made to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt by 

the Interest of any Loan that hath been made or 
Annuities created in the last Ten years; and also 
showing how the Charge incurred in respect of the 

same has been provided for. 


A Copy of the Fifth Report of the Commissioners Shannon 
for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Navigation, 
Shannon; with an Appendix :—And then he with- 

drew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lié upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Bailey, Curator of Sir John Soane’s Museum, Soane’s 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant Museum, 
to the directions ofan Act of Parliament,—A State- 

ment of the Funds of the Museum of the late Sir 

John Soane, on the 5th January 1844 :—And then 

he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Loch presented, pursuant to the directions of Highland Roads 
an Act of Parliament,—The Thirtieth Report of the and Bridges, 
Commissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges in 
Scotland. 

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


Petitions of Merchants, Ship-owners and others Liverpool 
resident in or resorting to Liverpool ;—Merchants, Docks Bill. 
Manufacturers and others residing in Huddersfield ; 
—Commissioners appointed under several Acts for 
the better paving and sewerage of the Town of Li- 
verpool ;—Merchants, Manufacturers and others re- 
siding in Halifax ;—Merchants and other Inhabi- 
tants of Liverpool, and of Birkenhead and other 
places on the Cheshire side of the River Mersey ;— 
Committee of Management appointed under the 
Act relating to Woodside Ferry on the Cheshire side 
of the River Mersey ;—and, Merchants, Manufac- 
turers and others interested in the facilities given to 
Commerce, through the Port of Liverpool and the 
River Mersey, residing in Manchester and its neigh- 
bourhood ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Liverpool Docks 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 Garnkirk, Glasgow and Coatbridge Railway Garnkirk, 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ~——— 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Sill 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Edinburgh, 
Council of the city of Edinburgh ;— Chamber of a &lt;a 
s] . . ranton hai 
Commerce and Manufactures of the city of Edin- way pill. 
burgh ;--Incorporation of Traffickers or Merchant 
Company of Leith ;—and, Corporation of the Master 
and Assistants of the Yrinity House of Leith; 


praying that the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 





Railway 


gatic 


Str 


tie 
Th 


tio 


— ee es, 


ant ont 



















Beccles Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Stratford Petitions from Broxbourne ; ——- Edmonton ; — 
(Eastern Coun- Chelmsford ;—Bishops Stortford ;— Brentwood ;— 
a Junce Owners and Occupiers of property on the line and 
tion Railway jin the neighbourhood of the Stratford (Eastern 
Bill. Counties) and Thames Junction Railway ;—North- 
ern and Eastern Railway Company ;— Waltham Ab- 
bey ;—Romford ;— and, Ilford; praying that the 
Stratford (Eastern Counties) and Thames Junction 
Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Chester and The Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill was read 
Fey Bil a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Swansea The Swansea Improvement Bill was read a second 
—_— time ; and committed. 
, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Paisley General The Paisley General Gas Bill was read a second 
Gos Ba. time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Ayr Bridge The Ayr Bridge Bill was read a second time; 
Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Southampton The Southampton Improvement Bill was read a 
—_— second time ; and committed. 
; Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Manchester Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
me eds aud Manchester and Leeds and Heywood Branch Railway 
Bronch Rail. Bill; That they had inquired into the several matters 
way Bill. required by the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, 


Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill. 


Blackburn 
and Preston 
Railway Bill. 





7 Vicroriz. 


Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Powers and 
Provisions of an Act of the First year of King Wil- 
liam the Fourth, for making the River Waveney na- 
vigable for Ships and other Sea-borne Vessels from 
Rosehall Fleet to the Mouth of Oulton Dyke, and 
for making and maintaining a navigable Cut from 
the said River into the said Dyke, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Rendlesham do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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. 


Petitions of Thomas Holderness, of the borough 
of Kingston-upon-Hull, and Thomas Chilton, of 
Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Merchants 
and Co-partners ;—and, Thomas Holderness, of the 
borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, Merchant; com- 
plaining that the Standing Orders of the House, in 
respect to the Petition for additional provision in 
the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, had not been 
es 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. 


The Blackburn and Preston Railway Bill was 


read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com 
mittee of Selection. 
Vor. 99. 


25° Martiz. 





165 


Petitions of the Rochdale Gas Light and Coke Rochdale 
Company ;—James Dearden, of Rochdale, in the cme 
county of Lancaster, Esquire ;—Trustees and Mort- ~_ 
gagees of the Rochdale and Burnley Turnpike-roads; 

— Inhabitants of and Rate-payers within the town 

of Rochdale, in the county of Zaacaster ;—and, Inha- 

bitants of the town of Rochdale ; praying that they 

may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Rochdale 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. 


Petitions from Tadcaster ;— Harrogate ;--- Pateley tarrogate and 
Bridge ;-—Killinghall;-- Knaresborough and Scriven- Knaresborough 
with-Tentergate ;—Spofforth ;— Boston and Thorp Railway Bill. 
Arch ;— Wetherby ;—Hampsthwaite ;—and, Ripley; 

praying that the Harrogate and Knaresborough 

Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Harrogate and 
6 ea That the Harrogate and Knaresborough Knaresborough 
ailway Bill be now read a second time ; a 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 

made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 

“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 

words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 

“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Lawson, 


Yeas, \. Mr. Ferrand : ™ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Beckett Denison, 1 ~~ 
Noes, Ur. George Cavendish: J ~* 


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 Peter Ormrod, of Bolton, Cotton Belton and 
Spinner, complaining that the Standing Orders of Leigh Railway. 
the House, in respect to the application for leave to 

present a Petition for leave to bring in the Bolton 

and Leigh Railway Bill, had not been complied 

with ; and praying that he may be heard, by him- 

self, his agent and witnesses, against the same, was 

presented, and read; and referred to*the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


Petitions of Thomas Atkinson, of Peterborough, Eastern Coun- 
in the county of Northampton, Esquire ; — and, ties Railway 
Trustees of the Paper Mills Turnpike-road, in the Qe:anyton and 
county of Cambridge; praying that they may be Extension) Bill. 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Eastern Counties Railway 
(Brandon and Peterborough Extension) 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 alter and extend the Provi- Severn Navi- 
sions of an Act for improving the Navigation of the gation Bill. 
River Severn, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That General Lygon do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








y 38 A Petition 











Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 





166 25° Mariiz. A. 1844, 


A Petition of Sir James M‘Adam, of Whitehall-| ham ;—Elmsett ;—Hartest ; —Hadleigh (Suffolk) ; 


way (Newport Place in the city of Westminster, praying that he | —Semer ;—Gazeley ;— Denston ;—Eriswell ;-—Ick~ 


Deviations) 


Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Cattle Market 
Bill. 


Bolton and 
Preston Rail- 
way Bill. 


Blackburn 
and Preston 
Railway Bill, 


Poor Law. 
Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 
Elective 
Franchise. 
Corn Laws. 


may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, | lingham ;-—— Moulton ;—Little Livermere;— Great 
against certain parts of the Northern and Eastern | Livermere ; —Ingham ; — Honington ;— Fakenham ; 
Railway (Mewport Deviations) Bill, was presented, | —Euston;—Great Barton; — Barnham ;—Amp- 


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 to amend an Act passed in the 
Third year of the Reign of Her present Majesty 
for abolishing certain Petty and Market Customs in 
the City of Edinburgh, and granting other Duties 
in lieu thereof, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Bolton and Preston Railway Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of James Cardwell, of Ellerbeck, near 
Chorley, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, pray- 
ing that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Blackburn and 
Preston 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. 





A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
Protestant Dissenters worshipping in Victoria-street | 
Chapel, Derby, praying for alteration of the Poor | 
Law Amendment Act, was presented, and read ; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of | 
Guardians of the poor of the Hinckley Union, pray- 
ing that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to | 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Chairman of the Newcastle | 
upon-Tyne Union ; — Ottery Saint Mary ;— and, 
Saint James’ Westminster ; 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 Inhabitants of the city of Bath, in| 
the county of Somerset, praying the House forthwith | 
to adopt the necessary measures to assure the Peti- | 
tioners that the whole subject of the Representation | 
shall be inquired into with a view to the extension | 
of the franchise to every male citizen of twenty-one | 
years, with such protection as shall make its exer- | 
cise full, fair and free, was presented, and read ; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. | 
| 

Petitions from Birdsall ;—President of the Den-| 
bighshire and Flintshire Agricultural Society ;--| 


Acklam ;—Scrayingham ;—Suttons Ambo;— Thorpe 
Bassett ;—Settrington ;— Leppington ;— Westow ;— 
Howsham ;— Duggleby ;— Norton ;—Eddlesthorpe ; 
— West Suffolk ;— Barton Mills ;—Stoke-by-Nay-| 
land ;— Polstead ;—Poslingford ;— Weston ;—Bar-. 
nardiston ;— Great Bradley ;— Little Bradley ;— 
Clare, Suffolk ;—Stoke and Wixoe ;— Wethersfield ; 
— Great Wratting ;—- Little Wratting ;—Kedington; | 
— Raverhill ; — Bures ; —Brittenham ; — Boxford; 
— Bilderton ;— Lackford;— Waltisham ;— Watfield; | 
— Frickenham ; —Worlington ; — Ousden ; — Roug-| 
| 


| 
| 


|ton;— Fornham Saint Genevieve ;— Dalham ;— 


| Groton ;—Cowlinge ;—Great Thurlow ;—-Elvedon ; 


— Tostock; — Kimpling ; — Denham ; — Eye ;—~ 
Glemsford ; — Horningsheath ; --Ichworth ; —Bar- 
row ;— Brockley ;—Chevington ;—Little Thurlow ; 
—Hitcham ;--Chilsworth ;--Richingshall Inferior ; 
— Stanstead ;-— Thornham Magna ;— Mildenhall ;—- 
Stoke Ash ;—Naughtson ;—Kersey ;—Great Whel- 
netham ;--Hargrave;—- Hawstead ;— Fornham Saint 
Martin ;— Westly ;— Chedburgh ;-— Hundon ;-- Ris- 
by ;—Saxham Parva ;—-Great Saxham ;— Rede ;— 
Bardwell; —Stow ; — Little Waldingfield ; — Tim- 
worth ; — Badwell Ash; — Ashfield ; — Culford ;— 
Wordwell ;—— Burgate ;-- Botesdale;— Wickham 
Skeith ;-— Yaxley ;—Brockford ;— Wetheringsett ;— 
Cavenham ; — Herringsweld ; — Redgrave ; — Ed- 
wardstone ; -—Cavendish ;— Mellis ;— Drinkstone ;— 
Hunstone ; — Norton ; — Ixworth ; — Elmeswell ;— 
Worsham ; — Lawshall ; — Gislingham ;— Ricking- 
hall Superior ;— Thelmisham ; —Langham ;—Stow- 
langtoft ; — Nayland ; — Tuddenham ;— Thornham 
Parva ;—Somerton ;— Thrandiston ; — Lakenheath ; 
Baxted ; —Rattlesden ; — Gleading ; — Tilsham ;-- 
Troston ;—and, Sapiston ; praying the House to re- 
sist the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law 
League, and that no alteration whatever may be 
made in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the High Sheriff of the county of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Flint ;—Llandyrnog ;—and, Llangadwaladr ; pray- 
ing for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of 
Saint Asaph and Bangor,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Mold ;—Pershore ;—Bettws-yn- 
Rhos ;--and, Cerrig-y-Drudion; praying for the 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, and at the same time that speedy and 
strenuous endeavours may be made for the establish- 
ment of a See at Manchester by other means,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Cas- 


Youghal, in the North Riding of the county of Tip- 
perary, complaining that the above-named parishes 
have been reduced to the most urgent distress and 
destitution by the partial suspension of the works 
ofthe Imperial Slate Company of [reland, by which, 
between five and six hundred men have been dis- 
charged, most of whom are married and have fami- 
lies dependent on them for support ; and praying 


the House to take the state of misery of the poor of 


that locality into consideration, and relieve them, 
by such means as may appear calculated to pro- 
mote the interest of the above-named Company, 
whose undertaking they consider of national import- 
ance, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


— A Petition of Rate-payers of the Electoral Divi- Poor Relief 
LVhicksendale ;-- Scagglethorpe ;— East Heslerton ;—| vision of Derrygalvin, m the union of Limerick, (Ueland) Act 


praying that in any alteration of the Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act, they may not be again joined to the 
Electoral Division of Limerick, and that they may 
be left to support their own poor only, which can- 
not fail to act as a strong inducement to the land- 
owners in their division to diminish their rates, by 
giving increased employment to the poor, an in- 
ducement which has been found operative and use- 
ful in the other rural electoral! divisions that belong 
to their union, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 


Imperial 


| tletown, Arra, Templekelly, Boher, Burgessbeg and Slate Company 


of Treland. 








Unid 
Trelg 








Factories Bill. 


Union with 
Ireland. 


Window Tax, 


Anatomy Act. 


Prisons 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Universities 
Scotland.) 


Charitable 
Donations and 
Bequests 
(Ireland. ) 





7 VicToRiz. 


A Petition of Workpeople engaged in the Silk- 
throwing business carried on in the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Ottery Saint Mary, in the county of 
Devon, praying the House to exclude the Silk Trade 
from the operation of the Factories Bill, or to intro- 
duce such clauses and provisions therein as will be 
adapted to their trade and its necessities, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Miramichi;— Clare, county of 
Tigby, province of Nova Scotia ;—Colony of Cape 
Breton, in the province of Nova Scotia ;—Prince 
Edward Island in British North America ;—Stran- 
orlar ;—Faughanvale ;— Drumrily ;-- Bray ;-- Tany ; 
—Patrichswell ;— Killevan ;— Killcommon ;—Cul- 
mullen ;—Caher ;— Kilmacow ;— Dunboyne; —Kil- 
leneare ; —Knockhaderry ; — Dunshaughlin ; —New- 
town ;— Kilgebin ;— Maynooth ; —Drumraugh ; — 
Kilbohan ;— Bree ;—Marhin, and other places ;— 
Halifax ; — Mallow ;—Lady’s Island, Carne, and 
Saint Iberius ;—Clone and Killcormack ;—Ballina- 
kill ;—Dromid ;—Moorstown ;—Graig Ullard and 
Powerstown;—Galtrim ;—Killeentierna;—Kilmore; 
—Kilcuncliff and Meelick ;— Drumcree;— Bally- 
brown ; — Maross; — Tarmonbarry ;— Kildress ;— 
Orthea;—Kilconly and Kilbannor ;—Castlepollard, 
and other places ;—Lady’s-buge and Ballymacoda ; 
—Coolcappar ;—Round Tower and Rathfarnham ; 
-—Leighlin Bridge ;--Drumlane ;-- Bannore ;-—Ahas- 
cragh ; — Ross ; — Milltown and Allen ;— Bullma- 
comby ; — Kilkeel Lower Mourne ; — Dundalk ;— 
Raddenstown;— Killigan and Kilroran ;—Enagh ;— 
Rathmines ; — Taughmore ; —Rathkeale ;—and, the 
there-undersigned ; praying for the repeal of the 
Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ire- 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Leeds;-—and, Tynemouth ; praying 
that Licensed Victuallers may be placed on the same 
footing in regard to the Tax on Windows as other 
tradesmen, owners of warehouses and shops in which 
goods are deposited, sold and exposed for sale,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of William Roberts, 
relative to the Anatomy Act, which was presented 
upon Friday last, be printed for the use of Members 
only. 


Petitions from Annan ;—Stranraer (Provost) ;— 
and, Linlithgow ; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Scottish Central Board for vindicating the Rights 
of Dissenters, praying for the repeal of the Statutes 
imposing religious tests upon professors as a qualifi- 
cation for their holding offices in the Universities 
and Public Schools of Scotland, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Mary Willdridge, of Sandwith- 
street, Dublin, Widow, complaining that great delay 
occurs in the business of the Board of Commis- 
sioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests in 
Ireland, and that a cause in which the Petitioner 
is concerned, has been long procrastinated ; and 
praying that the said Commissioners may be in- 
structed to proceed in the aforesaid cause, and if it be 
found that the other avocations of the Commis- 
sioners be so numerous as to prevent them from at- 
tending to the duties of the Board, such duties may 
be remitted to other hands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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167 


the late State Trial in Jreland, which was presented 
upon Thursday last, be printed. 


of Mayo, at spring assizes 1844, assembled, and 
the High Sheriff of said county, complaining that 
the payment of the Police Establishment presses 
most heavily on all classes in that county, as it is an 
extensive but poor district (a great proportion of the 
county between mountain and bog), which entails 
on the county as great an expense in the way of 
keeping up roads as if it were all fertile ; and sug- 
gesting that any extra expense incurred on account 
of a disturbed state of things, should be laid upon 
the district so disturbed, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of the town and county of the town of Southampton, 
praying the House to pass a Bill for the cheap and 
speedy recovery of Small Debts in England and 
Wales, similar to the County Courts Bill introduced 
in the last Session of Parliament, with such amend- 
ments as may be deemed necessary for the due pro- 
tection of both debtor and creditor, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Issue in Ireland, for the years ended on the 1st day 
of March 1842, 1843 and 1844, respectively. 


pointment, from the earliest to the present time, of 
the Postmasters-General in England, Ireland and 
Scotland respectively. 


Cases respectively, which have been annually stamped 
at the several Goldsmiths’ Halls of London, Bir- 
mingham and Chester, from the year 1829 to 1843, 
inclusive :—And, of the Number of Foreign Watches 
annually entered at the Custom House, with the 
Amount of Duty annually paid thereon during the 
last Ten years. 


graciously! pleased to procure from Her Majesty’s 
Ambassadors or other Diplomatic Authorities in 
Foreign Countries; 1st. A Statement of the Rate 
or Scale of any Taxes or Duties imposed (either by 
the Government or by Municipalities) on Succession 
to property after Death; stating also if, in imposing 
such Taxes or Duties, any distinction be made in 
such Foreign Countries between Real (or immove- 
able) Property, and Personal (or moveable) Pro- 
perty; 2d. A Statement of the Annual Amount 
received from such Taxes or Duties. 

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








Return by the Postmaster General, or the Lords of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, showing the Names of the 
Postmasters, and of the Towns to which Half Sheets 
of Postage Free Paper will be sent for Sale :--And, a 
similar Return from the Board of Stamps and Taxes, 
or the Treasury, showing the Names of the Towns, 





Vor. 99. 











y4 and 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Members of State Trial 
the Loyal National Repeal Association, relative to { eland.) 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county Police Esty. 


blishment 
(Mayo. ) 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Small Debts. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Beccles, in the county Eastern Union 
of Suffolk, praying that the Eastern Union Railway Bilway Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bank Notes 
Return of the Average Circulation of each Bank of (reland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Postmasterse 
Return showing the Name, Rank and Date of Ap- General. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Watch Cases, 
Returns of the Number of Gold and Silver Watch &amp;* 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Succession to 
to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be Troperty 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Postage. 








Offices in the 
Colonies, 


Western 
Australia. 


New Svuth 
Wales. 


Van Diemen’s 


Trish and 
Scotch Poor. 


Exchequer 
Bills, &amp;c. 


Factories Bill. 


Message from 


the Lords. 


Gaming 
Transactions 

( Witnesses’ In- 
demnity ) Bill. 


Lascaridi’s 


Nat. Bill. 


Spartuali’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


Mutiny Biil, 





168 25° Marti. A. 1844. 


and the Names of the Persons to whom Postage! mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
Free Half Sheets of Paper will be sent for Sale. _—| ments thereunto. 
| Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to | 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—A Re-| The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
turn of all Persons holding Offices in the Colonies into a Committee upon the Marine Mutiny Bill; 
who have been appointed thereto subsequent to the | and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
assing of an Act of Parliament of the 54th year of resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
his late Majesty King George the 3d, c. 61, and who! the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
are not at present in the execution of the Duties of ; Amendments thereunto. 
their respective Offices, (so far as the same relates} | Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
to the Department of the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies). The ingrossed Bill to indemnify such Persons in 
Copies of the Laws and Ordinances passed by the the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify 
Governor and Council of the Colony of Western, themselves for Offices and Employments, and to 
Australia. extend the Time limited for those purposes respec- 
Copies of the Laws and Ordinances passed by the | tively, was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Governor and Council of the Colony of New South| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Wales. Title be, An Act to indemnify such Persons in the 
Copies of the Laws and Ordinances passed by the | United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify them- 
Lieutenant Governor and Council of the Colony of| selves for Offices and Employments, and to extend 
Van Diemen’s Land. the Time limited for those purposes respectively 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the| until the twenty-fifth day of March One thousand 
Table. eight hundred and Forty-five. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Return of the Number of Orders made for the re- 
moval of Irish and Scotch Poor from England and| The Gold and Silver Wares Bill was, according 
Wales, in the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 | to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
and 1843; distinguishing the Numbers in each |Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


a and the Number of Individuals affected by | 
such Orders. | 





The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law relating to 


International Copyright was, according to Order, 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | read the third time. 


Returns of the Number and Amount of Public Bills| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

that have been issued under the head of Exchequer| Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
Bills, under the authority of Her Majesty’s Comp- | the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

troller General, since the 31st day of January 1842 ; | 

distinguishing the Amount of each particular Issue,| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
the Place and Period, and by whom such Issue was | mittee of Supply ; 

signed :—And, stating the Number of Days during| Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
which the Comptroller General was in attendance | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

in the discharge of his Official Duties, and if absent, 
at what periods, and during such absence, under| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
what particular Authority, Power and Signature | mittee of Ways and Means ; 

each Issue was then made, the Returns to be made} Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Wednesday 
up to the 5th day of March 1844. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
on the Factories Bill be now read 


Mr. Greene reported the Dean Forest Encroach- 
ments Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and | ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
Mr. Duckworth : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to in- 
To, by se me who may give Evidence before 
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal touching Gaming . 4 
Siensantions, without any paar And also, a pe - png He: Maio, 7 seid 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | — "0. as ven 1 &lt; H ee —" — Mond 
for naturalizing Antonio Lascaridi; to which the | regi yee Aas separ . oe ey 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And OE, SES Se OD SE Se 
also, | 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
for naturalizing Michael Spartali; to which the | % Committee upon the Night Poaching Prevention 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And | Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
then the Messengers withdrew. | Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 

ported, That the Committee had gone through the 

And the Question being put, That the Order of , Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
tle day for the Committee on the Factories Bill be| Q7dered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
ncw read :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. | 

And the Order of the day being read accordingly; | Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, to consider the Acts in force with respect to the 
resolve itself into the said Committee. Trial of Controverted Elections, and to report their 

Opinion whether any and what amendments can be 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself| made calculated to improve the Provisions of the 
into a Committee upon the Mutiny Bill; and, after: said Acts. 


some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- morrow. 


Ordered, 





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





Marine Muti 
Bil, 


Indemnity Bill, 


Gold and Silver 
Wares Bill, 


International 
Copyright Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Dean Forest 
Encrvachments 
Bill. 


Parishes 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Night Poaching 
Prevention Bill. 


Controverted 


Elections. 


poses: 


Dis ai aa 











tiny 


Bill, 


ver 











Detached Parts 


of Counties 


Bill. 


Bleachers 
(Se otland. ) 


Detached Parts 


of Counties 
Bill. 


No. 143. 


Poor Law. 
No. 144. 


Churches, &amp;c. 


No, 145. 


Thames 
Navigation, 


Hartlepool 


7 Vicroriz. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to annex detached parts of Counties to the Coun- 
ties in which they are situated: And that Mr. Ro- 
bert Scott and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Memorial from the Master Bleachers 
in the West of Scotland to the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department. 

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


Mr. Robert Scott presented a Bill to annex de- 
tached parts of Counties to the Counties in which 
they are situated : And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 17th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
Law, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Churches, 
&amp;e., which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Martis, 26° die Marti ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 








PRAYERS. 

M R. Brown, Agent of the Clerk to the Com- 
missioners of the Thames Navigation, was 

called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account in 
Abstract of the several Sums of Money received and 
disbursed by the Commissioners of the Thames Navi- 
gation in the year 1843 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Hartlepool 


West Harbour West Harbour and Dock Bill have leave to sit this 
oe Soe Se day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 


Maryport 
and Carlisle 


Railway Bill. 


Dowager 


House. 


The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Dowager Lady Nugent’s Naturalization Bill was 


Lady Nugent’s read a second time; and committed. 


Nat. Bill. 


Brighton and 


Chichester 


Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Chichester ;—and, Brighton; pray- 
ing that the Brighton and Chichester Railway Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Residents in the vicinity of the 
Ferry over the River Arun at Littlehampton, in the 
county of Sussex, praying that clauses may be in- 
serted in the said Bill for granting compensation to 
the Proprietors of the Ferry established over the 
River Arun, at Littlehampton, or otherwise, so as to 
insure to the Petitioners and the public generally 
the permanent use of the said Ferry in the same 
manner as heretofore, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Occupiers of land and others re- 
sident in the upper division of the Rape of Chiches- 
ter, in the county of Sussex, praying that the said 
Bill may pass into a law, with an Amendment, to 


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169 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Brighton aud 
posed, That the Brighton and Chichester Railway Chichester. 
Bill be now read a second time ; re 

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¢ The Earl of March, 

Yeas, = John Abel Smith: } ne 
; olonel Wyndham, 

— for the The Earl of Arundel and &gt; 48. 
” Surrey: j 
| y 

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. 


cc 


Petitions of Artizans, Mechanists and Silk Print- Stratford 
ers, residing in the parishes of Saint Leonard, Brom- a 
ley, Saint Mary Stratford-le-Bow and West Ham; ee June- 
— Saint Mary Stratford-le-Bow, Old Ford and tion Railwoy 
Saint Leonard Bromley ;— Merchants, Traders, B!!- 
Shop-keepers and Inhabitants of the town of Ilford; 
—omford ;—and, Lime-burners, Corn and Coal 
Merchants, Wharfingers, Traders and Shop-keepers 
of the town of Stratford, in the parish of West 
Ham, in the county of Esser; praying that the 
Stratford (Eastern Cumstinn’ and Thames Junction 
Railway Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Merchants of Ware ;— Edmonton and 
Tottenham ;— Bishop Stortford ;—and, Hertford; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 

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

A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
any, praying that the said Bill may pass into a 
aw, was also presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Stratford 
posed, That the Stratford (Eastern Counties) and a 
Thames Junction Railway Bill be now read a second qhames Junc- 
time ; tion Railway 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 3! 
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. 

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. 


“ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brandes Burton 
the Report on the Brandes Burton Inclosure Bill ; ™losre Bill. 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Company Bill Cwm Celynand 
was read a second time; and committed. Blaina Tron 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Co™P™"9 Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Freeholders and others, Inhabitants Bleddfa and 
of the township of Liangunllo Above, in the parishes /angunllo 





the effect of causing the formation of double lines 
Vou. 99. 


of Llanbister and Llangunilo, praying that they Inclosure Bill, 
z may 











170 


may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against the 
Bleddfa and Llangunllo Inclosure Bill, was present- 
ed, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


anaes Be The Colchester and Harwich Railway (No. 2.) 

oar *) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Biil. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Colchester and 


Manchesterand Admiral Dundas reported from the Committee on 
Birmingham 


Railwa the Manchester and Birmingham Railway ( Maceles- 
(Macclesfield field and Poynton Branches) (No.2) Bill; and to 


= — whom several Petitions against the said Bill were re- 
(No.2) Bill ferred ; That they had heard counsel in support of 


one of the said Petitions, and had also heard coun- 
sel in favour of the Bill; That they had inquired 
into the several matters required by the Standing 
Orders on Railway Bills; 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 ke printed. 


Bow Brickhill 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Estate Bill. 5 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Bow Brickhill Estate Bill, the Standing Orders 
had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Kingston-upon- 


ee art, Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case 
of the Petition of the Dock Company of Kingston- 
upon- Hull, for additional Provision in the Kingston- 
upon-fHull Docks Bill, the Standing Orders relative 
to Bills of the Second Class (to which Class the 
subject sought by the Petitioners related), had not 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
Edinburgh 


and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Booksellers in Edinburgh, 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. 


North British 


A Petition of Traffickers or Merchant Company 
Railway Bill. 


of Leith, praying that the North British Railway 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Norwich and 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Brandon Rail 


the Report on the Norwich and Brandon Railway 


ies Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
York and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ee the Report on the York and Scarborough Railway 
ailway Bill. 


Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 

Midland Rail- 


ways Consoli- 
dation Bill, 


Mr. Gisborne reported from the Committee on 
the Midland Railways Consolidation 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; That they had in- 
quired 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 
Cormittee 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. 


Brighton and 
Chichester 
Railway Bill, 


Ordered, That the Petitions of the Company of 
Proprietors of the River Arun Navigation ;—and, 
David Lyon, of Goring Hall, in the parish of Goring, 
in the county of Sussex, Esquire, which were pre- 
sented upon the 18th day of this instant March ;— 


96° Martiz. 















A. 1844, 


Commissioners of Sewers for the Rape of Arundel, in 
the county of Sussex, agreed to at a special sessions 
of sewers holden at Arundel, in the said county ;— 
and, Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the bo- 
rough of Arundel, which were presented upon Wed- 
nesday last; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Brighton and Chichester Railway Bill, be 
referred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Pe- 
titions. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Residents in the 
vicinity of the Ferry over the River Arun at Little- 
hampton, in the county of Sussex, praying that 
clauses may be inserted im the said Bill for granting 
compensation to the Proprietors of the Ferry esta- 
blished over the River Arun, at Littlehampton, or 
otherwise, so as to insure to the Petitioners and 
the Public generally the permanent use of the said 
Ferry in the same manner as heretofore ; and, also 
the Petition of Occupiers of land and others resi- 
dent in the upper division of the Rape of Chichester, 
in the County of Sussex, praying that the said Bill 
may pass into a law, with an Amendment to the 
effect of causing the formation of double lines of 
rails, which were presented this day, be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions of Proprietors of lands in the parishes Brighton and 
of Rustington, Leominster, East Preston, Angmering nema 
and Tarring, affected by the Railway proposed to be 7 ™ 
made from Shoreham to Chichester, in the county of 
Sussex ;—and, Proprietors of lands affected by the 
Railway proposed to be made from Shoreham to 
Chichester; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Brighton and Chichester 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Furness 
Furness Railway Bill; That they had inquired into Railway Bill 
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 Guildford Junc- 
the Report on the Guildford Junction Railway Bill; Bilt Rallway 
ill, 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, 


Petitions from the Liberty of Pevensey ;— Lewes; Brighton, 
— Hastings ;-— Newhaven ;— Bexhill ;-—and, East- — —_ aile 
bourne ; praying that the Brighton, Lewes and Hast- way Bill 
ings Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were present- 
ed, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Bill at ” 
was read a second time ; and committed. ination 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which 0'de's 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, Vhat in the case of the Grand Canal Grand Canal 
(Ireland) Petition, the Standing Orders ought not (Treland.) 
to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Bolton and Bolton and 
Leigh Railway Petition, for leave to present a Pe- Leigh Railway. 

tition 








7 VictTorRixz. 


tition for a Bill, the Sessional Order ought not to 
be dispensed with. 
Great Western 3 
Railway Bill. 


esolved, That in the case of the Amendment 

roposed on the third reading of the Great Western 
Saitou Bill, the said Amendment is of such a na- 
ture as may be adopted by the House at that stage, 
if it shall think fit. 


Edinburgh 4. Resolved, That in the case of the Amendments 
eer" proposed on the consideration of the Report of the 


Edinburgh Poor Assessment Bill, the said Amend- 
ments are of such a nature as to justify the House 
in entertaining them without the re-commitment of 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Great Western _ Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
Railway Bills third reading of the Great Western Railway Bill be 
resumed To-morrow. 


Edinburgh Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the con- 
Poor Assess- sideration of the Report of the Edinburgh Poor 
ment Bill, Assessment Bill be resumed To-morrow. 
Gravesend, Petitions of James Pim, junior, of Monkstown 
ae and Castle, Dublin, Treasurer of the Dublin and Kings- 
atham Rail- : 
way. town Railway Company ;—-and, Members of the 
. Provisional Committee of a Company formed for 
constructing a Railway from Gravesend to Roches- 
‘ ter and Chatham; praying that they may be at li- 
berty to proceed with the Gravesend, Rochester and 
Chatham Railway Bill,——were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petitions be printed. 
London and The London and South Western Railway (No. 1.) 
— Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
(No. “' Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Chester and A Petition of Richard Kneeshaw and James Tre- 
Railway Bill velyan Raynes, both of Liverpool Quarry, Owners 
and Merchants in stone, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Chester and Holyhead 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. 
Rochdale 


: A Petition of Licensed Victuallers in the town of 
—_— Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, praying that 
; : &gt; 
the Rochdale Improvement Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Manchester 


The Manchester Improvement Bill was read a se- 
Improvement 


cond time; and committed. 


Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Manchester The Manchester Police Bill was read a second 
olice Bill, time ; and committed. 
Ordered, Tinat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Stratford A Petition of Richard Hanbury Gurney, Esquire, 
ee praying that the Stratford (Eastern Counties) and 
Thames Junc- ames Junction Railway Bill may not pass into a 
os Reilway law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
vit upon the Table. 
Padstow A Petition of Members of the Padstow Harbour 
Narbour Bill, 


and Improvement Committee, being Merchants and 
Ship-owners residing at the ancient town of Pad- 
stow, in the county of Cornwall, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Padstow Harbour Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

VoL. 99. 


26° Marti. 














171 


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. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Twelfth Re- 
Petitions presented upon the 20th, 21st and 22d ‘ied 
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. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the East India Liverpool 
and China Association of Liverpool, praying that the Docks Bill. 
Liverpool Docks Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the East India and Birkenhead 
China Association of Liverpool, praying that the Pecks Bill. 
Birkenhead Docks Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Lime Toll 
That leave be given to bring ina Bill to exempt (Wales) Bill 
Lime from Toll conveyed on any Turnpike-road in _ ; 
the Principality of Wales ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, ee ya } 68. 

Mr. Hume, 42 
Mr. Wawn: } ; 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Colonel Wood, Colonel Powell and 

Colonel Pennant do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Petitions of Proprietors of land and others in- South Austra- 
terested in the prosperity of South Australia ;—and, !i# Com. 
Merchants, Ship-owners, and others, interested in 
the trade with the Australasian Colonies ; praying 
that the trade in Corn between the United Kingdom 
and South Australia may be made subject to the 
laws which regulate that trade between the United 
Kingdom and Canada,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants and others Cape of Good 
interested in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, Hope Corn. 
praying that in future, Wheat and Flour, the produce 
of the Cape of Good Hope may be admitted for 
consumption in Great Britain and Ireland, free of 
all duties whatever, or at least that no higher rate 
may be exacted than is payable on these articles the 
produce of Canada, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Corn Importa- 
That this House do resolve itself into a Committee tion. 
on the Laws regulating the Importation of Corn, for 
the purpose of considering the following Resolution : 
—That it is expedient that Corn imported into the 
United Kingdom from the British Possessions in 
South Africa, India and Australasia, be made sub- 
ject to the same Duty which is levied on Corn im- 
ported into the United Kingdom from Canada ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hutt, 


Yeas, L Mr. Hawes: } 4. 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 117 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: } 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Damage by Fire 
for the better prevention of Damage by Fire in the ——— 
Metropolitan Districts: And that the Earl of Lincoln” 
and Sir James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 

z2 A Motion 











Mrs. Morrison. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Encroachments 
Bill, 


Parishes 
(Scotland) Bill. 


No. 146, 


172 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee, to consider the following 
Address to Her Majesty; that is to say, That an 
humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, pray- 
ing that, whereas the late Reverend Doctor Morri- 
son, and his eldest son, the late John Robert Mor- 
rison, rendered eminent public services in China, the 
former for a period of twenty-six years, and the 
latter for a period of nine years, and successively fell 
a sacrifice to their severe exertions in the perform- 
ance of their public duties ; and whereas the death 
of the latter individual was pronounced by his Ex- 
cellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Her Majesty’s Pleni- 
potentiary in China, in a public Proclamation on 
the occasion of his decease, “a positive national 
calamity,” Her Majesty be graciously pleased to 


26° Martz. 





A. 1844. 


Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday the 19th day 
of April next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Night Poaching Pre- Night Poac; 
vention Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Prevention Bi 


agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


mand,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the 
Operation of the Commercial Treaty with Turkey, of 
16th August 1838. 





direct a suitable provision to be made for the widow 
of the late Reverend Doctor Morrison, and for the 
other surviving members of his family; and to as- 
sure Her Majesty, that this House will make good 
the same :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- 
terday, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
consider the Acts in force with respect to the Trial 
of Controverted Elections, and to report their Opi- 
nion, whether any and what Amendments can be 
made calculated to improve the Provisions of the 
said Acts, might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Lord John Rus- 
sell, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Charles Buller, 
Mr. Wilson Patten, Sir George Grey, Viscount San- 
don, O’Conor Don, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Hawes, 
Mr. Hogg, Mr. Charles Wood, Sir William Heath- 
cote, Mr. Loch, Mr. Williams Wynn and Sir Thomas 
Fremantle, with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Greene reported the Mutiny 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 Marine Mutiny Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Dean Forest Encroachments Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Chancellor ot the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the 
Bill, gives Her consent as far as Her Majesty’s in- 
terest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to extend till the First day of Ja- 
nuary One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, 
and to the end of the then next Session of Parlia- 
ment, the Time within which Conveyances may be 
made, on behalf of the Crown, of, and Disputes set- 
tled with regard to, Encroachments in the Forest of 
Dean. 

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 Parishes (Scotland) 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. Gladstone also presented, pursuant to an Import Duties, 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of 
April, in the last Session of Parliament,—A Return, 
showing, in a tabular form, the Import Duties 
chargeable on each of the principal Articles imported 
from the different under-mentioned Countries ; and 
also the Duties, rendered into English Weights, 
Measures and Monies, chargeable in those Countries 
upon the principal Articles of English Produce and 
Manufactures imported into the same :— France, 
Austria, Prussia, German Union (Zollverein), Rus- 








sia, United States, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, 
Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Brazil, British India, 
British West Indies, British North American Co- 
lonies and Australia. 


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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cor, &amp;e, 


Statements of the Weekly Average Price of Wheat, 
\the Duty Average and the Rate of Duty ; also, the 
| Quantities charged with Duty, and the Amount of 
| Duty received thereon, distinguishing Foreign from 
Colonial, in each Week, from the 5th day of Janu- 
|ary 1843 to the 5th day of January 1844 :—And, 
| of the Quantities of each kind of Grain, distinguish- 
‘ing Foreign from Colonial, imported, paid Duty 
and remaining in Warehouse, in each month of the 
year 1843, together with the Average Monthly Price 
of Wheat in England and Wales :—An Account of 
the Annual Average Prices of Wheat in Guernsey 
and Jersey, with the Quantities imported and ex- 
ported, in the year 1843 :—Statements of the Total 
Quantities of Wheat and Wheat Flour imported 
into and exported from Great Britain, in the year 
1843 :—And, of the Quantities of the several kinds 
of Grain and Meal imported from each Country, 
and likewise of the Quantities re-exported to each 
Country, in the year 1843 :—Accounts of the Total 
Amount, and Average Rate of Duty received, on 
each kind of Grain, distinguishing Foreign and Co- 
lonial, from the passing of the Act 5 Vic. Sess. 2, 
c. 14 (29th April 1842), to the 5th day of January 
1844 :—Of the Quantities of each kind of Grain 
which paid the several Rates of Duty, from the 
passing of the Act 5 Vic. Sess. 2, c. 14 (29th April 
1842), to the 5th day of January 1844:—Of the 
Total Quantities of each kind of Grain, Foreign and 
Colonial, with the Total Amount of Duty paid upon 
each kind, and the Average Rate thereof, from the 
passing of the Act 5 Vic. Sess. 2, c. 14 (29th April 
1842), to the 5th day of January 1844 :—And, of 
the Quantities of Corn and Meal imported into 
Great Britain from Ireland, in the year euded the 
5th day of January 1844, (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 177, of Session 1843). 

Mr. Gladstone accordingly presented the said 
Papers. 

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


Address to Her Majesty, 
paid to Frederick Bond Hughes, Charles a 
ohn 





Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turkey. 





RRNA aia in insltabiie teh RATE 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an Repeal Agi- 
—Returns of all Monies tation, &amp;o 











chi 
1 Bi 


ties, 





Prisons , 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Naval Officers. 


Public Income 
aud Expendi- 
ture. 


No. 147. 
Increase and 


Diminution of 
Salaries, 


No. 148. 


Superannuas 
tions. 


No. 149. 


Public Debt. 
No. 150. 

Shannon 

Navigation. 


No. 151. 


Highland Roads 


and Bridges. 
No, 152, 


Birmingham 
Corporation 
Bill. 


7 VicToRIZ. 


John Jackson, on account of any Communications 
made by them to Government, relative to the Repeal 
Agitation in Jreland, distinguishing the Amounts 
paid to each; also, the Dates of the several Pay- 
ments, specifying the respective periods at which 
they commenced ; together with Copies of any In- 
structions given to the above-named J’rederich Bond 
Hughes, Charles Ross and John Jackson, with re- 
spect to the Duties to be performed by them in 
Treland :—Of the Amount paid to the above named 
for Expenses during their attendance at the Trial 
of the Queen versus O’Connell, and others :—And, 
of the Rate of Payments made to Mr. Frederick 
Bond Hughes, and to the Shorthand Writers ap- 
pointed to report the Proceedings at the Trial of 
the Queen versus O’ Connell, and others, and of the 
Rate of Payments made to the Shorthand Writers 
attached respectively to the Two Commissions ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Tenure of Land in Jre- 
land, and into the causes of the late Disturbances 
in South Wales. 

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


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of 
the Royal Burgh of North Berwick, in Scotland, 
praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Or- 
der,—A Return of the Names of all Persons who 
have been appointed to command Vessels in Her 
Majesty’s Service, from the 1st day of October 1841 
to the Ist day of March 1844. 

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


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Public 
Income and Expenditure, which were presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts re- 
lative to Increase and Diminution of Salaries, &amp;c., 
in Public Offices, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Super- 
annuations, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Public 
Debt, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Fifth Annual Re- 


port relative to the Shannon Navigation, which was 


presented yesterday, be printed. 


was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morzow. 





26°—27° Martiz. 


Ordered, That the Thirtieth Report of the Com- 
missioners of Highland Roads and Bridges, which 


173 


Petitions of Commissioners appointed under an 
Act for lighting, watching, &amp;c., the Hamlets or 
Liberties of Duddeston and Nechells, in the Parish 
of Aston, near Birmingham,—Board for the repair 
of the Highways, in the hamlets of Duddeston and 
Nechells, in the parish of Aston, in the borough of 
Birmingham ;—Lords of the Manor of Bordesley, 
in the parish of Aston-juxta-Birmingham; — and, 
Freeholders, Leaseholders and Rate-payers of the 
hamlets of Duddeston and Nechells, in the parish 
of Aston, in the borough of Birmingham ; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,— were also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the South East- gouth-Easteru, 
ern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Railway Canterbury, 
Bill have leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, —— 
during the sitting of the House. way Bill 
Lord James Stuart reported from the Committee gastern Coun- 
on the Eastern Counties Railway Bill; and to whom ties Railway 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; Bill. 

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 pre- 

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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Colchester 
pany, praying that the Colchester and Harwich and Hamich 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, and that (Mle. ial 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, Harwich Rail- 
against certain parts of the Harwich Railway and way and Pier 
Pier Bill, was presented, and read. Bills. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bills; 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 Eastern Counties Railway Com- Eastern Union 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by their coun- Railway Bill. 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Eastern 

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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Birmingham 
posed, That the Birmingham Corporation Bill be Corporation 
now read a second time ; -_ 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 





Mercurii, 27° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 18 44. 
PRAYERS. 


ETITIONS of Inhabitant Rate-payers of Bir- 


mingham, being also Commissioners acting it 
execution of an Act for better paving, &amp;c., the Town 
of Birmingham, and for regulating the Police and 
Markets of the said Town ;—Persons who have 
advanced Money on the credit of the rates made 
in pursuance of an Act for better paving, &amp;c., the 
Town of Birmingham, and for regulating the Police 
and Markets of the said Town ;—and, Rate-payers 
and Inhabitants of the parish of Aston-juxta-Bir- 
mingham ; praying that the Birmingham Corpora- 
tion Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vot. 99. 


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 ; 
1| The Noes to the new Lobby. 








Mr. Muntz 1 
Mr. Scholefield:  § ®” 

pa f Mr. Dugdale 
Tellers for the Noes,) Mr. Newdegate : 


} 77. 
So it passed in the egative. 

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. 
z3 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


“ 


The 











Edinburgh 
Poor Assess- 
ment Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway Bill. 


Lascaridi’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Spartali’s 
Nat, Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Cotton, 


Corn Laws. 


174 97° Martii. A. 1844, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on the consideration of the 
Report of the Edinburgh Poor Assessment Bill :— 
The House resumed the said further Proceeding ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
cil of the burgh of Leith, praying that the Edinburgh 
and Glasgow Railway 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 resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the third reading of 
the ingrossed Bill to amend the several Acts relating 
to the Great Western, the Cheltenham and Great 
Western Union, and the Oxford Railways, to amal- 
gamate the two last-mentioned Railways with the 
Great Western Railway, and to authorize the for- 
mation of certain additional Works at Cheltenham 
and Gloucester by the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany :—The House resumed the said further Pro- 
ceeding ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the several Acts relating 
to the Great Western, the Cheltenham and Great 
Western Union, and Ozford Railways, to amalga- 
mate the two last-mentioned Railways with the 
Great Western Railway, and to authorize the for- 
mation of additional Works at Cheltenham by the 
Great Western Railway Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Russell do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lascaridi’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Spartali’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Right Reverend Christopher 
Lord Bishop of Bangor, praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Chester and Holyhead 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. 


Petitions from the University of Oxford ;—Bir- 
mingham (four Petitions) ;---Edgbaston ;— Hayes ;— 
Hawkhurst ;—and, Deanery of Newbury; praying 
for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 
4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Morley ;—and, Smalley ; praying 
for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor, and, at the same time, that 
speedy and strenuous endeavours may be made for 
the establishment of a See at Manchester, by other 
means,—were also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Carlisle ;--and, Blackburn; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the duties on Raw Cotton im- 
ported into Great Britain, both from our own colo- 
nies and other countries,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aspatria ;-—-Dalham ;-—Members 
of the Uxbridge Society for the protection of agri- 
culture ;—and, Saint Mawgan-in-Pyder ; praying 
the House to resist the efforts now making by the 





Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no alteration what- 
ever may be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were 


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


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Union poo: r,, 
of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster, praying Amendmen; 
that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may not pass 5!!! 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hartley ;— Asby Coatsforth ; — Commons 
Musgrove ;-- Mallerstang ; -— Smardale ;— Waitby ; closure. 
—Winton ;—and, Kaber ; praying the House to 
turn their attention in the present Session of Par- 
liament to some measure having for its object the 
facilitating the inclosure of commonable and of 
common and waste lands, so that the difficulties 
which now impede the progress of cultivation and 
the employment of labour and capital may be 
speedily and effectually removed,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Stave 


A Petition of Richard Gude, of Chobham, in the Commons 
county of Surrey, and of George Yard, Lombard- lsclosure Bill, 
street, in the city of London, a Freeman and Livery- 
man thereof, praying that the Commons Inclosure 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; j 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. B vii 
A Petition of the Mayor of the city of Bristol, 5 
praying that provision may be made in the said : 
ill, that it do not authorize the Inclosure of any 
open or common fields within certain distances of 
large towns, and that he may be heard, by himself, 4 
his counsel or agent, against such parts of the said 


Bill as affect the rights and interests of the inha- es 
bitants of the city and council of Bristol, was also 5 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Garwood, of Wells-next- 
the-Sea, in the county of Norfolk, one of the Com 
missioners of the Harbour of Wells, stating that 
under the provisions of the said Bill, the lands ad- 
jacent to tidal harbours, the innumerable creeks in- 
tersecting which are the receptacles of the tidal | 
waters, are liable to be inclosed, and that such an 
inclosure would be the destruction of such har- 
bours ; and praying that the said Bill may be re- 
ferred to a Select Committee of the House, was also 


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


Petitions of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Prisons 
Council of the Royal Burgh of Montrose ;—and, (Scotland) Bill. 
Annual Committee of the Royal Burghs of Scot- 
land; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Miners and Colliers at the Collieries Coals. 
of Cluny, Lochgelly and Lumphenans, in the county 
of Fife, praying for the repeal of the duty on the 
exportation of Coals, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Gray, of the borough and Oaths 
county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tobacco Manufac- 
turer, stating that at the assizes for the borough ; 
and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, held on the | 
29th day of February last, he was summoned to 
serve on the Grand Jury; that being a Presbyterian 
he requested to be sworn after and with the Scotch 
manner and form; and that the presiding judge de- 
clined to allow the Petitioner to be so sworn, and 
he was requested to withdraw from the box, and 
had then and therefore to leave it; that the Peti- 
tioner has never been refused to be sworn in the 
manner used by Presbyterians, and has been so 











sworn, as a witness at the Police Court, proved debts 
in 


Acad Pik 


Pa Sg BINA aD 





Tobacco. 


Staves, 


Union with 
Ireland. 


State Trial 
(Ireland.) 


Rating of 
Tenements, 


Sidmouth and 
Collumpton 
Road Bill. 


European 

Life Insurance 
and Annuity 
Company Bill, 


York United 


Gas Bill, 





7 VicroRizZ. 27° Martie. 175 


in the Bankruptcy Court, been empanelled and 
sworn as a juryman at the Sheriffs Court, at the 
Sessions and Assizes, and twice as a Grand Juryman 
at the Quarter Sessions for the said borough; that 
the Petitioner is in doubt, from the Judge declining 
to allow him to be sworn, that the law does not 
permit persons to be sworn in England in any other 
manner than that of kissing the Gospels, and if so, 
the Petitioner will in future be prevented being a 
witness, proving a debt or serving as a juryman ; 
and praying the House to take his case into con- 
sideration and afford him redress, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tobacco Manufacturers of the port 
of London, praying for a reduction of the duty on 
Tobacco, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 


Petitions of the Incorporation of Coopers in the 
city of Glasgow ;—and, Master and Operative 
Coopers of Greenock; praying for a repeal of the 
duties on the importation of Staves, so that the 
British manufacturer may be placed on an equal 
footing, and enabled to compete with the foreigner, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ireland, in public 
meeting assembled at Murroe, in the county of 
Limerick, on the 13th day of June 1843, praying 
for the repeal of the Legislative Union between 
Great Britain and Ireland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Loyal National Re- 
peal Association of Jreland, and others, praying that 
an immediate inquiry may be granted into their com- 
plaints, with reference to the late State Prosecution in 
Ireland, with the view of enabling them to establish 
the truth of the allegations contained in their Peti- 


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


A Petition of Landlords of property situate in 
the town and county of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, pray- 
ing the House not to pass any Bill which may have 
the effect of rendering the landlords of any de- 
scription of property liable to be rated to the poor 


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


A Petition of Trustees of Zyme Regis Turnpike- 
roads, the Creditors thereof, and other persons in- 
terested therein, praying that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Sidmouth and Collumpton Road 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 Henry Lanauze, of the city of Dub- 
lin, Stock-broker, praying that he may be heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain 
parts of the European Life Insurance and Annuity 
Company 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 Order made upon the 8th day of this instant 
March, for reading a second time the York United 
Gas Bill was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

Vou. 99, 








The House was moved, That the Report in respect york United 
of the Petition for the York United Gas Bill, which Gas (No. 2.) 
upon the 6th day of this instant March, was made Bill. 
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 uniting the York Gas Light Company and the 
York Union Gas Light Company, and for more ef- 
fectually lighting with Gas the city of York, and 
the suburbs and vicinity thereof, in the county of 
York: And that Mr. Lowther and Mr. Redhead 
Yorke do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present the Bill 
on or before Wednesday the 17th day of April next. 


Ordered, That all Petitions for the reduction of Tobacco. 
the duty on Tobacco, presented to tle House during 


the present Session, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee an Tobacco Trade. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sugar. 
A Statement showing the Total Quantity of Sugar Wo, 153. 
entered for Home Consumption in the United King- 
dom, in each year, from 1830 to 1843, inclusive ; 
the Reductions to be made from such Total, for 
each year, in respect of Over Entries, and of Quan- 
tities exported subsequently to the Payment of Duty, 
either in the Raw State or in the form of Refined 
Sugar, Bastard, or Molasses, so as to exhibit the ac- 
tual Quantity retained for Home Consumption in the 
United Kingdom :—And, an Account of the Quan- 
tity of British Refined Sugar exported on Draw- 
back, in each year, from 1830 to 1843, inclusive, 
distinguishing the several Sorts ; also, of the Quan- 
tity of Molasses the Product of Sugar refined after 
Payment of the Duty exported in the same year. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Papers. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tithes 
Return, by Dioceses, of the Amount of Tithe Ar-(Ireland.) 
rears in Ireland lodged under the Act 1 and 2 Vice. 
c. 109, distinguishing the portion due by defaulting 
Landlords from the portion due by Tenants, and 
showing the Total Amount of Dividends paid on 
account of the said Tenants’ Arrear; with a Re- 
turn showing the Amount already received, or by 
Law Proceedings recovered, in respect of such Land- 
lords’ Arrear, the Amount irrecoverable and the 
Amount for which Law Proceedings are still pend- 
ing :—-And, Copies of any Minutes or Correspond- 
ence between the Lords of the Treasury and the 
Board of Public Works in Jreland, relating to a 
Loan of £.100,000 by the Board to the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners of Ireland ; and, similar Copies 
relating to the Grant in 1836 of £.100,000 to the 
Board out of the Exchequer Bills, to the Amount 
of One million, issued for the Relief of the Tithe- 
owners of Ireland ; with Copies, also, of all Minutes 
or Correspondence respecting the appropriation of 
any Repayments made by the Ecclesiastical Com 
missioners on account of the said Loan to them of 
£.100,000, 


An ingrossed Bill to effectuate the Sale by the Botton and 
Bolton and Preston Railway Company of their Preston Rail- 
Railway, and other Property and Effects, to the “*y Bill. 
North Union Railway Company, to incorporate with 
such last-mentioned Company the Proprietors of 
the Bolton and Preston Railway, and to consolidate 
Shares into Stock, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ainsworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Orders of the 
proposed, That the Orders of the day be now read ; Day: 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
z4 Question, 




















176 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ Order of the day for the Committee on the Mas- 
“ ters and Servants Bill be now read,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question: —The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now read. 

And the Order of the day being accordingly 
read, for resuming the adjourned Debate upon the 
Question proposed upon the 13th day of this in- 
stant March, That the Court of Arches Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 1st day of May next. 


Masters and 
Servants Bill. 


Court of Arches 
Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Commons Inclosure Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 24th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Quarter Ses- 
sions (Cities 
and Boroughis) 


The Quarter Sessions (Cities and Boroughs) Bill, 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 


Bill. committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 
County The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Coroners Bill. further consideration the Report on the County 
Coroners Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Superior Courts The Order of the day being read, for the second 

— Law) reading of the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill ; 

” Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of April next. 


Small Debts The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Bill. reading of the Small Debts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of April next. 
Masters aud The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Servants Bill. mittee on the Masters and Servants Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 17th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways aud The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means, mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Mutiny Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill for punishing Mutiny and De- 
sertion, and for the better Payment of the Army 
and their Quarters, 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. 


Marine Mutiny 


Me The ingrossed Bill for the Regulation of Her 
ul, 


Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore 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. 


Night Poaching The ingrossed Bill to extend an Act of the ninth 

Prevention Bill. year of King George the Fourth, for the more ef- 
fectual Prevention of Persons going armed by Night 
for the destruction of Game, was, according to Or- 
der, read the third time. 


27°—28°— 29° Marti. 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill for 
polis and its neighbourhood: And the same 


time upon Monday the 15th day of April next ; 
to be printed. 


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


Agitation, &amp;c. (Ireland), which were presented 
terday, be printed. 


to the Select Committee on Railways, was read 
discharged. 


Ordered, That the Return be printed. 


A. 1844, 


Ordered, That Mr. Wallace do carry the Bill to 


the D amage by Fire 


better Prevention of Damage by Fire in the Metro- (Metropolis 


was 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a second No.1é4, 


and 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Import Import Dutic, 
Duties, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


No. 155, 
&amp;c., Corn, &amp;c, 
No. 156, 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Repeal Repeal Agi. 


tion, &amp;e., 
(Treland,) 


No. 157. 


yes- 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Naval Of- Naval Officers 
ficers, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


No. 158, 


The Order made upon the 19th day of this instant Railways, 
March, for referring the Return relative to Railways No, 159, 
,and 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 28° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


a Question first put, till To-morrow. 


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, 
Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 
House; and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 


Mr. 








Veneris, 29° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


guishing those maintained in County Lunatic 
Union in 4841, and the estimated 


then he withdrew. 


Table. 


withdrew. 


Table. 


A Return of the Income of each individual 








R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Pauper 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the Lunatics. 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of the 
Number of Pauper Lunatics and Idiots chargeable 
to each of the Unions in England and Wales, in the 
month of August 1842 and 1843, respectively (in 
pursuance of the Act 5 and 6 Vic. ¢. 57), distin- 


Asy- 


lum, in Licensed House, and elsewhere, with the 
Average Weekly Cost per head of Maintenance 
and Clothing ; together with the Population of each 
umber of Lu- 
natics and Idiots for Places not in Union :—And 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Mr. Hyett, Secretary of the Irish Reproductive Reproductive 
Loan Fund Institution, was called in; and at the Loan Fund 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Ac 
of Parliament,—The First Report of the Irish Re- 
productive Loan Fund Institution:—And then he 


(Ireland, 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Mr. Berthon, from the Trinity House, was called Pilots. 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,— 


Pilot 


acting under the License of the Corporation of the 
Trinity House, Deptford Strond, for the years 


1835, 
1836, 








Fire 


7 VicToriz. 


1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 and 
1843; showing the Name of each Pilot, the Chan- 
nels for which he is licensed to act, and his earnings 
in each year, separately, as returned by him to the 
Trinity House, and upon which Poundage has been 
paid :—And then he withdrew. 

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


North British Ordered, That the Committee on the North Bri- 
Railway Bill. 435 Railway Bill, have leave to sit this day till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Guildford Junce 
tion Railway 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the 
London and South Western Railway to Guildford, 


- in the County of Surrey, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Baring Wall do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Norwich An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from 
and Brandon Worwich to Thetford and Brandon, was read the 
Railway Bill. i . 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from NVor- 
wich to Brandon, witha Branch to Thetford. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wodehouse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Liverpool A Petition of Merchants of Liverpool, praying 
Docks Bil, that the Liverpool Docks Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Edinburgh Petitions of Trustees of Saint Mark’s Chapel, 
Railvey Bill Castle-terrace, Edinburgh ;—and, Alexander Ma- 


conochie, of Meadowbank, late one of the Serrators 
of the College of Justice and Lords Commissioners 
of Justiciary, Proprietor of a house and premises in 
Princes-street, Edinburgh, and also a Joint Tenant 
under a lease for ninety-nine years, and otherwise 
interested in the ground in the area opposite Princes- 
street, sought tv be acquired by the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Raiiway Company ; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
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. 


Wells Harbour 


and Quay Biil. The Wells Harbour and Quay Bill was read a 


second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Wells Lighting 
and Improve- 


The Wells Lighting and Improvement Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


t Bill. . 
oe Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
eg and A Petition of Merchants, Wharfingers and 
— others interested in the traffic of coals and other 


(No. 1.) Bill, heavy and bulky goods by the London and South 


Western Railway, from the port of Southampton 


to the internal parts of the county of Hampshire, 


29° Marti. 


177 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail 
the Report on the Midland Railways Consolidation ways Consoli- 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. “ti” Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill York and 
for enabling the York and North Midland Railway S&amp;iwer Bit. 
Company to make a Railway from York to Scarbo- 

rough, with a Branch to Pickering, 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 Sir Frederick Trench do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Curteis reported from the Committee on the Birkenhead 
Birkenhead Improvement Bill; and to whom a —— 
Petition of the Mayor and Corporation of Liver- °"* 
pool against the said Bill was referred; That the 
Resolution of the House of the 20th February last, 

had been complied with ; That the Committee 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 Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Gravesend, 
posed, That the Parties promoting the Gravesend, Rochester and 
Rochester and Chatham Railway, have leave to pro- wan aaa 
ceed with their Bill:—And the said Motion was, 


with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- Brandes Burton 
rish of Brandes Burton, in the County of York, was Inclosure Bill. 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order made upon the 18th day of this Delabole and 
instant March, for reading a second time the Delabole og Railway 
and Rock Railway Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Delabole and 
of the Petition tor the Delabole and Rock Railway (Ne. BL 
Bill, which, upon the 7th day of this instant March, ~~ 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Report in 
respect of the Petition for the said Bill which, upon 
the 15th day of this instant March, was 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 
making a Railway from Mellorn, in the Parish of 
Minster, to Black Rock, in the Parish of Saint Mi- 


praying that they may be heard, by their counsel, chael, in Saint Minver Lowlands, in the County of 


against certain parts of the London and South 
— 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 their counsel, upon their Petition, if they think 


fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 


the said Petition. 


Hythe Landing- 


la : i 
Place Bill. time ; and committed. 


Cornwall: And that Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. 
Pendarves and Mr. Trelawny do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

The Middle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill Middle Level 
was read a second time; and committed. Drainage and 


oe 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- “*#*" #* 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Trustees Epsom and 


The Hythe Landing-place Bill was read a second | for carrying into execution an Act for repairing the South Western 


Road from Epsom to Tooting, and other Roads com- P#lway Bil. 





Vo. 99. 


AA municating 

















178 


municating therewith, all in the county of Surrey, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Epsom and 
South Western 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. 


Croydon 
and Epsom 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Trustees 
for executing an Act for repairing the Road from 
Epsom to Tooting, and other Roads communicating 
therewith, all in the County of Surrey, praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Croydon and Epsom 
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. 


Swansea 


, The Swansea Harbour Bill was read a second 
Harbour Bill. 


time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Swansea o4s : é ad 
Ressoveneet A Petition of Payers of the paving and lighting 


Bill. rates of the town and Franchise of Swansea, in the 
county of Glamorgan, praying that the Swansea Im- 
provement Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ey anal _ _ A Petition of Rate-payers and other Inhabitants of 
ment Bill. the parish of Saint Mary, in the town and county of 


the town of Southampton, praying that the South- 
ampton Marsh Improvement Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Southampton 
Marsh Improve- 
ment Bill, 


The Southampton Marsh Improvement Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Petitions of John Butler Harrison, of the town and 
county of Southampton, Esquire ;—and, Inhabitant 
Rate-payers of the parish of All Saints, in the bo- 
rough of Southampton, having rights of common, 
being a committee of the said parish appointed at a 
vestry meeting held at the parish church on the 22d 
day of February 1844; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the said 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. 


Southampton 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Petitions of Thomas Chamberlayne, of Cranbury 
Park, in the county of Southampton, Esquire ;— 
Inhabitant Rate-payers of the parish of All Saints, 
in the borough of Southampton, agreed to at a 
vestry meeting held at the parish church on the 
23th day of March 1844;—and, John Watkins 
Drew, of the town and county of Southampton, 
Esquire; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Southampton Improvement Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


29° Martiz. 






A. 1844, 


Petitions of John Foster, of Kingston-upon-Hull, Kingston.y 
Merchant, and Edward Brady, of the same place, #4ll Docks giy, 
Wharfinger, being respectively the President and 
Vice-President of a certain society or community 
of persons, Merchants, Bankers and Tradesmen of 
Kingston-upon-Hull, styling themselves the Hull 
Guardian Society for the protection of trade ;—and, 
Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants of the port and 
town of Goole, in the county of York, and of adja- 
cent places interested in or connected with the trade 
of the said town and port ; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Kingston-upon-Hull 
Docks 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 the Committee of Directors of the un- LeedsandSelby 
dertakers of the navigation of the Rivers Aire and Railway Pur. 
Calder, in the county of York, and of Merchants, ag (No. 2) 
Carriers and Traders of Leeds, in the said county, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Leeds and Selby Railway Purchase (No. 2.) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Durham County 
Durham County Coal Company Bill; That they Coal Company 
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 Newquay 
Newquay Harbour and Railway Bill; That they Harbour and 
had inquired into the several matters required by ®#vey Bi! 
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 House being informed, That other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made tothe Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Committee Hartlepool 
on the Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Bill, West ge 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill "4 2°* *™ 
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 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 from Ramsbury ;—Swindon ;—and, Ald- Newbury, 
bourne; praying that the Newbury, Basingstoke, Beningeiebe. 
: : ondon an 
London and Southampton Railway Bill may pass southampton 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered Railway Bill. 


to lie upon the Table. 


The Taff Vale Railway Bill was read a second Taff Vale Rail- 
time ; and committed. way Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Jand South-Eastern 
which will be taken, used or injuriously affected by 76 erat 
the making of the Branch Railway to the Harbour . 





of 





I 
I 
¢ 
v 



































7 Vicroriz. 


of Rye, and Owners and Occupiers of houses, lands 
and other property at or near to the towns of 
Hastings and Saint Leonards, in the county of 
Sussex, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the South Eastern and Hastings 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. 


Ness Fisheries The JVess Fisheries Bill was read a second time ; 
Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Edinburgh, A Petition of the Heads of the Fourteen Incor- 
Leith — ,. porated Trades of Edinburgh, praying that the 
ay Bill “Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Bill nay 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union 


Canal Company ;—and, Dr. Thomas Charles Hope, 





29° Marit. 179 


vision do not give ee powers to take land ; 
and that the Committee on the Bill do report to the 
House whether such condition has been observed. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
Provision therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


A Petition of Joseph Pease, Senior, of Feetham, Leeds ana 
near Darlington, in the county of Durham, praying Bradford 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or Raileay Bil. 
agent, against certain parts of the Leeds and Brad- 

ford 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. 





on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Thirteenth 
Petitions presented upon the 25th and 26th days of setts 
this instant March; and had directed him to make 

a Report thereof to the House. 


late Professor of Chemistry in the University of} Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Edinburgh; 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 


and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Woods and 
Accounts of all Sums of Money received by the Forests 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, (&lt;!@¢-) 
Land Revenues, Works and Buildings in Jreland, in 

the Two years ended the 5th day of January 1844: 


their Petitions, ifthey think fit; and counsel heard, |——And, of the Sums expended by the same Com- 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


missioners in Ireland during the same period, (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 242, of 


Padstow A Petition of Inhabitants of Padstow, being | Session 1842). 


Harbour Bill. ferchants, Ship-owners, Ship-masters and others, 


interested in the trade, navigation and welfare of| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
the Harbour of Padstow, in the county of Cornwall, Copies of any General Order sent by the Poor Law (lreland.) 


praying that the Padstow Harbour Bill re not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presente 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Commissioners to Boards of Guardians in Ireland, 


,and|in reference to the 15th and 16th Clauses of the 


amended Poor Law Act, 6th and 7th Vic. c. 92 :— 
Of any Communications made by the Poor Law 


South-Eastem, § Mr, Hindley reported from the Committee on the | Commissioners to any Boards of Guardians in Jre- 


Canterbury, 


Svctenian nal South Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate | land, in reference to the 15th and 16th Clauses of 
Margate Rail- Railway Bill; and to whom several Petitions against | the said Act:—And, of any Resolutions passed by any 
way Bill. the said Bill were referred ; That they had considered | Boards of Guardians in Jreland, or of any Com- 
several of the said Petitions, and had heard counsel | munications made by such Boards, in reference to 
in favour of the Bill; That they had inquired into | said 15th and 16th Clauses of the said Act :—Re- 
the several matters required by the Standing Orders | turns of the Number of Fever Patients relieved 
on Railway Bills, so far as the same relate to the | under the 15th Clause of the said Act, and of the 
present application; and that the Committee had | Number relieved under the 16th Clause, up to the 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found | 1st day of March 1844 :—And, of the Number of 
the same to be true; and had gone through the | Houses hired for the Reception of Poor Persons in 


Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Fever, under the 16th Clause of the said Act, and 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ;{the Names of the Unions in which they have been 


and be printed. 


hired. 


Salford Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the| A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Trades- Rochdale 


Improvement 


Bill, Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and |men and other Inhabitant Rate-payers of the town G¢s Bill. 
Railway ;—and, Company of Proprietors of the | of Rochdale and the environs thereof, in the — 
Mersey and Irwell Navigation; praying that they | palatine of Lancaster, praying that the Rochdale 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, | Gas Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
against certain parts of the Salford Improvement | read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bill,—were presented, and read. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred| A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- South Devon 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners | gesses of the city and borough of Exeter, praying Railway Bil. 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon | that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, |sel or agents, against certain parts of the South 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Standing 
Orders ; . : . - 

*3 on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read 
as followeth : 


Devon Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee | 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 


a Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for | favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


additional Provision in the Kingston-wpon-Hull 
Docks Bill, the Parties be allowed to insert such 


additional Provision according to the prayer of their | quire what temporary Laws of a public and general 
Petition, upon condition that such additional Pro-| nature are now in force, and what Laws of the like 


Vou, 99, 








AA2 nature 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 






































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


















Adjournment. 


Trigonometrical 
Survey of 
Scotland. 


Ordnance 
Department 
(lreland.) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt. 


Prisons 


180 29° Marti. 





A, 1844, 


nature have expired since the last Report upon the | House it is proposed to confer upon the Factory 


subject ; and also, what Laws of the like nature are 
about to expire at particular periods, or in conse- 
quence of any contingent public event; and to re- 
port the same, with their Observations thereupon, to 
the House :—And a Committee was appointed 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; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be’ the Quorum. 


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


Captain Boldero presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
A Return of the manner in which the Sum voted in 
the Ordnance Estimates of the last year for the 
Trigonometrical Survey of Scot/und has been ap- 
propriated ; the Amount expended ; the Balance, 
if any, remaining in hand; and a detailed State- 
ment of the Progress made up to this Date, since 
the last Return. 

An Account showing the Amount of Money is- 
sued for the Payment of the Ordnance Department 
in Ireland, distinguishing the Expense for each 
year, from 1838 up to the present period. 

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


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the city 


Inspectors the power of appropriating the monies 
levied as penalties under the Act, and that in 
the opinion of the Petitioners the appropriation of 
those monies ought to be entrusted to the convicting 
magistrate, with the provision that the amounts be 
divided amongst the several day and evening schools 
in the unde or place where the offence shall 
have been committed, and in proportion to the re- 
spective numbers of children or young persons em- 
ployed in Factories who shall be instructed in such 
schools; and praying that the said Bill may be al- 
tered accordingly, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Seven Petitions of Operatives in the town of 
Trowbridge, in the county of Wilts, praying the 
House not to restrict the hours of labour in Factories 
to less than twelve per day,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from London (two Petitions) ;-- Bradford 
( York) (Chairman of a Meeting) ;--Stockport (Chair- 
man of a Meeting) ;—Bolton (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing) ;— Preston (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Wigan 
(Chairman of a Meeting) (two Petitions) ;—Ashton- 
under- Lyne (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Manchester 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Warrington (Chairman 
of a Meeting) ;— Hindley (Chairman of a Meeting) ; 
— Whitley (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Dartfield 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ;—-O/dham (Chairman of 
a Meeting) ;— Waterhead (Chairman of a Meeting) ; 
— Leigh (Chairman of a Meeting); — Bedford 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ;—and, Lancashire (Chair- 
man of a Meeting); praying the House to limit the 
hours of labour of persons employed in Factories to 


of Chichester, praying that the Poor Law Amend-| in the day,—were also presented, and read ; and 


ment Bill _ not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Master Cotton Manufacturers of 
Hyde, and its vicinity, in the county of Chester, 
praying the House not to sanction any Bill which 


A Petition of Henry Gregory Drewe, a Prisoner shall have for its object the further restriction of 
for Debt in Glamorgan County Gaol, praying that adult labour in the cotton manufactories of the 


a Bill for the better advancement of Justice in 
certain matters relating to creditors and debtors 
may become law, and take effect immediately, was 


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


A Petition of Master Cotton Spinners of Manches- 


— and read; and ordered to lie upon the | éer, in the county of Lancaster, praying that the said 


able. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 


Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Peter Brown, of the township of 


(Scotland) Bills Council of the Royal Burgh of Jedburgh, praying | Failsworth, in the parish of Manchester, praying 
that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into} that the House will enact that it shall be unlawful 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ;| to employ any child under the age of nine years in 


Municipal 
Boundaries 
([reland.) 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Diuceses. 


Factories Bill. 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











a silk, worsted or cotton Factory, and that children 
between the age of nine and fourteen shall be em- 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Cork,| ployed six hours a day only; that adults of both 
praying the House to cause to be introduced into| sexes between the age of fourteen and twenty shall 
any Bill for the amendment of the Act for the Re-} not be allowed to work longer than twelve hours a 
gistration of Voters in Jreland, and for the extension | day, including in that time an hour and a half for 
of the County Franchise, provisions for the transfer | meals ; and that women of a age be not permitted 


for all purposes to the adjoining counties at large} to work longer than twelve 


ours a day, including 


of such portions of the boroughs, being counties of} the before-mentioned time for meals, was also pre- 


themselves, named in Schedule (A.) annexed to the 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations | Table. 


in Ireland, as were before the passing of the said 
last-mentioned Act, parts of such counties of cities 
or towns, but which are not within the municipal 
boundaries appointed thereby for such boroughs, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Llanfaethlie and Llantwrog ;— 


fo) 


Rhosgolyn ;--and, Llanfaetwath, and other places 


praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and | « 
7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees | « 
of Saint Asaph and Bangor,—were presented, and | « 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


mittee on the Factories Bill ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Order for committing the Bill 
be discharged ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
&gt;|“ with a view, not only of carrying into effect, in 
any future Bill, the recorded decisions of this 
House, that the labour to be performed by young 
persons and females in Factories should be less 
than twelve hours per day, but also with the view 
of maintaining good faith with those whose con- 





A Petition of Sunday School Teachers and other |“ fidence in the integrity of the Votes of this House 
Friends of education in the borough of Halifax, | is indispensable to its character and its existence 
stating that in the Factories Bill now before the |“ as a deliberative and Representative Assembly.” 





And 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Factories Bill. 












Supply; 


Import Duties. 


Accounts, 
referred : 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


British 
Museum. 


British 
Museum. 


Commissariat 
Department. 





7 VicToriz. 


And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the Order for committing the said 
Bill be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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 
“ it is indispensable to the maintenance and exten- 
“ sion of the trade of this country, that those Duties 
be repealed which press on the raw materials of 
manufacture, especially the raw materials of the 
woollen and cotton trade :—That it is expedient 
also that those Duties be greatly reduced which 
press on articles of interchange im return for our 
manufactures ; especially such articles of inter- 
change as, at the same time, concern the subsist- 
ence of the people ; being (besides corn, which is 
the subject of superior and separate consideration) 
such articles as tea, sugar, coffee, bacon, butter 
and cheese :—That it is expedient that those Du- 
ties also be greatly reduced, which, by their 
amount, encourage smuggling, being at once in- 
jurious to the Revenue and dangerous to the mo- 
rality of the country, such as the Duties on to- 
bacco, silk goods and foreign Spirits : — That 
whatever temporary deficiency of Revenue be 

caused by such reduction, ought, until the Reve- 
nue regain its former amount, to be sustained by 
the property, and not by the trade and labour of 
the country,” 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, } 88 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : ‘ 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Ewart, te 
Noes, Mr. Hume: if = 


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 Account of all Exchequer Bills 
raised or authorized to be raised, charged on the 
Aids or Supplies of 1844, unprovided for, which was 
presented upon the 21st day of this instant March, 
be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Income and 
Expenditure of the British Museum for the year 
1843; of the estimated Charges and Expenses for 
the year ending 25th March 1845, 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 1837 to Christmas 
1843 ; together with a Statement of the Progress 
made in the Arrangement of the Collections; and 
the Account of Objects added to them in the year 


1843, which was presented upon the 13th day of 


this instant March, be referred to the Committee. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding ‘Thirty- 
seven thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of the British Museum, for the year ending 
on the 25th day of March 1845. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Four hundred and thirty-six 
thousand two hundred and eighty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Commissariat Department, to the 31st dayof March 
1845: 


99°—30° Martii. 





18] 


Whereupon, Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
six thousand six hundred and eighteen 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 1845. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen Exchequer 
million four hundred and seven thousand and three Bills. 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 

off and discharge Exchequer Bills charged on the 

Aids of 1844, unprovided for. 


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. 

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 Metropolitan Buildings Bill was, according Metropolitan 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Buildings Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 19th 

day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Monday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

to amend the Laws relating to Labour in Factories : (No 2-) Bill. 
And that Sir James Graham and Mr. Manners Sut- 

ton do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


Sabbati, 30° die Martii, 1844: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Courts 
for the more easy Recovery of Small Demands in the 3#!!- 
County Courts of England: And that Sir James 
Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Bailiffs of 
for regulating the Bailiffs of Inferior Courts: And — Courts 
that Sir James Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton do” * 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Poor Law 
Committee upon the Poor Law Amendment Bill Amendment 
; Bill. 
upon Monday next, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
26th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to amend the Factories 
Laws relating to Labour in Factories: And the same (Ne. 2.) Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada No.160. 
second time upon Monday the 22d day of April 
next; and to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for the more County Courts 
easy Recovery of Small Demands in the County Bill. 
Courts of England: And the same was read the No. 161. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday the 15th day of April next ; and to 
be printed. 





Vot. 99. 





Sir 


AAS 








Bailiffs of 
Inferior Courts 
Bill. 


No. 162. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. 


Bridlington 
Piers and 
Harbour. 


Manchester, 


Bury and 
Rossendale 
Railway Bill. 


Northern and 
Eastern Rail- 
way (Newport 
Deviations) Bill, 


Stratford 

( Eastern Coun- 
ties) and 
Thames Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Dingwall 
‘Thoroughfares 
and Police Bill, 


Manchester 
Royal lifirm- 
ary, xc. 


182 29°—30° Martiz.—1° Aprilis. A. 1844, 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for regulating 
the Bailiffs of Inferior Courts: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 15th day of April next; and 
to be printed. 


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, 1° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


} R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 

Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Returns of the 
Dates on which and the Places where the Military 
or Police have been employed in enforcing the Col- 
lection of Poor Rates in Ireland, between the 1st 
day of January 1843 and the Ist day of January 
1844; specifying the Number of Men employed, 
and the Amount collected on each occasion :—And, 
of the Date and Amount of each Rate made in the 
different Poor Law Unions in Jreland, under the 
Provisions of the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 56, for the 
more effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in that 
Country; specifying the Amount of each Rate re- 
maining uncollected on the 1st day of January 1844: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Kelly, from the Commissioners of Brid- 
lington Piers and Harbour, was called in; and at 
the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an 
Act of Parliament,—Abstract of the General An- 
nual Account of the Commissioners of Bridlington 
Piers and Harbour, from the 26th day of July 1842 
= the 26th day of July 1843 :—And then he with- 
drew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Manchester, 
Bury and Rossendale Railway Bill have leave to sit 
this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Northern 
and Eastern Railway (Newport Deviations) Bill be 
revived :—And that they have leave to sit, and pro- 
ceed, upon Friday the 26th day of this instant April. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Middlesex and 
Essex Turnpike-roads, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Stratford (Eastern Counties) 
and Thames 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. 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land in the 
county of Sutherland, assembled at Golspie ;—and, 
Preses of a Meeting of Heritors, Commissioners of 
Supply and Justices of the Peace of the county of 
Sutherland, convened at Golspie; praying that the 
Dingwall Thoroughfares and Police Bill may not 


pass into a law,—were * cma 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 Petition for the Manchester Royal 





Infirmary, &amp;c., Bill, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Rother Leyei, 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Drainage. 
the case of the Petition for the Rother Levels Drain- 
age Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir Charles Lemon reported from the Committee North British 

on the North British Railway Bill; and to whom Railway Bil, 
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; That they had inquired into the 
several matters required by the Standing Orders on 
Railway Bills; 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 ; 
and be printed. 





, Live 
Mr. Vernon Harcourt reported from the Com- faster Coun. saad 

mittee on the Eastern Counties (Brandon and Pe- ties Railway 

terborough Extension) Railway Bill; and to whom (Brandon and 


several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; mie. 

That they had heard counsel in support of such Pe- 

titions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the 

Bill ; That they had inquired into the several mat- 

ters required by the Standing Orders on Railway 

Bills, so far as the same relate to the present appli- 

cation; 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. d 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and to be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Northern 
Northern Coal Mining Company Bill; That they Coal Mining | 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found Company Bul. | 
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 Glossop 
the Glossop Market Bill; That they had examined Market 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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Padstow 
Padstow 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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Thetford 
Thetford \nclosure and Drainage Bill; That the Inclosure and 
signature of the Lord of the Manor was not affixed Drainage Bill 
to the Consent Bills proved before the Committee, 
but it was stated, that although on being applied to, 
the Lord of the Manor declined to sign the same, 
he informed the Parties that he would not offer any 
opposition to the progress of the Bill, but was de- 
sirous of remaining neuter in respect thereof; That 
all the other Parties concerned had given their con- 
sent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee; 
and that it therefore appeared to the Committee, 
that in this case the Standing Order, No. 91, might, 
with propriety, be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 91, be dis- 
pensed with; and that the Committee be permitted 
to proceed with the Bill without having a copy of 





the Bill signed by the Lord of the Manor. 
Lascaridi’s 








Lascaridi’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Spartali’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 
Railway Bill. 


Liverpool Fire 
Prevention Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
ways Consoli- 
dation Bill, 


Edinburgh 
Poor Assess- 
ment Bill, 


North British 
Railway ; and, 
Edinburgh 

and Glasgow 
Railway Bills. 


Delabole and 
Rock Railwa 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


South-Eastern 
Railway Bill, 





7 VicToRiz. 


Lascaridi’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Spartal’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill ; 
and to 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 tothe 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 Petition of Charles Bell Ford, acting Director 
and Secretary of the Sun Fire Office, and of Thomas 
Richter,Secretary of the Phceenix Fire Office, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool 
Fire Prevention Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 











An ingrossed Bill to consolidate the North Mid- 
land, Midland Counties and Birmingham and Derby 
Junction Railways, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gisborne do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Edinburgh Poor Assessment 
Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 


A Petition of the Incorporation of Tailors in the 
city of Edinburgh, prayiag that the North British 
Railway; and, Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Bills may pass into law, was presented, and read: 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Trelawny presented a Bill for making a 


¥Y Railway from Mellorn, in the Parish of Minster, to 


Black Rock, in the Parish of Saint Michael, in 
Saint Minver Lowlands, in the County of Cornwall : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Sarah Elizabeth 
Countess of Warwick, which was presented upon 
the 19th day of March last, praying that she may 
be heard, by her counsel or agent, against certain 
parts of the South Eastern Railway Bill, be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 
if she think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 

A Petition of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace 
acting in and for the county of Kent, in General 
Session assembled, at Maidstone, in the said county, 
on the 11th day of March 1844, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the said Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Vou. 99. 


1° Aprilis. 


wise interested in the open and common fields, com- 





183 


A Petition of Owners or Proprietors of or other- Thetford 


Inclosure and 
mons, meadows, pastures, fens and other common- eeatiiae 
able lands and grounds in the hamlet of Thetford, 
in the parish of Stretham, in the Isle of Ely and 
county of Cambridge, stating that the Petitioners 
are informed that one of the Standing Orders of 


the House requires the Committee to which the Theé- 


ford Inclosure and Drainage Bill stands referred, in 


the first place, to call on the agent for the said Bill 
to deliver'a copy of the same, signed by the lord of 
the manor, and by other the owners of propert 
affected by the same; that the said lord of the 
manor, although he has declared that he will not 
oppose nor cause any obstacle or impediment to the 
passing of the said Bill, and that he is desirous of 
remaining neuter in respect thereto, nevertheless, 
declines to sign his consent to the same, and by 
reason thereof the passing of such Bill is endan- 
gered, unless the House consent to dispense with 
the production of a Bill so signed ; and praying the 
House to consent to the said Bill proceeding with- 
out the production of such Bill, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Hamilton, of Annadale Cot- Dueling. 
tage, in the county of Dublin, praying the House to 
take the subject of duelling into its consideration, 
with a view to prevent the breach of courtesy and 
the unnecessary waste of human life by single com- 
bat, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Western division of WVorfolk ; Com Laws. 
—Netherwitton ;— Castlelevington ;—Isle of Harty 
(Kent) ; — Maunby ;— Kirby Wiske ;— Newsham- 
with-Breckenbrough ;—A ppleton-le-Street ;-- Thirsk ; 
— New Malton ;—Old Malton ;— Broughton ;—Kil- 
burn ( York) ;-- Helperby ;—Kirklevington ;--Raskelf; 
— Husthwaite ;— Cozwold ;— Barton-le-Street ;— 
Foston ;— Whitwell (York) ;— Ryton ;— Sessay ;— 
Members of the Malton Agricultural Protection So- 
ciety ;—Kepwich ;—Ainderby Quernhow ;—Merio- 
neth County ;—Cowsby ;--Litile Habton ;— Hutton’s 
Ambo ;—South Holme ;—Butterwich ;— Great Hab- 
ton ;—Crambe ;— Hovingham ;—Thornton-le-Clay ; 
-—Barton-le- Willows ; —Swinton ;—Amotherby ;— 
Kilmuir ; — Kincardine ; -- Nigg ; — Edderton ; — 
Fearn; -—Tain ;— Tarbet ;--Loggie ;— Wootton ;— 
Swade ;— Stelling ;—Swingfield ;—Birchington ;— 
Sheldwich ; — Minster ; — Ramsgate ; — Hoath ; — 
Selling-by-Faversham ; — Borden ; —Leysdown ; — 
Badlesmere ; — Milton-next-Sitting bourne ;— Rain- 
ham ;— Graveney-next-Faversham ;— Throwley ;— 
Bethersden ;— Saint John, Margate ;—~ Sturry ;— 
Ashford; — and, Sutton-by-Dovor ; praying the 
House to resist the efforts now making by the Anti- 
Corn-Law League, and that no further alteration 
may be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- Poor Law 
dians of the Wayland Union ;—and, Inhabitants of ee 
Stone ; 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. 

Petitions of the Chairman of the Guardians of Poor Relief 
the poor of the Scuth Dublin Union ;—and, Rate- (Ireland) Act. 

ayers of the Athlone Union; praying for alteration 
of the Poor Relief (Zreland) Act,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor for the Ath- Union with 
lone Union, praying for repeal of the Legislative Ireland. 
Union between Great Britain and Ireland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Archdeaconry of Lewes ;—— Saint Asapia 
Corwen ;—Archdeaconry of Ely ;—Ward End ;— $\4 Bangor 
Clocaenoy ;—Pennal;—and, Llanuchllyn; praying . 
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184. 


for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor, —were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Llangower ;—Dolgelly ; —Bode- 
dern ;—Llangelynin ;—Llanaber ;—Llanfrothen ;— 
Llanfihangel-y-Traethan and Llandecwyn;—Dean- 
ery of Rhés ;—Festiniog and Maentwrog ;—Llan- 
fawr ;--Llanfihangel-y- Pennant ;—Erdington, Aston- 
juxta-Birmingham;— Deanery of Wich ;— Tal-y-llyn; 
—Godstone ;--and, Llanycil; praying for the repeal 
of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as 
relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and 
Bangor, and at the same time that speedy and 
strenuous endéavours may be made for the esta- 
blishment of a See at Manchester, by other means,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Parochial Petitions of Clergy of the Deanery of Wich, in 
Assessments the county and diocese of Worcester ;—and, Clergy 


of the archdeaconry of Lewes; praying for the re- 
peal of so much of the Parochial Assessments Act 
as affects the assessment upon Tithes and Tithe 
Rent-charge,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
Local Courts. Petitions from Whitchurch (Pembroke) ; — Llan- 
rhystid;—and, Gellygare; praying that a Bill for 
establishing local courts for the decision of small 
causes, may speedily pass into law, with such pro- 
vision as may render its operation as beneficial to the 
rincipality of Wales as to the other parts of the 
ee gedit presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Lime Toll 
Exemption 
(Wales) Bill. 


No. 163. 


Colonel Wood preseuted a Bill to exempt from 
Toll Lime conveyed on any Turnpike-road in the 
Principality of Wales: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 1st day of May next; and 
to be printed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Manchester, complaining of the in- 
efficient arrangements of the Post-office, with regard 
to the town of Manchester ; and praying the House 
to direct steps to be taken, with the view to secure 
such relief as the wants of the commercial com- 
munity imperatively require, and the mercantile 
importance of Manchester, and the districts con- 
nected therewith, may justly claim, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Post-office. 


A Petition of Segar Manufacturers of the port of 
London, stating that the Petitioners view with alarm 
the probability of the duty on foreign Segars being 
reduced, in the event of any reduction being con- 
templated in that of Leaf Tobacco ; and praying the 
House not to adopt any measure having for its ob- 
ject a reduction of the existing duty on foreign 
Segars, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 

A Petition of Residents in the town of Stockport, 
praying for reduction of the duty on Tobacco to a 
very low rate, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


Tobacco. 


Dublin Pro- A Petition of Members of the Dublin Protestant 
testant Opera- Operative Association and Reformation Society and 
tive Association. “sher Protestants, in public meeting assembled, at 
the Rotunda, Dublin, praying that their address to 
Her most gracious Majesty and that to his Excel- 
lency the Lord Lieutenant, on the subject of the 
Church Establishment in Ireland, may be produced 
and laid before the House, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Prisons Petitions from Linlithgow ;-- Whithorn ; —Ar- 
(Scotlund) Bill. broath ;—and, Selkirk; praying that the Prisons 


1° Aprilis, 





A. 1844. 


(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Co, 
the Report on the Eastern Counties Railway Bill ; ties Railway 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. ” 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Bow Brickhill Estate Bill was read a second Bow Brick 
time ; and committed. Estate Bill, 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of William Pringle Green, a Lieu- witian Prince 
tenant in the Royal Navy, stating that the Petitioner Green. 
has made discoveries in naval matters, involving 
very materially the interests of the State ; and pray- 

ing the House to direct its attention to these public 
matters and discoveries, requiring many years as- 
siduous labour and so extensive a chain of events 

to complete, was presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Matthew Phillips, suggesting that Land Ailot. 
a Parliamentary Enactment be immediately granted, ments 
enabling parishes, vestries or guardians to hire a 
moderate quantity of land to be re-let at a fair farm 

rental, a rood or two to a family, was presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the deanery of Wich, in Convocation of 
the county and diocese of Worcester, stating that the Clergy. 
the Petitioners, deeply lamenting the present dis- 
tracted state of the Church, and earnestly desiring 

both a decision on the important points of doctrine 

now at issue, and a return to the Godly discipline 

ofthe primitive Church, anxiously seek a restoration 

of the inalienable powers of Convocation with a 

view thereto; and praying the House to take steps 

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


Petitions from West Bromwich ;— Barnsley (Chair- Masters and 
man of a Meeting); — Rochdale (Chairman of a Servants Bill 
Meeting) ;—Spita/fields (President and Secretary) ; 

— Bilston (Chairman of a Meeting) ; — Bradley 
(Stafford) ;— Dudley (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— 
Tipton ;— Wednesbury (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— 
Netherton (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Rochdale ;— 
Woodside (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Tipton Sum- 
merhill (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—and, Miners of 
Great Britain and Ireland ; praying that the Masters 
and Servants Bill may not pass into.a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kirriemuir, praying Redress of 
the House to refrain from voting the Supplies until Grievances. 
the Grievances of the people are investigated and 
redressed, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Captain Adderley Willcocks Sleigh, Floating 
K. T. S., formerly acting Master of the Royal Navy, Breakwaters- 
and late in the Military and Naval Services of Por- 
tugal and Spain, stating that the Petitioner has in- 
vented a Floating Sea and Wind Barrier or Break- 
water, on an entirely new and original plan based 
on scientific principles, and capable of forming safe 
and sheltered Harbuurs on any coast ; and praying 
that a temporary loan may be granted him of certain 
anchors and cables, together with the use of a steam 
vessel for four days to moor his invention, which will 
be capable (as a model refuge harbour) of affording 
shelter to several small vessels, and probably become, 
even in this instance, the means of preventing to a 
considerable extent, the loss of life and property, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





A Petition - 

















































































Rating of 
Tenements. 


Coun. 
vay 
Railways. 
hil} 
ll, 
ringle 
t- 
Factories Bill, 
mn of 
a 
Canada. 
No. 164. 
Canada. 
No. 165. 


7 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice Chairman and 
Members of the Board of Guardians of the Isle of 
Thanet Union, praying the House to pass an Act 
to authorize overseers to assess the owners of pro- 
perty of less annual value than ten pounds, to the 
rates for the relief of the poor, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Carriers, Traders and 
Inhabitants of Dewsbury and neighbourhood, in the 
county of York, stating that various applications 
are now pending before Parliament for the purpose 
of enabling certain Railway Companies to combine 
with separate Undertakings in such way as to re- 
move all chance of competition between several 
lines of communication by which the public con- 
venience in many instances will be sacrificed ; and 
praying the House to take the evils of the present 
laws as respects Railway Companies into their con- 
sideration, and to cause such restrictions to be im- 
posed upon such Companies, especially in the in- 
stances stated in their Petition, as may meet the 
grievances pointed out, and that if necessary the 
Petitioners may be allowed to give evidence, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select | 
Committee on Railways. 














A Petition of Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers 
of the borough of Stockport, stating that the Peti- 
tioners view with alarm the proposition which has 
been made in the House to introduce a clause, the 
virtual effect of which would be to restrict the hours 
of all labour in Factories to ten per diem; and pray- 
ing that the said proposition may not be allowed 
to pass into a law, but that the hours of labour 


1° Aprils. 





may remain the same as proposed in the Bill intro- 
duced by Her Majesty’s Government, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Holmfirth District (Chairman 
of a Meeting) ;—Carlisle (Chairman of a Meeting) ; 
—and, Leigh; praying that the time of labour in 
Factories be limited to ten hours daily for five days 
in the week, and eight hours on Saturday,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant 
to an Address to Her Majesty,—-Copies of the Ad- 
dress of the House of Assembly of the Province 
of Canada to the Governor-General, respecting the 
Civil List, regulated by the Act for the Union of the 
Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada; of the 
Message of the Governor-General in reply to the 
said Address, and dated the 16th day of October 
1843, together with the Memorandum alluded to in 
the said Reply, and presented to the House of As- 
sembly by the command of the Governor-General ; 
and a Copy of the Address to Her Majesty the 
Queen, passed in the last Session of the Provincial 
Parliament by the House of Assembly, respecting 
the said Civil List:—A Copy of the Report pre- 
sented by the Commissioners appointed, pursuant 
to an Address of the 7th day of September 1841, 
of the House of Assembly of the Province of Ca- 
nada, to inquire relative to the Seignioral Tenure 
existing in Lower Canada :—Also, Extracts of any 
Correspondence of the Governor-General of Canada 
and the Colonial Office respecting the repeal of the 
Act of the Imperial Parhament, intituled, “ The 
Canada Tenures Act,” since the year 1887 :—-And, 
Extracts of Correspondence relative to the effect of 
the British Copyright Act, and the policy of ex- 
cluding from the Province American Reprints of 
British Publications. 

Mr. George William Hope also presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a 
Bill to incorporate the Church Societies of the United 
Church of England and Ireland in the Dioceses of 
Quebec and Toronto, passed 1st December 1843. 

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

Vor. 99. 





185 


Mr. Gladstone reported from the Select Committee Railways 
appointed to consider whether any and what new (Third Report.) 
Provisions ought to be introduced into such Rail- No. 166. 


way Bills as may come before this House during 
the present or future Sessions, for the Advantage of 
the Public and the Improvement of the Railway 
System, and likewise to consider whether any and 
what Changes ought to be made in the Standing 
Orders relating to Railways, and to report their 
Opinion thereon to the House, and who were em- 
powered to report their Opinion thereupon from time 
to time ; and who were instructed to consider of any 
arrangements advantageous to the Public, with re- 
gard to existing Railway Companies generally, to 
which in the Opinion of the Committee Parliament 
might justly give its sanction; That they had fur- 
ther considered the matters to them referred, and 
had directed him to report several Resolutions, with 
a Report, to the House ; and the Resolutions of the 
Committee were read, as follow : 

1. That the powers to be granted by any Act of 
the present or future Sessions of Parliament, for the 
construction of new Lines of Railway, whether 
Trunk, Branch or Junction Lines, shall be subject 
to the following conditions :— 

2. That if, at the end of a term of years to be 
fixed, the annual divisible Profits upon the paid-up 
share Capital of any such Line of Railway shall be 
equal to a per-centage to be fixed, or so soon after 
the expiration of the said term as the said per- 
centage shall have been reached, it shall be in the 
option of the Government either, tirst, to purchase 
the Line at the rate of a number of years’ purchase, 
to be fixed, of such divisible Profits; or, secondly, 
to revise the fares and charges on the Line, in such 
manner as shall, in the judgment of the Government, 
be calculated to reduce the said divisible Profits, 
assuming always the same quantity and kinds of 
annual traffic to continue, to the said per-centage ; 
but with a guarantee, on the part of the Govern- 
ment, to subsist while such scale of fares and 
charges shall be in force, to make up the divisible 
Profits to the said per-centage. 

3. And also, that at or after the end of the said 
term of years, it shall be in the option of the Go- 
vernment to purchase the Line at the said number 
of years’ purchase of the annual divisible Profits, 
whatever be the amount of such Profits. 

4. That the term of years be Fifteen, to date 
from the next following first of January after the 
passing of the Act for the construction of the Rail- 
way. 

3. That the rate of divisible Profits at which the 
right of revision shall accrue, shall be 10 per cent. 

6. That the number of years’ purchase at which 
the Railway may be bought for the Public, shall be 
25 years. 

7. That the said annual divisible Profit shall be 
calculated upon the average of the three last pre- 
ceding years. 

8. That the accounts of such Line, if a Branch 
or Junction Line, shall be kept separate from those 
of the main Lines with which they are connected, 
and shall he liable to inspection by the Government, 
and to be produced upon the demand of the Go- 
vernment. 

9. That if any dispute shall arise as to what the 
actual amount of such divisible Profits in any given 
case may have been, the matter in question shall 
be referred to arbitration. 














10. That power be taken by the Government, in 
the event of its exercising the right of revision, to 
provide for such regulations upon the Line as it 
shall deem necessary, in order to secure to the Pub- 
lic the full advantages of the reduced rate of fares 
and charges fixed by the revising authority. 

11. That the Companies may be required to pro- 
vide upon such new Lines of Railway, as a minimum 
of third-class accommodation, one Train at least 
each way on every week-day, by which there shall 

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Borough, 


Agricultural 
Statistics, 


186 1° Aprilis. 


be the ordinary obligation to convey such passengers 
us may present themselves at any of the ordinary 
stations, in carriages provided with seats and pro- 
tected from the weather, at a speed not less than 
12 miles an hour including stoppages, and at fares 
not exceeding a penny per mile; each Passenger 
Ly such Train being allowed not exceeding 56 lbs. 
of luggage without extra charge, and extra luggage 
being charged by weight at a rate not exceeding 
the lowest charge by other Trains; Children under 
Three years being conveyed without extra charge ; 
and Children from Three to Twelve years at half- 
price. 

12. That the tax upon the receipts from such 
conveyance of third-class passengers should not 
exceed one half of any duty that may be laid upon 
the general traffic of Railways. 

15. That the Board of Trade have a discretionary 
power of dispensing with any of the above require- 
ments, and of allowing alternative arrangements 
which shall appear to it to be better calculated to 

romote the public convenience upon any particular 
Detowr ; and that the Board of Trade have a dis- 
cretionary control over the Train which satisfies the 


starting, nature of accommodation, arrangements 
with connecting Lines, and other points of detail, 





A. 1844, 


the Board of Trade to Woronzow Greig, Esquire, 
Honorary Secretary to the Statistical Society of 
London, together with its Inclosures, having re- 
ference to an attempt made by that Department to 
obtain Returns exhibiting the agricultural Capability 
and Production of the County of Bedford. 
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 Ewigration, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extract of a Despatch from the 
Governor-General of Canada, transmitting the last 
Annual Report of the Agent for Emigration. 
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, Promissory 
a Copy of the Returns relating to the Issue of Pro- a and 
missory Notes in England, Scotland and Ireland, ®“""- 


_and to the Bullion in the Bank of England, directed 
above minimum requirement, as regards times of 


to be published every Four Weeks in the London 
Gazette, by the Act 4 and 5 Vic. c. 50, from the 
passing of the same Act to the present time. 





subject to the above general principles, and to the 
understanding that such control is to be limited to 
the Train in question. 

14. That the Companies shall be bound to convey 
upon such new Lines military and police forces, 
and public stores, baggage and ammunition, on the 
requisition of the proper authorities, at fares not 
exceeding 1d. per mile for each private, and 2d. per 
mile for each officer, with the usual accommodation, 
and at charges not exceeding 2d. per ton per mile 
for stores and baggage ; the same quantity of per- 
sonal luggage being allowed free of charge to each 
officer and private as to each ordinary first and se- 
cond-class passenger respectively ; and the carriages 
in which such forces are conveyed being, whenever 
so required by the proper Authorities, provided with 
seats and protected against the weather. 

15. That upon such new Lines the Post-office be 
empowered to require the transmission of the Mails 
(subject to the usual conditions as to payment for 
services performed by Railway Companies) at any 
rate of speed certified by the Inspector-general to 
be consistent with safety ; and also to send a mail- 
guard with bags not exceeding the weight allowed 
for an ordinary passenger’s luggage (or subject to 
the rules of the Company for any excess of that 
weight) by any of the ordinary Trains, upon the 
same terms and conditions as an ordinary passenger ; 
it being understood that this power shall not au- 
thorize the Post-office to require the conversion of 
a regular Mail Train into an ordinary Train, nor to 
exercise any control over the Company in respect 
of any ordinary Train. 

16. That it shall be open to the Government to 
determine what extensions of existing Lines of 
Railway are to be considered as New Lines, for the 
purposes of these Resolutions. 

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


A Petition of the Mayor of the borough of Stam- 
ford, praying that power may be given to the Ma- 
gistrates for the said borough, to commit offenders 
who are not triable within the jurisdiction of the 
borough for trial at the assizes at Oakham, instead 
of their being sent to Lincoln, 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 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Process Servers 
Return, in detail, of the manner in which the Sum (Ireland.) 
of £.9,255, paid by the Excise in Ireland, in the 
year 1843, under the title of Salaries to Process 
| Servers, was expended ; stating the Name of each 
Person, the Amount paid to each, the Place of Re- 
sidence, and also the Occupation of such Person, if 
he has any other; distinguishing the Number of 
Process Servers, and the Aggregate Amount paid 
to them in each County ; stating also, by what Au- 
| thority these Payments were made, by what Officer 
or Department the Process Servers are appointed, 
and whether the Amount is repaid to the Excise, 
and if so, by what Department paid. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell and Message from 

Mr. Duckworth: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for punishing Mutiny Mutiny Bill. 
and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the 
Army and their Quarters : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Regulation of Her pfarine Mutiny 
Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore: Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to indemnify such Per- Indemnity Bill. 
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-five : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Ribble Ribble Navi- 
Navigation Company to raise a further Sum of Mo- gation Bill. 
ney, and to enable the Owners of Reclaimed Lands 
to pay a Sum in gross, in lieu of the Annual Rents : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Ramsey _ 
the Parish of Ramsey, in the County of Hunting- lnclosure Bil. 
don: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Bury Inclosure 
the Parish of Bury, in the County of Huntingdon : 8. 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act ang 
for naturalizing Paul Cababé; to which the Lords N* 3" 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 








Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Registration 
|alter and amend the Laws which regulate the Re- (ireland) Bill 
'_gistration, Qualification and Polling of Parliament- 

_ary Electors in Jreland: And that Lord Eliot, Mr. 


House, a Copy ofa Letter addressed, on the 3d day | Attorney General for Ireland and Sir James Gra- 
of May 1838, from the Statistical Department of | ham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, 








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7 VicrToriz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter the Qualification of Burgesses in Municipal 
Corporations, and of Voters in the Election of Mu- 
nicipal Commissioners in Ireland: And that Lord 
Eliot, Mr. Attorney General for Jreland and Sir 
James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Manicipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply 5 The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Civil Contingencies, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and twelve thousand one hundred and 
ninety pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, 
to the 31st day of March 1845, the Expense of 
Works and Repairs of Public Buildings ; for Fur- 
niture, &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 Five 
thousand four hundred and twenty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
providing temporary accommodation for the Houses 
of Parliament, Committee Rooms, Offices and Tem- 

orary Official Residences for the Speaker of the 
as of Commons and other Officers of that House, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1845, the Expense 
of the Works at the New Houses of Parliament. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account of the Works and Improvements in Trafal- 
gar-square. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Civil Contin- 
gencies. 


Public 


Buildings 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


New Houses of 
Parliament, 


Trafalgar 
Square. 





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


Martis, 2° die Aprilis, 1844: 


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 
the 15th day of this instant April, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 

Supply ; Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as fol- 
low: 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
seven thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of the British Museum, for the year ending 
on the 25th day of March 1845. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and thirty-six thousand two hundred and 
eighty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Commissariat Department, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
six thousand six hundred and eighteen pounds, be 


British 
Museum, 


Commissariat 
Department. 


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 1845. 
Exchequer 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
Bills, million four hundred and seven thousand and three 


hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 


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187 


off and discharge Exchequer Bills charged on the 
Aids of 1844, unprovided for. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Gold and Silver 
mittee on the Gold and Silver Wares Bill; Wares Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 

15th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Quarter Ses- 
mittee on the Quarter Sessions (Cities and Boroughs) sions (Cities 
Bill ; = Boroughs) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

the 17th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into County 
further consideration the Report on the County Co- Coroners Bill. 
roners Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the 17th day of this 

instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waysand 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

the 15th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Court 
to extend the Jurisdiction and regulate the Pro- (County Pala- 
ceedings of the County Court of the County Pala- i" *) Bill 
tine of Lancaster: And that Lord Granville Somer-"”* 
set and Mr. Nicholl do prepare, and bring it in. 


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

to enlarge the Jurisdiction and improve the Practice Chancery 
and Proceedings of the Court of Chancery of the (Coumty Pale- 
County Palatine of Zancaster: And that Lord Gran- caster) Bill. 
ville Somerset and Mr. Nicholl do prepare, and bring 

it im. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- atmospheric 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Railway, 
inguire into and report upon the importance of an 
early and complete trial of the Atmospheric Railway 
system :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Charitable 
to provide for the Establishment and Regulation of Pawn Societies 
Charitable Pawn Societies: And that Mr. Cowper —_ 
and Mr. Hutt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Church 
to amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of Temporalities 
the Church in Ireland: And that Mr. French and (*"®) Pil 
Mr. George Alexander Hamilton do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Controverted 
posed, That Sir Thomas Fremantle be discharged Elections. 
from further attendance on the Select Committee 
on Controverted Elections :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Notice being taken, that the Damage by Fire Damage by Fire 
(Metropolis) Bill, was not prepared according to the (Metropolis) 
Order of Leave ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Order for the second reading 
of the said Bill be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Damage by Fire 
for the better Prevention of Damage by Fire in the (Metropo’s) 
Metropolis and its Neighbourhood: And that the ‘** — 
Earl of Lincoln and Sir James Graham do prepare, 
and bring it in. 





BB2 Mr. 














County Court 


tine of 
caster) Bill. 


No. 167. 


Expiring Laws, 
No. 168. 


Damage by Fire 


(Metropolis) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 169. 


Charitable 


Pawn Societies 


Bill. 
No. 170. 


Court of 
Chancery 


(County Pala- 


tine of Lan- 
caster) Bill. 


No.171. 


Answer to 
Addresses, 


Royal Palaces, 


Gardens, &amp;c, 


Bleachers 
(Scotland.) 


Police. 


Churches 
and Chapels 
(Ireland. ) 


188 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to extend the Juris- 
—— diction and regulate the Proceedings of the County 
Court of the County Palatine of Lancaster: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 17th day 
of this instant April; and to be printed. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire into what temporary Laws of a 
public and general nature are now in force, and what 
Laws of the like nature have expired since the last 
Report upon the subject, and also what Laws of the 
like nature are about to expire at particular periods, 
or in consequence of any contingent public event ; 
and to report the same, with their Observations there- 
upon, to the House; That they had examined the 
matters to them referred, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill for the better 
Prevention of Damage by Fire in the Metropolis 
and its Neighbourhood: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be reada second time 
upon Friday the 19th day of this instant April ; and 
to be printed, 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to provide for the 
Establishment and Regulation of Charitable Pawn 
Societies: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 17th day of this instant April; and to 


be printed. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enlarge the Juris- 
diction and improve the Practice and Proceedings 
of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of 
Lancaster: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 17th day of this instant April; and to be 


printed. 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 25th day of March 
last, (That Her Majesty would be graciously pieased 
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. 


1°—2° Aprils. 





A. 1844, 


and enlarged :—And, a Return of the Number of 
School Houses in which Divine Service is performed. 


An Abstract of the Account of the Receipt and Dublin 
Expenditure of all Monies by the Corporation of Corporation, 
the City of Dublin, from the 1st day of March 1843 

to the Date of the Audit next preceding the 1st day 

of January 1844. 


Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of March Valuation 
last, for a Return of the Number of Acres the Va-(Iteland.) 
luation of which has been completed, and the Cost 

of Valuation :—2. Of the Number of Acres the Va- 
luation of which has not been commenced, and the 
estimated Cost of Valuation :—3. Of the Number 

of Acres the Valuation of which is in progress, se- 
parated into two classes :—I1st. Where One-fourth 

and upwards of the estimated Cost of Valuation 

has been already incurred :—2d. Where less than 
One-fourth of the estimated Cost has as yet been 
expended on the Valuation ; and stating the Number 

of Acres, actual Expense incurred, and the estimated 
ultimate Cost of the Valuation of each Class. 


Copies of the Applications made by the Incum- Saint Nichols 
bent, Churchwardens and Parishioners of the Church Within Church 
of Saint Nicholas Within, Dublin, or any of them, lim) 

to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Zreland, re- 

lative to the dilapidated State of the Parish Church, 

and to the taking down of same :—Of the Report 

of the Architect of the said Commissioners, relative 

to the taking down of said Church :—Of the Official 

Report made by the Provincial Architect to the 
Archbishop of Dublin, relative to the taking down 

of said Church :—And, of the Correspondence or 

other Communications which may have passed be- 

tween the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the 
Archbishop of Dublin upon this subject. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Constabulary 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—A Force 
Statement of the Amount of Constabulary Force in “"¢*"*) 
each County, County of a City and County of a 

Town in Jredand, on the 1st of January 1844. 


A Copy of the General Order made by the Court Court of 


3 Exchequer 
of Exchequer in Zreland, 30th January 1844. (Irelard.) 


Accounts of Presentments made by the Grand Grand Jury 
Juries of the several Counties, Cities and Towns of oo 
Ireland, in the year 1843. ann 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of ponds, Kingston-upon- 
lands, buildings and property, situate on the Garri- Hull Docks Bill. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to se- son-Side, in the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, 


veral Addresses to Her Majesty,— Return to an 


praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of Au-| their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 


gust, in the last Session of Parliament, for an Ac- Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, was presented, and 
count of all Sums _ received by the Commissioners | read. 


of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, on account 
of each of the Royal Palaces, Gardens, Parks and 
the Appurtenances thereof (stated to have been 


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 


expended thereon, in Parliamentary Paper, No. Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 


343, of that Session), for Rents, Pasturage, Sale 
of Unserviceable Timber, Windfalls and Toppings 
of Trees, Stock, Old Materials, or from any other 
source, in each year, from 1838 to 1842, both 


inclusive. 


A Copy of the Memorial from the Master Bleach- 


vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pauper Lu- Pauper 
natics, which was presented upon Friday last, be Lunaucs 
printed. No.172. 


ers in the West of Scotland to the Secretary of Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Reproduc- Reproductive 


State for the Home Department. 
Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to| upon Friday last, be printed. 
Orders,—A Return of the Number of the Irish Po- 


d Loan Fund 
(Ireland.) 


No. 173. 


tive Loan Fund (Ireland), which was presente 


lice Force and of the Metropolitan Police, in each Ordered, That the Return relative to the Trigo- Trigonometrical 


year since they were established, and the Amount | nometrical Survey of Scotland, which was presente 
of Public Money voted for the same in each year. 

A Return of the Number of Churches and Chapels 
built in each Diocese of Ireland, since the 1st day 
of January 1823 ; stating, as nearly as possible, the 
Cost in each case, and the sources, whether Public 
or Private, from which the Money was derived :— 
A similar Return of Churches and Chapels rebuilt 


d Survey of 
Scotland. 


upon Friday last, be printed. No. 174. 





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





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Royal Assent 
0 Bills. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Bury Inclosure 
Bill. 


Ramse 
Inclosure Bill. 


East India. 


East India, 


Scindia, 
No. 175. 


Trade and 
Manufactures 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 176. 


7 Vicroriz. 2° Aprilis. 189 


Martis, 2° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


A® ESSAGE, 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 desire 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where 
a Commission under the Great Seal was read, giving, 
declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to the 
several Public and Private Bills therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are 
as follow : 

An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and 
for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters : 

An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s 
Royal Marine Forces while on Shore: 

An Act 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 respectively, until the 
Twenty-fifth day of March One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-five: 

An Act to enable the Ribble Navigation Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and to enable 
the Owners of Reclaimed Lands to pay a Sum in 
Gross in lieu of the Annual Rents: 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Bury, 
in the County of Huntingdon: 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Ram- 
sey, in the County of Huntingdon. 


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 se- 
veral Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Acts passed 
by the Right honourable the Governor-General of 
India in Council, on the 10th January 1842 (Nos. 1. 
to 28. of 1842). 

Copy of Index to the Acts of the Supreme Go- 
vernment of India, for the year 1841. 

Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Copies of Instructions from Lord Cornwallis to 
Lord Lake, regarding the Relations of the British 
Government with Scindia, dated 19th September 
1805 :--And, of Instructions from Sir George Barlow 
to Lord Lake, on the same subject, dated in Octo- 
ber, or early in November, 1805 :—And, Extracts of 
a Letter from the Marquis of Hastings to the Secret 
Committee, as far as it respects our Relations with 
Scindia, dated 1st March 1820:— And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Law, from the Treasitry, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return 
(in continuation of that made to this House in 1835), 
showing, in columns, the yearly Income and Ex- 
penditure of the Public Money which is intrusted 
to‘ The Board for the Encouragement of Trade 
and Manufactures in Scotland’; exhibiting the 
Income of each year, and the Individual Items 
of Expenditure in each year respectively, since 
the last Return; distinguishing the Amount of 
Premiums, and the Kind or Name of the Pre- 
miums in each year, from the other Items; with the 
Sum Total of Premiums and of other Items in each 

Vou. 99. 


year respectively :—Also, the Names of the Trustees 
or Directors composing the Board, with their Re- 
sidences and Avocations :—Also, the Amount of 
Salaries and other Allowances paid to the Officers 
of the Board in each year respectively ; together 
with the Dates of the Meetings of the Board in 
each year, and the Names of the Trustees or Di- 
rectors who attended each of the same :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Petitions of Trustees of the Road from Worthing Brighton and 
to Lancing ;—and, Sir James Martin Lloyd and Re- Chichester 
becca Martin Lloyd, of Lancing, in the county of Sus- — 
sex ; praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Brighton and Chichester Railway 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. 


‘The Pulteney Town Harbour and Improvement Palteney Town 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Harbour and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- —_—— 
mittee of Selection. ; 


é : fe Newbury and 
Ordered, That the Committee on the Newbury Great Western 


and Great Western Railway; and, Newbury, Basing- ht 3 and, 
stoke, London and Southampion Railway Bills, have rear sene 3 
leave to sit this day till five of the clock, during the — and 
stone outhampton 
sitting of the House. Railway Bills, 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Durham County 
the Report on the Durham County Coal Company om ie tia 
Bill; 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 $'ford 
unopposed Private Bills, informed the House, that ~ cca 
in the case of the Salford Improvement Bill, when ~ 
the Parties appeared before him previously to going 
into 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 
Parties ought not to withdraw their Bill, and pre- 
sent another in the amended form. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 19th 
day of March last, for committing the said Bill, be 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Salford 
of the Petition for the Sa/ford Improvement on, ras 
which, upon the 7th day of March last, was made (N® +) Bill 
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 opening certain Streets and otherwise improving 
the Town of Salford, and for amending an Act 
passed in the eleventh year of the reign of his Ma- 








jesty King George the Fourth, for better cleansing 
and improving the said Town of Salford, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster: And that Mr. Bro- 
therton, Mr. Mark Philips and Mr. Milner Gibson 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Master Coopers of London, pray Staves. 
ing the House to authorize colonial Staves to be 
admitted at a nominal duty, and foreign Staves at 
an ad valorem duty of five per cent., thereby placing 
the general Cooper on an equal footing with the 
herring Cooper, and enabling him successfully to 
compete in our colonies with the foreigner, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Sutton Pool Company, praying South Devon 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Railway Bill. 





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190 


or agents, against certain parts of the South Devon 
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. 


Furness 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. 


the Report on the Furness Railway Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Capabé’s 


egg Cababé’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
Jat. Bill. 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


South-Eastern 


A Petition of Lydia Elizabeth Hague, of Folke- 
Railway Bill, 


stone, in the county of Kent, Spinster, praying that 
she may be heard, by herself, her counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the South Eastern Railway 
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. 


Schoolmasters A Petition of Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters 

(Scotland.) of the presbytery of Kirkcudbright, praying the 
House to adopt measures for ameliorating the con- 
dition of the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters 
of Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Railroad A Petition of John Malcomson, William Milward, 

Companies. 


John Barden, Joseph D. Lapham and Josiah Wil- 
liams, Merchants, Directors of the Waterford Steam 
Navigation Company, praying the House to reject 
all clauses in Railway Bills, having for their object 
the granting powers to Railroad Companies of be- 
coming steam-vessel Proprietors, also by the rejec- 
tion of all clauses empowering the said Companies 
to lend money on the security of any description of 
property or by the insertion, in clauses for lending 
money on the security of property, of words ex- 
cepting property in steam shipping, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Manchester and 
Birmingham 
Railway 
(Macclesfield 
and Poynton 
Branches) 
(No.2.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Manchester and Birmingham Rail- 
way (Macclesfield and Poynton Branches) (No. 2.) 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Reversionary 
Interest Societ 


Bill. 


The Reversionary Interest Society Bill was read 
Ya second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Manchesterand The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Leeds, and Hey- the Report on the Manchester and Leeds and Hey- 
wood Branch 7 apie ‘ 1 d 
Railway Bil, wood Branch Railway Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Edinburgh Theingrossed Bill for providing for the Liquidation 
— = of the Debt owing by the Charity Workhouse of 
ment Bill. , 


the City of Edinburgh, for regulating the Assess- 
ment for Relief of the Poor of the said City, and 
for other Purposes relating thereto, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gibson Craig do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Public Petitions 
(Fourteenth 
Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; ‘That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 27th and 29th days of 


2 Aprilis. 

















A. 1844, 


March last; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

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


Lord Eliot presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Parliamentary, 
mand,—Returns of Parliamentary Electors, also of Electors; an4, 
Tenements valued under the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 56, ycjements 
for Relief of the Poor in Ireland, 1842-3. (Irelands) 

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


A Petition of Master Cotton Spinners of the city Factories Bi 
of Carlisle and its neighbourhood, praying the 
House to make no further alterations in the hours 
of labour in Factories, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Zlanbadrig ; — and, Ozstead ; gain Asaph 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 and Bangor 
Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees Dicceses. 
of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time, 
that speedy and strenuous endeavours may be made 
for the establishment of a See at Manchester, by other 
means,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Aberayron, in the Local Couns, 

county of Cardigan, and its vicinity, praying that 
a Bill for the establishment of Local Courts for the 
decision of small causes may speedily pass into a 
law, with such provisions as may render its operation 
as beneficial to the principality of Wales, as to the 
other parts of the kingdom, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Freshfield, of New Bank Forgeries of 
Buildings, Solicitor, praying that an officer of the Wills. 
House may attend at the Central Criminal Court 
on the trials against Joshua Fletcher and others, for 
forging Wills, to produce the Journals of the House 
containing the appointment of the Right honour- 
able the Speaker in the years 1839 and 1841, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper officer 
to attend accordingly. 


Petitions of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Prisons __ 
Council of Nairn ;—and, Provost of Fortrose; pray- (Scotland) Bill 
ing that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of John Fry ;--Henry Acheson Cro- Medical 
zier ;—Robert Rendall ;—and, T. S. Tickell ; pray- Profession. 
ing for the formation of one faculty of medicine and 
surgery for the United Kingdom, having boards of 
examiners in London, Edinburgh and Dublin, to 
grant medical degrees under uniform regulations,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Mill Cotton. 
property in the town of Stalybridge, in the counties 
palatine of Lancaster and Chester, praying for the 
total and immediate repeal of the duty on Cotton 
W ool, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration — 
the Report on the South Eastern, Canterbury, Rams- et a 
gate and Margate Railway Bill; and the Amend- Margate Rail- 
ments were read, and agreed to. way Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Freeholders and Elec- Commons - 
tors of the county of Berks, situate within the Mclosue *\ 
borough of Wallingford, and in the parishes and 
hamlets of Aston Tirrold, Aston Upthorpe, Blew- 
bury, Moreton, &amp;c., praying that the Commons 
Inclosure Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, 


Post-ou 


Rating 
Tenem 





Union 
Jrelant 


Prisot 
(Scot 











Post-oflices 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Union with 
Jreland, 


Prisons 
(Scotland.) 


Gamekeepers, 


Mrs. Gilmour, 





7 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Petition from Manchester, re- 
lative to the Post-office, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Saint 
Germain’s Union, in the counties of Cornwall and 
Devon, praying that so much of the Act of 59 Geo. 3, 
c. 12, as transfers the payment of rates from occu- 
piers to owners of divided houses be adopted in 
cases of cottages and small tenements, the rent of 
which is five pounds and under, or that such occu- 
piers at or under such rental paying the poor rates 
be empowered to make deductions ofsuch payments 
from their rents, and of the value of goods and chat- 
tels distrained for such payment, and of costs at- 
tendant on the process, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint John, in the 
town of Sligo, praying for the repeal of the Legis- 
lative Union between Great Britain and Ireland, 


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, Returns showing all Sums of Money which 
have been assessed and levied in each County and 
Burgh in Scotland, respectively, for each of the 
Three years immediately preceding the commence- 
ment of the Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 42; 1st. for the 
Erection and Repair of any general or local Prisons ; 
and 2dly, for the Committal, Trial, Removal and 
Maintenance of any Prisoners, and all other Ex- 
penses connected therewith, distinguishing the 
Amount expended under these two separate heads, 
and specifying the Funds out of which such Sums 
were paid ; the Returns from Burghs including such 
Towns and Places as have been made Parliamentary 
Burghs by the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 65:—And, 
showing all Sums of Money which have been assessed 
and levied in each County and Burgh in Scoéland, 
respectively (including as aforesaid), for each year 
since the commencement of the Act 2 and 3 Vic. 
c. 42; 1st. for the Erection and Repair of any Ge- 
neral Prison; 2d. for the Erection and Repair of 
any local Prison ; 3d. for the Committal, Trial, Re- 
moval and Maintenance of any Prisoners, and all 
other Expenses connected therewith, distinguishing 
the Amount expended under these three several 
heads, and specifying the Funds out of which such 
Sums were paid; also, whether such Assessment 
was made upon valued Rent or real Rent; and 
stating the Amount of the Rate per cent. upon such 
Rent levied in each County and Burgh respectively. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Inquests held by the Coro- 
ners of England and Wales, since the year 1833, 
upon the bodies of Gamekeepers; and the Verdicts 
of the Juries. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing the stages of the Proceed- 
ings in the case of Mrs. Gilmour, who fled from 
Renfrewshire to the United States, and was there- 
after tried before the High Court of Justiciary in 
Edinburgh, charged with having murdered her hus- 
a by poison ; with the date of the first Warrant 

ou. 99. 





2° Aprils. 





191 


for her Apprehension, and by whom granted ; the 
Name of the Officer who was despatched to the 
United States in search of her; Copy of any Cor- 
respondence which took place between the British 
Government and the American Government or Au- 
thorities, relative to giving up the person of Mrs, 
Gilmour ; the date of the Officer’s return with her 
to Scotland, and the date of her Incarceration in 
Paisley Gaol ; the dates of her several Examinations, 
and the Name or Names of the Magistrate or Ma- 
gistrates before whom the same were made; the 
date and place of her Trial; the Cost incurred by 
the Crown in the Proceedings. 

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


Returns of the manner in which the Sum of £.1,520 
was expended for Fortifications by the Excise De- 
partment in Jreland in the years 1842 and 1843, by 
the Act 43 Geo. 3,c. 55; stating for what Places 
the Expenditure was made, and the Person to whom 
paid :—Of the manner in which £.6,114, paid by 
the Excise Department in England for Corn Re- 
turns was expended ; stating the Name and Place 
of Residence, and the Amount paid to each Person, 
according to the Acts 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, and 5 Vic., 
Sess. 2, c. 14, by the Excise :—Of the manner in 
which £.9,987 was expended by the Excise in Eng- 
land, under the head of Pensions ; stating the Name 
of each Person, the Amount paid to each, and by 
what authority the Pension was paid :—And, of the 
manner in which £.30,696, paid by the Excise De- 
partment in Scotland, in the years 1842 and 1843, 
under the Act 48 Geo. 3, c. 11, to the White Her- 
ring Board, was expended ; stating, in detail, under 
the several heads, the Amount paid, and the Number 
of Persons receiving Salaries under £.50 a year, and 
the Name, Place of Residence and Amount of Sa- 
lary and Allowances of every Person receiving more 
than £.50 per year :—And,an Account of the manner 
in which £.38,412 sterling was expended by the Excise 
Department in Jreland, in payment for Traders in 
Lrish-grown Tobacco, in the years 1834 and 1835, 
under the Act 2 Will. 4, c. 20; stating the Name 
of each Person to whom Payment was made, the 
Amount paid to each Person, and the Number of 
Acres of Tobacco Cultivation for which Compensa- 
tion was made to each; stating also the Barony or 
Parish in which situated, and the Principle on 
which and the Orders by which that Compensation 
was made. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Drunkenness, 


a Return of the Number of Persons taken into cus- 
tody for Drunkenness and for disorderly conduct, 
by the Metropulitan Police, in each year, from 
1831 to 1843, both inclusive, distinguishing each, 
and stating the Population of the Metropolitan Po- 
lice District in the years 1831 and 1843 :—And, a 
similar Return for the City of London. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Whitecross- 
Return of the Amount of original Debt, the Amount street Prison. 


of Costs, and the Number of Days’ Imprisonment 
of each Person confined in Whitecross-street Prison, 
on the 31st day of March 1844. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Westminster 
Returns of the Amount of Money expended upon Bridge. 


Westminster Bridge for Repairs, Alterations, Pro- 
fessional and other Services, from the 5th day of 
April 1810 till the 5th day of April 1838 :—Of the 
Sums of Money already expended, or now due, in 
respect of the Repairs and Alterations of Westmin- 
ster Bridge since the 5th day of April 1838 ; spe- 
cifying separately, the Cost of the Works and Ser- 


vices relative to the Elongation of the Piers, with a 
view to the widening of the Superstructure, and of 
the Works lately executed in lightening the Super- 





BB4 


structure 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Excise. 





Tithes 
(ireland.) 


Sudbury 
Borough. 


Answer to 
Addresses, 


Agricv!tural 
Statistics. 


No. 177. 


Adjournment. 


China. 


Colonial Land 


and Emigration yyayd.—C 


Commission. 


No. 178. 


structure and filling up the bed of the River, in con- 
sequence of the recent sinking of the Foundations : 
—Of the Sums of Money required to defray the 
probable Cost of the further Works and Services 
required in repairing, altering and widening West- 


2° Aprilis. 





minster Bridge, under the following heads :—1. For 
repair of Foundations and Arches; 2. For the Elon- 
gation of Piers to receive a widened Superstructure ; 
3. For Repairs and Alterations of the Superstruc- 
ture; 4. For Superintendence and Miscellaneous Ser- 
vices :—And, of the Income of the Commissioners of 
Westminster Bridge arising from Property belonging 
to the Commission ; specifying the nature and extent 
of such Property, in detail, and the Rents payable 
in respect of it, as well as all other sources of In- 
come, if any exist ; and also, whether there are any, 
and if any, what Incumbrances upon the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Records of the Public Record Of- 
fice, Custom House Buildings, showing the nature 
and extent of the Lay Tithes formerly belonging to 
the Monastery of Knockmoy, alias Colles Victorie, 
alias the Mountain of Victory, in the County of 
Galway ; in what manner and upon what condition 
same were vested in the Crown, and by whom and 
under what conditions same may have been held 
from the Crown, from the earliest period to the year 
1706; and to whom said Tithes would have be- 
longed, if same were not so vested in the Crown, 
subsequent to the Restoration of Charles the Second. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—A Copy of the Report of the Commis- 
sioners appointed under the Act of the 6th and 7th 
Vic., c. 97, to inquire into the existence of Bribery 
in the Borough of Sudbury. 

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


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of yesterday (That Her Ma- 
jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions 
that the papers therein mentioned might be laid be- 
fore 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. Gladstone presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—A Copy ofa Letter addressed on 
the 3d day of May 1838, from the Statistical De- 
partment of the Board of Trade to Woronzow Greig, 
Esquire, Honorary Secretary to the Statistical So- 
ciety of London, together with its Enclosures, having 
reference to an attempt made by that Department 
to obtain Returns exhibiting the Agricultural capa- 
bility and production of the County of Bedford. 

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


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday the 15th 
day of this instant Apmil. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,--Copy of Supplementary Treaty between 
Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, signed at 
Hoomun Chae, October 8, 1843, with other Docu- 
ments relating thereto. 

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


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Sopy of General Report of the Colonial 
Land and Emigration Commissioners. 

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








A. 1844, 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant Colonies, 
to several Addresses to Her Majesty, — Return No, 149, 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day 
of April, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return of the Income, Expenditure and Debt for 
the last Two years of each of the British West India 
Colonies, British Guiana and Mauritius, specifying 
the sources of Income, Heads of Expenditure and 
Balances in the hands of the Treasurers, or other 
Officers holding the same, of the said Colonies ; 
showing also, the Debt due to Great Britain on 
account of Lvuans, and the Date and Amount of all 
Loans and Grants of Money advanced to each Co- 
lony respectively :—And, Copies of the Tariffs in 
operation in the British West Indies, British Gui- 
ana and Mauritius in 1832-3, previous to the pass- 
ing of the Abolition Act, and * wt recently passed 
by the said Colonies, to come into operation during 
the present year, together with Copies or Extracts 
of any Despatches relating to the same. 

Copies or Extracts of a Despatch, dated the 24th Port Philip 
day of February 1841, with the Enclosures, between 2"4 New South 
Sir George Gippsand Lord John Russell, relative to 
the condition of the licensed Occupiers of Crown 
Lands in Port Philip and New South Wales, and 
subsequent Correspondence. 

Copy or Extract of a Despatch from the Governor Emigration, 
General of Canada, transmitting the last Annual No, 191, 
Report of the Agent for Emigration. 

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


No. 180. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to alter and amend Registration 
the Laws which regulate the Registration, Qualifi- of Electors 
cation and Polling of Parliamentary Electors in “la4) Bil. 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; No. 182. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 19th day of this instant April; and to be 
printed. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to alter the Qualifi- Municipal 
cation of Burgesses in Municipal Corporations, and ee 
of Voters in the Election of Municipal Commis- Gamndp es. 
sioners in Zreland: And the same was read the first No-183- 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 19th day of this instant April; and to 
be printed. 


A Petition of Sarah Quincey, of Great Gearies, Colchester and 
near I/ford, in the county of Essex, Widow, praying — 
that she may be heard, by her counsel or agent, me 7 
against certain parts of the Colchester and Harwich 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 4 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, : 
by her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, if she 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


4 Lhe RON 


A Petition of the Churchwardens, Surveyor of the Stratford (Eastr 
Highways and other Inhabitants and Rate-payers — 
of the parish of Westham, in the county of Essex, junction Rail- 
praying that the Stratford (Eastern Counties) and way Bill. 
Thames Junction Railway Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; 


and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented State ney 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ("e!"*? 
to vive directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Notes taken by the Short-hand 
Writer appointed by the Crown to report the Pre- 
ceedings at the late Trial of The Queen v. O’ Connell 
and others. 

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, Quassia. 
an Account of the Quantity of Quassia imported a 
each 





aaontiet a one 





19, 


joutl: 
. 


. 


jill. 


; 
ill, 


nd 


ile 


+ 
Siw 


l- 





Beer. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


International 
Copyright Bill. 
Dean Forest 
Encroachments 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Cattle Market 
Bill. 


Rochdale 
Gas Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


No. 184. 


Joint Stock 
Companies, 


Law of Part- 
nership, &amp;c. 


7 Vicroriz. 





each year, from 1840 to 1844 inclusive, commencing 
from the 5th day of January 1840. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Quantity of Beer exported, from 








2° Aprilis. 193 


ade Bodies, subject to the payment of certain 
ees, and on certain conditions and regulations, and 
for preventing the establishment of Fraudulent Com- 
panies; for the regulation of Joint Stock Companies ; 
for facilitating and improving the remedies at Law 


the 5th day of January 1843 to the Sth day of| and in Equity, in reference to Joint Stock Com- 


January 1844. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 

and Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Law re- 
lating to International Copyright : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend, until the First 
day of January One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-five, and to the end of the then next Session 
of Parliament, the time within which Conveyances 
may be made on behalf of the Crown of, and Dis- 
putes settled with regard to, Encroachments in the 
Forest of Dean: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed 


in the third year of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, for abolishing certain Petty and Market Cus- 
toms in the City of Edinburgh, and granting other 


Duties in lieu thereof: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Act for more effectually lighting with Gas the Bo- 
rough and Parish of Rochdale, in the County of 
Lancaster, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


House: And also, 


panies, their Members, Directors and other Officers, 
whether inter se or in relation to persons not being 
members thereof, and for winding up the affairs of 
Companies unable to meet their pecuniary engage- 
ments; and for enabling private Partnerships to 
register the names of their Puma, and to sue and 
be sued in the name of their Firm :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for the Registration of Joint Stock Companies, 
and for conferrmg on such Companies certain Pri- 
vileges of Corporate Bodies, subject to the payment 
of certain Fees, and on certain conditions and re- 
gulations, and for preventing the establishment of 
Fraudulent Companies. 

2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill fur the Regulation of Joint Stock Companies. 
3. Resolved, ‘That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for facilitating and improving the Remedies at 
Law and in Equity, in reference to Joint Stock 
Companies, their Members, Directors and other 
Officers, whether inter se or in relation to persons 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to consolidate the Jurisdiction and improve the Prac- 
tice of the Ecclesiastical Courts of England and 
Wales, and for otherwise altering and amending the 
Law in certain matters Ecclesiastical ; to which the 
— 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 
First Report of the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament 
on Joint Stock Companies ; together with the Mi- 
nutes of Evidence taken in 1841 and 1843, and the 
Appendix and Index thereto :—And then the Mes- 


not being members thereof, and for winding up the 

affairs of Companies unable to meet their pecuniary 
engagements. 

4. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to Partnerships’ 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in 
Bill for enabling private Partnerships to register the 
names of their Partners, and to sue and be sued in 
the name of their Firm. 


Resolutions to be reported, 





sengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers veral Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 


of their own. 


And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 


they again withdrew. 


The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 


Monday, the 22d day of this instant April; and to Fraudulent Companies. 


be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | Bill for the Regulation of Joint Stock Companies. 


that part of the Message from the Lords of this day, 
wherein their Lordships request that this House will 
be pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a 
Copy of the First Report of the Select Committee 
appointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament on Joint Stock Companies; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken in 1841 and 


1843, and the Appendix and Index thereto. 


Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report | ©"g4gements. 


be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships in their said Message: And that Mr. 


Greene do deliver the same. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 


solve itself into a Committee to take into considera- | #¢cordingly. 


tion the state of the Law of Partnership, with a view 
to providing for the following purposes, viz. for the 
registration of Joint Stock Companies, and for con- 








ferring on such Companies certain Privileges of Cor- | bring in the same. 


Vou. 29, 


1. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to Joint Stock 


Companies’ 


Registration. 


Joint Stock 
Companies’ 
Regulation. 


Joint Stock 
Companies’ 
Remedies at 
Law and Equity. 


aq Registration. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Sir Thomas 
Fremantle reported, That the Committee had come 
to several Resolutions. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle accordingly reported se- 


1. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to Joint Btock 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a Companies 


Registration 


Bill for the Registration of Joint Stock Companies, jij, 
and for conferring on such Companies certain pri- 
vileges of Corporate Bodies, subject to the payment 
of certain Fees, and on certain conditions and regu- 
lations, and for preventing the establishment of 


2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to Joint Stock 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a Companies’ 
Regulation Bill. 
3. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to Joint stock 
move the House, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Na 2 gl 
Bill for facilitating and improving the remedies at soonpners al 
Law and in Equity, in reference to Joint Stock piu, 
Companies, their Members, Directors, and other 
Officers, whether inter se or in relation to persons 
not being members thereof, and for winding up the 
affairs of Companies unable to meet their pecuniary 


4. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to Parmershipy’ 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a Registration 
Bill for enabling private Partnerships to register the 
Names of their Partners, and to sue and be sued in 
the Name of their Firm:—And he moved the House 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
upon the first and second Resolutions: And that 
r. Gladstone and Mr. Young do prepare, and 


cc Ordered, 















































Menai Bridge. 


Holyhead and 
Portdynilaen 
Harbours. 


Dublin Jury 
Lists, &amp;c. 


Dublin Jury 
List, &amp;c. 


Post-office. 


194. 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the third 
Resolution: And that Mr. Gladstone and Mr. At- 
torney-General do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
last Resolution: And that Mr. Gladstone and Mr. 
Young do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
copy of any Report of Mr. Provis to the Com- 
missioners of Woods and Forests, since the 1st day 
of October 1843, on the Menai Bridge. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Letters of Instructions to the Naval 
Officers and Civil Engineers appointed in 1843 to 
report upon the Harbours of Holyhead and Port- 
dynllaen, as a Packet Station between London and 
Dublin, and as a Harbour of Refuge for the Chan- 
nel trade. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the Lists returned by the Collectors of Grand 
Jury Cess for the County of the City of Dublin, to 
the Clerks of the Peace for the said City, containing 
the Names of men qualified to serve as Jurors for 
the said City for the year 1844, showing the Cor- 
rections and Adjudications made therein by the 
Right honourable the Recorder of the said City, 
pursuant to the provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c.91:—Of the general List of Jurors, made out 
from such Lists by the said Recorder:—Of the 
Jurors’ Book for the year 1844, as delivered to the 
Sheriff of the City of Dublin, or to his Under Sheriff, 
or the Town Clerk :—Of the Special Jurors’ List, 
made by the said Sheriff, or his Under Sheriff, for 
the year 1844 :—Of all Correspondence with or by 
the Clerks of the Peace for the said City in relation to 
the revision of the Jurors’ Lists for the year 1944, 
and especially between them and the Recorder for 
the said City, and Mr. Peirce Mahony :—And, of 
all Affidavits filed in the Crown Side of the Court 
of Queen’s Bench in Ireland, since the 1st day of 
December 1843, in the cause of The Queen against 
O’ Connell and others, and of all Protests made to 
the Clerk of the Crown, also filed in the said cause, 
at the striking of the Jury in the month of January 
last; together with a Copy of the Challenge to the 
Jury Array in the said cause, and of the Demurrer 
filed in reply to the same :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Lists returned by the Collectors of 
Grand Jury Cess for the County of the City of 
Dublin, to the Clerks of the Peace for the said City, 
containing the Names of men qualified to serve as 
Jurors for the said City for the year 1844, showing 
the corrections made therein, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 91 :—Of the 
general List of Jurors, made out from such Lists :— 
Of the Jurors’ Book for the year 1844, as delivered 
to the Sheriff of the City of Dublin, or to his Under 
Sheriff :—Of the Special Jurors’ List, made by the 
said Sheriff, or his Under Sheriff, for the year 1844 : 
—And, of all Affidavits filed in the Crown Side of the 
Court of Queen’s Bench in Ireland, since the 1st 
day of December 1843, in the cause of The Queen 
against O’Connell and others, and of all Protests 
made to the Clerk of the Crown, also filed in the 
sai’ cause, at the striking of the Jury in the month 
of January last ; together with the Copy of the Chal- 
lenge to the Jury Array in the said cause, and of the 
Dewurrer filed in reply to the same. 


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, 


2° Aprilis. 








A. 1844, 


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 immediately preceding the reduction, distin- 
guished in like manner :—And, of the Number of Let- 
ters which have passed through the London District 
Post (exclusive of all General Post Letters) for the 
same periods: and distinguishing in the same man- 
ner as the last Return :—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 Manage- 
ment, for the United Kingdom, for each of the 
years ending the 5th day of January 1839, 1840, 
1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844, excluding from the 
Account whether of Gross Revenue or Cost of 
ie oar any Advances that may have been 
made by the English to the Irish Post-oflice, 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 Fourpenny Rate was established) ; and also for 
the months ending the 5th day of January 1842, 
the 5th day of January 1843, and the 5th day of 
January 1844 :—And, of the Payments by the Post- 
office made during each of the years ending the 
5th day of January 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 
and 1844, for the conveyance of the Mails by Rail- 
wayin Great Britain; distinguishing in each instance 
the Payments for work done within the vear from 
Payments for work done in previous years :—Return 
of the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued 
and paid in England and Wales during each quarter, 
from the quarter ending the 5th day of April 1839 
to that ending the 5th day of January 1844, inclu- 
sive :—Similar Return, as regards Money Orders 
issued and paid in London:—Return by the Ad- 
miralty, showing in detail the different items which 
compose the sum of £.612,850 charged for Packets, 
in Return, No. 201, of Session 1843 :—Return of 
all Provincial Post-offices in which, owing to the 
death or resignation of the Deputy Postmaster, 
Compensations have lapsed to the Revenue, since 
September 1839, showing, in each case, the Amount 
of such Compensation, and the Total Cost of the 
Office to the Revenue, both before and after its 
re-arrangement :—Copy of all Railway Mails as 
directed by the Treasury to be made in August 
1842; together with an addition, showing the length 
of each line as per official notice to the Company, as 
per Post-office time-bill, and as per actual payments 
by the Post-office to the Company, past and present ; 
also, an explanation of any discrepancy which may 
appear in such Return :—Annual Return of Fees, 
Perquisites, &amp;c. for the year 1842, as ordered by 
the Treasury Minute of the 13th day of May 1842: 
—Returns of the Details, as submitted to the Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, on which the Estimate 
No. 201 of last Session was prepared :-— And, of 
Letters registered in the Travelling Post-office in a 
week in July or August 1843, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be iaid before this House, Ac- 
counts of the Annual Amount of Income received 
by the University of Dublin, during each of the last 
Ten years; distinguishing the sources from which 
such Income has been derived, with the Amount in 
gross and net derived from each source respectively ; 
and of the estimated and received Amount of An- 
nual Income during each of the last Ten years from 
Livings in the gift of the University of Dublin :— 
List of Emoluments, whether under head of Sala- 
ries or Fees, or for Rooms in College, and Commons 


| or other Allowances enjoyed by the Provost, Senior 


and 


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and Junior Fellows, Scholars, Professors and Offi- 
cers of the University of Dublin, showing the 
Amount enjoyed by each respectively, with the 
Names of each Person receiving the same, and the 
Religious Persuasion to which he belongs :—Ac- 
counts of the Amount of Annual Receipts carried to 
the Tutors’ Fund, during each of the last Ten years: 
—aAnd, of the Amount of Annual Receipts from Fees 
not included in the above, for Matriculation and 
conferring of Degrees, during the last Ten years 
respectively ; and of the Amount of Annual Re- 
ceipts of Fees for retaining on the Books Names of 
Graduates entitled to vote at the Parliamentary 
Elections for the University, during each of the last 
Ten years respectively :—Summaries of the foregoing 
Returns for the whole period above specified :—And, 
Returns of the Number of Fellows, Senior and 
Junior Scholars and Professors, elected and ap- 
pointed during the last Ten years, with dates of 
their several Elections or Appointments, distinguish- 
ing to what Religious Persuasion they respectively 
belong ; Total Amount of Undergraduates on the 
Books on the 1st day of January 1844; the Num- 
ber of Undergraduates admitted and carried on the 
Books for the last Ten years ; distinguishing to what 
Religious Persuasion they respectively belong ; and 
of the Number of Graduates, specifying their re- 
spective degrees, for each year for the last Ten 
years, distinguishing to what Religious Persuasion 
they respectively belong :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Controverted Ordered, That the Select Committee on Contro- 
Elections. verted Elections do consist of Sixteen Members. 
Ordered, That Lord Ashley be added to the Com- 
mittee. 

Supply ; Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

Civil Contin- 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 

gencies. 


dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Civil Contingencies, to the 
31st day of March 1845. 
Public 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
Buildings, &amp;c. dred and twelve thousand one hundred and ninety 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to 
the 31st day of March 1845, 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 Five 
thousand four hundred and twenty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
providing Temporary Accommodation for the Houses 
of Parliament, Committee-rooms, Offices and Tem- 
— Official Residences for the Speaker of the 

ouse of Commons and other Officers of that 
House, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

New Housesof 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty 
Parliaments thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 

defray, to the 31st day of March 1845, the Expense 
of the Works at the New Houses of Parliament. 


Houses of 
Parliament, 


Trafalgar 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
Sque, thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account of the Works and Improvements in TJ’ra- 
falgar-square. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Church 


A The Order made yesterday, That Mr. French and 
(leceea) Bal Mr. George Hamilton do prepare, and bring in the 
* Church Temporalities (Jre/and) Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That Mr. French and Dr. Stock do pre- 
pare, and bring in the Bill. 
Vou. 99. 





215° Aprilis. 195 


Mr. French presented a Bill to further amend the Church _ 
Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Church “emporalities 
in Zreland: And the same was read the first time ; “"¢"4) Bill 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 0-185. 
nesday the 17th day of this instant April; and to 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of John Watkins Southampton 
Drew, Esquire, which was presented upon the 4th —e 
day of March last, praying that he may be heard, by ™™* 2! 
himself, his counsel or agent, against the application 
for the Southampton Marsh Improvement Bill, be 
referred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioner 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 Residents in the several parishes of Epsom and 
Leatherhead, Mickleham and Ashtead, in the county aa bag 
of Surrey, praying that the Epsom and South Wes- “"'"*7 ©" 
tern Railway Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 


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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Poor Relief Poor Relief 
(Ireland), which were presented yesterday, be (1teland.) 
printed. No. 186. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Royal Pa- Royal Palaces, 
laces, Gardens, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, Gardens, &amp;c. 
be printed. No. 187. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Bleachers Bleachers 
(Scotland), which was presented yesterday, be Scotland.) 
printed. No. 188. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Police, which Police. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 189. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Churches Churches 
and Chapels (Ireland), which was presented yes- 44 Chapels 
terday, be printed — 

j . No. 190. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation Valuation 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be (Ireland. ) 
printed. No. 191. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Saint Nicho- Saint Nicholas 
las Within Church (Dublin), which was presented Within Church 


. Se. 
yesterday, be printed. ea 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Con- Constabulary 
stabulary Force (Ireland), which was presented sarang 
yesterday, be printed. No. 193. 


Ordered, Thatan Abstract of the Accounts relative Grand Jury 
to Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland), which were er a 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


No. 194. 
And then the House adjourned till Monday 
the 15th day of this instant April. 














Lune, 15° die Aprilis ; 
Anno, 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Law, from the Treasury, was called in ; Wool. 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Accounts of the Quantity of Sheep and Lambs’ 
Wool imported into the United Kingdom in the 
year 1843; specifying the Countries from which it 
came, the Quantity that paid a Duty of 1d. per lb., 
and the Quantity that paid a Duty of 3d. per lb.; 
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 un- 
der Bond on the 5th day of January 1844 :—Of the 
Quantity of British Sheep and Lambs’ Wool and 
Woollen Yarn exported from the United Kingdom 
in the year 1843 ; specifying the Countries to which 
they were sent :—Of the Quantities of Wool of the 
Alpaca and Llama Tribe imported into the United 
cc2 Kingdom 


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Shipping. 


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Kingdom in the year 1843 :—And, of the Quantity 
of Mohair (or Goats’ Wool) imported into the United 
Kingdom in the year 1843. 

A Return of the Number of Ships laden with 
Foreign Corn entered Inwards at the Ports of the 
United Kingdom, between the 5th day of January 
1843 and the 5th day of January 1844; 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 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 150, of Session 1843.) 

An Account of the Quantities and declared Value 
of British Woollen Manufactures exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1843; specifying the 
Countries to which they were sent. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Returns of the Number and Tonnage 
of Sailing Vessels registered at each of the Ports of 
Great Britain and Jreland, including the Jsle of 
Man and Channel Islands; distinguishing those 
under and those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 
31st day of December 1843: — Similar Returns 
of Steam Vessels, and their Tonnage: — Returns 
of the Number and ‘lonnage of Vessels that en- 
tered and cleared Coastwise at each of the Ports 
of Great Britain and Ireland, Isle of Man and 
Channel Islands (including their repeated Voy- 
ages), with the Number of their Crews, distinguish- 
ing Steam from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st 
day of December 1842 and the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1843 :—Like Returns from and to the Colonies ; 
further distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels : 
—Like Returns from and to Foreign Ports ; also, 
distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels :—Re- 
turns of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels 


15° Aprilis. 





registered at each of the Ports of the Colonies of 
the United Kingdom respectively, distinguishing 
those under and those above Fifty Tons Register, 





A. 1844, 


exported each year, for Seven years, ending the 5th 
day of January 1844, distinguishing the Quantities, 
and Countries to which it was exported. 

A Return of the Number and 
imported into the United Kingdom in each of the 
last Six years; stating the Quantity imported into 
England, Ireland and Scotland; distinguishing 
those from the United States of America, from Ca- 
nada, from the Baltic, and from other places; stat- 
ing the Rate of Duty levied, and the Amount of 
Duty received on each kind in each year, and the 
Total Amount of Revenue in each year; also, an 
Account of the Amount of Drawback allowed on 


the Exportation of Shooks and of Casks in each of 
these years. 


uantity of Staves Staves. 


Returns to an Order, dated the 22d day of Fe-Stationer 
bruary last, for Returns, showing the Annual Amount Ireland.) 


in Value of Paper, Bookbinding and Printing sup- 
plied by the Stationery Office in Dublin to the 
Ordnance Office, Custom House and Excise Of- 
fices in Ireland, during the years 1841, 1842 and 
1843, distinguishing each year ; the Amount of Pa- 
per, Bookbinding and Printing to be stated sepa- 
rately :—Showing the Annual Amount in Value of 
Paper, Bookbinding and Printing supplied by the 
Stationery Office in London to the Ordnance Office, 
Custom House, Excise and other Public Offices in 
Ireland, during the years 1841, 1842 and 1843 :— 
And, of the Annual Expense incurred for the car- 
riage of such Paper, printed Books and Forms as 
have been supplied from the Stationery Office in 
London to the Ordnance, Excise, Post-office and 
other Public Offices in Ireland, during the years 
1841, 1842 and 1848. 


Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of Fe- Cheese. 


bruary last, for an Account of the Quantities of 
Cheese imported into the several Ports of Great 
Britain, in each month of the year 1843 ; distin- 
guishing the European, United States and Colonial 


on the 31st day of December 1843 :—Similar Re-| Produce (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 


turns of Steam Vessels and Tonnage :—Returns 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 from Sailing Vessels, and also distinguishing | 
between British, Colonial and Foreign Vessels, | 


Vessels, with their Tonnage (distinguishing Steam 


tered ; also, a Return of Vessels sold, wrecked and | and to the Bullion in the Bank of England, directed Bu!" 


broken up, in the year 1843 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 207, of Session 1843.) 
A Return of the Amount of Duty charged and 
Drawback paid on each Description of Glass in 
England, distinguishing the Quantities, for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1844:—Similar Re- 
turn for Scotland :~-Similar Return for Ireland :— 
Returns of the Quantities of Glass retained for Home 
Use in the United Kingdom during the said period, 
with the Amount of Duty thereon, calculated on 
the principle of the Return of the 14th day of June 
1841 :—Of the Amount of Drawback or Allowance 
on Glass used for Churches during the same period: 
—Of each Description of Glass imported into the 
United Kingdom for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1844, stating the Quantities or Weight, 
and the Countries from which imported :—Of the 
Quantities or Weight, and the Rate and Amount of 





Duty paid on each Description of Foreign Glass 
during the same period :—Of the Quantities of each 
Description of Foreign Glass exported, distinguish- 
ing the Countries to which, during the same period : 
—Of the Quantity of each Description of Foreign 
Glass remaining in Bond on the 5th day of January 
1844 :—And, of each Description of British Glass 





No. 373, of Session 1843). 


A Return of the Pounds weight of Tobacco seized Tobacco. 


and condemned in England, Scotland and Ireland 
respectively, from the 5th day of January 1843 to 
the Sth day of January 1844; distinguishing the 
Unmanufactured, Manufactured Stalks and Cigars. 


An Account of the Gross and Net Receipts of Cus- Customs 
from the 31st day of December 1842 to and includ-| toms Duties collected at each Custom House of the Duties. 


ing the 31st day of December 1843 :—Like Returns | United Kingdom, during the year ending the sth 
from and to the United Kingdom, Channel Islands | day of January 1844, as compared with similar Re- 
and the Isle of Man:--Like Returns from and to| ceipts during the previous year (in continuation of 
Foreign Ports :—And,a Return of the Number of| Parliamentary Paper, No. 143, of Session 1842). 


A Copy of the Returns relating to the Issue of Pro- Promissory 
from Sailing Vessels), that were built and regis-| missory Notes in England, Scotland and Ireland, Notes sn4 


to be published every four weeks in the London 
Gazette, by the Act 4 and 5 Vic. c. 50, from the 
passing of the same Act to the 30th March 1844. 


ullion. 


An Account of the Quantity of Quassia imported Quassia. 


in each year, from 1840 to 1844 inclusive, com- 


mencing from the 5th day of January 1840. 
A Cop 


y of all Letters of Instructions to the Naval Holyhead and 


Officers and Civil Engineers appointed in 1843 to Portdynilaen 


report upon the Harbours of Holyhead and Port- 
dynllaen, as a Packet Station between London and 


Dublin, and as a Harbour of Refuge for the Channel 
Trade. 


arbours. 


Returns of the Number of chargeable Letters Post-office. 


which have passed through the London General 
Post (Inwards and Outwards) since the first general 
Reduction of Postage on the 5th day of December 
1839, dividing the time (as far as practicable) into 
Periods of Four complete Weeks each, and distin- 
guishing 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 immediately preceding the Reduction, 
distinguished in like manner :—And, of the Number 
of Letters which have passed through the London 
District Post (exclusive of all General Post sess 

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Court of 
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for the same Periods; and distinguishing in the 
same manner as the last Return :—Comparative 
Statement of the Number of Letters (including 
Franks during the existence of the Franking Pri- 
vilege) delivered in the United Kingdom in One 
Week of each Calendar Month, beginning with No- 
vember 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, 1542, 1843 
and 1844, excluding from the Account, whether of 
Gross Revenue or Cost of Management, any Ad- 
vances 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 Fourpenny Rate was esta- 
blished) ; and also for the months ending the 5th 
day of January 1842, the 5th day of January 1843 
and the 5th day of January 1844:—And, of the Pay- 
ments by the Post-office made during each of the 
years ending the 5th day of January 1839, 1840, 
1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844, for the Conveyance of 
the Mails by Railway in Great Britain, distin- 
guishing in each instance the Payments for Work 
done within the year from Payments for Work done 
in previous years :—A Return of the Number and 
Amount of Money Orders issued and paid in Eng- 
land and Wales during each Quarter, from the 
Quarter ending the 5th day of April 1839 to that 
ending the 5th day of January 1844 inclusive :— 
Similar Return, as regards Money Orders issued 
and paid in London :—A Return by the Admiralty, 
showing in detail the different Items which compose 
the Sum of £.612,859 charged for Packets, in Re- 
turn, No. 201, of Session 1843 :—A Return of all 
Provincial Post-offices in which, owing to the Death 
or Resignation of the Deputy Postmaster, Compen- 
sations have lapsed to the Revenue, since September 
1839, showing in each case, the Amount of such 
Compensation, and the Total Cost of the Office to 
the Revenue, both before and after its Re-arrange- 
ment :—Copy of all Railway Mails as directed by 
the Treasury to be made in August 1842; together 
with an Addition, showing the length of each Line 
as per Official Notice to the Company, as per Post- 
office Time-bill, and as per Actual Payments by 
the Post-office to the Company, past and present; 
also, an explanation of any discrepancy which may 
appear in such Return :—Annual Return of Fees, 
Perquisites, &amp;c. for the year 1842, as ordered by 
the Treasury Minute of the 13th day of May 1842: 
—Returns of the Details, as submitted to the Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, on which the Estimate 
No. 201 of last Session was prepared:—And, of Let- 
ters registered in the Travelling Post-office in a week 
in July or August 1843 :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Sir Fortunatus Dwarris, one of the Masters of 
the Court of Queen’s Bench, was called in; and 
at the bar presented,—Further Return to an Order, 
dated the 20th day of February last, for a Return 
of all Monies received on account of Fees in the 
years 1841, 1842 and 1843, in the Courts of Queen’s 
Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, or of any 
of the Officers thereof; and a Return of the Ap- 
plication or Appropriation of Monies so received ; 
and a Return of all Salaries, Compensations and 
other Payments made out of such Monies, stat- 
ing the Names of the Persons to whom paid, and 
the Office, or abolished or reduced Office, in respect 
of which such Payments are made; and also, a 
Return of all Officers of such of those Courts who 
are paid in whole or in part by Fees, stating the 


Names of the Persons so paid and the Office in 
Vot. 99. 























respect of which they are so paid, and the Amount 
of Fees paid to or received by any such Officer so 
paid in part or in the whole by Fees, in each of those 
years (so far as relates to the Court of Queen’s 
Bench) :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Schuster’s 
Schuster’s 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, 
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 New British 

New British Iron Company Bill; That they had ny Company 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble’ * 
of the Bill, which they had amended by striking 
out from “ whereas” to “ that” in the first line of 
the last paragraph, and inserting the following words, 
“ provisions are contained in the said deed of set- 
tlement for the purpose of simplifying the mode 
of proof in actions for calls and other legal pro- 
ceedings between the said Company and the 
shareholders thereof, but doubts have arisen whe- 
ther the same will be effectual without. the autho- 
rity of Parliament, and it is expedient for the 
purpose of removing such difficulties and doubts,” 
also, in 1. 6., after “ that,” by inserting “ such” and 
also, by leaving out from “ Company” to the end of 
the clause, and inserting, “ as are hereinafter con- 
“ tained ;” which Amendments appeared to the 
Committee to be merely for the purpose of reciting 
more fully the deed of settlement under which the 
Company was formed; That they had found the 
Preamble, so amended, to be true; and that they 
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 Newquay 
Newquay Harbour and Railway (re-committed) Bill; iaieur Bill. 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made 
further Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 
and be printed, together with the Report of the 
29th day of March last. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer and Paisley General 
Councillors of the town of Paisley, praying that S*s Bill 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Paisley General 
Gas 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 the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors South Devon 
of the borough of Devonport, in the county of Railway Bill. 
Devon ;—and, Mayor and Free Burgesses of the 
borough of Saltash, in the county of Cornwall; 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the South Devon 
Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Manchester 
of the borough of Manchester, in the county of Bonding. 
Lancaster, for leave to present a Petition for leave 
to bring in a Bill for the warehousing of Foreign 
Goods for Home Consumption at the borough of 
Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


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Manchesterand An ingrossed Bill for maintaining a Railway from 
peer il the Manchester and Leeds Railway to Heywood, 
Railway Bill, and for amending the Acts relating to the Man- 
chester and Leeds 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. 


Birkenhead The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Report on the Birkenhead Improvement Bill ; 
ill. 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Northern The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Coal Mining 


the Report on the Northern Coal Mining Com- 
pany Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Company Bill. 


Huntingdon 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
Borough 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 Huntingdon, in the 
room of Sir Frederick Pollock, who, since his Elec- 
tion for the said Borough, hath accepted the Office 
of Chief Baron of Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer. 


Exeter Writ. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Exeter, in the room of 
Sir William Webb Follett, who, since his Election 
for the said City, hath accepted the Office of Her 
Majesty’s Attorney General. 


Kingston-upon- 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders 
Hall Docks Bill. 


and others at Beverley, in the county of York, pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the King- 
ston-upon-Hull Docks 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. 


Court of 


A Petition of Solicitors of Her Majesty’s High 
Chancery. 


Court of Chancery, residing in the city of York, 
complaining of the amount of compensation awarded 
under the Act 6 Vic. for abolishing certain Offices 
of the High Court of Chancery in England; and 
praying the House to inquire into the claims made 
before the Lord Chancellor in pursuance of the said 
Act, and to take under their consideration the seve- 
ral orders made thereon, and to inquire into the fees 
imposed upon the suitors of the said court, in pur- 
suance of the powers of the said Act, and into the 
state, and several charges affecting the funds of the 
suitors of the said court, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railroad 
Companies. 


A Petition of Partners of the Alloa, Stirling and 
Kincardine Steam Boat Company, praying the 
House to confine all Railroad Companies to the 
purposes for which they were originally incorporated, 
and reject all clauses in Railroad Companies Acts 
which would give them powers either directly or in- 
directly to become steam-boat owners with a limi- 
tetion of liability, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Railways. 


Charitable 
Pawn Societies 


Bill. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;—and, Paisley ; pray- 
ing that the Charitable Pawn Societies Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Medical 


Profession. 


A Petition of the President of the Royal College 
of Surgeons of Edinburgh, praying the House to take 
into consideration, without delay, and grant during 


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the present Session of Parliament such a legislative 
measure as will introduce uniformity of education, 
uniformity in the conditions of granting medical and 
surgical qualifications, and uniformity in regard to 
the right to practise the several departments of the 
Medical Profession in virtue of the possession of 
such qualifications, from whatever division of the 
kingdom they may have been received, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Paisley ;—Lanark ;—and, Had- Prisons 
dington; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill (Scotland) git, 
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 Clergy of the deanery of Haddon, saint Asaph 
in the diocese of Peterborough, praying for the re- nd Bangor 
peal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as Dioceses 
relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and 
Bangor, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Parishioners of Heneglwys, and the 
annexed parochial chapelry of Trewalchmai, in the 
county of Anglesey and diocese of Bangor, praying 
for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, 

c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time that speedy 
and strenuous endeavours may be made for the esta- 
blishment of a See at Manchester by other means, 


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


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Furness 
for making a Railway from Rampside and Barrow Railway Bil. 
to Dalton Lindale and Kirkby Ireleth, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, to be called The Furness 
Railway, 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. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for regulating Legal Proceed- Durham County 
ings by or against the Durham County Coal Com- Coal Company 


pany, 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 desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Owen Owen Roberts, of Bangor, Bangor 
in the county of Carnarvon; stating, that in the Free Grammar 
dioceses of Bangor and Saint Asaph, property of 8. 
very considerable value has from time to time been 
left for the purpose of conferring the blessings of 
education on the children of the poor; that the 
property in several cases has been mismanaged, and 
the income arising therefrom misapplied, and that 
a striking instance occurs in the case of the Bangor 
Free Grammar School; and praying the House to 
institute an inquiry to ascertain in the first place 
the number and amount of bequests in the dioceses 
of Saint Asaph and Bangor for the education of 
poor men’s children; secondly who are the trustees 
in the case of each particular endowment, and 
thirdly how far such trustees have duly appropriated 
the funds entrusted to their care, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Fowey ;—Swansea; _ Bill 
— Newquay ;— Penzance ;—Saint Ives and Hayle; er 
—and, Cardiff; praying that the Padstow Harbour 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions 





Tobe 


- : spear eeee 


wv 
ee 


Bill, 


od Nitta e tC 


Local Courts. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Tobacco. 


Atmospheric 
Pressure. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland.) 


Ships mort- 
gaged, 


Vinegar. 


Army, 


7 Victroriz£. 


Petitions from Llangeler ,— Newcastle Emlyn and | 
Adpar ;—Lilansawel ;—and, Walter Davies, Clerk 
praying that a Bill for establishing Courts for the) 
decision of small causes may speedily pass into law, | 
with such provisions as may render its operation as 
beneficial to the principality of Wales as to other 
parts of the kingdom,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Churchwarden and Chairman, 
and Vestry Clerk of the Vestrymen, Governors and 
Directors of the Poor of the parish of Bethnal 


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Green, Middlesex, praying for alteration of the Poor 
Law Amendment Bill, in regard to the Proxy and 
Auditor clauses, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from West Bromwich ;— Dudley ;—Wal- 
sall ;— Wolverhampton; — Birmingham ;— Coventry ; 
—Kendal ;—and, Bilston; praying for a reduction 





of the duty on Tobacco,—were presented, and read ; 


and referred to the Select Committee on Tobacco 
Trade. 


A Petition of Richard Fell, of No. 54, Crown- 
street, Bishopsgate, in the city of London, and of 
Francis George Squire, of Brompton, in the county 
of Middlesex, Civil Engineers, praying that no as- 
sistance may be given to the Kengston and Dalkey 
Railway Company, but that a Commission be ap- 
pointed by the House to inquire whose invention of 
the system of Atmospheric Pressure is most prac- 
ticable in its operation and beneficial to the public 
interest, was presented, and read ; and referred to 








the Select Committee on Railways. 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the 
Presbytery of Haddington, in the county of Had- 
dington, praying the ; wn to adopt measures for 
ameliorating the condition of the Burgh and Pa- 





rochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, 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 Ships annually mort- 
gaged, wholly or in part, in the several Ports of 
London, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sunderland and Hull ; 
specifying the Number at each Port, from the 5th 
day of January 1835 to the 5th day of January 


1844 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No, 126, of Session 1835.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Licensed Vinegar Makers in England, 
Scotland and Ireland; with an Account of the 
Number of Gallons brought to charge and Dut 


paid, from the 1st day of January 1843 to the 1st 
day of January 1844. 


Sir Henry Hardinge presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of 
Officers who have been allowed to receive their 





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Lands, Houses and Tenements in each County and 
Borough of England and Wales, exempted from the 
payment of Poors Rates, together with the Popu- 
lation and Acreage of each such Place, and its As- 
sessment to the County or Borough Rate, so far as 
the same can be ascertained. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the County Rates, 


16th day of February last, for an Account of the latest 
Valuation of every Parish, Township or Place upon 
which the County Rates have been laid, in the re- 
spective Counties of England and Wales; stating 
the year in which such Valuation was taken; show- 
ing also, the Total Valuation of each Hundred and 
County (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper 
No. 577, of Session 1832.) 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Imprisonment 
22d day of February last, for a Return of the Num- for Debt. 


ber of Persons confined for Debt, at the present 
time, in the Prisons of London, Middlesex and Sur- 
rey; stating, in classes, the years in which they were 
imprisoned, the Number whose Debts, without Costs, 
are respectively under £.1, £.5, £.10, £.50, £.100, 
£.500, and all above that Sum, and distinguishing 
the Number of those for Offences against the Re- 
venue Laws ; and stating also, the Average Term of 
Imprisonment of each of these classes, the Name, 
the Amount of Debt and Amount of Expenses of 
each Person who has been in Prison more than Five 
years :—A Similar Return for the other Prisons of 
England and Wales :—A Similar Return for Scot- 
land :—And, a Similar Return for Zreland. 


A Return of the Tables of Fees and Allowances Justices’ Clerks 
to the Clerks to Justices and Constables, settled and Constables. 


by the Justices in Sessions in the different Counties 
in England and Wales, and approved by the Secre- 
tary of State, under the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 109. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Valuation 
Order,—A Return of the several Counties, Counties (elan4-) 


of Cities and Counties of Towns in Jreland, of which 
the Valuation, 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 or- 
dered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of 
Spring Assizes 1843, for each such Barony or Half 
Barony, and the Rate per centum which each such 
Sum bears to the Valuation; also, the Sum ordered 
to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer 
Assizes 1843, 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 that Act; the 
Amount of the Expense of such Valuation, the Cost 
per Acre of such Valuation, and the Rate which 


y the Cost of such Valuation bears to each £.100 of 


the Valuation (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 334, of Session 1843). 


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


A Petition of Trustees of the Surrey and Sus- London and _ 
sex Roads, praying that they may be heard, by their on 
counsel, against certain parts of the London and (No. my Bill. 
South Western 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 their counsel, upon their Petition, if they think 
fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


Half-Pay since the Ist April 1843, under the Pro- 
visions of the Act of the 6th and 7th Vic. c.99, s. 24. 


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


ch ap iI at RS GARE 


Pentonville 
Prison. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of the Second Report of the 
Commissioners for the Government of the Penton- 
ville Prison, made in pursuance of the Act 5 and 6 
Vic., Sess. 2, c. 29,8. 13. 

Copy of the Twenty-second Report of the Inspec- 
tors General on the General State of the Prisons of 
Ireland, 1843, with Appendices. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 


several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of 


the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
~~ ~— for a Return of all Extra-parochial ' heard, by their counsel, upon their Petition, if they 
OL. JU. 


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Prisons 


(Ireland.) A Petition of Trustees of the Surrey and Sus- Croydon and 


sex Roads, praying that they may be heard, by their — many 
counsel, against certain parts of the Croydon and ~ 


fxtra-parochial Epsom Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 


Lands, &amp;, 




















Sopply ; 


Post Office. 


Holyhead 
Harbour, &amp;c. 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


Kingstown 
Harbour. 


Salaries and 
Expeuses of 
Houses of 

Parliament. 


D®° - (Trea- 
sury.) 


TD - (Home 
Office.) 


De - (Foreign 
Office.) 


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think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee 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 take into consideration the Peti- 
“ tion from Manchester, which was presented upon 
‘* the 1st day of this instant April, with regard to 
“ the Posit-office arrangements in that borough,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion :—The said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 


The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand one hundred and sixty-four —— be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
Holyhead Harbour, and the Shrewsbury and Holy- 
head Roads, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account of the Works carrying on at the Caledonian 
Canal. 

3. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
six thousand eight hundred and seventy-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of maintaining and repairing the several Public 
Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Jreland ; also, the Expense of 
Inland Navigation and other Services, under the 
direction of the said Commissioners, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
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 
1845. 

5. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Fifty-nine thousand three hun- 
dred and fifty 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 1845 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Forty-four thousand 
three hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Two Houses of Parliament, and Allowances to Re- 
tired Officers of the Two Houses, to the 31st day 
of March 1845 ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hume, 1 13 

Yeas, \ Mr. William Williams: J ~“" 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 60 

Noes, Mr. Pringle: , 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
five thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 
31st day of March 1845. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand seven hundred and three 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 1845. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 


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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 1845. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- De - (gio; 
two thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted Office.) 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- De .(p,, 
two thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Council Office 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Departments of Her Majesty’s Most honourable 
Privy Connell, and Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 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 1845. 

12. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- De. (Pays, 
one thousand six hundred and eighty-nine pounds, ter Genera’s 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Ofte) 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen D° - (Comp. 
thousand and sixty-eight pounds, be granted to Her roller of the 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the 7" 
Departments of the Comptroller General of the ~ 
Exchequer, the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills, and 
the Paymaster of Civil Services, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two State Paper 
thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to Her P#«e- 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
State Paper Office, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Ecclesiastical 
thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to Commission, 
Her Majesty, towards the Expenses of the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners for England, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

16. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Poor Law 
Sum, not exceeding Fifty-three thousand pounds, Commission. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Commissioners 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 Lreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1845; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen thousand three hun- 
dred and thirty-four pounds six shillings and four 
pence, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the Commissioners for car- 
rying 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 
freland, to the 31st day of March 1845, put, and 
negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Mint. 
three thousand two hundred and thirty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expen- 
diture of the Mint, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Public 
thousand four hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be Reors- 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of 
Persons employed in the care and arrangement of 
the Public Records, to the 31st day of March 1845, 
and the Compensations to Keepers of Records and 
others whose Offices have been abolished. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Factories, &amp;- 
thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Inspectors and Superintendents of Factories, 
Minesand Collieries, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

20. Motion made, and Question proposed, That pureed 
a Sum, not exceeding Six thousand four hundred i = 
and sixty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries of the Officers and —— 

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Chief Secretary 
to the Lord 
Lieutenant, Ac, 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services 
(Ireland. ) 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Secret Services. 


Stationery, &amp;c. 


Queen’s 
Printer 
(Ireland. ) 


Law Charges, 


Gold and 
Silver Coin. 


County Rates. 


Sheriffs’ 


Expenses, &amp;c. 


Tisolvent 


Debtors’ Court. 


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of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1845; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four thousand eight 
hundred and ninety pounds one shilling and three 
pence, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Sa- 
laries of the Officers and Attendants of the House- 
hold of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for thef Mr. William Williams, 13 


Yeas, L Dr. Bowring: : 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremanile, } on 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: : 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand and four hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Offices of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Jreland in Dublin and London, and of 
Her Majesty’s Privy Council in Ireland, to the 
31st day of March 1845. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand two hundred and seventy-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
nine thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, to the 
31st day of March 1845. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and twelve thousand three hundred and 
twenty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of providing Stationery, Print- 
ing and Binding, for the several Departments of 
Government in England, Scotland, Ireland and the 
Colonies, and for providing Stationery, Binding, 
Printing and Paper for Printing for the ‘I'wo Houses 
of Parliament, including the Expense of the Sta- 
tionery Office, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for Printing, 
&amp;c., executed by the Queen’s Printer in Jreland, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of Law Charges, and the Sa- 
laries, Allowances and incidental Expenses in the 
Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand three hundred and sixty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay Expenses connected with 
the Prosecution of Offenders against the Laws re- 
lating to Gold and Silver Coin, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1844, certain 
Charges hitherto paid out of the County Rates. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eigh- 
teen thousand and four hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 

1845, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs ; to make 

good the Deficiency of the Fees in the Office of the 
Queen’s Remembrancer in the Exchequer ; to pay 
the Salaries and ancient Allowances of certain Offi- 
cers of the Court of Exchequer; also, the extra 
Expenses to be incurred for a Winter Circuit of the 





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solvent Debtors’ Court, of their Clerks, and the 
Contingent Expenses of the Court and Office, to 
the 31st day of March 1845; also, the Expenses 
attendant upon the Circuit. 


32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen Parkhurst 


thousand five hundred and eighty-six pounds, be Prisou. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 

the Prison for Juvenile Offenders in the Isle of 
Wight, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Pentonville 


thousand three hundred and sixty-four pounds, be Prison. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 

the Pentonville Prison, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 


34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Milbank 


seven thousand six hundred and eighty-nine pounds, Prison. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 

of the Milbank Prison, to the 31st day of M 
1845. 


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35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Criminal 


thousand nine hundred and seventy-two pounds, be Lunatics. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
confining and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in 
Bethlem Hospital, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Prisons. 


thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Inspectors of Prisons; also, the Salary of the 


Secretary to the Prison Board in Scotland, to the 

31st day of March 1845. 

37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Law Expenses 
three thousand nine hundred and thirty-five pounds, (Seotland.) 


be granted to Her Majesty, todefray Law Expenses 


in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1845. 
38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Law Charges 
two thousand one hundred and nine pounds, be (Ireland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1845. 
39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Dublin Metro- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Politan Police. 
wards defraying the Charge of the Public Offices 
and Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 
40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Convict Depdt 
thousand three hundred and thirty-seven pounds, (28&gt;!i™) 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
1844, the Expense of Buildings and Fittings at the 
Convict Depot in Dublin. 
41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- Convicts. 
seven thousand and ninety pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Convict 
Hulk Establishment at Home, at Bermuda, and at 
Gibraltar, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Maintenance, 
Custody, Superintendence and Management of 
Convicts at New South Wales and Van Diemen’s 
Land, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


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. 


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The County Courts Bill was, according to Order, County Courts 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 





Judges, and for the Queen’s Prison. 
31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen 

thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 

defray the Salaries of the Commissioners of the In- 
Vox. 99. 


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The Bailiffs of Inferior Courts Bill was, accord- Bailifs of 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed lierior Courts 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday “'" 


The 





Gold and Silver 
Wares Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Woodstock 
Writ. 


Criminal 
Lunatics, 


No. 195. 


East India. 


Salford 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill, 


Colchester 

and Harwich 
Railway 

(No. 2.)3 and, 
Harwich Rail- 
way and Pier 
Bills. 


202 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Gold and Silver Wares 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 Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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 Woodstock, in the 
room of Frederic Thesiger,-Esquire, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of Her Majesty’s Solicitor General. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Number of 
Criminal Lunatics now under Confinement ; speci- 
fying the Name, Age and Sex of each Person, the 

lace of Confinement, the Nature of Offence com- 
mitted, and the Period at which such Confinement 
commenced, which was presented upon the 22d da 
of May, in the last Session of Parliament, be salicied. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 16° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


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,—List (No. 123°, specifying the 
Particulars of the Compensation proposed to be 
granted to a Person who belonged to the late Ma- 
ritime Service of the East India Company, and to 
the Widows and Family of Persons who belonged 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 :—And then 
he withdrew. 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for opening cer- 
tain Streets and otherwise improving the Town of 
Salford, and for amending an Act passed in the 
eleventh year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for better cleansing and improy- 
ing the said Town of Salford, in the County Pala- 
tine of Lancaster: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions of Ship-owners, Merchants, Traders 
and others, in the Port of Sunderland, in the county 
of Durham; — and, Merchants, Manufacturers, 
Traders and others, at Manchester, in the county of 
Lancaster; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks 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 
tieir Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land in the 
county of Essex;--and, Thomas Philip Earl de 
Grey ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Colchester and Harwich Railway (No. 2.) 
Bill, and that the Harwich Railway and Pier Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bills; and the Petitioners 


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A. 1844, 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Colchester and Harwich Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Samuel Cooper, the elder, of the Colchester 

parish of Dedham, in the county of Essex ;—Sa- and Harwich 
muel Cooper, the younger, of the parish of Ardleigh, Relway | 
in the county of Essex ;—the Reverend John Har-‘** ») ®il. 
rison, of the parish of Dinton, in the county 
of Buckinghamshire ;— John Amos Hempson, of 
Ramsey, in the county of Essex, Farmer ;—Ed- 
ward Reeve, of Dedham, in the county of Essex, 
Esquire ;—and, John Hempson, of Ramsey, in the 
county of Essex, Farmer ; praying that they may 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Colchester and Harwich Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the letting on Lease astern Coune 
to the Eastern Counties Railway Company of the ties Railway 
Railways and Works of the Northern and Eastern Bill. 
Railway Company, and to give effect to certain 
Arrangements entered into by the said Companies ; 
and to amend and enlarge some of the provisions of 
the Acts relating to the first-named Company, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Eaton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun- 
the Report on the Eastern Counties Railway (Bran- Cheendenal F 
don and Peterborough Extension) Bill. Peterborough 
And a Motion being made, and the Question Extension) Bill. 
being proposed, That the Amendments made by 
the Committee to the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


Petitions of Thomas Eastwood, of Brindle Lodge, Blackburn 
in the county of Lancaster, Esquire ;—and, Sir ach 
Henry Bold Hoghton, of Hoghton Tower, in the “"""* °" 
county of Lancaster, Baronet; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Blackburn and Preston 
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 Edward Colebrooke reported from the Com- Leeds and 
mittee on the Leeds and Bradford Railway Bill ; and Bradford Rail- 
to whom several Petitions against the said Bill were “*Y _ 
referred ; 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; That they had inquired into the several 
matters required by the Standing Orders on Railway 
Bills; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Yarmouth 
an on the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Teilwsy Bill 

ill. 

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: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. sai 

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Brighton and A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Arun- 
Chichester. del, in the county of Sussex, praying that they may 
Railway Bill. + heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Brighton and Chichester 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. 
Croydon and Petitions of the Board of Surveyors of the high- 
al Railway ways of the parish of Croydon ;-—and, Owners, Les- 


sees and Occupiers of land on and near the line of 
the proposed Railway from Croydon to Epsom, and 
of others ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Croydon and Epsom 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. 


South Eastern, 
Canterbury, 
Ramsgate and 
Margate Rail- 
way Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the South Eastern 
Railway Company to make a Railway from the said 
South Eastern Railway, near Ashford, to the City 
of Canterbury and the Towns of Ramsyate and Mar- 
gate, and to join the Whitstable and Canterbury 
Railway, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enable the South Eastern Railway 
Company to make a Railway from the said South 
Eastern Railway, near Ashford, to the City of Canter- 
bury, and the Towns of Ramsgate and Margate, and 
to join the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway. 

Ordered, That Mr. Smythe do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Rochdale 


—— The House proceeded to take into consideration 
as Dill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for more effectually lighting with 
Gas the Borough and Parish of Rochdale, m the 
County of Lancaster ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 25. 1. 9. Leave out “ Committee ” and insert 
“ Directors.” 

Pr. 44. 1.15. After “ then” insert “ the same 
shall be held to be adjourned sine die as herein- 
before mentioned, but.” 

Pr. 48. 1. 25. After “ Company”’ insert “ except 
as herein otherwise provided.” 

Pr. 48, 1. 28. Leave out from “auditors” to 
“ the” in 1, 29. 

Pr. 83. 1. 2. After “may” insert “if the Com- 
“ pany think fit.” 

Pr. 120. 1. 33. After “ had” insert “ within the 
“« jurisdiction of the Justice.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten 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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Manchester and 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 


ee for enabling the Manchester and Birmingham Rail- 
(Macclesiclad Way Company to vary the Line of their Branch 
and Poynton Railway to Macclesfield, and to make another 
(No. 2.) bil Branch therefrom, and for amending the former 


Acts relating to the said Company, be now read the 
third time ; 

Mr. Gladstone, 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. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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203 


Ordered, That Mr. Tatton Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cowper do make the Report Manchester 
from the Committe to whom the Manchester, Bury Bury, and 
and Rossendale Railway and Manchester and Leeds Rossendale 
Railway (Bury oes Bills were referred ; and Manchester 


that such Report be made To-morrow. and Leeds 


ilway (B 
Branek) Bille? 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Glossop 
the Report on the Glossop Market Bill; and the Market Bill. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North British 
the Report on the North British Railway Bill, Railway 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 : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordéred, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next, 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the South-Eastern 
Navigation of the River Medway, praying that they Railway Bill. 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the South Eastern 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 Tea Merchants, Grocers and others, Tea, 
Inhabitants of Edinburgh, praying the House to 
make such a reduction in the duty on Tea as may 
be deemed expedient in promoting its greater con- 
sumption in this country, and the increase of our 
trade with China, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brighton ;—London (three Peti- Charitable 
tions) ;—Rochester and Strood ;--and, Newcastle- Pawn Societies 
upon-Tyne and Gateshead ; praying that the Cha- Bi. 
ritable Pawn Societies Bill may not pass into a law, 

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


A Petition of Members of the Anti-Tithe Law Poor Law. 
and Anti-Poor Law Association of Pembroke, and 
of Rate and Tithe Payers, praying for alteration of 
the Poor Law Amendment Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Fifteenth 
Petitions presented upon the ist and 2d days of ¢P) 
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. 


A Petition of Manufacturers of Tobacco in New- Tobacco. 

castle-upon-Tyne and its neighbourhood, praying 
the House to pass such a law for the protection of 
the Revenue and the fair ‘trader, as will afford the 
Excise due power, whereby they may be enabled to 
detect smuggled Tobacco, whether raw or manu- 
factured, as well upon the premises of manufacturers 
and dealers, as while in transit throughout the 
kingdom, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 


A Petition of Residents in the town of Blackburn, 
praying the House to reduce the duty on Tobacco 
toa very low rate, was also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


DD2 Petitions 








Local Courts. 


Medical 
Profession. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland.) 


Alfred Moore. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Railroad 
Companies. 


204. 


Petitions from Cunllo Sant Penrhinpale ;—and, 
Llanarth ; praying that a Bill for establishing Local 
Courts for the decision of small causes may speedily 

ass into a law, with such provisions as may render 
its operations as beneficial to the Principality of 
Wales, as to the other parts of the kingdom,—were 


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


A Petition of William Moorman, a legally-qua- 
lified Medical Practitioner, praying for the formation 
of one faculty of Medicine and Surgery for the 
United Kingdom, having Boards of Examiners in 
London, Edinburgh and Dublin, to grant medical 
degrees under uniform regulations, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Clergy of the Diocese of Gloucester 
and Bristol, in the Deaneries of Cirencester and 
Fairford;—and, Thomas Newsome, Clerk, Rector of 
Shenley; praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 
6 and 7 Will. 4, c.77, as relates to the union of the 
Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Henllan ;—and, district of Saint 
Paul's, in the parish of Saint John-the-Baptist ; 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees 
of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time 
that speedy and strenuous endeavours may be made 
for the establishment of a See at Manchester by 
other means,—were also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sanguhar ;—and, Cullen; praying 
that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the 
Presbytery of Brechin, in the county of Forfar, 
praying the House to adopt measures for ameliorat- 
ing the condition of the Burgh and Parochial School- 
masters of Scotland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Alfred Moore, stating that he is a 
hawker regularly licensed according to Act of Par- 
jiament ; that on 1st September 1843 while calling 
thetown of Shrewsbury, he was stopped by a police- 
man who demanded his license, which was immedi- 
ately shown to him; that the policeman without 
sufficient grounds took him to the station-house ; 
that he was subsequently taken before the magis- 
trate at the town-hall, when he was sentenced to 
three months’ imprisonment and hard labour in the 
house of correction, for seeking to obtain money 
under false pretences ; and praying for an investi- 
gation into the circumstances of his case, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Operative Pro- 
testant Association, and other Inhabitants of the 
city of York and its vicinity, praying the House to 
institute an inquiry into the class-books and stand- 
ards of instruction used in Maynooth, into the pro- 
vincial statutes of the papal bishops in the province 
of Leinster, where this College is situated, into the 
standard of the diocesan conferences appointed in 
those statutes by the bishops for their priests, in 
which they train them to direct the consciences of 
the people, into the 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 Merchants and other Inhabitants 
of the town of Dundalk and vicinity, in the county 
of Louth, praying the House to reject all clauses in 
Railway Bills, having for their object the granting 
powers to Railroad Companies of becoming also 


16° Aprilis. 











A. 1844, 


steam-vessel prec also to reject all clauses 
empowering the said Companies to lend money on 
the security of any description of property, or to 
insert in clauses for lending money on the security 
of property, words excepting property in steam 
shipping, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Manager, Overlookers, Me- Factories 


chanics and other Operatives above the age of six- (No. 2.) Bill. 


teen years, employed in the Flax Mill of Ligoniel, 
near Belfast, the property of Stewart and M‘Clel- 
land, taking notice of the Factories Bill, (No. 2.) 
and praying the House not to pass any legislative 
enactment, that would prevent any adult person from 
employing his or her labour as is most to his or her 
advantage, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of Poor Law 
the Poor of the several parishes or districts within Amendment 


the borough of Newcastle-wpon- Tyne, praying that 
a clause may be inserted in the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Bill, by which it shall be enacted, that the 
owners instead of the occupiers of all houses and 
apartments let at a rent not exceeding £.10 a year, 
may be assessed to the poor’s rate for such houses 
and apartments, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Anti-Tithe Law Tithe Comm. 
and Anti-Poor Law Association of Pembroke, and ‘tion Act 


of Rate and Tithe-payers, praying for alteration of 
the Tithe Commutation Act, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses County Coutts 
of the borough of Hastings, in the county of Sussex, Bil 


praying that the County Courts Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Magistrates, Clergymen, Gentlemen, 
Merchants, Farmers and Traders of Newry, in the 
counties of Down and Armagh, praying the House 
to extend to Lreland the provisions of the said Bill, 
with such alterations and amendment, if any, as the 
circumstances of the case may require, was also 


or igigag and read; and ordered to lie ‘upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Erigal Union with 


Keron, in the county of Tyrone, praying for a repeal !reland. 


of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and 


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


A Petition of the Minister and other Members Marriages 
of the Congregation of Roundstone, in the County of Ireland.) 


Galway, inconnection with the General Assembly of 
the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, praying the 
House to pass a Bill to declare valid to all intents 
and purposes in law, all Marriages heretofore solem- 
nized or hereafter to be solemnized by Presbyterian 
Ministers in Jreland, between parties not within 
the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity, 
and who have the consent of parents or guardians, 
and provided that all such Marriages shall be so- 
lemnized and registered agreeably to the published 
law of the Jrish Presbyterian Church, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Scindia. 


a Copy of a Letter from Lord Lake to Maharajah 


Dowlut Rao Scindia, dated the 18th day of July 
1805. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented The Levant. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in detail, of the Expenditure of 
£.12,063.17s. 8d. charged in the Civil Contingen- 

cies 








Bill. 


nt 


urts 


Foreign Orfice. 


Fee Fund 


7 VictorizZ. 


cies for the year 1843, for the Expenses of Military 
Officers employed on Special Service in the Levant ; 
stating the Names of the Officers, the Service on 
which employed, the Period of such Employment, 
and the Amount paid to each. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in detail, of the Amount expended 
in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for Foreign Affairs, for Salaries and Expenses 
of Queen’s Messengers and extra Couriers, in the 
year 1843, stating the Names of the Messengers on 
the Establishment, and the Amount of Salary of 
each; and also, the Amount of Charges for each 
separate Messenger and Courier, the Places to which 
they were sent, and arrived; so as to exhibit the 
entire Charge of that Branch of Service in the year, 
and the Regulations under which they are 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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


(Treasury, &amp;¢.) tg Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Fee Fund in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, and the Office of the 
Secretary of State, in the year 1843, arising from 
Beneficial Warrants, Orders and Appointments ; 
stating, under separate heads, the Appointments 
for which Fees are charged, and the Rate of each 
class of Fees; also, a Statement of the Fees formerly 
received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


' Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


Acts of 
Parliament. 


Isle of Man. 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Total Charge for Acts of Parliament 
supplied to Public Departments, and also under the 
Promulgation Order, in the year 1843, stating the 
Name of each Department; stating the Number 
and Size of the Acts sent to each Office, and the 
Rate of Charge per Folio for each Size, and distin- 
guishing England, Ireland and Scotland. 


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 Amount collected in the Isle 
of Man, by the authority of the Act 54 Geo. 3, c. 


16° Aprilis. 


205 


morials and Correspondence of the Railway Com- 
pany. and their Secretary with the Board of Works, 
the Treasury or Commissioners of Kingstown Har- 
bour, relating to Encroachments on same, or to the 
Construction of the Atmospheric Railway, since 
Date of last Returns: —Of Instructions to Mr. 
Walker, Civil Engineer, or Abstract of Documents 
relating to the Atmospheric Railway and Kingstown 
Harbour :—And, of the Report and Evidence taken 
by Mr. Walker, and the Minutes or Orders thereon, 
with Copies of Memorials or Correspondence, up to 


the 10th day of April 1844, from Date of last Re- 
turns. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 
ended the 5th day of April 1844, after abating the 





Expenditure thereout defiayed by the several Reve- 
nue Departments, and of the actual Issues or Pay- 
ments within the same period, exclusive of the Sums 
applied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off 

nfunded Debt, and of the Advances and Repay- 
ments for Local Works, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Owen Owen Ro- 
berts, relative to Bangor Free Grammar School, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Name of each Union in England and 
Wales, formed in pursuance of the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act, according to the Districts of the Assistant 
Commissioners; with the Name of each Assistant 
Commissioner; the Number of Parishes in each 
Union; the Area in Statute Acres (excepting the 
Welch Unions), and the Population of each Union : 
—And, for each year, from 1840 inclusive, of the 
Weekly Average Number of Paupers relieved in the 
Workhouse during each year ; the Number of Medi- 
cal Officers employed in each Union ; the Aggregate 
Amount of their Rideaien the Aggregate Amount 
of Midwifery and Surgical Fees; the Total Amount 
paid to the Medical Officers in each year; the Rate 
per head of Medical Expenses on the Population 
of each Union in each year; and any Augmentation 
or Diminution of the Salaries of Medical Officers 
since the 25th day of March 1843. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, — Copy of further Papers respecting 
Gwalior. 


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


Public Income 
and Expendi- 


ture. 


Bangor 
Free Grammar 
School, 


Poor Law. 


Gwalior. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Castoms, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of Excise, and 
the Names, Offices, Places of Birth, Salaries and Post-office. 


1438, s. 1, for Harbour Dues in each year, from the 
year 1833 to 1843, under the several heads stated 


Kingstown 
Harbour, 


by the Schedule of that Act :—Of the Expenditure 
of the Amounts so received, under the various heads 
to which appropriated, and of the Balance in hand 
of the said Funds on the 1st day of January 1844: 
—Of the Commissioners now qualified, and who 
execute the saidAct :—And, of the Amount of Fines 
levied under its authority. 

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, 
Copies of Memorials from the Inhabitants of Kings- 
town to the Treasury, relating to Encroachments on 
the Harbour of Kingstown by the Dublin and Kings- 
town Railway Company, with Minutes thereon, pre- 
sented since the Date of last Returns in 1843 :— 
Of Treasury Minutes and Correspondence with Board 
of Works, relative to Kingstown Harbour and the 
Atmospheric Railway, since Date of last Returns: 
—Of Reports of the Board of Works acting as 
Commissioners of Kingstown Harbour :—Of Me- 


. Voi. 99. 





Ages of all Persons holding Offices in the Customs, 
Excise and Post-office Departments of the United 
Kingdom, with the Dates of their Appointment and 
present Location :—It passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That there be laid before this House, a 
eturn of the Amount of Jrish Income which is 
assessed to the Property Tax in Great Britain: 
distinguishing the Amount charged under each 
Schedule :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 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, a Copy 
of all Commissions, with the Names of the Com- 
missioners, appointed to inquire into the working 
of the Anatomy Act, and also into the Official Con- 





duct of any Inspector or Inspectors of Schools of 
Anatomy for England, Scotland and Wales; with 
DD3 the 


Property Tax. 


Anatomy Act. 








206 


the Dates ofeach Commission, and Reports (if any) 
of the Evidence taken by the said Commissioners : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


National 
Monuments and 
Works of Art. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon the 16th day of June 1841, was made from 
the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the 
present state of the National Monuments and Works 
of Art in Westminster Abbey, in Saint Paul’s Ca- 
thedral and in other Public Edifices, to consider 
the best means for their protection, and for affording 
facilities to the public for their inspection, as a means 
of moral and intellectual improvement for the 
People, might be read ; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 


“ That your Committee strongly deprecate any 
course which could create an impression that 
Churches were at any time to be considered merely 
in the light of places for the exhibition of Works of 
Art ; but it is their opinion that as, by increased fa- 
cilities of admission to the inspection of mere Works 
of Art, civilization has been encouraged and public 
taste improved, so a more free admission to reli- 
gious edifices, under proper regulation, may be made 
conducive, not merely to the gratification of curi- 
osity and the acquirement of historical knowledge, 
but to the growth and progress of religious impres- 
sions, by leading the mind of the spectator from the 
contemplation of the building to a consideration of 
the views with which, and the purposes for which, 
it was originally erected, and is still maintained ; 
your Committee entertain a hope that arrangements 
may be made by the Cathedral Authorities, to allow 
the larger portions of Westminster Abbey, and of 
Saint Paul's and other Cathedrals throughout the 
Country, to be open freely to the public daily ; and 
especially on Sundays, reconciling such free admis- 
sion with the due and undisturbed performance of 
religious services, though it may be required to 
continue a small reduced fee, or other sufficient re- 
striction, in regard to the chapels and cmaller or 
more intricate portions of those edifices; your 
Committee think it right to add, that if the greater 
freedom of admission to those Churches should 
lead, as it probably must, to an increase of the 
number of officers employed in their superinten- 
dence, the additional expense ought to be defrayed 
from other funds than those belonging to the Ca- 
thedrals.” 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House, taking into consideration 
the exemplary conduct of the people during the 
exhibition of the Cartoons last year, and wherever 
they have been admitted to public edifices, and 
their general disposition to improve by the contem- 
plation of Works of Art, approve of the said re- 
commendation of the Select Committee of this 
House on National Monuments and Works of Art, 
in 1841 :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graci- 
ously pleased to confer an Honorary Distinction on 
the Surviving Officers of the Peninsular Army :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Peninsular 
Army. 


Stipendiary 
Magistrates 
(Ireland, ) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, showing the Dates of the Appointments of 
Stipendiary Magistrates in Jreland, from the 2d day 
of March to the 15th day of April, both inclusive ; 
specitying the Names of the several Magistrates, 
the Stations to which they were severally appointed 
by each Warrant, and the Cause assigned in each 
Warrant respectively for the Appointment. 


16°—17° Aprilis. 








A. 1844, 


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


Mercurii, 17° die Aprilis, 1844: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative.' 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Supply ; 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Four thou- Holyheag 
sand one hundred and sixty-four pounds, be granted Harbour, &amp;, 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of Holyhead 
Harbour, and the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Roads, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Caledonian 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on Canal. 
account of the Works carrying on at the Caledonian 
Canal. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Public Works 
six thousand eight hundred and seventy-one pounds, Ireland.) 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense - 
of maintaining and repairing the several Public 
Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Ireland ; also, the Expense of 
Inland Navigation and other Services, under the ° 


direction of the said Commissioners, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Kingstown 
thousand pounds, be granted}to Her Majesty, to Harbour. 
defray the Expense of Works and Repairs at the 
Harbour of Kingstown, to the 31st day of March ; 
1845, 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Salaries an 
nine thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, be a 
cranted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and pariiament. 

Expenses of the Two Houses of Parliament, and 
Allowances to Retired Officers of the Two Houses, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- D° - (Trea. 
five thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to *""9-) 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 
31st day of March 1845. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen D° - (Home 
thousand seven hundred and three pounds, be Office.) 
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 1845. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- D° - (Foreign 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Ofice:) 
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 1845. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- D° - (Colonial 
two thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to Offices) 

Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- De - (Privy 
two thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Council Otice.) 
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 1845. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- D° - (Paymas- 
one thousand six hundred and eighty-nine pounds, a General's 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of mi 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen D° - (Comp- 
thousand and sixty-eight pounds, be granted to Her a. 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and ee &gt; ere quer, &amp;c.) 

epartments _~ 


D° - (Lord 
Privy Seal. ) 








&amp;e, 











State Paper 
Office. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commissions 


Poor Law 
Commission. 


Mint. 


Public 
Records, 


Factories &amp;c. 


Household of 
Lord Lieute- 
nant, 


Chief Secretary 


to the Lord 
Lieutenant, &amp;e. 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services 
({reland.) 


Public Works 
(Ireland, ) 


Secret Services. 


Stationery, &amp;e. 


Queen’s 
Printer 


(Ireland. ) 


16°— 


Departments of the Comptroller General of the 
Exchequer, the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills, and 
the Paymaster of Civil Services, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
State Paper Office, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards the Expenses of the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners for England, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay 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 1845. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
three thousand two hundred and thirty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expen- 
diture of the Mint to the 31st day of March 1845. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand four hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of 
Persons employed in the care and arrangement of 
the Public Records, to the 31st day of March 1845, 
and the Compensations to Keepers of Records and 
others whose Offices have been abolished. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Inspectors and Superintendents of Factories, 
Mines and Collieries, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


7 VicTorizZ. 


17° Aprils. 





20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand four hundred and sixty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the 
Officers and Attendants of the Household of the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand and four hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Offices of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland in Dublin and London, and of 
Her Majesty’s Privy Council in Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand two hundred and seventy-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
nine thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, to the 
31st day of March 1845. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and twelve thousand three hundred and 
twenty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of providing Stationery, Print- 
ing and Binding, for the several Departments of 
Government in England, Scotland, Ireland, and 
the Colonies, and for providing Stationery, Binding, 
Printing, and Paper for Printing for the T wo Houses 
of Parliament, including the Expense of the Sta- 
tionery Office, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for Printing, 
&amp;c., executed by the Queen’s Printer in Ireland, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

Vot. 99. 





207 


27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Law Charges. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of Law Charges, and the Sala- 
ries, Allowances and incidental Expenses in the 
Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Gold and Silver 
thousand three hundred and sixty pounds, be granted Coin. 
to Her Majesty, to pay Expenses connected with 
the Prosecution of Offenders against the Laws re- 
lating to Gold and Silver Coin, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One County Rates. 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1844, certain 
Charges hitherto paid out of the County Rates. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eigh- sherits’ 
teen thousand and four hundred pounds, be granted Expenses, &amp;c. 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1845, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs; to make 
good the Deficiency of the Fees in the Office of the 
Queen’s Remembrancer in the Exchequer; to pay 
the Salaries and ancient Allowances of certain Offi- 
cers of the Court of Exchequer; also, the extra 
Expenses to be incurred for a Winter Circuit of the 
Judges, and for the Queen’s Prison. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Insolvent 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Debtors’ Court. 
defray the Salaries of the Commissioners of the In- 
solvent Debtors’ Court, of their Clerks, and the 
Contingent Expenses of the Court and Office, to the 
31st day of March 1845; also, the Expenses at- 
tendant upon the Circuit. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eigh- Parkhurst 
teen thousand five hundred and eighty-six pounds, Prison. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Prison for Juvenile Offenders in the Jsle of 
Wight, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Pentonville 
thousand three hundred and sixty-four pounds, be Prison. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the Pentonville Prison, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

34. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Milbank 
seven thousand six hundred and eighty-nine pounds, Prison. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Milbank Prison, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Criminal 
thousand nine hundred and seventy -two pounds, be Lunatics. 
eranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
confining and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in 
Bethlem Hospital, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Prisons. 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Inspectors of Prisons; also, the Salary of the 
Secretary to the Prison Board in Scotland, to the 
31st day of March 1845. 

37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Law Expenses 
three thousand nine hundred and thirty-five pounds, (Scotland. ) 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Expenses 
in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Law Charges 
two thousand one hundred and nine pounds, be (Irelaud.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in 
Treland, to the 31st day of March 1845. _ 

39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Dublin eh 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Pee 
wards defraying the Charge of the Public Offices 
and Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. Ee ‘ 

40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six aw 
thousand three hundred and thirty-seven pounds, ne 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defra , in the year 
1844, the Expense of Buildings and Fittings at the 
Convict Depot in Dublin. ; 

41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty-~ Convicts. 
seven thousand and ninety pounds, be granted ta 





pp4 Her 











South Devon 
Railway Bill. 


Pilots. 
No. 196. 


Wool. 

No. 197. 
Corn-laden 
Ships. 

No. 198. 


Woollen 
Manufactures. 


No. 197. 
Shipping. 
No. 199. 


Glass. 
No. 200. 


Staves. 

No. 201. 
Stationery 
(Lreland.) 

No. 202. 
Cheese. 

No. 203. 


Tobacco. 


Customs 
Duties. 


No. 204. 


Promissory 
Notes and 
Bullion, 


No. 205. 
Quassia. 

No. 206. 
Post-office. 

No. 207. 


Army. 
No. 208. 


Extra-parochial 
Lands, Xe, 


No. 209, 








208 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Con- 


16°—17°—18° Aprilis. 


A. 1844. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 














, t Justices’ Cier,, 
vict Hulk Establishment at Home, at Bermuda and to Justices’ Clerks and Constables, which was pre- "4 Constabie 
at Gibraltar, to the 31st day of March 1845. sented yesterday, be printed. No. 210, 
42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three | , , ‘ ; 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma-| And then the House, having continued to sit 
: def i, Stes ak tee Malan | till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
jesty, to sores. A anne “—.&lt; ere | clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 
Custody, Superintendence and Management of Con- | till this da 5? 
victs at New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, y 
to the 31st day of March 1845. — ——————— = 
The four first Resolutions, being read a second | Y : a 
time, were agreed to. Mercurii, 17° die Aprils : 
The fifth Resolution, being read a second time, ne ; 
was postponed. . Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
The sixth to the fifteenth Resolutions, being read; Prayers. 
a second time, were agreed to. HE House met; and being counted by Mr. ag; 
_The sixteenth Resolution, being read a second} J Speaker, it appeared that Forty Shenheae —- 
time, was postponed. ; ; not present; yet it being four of the clock, Mr. 
_ The subsequent Resolutions, being read a second Speaker took’ the Chair, and again counted the 
time, were agreed to. ; House ; and Forty Members not being present :— 
Ordered, That the Resolutions which have been | phe House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
postponed be taken into further consideration this| . Question first put, till To-morrow. 
day. 
A Petition of John Johnson, Alderman of Lon- Age » 
don, and Wi!liam Johnson, of Richmond Hill, in the Jovis, 18 die Aprilis : 
county of Surrey, Esquire, praying that they may Role. 4 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
against certain parts of the South Devon Railway PRAYERS. 
Bill, was presented, and read. R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Saint Andrew: 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Commissioners, was called in; and at the Ward(Dubliv.) 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | },, presented, pursuant to Order,—A Copy of a 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their | Renort of W. J. Hancock, Esquire, Assistant Poor 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in| Taw Commissioner, upon the late Election of a 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. Poor Law Guardian for the Ward of Saint Andrews, 
in the City of Dublin :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Pilots, Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
which was presented upon the 29th day of March | Table. 
last, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Wool, Mr. Scott, from the Office of the Commissioners National Debt. 


which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corn-laden 
Ships, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Woollen 
Manufactures, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Glass, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Staves, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stationery 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Cheese, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Returns relative to Tobacco, 


which were presented yesterday, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Customs 
Duties, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Promissory 


Notes and Bullion, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Quassia, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 














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 Ac- 
count 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 Mo- 
ney 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 Provi- 
sions of the Acts 10 Geo. 4, c. 24, and 3 Will. 4, 
c. 14, within the year ending 5th January 1844. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Sums 
received and paid by the Commissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt, on account of 
Banks for Savings (including Friendly Societies), 
in Great Britain and Ireland, from their commence- 
ment at 6th August 1817 to the 20th November 
1843, inclusive :— Also, an Account of all Expenses 
incurred by the said Commissioners, for Salaries of 
Clerks or other Incidental Charges, during the pre- 
ceding year :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Mr. Maltby, from the Trinity House, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,— 
Returns of the whole Receipt and Revenue of the 
Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond ; 
distinguishing the particular sources from which the 
same are derived ; together with a particular and 
detailed Account of the Appropriation of the same, 


Trinity House 
(Deptford 
Strond.) 














| for each of the years 1841 to 1843, both inclusive, 
Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Post- | (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 448, 
office, which were presented yesterday, be printed. | of Session 1842):—And, of the Number of Pen- 
| sioners receiving Relief from the Corporation of 
Trinity House of Deptford Strond, on the 1st day 
ia of January in each year, commencing on the 1st 
Ordered, «nat the Return relative to Extra-pa- | day of January 1841; distinguishing Men, Women 
rochial Lands, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, and Children, and specifying the Rate of Pension 
be printed. | allowed to each class of Pensioners ; the Names hon 
the 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 














erks 
bles, 


nt. 
Public Income 


and Expendi- 
ture. 


No. 211. 


Azzopardi, 


lin.) 


Coals, Cinders 
aud Culm, 


Ure DAC alas &lt;2 





Tobacco. 





7 Vicroriz¢. 


the Ports or Places at or in the vicinity of which 
the Parties receiving Pensions reside, and the Num- 
ber 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 
Three years, commencing on the 1st day of January 
1841; distinguishing the Number of Vacancies oc- 
casioned by the Death or Disqualification of Male 
Pensioners from the Number by Female Pensioners : 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Law, from the Treasury, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—An 
Account of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 
ended the 5th day of April 1844, after abating the 
Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several Re- 
venue Departments, and of the actual Issues or 


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209 


the Party paid the Fine, or suffered the Imprison- 
ment; also, the Cost of maintaining the Prisoners 
in Gaol :—And the like Return between the 1st day 
of January 1843 and the 1st day of January 1844: 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Account relative to Public In- 
come and Expenditure, be printed. 


Company, and for more effectually lighting with 
Gas the City of York and the Suburbs and Vicinity 
thereof, in the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


keepers and other Inhabitants of the town and 
neighbourhood of Keighley, in the West Riding of 
the county of York, praying that the Manchester 
and Leeds Railway (Bradford Branch) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Payments within the same period, exclusive of the 
Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or pay- 
ing off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and 
Repayments for Local Works, &amp;c. 

A Return of the Expenses attending the Trial of 
the Maltese Azzopardi, for Murder, before the 
Central Criminal Court, on the 12th day of May 
1843, including the Transport of the said Prisoner 
and the Witnesses against him from Smyrna, and 
the Compensation paid to the Witnesses for their 
Attendance on the said Trial. 

Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of the 
United Kingdom, in the year 1843; distinguishing 
the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, as 
compared with the year 1842 :—Of the Quantities 
and declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm 
exported from the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland to Foreign Countries, and the 
British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1843 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1842 ; 
also, distinguishing the Ports of the United King- 
dom from which the same were shipped :—Of the 
Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Culm exported 
from the United Kingdom in the year 1843, with 
the Rate and Amount of Duty thereon :—And, of 
the Quantities of Coals brought Coastways and by 
Inland Navigation into the Port of Zondon during 
the year 1843, comparing the same with the Quan- 
tities brought during the year 1842. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of Febru- 
ary last, for Returns of the Quantity of Coals ex- 
ported from the several Ports of Newcastle, Sunder- 
land and Stockton, in each of the years 1841, 1842 
and 1843; distinguishing the Coals shipped to 
British Possessions from those shipped to Foreign 
Parts :—And, of the Total Quantity of Coals ex- 
ported from the United Kingdom to Foreign Parts 
in each Quarter of the years, from 1828 to 1843, in- 
clusive ; distinguishing Round Coals from Small, 
with the Amount of Duty paid in each Quarter. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of March 
last, fora Return of the Number of Persons convicted 








Mr. Lowther presented a Bill for uniting the York York United 
Gas Light Company and the York Union Gas Light a (He. &amp;) 


A Petition of Magistrates, Manufacturers, Shop- Manchester and 
Leeds Railway 
(Bradford 
Branch) Bill. 


A Petition of the Provost of the Parliamentary North British 
Burgh of Portobello, praying that the North British Railway Bill. 


Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of James Marquis of Abercorn, pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions of Sir Charles Dalrymple Ferguson, of 
Kilkerran and Hailes, Baronet ;—and, the Right 
honourable Francis Charteris, Earl of Weymss and 
March, Baron Weymss of Weymss of the United 
Kingdom ; praying that the said Bill may be re- 
committed, and that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
thereof,--were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Purchase of 
“ Monk's Ferry,” by the Commissioners for the Im- 
provement of Birkenhead, Claughton-cum-Grange, 
and part of Oxton, in the County of Chester, and 
for amending the Acts relating to the said Commis- 
sioners, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions of Shareholders in a Company called 
the South Eastern Railway Company ;--Company 
of Proprietors of the Navigation of the River Med- 
way ;—and, Coal Merchants resident and carrying 
on trade in and near the port of Dovor, in the county 
of Kent; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the South Eastern 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. 





before Magistrates for Smuggling, or being con- 


cerned in the Smuggling of Tobacco in the United | 


Kingdom, distinguishing England, Ireland, and 
Scotland, between the 1st day of January 1842 and 
the 1st day of January 1843, naming the Places 


where each Conviction occurred ; distinguishing | 


those cases heard by Magistrates, where the weight 


has been over Six pounds, and stating the weight | 


in both cases ; and also specifying whether the To- 
bacco seized was manufactured, or was not manu- 


factured; and also stating the Amount of Fine or 


Imprisonment imposed in each case, and whether 
Vou. 99. 





A Petition of Thomas Sheppard, of Folkington- 
| place, in the county of Susser, Esquire, a Member 
of the House, and of Owners and Occupiers of land 
on the line of a projected Railway from the Londun 
and Brighton Railway to Hastings, praying that 
‘they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Brighton, Lewes 
and Hastings Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 


Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
EE Petitions 





Birkenhead 


Improvement 


South Eastern 


Railway Bill, 


Brighton, 
Lewes and 
Hastings Rail- 
way Bill. 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 





Brighton and 
Chichester 
Railway Bill. 


Brighton and 
Chichester 
Railway Bill. 


Glossop 
Market Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


South Devon 
Railway Bill. 





210 


Petitions of Hugh Wyatt, of Cisbury, in the 
county of Sussex, Esquire ;-—and, Trustees of and 
Contributors to the ferry at Littlehampton, in the 
county of Sussex ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Brighton and Chichester 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Commissioners for 
erecting Piers in, and for repairing and keeping in 
repair the harbour of Littlehampton, called Arun- 
del Port, in the county of Sussex, and for improving 
the Navigation of the River Arun from the said 
Harbour to the town of Arundel, in the same county, 
which was presented upon the 8th day of March 
last, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against the application for 
the Brighton and Chichester Railway Bull, be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for establishing a Market in the 
Town of Glossop, in the County of Derby, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Arundel and Surrey do 
carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concur- 
rence. 


Petitions of Trustees for executing an Act for 
more effectually repairing and improving the Road 
from Conway to Pwllheli, and other Roads therein 
mentioned, in the counties of Carnarvon and Den- 
bigh ;--Mortgagees of the Tolls of certain Turn- 
pike-roads under the provisions of and regulated 
by an Act passed in the second year of the reign of 
his late Majesty, for more effectually repairing and 
improving the Road from Conway to Pwllheli, and 
other Roads therein mentioned, in the Counties of 
Carnarvon and Denbigh; — Trustees for execut- 
ing the several Acts for improving and repairing 
certain Roads in the Counties of Flint and Chester, 
and for better maintaining the Ferry over the River 
Dee, called the Lower King’s Ferry, in the said 
county of Flint ;—United Company of Proprietors 
of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal ;—Sir Stephen 
Richard Glynne, Baronet ;--Trustees for executing 
several Acts for more effectually repairing and im- 
proving the several Roads comprising the Flint, 
Holywell and Mostyn District of Roads in the 
County of Flint, and for making new Deviations 
and Extensions of Roads to communicate with the 
said Districts ;—Honourable Edward Mostyn Lloyd 
Mostyn, of Mostyn Hall, inthe County of Flint ;— 
Mortgagees and Creditors on the Lower King’s 
Ferry Roads ;—Sir Pyers Mostyn, of Talacre, in 
the county of Flint, Baronet ;—and, the Right hon- 
ourable Edward Pryce Lord Mostyn; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Chester and 
Holyhead 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 Share-holders in the proposed South 
Devon Kailway Company, and other Inhabitants of 
the borough of Devonport, in the county of Devon, 
and its vicinity, praying that the South Devon Rail- 
way Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


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A. 1844, 


Petitions of the Plymouth Union Bath Com- 
pany ;—and, Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway 
Company ; praying that they may be heard, by 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 their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Eastern Union 


of Bury Saint Edmunds, in the county of Suffolk, Railway Bil, 


praying that the Eastern Union Railway Bill may 
not pass into a Jaw, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Andrew Arcedeckne, of Glevering 
Hall, in the county of Suffolk, Esquire, and the 
Reverend Joshua Rowley, of East Bergholt, in the 
said county of Suffolk, Clerk, of Sir Robert Har- 
land, Baronet, of Orwell Park, in the said county, 
and Dame Arethusa, his Wife, of Sir Thomas Gery 
Cullum, of Hardwick House, in the said county, 
Baronet, and of Charles Jenkin, of Stradishall, in 
the said county, Doctor in Divinity, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill, was 
also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Comittee 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 Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Tuesday last, That the Amendments made by 
the Committee to the Yarmouth and Norwich Rail- 
way Bill be now read a second time ; 

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 Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants, Manufac- Manchester 
turers and others, Inhabitants within the division of a 
Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, and of — 


Justices of the Peace for the county of Lancaster, 
acting in and for the said division of Manchester, 
praying that additional provision may be made in 
the Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate Bill for 
continuing the services of a Stipendiary Magistrate 
for the said division, and for raising a competent 
salary to be paid to such Justice, and to his Clerk 
and Assistants, so as to secure the continuance of 
the services of a Stipendiary Justice for the said 
division, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions of the Right honourable George Harry 
Earl of Stamford and Warrington;—John Ken- 
worthy, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the county of 


ll. 


Ashton, Staly- 
bridge, and 


Liverpool 
Junction Rail- 


Lancaster ; — Robert Bennett, of Gordon Hall, in way Bill. 


the parish of Manchester, in the county of Lancas- 
ter, Gentleman ;—and, Mary Ann Orrell, of Cul- 
cheth in Newton, in the parish of Manchester, in the 
county of Lancaster, Widow; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Ashton, Stalybridge and 
Liverpool 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. 


Petitions - 





on 





ion 


ill, 


ch 
ill, 








7 Victoriz. 


Petitions of John Kenworthy, of Ashton-under- 
Lyne, in the county of Lancaster ;-—and, the Right | ( 
honourable George Harry Earl of Stamford and 
Warrington; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Man- 
chester 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. 


Sheffield, Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne 
and Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


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 Rother 


Standing 
Orders 5 


Rother Levels 








Drainage. Levels Drainage Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

Manchester 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester 

is "aa Royal Infirmary, &amp;c., Petition, the Standing Orders 


ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester 
Bonding Petition, for leave to present a Petition for 
a Bill, the Sessional Order ought to be dispensed 
with; That the Parties be permitted to present a 
Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Manchester 
Bonding. 


Manchester 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
Bonding. 


of the borough of Manchester, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for the Warehousing of Foreign Goods for 
Home Consumption, at the borough of Manchester, 
in the county of Lancaster, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Rochdale 
Improvement 
Bill. 


A Petition of Jonathan Nield, John Clegg and 
John Hardman, three of the Trustees nominated and 
appointed under an Act for providing an additional 
Market-place in and for the Town of Rochdale, in 
the County Palatine of Lancaster, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Rochdale Im- 


18° Aprils. 


spect of the Petition for the West Croft (Nottingham) 
Inclosure Bill, which, upon the 6th day of March 


211 


The House being informea That the West Croft West Croft 


Nottingham) Inclosure Bill was not properly pre- a 
ared ; , 


Ordered, That the Order for the second reading 


of the said Bill be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report, in re- West Croft 
(Nottingham) 
Inclosure 


: ~ (No. 2.) Bill. 
ast, was made from the Select Committee on Peti-‘ mits 


tions 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 passed in the 
Third year of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
for inclosing certain Lands in the T 

of the Town of Nottingham: And that Sir John 
Hobhouse and Mr. Gisborne do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


‘own and County 


The House being informed, That the Wottingham Nottingham 


(West Croft Canal) Improvement Bill was not pro- (West Croft 
perly prepared ; 


Canal) Im- 
provement Bill, 


Ordered, That the Order for the second reading 


of the said Bill be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Nottingham 
of the Petition for the Vottingham( West Croft Canal) Sie 
Improvement Bill, which, upon the 6th day of provement 
March last, was made from the Select Committee (No. 2.) 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 amending the Provisions of an Act for forming 

a Canal and other Works within and near certain 

Lands called The West Croft, in the Parish of Saint 

Mary, in the Town and County of the Town of WVot- 

tingham, and for making certain Improvements within 

the said Town: And that Sir John Hobhouse and 

Mr. Gisborne do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Cowper reported from the Committee on the Manchester and 
Manchester and Leeds Railway (Bury Branch) and Leeds Railway 
the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway Bills stg 0 ; 
(Competing Lines); and to whom several Peti- ter, Bury, and 


tions against the said Bills were referred ; That Rossendale 











provement Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Eastern Coune 
ties Railway 
(Brandon and 
Peterborough 
Extension) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Tuesday last, That the Amendments made by 
the Committee to the Eastern Counties Railway 
(Brandon and Peterborough Extension) Bill, be now 
read a second time; 

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 Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


London Gas 


— A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, Over- 


seers and other Inhabitants of the parish of Pad- 
dington, in the county of Middlesex, praying that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the London Gas 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. 
Vou. 99, 


they had heard counsel in support of several of seit duane 
the said Petitions, and had also heard counsel 
in favour of each of the said Bills; That they 
had inquired into and taken Evidence upon the 
comparative merits of the two Bills referred to 
them; and had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Manchester and Leeds (Bury 
Branch) Railway Bill; but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Manchester, Bury and Ros- 
sendale Railway Bill, and found the same to be 
true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Mr. Cowper further reported, That in the case of 
the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway Bill, 
they had inquired into the several matters required 
by the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, and had 
agreed to a Report thereupon. 

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





The Order of the day being read, for resuming North Britisi: 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Ruilway Bill. 
upon Tuesday last, That the Amendments made by 
the Committee to the North British Railway Bill, 
be now read a second time ; 

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

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 upon this day six months,” instead thereof. 








EE2 And 





Northern 
Coul Mining 
Company Bill. 


Schuster’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Leeds and Selby 


Railway Pur- 


chase (No. 2.) 


Bill. 


Kingston-upon- 


Manchester 
Royal Infirm- 
ary, &amp;c., Bill. 


Charitable 


212 


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 put, That the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill be now 
read a second time:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Northern Coal 
Mining Company to raise Money for paying off ex- 
isting Debts of the Company, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hardy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Samuel Schuster, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hardy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of Di- 


18° Aprils. 


rectors of the Undertakers of the Navigation of 


the Rivers Aire and Calder, in the county of York, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Leeds 
and Selby Railway Purchase (No. 2.) 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. 


y I A Petition of Members of the Committee of 
Hull Docks Bill. Pjirectors of the Undertakers of the Navigation of 


the Rivers Aire and Calder, in the county of York, 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Kingston- 
upon-Hull Docks Bill, was persented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Manchester Royal In- 
firmary, &amp;c., Bill, which was this ~ 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 enable the President, Treasurers, Deputy Trea- 
surers, Benefactors, and Subscribers of and to the 
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Dispensary, and Lu- 
natic Hospital or Asylum, to enlarge the said In- 
firmary, and to purchase and hold Land for the 
Erection of a new Lunatic Hospital or Asylum: 
And that Mr. Mark Philips and Mr. Milner Gibson 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from Bromsgrove ;—Birmingham (two 


Pawn Societies: Petitions) ;—- Newark-upon- Trent;—-Exeter ;--Ports- 


Pill. 


Railways. 


mouth, Portsea and Gosport ;— Wednesbury ; — 
Westbromwich ;— Dudley ; —Mark S. Lee ; — Lea- 
mington Priors ;— Worcester ; — and, Coventry ; 
praying that the Charitable Pawn Societies Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Trades- 
men, Common Carriers and others interested in the 
conveyance ef goods by Railway, praying the House 
to secure to them the same benefit of a free com- 
petition in the inland carriage of goods as they en- 











A. 1844, 


joyed previously to the formation of Railways, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Railways. 


A Petition of the Minister, Wardens and Mem- Saint Asa 
bers of the congregation of the Holy Trinity Chapel, oo Bangor 
eses, 


in the borough of Birmingham, praying tor the re- . 


peal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Three Petitions from Chester, praying for the 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, and at the same time that speedy and 
strenuous endeavours may be made for the establish- 
ment of a See at Manchester, by other means,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Inverkeithing ;—Leith (two Peti- prisons 
tions) ;— Queensferry ;— Dunfermline ;—and, Porto- (Scotland) Bill, 


bello; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into alaw,as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Staverton ;—and, Bridport (two Factories 


the Act now in force for regulating the hours of 
lavour in Factories,— were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Clergy, Merchants, Mill-owners, Manufacturers, 
Factory Operatives and other Inhabitants of Brad- 
ford, and its vicinity, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, praying that provision may be 
made in the Factories (No. 2.) Bill for limiting the 
labour of young persons to ten hours a day for five 
days in the week, and eight hours on the Saturday, 
and that none be admitted under nine years of age, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


—praying that the Masters and Servants Bill may 
not pass into a law,— were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





peal the Laws at present in existence respecting 
the subscription of Tests by Professors in the 
National Universities of Scotland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


House to make such a reduction in the duty on Tea, 
as may be deemed expedient in promoting its greater 
consumption in this country, and the increase of our 
trade with China, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


lar ;—Dorumana ;—Ardshaw ;—Urney ;-- Killeter ; 
— Dundee ;— Furlough ;—Croghan ;—Aughnacloy 
Ballynahally ;—and, Westport ; praying the House 
to introduce without delay into Parliament a Bill to 
declare valid to all intents and purposes in law, all 
Marriages heretofore solemnized or hereafter to be 
solemnized by Presbyterian Ministers in Jreland, 
between parties not within the prohibited degrees 
of consanguinity or affinity, and who have the con- 
sent of parents or guardians; and provided that all 
such Marriages shall be solemnized and registered 
agreeably to the published laws of the Jrish Pres- 
byterian Church,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 








of 


A Petition of Tea-dealers and others, praying the Tes. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of Poor ~ 
the electoral division of Ross, in the Poor Law Union (rel ) 


Petitions) ; praying the House not to interfere with (No. 2.) Bill. 


Petitions from the Staffordshire Potteries;— Masters and 
Cheltenham (Chairman) ;—and, Bath (Chairman); Servants Bill. 


Petitions from Aberdeen ;— Glasgow (two Pe- Universities 
titions) ;—and, Perth; praying the House to re- (Scotland) 


Petitions from Dublin ; —Glenelley ; —Newtown Marriages 
Stewart (two Petitions) ; Piha) ;— Stranor- (ireland.) 


Relief 














7 VicTORIz. 


of New Ross, in the county of Wexford, praying 
for amendment of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Fable. 


A Petition of Coal-owners, Merchants, Ship- 
owners and others interested in the Coal Trade, re- 
sident in the borough of Hartlepool, praying for 
repeal of the duty on Coals exported, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

esses of the borough of Sunderland, praying the 
tome not to impose any additional tax upon Coal 
for the purposes of embanking the River Thames, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





Coals. 





A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Sunderland, stating, that of late 
years the loss of life and property at sea has fear- 
fully increased; that it is the opinion of the Peti- 
tioners that if the masters and mates of vessels had 
to undergo an examination into their qualifications 
for situations, and the navigation of unseaworthy 
ships were prevented, fewer lives would be lost, and 
a large amount of property invested in our mercan- 
tile marine thereby saved; and praying the House 
to pass a law for the protection of life and property 
at sea, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Merchant Ves- 
sels’ Officers. 


Bill. 


Jewish Dis- 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
abilities. 


of the borough of Sunderland, praying tne House 
to confer on every British-born Jew the civil and 
municipal immunities to which he is entitled in 
common with all others of Her Majesty’s faithful 
subjects, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Tobacco. 


18° Aprelis. 


213 


missioners of Woods and Forests since the 1st day 
of October 1843, on the Menai Bridge. 

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


A Petition of Trustees named and appointed by Garnkirk, 

and acting under an Act for maintaining and repair- Glasgow, and 
ing the Road from Glasgow to Redburn Bridge, and Railway Sill. 
Branch Road leading therefrom, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Garnkirk, Glas- 
gow and Coatbridge Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, Vhat 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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Coals. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Orders in Council for reducing 
or altering the Rates of Duty on Coals on Export- 
ation in British and Foreign Ships since the passing 
of the Act 7 Vic. 

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 Cape of Good 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased *°P* 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Ordinance for the Abolition 
of Port Dues, at the Cape of Good Hope; and of 
any Orders in Council or Ordinances for the Alter- 
ation of the Tariff or Import Duties in that Colony. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 





A Petition of Residents in the town of Bolton, 
praying for a reduction of the duty on Tobacco, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Tobacco Trade. 

Corn Laws. Petitions from Ford ;—and, Doddington; praying 

the House to resist the efforts now making by the 

Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no further altera- 

tion may be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were 

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


Tobacco, &amp;c. A Petition of Robert Atkinson, of Newry, in the 


county of Down, praying the House to take off the 
duty on Tobacco, and to place it on race-horses, 
coaches and livery servants; and make such arrange- 
ments with the United States of America, so that 
they will take off the duty imposed on Irish Linen 
Cloth imported into America, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Schoolmasters 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the 
(Scotland.) 


Presbytery of Hamilton, praying the House to adopt 
measures for ameliorating the condition of the Burgh 
and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, was pre- 


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


Drunkenness. Mr. Manners Sutton presented,—Return to an 


Order, dated the 2d day of this instant April, for 
Returns of the Number of Persons taken into cus- 
tody for Drunkenness, and for Disorderly Conduct, 
by the Metropolitan Police, in each year, from 1831 
to 1843, both inclusive, distinguishing each, and 
stating the Population of the Metropolitan Police 
District in the years 1831 and 1843:——And a similar 
Return for the City of London, (so far as relates to 
the Metropolitan Police). 

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


Menai Bridge. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Copy of any Report of Mr. Provis to the Com- 
Van. 99. 








of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Assize Towns. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing the Name of each Town, 
and the County it is in, where Assizes are held, in 
England, Ireland and Scotland respectively, and 
the Total Number of these Towns in each of the 
Three Kingdoms respectively ; further showing such 
‘lowns as have less than Assizes twice a year, and 
such as have Assizes held oftener in them than 
twice a year. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Wood Pave- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ™"* 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Memorials from Inhabitants 
of Regent-street and other Places to the Commis- 
sioners of Woods and Forests, against the further 
use of Wood for paving the Streets :—-Of the Me- 
morial from the Stable-keepers, to the Vestry of 
Mary-le-bone, against the paving of Baker-street 
with Wood, in 1843 :--Of any Reports made by 
the Surveyor and Superintendent of Police of the 
City of London, respecting the durability and the 
danger of Wood Pavement :—-And, of any Resolu- 
tions and Reports from the Paving Boards of the 
Parish of Saint Mary-le-bone and the Parishes of 
Saint George’s, Saint James’s and Saint Martin’s, 
Westminster, to the Vestries of these Parishes, re- 
specting the Expense and Danger of Wood Pave- 
ments for the Streets of these Parishes. 

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 Alfred Moore, Alfred Moore. 
which was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 
EE3 A Motion 








County Courts 
(Salaries 

and Compen- 
sations. ) 


Commercial 
Tariffs. 


Detached Parts 


of Counties 


Bill. 


Superior Courts 


(Common Law 
Bill. 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


Masters and 
Servants Bill. 


Quarter Ses- 
sions (Cities 
and Boroughs) 
Bill. 


County 
Coroners Bill. 


County Court 
(County Palu- 
tine of Lan- 
caster) Bill. 


Charitable 
Pawn Societies 
Bill, 


Court of 
Chancery 
(County Pala- 
tine of Lun- 
caster) Bill. 


Church 
Temporalities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supp ly. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 
[16 April. ] 


Agricultural 
Produce. 


214 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
of authorizing the Payment, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Treland, of Salaries and Compensations to be granted 
in pursuance of an Act of the present Session for 
the Recovery of Small Demands in the County 
Courts of England ; 

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. 


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 14th, Por- 
tugal). 

Skesl That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Detached Parts of Counties 
Bill be now read a second time :—The Bill was ac- 
cordingly read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Superior Courts (Common 


) Law) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Small Debts Bill be read a 


second time To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the Ist day of May next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee upon the Masters and Servants Bill. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the Quarter Sessions (Cities and 
Boroughs) Bill, was read ; and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Report on the County Co- 
roners Bill be now taken into further consideration : 
—The House accordingly proceeded to take the 
Report into further consideration:—And the Bill 
was re-committed to a Committee of the whole House 
for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the County Court (County Pa- 
latine of Lancaster) Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time the Chari- 
table Pawn Societies Bill was read ; and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Court of Chancery (County 
Palatine of Lancaster) Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Church Temporalities (Jreland) 
Bill be read a second time upon Thursday the 2d day 
of May next. 


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


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


Ordered, That the fifth and sixteenth of the Reso- 
lutions which, upon Tuesday last, were reported 
from the Committee of Supply, and which Resolu- 
tions were then postponed, be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to 


ler Majesty, representing, that in the Opinion of 


18°—19° Aprilis. 





A. 1844, 


this House, it is desirable to obtain authentic in- 
formation upon all matters connected with the Agri- 
| culture of the United Kingdom; that this informa- 
tion is altogether deficient, so that at this time even 
| the extent of land under cultivation, and the amount 
| of its produce, are subjects only of vague conjecture ; 
(that the total absence of all statistical knowledge 
in reference to this important subject, has at various 
times proved detrimental to the public interests ; 
and praying Her Majesty to devise measures for 
supplying to Parliament, from time to time, State- 


for each Species of Produce respectively, and the 


with such other information as will exhibit, as far 
as practicable, a perfect view of the agricultural 
capability and production of the United Kingdom: 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation 


(Lreland), which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 





And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 19° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
p Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 


presented,—Further Return to an Order, dated the 
6th day of February last, for Returns of the Dates 
on which, and the Places where, the Military or 
Police have been employed in enforcing the Collec- 
tion of Poor Rates in Jreland, between the 1st day 
of January 1843 and the 1st day of January 1844 ; 
specifying the Number of Men employed, and the 
Amount collected on each Occasion :—And, of the 
Date and Amount of each Rate made in the different 
Poor Law Unions in Sreland, under the Provisions 
of the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 56, for the more effectual 
Relief of the Destitute Poor in that Country ; spe- 
cifying the Amount of each Rate remaining uncol- 
lected on the 1st day of January 1844 :—And then 
he withdrew. 

Ordered, Thatthesaid Return do lieupon the Table. 


Mr. Inspector Hodgson, from the Office of the 
City Police Commissioners, was called in; and at 
the bar presented,— Returns to an Order, dated the 
4th day of March last, for a Return of the Number 
of Persons taken into custody by the Police of the 
City of London, and the results, in the years 1842 
and 1843; with Comparative Statements for the 
several preceding years which have elapsed since 
the Establishment of the New Police Force in the 
City :--And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Johnson, from the Lord Chancellor’s Princi- 
pal Secretary’s Office, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—Copy of Order in Lunacy, made 
15th April 1844 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
‘the Report on the Hartlepool West Harbour and 
Dock Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 





Petitions of the Newcastle-wpon- Tyne and Carlisle 
Railway Company ;—-and, Henry Dundas Maclean, 
Esquire, and William Graham, Esquire ; prays 

that 


ments of the Breadth of Land under Cultivation 


amount of Produce derived from the same; together 


Valuation 
(Ireland.) 


No. 212, 


Poor Relief 
(Treland.) 


City of London 
Police. 


Lunacy. 


Hartiepoo! 
West Harbour 
and Dock Bill. 


Maryport — 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 














Cole 
Har 
way 
and, 


Pier 




























































































Colchester and 
Harwich Rail- 
way (No. 2.) r) 
and, Harwich 
Railway and 
Pier Bills. 


Salisbury 
Branch Rail- 
way Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


7 VicToRiz. 


that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Maryport and 
Carlisle 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 Sir Henry Webb, Baronet, and Wil- 
liam Adams Smith, Esquire, Members of the Pro- 
visional Committee of the Harwich Railway Com- 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Colchester and Harwich Railway (No. 2.) 
and Harwich Railway and Pier Bills, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bills ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bills, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Sir Frederick Hutchinson Harvey 
Bathurst, Baronet, of Clarendon Park, in the county 
of Wilts ;--and, Inhabitants of Salisbury ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Salisbury 
Branch 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 Burgesses, Inhabitants, Owners 
and Occupiers of lands and houses in the town and 
borough of Flint, in the county of Flint, praying 
that the Chester and Holyhead Railway 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 Trustees for repairing the Road from 
Chester to Northop, in the several counties of Ches- 
ter and Flint ;—James Mainwaring, of Bromborow, 
in the county of Chester, Clerk ;—Mortgagees of 
the Tolls arising and payable at the Chester Dee 
Bridges ;--Commissioners for executing an Act for 
building an additional Bridge over the River Dee, 
at Chester ;—James Whitley Deans Dundas, Rear 
Admiral in the Royal Navy ;--John Prys Eyton, of 
Llanerch-y-mor, in the county of Flint, Esquire ;-- 
Burgesses of the borough of Chester ;—John Prys 
Eyton, Robert Eyton, Edward Eyton and James 
Eyton, of Mostyn Colliery, Lletty Colliery and 
Flint Colliery, in the county of Flint, Coal-owners ; 
—William Shipley Conwy, of Bodryddan, in the 
county of Flint, Esquire ;—John Jones Bateman, of 
Pentre Mawr, in the county of Denbigh, and of 
Lincolns-Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire ; 
—Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the town and 
borough of Flint, in the county of Flint ;—The Ve- 
nerable Charles Butler Clough, Archdeacon of Saint 
Asaph ;— Thomas Peers Williams, of Craig-y-Don, 
in the county of Anglesey, Esquire ;—Edward Lloyd, 
of Cefn, in the county of Flint, Esquire ;—Provi- 
sional Committee and Share-holders of the North 

Wales and Dublin Railway and Harbour Company, 
and others ;--and, Sir Charles Felix Smith, of Pen- 
dyffryn, in the parish of Dwygyfylchi, in the county 
of Carnarvon, Knight, Commander of the Bath and 
Major General in Her Majesty’s Service ; 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. 


19° Aprilis. 915 


ing that the Garnkirk, Glasgow and Coatbridge 
Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions of Share-holders in the undertaking 
called the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway ;—Hugh 
Morton, Writer in Glasgow, one of, and Factor, Com- 
missioner and Attorney for the other Trustees and 
Executors of the late George More Nisbett, Esquire, 
of Cairnhill, appointed by Factory and Commission 
executed by them in his favour, bearing date the 
eighteenth, nineteenth and thirty-first days of Janu- 
ary, and first February Eighteen hundred and forty- 
four, and recorded in the sheriff court books of La- 
narkshire, at Glasgow, the second day of February 
last, and of other Share-holders in the undertaking 
called the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway ;—Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the Monkland Canal ;— Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow Railway Company, and of John 
Leadbetter, Merchant, in Glasgow ;—Company of 
Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation ;— 
William Graham and Adam Graham, of the city of 
Glasgow, Writers, Commissioners and Attorneys 
for James Hozier, Esquire, of Newlands and Bar- 
rowfield, at present residing abroad, appointed by 
Commission, Factory and power of attorney executed 
by the said James Hozier, on the second day of 
June Eighteen hundred and forty-three, and recorded 
in the sheriff court books of Lanarkshire, the third 
day of said month and year ;—Monkland and Kirk- 
intilloch Railway Company ;—Company of Proprie- 
tors of the Monkland Canal ;--and, ‘Trustees ap- 
pointed by and acting under authority of an Act to 
improve, repair and maintain the Road from Inch- 
belly Bridge to Glasgow, and to make and maintain 
certain Branch Roads therefrom; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the said Bill,—were also 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


under-Lyne, in the county of Lancaster, on and 


and Liverpool Junction Railway ;—and, Owners of 
property and Residents near to and travelling on a 
certain street or lane, situate in Ashton-under-Lyne, 
in the county of Lancaster, called Currier-lane ; 
praying that the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool 
Junction Railway Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Canal Navigation from Manchester, to or near Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne and Oldham ;—Sheffield, Ashton- 
under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Company ;— 
Ashton-under-Lyne Waterworks Company ;—- George 
Edward Frere, acting for his mother Mary Anne 
Frere, of Bitton, in the county of Gloucester, 
Widow ;—Henry Gartside, of Ashton-under-Lyne, 
in the county of Lancaster, Gentleman ;— Charles 
Barrett, of Manchester, Gentleman, one of the 
Guardians of the children of the late Joseph 
Wright Hulme, Esquire ;—Honourable and Very 
reverend the Dean, and the Reverend the Canons 
of the College of Christ, in Manchester, in the 
county of Lancaster ;—John Webster, of Man- 
chester and of Newton, in the parish of Manchester, 
in the county of Lancaster, Gentleman ;—Ann Lees, 
of Stalybridge, in the county of Lancaster, Widow, 
and Watkin Lees, of Dukinfield, in the county of 





Vou. 99. 


Chester, Gentleman ;— John Lees, of Stalybridge, 
EE4 in 


Petitions from Airdrie ;-- Lanark ;— Wishaw and Garnkirk, 


Coltness Railway Company ; — and, Wilsontown, Glasgow and 


Morningside and Coltness Railway Company ; pray- Railway Sil 


Petitions of Owners of and Persons interested in Ashton, Staly- 

lands in the parishes of Manchester and Ashton- ridge and 
iverpool Junc- 

tion Railway 


near the line of the proposed Ashton, Stalybridge Bill. 

























































i a dye Sakae A SS i I A gant pat A. RR ES las 


St eh St ha eRe it Ba 


te p-Toanasisa 








Sheffield 
United Gas 
Bill. 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester 
Police Bill. 


Sheffield, 
Ashton-under- 
Lyne and Man- 
chester Rail- 
way ; and, 
Ashton, Staly- 
bridge and 
Liverpool 
Junction Rail- 
way Bills. 


216 


in the county of Lancaster, Esquire ;—and, Trustees 
of the Manchester and Saltersbrook Turnpike-road ; 
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. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the town and borough 
of Sheffield,in the West Riding of the county of 
York ;—and, Board for repair of the Highways in 
the town of Sheffield, in the county of York; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Shef- 
field United Gas Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of John Bagshaw, Chairman of the 
Provisional Committee of the Colchester and Har- 
wich Railway (No. 2.), praying that the Bill for in- 
corporating the Eastern Union Railway Company 
may not pass into a law, and that the same may 
be referred to a Select Committee of Five Members 
of the House, and that the Plans and Sections of 
the Colchester and Harwich Line may be examined 
by the Committee of Selection; and that it may be 
declared by such Committee of Selection that the 
line laid down on the said Plans is a competing 
Line with the Eastern Union Line, and that there- 
upon the same may be referred to a specially-con- 
stituted Committee of Five Members, along with 
the said Eastern Union Line, and that the Peti- 
tioner may, by his counsel or agent, be heard before 
the Committee to which such Eastern Union Rail- 
way Bill shall be referred, against the preamble 
thereof, and against the clauses and provisions 
thereof, or that the House shall be pleased to order 
that the Committee on the said Eastern Union Rail- 
way Bill shall be postponed until after the specially- 
constituted committee on the Competing Harwich 
Railway Bills shall have made their Report, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
on the line of Railway called the Eastern Union 
Railway, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Eastern Union Railway Bill, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Oswald Mosley, of Rolleston 
Hall, in the county of Stafford, Baronet, praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Manchester Police 
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 William Marvell, of Ashton-under- 
Lyne, in the county of Lancaster, Farmer, praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
‘gent, against certain parts of the Sheffield, Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Bill, and 
that the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction 
Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bills; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail- 
way Bill, against the said Petition, 


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A. 1844, 


A Petition of the Manchester and Birmingham 
Railway Company, praying that the Sheffield, Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Bill may 
pass into a law, and that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool 
Junction Railway Bill, was also presented, and 
read, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bills; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool 
Junction Railway Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 


Brighton,Lewes 


pany, praying that they may be heard, by their 2¢ Hastings 


counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Brighton, Lewes and Hastings 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. 


Railway Bill, 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Ship- Kingston-upon. 


owners of Leeds, and other places in the county of 
York, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the King- 
ston-upon- Hull Docks Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to enable the 
President, Treasurers, Deputy Treasurers, Benefac- 
tors and Subscribers of and to the Manchester Royal 
Infirmary, Dispensary and Lunatic Hospital or 
Asylum, to enlarge the said Infirmary, and to pur- 
chase and hold Land for the Erection of a new Lu- 
natic Hospital or Asylum: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Copies of the Reports of the 
acting Conservator of the River Mersey to the Com- 
missioners for the Conservancy of the Mersey, under 
the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 110, in each of the years 
1843 and 1844, which were presented upon the 4th 
day of March last, be referred to the Committee on 
the Liverpool Docks Bill. 


Petitions from Dublin ;— Dunnamana ; —Cole- 
raine ;— Baveva ;—Gortnessy ;—and, Cavanaleck ; 
praying the House to introduce a Bill tc declare 
valid to all intents and purposes in law all Marriages 
heretofore solemnized or hereafter to be solemnized 
by Presbyterian ministers in Lreland, between par- 
ties not within the prohibited degrees of consan- 
guinity or affinity, and who have the consent of 
parents or guardians, and provided that all such 
Marriages shall be solemnized and registered agree- 
ably to the published laws of the Zrish Presbyterian 
Church,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilvenny ;—Falkland ;—Pitten- 


Hull Docks Bill, 


Manchester 
Royal Infirm- 
ary, &amp;c., Bill. 


Liverpool 
Docks Bill. 


Marriages 


(Ireland. } 


Prisons 


weem in Fife ;—Crail (Chairman) ; —Auchtermuchty (Scotland) Bill. 


in Fife ;—Anstruther Easter (Chairman) ;—Banff ; 
—and, Glasgow; praying that the Prisons( Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 


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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee public Petitions 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Sixteenth Re- 


Petitions presented upon the 15th and 16th 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. , 
Petitions 


port.) 







































n, Lewes 
stings 


? Bill, 


-Upone 
ks Bill, 


er 
irme 
Bill, 


ss i awe 














Factories. 


Tea. 


Tea and Sugar. 


Sugar, 


Corn Laws. 


Charitable 


Pawn Societies 


Bill. 


Bankrupte 
Act. site 


Masters and 
Servants Bill. 


7 VicToriz¢. 


Petitions from Southwark; — Clerkenwell and 
Spitalfields ;— Islington ;— Lambeth ;— Bermond- 
sey ;—Chelsea and Pimlico ;— Hoxton and Kings- 
land ;— Westminster ;— Leeds (Chairman) ;—Nor- 
wich (Chairman) ;—Burnley and Habergham Eaves 
(Chairman) ;—and, Huddersfield (Chairman) ; pray- 
ing the House to pass a Billin the present Session 
of Parliament, limiting the labour of young persons 
and children to ten hours per day to five days in 
the week, and to eight hours on the Saturday, and | 
prohibiting the employment of children in Factories | 
under nine years of. age,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tea-dealers of the city of Carlisle, 
praying that such a reduction may be made in the 
duty on Tea as may be deemed expedient for pro- 
moting its greater consumption in this country, and 
the increase of our trade with China, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





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Q17 


A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Inha- Masters and 
bitants of Wigan, praying that the Masters and Ser- Servants Bills 
: ‘ and, Commons 
vants Bill; and, the Commons Inclosure Bill, may Inciosure Bill. 
not pass into law, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rochdale, in the County Court 
county of Lancaster, praying that the County Court — 
(County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill may not pass pi Bill; 
into a law, and that the County Courts Bill may and, County 
pass into a law, and that effectual provision may Courts Bill. 
be made therein for the holding of a court, and 
issuing of a process at Rochdale, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Part-owners of steam Railroad 
vessels, Merchants, Traders and others at the port Companies. 
of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying the House not to 
pass any Bill which shall confer, either on existing 


| Railway Companies or on those hereafter to be esta- 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and other | tablished, the power of building or employing steam 


Inhabitants of the city of Glasgow, praying the 
House to make such a liberal reduction on the Du- 
ties of Tea and Sugar, as may be deemed expedient 
for promoting their greater consumption, and the 
increase of our trade with China and other countries, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Hand-loom Weavers of Manchester, 
praying the House to repeal the differential Sugar 

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


Petitions from Whitburn ;—Alford ;—Firby ;— 
Scampston ; — Ranby ;— Tumby ;—Sotby ;— Woo 
Enderby ; — Salmonby ; — Wispington ; — Horsing- 
ton ;— Thimbleby ;—Market Stainton ;— East Bark- 
with ;—Great Sturton;— Hatton ;—Greetham ;— 
West Ashby ;—Bag Enderby ;—Moorby and Clax- 
by ; —Wilksby ; —Mareham-le- Fen ;—High Toyn- 
ton ;—— Bucknall; — Edlington ; — Winceby ;— Dal- 
derby ;—Asgarby ; —Stixwould ;—~ Woodhall ;-- Re- 
vesby ; — and, Langton-by-Wragby; praying the 
House to resist the efforts now making by the Anti- 
Corn-Law League, and that no further alteration may 
be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Walsall ;—Sunderland ;-- Wolver- 
hampton ;— Nottingham ;—and, Glasgow ; praying 
that the Charitable Pawn Societies Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the town of Nottingham, praying that the operation 
of the present Bankrupt Law, and of the rules made 
under It, may be inquired into, and that such amend- 
ments may be made therein as may secure to the 
town and neighbourhood of Nottingham, the benefit 
of a local court for the administration of the Bank- 
rupt Law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oldbury ;—Glasgow (Chairmen) 
(three Petitions) ;—-Saint Helen’s ; —Leicester ;— 
Ashton-under-Lyne (Chairman) ;—-Halshaw Moor ; 
— Rochdale (Chairman) ; -— Norwich (Chairman); 
— Bermondsey (Chairman) ;— Lambley (Chairman) ; 
— Bristol (Chairman) ; — Edinburgh ; — Halifax 
(Chairmen) (two Petitions) ;—Preston (Chairman) ; 


d | 


vessels, or of embarking in steam navigation, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
| Committee on Railways. 


Petitions of Inhabitants and Owners and Occu- South-Eastern 
piers of land in the parishes of Mayfield and Ro- and Hastings 
\therfield, in the county of Sussex ;—and, Heathfield, ®*""*9 ®™ 

Warbleton and Dallington, in the county of Sussex ; 
| praying that the South Eastern and Hastings Rail- 
' way Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and pat sone to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Thomas Law Hodges, of Hempsted, 
in the parish of Benenden, in the county of Kent, 

Esquire, and of Edward Barrett Curteis, of Leasam, 

‘in the parish of Rye, in the county of Sussex, 

| Esquire ;—and, Inhabitants, Owners and Occupiers 
of lands and houses in the interior parts of the 
'wealds of Kent and Sussex ; 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. 





Petitions of Inhabitants of the barony of Gorbals, Gorbals Statute 
jin the county of Lanark ;—and, Statute Labour Mbour Bil. 
Trustees for the parish of Govan, in the county of 
Lanark; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Gorbals Statute Labour 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 Proprietors or Factors for Proprie- Paisley General 
tors of houses and other tenements in the town and Sas Bill. 
suburbs of Paisley, praying that the Paisley Gene- 
ral 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 George Bassett and others, Inhabitant London Gas 
Householders within the districts included in the Bill. 
limits of a Bill now before the House for incor- 


— Warrington (Chairmen) (two Petitions) ;—Barn- | porating a Company styling themselves the London 


staple ;--Bolton and Dean ;— Walsall (Chairman) ; 
— Manchester (two Petitions) ; — Rickmersworth ; 
— Seaham Harbour (Chairman);— Leeds (three 


Gas Light Company;-- William Sanders and others, 
Inhabitant Householders within the district included 
in the limits of a Bill now before the House for 


Petitions) ;-— William Smith ;--Carrington ;-—Sun- | incorporating a Company styling themselves the 
derland (Chairman) ; — Bradford, (York), (Chair- | London Gas Light Company ;--James Maybank and 


men) (two Petitions); Samuel Sowden ; —and, 
Mountain; praying that the Masters and Servants 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vor. 99, 


others, Inhabitant Householders within the districts 
included in the limits of a Bill now before the 
House for incorporating a Company styling them- 
selves the London Gas Light Company ;--J. £. Dale 


FF and 











Rother Levels 
Drainage Bill. 


Brighton and 
Chichester 
Railway Bill, 


Church Rates 
(Warwick. ) 


Woodbridge 
Union Work- 
house. 


Sunday Tolls. 


218 


and others, Inhabitant Householders within the 
districts included in the limits of a Bill now before 
the House for incorporating a Company styling 
themselves the London Gas Light Company ;— 
Joseph P. Gibbons and others, Inhabitant House- 
holders within the districts included in the limits of 
a Bill now before the House for incorporating a Com- 
pany styling themselves the London Gas Light Com- 
pany ;— and, Commissioners for better paving, 


ing, lighting and otherwise improving the hamlet of | 
Kentish Town, and its vicinity, in 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 London Gas Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition forthe Rother Levels Drainage 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 in a Bill 
to amend three Acts for more effectually draining 
and preserving certain Marsh Lands or Low Grounds 
in the counties of Kent and Sussex, draining into 
the River Rother and Channel of Appledore: And 
that Mr. Darby and Mr. Curteis do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Petitions of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk ;— 
Henry Lord Howard and the Honourable Henry 
Valentine Stafford Jerningham;—Thomas Attree, 
of Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Gentleman ; 
—and, Trustees for executing an Act for more effec- 
tually repairing and improving the Road from Brigh- 
ton to Shoreham, for building a Bridge over the 
River Adur, at New Shoreham, and for making a 
Road to Lancing, and a Branch Road therefrom, 
all in the county of Sussex; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Brighton and Chichester 
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 Charles Price and William White 
Thompson, complaining of the conduct of the ma- 
gistrates before whom the Petitioners were sum- 
moned for the non-payment of a Church Rate made 
on behalf of Saint Mary’s Church, Warwick, in the 
parish of Saint Mary, on January 18th 1841; and 
praying for inquiry into the case, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table 


A Petition of Thomas King, Schoolmaster, setting 
forth, that the Petitioner was an inmate of Wood- 
bridge Union Workhouse, in the county of Suffolk, 
and that during the period of his residence there, 
he witnessed the most heart-rending acts of cruelty, 
oppression and neglect towards the sick, and other 
inmates of that establishment; and praying the 
House to take into their serious consideration the 
allegations set forth in his Petition, and that the 
House will be pleased to institute a full and im- 
partial investigation into the charges contained 
therein, was presented, and read; and referred to 


the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment | 


Act (Medical Relief). 


A Petition of the Superintendent, Travelling and 
Local Preachers with the Circuit Stewards and 
others, Members of the Wesleyan Methodist Society, 


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A. 1844, 


_in their Plymouth circuit, in their quarterly meeting 
assembled, praying that Dissenting Ministers may 
_be exempted from the payment of Tolls, when pro- 
ceeding to their respective places of worship on the 
Lord’s Day, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mallwyd and Llanymowddwy ;— Local Courts, 
Dolgelly ;— Chester;— and, Llanfihangel Corlyn 
Uchaf; praying that a Bill for establishing Local 
Courts for the decision of small causes may speedily 
pass into law, with such provisions as may render 
its operation as beneficial to the principality of 
Wales, as to the other parts of the kingdom,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered tolie upon th Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Durham, woo, 
and the towns of Gateshead, Barnard Castle and 
Bishop Auckland, in the county of Durham, en- 
gaged in the manufacture of Wool and Worsted, 
ne for a reduction of the duty on Foreign 
Vool, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Northampton (five Petitions) ;— Tobacco, 
and, Wellingborough (three Petitions) ; praying for 
a reduction of the duty on Tobacco,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Tobacco Trade. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tobacco, Tobacco, 
which was presented yesterday, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 


A Petition of William Jonas Watson, of Saint Education. 
Nicholas, Vicar, Cardiff, South Wales, stating that he 
has been for many years convinced that the Educa- 
tion, or moral and religious training of infant children 
between the ages of two and seven years, has been 
most grievously neglected in all classes of society ; 
suggesting the establishment of Infant Schools; 
and praying the House to take this most important 
subject into consideration, and provide a sufficient 
remedy for the evil, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Import Duties. 
Common Council of the city of Glasgow, praying 
that all Customs Duties on produce or manufactures 
from whatever country or colony imported, may be 
equalized, and that all Duties imposed for the pur- 
pose of protection to any particular class or interest, 





and not for the sole purpose of Revenue, may be re- 
pealed, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Kinsale Union, Poor Relief 
praying the House to adopt such measures as may (Ireland) Act. 





prevent the enforcement of the payment of the in- 
stalments of the loan granted for the purpose of 
building the Union Workhouse there, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Sato 
Council of Cupar, Fife, praying that the Edinburgh Tailvey Ball 
and Glasgow Railway Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered tolie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Share-holders of the British Tron British Tron 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
| selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the British Iron Company Bill, was presented, 
| and read. 

| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
, Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
| Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
| favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented,—Further Re- Drunkenness. 
toon to an Order dated the 2d day of April _ 
or 








Company Bill. 














acer: Ere. 


Church of 
Scotlands 


Civil Contin 
gencies, 


Schools 
(Scotland. ) 


Registration 
of Electors 


(Ireland) Bill, 


7 VicToriz. 


for Returns of the Number of Persons taken into 
custody for Drunkenness, and for Disorderly Con- 
duct, by the Metropolitan Police, in each year, from 
1831 to 1843, both inclusive ; distinguishing each, 
and stating the Population of the Metropolitan 
Police District in the years 1831 and 1843 :—And, 
a similar Return for the City of London, (so far as 
relates to the City of London). 

Ordered, That the said Return do 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 of all Crown Presentations to Pa- 
rishes in Scotland which have been vacant since the 
ist day of May 1843, specifying in each case the 
cause of Vacancy, the Name of the Minister ap- 

ointed, and the Parish from which he may have 
een translated. 

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, Ac- 
counts, in detail, of the manner in which £.439.3s. 4d. 
charged in the Civil Contingencies for 1843, paid 
to the Officers of the Order of the Garter upon the 
installation of his Majesty the King of Prussia, 
was expended ; stating the Amounts of the several 
Fees, the Persons for whom paid, and by what 
authority they are received :—And, of the manner 
in which £.821. 13s. 4d. charged in the Civil Con- 
tingencies for Fees paid to the Officers of the Order 
of the Bath upon the nomination of the Officers 
therein named to be Knights Grand Cross of the 
Bath, was expended ; stating the Amount of the 
several Fees paid, for whom paid, and the authority 
for receiving the same:—A similar Account for 
£.293. 16s. 6d. charged for granting the dignity of 
Baronet on Lieutenant-General Sir H. Gough :— 
And, a similar Account for £.255. 14s. 11d. charged 
for appointing Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, Governor 
of Nova Scotia, British North America, kc. 


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 and Locality of 
Schools in Scotland to which aid has been granted 
by the Educational Committee of the Privy Council ; 
distinguishing the Schools required by the constitu- 
tion or Title deeds of the School to be in connection 
with the Established Church of Scotland ; those re- 
quired to be in connection with the National School 
Society or the British and Foreign School Society ; 
and those not required to be in connection with 
either of those Societies, or with the Established 
Church of Scotland:—Of the Application for aid 
to the Education Northern Districts School, and 
the Correspondence aud Communications relative 
to that Application between the Educational Com- 
mittee of the Privy Council, or their Secretary, and 
the Committee of the Association for the erection of 
the said School, or their Secretary : —And, of any 
Minute or Minutes of the Educational Committee 
of the Privy Council, containing any Provision or 
Regulation with reference to the terms, conditions 
or circumstances under which aid should be granted 
to Schools in Scotland, whether in connection or 
not in connection with the Established Church of 
Scotland, or with the National School Society, or 
the. British and Foreign School Society. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
i of the Registration of Electors (Zreland) 
ill ; 


VoL. 99. 


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Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 29th day of this instant April. 


The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill was, Municipal 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Corporations 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for asieneieaas 
Monday, the 29th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Courts 

mittee on the County Courts Bill; Bul. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Mr. Farrer: the Lawts, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and extend the Severn Navi- 
Provisions of an Act for improving the Navigation §#ticn Bill. 
of the River Severn : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to effectuate the Sale Bolton and 
by the Bolton and Preston Railway Company of * — 
their Railway and other Property and Effects to the“? “"* 
North Union Railway Company, to incorporate with 
such last-mentioned Company the Proprietors of 
the Bolton and Preston Railway, and to consolidate 
Shares into Stock: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Malan’s 
for naturalizing Henri Victor Malan; to which the N* Bil. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Malan’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Malan's 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Nat, Bill. 


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 
“ there be laid before this House, a Return of the Timber (Navy.) 
“ Timber rejected by the Surveyor of the Yards, 
“ and afterwards received by order of the Admiralty 
“‘ and Storekeeper General ; likewise of the Num- 
“ ber of Official Letters written and signed by 
“ Subordinate Officers of the Admiralty,” 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.) 


1. 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, to the 31st 
day of March 1845, and of the Light-houses there. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Bermudas. 
thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Prince Ed- 
thousand and seventy pounds, be granted to Her ward’s Island. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 

4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Sable Island. 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Establishment at Sable 
Island, Nova Scotia, for the Relief of Shipwrecked 
Persons, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

FF2 5. Resolved, 


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5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen 


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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 1845. 

6. Motion made, and Question put, ‘That a Sum, 
not exceeding Thirteen thousand and five hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of the Civil Establishment 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 
Mareh 1845; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 68 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: ; 

Tellers for thei Mr. Hume, \ 23 

Noes, \ Mr. William Williams : ; 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand two hundred and nineteen pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Settlement of Western Australia, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand seven hundred and seventy-five pounds, | 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses in- 
curred at South Australia. 

9. Resolved, Vhat a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand two hundred and twenty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, in aid of the Charge of 
the Settlement at Port Essington. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Government of the Falkland Islands, to the 31st 
day of March 1845 ; 

11. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Seven thousand five hundred 
and sixty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of the Colony of New Zealand, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six thousand nine hun- 
dred and sixty-five pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Colony of New 
Zealand, to the 31st day of March 1845 ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 


Yeas, \Mr. Roebuck: ms 
Tellers for the{ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 80 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: . 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 


12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Es- 
tablishment of Heligoland, to the 31st day of March | 
1845. 

13. Resolzed, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand three hundred and ninety-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors 
and others in Her Majesty’s West India Colonies, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 


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. 

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. 1844, 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Courts 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the (Salaries ang 
Payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the Compense- 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of ” 
Salaries and Compensations to be granted in pur- 
suance of an Act of the present Session for the Re- 


covery of Small Demands in the County Courts of 
England. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of the Sa- 
laries of the Judges, and the Remuneration to the 
Treasurers, who may be appointed in pursuance of 
an Act of the present Session for the Recovery of 
Small Demands in the County Courts of England; 
and also, for the Compensations which may be 
granted to persons whose emoluments may be di- 
minished under the operation of the said 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- Prisons 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 


3d day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Roman Catholic 
reading of the Roman Catholic Clergy Grants and Clerey Grants 
Conveyances (Jreland) Bill ; ences (Inchond) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parishes 
mittee on the Parishes (Scotland) Biil; (Scotland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 


3d day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill; Buildings Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Damage by Fire Metropolis (No. 2.) Bill, Damage by Fire 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and igen 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for — 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bailiffs of 
mittee on the Bailiffs of Inferior Courts Biil ; — Conrts 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday” 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Superior —_ 
reading of the Superior Courts (Common Law) —_— tie 
Bill ; . 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Small Debts 
reading of the Small Debts Bill; Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County 


‘ ; : ¢ Bill. 
into a Committee upon the County Coroners Bill ; Coroners Bi 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No.213- 


resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, be 
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Ways and 
Means. 


Supply 
{16th April.) 


Jokn Robert 
Morrison. 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 


Railways. 


Holyhead and 
Portdynilaen 
Harbours. 


No.214, 
National Debt. 
No. 215, 


Menai Bridge. 


No.214, Bridge, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 
Luna, 22° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 
Railways, OP ERED, That the Select Committee on 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 
ee The Salford Improvement (No. 2.) Bill was read 
(No.2) Bil, @ Second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
rae A Petition of William Lockett, Samuel Eveleigh, 
Mecistrete Bill, Charles Tysoe, Richard Woodward and John Kay, 


7 VicTorizZ. 


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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


further consideration the fifth and sixteenth of 


the Resolutions which, upon Tuesday last, were 
reported from the Committee of Supply ; and which 
Resolutions were then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid hefore this 
House, Copies or Extracts of all Despatches or 
Communications that may have been received from 
China, having any reference to the Services, or to 
the Decease of the late John Robert Morrison :— 
—Also, a Return, describing the several Offices held 
successively, or at the same time, by the late John 
Robert Morrison, distinguishing those that were 
gratuitous from those for which he received a Salary, 
and stating the Amount of such Salary, and during 
what period enjoyed. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Wednesday next, upon the Com- 


mons Inclosure Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 1st day of May next, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Officers of the 
Railway Department to the Lords of the Committee 


of Privy Council for Trade, for the year 1843. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Holyhead and 
Portdynllaen Harbours, which was presented upon 


Tuesday last, be printed. 


_ Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- 
tional Debt, which were presented yesterday, be 


printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Menai 





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221 


Rate-payers of the borough and township of Salford, 
taking notice of the Petition for provision in the 
Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate Bill; and pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
agents and witnesses, before the Select Committee 
to whom the said Petition for further Provision is 
referred, upon the instances of non-compliance with 
the Standing Orders mentioned in their Petition, 
against the same, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 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, ifthey think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Southampton Marsh Improve- 
ment 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 Owner of property through which the line of 
Railway from Harwich, in the county of Essex, to 
join the Eastern Counties Railway at Colchester, in 
the said county, and for constructing a Pier or Jetty 
in the Harbour at Harwich, is intended to be made ; 
—and, Edward Lugar, of Hengrave, in the county of 
Suffolk, Gentleman, being an Owner of lands through 
which the intended line of Railway hereinafter 
mentioned is intended to be made; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Harwich Rail- 
way and 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. 


county of Essex, praying that the Harwich Railway 


stand, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Committee on the Bills. 
A Petition of Edward Lugar, of Hengrave, in the 





county of Suffolk, Gentleman, being an Owner of 
lands through which the two intended lines of Rail- 
way herereinafter mentioned are intended to be 
made; praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Harwich Railway and Pier, and, Colchester and 


Railways have leave to sit this day till five of Harwich Railway (No. 2.) Bills, was also presented, 


VoL.99, 


and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bills; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bills, against the said Petition. 





Petitions of Trustees of Saint Mark’s Chapel, Euinbargh 


Castle-terrace, Edinburgh;—and, Bank of Scotland; and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the Provost and Scholars of Queen’s Southampton 
College, in the University of Oxford, praying that Marsh Im- 


provement Bill. 


Petitions of the Reverend George Burmester, of Harwich 


Little Oakley, in the county of Essex, Clerk, being eae and 


A Petition of Leonard Wrinch, a Surveyor of Horwich Ruil- 


i i ; , , d Pier; 
Highways for the parish of Little Oakley, in the pe Geet a 


and Harwich 


and Pier, and, Colchester and Harwich Railway Railway 
(No. 2.) Bills, may not pass into law, as they now (No. 2.) Bills. 


A Petition of Edward Lugar, of Hengrave, in the Colchester 
county of Suffolk, Gentleman, being an Owner of 2 
FF3 


d Harwich 
Railwa 


lands (No, 2.) Bill. 


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lands through which the intended line of Railway 
from Colchester to Harwich is to pass, praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Colchester and Harwich 
Railway (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. 








Coventry Bill | 
Improvement 
and Cemetery 


Bill. 


The Coventry Improvement and Cemetery 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


Brighton, Lewes 
and Hastings 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the town of Lewes and 
the neighbourhood thereof, in the county of Sussez ; 
— William Verrall, of Lewes, in the county of Sussez, | 
Esquire, of Thomas Sheppard, of Folkington-place, | 
in the said county of Susser, Esquire, a Member of 
the House, and of Owners and Occupiers of lands 
on the line of a projected Retlway from the London | 
and Brighton Railway to Hastings ;— Thomas Hill- | 
man and Robert Hillman, of the Cliffe, Lewes, in the 
county of Susser, Merchants and Barge-masters, 
interested in the navigation of the River Ouse ;— | 
Directors of the Lewes Waterworks Company ;— | 
Alfred Burton, of Saint Leonard’s-on-Sea, in the 
county of Sussex, Esquire, sole acting Executor 
under the will of James Burton, Esquire, deceased ; 
—John Langford, of Lewes, in the county of Sussea, | 
Brewer ;—Trustees of the Ouse Lower Navigation | 
in the county of Sussex;—the Right honourable 
William Pitt Earl Amherst, and Mary Countess Am- 
herst ;—and, Inhabitants, Owners and Occupiers of 
houses, land and other property whose interests will 
be affected by the Bill for making a Railway from 
the London and Brighton Railway to Lewes and 
Hastings, with a Branch therefrom, all in the county 
of Susser; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 


22° Aprilis. 





tions. 
Coventry A Petition of Freemen of the city of Coventry, 
ee in praying that the Coventry Lammas, &amp;c., Lands Bill 
ands Dill, 


may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


CoventryIm- A Petition of Freemen and others chosen by 
provement and 


Cemetery Bill. the Freemen of the city of Coventry; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Coventry Im- 
provement and 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. 


South Devon Petitions of William Mackworth Praed, of Bitton 








Railway Bill. House, in the parish of West Teignmouth, in the 


county of Devon, Esquire ;—Fishermen, Inhabitants 
of Dawlish and Topsham, in the county of Devon ; 
—Trustees of the Teignmouth Turnpike-road, in the 
county of Devon ;— Henry Boulton Pennell, of the 
parish of Dawlish, in the county of Devon, Esquire; 
—James Powell, of Sea Lawn, in the parish of Daw- 
lish, in the county of Devon, Esquire ;—Thomas 
Bewes, of Beaumont House, in Plymouth, Devon, 











A. 1844, 


Esquire ; —Elizabeth Gamlen, of Dawlish, in the 
county of Devon, Widow ;—Lady Hester Jey Watson, 
of the city of Bath;—and, John Wilkinson, of 
Lincoln’s Inn, Gentleman, a Trustee under the will 
of the late Right honourable the Earl of Devon, de- 
ceased ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the South Devon Railway Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for Manchester 
more effectually maintaining the Road from Cross- Police Bill. 


ford Bridge to the town of Manchester, in the county 


palatine of Lancaster, and for making a Branch 
Road to communicate therewith ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Manchester Police Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend and enlarge some of Yarmouth 
the Provisions of the Act authorizing the construc- and Norwich 
tion of the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, and to Bilway Bill. 
authorize the construction of certain New Works in 
connection therewith, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilshere do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Thetford 
Thetford Inclosure and Drainage Bill; That they Inclosure and 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found Prise Bil. 
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. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Hesketh, of Glanydon, in Chester and 
the parish of Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, in the county of on 
Denbigh, Esq., praying that he may be heard, by "y *™ 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of 
the Chester and Holyhead 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 


Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Richard Smith, of Urswich, in the Birkenhead 
county of Lancaster, Esquire, praying that he may Docks Bill. 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Birkenhead Docks Bill, was 

resented, 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 Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Gisborne presented a Bill for altering and West Croft 
amending an Act passed in the third year of the "oncom ama 
reign of Her present Majesty, for inclosing certain (No, 2.) Bill. 
Lands in the Town and County of the Town of 
Nottingham: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. 


Notting 
(West 
Canal) 
proven 
(No. 2 





North 
Easte 
way ( 
Devii 
Bill. 


She 
ton 
ant 

















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7 Vicroriz. 


Nottingham Mr. Gisborne presented a Bill for amending the 
West Croft provisions of an Act for forming a Canal and other 
Cass!) a Works within and near certain Lands, called The 
pro 


West Croft, in the Parish of Saint Mary, in the 
Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, and 
for making certain Improvements within the said 
Town: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


(No. 2+) Bill 


Northern and A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Ware, 
Eastern Rail- jn the county of Hertford, praying that they may 


— be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 

Bill, against certain parts of the Northern and Eastern 
Railway (Vewport Deviations) 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. 


Sheffield, Ash- Petitions of the Right honourable the Earl of Stam- 

ee ford and Warrington ;—and, Merchants, Manufac- 

Saiwey Bill. turers, Shop-keepers and other Inhabitants of the 
town of Ashton-under-Lyne and its vicinity, in the 
county palatine of Lancaster; praying that the Shef- 
Sield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





North British 


Motion was made, and th i : 
Railway Bill, A V made, d the Question being 


proposed, That the ingrossed Bill for making a 
Railway from the City of Edinburgh to the Town 
of Berwich-upon- Tweed, with a Branch to the Town 
of Haddington, be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. ‘lo 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 f Mr. Macaulay, } 
| 
J 





Yeas, Mr. Richard Hodgson ; 7 


Tellers for the { Colonel Wyndham, 
Noes, Mr. Borthwick : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
_— :--The Bill was accordingly read the third 
ime. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Macaulay do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


2 


oo 


How British The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Mn Pa"y the Report on the New British Iron Company Bill; 
: and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Eastern Couns An ingrossed Bill to enable the Eastern Counties 


omen , Railway Company to make a Railway from the 
Peterborough Northern and Eastern Railway, at Newport, by Cam- 


Extension) Bill, bridge, to Ely, and from thence eastward to Bran- 
don, and westward to Peterborough, 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. 

oe Mr. Pakington reported from the Committee on 

Railway, ana, the Wewbury and Great Western Railway, and, the 

Newbury, Bae IVewbury, Basingstoke, London and Southampton 

“ingstoke, Lon- Railway Bills (competing Lines); and to whom se- 


don and South- ea P , 4 
ampton Rail " veral Petitions against the said Bills were referred ; 
way Bills That they had heard counsel in support of several 


of the said Petitions, and had also heard counsel 
Vou. 99. 


22° Aprilis. 233 


in favour of each of the said Bills; and that 
they had inquired into and taken Evidence upon 


the comparative merits of the two Bills referred to 
them; and that the Committee had decided in fa- 
vour of the Newbury, Basingstoke Railway, as 
being in their judgment the preferable line ; and 
that they had therefore negatived the Preamble of 
the Newbury and Great Western Railway Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations of the 
Newbury, Basingstoke, London and Southampton 
Railway Bill, and found the same to be true ; and 
that they had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Mr. Pakington further reported from the Com- 
mittee, That they had examined into the several 
matters required by the Standing Orders to be in- 
quired into by Committees on Railway Bills; and 
had agreed to a Report thereupon. 

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





A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Edinburgh 
Council of the city of Glasgow, praying that the and Glasgow 


Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Railway Bill. 


Cababé’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Cababé’s 


time ; and committed. N 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


at. Bill. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Police of the Ashton, 
town of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the county of Lan- Stalybridge 


caster, being either Owners of property of the value 


and Liverpool 
Junction Rail- 


of thirty-five pounds per year, or Occupiers of pro- way Bill. 


perty of the same yearly value,’ praying that the 
Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Rail- 
way Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Kingston- 
upon-Hull Docks 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. 


dington;—Saint Pancras ;--Saint Saviour, South- 
wark ;-—Hammersmith ;-— Saint Mary-le-bone ;— 
Inhabitants of districts within the limits of a Bill 
now before Parliament for incorporating the London 
Gas Light Company (two Petitions) ;—Inhabitants 
of parishes and places in which the mains of the 
London Gas Light Company are laid down (eight 
Petitions) ;—and, Saint James, Clerkenwell; pray- 
ing that the London Gas Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 














they may be heard, by themselves or their counsel, 
against certain parts of the Sidmouth and Collump- 
ton 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 or their counsel, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Harbour and 
Dock near to Hartlepool, in the County of Durham, 
was read the third time. 





Resolved, 


FF4 





A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders Kingston-upon- 
and others at Leeds, in the county of York, praying Hull Docks Bill. 


Petitions from Saint Giles, Camberwell, and Stock- London Gas 
well ;-—Saint Mary, Islington ;—Saint Mary, Pad- Bi. 


A Petition of Owners of land situate in the parish Sidmouth and 
of Harpford, in the county of Devon, praying that oe 


oad Bill. 


Hartlepool 
West Harbour 
and Dock Bill. 





Railways. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
way Bill, 


Reversionary 
Tnterest Societ 
Bill, 


Sugar. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses, 


Factories 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill, 


224 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hodgson Hinde do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Trades- 
men, Common Carriers and others interested in the 
conveyance of goods by Railway, praying the House 
to secure to them the same benefit of a free com- 
petition in the inland carriage of goods as they en- 
joyed previously to the formation of Railways, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Railways. 


A Petition of John Donaldson Boswall, of War- 


die, Esquire, Captain in the Royal Navy, praying | 


that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Edinburgh, Leith 
and Granton 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. 


A Petition of Samuel Wilson, praying that he 


against certain parts of the Reversionary Interest 
Society 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 Merchants, Ship-owners, Brokers, 
Dealers and others engaged in the trade and com- 
merce of the port of Liverpool, praying the House 
to abolish all differential duties on Sugar forthwith, 


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


Petitions from Shiffnal;—Saint Paul’s, Birming- 
ham ;—and, Deanery of Tavistock ; praying for the 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy of the archdeaconry of Sa- 
rum, praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 


6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the | 


Sees of Saint Asaph aud Bangor, and at the same 
time that speedy and strenuous endeavours may be 
made for the establishment of a See at Manchester, 
by other means,--was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Milborne Port ;— Brighton (Chair- 
man) ; -— Bermondsey (Chairman); — Ti/licoultry 
(Chairman) ; — Barnsley (Chairman) ; — North- 
ampton (Chairman) ; — Warrington (Chairman) ; 
— Budy (Chairman) ; — Kilbrook (Chairman) ; — 
Birstall (Chairman) ; — Liversedge (Chairman) ;— 
Failsworth ;— Mountain ;— Hebden Bridge ;—Man- 
chester ;—- Bury (Lancaster) (seven Petitions) ;--Roch- 
dale ;— Preston (Lancaster) ; — Bradford (York) ; 
—and, Silsden (Chairman); praying the House 
to enact that adults of both sexes be not allowed 
to work in Factories longer than ten hours a day 


for five days in the week, and eight hours on the’ of such qualifications, from whatever division of the 


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

Petitions from the South Staffordshire District , 
—-Sla ithwaite-cum- Lingards;—and, Aberdeen; pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any measure for inter- 
fering in the hours of labour in Factories and other 


works,-—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the western division 
of Somerset, and within the archdeaconry of Taun- 
ton ;—Trustees, Managers and Officers of the Bank 


22° Aprilis. 





A. 1844, 


for Savings, established at Taunton ;— Thomas Whit- 
more, of Apley Park, in the county of Salop ;—and, 
Inhabitants of Chard and Ilminster ; praying that 
the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


county of Wilts, 
every kind of public support from the College of 
Maynooth, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to he upon the Table. 




















tions) ;— Ayr ;— Athlone ; — Lower Clannanns ; — 
_ Grange ;— Donaghcloney ;— Ballyreagh ;—Armagh 
‘(three Petitions) ;— Keady ;—Clare ;—Drumbana- 
gher ;— Bedrock ;— Douglas ;— Clady ;—and, Bally- 
magrawn-at-Aughmady; praying the House to intro- 
duce, without delay, a Bill to declare valid to all in- 
tents and purposes in law, all Marriages heretofore 
sulemnized or hereafter to be solemnized by Presbyte- 
rian ministers in Jreland, between parties not within 
the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity, 


Ymay be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, | and who have the consent of parents or guardians, 


and provided that all such Marriages shall be so- 
'lemnized and registered agreeably to the published 
laws of the Zrish Presbyterian Church,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
| 
| Felixkirk ;—West Rounton ; — Surderby ;— and, 
| Skipton-on-Swale ; praying the House to resist the 
efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, 
and that no further alteration may be made in the 
existing Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
{and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


habitants of Sunderland and Wearmouth ;— and, 
Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Sheffield ; 
stating that Thomas Cooper is at present undergoing 
sentence of imprisonment for alleged conspiracy in 
the county gaol of Stafford, and setting forward cir- 
cumstances in extenuation of his case; and praying 
the House to take measures for securing to the said 
Thomas Cooper a commutation of his sentence of 
two years’ imprisonment, by advising Her Majesty 
to release him forthwith,—-were presented, and read 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


tery of Ayr ; Rraying the House to abrogate religious 
tests in the Scottish Universities,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





‘Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ;—and, 
| Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council of the city 
of Edinburgh; praying the House to grant, without 
| delay, such a legislative measure as will secure uni- 
formity of education, uniformity in the conditions 
of granting medical and surgical qualifications, and 
uniformity in the light of practising the Medical 
Profession in all its branches among the professors 


kingdom these may have been received,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Sunderland ;—Tillicoultry (Chair- 
man) ;—Liversedge (Chairman) ;-- Penzance (Chair- 

| man);—Bolton-le-Moors(Chairman) ;--Rochdale;— 
| Colne (Chairman) ;—Merthyr Tydvil (Chairman) ;— 
| Birstall (Chairman) ;— Torquay ;— York ;—Chester 
\(two Petitions); —Leeds ;—and, Kelbridge (Chair- 
|man); praying that the Masters and Servants Bill 
may not pass into a law,—-were presented, and read ; 
| and ordered to lie upon the Table. SF 
A Petition — 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Cricklade, in the Maynoo, 
raying the House to withdraw College. 


Petitions from Gilford ;— Newtownhamilton ;— Marriages 
Strabane (three Petitions) ;—New Mills (two Peti- (Ireland) 


Petitions from Silton ; — Thornton-le-Street ; — Corn Laws, 


Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Thomas Cooper, 








| Petitions of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Universities of 
Paisley ;—and, Moderator and Clerk of the Presby- Scotland. 


Petitions of the President and Fellows of the Medical 











oper, 


s of 





0 Re SOARS tn ots 





Tea. 


7 Vicrortz. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, and others, 
Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying the House to 
make such a reduction of the duty on Tea as may 
be deemed expedient in promoting its greater con- 
sumption in the country, and the increase of our 
trade with China, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of unemployed Labourers, in the parish 
of Arkill, in the county of Kildare, complaining of 
want of employment; and praying the House, on 
the principle of equal justice to all, to extend the 
principle of interference with capital and labour to 
all classes of Her Majesty’s subjects ; that, having 
restricted the employment of labour in some in- 
stances, to enforce it in others where want of em- 
ployment is proved to produce the same evils as its 
excess, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Labourers 
(Ireland. ) 


Window Tax = A Petition of Licensed Victuallers residing in the 
eastern division of the county of Suffolk, praying 
that Licensed Victuallers may be placed on the 
same footing in regard to the Tax on Windows as 
other tradesmen, owners of warehouses and shops 
in which goods are deposited, sold and exposed bor 
sale, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Universal 


Sulfrage, fc A Petition of Inhabitants of Milborne Port, pray- 


ing the House to make the People’s Charter the law 
of the land, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Free Labour 


Petitions of the Chairman of the Committee of 
Produce. 


the Birmingham British and Foreign Anti-Slavery 


22° Aprilis. 


225 


guishing the Actual Payments for the Expenses in- 
curred in the Collection and Management of the 
Revenue ; for the Charges of the Public Debt (the 
Terminable 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 Ireland; 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 on account of 
the Sums voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and 
Miscellaneous 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 Ap- 
pendix, showing the several Items composing each 
head of the Account (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 494, of Session 1843). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hops (Green- 
a Return of all Contracts entered into by the Com- wich Hospital. ) 
missioners of Greenwich Hospital for Hops during 
the last Fifteen years, including the present; the 
Names of the Parties to each Contract ; and the 
Prices paid by the Commissioners. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Oaths of Office. 
Returns of any Oaths taken by the Lord Lieutenant 
of Ireland or the Lord Chancellors of England or 
Treland, previous to entering on the Duties of their 
Office. 





Society ;—and, Secretary of the Hitchin Auxiliary 
Anti-Slavery Society ; praying the House to adopt 
fiscal regulations in favour of the produce of free 
labour, and more especially to pass a law which 
shall admit the produce of free Jabour of all kinds 
in foreign countries into the British market, on the 


same terms as the produce of British possessions | 
. | 
and plantations,—were presented, and read; and | 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 

of the borough of Tiverton, praying that the Small 
Debts Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Turnpike Tolls. A Petition of Trustees and Creditors under the 
Tiverton Turnpike Acts, praying that Mail Coaches 
may not be exempted from the payment of Turn- 
pike Tolls, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Cotton. Petitions from Aberdeen ;—and, Greenock (Pro- 
vost) ; praying the House to allow the free importa- 
tion of Cotton Wool into the United Kingdom,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Lunatic Poor 


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


Copy of the Correspondence between the Irish Go- 
vernment and the Managers of District Lunatic 
Asylums in Ireland, on the subject of the Report 
of the Select Committee of the House of Lords, of 


last Session, on the State of the Lunatic Poor in 
Ireland. 


Church Rates 


Ordered, That the Petition of Charles Price and 
( Warwick.) 


William White Thompson, relative to Church Rates 
(Warwick), which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure 
of the United Kingdom, in the years ending the 
5th day of January 1842, 1843 and 1844; distin- 
Vor. 99. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, scindis, 
Copies of Letter from Lord Lake to Dowlut Rao 
Scindia, June 4th, 1805; Letters of Mr. Mercer to 
the Secretary ofthe Government at Calcutta, in the 
Secret Department, June 4th 1805 and June 5th 
1805; Letters from Mr. Jenkins to Lord Lake, 
'June 17th and June 20th 1805; Lord Wellesley to 
Lord Lake, June 25th 1805; Lord Lake to Dowlut 
Rao Scindia, July 18th 1805; Lord Wellesley to 
Dowlut Rao Scindia, July 25th 1805; Mr. Jenkins 
to Colonel Malcolm, August 16th and September 
15th 1805; the Governor General in Council to 
Lord Lake, July 25th 1805; the Governor General 
in Council to the Secret Committee, July 30th, 
1805. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a South Devon 
Copy of Report made by Mr. Walker to the Ad- Railway. 
miralty on the subject of the South Devon Railway. 


The following Return, having been transmitted Whitecross- 
to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table ; viz.—Re- street Prison. 
turn to an Order dated the 2d day of February 
last, for a Return of the Amount of Original Debt, 
the Amount of Costs, and the Number of Days’ 
Imprisonment of each Person confined in White- 
cross-street Prison, on the 31st day of March 1844. 


The Factories (No. 2.) Bill, was, according to Factories _ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (No. 2) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second a 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill; anata 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time 3 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘lo 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 ; 
GG 





The 





County Courts 
[Salaries and 
Compensa- 
tions, | 


County Courts 
Bill. 


No. 216. 


Superior Courts 
(Common Law) 
Bill. 


Gold and Silver 
Wares Biil. 


Detached Parts 
of Counties 
Bill. 


Supply ; 


Bahama 
Islands. 


Bermudas. 


226 29°—93° 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 


}1ss. 


Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, } on 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: . 


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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred, to consider of authorizing the pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of Salaries 
and Compensations to be granted in pursuance of 
an Act of the present Session for the Recovery of 
Small Demands in the County Courts of England, 
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 the Payment of the Sa- 
laries of the Judges, and the Remuneration to the 
Treasurers, who may be appointed in pursuance of 
an Act of the present Session for the Recovery of 
Small Demands in the County Courts of England ; 
and also, for the Compensations which may be 
granted to Persons whose emoluments may be di- 
minished under the operation of the said 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the County Courts 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 Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill, was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Gold and Silver Wares Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 6th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Detached Parts of Counties Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 1st day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of 


Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. 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 {slands, to the 31st 
day of March 1845, and of the Light-houses there. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 






Aprilis. A. 1844, 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three PrinceEdwarg’ 
thousand and seventy pounds, be granted to Her sland. ‘ 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st 

day of March 1845. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Sable Islang, 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 

fray the Expense of the Establishment at Sable 

Island, Nova Scotia, for the Relief of Shipwrecked 
Persons, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Wester, Coast 
thousand six hundred and eighty pounds, be granted ¢f Africa, 

to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishments on the Western Coast of Africa, to 

the 31st day of March 1845. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Saint Helena, 
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 1845. 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Westem 
thousand two hundred and nineteen pounds, be A¥*ttalia. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

the Settlement of Western Australia, to the 31st 

day of March 1845. 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three South Australia, 
thousand seven hundred and seventy-five pounds, 

be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses in- 

curred at South Australia. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Port Essington, 
thousand two hundred and twenty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, in aid of the Charge of 
the Settlement at Port Essington. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Falkland 
thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds, be !s!n¢s 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Government of the Falkland Islands, to the 
31st day of March 1845. 


11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven New Zealand. 
thousand five hundred and sixty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Colony of New Zealand, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 


12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Heligoland. 
thousand and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of Heligoland, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen West India 
thousand three hundred and ninety-four pounds, be ©!nies 
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 1845. 

The five first Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

The sixth Resolution was postponed. 

The subsequent Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Resolution which has been 
postponed, be taken into further consideration upon 
Friday next. 





Small 
Bill. 


Way 
Mea 








NE) Serene 














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


Martis, 23° die Aprilis, 1844: 
















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. 







Bailiffs of 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Inferior Courts 





Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 


blishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of 


March 1845. 








into a Committee upon the Bailiffs of Inferior Courts 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the 



















ward’, 


nd, 


oast 


na, 


alia, 


WEEE) Serene 





Small Debts 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply 
[16 April.) 


Vestries Bill. 


Rother Levels 
Drainage Bill, 


Newspaper 


Stamps, &amp;c 


Exchequer. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Exchequer 
Bills, &amp;c. 


Exchequer. 


7 Vicroriz. 


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 
reading of the Small Debts Bull; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the fiifth and sixteenth of the 
Resolutions which, upon Tuesday last, were reported 
from the Committee of Supply; and which Reso- 
lutions were then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken into 
further consideration upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to prohibit the holding of Vestries in Churches : 
And that Mr. Stafford O’Brien and Mr. Beckett 
Denison do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Darby presented a Bill to amend Three Acts 
for more effectually draining and preserving certain 
Marsh Lands or Low Grounds in the Counties of 
Kent and Sussex, draining into the River Rother 
and Channel of Appledore: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Stamps issued to News- 
papers, and the Amount of Advertisement Duty 


paid on each, in the first Quarter of the present year 


22°93° Anrilis. 


297 


chequer at the Bank of England and of Ireland, 
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 Pay- 
ments by the Bank of England, and the Balance 
remaining to the account of the Exchequer at each 
Bank on 5th April 1844. 

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





the Number of Officers and Men voted for the Army 
and Ordnance Military Corps, in the years 1792, 
1805, 1810 and 1815:—A similar Return for the 
years 1822 to 1843, both inclusive; distinguishing 
the Number serving in Ireland and in India :— 
Returns of the Number of Officers and Men in the 
Army and Ordnance Military Corps who received 
Half-pay and Pensions, and the Amount voted for 
the same in each of those years:—And, of the 
Number of Military Pensioners returned fit for Ser- 
vice, and the Number called into active Service, 
under the authority of the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 95, 
distinguishing the Number employed in Garrison 
Duty, and in aid of the Civil Power (so far as re- 
lates to the Ordnance). 

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


Command,—Papers referred to in the Postcript to 
the Letter from the Governor of Jndia in Council 
to the Secret Committee, dated August 14, 1843. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 55,| an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of 


of the present Session). 


February last, for a Return of the Number of Per- 
sons confined for Debt, at the present time, in the 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House,! Prisons of London, Middlesex and Surrey ; stating, 


Copies of Two Letters addressed to the Lords Com- 
missioners of the Treasury by the Comptroller Ge- 
neral of the Exchequer, dated the 15th day of Ja- 


nuary and the 1st day of April 1844. 


Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 


Papers. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


in classes, the years in which they were imprisoned, 
the Number whose Debts, without Costs, are respec- 
tively under £.1, £.5, £.10,£.50, £.100, £.500, and 
all above that Sum, and distinguishing the Number 
of those for Offences against the Revenue Laws ; 
and stating also the average Term of Imprisonment 
of each of these classes, the Name, the Amount of 
Debt, and Amount of Expenses of each Person who 
has been in Prison more than five years :—A similar 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That | Return for the other Prisons of England and Wales : 


their several Addresses of the 2d, 16th, 18th and 


—A similar Return for Scotland :—--And, a similar 


19th days of this instant April (That Her Majesty | Return for Ireland (so far as relates to Scotland). 


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 


in the case of Mrs. Gilmour, who fled from Ren- 
frewshire to the United States, and was thereafter 


that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint | tried before the High Court of Justiciary in Edin- 


this House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Sir George Clerk presented,—Returns to an Or- 


der, dated the 25th day of March last, for Returns 
of the Number and Amount of Public Bills that 
have been issued under the head of Exchequer Bills, 
under the authority of Her Majesty’s Comptroller 
General, since the 31st day of January 1842; dis- 
tinguishing the Amount of each particular Issue, 
the Place and Period, and by whom such Issue was 
signed :—And, stating the Number of Days during 
which the Comptroller General was in attendance 
in the discharge of his Official Duties, and if absent, 
at what periods, and, during such absence, under 
what particular Authority, Power and Signature 
each Issue was then made; the Returns te be made 
up to the 5th day of March 1844. 

_Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
of all Monies received during the year ended 5th 
April 1844, to the Account of Her Majesty’s Ex- 


burgh, chargec. with having murdered her husband 
by Poison; with the date of the first Warrant for 
her Apprehension, and by whom granted ; the Name 


Captain Boldero presented,—Return to an Order, Army ana 
dated the 16th day of February last, fora Return of Ordnance. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Gwalior. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to seve- Imprisonment 
ral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Further Return to for Deb 


A Return, showing the stages of the Proceedings Mrs, Gilmour. 





Vo. 99. 





of the Officer who was despatched to the United 
States in search of her; Copy of any Correspond- 
ence which took place between the British Govern- 
ment and the American Government or Authorities, 
relative to giving up the Person of Mrs. Gilmour ; 
the date of the Officer’s return with her to Scotland, 
and the date of her Incarceration in Paisley Gaol ; 
the dates of her several Examinations, and the 
Name or Names of the Magistrate or Magistrates 
before whom the same were made; the date and 
place of her Trial ; the Cost incurred by the Crown 
in the Proceedings. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Constabulary 
22d day of February last, fora Return, showing the Fee- 
Number of the Constabulary Force in each County, 
or Division of a County, in England and Wales, 
under the Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 93, distinguishing 
each Class or Denomination ; together with an Ac- 


count, 





Yeomanry Arms 
(Ireland. 


Churches 
(Ireland. ) 


Arms (Ireland.) 


County 
Treasurers. 


Drunkenness. 


No. 21%. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


No. 218. 


Shoreham 
Harbour. 


York United 
Gas (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Eastern Coune 
ties Railway 
Bill. 


Colchester and 
Ilarwich Rail- 
way (No. 2); 
and, Harwich 
Railway and 
Pier Bills, 


228 


count, in detail, of the several items of Expenditure 
for the year 1843. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—A Return of the Number of the Yeomanry 
Arms that have been registered in each County in 
Ireland, and showing the Names and Residence of 
every Person who may have more than one stand 
of Yeomanry Arms in his Possession, and specifying 
the Number and Nature of such Arms in each case. 

A Return of all Churches which have been erected 
in Ireland since 1800 ; specifying the date of Erec- 
tion, whether Parochial, Chapels of Ease or Cha- 

elries, the Parish and Diocese where situate, the 
Number of Sittings, and whether free or appro- 
priated, the Expenses of Erection, and what Amount 
thereof has been contributed by the Voluntary Sub- 
scriptions of Individuals, Societies, Boards or Cor- 
porate Bodies (with the Names of such), and how 
much has been raised by Parochial Rates. 

An Account of the Teentine of Persons in each 
County in Ireland who have registered more than 
Twenty stand of Arms, mentioning the Name and 
Residence of every such Person. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count, in charge and discharge, of the Fees received 
by the Registrar of Treasurers’ Accounts under the 
ist Vic. c. 54, and of the Appropriation thereof, for 
the year ended 25th March 1844. 


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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Drunken- 
ness, which were presented upon Thursday and Fri- 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief 


(Ireland) Act, which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after twelve of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 23° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 
M R. Upperton, from the Commissioners of Shore- 


ham Harbour, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,— The Report of the Commissioners 
acting 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 New Shoreham, in the County of 
Sussex :’—And then he withdrew. 


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


The York United Gas (No. 2.) Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Council and 
other Inhabitants of the borough of Colchester, in the 
county of Esser, praying that the Eastern Counties 
Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the 
Colchester and Harwich Railway (No. 2.), and the 
Harwich Railway and Pier Bills, that it be at 
liberty to deem the Line of Railway from Colchester 
to Harwich, projected by Mr. Hosking (as men- 


29°_9.3° Aprilis. 





A. 1844, 


tioned in the Petition of Sir Henry Webb, Baronet, 
and William Adams Smith, Esquire, presented to 
the House on the 19th day of this instant April), 
a competing Line in contemplation, and to hear the 
said Petitioners, as prayed by their Petition, in sup- 
port thereof ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr Charles Round, 1 


Yeas, LSir Andrew Leith Hay: S ” 
Tellers for the { Sir William Heathcote, 1 98 
Noes, Mr. Estcourt : — 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Report on the Manchester, Bury and Rossen- Bury, and 
dale Railway Bill; and the Amendments were read, wate 

ilway Bill, 
and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newgua 
the Report on the Newquay Harbour and Railway Harbour and 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed Railway Bill, 
to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions of the Leeds Gas-Light Company ;—and, Leeds New Gas 
Inhabitants, being Members of the Town Council Bill. 
of the borough of Leeds, in the county of York; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Leeds New Gas 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 Inhabitants of the town of Hails- Brighton, Lewes 
ham and neighbourhood, in the county of Sussex, and Hastings 
praying that the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings ®«lway Bill 
Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of John Bagshaw, Eastem Union 
Chairman of the Provisional Committee of the Co/- Railway Bill 
chester and Harwich Railway (No.2.) ;—and, Owners 
and Occupiers of property on the line of Railway 
called the Eastern Union Railway, which were pre- 
sented upon Friday last, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Eastern Union Railway Bill, 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 Inhabitants of Bungay, in the Eastern Union 
county of Suffolk, praying that the Eastern Union Railway Bill. 
Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Householders and Inhabitants of South Devon 
Dawlish, praying that they may be heard, by their Railway Bill 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the South 
Devon Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Owners, Proprietors, Lessees and Stratford (East- 


Occupiers of certain lands, tenements and heredita- ¢" — 
ments heretofore parcel of the possessions of the junction Rail 





Monastery way Bill. 





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Asht 
brid 
Live 
Jun 
way 








T, 


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ill, 


id 
ill, 


Gas 





Ashton, Staly- 
bridge and 
Liverpool 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Leeds and 
Bradford Rail 
vay Bill. 


Harrogate and 
Knaresborough 
Railway Bill, 


Prisons 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Factories, 


7 VicTroriz. 


Monastery or Abbey of Stratford Langthorne, in 
the county of Esser ;—and, Churchwardens, Sur- 
veyor of the Highways, and other Inhabitants and 
Rate-payers of the parish of Westham, in the county 
of Essex; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Stratford (Eastern Counties) and Thames 
Junction Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Shop- 
keepers and other Inhabitants of the town of Staly- 
bridge and its vicinity, in the county palatine of 
Lancaster, praying that the Ashton, Stalybridge and 
Liverpool Junction Railway Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of Stephen Chappel and James Chappel, 
of Hunslet, in the parish of Leeds, Earthenware 
Manufacturers ;— Benjamin Idle and Samuel Idle, 
both of Hunslet, in the parish of Leeds, in the county 
of York, Maltsters;—Joshua Bower and Joshua 
Bower the younger, of Hunslet, in the parish of 
Leeds, Glass Manufacturers ;— William Pawson and 
others ;—Joseph Whitfield, James Allen, William 
Wilfult and John Parrott, all of Hunslet, in the 
parish of Leeds, in the county of York ;—Benjamin 
Hargreave, of Hunslet, in the parish of Leeds, in 
the county of York, Rope-maker ;—Alfred Harris, 
of Spring Lodge, Manningham, in the parish of 
Bradford, in the county of York, Banker, Thomas 
Wilcock, of Shipley, in the parish of Bradford, 
Clothier, and Joseph Wood and Benjamin Wood, 
both of Shipley Fields, in the parish of Bradford 
aforesaid, Worsted Manufacturers ; — Samuel Hall, 
Frederick Russell, William Smith, Benjamin Har- 
greave, William Hargreave, Frederick Dawson, 
Richard Blackburn, William Best and John Richard- 
son, all of Hunslet, in the parish of Leeds, in the 
county of York ;—Edward Lambert, of Manning- 
ham, in the parish of Bradford, in the county of 
York, Farmer;— Ellis Cunliffe Lister Kaye, of Man- 
ningham, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
Esquire ;—Joseph Taylor, Joshua Wordsworth, John 
Whitehead, and John Pollard, of Holbeck, in the 
parish of Leeds, in the county of York, Machine 
Makers, trading under the style or firm of Taylor, 
Wordsworth and Company ;—and, John Gott, of 
Leeds, in the county of York, Esquire; praying 
that the Leeds and Bradford Railway Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Faulkner Boyes, Esquire, praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Harrogate and 
Knaresborough 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. 


Petitions from Burntisland ;— Dysart ;—and, Pe- 
terhead ; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—-were 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the chapelry of 


Brompton and parish of Northallerton, praying the 
Vor. 99. 


23° Aprilis. 


229 


House to pass a Bill limiting the hours of labour 
in Factories to ten hours a day, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bromton ;— Brighton (Chairmen) Masters and 
(three Petitions) ;—and, Forfar (Chairman) ; pray- Se*va"ts Bill. 
ing that the Masters and Servants Bill may not pass 


into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llandyssil ;—and, Carlisle ; pray- saint Asaph 
ing for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 and Bangor 
Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Disces™ 
Saint Asaph and Bangor,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Gentry, Clergy and other Inhabit- 
ants of the parish of Holyhead, in the rural deanery 
of Tallybolion, in the county of Anglesey and diocese 
of Bangor, praying for the repeal of so much of the 
Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union 
of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the 
same time that speedy and strenuous endeavours 
may be made for the establishment of a See at 
Manchester, by other means, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Secretary to the Committee of Free Labour 
the Colchester Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Produce. 
Anti-Slavery Society ;—and, Inhabitants of Strat- 
ford-upon-Avon ; praying the House to adopt fiscal 
regulations in favour of the produce of free labour, 
and also not to adopt any fiscal regulations afford- 








ing facilities introducing into the British market 
the produce of Slave Labour, inasmuch as such a 
course would, in the opinion of the Petitioners, 
incalculably aggravate the miseries of the slaves, 
and supply a fearful stimulus to the slave trade,— 


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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the (Seventeenth 
Petitions presented upon the 18th, and 19th days Bee) 
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. 


A Petition of Thomas Sturgis, of Kingsclere, commons 
Hants, praying that the Commons Inclosure Bill Inclosure Bill. 


may not pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions trom Cahans ; —Ballykelly ;—Faughan- Marriages 
vale ;--Cove of Cork ; — Ardglass ; —Glewhirrey ; (Ireland) 
— Derrymore ;— Newtown Limavady ;—Carryduff ; 
—Randalstown ;—and, Reverend John Elgar, and 
others; praying the House to introduce a Bill, with- 
out delay, to declare valid, to all intents and pur- 
poses in law, all Marriages heretofore solemnized 
or hereafter to be solemnized by Presbyterian mi- 
nisters in Jreland, between parties not within the 
prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity, and 
who have the consent of parents or guardians, and 
provided that all such Marriages shall be solemnized 
and registered agreeably to the published laws of 
the Irish Presbyterian Church,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leigh Union ;—and, Whitchurch poor Law 
(Salop); praying that the Poor Law Amendment Amendment 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— Bill. 


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


A Petition of Hand Sawyers of the town of Bel- wood. 





fast, and neighbouring towns, praying the House to 
place an adequate and proportionate tax on steam 





machinery, and an increased rate of duty on sawn 
Ga@a3 timber 








County Courts 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Tobacco. 


Cotton. 


Universities 
(Scotland. ) 


Constabulary 
Act. 


Registration 
of Electors 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Wool. 


250 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Locke, William March Sow- 
ton, William Frederick Beadon and William Govett 
Romaine, Esquires, Barristers at Law, the Four | 
Counsel of the ancient court of the Marshalsea of 
the Queen’s Household, and of the Court of Her | 
Majesty’s Palace of Westminster, praying that the 
County Courts Bill may not pass into a law, without 
a Clause being introduced for compensating the 
Petitioners for the loss which they will sustain, 
should the said Bill pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants 
of the borough of Leicester, 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. 





A Petition of Frederick Capes, of Great Carter- 
lane, Doctors Commons, a Proctor and Notary Pub- 
lic, and one of the principal clerks of the seat of 
the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canter- 
bury, praying that the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill 
may not pass into a law, without securing to the 
Petitioner the enjoyment of his office, and the du- 
ties, privileges and emoluments appurtenant thereto, 
or in lieu thereof such a fair and reasonable com- 
pensation as to the House shall seem meet, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Greenwich ;—Croydon (three Pe- 
titions) ;—and, Croydon and Beddington; praying 
for a reduction of the duty on Tobacco,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Tobacco Trade. 


A Petition of Cotton Spinners, and others, inter- 
ested in the Cotton Manufacture at Belfast, praying 
the House to repeal all duties on the importation 
of Cotton Wool, excepting such nominal rate as 
may be required for the usual statistical purposes, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
presbytery of 4yr, praying the House to resist the 
attempt which is now being made by certain corpo- 
rate bodies in Scotland, to procure the abolition of 
religious tests in the Scottish Universities, which 
tests the Petitioners consider are essential to the 
prosperity and religious peace of these institutions, 
and to the stability of the Established Church, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Manufac- 
turers and others, Inhabitants of Bolton and its vi- 
cinity, praying the House to make such a reduction 
in the duty on Tea, as may be deemed expedient in 
promoting its greater consumption in this country, 
and the increase of our trade with China, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Rye Poor Law 
Union, in the counties of Sussex and Kent, praying 
for the repeal of the Constabulary Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the) 


Table. | 











A Petition of the Mayor of Cork, praying that the | 
Registration of Electors (Jreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and other | 
Inhabitants of Saddleworth, in the West Riding of. 
Yorkshire, praying that the law relating to the duty | 


23° Aprilis. 


timber from the colonies, was presented, and read;|on the importation of Foreign Wool may be re- 
pealed, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
| upon the Table. 





A. 1844, 





A Petition of Benjamin Wills, of Camberwell, Poor Employ. 
submitting a plan for the Employment of the Poor ; ™«nt. 
and praying the House to take the same into con- 
sideration, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mes 
the . 


Petitions from Beaufort;— and, Llanfihangel Local Cours 
Genan’r-Glyn; praying that a Bill for establishing Bec 
Local Courts for the decision of small causes may gat 
speedily pass into law, with such provisions as may 
render its operation as beneficial to the principality 
of Wales as to the other parts of the kingdom,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 
Ed 

Two Petitions of Dairy Farmers in Cheshire, and Cheese, a 
the borders of Shropshire adjoining, stating that 
the very low duty of one penny per pound on Ame- 
rican Cheese, when the sum of five-pence is imposed 
as a duty on Cheese imported into the American B 
ports, is a great injury to the Petitioners; and pray- h 
ing for protection,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 1 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Manchester , 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Division (Petts 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, &gt;") 
a Return of the Aggregate Amount of all Fees 
taken at any of the Courts of Petty Sessions held 
within the Division of Manchester; distinguishing 
the Fees respectively taken at the New Bailey Court 
House at Salford, at the Town Hall at Salford, at 
Worsley, and at Thetford; also, an Account of the 
way in which such Fees are disposed of, for the 
years ending on the 1st day of February 1841, 1842, 
1843 and 1844. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Houses of 
Copies of the Correspondence between the Com- Parliament. 
missioners of Woods and Forests with Charles 
Barry, Esquire, Architect, respecting the Sum or 
Allowance to be paid him for superintending the 
building of the Houses of Parliament. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law. 

a Return of the Average Annual Expenditure of 
the Parishes comprised in each of the Unions in 
England and Wales, during the Three years prior 
to Union; and the Amount expended for the Re- 
lief and Maintenance of the Poor in each of the 
years ended Lady Day 1841, 1842 and 1843; also 
the Number of In-door and Out-door Paupers re- 
lieved during each of the Quarters ended Lady Day 
1841, 1842 and 1843; together with the Number 
of Illegitimate Children relieved during the same 
Periods, stating the per-centage as compared to 
other Paupers; and the present Population in the 
different Unions ; specifying the Number of Unions 
now without Workhouses. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds - 
the Report on the Leeds and Bradford Railway Breer ai 
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 : 

—And a Debate arising thereupon ; ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Fri- 

day next. 


Sir Robert Peel presented,—Return to an Address Greece. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of March last, 
for Copy of Correspondence or Extracts of any 
Correspondence 











ploy. 


Urts, 


yy 
Petty 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Beccles Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Poor Assess- 
ment Bill. 


Brandes Burton 


Inclosure Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Naviga- 
tions Bill. 


Liverpool 
New Gag an 
Coke Bill, 


Figge’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Vestries Bill. 


No. 219. 


Exchequer. 


No, 220. 


Exchequer 
Bills, &amp;c. 


No, 220. 
Excheqaer. 
No. 221. 


Constabulary 
Force, 


No. 222, 


Yeomanry 


Arms (Ireland.) Arms 


7 Vicroriz. 


and Sir Edmund Lyons, or the Courts of France 
and Russia, relating to the recent events in Greece. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Powers 


and Provisions of an Act of the First year of King | ——— 


William the Fourth, for making the River Waveney 
navigable for Ships and other Sea-borne Vessels, 
from Rosehall Fleet to the Mouth of Oulton Dyke, 
and for making and maintaining a navigable Cut 
from the said River into the said Dyke: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for providing for the 
Liquidation of the Debt owing by the Charity 
Workhouse of the City of Edinburgh, for regulating 
the Assessment for Relief of the Poor of the said 
City, and for other Purposes relating thereto : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in 


the Parish of Brandes Burton, in the County of 


York: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Canal Navigations to borrow a further 
Sum of Money, and to extend and alter some of the 
Provisions of their present Acts, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


23°—24° Aprilis. 


Correspondence between Her Majesty’s Government | 


231 


pleased to direct that Parliament, in all matters 
ecclesiastical, should receive the advice of the clergy 
in convocation assembled, according to the consti- 
tution and ancient usage of this realm, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Notice being taken, That Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 24° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 





praying that the Eastern Union Railway Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 

A Petition of the There-undersigned, praying that 
they may be heard, by 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 their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 


PETITION of Inhabitants of the town and Eastern Union 
borough of Colchester, in the county of Essea, Railway Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend and enlarge the Provisions of Two 
several Acts for lighting with Gas the Town of Li- 
verpool, and certain Places adjacent thereto, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

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


Bill, against the said Petition. 








Ordered, That the Padstow Harbour Bill be re- Padstow _ 
committed to the former Committee, for the purpose Harbour Bill. 


of amending the Toll Clauses and the Schedules to 
the Bill. 


Petitions of Merchants, Wharfingers and Fac- Kingston-upon- 

tors in the city of London ;—Ship-owners, Mer- Hull DocksBill. 
chants, Traders and others at the port of Worth 
Shields, in the county of Northumberland ;—Ship- 
owners, Merchants, Traders and others at the town 
of Berwich-upon-Tweed ;—Ship-owners, Merchants, 
Traders and others at the port of South Shields, in 
the county of Durham ;—Ship-owners, Merchants, 
Traders and others at Boston, in the county of Lin- 
coln;—and, Merchants, Traders and others at Louth, 
in the county of Lincoln; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Kingston-upon- Hull 
Docks 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. Stafford O’ Brien presented a Bill to prohibit 
the holding of Vestries in Churches: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 8th day of May 
next; and to be printed. . 











Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Exche- 
quer, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Exchequer 


Bills, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Exche- 
quer, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to the Constabulary Force, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property, Chester and 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their Holyhead 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Ches- ®#lay Bill. 


the Return relative to Yeomanry 
ter and Holyhead Railway Bill, was presented, and 


(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 


No. 223. printed. read. 
; : id Petition be referred to the 
—— 1 ne gee. That the Account relative to Arms (Ire- ter aes oe 9 Pottienee seal, 
AO, 2205. : ? &lt;4 
and), which was presented yesterday, be printed. by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
ey Ordered, That the Account relative to County | Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
(Ir cland.) preg oe i which was presented yester-| favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
. ay, be printed. . ; 
romney A Petition of Faulkner Boyes, Esquire, praying ffarrogate and 
aoe Ordered, That the Petitions from Glasgow, rela- | that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, Knaresborough 


Convocation of 


the Clergy. 


tive to Universities (Scotland), which which were Railway Bull. 


against certain parts of the Harrogate and Knares- 
presented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


borough 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. 
aa4 Mr, 


A Petition of Parochial Clergy of the town of 
Aylesbury, and of certain of the surrounding pa- 
rishes, praying the House to present an humble 


Address to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 
Vox. 99. 











Pontop and 
South Shields 
Railway Bill. 


Newcastle and 
Darlington 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Dowager 
Lady Nugent’s 
Nat. Bill. 


South Devon ‘' 
Railway Bill. 


Salford 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


Wells Harbour 
and Quay Bill. 


Manchester 
Stipendiary 
Magistrate Bill. 


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Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Pontopand South Shields 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Newcastle and Darlington 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. 

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





Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Dowager Lady Nugent's Naturalization Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brixham;--Chairman of the Cham- 
ber of Commerce of the port of Plymouth ;—Chair- 
man of the Commissioners acting under an Act for 
better paving, lighting, cleansing, watching and im- 
proving the Town and Borough of Plymouth, in the 
county of Devon, and for regulating the Police 
thereof, and for removing and preventing Nuisances 
and Annoyances therein ;— Dartmouth ;—and, Ply- 
mouth; praying that the South Devon Railway Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Mersey and Jrwell Navigation, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Salford Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit, and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Copies of the First Report of 
the Committee appointed by the Lords of the Trea- 
sury, in pursuance of Addresses of the House of 
Commons of the 12th, 14th and 20th August1839 ; 
and of a Report from Rear Admiral Sir James A. 
Gordon and Captain Beechey to the Lords of the 
Admiralty, relative to the best means of communi- 
cating between London and Dublin, to the relative 
capabilities of the Ports of Holyhead, Ormes Bay 
and Portdynilaen, which were presented upon the 
15th day of April 1840, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill. 


Petitions of Robert John and Randle Brereton ; 
—and, Merchants, Traders, Ship-owners and others 
interested in the port of Wells, Norfoik; praying that 
the Wells Harbour and Quay Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Peti- 


%4° Aprilis. 





A. 1844, 


Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate Bill, was re- 
ferred; That the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as no Notices had been 
given in the London Gazette, or in the Newspaper 
of the county or on the church doors, as required 
in case of Bills of the first class; to which class 
the Provisions proposed to be introduced appeared 
to belong. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


be heard, by his counsel or agent, a 
parts of the Harwich Railway and Fier 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. 


dalk ;—and, Alt; praying the House to introduce 
without delay a Bill to declare valid to all intents 
and purposes in law, all Marriages heretofore so- 
lemnized or hereafter to be solemnized by Presby- 
terian ministers in Ireland, between parties not 
within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or 
affinity, and who have the consent of parents or 
guardians, and provided that all such Marriages 
shall be solemnized and registered agreeably to the 
published laws of the Jrish Presbyterian Church, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


praying that the County Courts Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, andl read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


ing for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of 
Saint Asaph and Bangor, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Frod- 
sham, in the county of Chester, praying for the 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, and at the same time that speedy and 
strenuous endeavours may be made for the establish- 
ment of a See at Manchester, by other means, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


gow (Chairman); praying for repeal of the duties 
on raw Cotton imported into Great Britain, both 
from our own colonies and other countries,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions) ; — Preston (Lancaster) (Chairman) ; — 
Nottingham (two Petitions) ;—-London (two Peti- 
tions);—Miners of Great Britain and Ireland; 
— Cockermouth ; — Benjamin Francis Birt; — and, 
Bristol; praying that the Masters and Servants 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow ;—Renfrew ;—and, 
therglen; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) 





tion of William Lockett and others, complaining of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the 


case of the Petition for additional Provision in the | 





may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were 


‘presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 7” 
Petitions 


A Petition of John Bagshaw, of Harwich, in Harwich pai. 
the county of Essex, Esquire, praying that he may way and Pier 
ainst certain Bill. 


Petitions from Mewtownperry ;— Newtownhamil- Marriages 
ton (two Petitions) ;—Clogher ; —Convoy ;—Dun- (Iteiand.) 


A Petition of Philip Wyatt Crowther, of Baring County Cours 
Lodge, Heavitree, in the county of Devon, Esquire, Bill. 


A Petition of the Minister and other Inhabitants of gaint Asaph 
the parish of Worfield, in the county of Salop, pray- and Bangor 


Dioceses. 


Petitions from Wigan ;—Heywood ;—and, Glas- Cotton. 


asters and 


Petitions from Newton Abbott; — Exeter (two &gt; 


rvants Bill. 


Ru- Prisons " 
Bill (Scotland) Bill, 

















7 VicToRi. 


Petitions of Members of the Committee of the 
Exeter Anti-Slavery Society ;--Friends of the abo- 
lition of the Slave Trade and Slavery, in Sunderland ; 
—and, Chairman of the Committee of the Glasgow 
Emancipation Society; praying the House to adopt 
fiscal regulations in favour of the produce of Free 
Labour, and more especially to pass a law which 
shall admit the produce of Free Labour, of all kinds, 
of foreign countries, into the British market, on the 
same terms as the produce of British possessions 
and plantations,--were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Kendal Anti-Slavery Society, praying the ~ fe to 
open the ports of Great Britain for the introduc- 
tion of all tropical produce raised by Free Labour, 
at the same rate of duty as is levied upon similar 
productions coming from our own colonies, and 
that this privilege shall be offered to Spain and to 
Brazil, so soon as the slaves of these two coun- 
tries are emancipated, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Free Labour 
Produce. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the towns of Guild- 
ford, Godalming and Farnham, in the county of 
Surrey, and their vicinity, stating that the Petitioners 
have heard with much concern that it is proposed 
to introduce a Bill into Parliament for levying an 
additional tax of five-pence per ton upon Coals in 
the Port of London, for the purpose of embanking 
the Thames; and praying that the House will take 
into consideration the propriety of calling upon 
the Petitioners to pay for any local improvements of 
the metropolis, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Coals. 


Game Act, A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Norfolk, 
praying that the Act 54 Geo. 3, c. 141, “to alter so 
much of an Act made in the fifty-second year of his 
present Majesty, as relates to the Duties payable in 
respect of killing of Game,” may be explained or 
amended and altered, so that persons assisting in 
the taking or killing of any Game, or any wood- 
cock, snipe, quail or land-rail, in the company or 
presence, and for the use of another person who 
shall have duly obtained his certificate in his own 
right, and who shall not act therein by virtue of 
any deputation or appointment, shall be exempt 
from the stamp duty and penalty, notwithstanding 
there may be used on the occasion any dog, gun, 
net or other engine of a person not then present, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 





A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Carlisle, praying that the House will 
be pleased to take measures for securing to Thomas 
Cooper a commutation of his sentence of two years’ 
imprisonment in Stafford Gaol, by advising Her 
Majesty to release him forthwith, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tiomas Cooper. 





Factories Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull (Chairman); 
(No. 2.) Bill. ~— Bury (Lancaster) (four Petitions) ;— Bath (Chair- 
| man);— Nottingham (Chairman) ;— Keighley (Chair- 
1. man) ;— and, Aberdeen (Chairman); praying the 
House to restrict labour in Factories to ten hours 
in the day,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Registration A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
one habitants of Barnsley, praying the House to reject 
269 hat the Registration of Electors (Zreland) Bill, and to 
Sullrage,&amp;c, © Cause the People’s Charter to become immediately 
Bill. the law of the land, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Enigration, A Petition of the Chairman of the Executive Com- 


mittee of the Board of Commissioners of the late 
Vot. 99. 








24° Aprilis. 


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British American Association for Emigration and 
Colonization, complaining of the interference of the 
Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, 
which delayed the sailing of the brig “ Barbadoes,” 
chartered by the Commissioners of the late British 
American Association for Emigration and Coloni- 
zation, for the emigration of certain inhabitants 
from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and of 
the return of the said brig to Cork, after completing 
two-thirds of her voyage, and finally the entire 
breaking up of the Association ; and praying that it 
may please the House, with the view to ascertain 
where the real blame and responsibility rests, to 
move an Address to Her Majesty the Queen, pray- 
ing for the production of papers relative to the 
“ Barbadoes,” to appoint a Select Committee to 
investigate all the circumstances of the case, or 
otherwise to take such steps in the matter as the 
protection of the character and property of the 
members of the late Association demand, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Zrvine ;—and, Schoolmasters 
Presbytery of Islay and Jura; praying the House (Setland.) 
to adopt measures for ameliorating the condition of 
the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, 

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


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Universities 
Mull, praying the House to maintain unimpaired (Scotland) 
all the enactments which require professors in the 
National Universities of Scotland to subscribe the 
standards of the National Church, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Dealers and Consumers Tea. 
of Tea, Inhabitants of Manchester, praying the 
House to make such a reduction of the duty on Tea 
as may be deemed expedient in promoting its greater 
consumption in this country, and the increase of 
our trade with China, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Importers, Dealers and Consumers Coffee. 
of Foreign Coffee, praying for reduction of the 
duty on Foreign Coffee, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kirkaldy ;—Coal-traders at the Edinburgh 
Edinburgh terminus of the Edinburgh and Glasgow ae Menten, 
Railway ; — Dunbar ;— and, Edinburgh ; praying ey 
that the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Figge’s Naturalization Bill was read the first time ; Figge’s 
and ordered to be read a second time. Nat. Bill. 


A Petition of Owners, Beneficial Lessees and Canterbury 
Occupiers of messuages or tenements and heredita- Pavement Bill. 
ments situate within the ville or precinct of the pa- 
lace of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, in or 
near the city of Canterbury, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Canterbury Pavement 
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 South Shields; — Liverpool ; — Charitable 
London ;--and, Lambeth ; praying that the Chari- _ Societies 
table Pawn Societies 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 Commons 











Inhabitants of Bath, praying that the Commons Inclosure Bill, 
HH 


Inclosure 





234 


Inclosure Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
Small Debts. A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Bridgnorth, praying the House 
to pass a Bill for the cheap and speedy recovery of 
Small Debts in England and Wales, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Registration 
of Electors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Kingston-upon-Hull ;—and, Chairman 
of a Meeting of Inhabitants cf Bath; praying that 
the Registration of Electors (Ireland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical Petitions from the Western Division of the county 


24° Aprilis. 





A. 1844. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of Surveyors of Harrogate and 


in Knaresborough 


Highways for the township of Tadcaster East, Railway Bill 


the parish of Tadcaster, in the county of York ;— 
and, Right honourable Henry Earl of Harewood, and 
others, Owners of lands and other hereditaments 
affected by the Bill hereinafter mentioned, which 
were presented upon the 19th day of March last ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Harrogate and Knaresborough Railway Bill, 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. 


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





Courts Bill. of Somerset ;--the Reverend William Henry Turner, 


of Trent, in the county of Somerset ;—-and, Welling- 
ton (Somerset); praying that the jurisdiction of the 
Archidiaconal Court of Taunton, so far as that 
jurisdiction extends to the granting of probate and 
letters of administration, may be preserved, and that 
that archdeaconry may accordingly be inserted, to- 
gether with the several archdeaconries intended to 
be retained in the Schedule (C.) annexed to the Ec- 
clesiastical Courts Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Medical 
Profession. 


A Petition of the Principal of the Senatus Acade- 
micus of the University of Edinburgh, praying the 


House to pass Bills for the better regulation of 


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


Coals, 
of the borough of Sunderland, praying that the duty 
on Coals exported in British vessels may be imme- 
diately repealed, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Dissenters’ 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 
Chapels, 


Linlithgow, praying that no Bill for the regulation 
of suits relating to meeting-houses, and other pro- 
perty held for religious purposes by persons dissent- 
ing from the Church of Bete may receive the 
sanction of the House, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Imprisonment | A Petition of Debtors imprisoned in the county 


for Debt. gaol at Morpeth, Northumberland, praying for the 
abolition of Imprisonment for Debt, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Garnkirk, A Petition of Iron-masters, Coal-masters, Owners 
Glasgow and ~— and Lessees of minerals, and others, in Lanarkshire, 
Coatbridge 


Railway Bill. praying that the Garnkirk, Glasgow and Coatbridge 
ailway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


New British 
Tron Company 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for granting certain Powers to 
the New British Iron Company, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Wells Harbour 


) Ordered, That the Committee on the Wells Har- 
and Quay Bill, 


bour and Quay Bill have leave to sit, and proceed, 
upon Friday next, at half after two o’clock, notwith- 
standing no Notice of postponement having been 
given in the Private Bill Office. 


Wells Lighting 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Wells Light- 
ing and Improvement Bill have leave to sit, and 
proceed, upon Friday next, at half after two o’clock, 
notwithstanding no N otice of postponement having 


been given in the Private Bill Office. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slave Trade. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of English Cruisers 
employed in the Suppression of the Slave Trade, to 
which Warrants have been given according to the 
Conventions entered into with France in 1831 and 
1833; distinguishing the Number employed each 
year, from 1831 inclusive :—And, of the Number of 
French Cruisers employed in the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade, to which Warrants have been given 
by the English Government, according to the same 
Conventions ; distinguishing the Number of War- 
rants granted each year, from 1831 inclusive. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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 all Ships, with their Names and 
Tonnage, that have been employed in carrying Emi- 
grants from the United Kingdom since the passing 
of the last Colonial Passengers Act, as far as the 
same can be made up; together with the Number 
of such Ships of which the Emigration Commis- 
sioners have had information of or noticed :—Copy 
of all the Correspondence which has taken place 
between the Public Boards and Public Officers in 
the year 1843, respecting the Emigrant Ships “ Ca- 
therine,” and “ John and Robert,” conveying Emi- 
grants to Cape Breton and Canada :—And, a Return 
of the Number of Emigrants, distinguishing Men, 
Women and Children, shipped on board the Ship 
“ Catherine ,” and a similar Return of Emigrants 
transhipped on board the Ship “ John and Robert.” 
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 Jurors 
List of the Names of all Persons qualified to serve (Tipperary-) 
as Jurors in the Northern Division of the county 
Tipperary, returned by the Collectors of Jury Cess 
to the Clerk of the Peace, submitted by him to the 
Magistrates at Special Sessions, agreeably to the 
Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 91, commencing Spring As- 
sizes 1839, and ending Spring Assizes 1844 :—Also, 

a Return, for the same period, of the Long Panel 
of the above County, from which Petty Juries are 
selected. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Colonial 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Expenditure, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ““ 
House, an Abstract from the Blue Books sent to 

the Colonial Office by the British Colonies, for the 

year 1842, of the Total Amount of Revenue re- 

ceived by each of these Colonies, under separate 

Heads; and also, the Amount of Expenditure, under 














separate 























Bailiffs of 
Inferior Courts 
Bill. 


Complaiat. 





7 Victoriz. 


separate Heads, so as to exhibit the Total Amount 
of Taxation and Revenue of every kind, and the 
Total Amount of Expenditure of every kind, and 
showing the balance for or against the Colony ; 
stating also, the Amount granted by Parliament to 
each of these Colonies in that year :—And, a Re- 
turn, or general Abstract, of the Military and Naval 
Expenditure by Great Britain for the Colonies, in 
the year 1843 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 632, of Session 1840, No. 1, Appendix 
(A.) and (B.)). 

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 Report on the Bailiffs of In- 
ferior Courts Bill be received upon Friday next. 


Complaint being made to the House of Passages 
of a Speech delivered at a public meeting which took 
place in the Music Hall at Leeds, in favour of the 
Ten Hours Factory Bill, by William Busfeild Fer- 
rand, Esquire, a Member of ihis House, as reported 
in The Times Newspaper of Wednesday, April 10, 
1844:—The said Newspaper was delivered in, and 
the Passages complained of read, as follow :— 


“ T know a little about Sir James Graham; I have 
had to battle against him when fighting the cause 
of the working classes in this county; and a man 
who took steps to procure a Report which was false, 
merely for the purpose of crushing a Member of the 
House of Commons, who raised his voice in defence 
of the suffering poor, would not hesitate to keep the 
working classes in the manufacturing districts in a 
state of degrading slavery. What was his conduct 
in my own case? I stuck to the man like a leech. 
I told him the Report of Mr. Mott, his Assistant 
Poor Law Commissioner, was false. I was deter- 
mined to bring it before the House until justice was 
done ; but he feared to meet me, and dismissed the 
poor tool whohad been his degraded and ignominious 
instrument in fabricating the injurious Report.” 

‘That is not all Sir J. Graham has done of late, 
for the purpose of putting down the advocates of 
the poor in the House of Commons. You will re- 
member that Mr. Walter was returned for Wotting- 
ham, and I have had the honour of battling by that 
gentleman’s side the enemies of the poor. No man 
has resisted the New Poor Law more rigorously, or 
at a greater sacrifice of time and money, than Mr. 
Walter. It was, therefore, felt necessary by Sir 
J. Graham to get him out of the House of Com- 
mons, for Sir James was a man who could not bear 
to hear the truth spoken, especially on that subject. 
A Petition was presented against Mr. Walter’s Re- 
turn. The Committee sat several days, and entered 
into an inquiry as to the alleged bribery and cor- 
ruption which Mr. Walter had committed in obtain- 
ing his seat. They could not prove that he had 
spent one farthing, nor had he; they could only 
prove that his friends in the town of Nottingham, 
not his agents, had spent between £.30 and £.40 in 
money, and what they called treating. The Com- 
mittee was divided—there were three Whigs for 
throwing him out, and three Tories for keeping Mr. 

Walter in. Mr. Hogg, the Member for Beverley, 
one of the most pure Boroughs in the Kingdom, 
forsooth—whether he got his Seat for £.40 I do not 
know—but this Tory Chairman aided Sir James 
Graham and the Government in unseating Mr. 
Walter. Mr. Hogg tried to explain away his con- 
duct on that occasion; the whole of the Government 
side of the House, on which I sat, listened with 
feelings of disgust while he higgled and haggled 
through his explanation; but there was one man 
who vociferously cheered, and that one man was 
Sir James Graham.” 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House will take the said Complaint 
into consideration upon Friday next ; 

Vox. 99. 


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235 


And the previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put :—The said previous Ques- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the main Question being put; , 

Resolved, That. this House will take the said Com- 
plaint into consideration upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That William Busfeild Ferrand, Esquire, 
do attend in his place upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Marriage and 

reading of the Marriage and Divorce Bill ; Divorce Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday, the 5th day of June next. 


A Petition of the President and Honorary Secre- County Court 
tary of the Manchester Law Association, praying that (County Pala- 
the County Court (County Palatine of Lancaster) week Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and . 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The County Court (County Palatine of Lancaster) County Court 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; (County Pala- 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, rena — 
for Wednesday the 15th day of May next. 


The Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Lan- Court of 
caster) Bill was, according to Order, read a second san ; 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole tra Sg “a 


House, for Wednesday the 15th day of May next. caster) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into County _ 
further consideration the Report on the County Coroners Bill. 
Coroners 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. 

Cravuses, N° 1 to N° 5, 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 sth day of May next, again 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 Frida y next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Small Debis 

reading of the Small Debts Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; caus. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Court of 
Returns of the Number of Causes set down and Chancery. 
remaining for hearing before each of the Judges of 
the Court of Chancery, on the 11th day of January 
in each of the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 
and 1843; and also, of the Number of Bills in 
Chancery filed in each of those years, stating the 
Courts in which they have been marked to be heard. 


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 








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Copper. 


Tin, 


Zine. 


Lead. 


Parliamentary 
Papers, &amp;c. 


Beer. 


Vinegar. 


The Levant, 


236 


Veneris, 26° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Law, from the Treasury, was called 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 
1844; 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 
1844; 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 1844; 
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 1844; distinguishing each Sort, 
and to what Country exported :—And, of all Copper 
Ore which has been imported into the United King- 
dom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844; showing the Quantity upon which Duty has 


26° Aprilis. 





been paid, the Countries from which the same has 
been imported, and the Per-centage Quantity of 
Metallic ae contained in each Parcel of Ore, 
upon which the Duty has been paid, together with 
the Rate and Amount of Duty received thereon. 

An Account of all Tin imported into the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844; distinguishing from what Countries imported ; 
also, an Account of all Tin exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1844; distinguishing to what Countries exported. 

An Account of all Zine and Zinc Ore imported 
and exported during the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1844, and the Duty paid thereon. 

An Account of the Imports and Exports of Lead 
for the year ending the 5th day of January 1844. 

A Return, showing, in columns, the Net Amount 
received annually from the Sale of Parliamentary 
Papers, printed by Order of the House of Com- 
mons; distinguishing the Amount received for 
whole Sets of Papers, and the Amount for Miscel- 
laneous Papers ; showing the Amount in each year, 
commencing in 1836, specifying the Increase or 
Decrease in each year respectively ; and in one 
Sum, the Total Net Receipt, to the end of 1843 :— 
Also, the Amount paid by the Country in 1836, 
and each year since respectively, for Prosecutions 
for Libel, or Actions instituted against the House 
of Commons through its Officers; stating the 
Names of the Plaintiffs and Defendants in each 
Prosecution or Action, with the Names in each 
case of the Crown Counsel, Solicitors for the 
Crown, and others employed on the part of the 
House of Commons, or the Officers of the said 
House, to defend such Actions, with the Amount 
charged in Fees, Bills of Costs and other Law 
Charges ; showing the Sum Total paid by the Coun- 
try on account of such Prosecutions or Actions dur- 
ing the above period, so as to Balance the Receipt 
for Parliamentary Papers against the Expenses at 
Law, in a Debt and Credit Account. 

An Account of the Quantity of Beer exported, 
from the 5th day of January 1843 to the 5th day 
of sanuary 1844. 

A. Return of Licensed Vinegar Makers in England, 
Scotland and Ireland; with an Account of the 
Number of Gallons brought to Charge and Duty 
paid, from the 1st day of January 1843 to the 1st 
day of January 1844. 

Mr. Law also presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—A Return, in detail, of the Ex- 
penditure of £.12,063 17s. 8d. charged in the Civil 
Contingencies for the year 1843, for the Expenses 
of Military Officers employed on Special Service in 
the Levant; stating the Names of the Officers, the 


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A. 1844, 


Service on which employed, the Period of such Em- 
ployment, and the Amount paid to each :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Watson, from the Corporation for the Relief Merchant 
of Seamen in the Merchant Service, was called Seamen, 


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 London, and the various 
Outports under their management, from 1st January 
1843 to 31st December 1843, 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 
at the therein-mentioned Out-ports of the United 
Kingdom, from 1st January to 31st December 1843: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Horsham 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 Horsham, in the 
room of the Honourable Robert Campbell Scurlett, 
now Lord Abinger, called up to the House of 
Peers. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Northern Northem and 


and Eastern Railway (Vewport Deviations) Bill 
have leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, dur- 
ing the sitting of the House. 


Eastern Rail- 
way (Newport 
Deviations) 
Bill. 


Petitions of Overseers of the poor of the town- Salford 


ship of Salford ;—Board of Surveyors of highways ! 
of the town of Salford ;—and, Guardians of the 
Poor of that portion of the union of Salford, com- 
prised within the township of Salford; praying that 
the Sa/ford Improvement (No. 2.) Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Drainage, in March, in the Isle of Ely, and county 
of Cambridge, and also, within a certain level of 
the fens called Middle Level, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Middle Level Drainage 
and 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. 


Tain ;—and, Farmers of the eastern division of the 
county of Ross, and Inhabitants of the villages of 
Invergordon, Alness, and others, assembled at Tuin ; 
praying that the Dingwall Thoroughfares and Police 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Manchester and Bolton Railway, in the parish of 
Eccles, to the Parish of Whalley, all in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, to be called the Manchester, 
Bury and Rossendale Railway, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walker do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill, 


Railway Company ;—and, Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of Linlithgow; praying that they 





may 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land in the Dingwall 


eastern district of the county of Ross, assembled at Thoroughfares 
and Police Bill. 


mprovement 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


A Petition of Commissioners of districts for Middle Level 
Drainage and 
Navigation Bill. 





Aningrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Manchester, 
Bury and 
Rossendale 
Railway Bill. 





























7 VicToriz. 


may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


Slamannan A Petition of the Slamannan Railway Company, 
Jencion Rail- praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
way Dill. 


their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Slamannan 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. 


‘South Devon 


Sir John Mordaunt reported from the Committee 
Railway Bill. 


on the South Devon Railway Bill, That one of the 
parties opposing the Bill had stated to the Com- 
mittee, that the evidence of Mr. George Jones, Col- 
lector of the Customs at Plymouth, and of Mr. 
Richard Potbury, Tide-surveyor, of the same place, 
was essential to enable them to establish their case 
before the Committee ; and that the attendance of 
the said persons, owing to their official situations, 
could not be obtained without the intervention of 
the House; and that he had been instructed by the 
Committee to apply to the House to order the said 
George Jones and Richard Potbury to attend and 
give Evidence before them. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Jones and Mr. Richard 
Potbury do attend the Committee on the South 
Devon Railway Bill, upon Monday next. 


— Captain Boldero reported from the Committee on 
Selby Railway the Leeds and Selby Railway Purchase (No. 2.) 
(Nora) Bill Bill, and to whom several Petitions against the said 
u""" Bill were referred ; 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; That they had in- 

quired 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. 


Kingston-upon- A Petition of Ship-owners of South Shields, in 
Hull Docks Bill. the port of Newcastle, taking notice of the Kings- 
ton-upon-Hull Docks Bill; and praying the House 
to cause the dock rates to be equitably assimilated 
to the charges made for similar accommodation in 
other ports, before any additional powers are granted 
to the Hull Dock Company, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants, Traders, 
Proprietors of estates and others, in the borough 
of Hedon, in the East Riding of the county of York, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel cr agents, against certain parts of the 
said Bill, was also presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Rochdale 


Improvement 
Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Roch- 
dale, in the county of Lancaster, praying that the 
Rochdale Improvement Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


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237 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Leeds New Gas 
before the Committees on the Leeds Gas Bills in Bill. 
Sessions 1835 and 1843, be referred to the Com- 

mittee on the Leeds New Gas Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Leeds and 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question propose ang 
upon Tuesday last, That the Amendments made by er 
the Committee to the Leeds and Bradford Railway 
Bill be now read a second time; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
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 new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for they Mr. Becketé, 56 
Yeas, Mr. Richard Hodgson: } meas 
Tellers for the f Sir Edward Colebrooke, h 58 
Noes, Mr. Hardy: ; 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Bill be re-committed,” be added instead thereof : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Petitions of Charles Forbes Davidson, Writer to Edinburgh, 


the Signet, Edinburgh ;—Alexander Thomson, Pro- — i. . 
prietor of premises in the parish of North Leith 5 Way Bill - 


—Sir Henry Jardine, of Harwood, Knight, Conve- 
ner of the Trustees of the Cramond District of 
Roads, in the county of Edinburgh, and of other 
Trustees of said district ;—Sir Henry Jardine, of 
Harwood, Knight, Captain John Donaldson Bos- 
wall, of Wardie, Sir James Gibson Craig, Baronet, 
and Robert Clerk Rattray, of Craighall Rattray, 
Esquire, Creditors and ‘Trustees of the Cramond 
District of Roads for the county of Edinburgh ;— 
and, David Milne, Esquire, Advocate, and of Own- 
ers, Lessees and Occupiers of lands, houses and pre- 
mises proposed to be taken, used or affected under 
the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Bill; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 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 Commissioners of Police for the Paistey General 
burgh and suburbs of Paisley, praying that the Gas Bill, 
Paisley General Gas Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- Dowager 
turalizing Dame Susan Victoria Regina, Widow of — 
Sir James Nugent, Baronet, deceased, was read the "** - 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Philip Howard 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 Bury Saint Edmunds, Eastern Union 
in the county of Suffolk, and its neighbourhood, B#ilway Bill 
praying that the Eastern Union Railway Bill may 
not pass into a law, and that an opportunity may 
be afforded to the East and West Suffolk Railway 
Company of submitting their project to Parliament 
in a subsequent Session, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 





Vou. 99. 





A Petition 


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Brighton, Lewes 
and Hastings 
Railway Bill. 


Liverpool 
New Gas and 
Coke Bill. 


Swansea 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Harrogate and 
Knaresborough 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester 
Royal Infirme 
ary, &amp;c., Bill. 


238 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Lewes, 
and its vicinity, praying that no Clause be inserted 
in the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Bill, 
restricting the Company from providing a station 
adjacent to the High-street, in the town of Lewes, 
in addition to the proposed station in the Ham 
Fields, 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 to amend and enlarge the Provisions 
of Two several Acts for lighting with Gas the Town 
of Liverpool, and certain Places adjacent thereto ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 4.1. 36. After “Company” insert “ or the 
said Committee of Management.” 

Pr. 6.1. 21. After “ Company” insert “ or the 
said Committee of Management.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 29. After “ up” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
several persons who shall become possessed of 
any of the said shares of Twenty-five pounds each, 
shall be entitled to vote at the general or special 
general meetings of the said Company, according 
to the scale following ; (that is to say), for any 
number of such shares amounting to four, and 
not exceeding sixteen, one vote, for any number 
thereof amounting to twenty, and not exceeding 
thirty-six, two votes, for any number thereof 
amounting to forty, and not exceeding fifty-six, 
three votes, for any number thereof amounting to 
sixty, and not exceeding seventy-six, four votes, 
and for eighty, or any greater number of such 
shares, five votes: Provided always, That no 
share-holder shall be entitled to vote at any of 
such meetings, unless he shall have paid all the 
calls then payable upon the shares held by him.” 

Pr. 18.1. 29. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 

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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A Petition of the Swansea Gas Light Company, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Swan- 
sea 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. 


Petitions of Gentry, Professionals, Tradesmen 
and other Inhabitants of the city of Ripon, in the 
West Riding of the county of York ;— Inhabitants of 
High and Low Harrogate, in the West Riding of the 
county of York ;—Merchants, Manufacturers and 
other Inhabitants of Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale 
and the Forest of Knaresborough ;—and, Inhabitants 
of Knaresborough and Scriven, in the West Riding 
of the county of York; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Harrogate and Knaresborough 
R ulway 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 Manchester Royal Infirmary, &amp;c., Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


26° Aprilis. 





A. 1844, 


Petitions from the county of Anglesey ;— Conway ; Chester ang 
—and, Bangor; praying that the Chester and Ho- ne 
lyhead “em | Bill may pass into a law,—were **!ay Bill, 


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


A Petition of Commissioners of Police of the Ashton, sialy, 
| borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the county of bridge and © 
Lancaster, praying that the Ashton, Stalybridge and 


tion Railway ; 


to lie upon the Table. 


Bills, 
Petitions from Teignmouth ;—Starcross ;—Shal- South Devon 

don ;— Dawlish ;—and, Newton; praying that the Railway Bil, 

South Devon Railway Bill may pass into a law,— 

were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Eighteenth 
Petitions presented upon the 22d and 23d days Report) 
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. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s Public 
Command,—A Copy of the Fifth Report of the Records. 
Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, March 25, 

1844, 
| Copy of Report of the Tithe Commissioners in Tithe Com. 
England and Wales to Her Majesty’s Principal Se- mission. 
| cretary of State for the Home Department, 1844. 
Mr. Manners Sutton also presented,—Return to Coals, 

_an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of 

this instant April, for Copies of any Orders in Coun- 

cil for reducing or altering the Rates of Duty on 
Coals on exportation in British and Foreign Ships 
| since the passing of the Act 7 Victoria. 
| Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Stipendiary 
'Order,—A Return, showing the Dates of the Ap- Magistrates 
pointments of Stipendiary Magistrates, in Ireland, (!te!4"4.) 
from the 2d day of March to the 15th day of April, 

both inclusive ; specifying the Names of the seve- 

ral Magistrates, the Stations to which they were 
severally appointed by each Warrant, and the Cause 
assigned in each Warrant respectively for the Ap- 
pointment. 

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











A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and borough Cor Laws. 
of Ripon, in the county of York, praying the House 
to uphold the present legislative protection of Bri- 
tish industry, and to take steps for discountenancing 
the agitation of the Anti-Corn Law League, was 


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


Petitions from Petworth and other places ;—Pool saint Asaph 
and Caereinion ;—and, Bettws; praying for the re- and Bangor 
peal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, Divcese® 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions of John Henson ;—Charles K. Vacy ;— Medical 
Thomas William Smith;—Joseph Ford Smith ;—- Profession. 
Henry Pethick ;—and, William Pearse; praying for 
the formation of one Faculty of Medicine and Sur- 
very for the United Kingdom, having Boards of 
Examiners in London, Edinburgh and Dublin, to 
grant Medical Degrees under uniform regulations, 

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


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the poor Law 
town and county of the town of Southampton, pray- a 
ing that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may not Bi 
| pass 








Liverpool Junc. 
Liverpool Junction Railway; and, Sheffield, Ashton- ana, Sheffield, 
under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Bills, may pass Ashton-under. 


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into law, was — and read; and ordered pate 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 


free Lal 
Produce 





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Manchester 
Bishopric. 


South Devon 
Railway. 


Complaint. 


Complaint. 


7 Vicroriz. 


pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Mem- 
bers of the Committee of the Plymouth British and 
Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, praying the House 
to adopt fiscal regulations in favour of the produce 
of Free Labour, and more especially to pass a law 
which shall admit the produce of Free Labour, of 
all kinds, in foreign countries into the British mar- 
ket, on the same terms as the produce of British 
Possessions and plantations, and not to adopt any 
fiscal regulations affording facilities for introducing 
into the British market the produce of Slave La- 
bour, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





A Petition of Clergy of the Rural Deanery con- 
taining the parishes of Petworth, Tillington, North | 
Chapel, Lurgashall, Kirdford, Wisborough G'reen, | 
Stopham, Fittleworth and Egdean, in the Diocese of | 
Chichester, praying the House to take steps to ex- | 
tend to the town of Manchester the benefits of im- | 
mediate episcopal care, by founding a See in that | 
vast and destitute population, without withdrawing | 
from any existing diocese the undivided care of a | 
resident Bishop, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Copy of a Report made by Mr. Walker to the 
Admiralty, on the subject of the South Devon Rail- 
way. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee on the South Devon Railway Bill. 


Complaint being made to the House, by John 
Arthur Roebuck, Esquire, Member for Bath, of a 


26° Aprilis. 


the charge of his having procured 
Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, to make any 


259 


The Passages complained of were read :— 

Whereupon Mr. Ferrand was heard, and stated 
that he did not in any manner retract any of the 
expressions contained in the said passages of this 
Speech; that he denied the jurisdiction of the House 
in this matter, and therefore refused to plead at its 


bar. 


And Sir James Graham having explicitly denied 
Ir. Mott, the 


false Report; and also of having used any means 
whatsoever to influence the decision of Mr. Hogg, 
the Chairman of the Nottingham Electiun Com- 
mittee, in order to deprive Mr. Walter of his seat: — 

And Mr. Hogg having on Wednesday last stated, 
that the charge against him as Chairman of the 
Nottingham Election Committee was wholly with- 
out foundation :— 

And Mr. Ferrand having again declined to give 
any explanation in the House :— 

Mr. Ferrand, Sir James Graham and Mr. Hogg, 
withdrew. 

Resolved, That in the expressions in the said 
Speech it is imputed to the Right honourable Sir 
James Graham, a Member of this House, that he 
*‘ took steps to procure a Report which was false, 
merely for the purpose of crushing a Member of 
the House of Commons ;” and also, that he had 
subsequently “ dismissed the poor tool who had 
been his degraded and igneminious instrument in 
fabricating the injurious Report :”—That in another 


| passage, with reference to the Petition against the 


eturn of John Walter, Esquire, to this House, for 
the town of Nottingham, in the year 1842, it is 
stated, that “ it was felt necessary by Sir James 
Graham to get him out of the House of Commons ;” 








Letter which he had received from the Honourable 
George Sydney Smythe, Member for Canterbury ; 
the said Letter was delivered in, and read, as fol- 
loweth :— 

Sir, Travellers’ Club, Thursday, April 25, 1844. 

I cannot determine, from the newspaper reports 
of your speech, nor from what I understood of it 
myself last night, whether it was to me personally 
that you meant to apply dishonourable motives. 

If it is, l beg to refer you to a Letter to my Con- 
stituents, dated July 19th, 1843, which contains this 
passage : “ That as L had never asked a favour of Sir 
R. Peel’s Government, so I could not be actuated 
by any motive of disappomtment, should I be in- 
duced, by my convictions, to vote against it.” 

I repeat this assertion. 

T must now call upon you to state that you did 
not apply your remarks to me, or if you did so, 
either to retract them, or to refer this matter to some 


and that James Weir Hogg, Esquire, a Member of 
this House, who had been Chairman of the Com- 
mittee appointed and sworn to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition, complaining of the said 
Return, “ had aided Sir James Graham and the 
Government in unseating Mr. Walter :’—That the 
said Sir James Graham and James Weir Hogg, 
Esquire, having, in their places, denied the imputa- 
tions cast upon them, and William Busfeild Fer- 
rand, Esquire, having avowed that he had used the 
said expressions, and having declined to substan- 
tiate the truth of them, this House is of Opinion 
that the imputations conveyed in the said expres- 
sions are wholly unfounded and calumnious; and 
that they do not affect, in the slightest degree the 
honour and character of the Members to whom they 
were applied. 





friend, to whom my friend Captain Darell can 
address himself. 


I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant, 
George Sydney Smythe. 

And Mr. Roebuck having stated, that it was not 
his intention to take any steps of a hostile nature, in 
consequence of the said Letter, Mr. Speaker called 
upon Mr. Smythe to assure the House thatthis matter 
should not, on his part, proceed further :—Where- 
upon Mr. Smythe submitted himself to the pleasure 
of the House, and gave the required assurance. 


The Order of the day being read, for the consi- 


deration of the Complaint of Passages of a Speech 
delivered at a public meeting which took place in 
the Music Hall at Leeds, in favour of the Ten Hours 
Factory Bill, by William Busfeild Ferrand, Esquire, 


a Member of this House, as reported in Zhe Times 


Newspaper of Wednesday, April 10, 1844; 


Ordered, That the Order for the attendance of 
Mr. Ferrand in his place, be now read; and the 


same being read ; 
And Mr. Ferrand attending accordingly :-- 
Vo. 99, 





royd Mills; praying the House not to interfere for 
the purpose of limiting the hours of labour in Fac- 
tories,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Clayton West, and Skelmanthorp; 
— Macclesfield (Chairman) ; — Middleton (Chair- 
man) ;~- Bearfield (Chairman) ;—and, Samuel Gor- 
don; praying the House to restrict the hours of 
labour in Factories to ten in the day,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Woollen Manufacturers of Trow- 
bridge, in the county of Wilts, praying the House 
not to restrict the hours of labour in Factories to less 
than twelve per day, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories (No. 2.) Bill; 

The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Monday last, for committing the Bill to a 


Committee of the whole House, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 
HH 4 





And 


Petitions from Batley; — Belfast (four Peti- Factories 
tions);—Ballymacarrett ;--and, Smithies and Brook- (No. 2.) Bill. 


Factories 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 


Names Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Roman Catholic 
Clergy, Grants 


and Convey- 





240 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Order be discharged ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers forthef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 42 

Yeas, Mr. Ward: } _ 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, \ 45 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: q 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuausss, N° 1, to N° 4, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5, (Office of Factory Inspectors) :— 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, Sir George Clerk: 

Tellers forthe{ Mr. Mark Philips, } - 

Cravuse, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 7 to N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses N° 10 to N° 12, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 16, agreed to. 

Crauses, N°17 and N°18, amended, and agreed 
to. 
spinning flax mills): —Amendment proposed, in 
P. 8. ls. 30. and 31: To leave out the words “ to 
“ the satisfaction of the Inspector or Sub-Inspec- 
“ tor of the district’’:—Question om pm That 
Clause :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 
Criause, N° 21, agreed to. 


graph. 
stand part of the Bill ; 
Yaar. 
Noes, Mr. Strutt: 
Cuiause, N° 14, agreed to. 
Criavuse, N° 19, (Protection of workers in wet 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
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 Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
24th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
10th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Roman Catholic Clergy, Grants and 


ances (Ireland) Conveyances (Ireland) Bill ; 


Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill; 

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


26°—927° Aprilis. 











A, 1844, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Damage by F; 
miitee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) (Metropoiis) ~ 
Bill; (No, 2.) 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 Supp'y, 
further consideration the Sixth of the Resolutions [224 
which, upon Monday last, were reported from the 
Committee of Supply; and which Resolution was 
then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


Pril.) 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into supply, 
further consideration the Fifth and the Sixteenth of [16 April.} 
the Resolutions which, upon the 16th day of this 
instant April, were reported from the Committee of 
Supply; and which Resolutions were then post- 

oned ; 
. Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Bailiffs of Inferior Courts Bailitts of 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed — Courts 
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- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means; ; Bicans. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed New Zealaud, 
to inquire into the state of the Colony of New Zea- 
land, and into the Proceedings of the New Zealand 
Company, and to report the Minutes of Evidence, 
and their Opinion thereon, to the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Relief 
Returns of the Date of each Audit in each of the (eland) Act. 
Poor Law Unions in Jreland, stating the Period 
when commenced and ended, and the Name of the 
Commissioner by whom it was made: — Of the 
Names of Assistant Commissioner or Commission- 
ers, who resigned or were dismissed since the 1st 
day of April 1842 :—And, of the Date of Attend- 
ance of the Assistant Commissioner at each Board 
of Guardians in Jreland, between the 1st day of 
April 1843 and the Ist day of April 1844. 


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


The Order for the House to resolve itself irto a Commons 
Committee upon the Commons Inclosure Bill, upon Seatoees 
Wednesday next, was read; and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


the 15th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


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


Sabbati, 27° die Aprilis, 1844: 


A Petition of John Hustler, of Bolton House, in Birkenhead 
the parish of Calverley, in the county of York, Es- Docks Bill. 
quire, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Birkenhead Docks 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. 


Manc 
Impr4 
Bill. 





Sout 
Imp 
Bill 


U 










































































































by Fire 
olis) 


Bill, 


il.) 


il, ] 


urts 


Southampton 
Improvement 





7 Vicroriz. 


Manchester A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
—_ Rochdale Canal, praying that they may be heard, 
Iibe 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Manchester 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 Petition of the Zondon and South Western 
Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Southampton 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. 


Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Members of the 
University of Glasgow, praying the House to resist 
the efforts now making to obtain a repeal of those 
statutory provisions under which the Universities of 
Scotland are now constituted, which require sub- 
scription to the Standards of the Church from all 
professors in Universities, which was presented upon 
the 14th day of March last, be printed. 


Universities 
(Scotland. ) 


Thetford 
Inclosure and 
Drainage Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Thetford Inclosure and Drainage 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the 
Presbytery of Dalkeith, county of Edinburgh, pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for ameliorating 
the condition of the burgh and parochial School- 
masters of Scotland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


School masters 
(Scotland.) 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till | 


Monday next. 








26°—27°-—29 Aprilis. 


241 


upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Bow Brickhill 
Bow Brickhill Estate Bill ; That they had examined Estate 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Wells Lighting 
Wells Lighting and Improvement Bill; That they and Improve- 
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 Spartali’s 
Spartali’s Naturalization Bill; That they had exa- Ne 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 Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Lascaridi’s 
Lascaridi’s 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, 
and directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Charles Scrase Dichins, of Cookhurst, Epsom and 

in the county of Sussex, Esquire ;—and, Matthew foun Westem 
Munro, of Fritham, near Stoney Cross, in the county" ” — 
of Southampton, Esquire, William Robertson, of 
New Square, Lincoln’s-Jnn, in the county of Middle- 
sex, Esquire, and William Rutter Bayley, of Cot- 
ford, near Honiton, in the county of Devon, Esquire, 
Devisees of Hector William Bower Monro, Esquire, 
deceased; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Epsom and South Western Railway 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 








Lune, 29° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 
Poor Law. 


Unions at that Period :—And then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Leeds New Gas 


_. Gas Bill have leave to sit this day till five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 

aoied Petitions of George Jones, of Portswood Park, 

m ! &gt; . 

(No. 2.) Bill in the county of Hants, Esquire; — and, Rate- 


payers of the township of Salford, in the county 
of ‘Lancaster, and entitled to be placed on the bur- 
gess list of the borough of Salford; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Salford Improve- 
ment (No. 2.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 


tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
Vou. 99. 








R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the 

bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of the 
Number of Unions in England and Wales, in which 
no Chaplains had been appointed on the 1st day of 
January last, and the Number of Inmates in such 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Leeds New 


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. 


Malan’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Malan’s 
time; and committed. Nat. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Figge’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Figge’s 
time ; and committed. Nat. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 











Mr. Mundy reported from the Committee on the Salisbury ' 
Salisbury Branch Railway Bili; and to whom se- — ailway 
veral Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; = 
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; That they had inquired into the several 
matters required by the Standing Orders on Rail- 
way Bills, so far as the same relate to the present 
application; That the Order of the House of the 
22d day of February last, had been complied with ; 
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. 
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242 


Birmingham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Cenal Navigaée the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
om intituled, An Act for enabling the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigations to 
borrow a further Sum of Money, and to extend 
and alter some of the Provisions of their present 
Acts ; and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 12. 1.27. Leave out from “ no” to “ be” in 
Pr. 13. 1. 7. and insert “ transfer of a share in the 
“‘ said Company, or of a share in the consolidated 
“ stock hereinafter mentioned (whether such trans- 
‘“‘ fer be made on the sale of such share or on any 
“ other occasion whatsoever), shall.” 
Pr. 13. 1. 10. Leave out “ already” and insert 
“ for the time being.” 
Pr. 13. 1.11. Leave out from “ share” to “in” 
in 1. 12. 
Pr. 13. 1.13. Leave out from “ Act” to “ with,” 
in |, 14., and insert “ or the said recited Acts or 
“ any of them.” 
Pr. 13. 1.19. After “ notwithstanding” insert 
Clause (A.) 
CiauseE (A.) “ Provided also, and be it En- 
“ acted, That whenever after the passing of this 
Act, the probate of any will, letters of adminis- 
tration, certificate or order of appointment or re- 
moval of assignees, or any entry or particulars of 
marriage shall, upon or in consequence of the 
death, bankruptcy or insolvency of any share- 
holder, or the marriage of a female share-holder, 
be registered or entered by the clerk of the said 
** Company inthe Register Book kept for that pur- 
pose, or whenever after the passing of this Act 
any transmission (not being by transfer in the 
“ manner directed by this or the said recited Acts) 
of a share in the said Company or in the said 
consolidated stock shall be registered or entered 
“ by the Clerk of the said Company in the Register 
Book kept for that purpose ; then and in any 
such case notwithstanding any such registry or 
“ entry as aforesaid, no dividend (although the 
same may have been actually declared) shall be 
paid on any share in the said Company or in the 
said consolidated stock, in respect of which the 
proportional sum allocated thereon, at or before 
the time of such registry or entry under the pro- 
visions of this or the said recited Acts, with all 
interest thereon, shall not have been fully paid up, 
“ yet nevertheless, on such proportional sum and in- 
terest being paid up to the said Company, the 
“ said dividend shall be paid.” 
Pr. 22. 1. 16. Leave out “ or.” 
Pr. 30.1. 1. Leave out “ paid” and insert “ fixed.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


29° Aprilis. 





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. 











Kingston-upon- 


Hull Docks Bill. 






Petitions from Sheffield ;— Manchester (three Pe- 
itions) ;— Leeds (two Petitions) ;—and, Kingston- 
upon-Hull; praying that the Kingston-upon-Hull 
Docks Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 






Rother Levels 
Drainage Bill. 






The Rother Levels Drainage Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 






Rochdale 

meet Petitions of Shop-keepers and Licensed Vic- 
tuallers of the town of Rochdale ;—and, Mill-owners 
and Manufacturers of the town of Rochdale; pray- 
ing that the Rochdale Improvement Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 










Brighton, Lewes 
ind Hastings 


Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-road from 
Vinehall to Rye, and also, Owners and Occupiers 






A. 1844, 


of land near and adjoining the same, praying that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Brighton, Lewes and 
Hastings 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 connsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Charles Popham Hiil, Lord of the Ventnor 
Manor of Bonchurch, in the Isle of Wight, com- Improvement 
plaining that the Standing Orders of the House, in on 
respect to the application for the Ventnor Improve- 
ment Bill, had not been complied with; and praying 
that he may be heard, by his agent, against the 
same, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Viscount Barrington reported from the Com- Northern and 
mittee on the Northern and Eastern Railway ( New- Eastern Rail- 
port Deviations) Bill; and to whom several Petitions Deaton” 
against the said Bill were referred ; That they had Bill, 
considered 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 allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Petitions from Fakenham ; — Oswestry ; —Tor- Free Labour 

quay (Chairman) ;— Helston ;— Darlington (Chair- Produce. 
man) ;— Newton Abbott ;— Reigate ; -— Chester-le- 
Street ;— Ware ;— Alton ;—Chairman of Committee 
of the Lady’s British and Foreign Anti-Slavery 
Society ;—Secretary of the Committee of the British 
and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ;—and, Carlisle 
(Chairman).; praying the House to adopt fiscal re- 
gulations in favour of the produce of Free Labour, 
and more especially, to pass a law which shall admit 
the produce of Free Labour of all kinds in foreign 
countries into the British market on the same terms 
as the produce of British Possessions and planta- 
tions, and not to adopt any fiscal regulations afford- 
ing facilities for introducing into the British market 
the produce of Slave Labour,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Moray (Moderator of the Synod) ; Marriages 
— Dungannon (two Petitions) ;--Eglish ; — Cooks-(teland.) 
town ;—Ballindreat ;--Selkirk ;—Dublin (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Lisburn ;-- Reverend Alexander Hender- 
son ;— Grimshaw ;—Saintfield ;— Raphor ;—-Bally- 
linnon ;-—Ross (Moderator and Synod Clerk) ; -- 
Berwick-on-Tweed (Moderator of the Synod of the 
Presbyterian Church) ;-—-Boardmills ;-—Killeard ;-- 
Newry ;— Morne;— Caledon ;—Strathkinness (Clerk 
and Minister);—Ballynure;—- Alexander Bryson and 
others ;— Leitrim ;— Magillinan ; — Portglenone ;— 
Garryduff ; -— Ballyshanno ; —-- Bailieborough ; — 
Broomfield ; -—Ballydown ;-- Trenta ;--Pettigo ;— 
Maghera ;—Poyntzpass ; —Billy ; --Kilraught ;— 
Portrush ;—Crossgur ; —Roseyards ; —Killyleagh ; 
—Fintona ; —Ballymacarrett ;— Anahilt ; — Cole- 
raine ;—Carrigallen;—Corlea ;— Edenderry ;—and, 
Belfast (two Petitions); praying the House to intro- 
duce without delay into Parliament a Bill to declare 
valid, to all intents and purposes in law, all Mar- 
riages heretofore solemnized or hereafter to be solem- 








nized, by Presbyterian ministers in Jreland, between 
parties not within the prohibited degrees of consan- 
guinity or affinity, and who have the consent of 
parents or guardians, and provided that all such 
Marriages shall be solemnized and registered agree- 
ably to the published laws of the Zrish Presbyterian 
Church,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions 











Ecc! 
Cou 








Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Masters and 
Servants Bill. 


Tea, 


Sinecures, &amp;c. 


Corn Laws. 


Schoolmasters 
{Scotland.) 


Manchester 
Bishopric. 


Hail-storm 
lusurances, 


7 Vicroriz. 


29° Aprils. 


943 


Petitions from Crewkerne ;— Brecon (two Peti-| surance against damage by Hail-storms, so far as 
tions) ;— Bridgwater ;—and, Wiveliscombe and Fitz- | agricultural produce ts concerned, thereby placing 
head; praying that the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill | it on the same footing as in the case of loss by fire, 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,-—were pre- | —were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birkenhead ;— and, Liverpool; | 
raying that no Clause may be inserted in the Poor | 
loot Amendment Bill, to the effect of rating the | 
owners of small tenements to the poor rate instead 
of the occupiers,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Anglesey Union ;—and, Welling- 
ton (Somerset) Union; 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. 


Petitions from Carlisle ;—Keighley (Chairman) ; 
— Preston (Lancaster) (Chairman); — London 
(Chairman) ;——Bolton-le-Moors (Chairman) ;—and, 
Edinburgh and Leith; praying that the Masters and 
Servants Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Ashton-under- Lyne ;— Lancaster ; 
— Huddersfield ;—and, Dumfries ; praying for re- 
duction of the duty on Tea,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Collumpton, in the 
county of Devon, praying the House to abolish all 
useless Places and Sinecures, to reduce the salaries 
of all classes of overpaid public officers, and espe- 


and Bristol (two Petitions) ;—Deanery and Hun- 
dred of Pydar (Cornwall) ;—Hope ;—Dursley;— 





cially to relieve the Petitioners from the tax upon 
their daily bread, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bagby ;— Middleton ,-—_Dalton ;— 
Cirencester ;— Topeliffe ;—.Rosedale Moors ;—Sand 
Hutton ;—Eldmire ; — Cropton ;— Calne ;— Yates- 
bury ;— Hillmarton ; — Cherhill;— Westlavington;— 
Etchelhampton ;—Little Cheverell ;— Winterbourne 
Stoke ; — Chatfield ; — Durrington ; —Eastcott ; — 
Eastburton ; — Horton ; — Bishop’s Cannings; — 
Coate ;— North and South Samnake ;—Little Bed- 
wyn ;— Ogbourne Saint Andrew ;—East Kennett ;— 
Compton Bassett ;—Headington ;—All Cannings ; 
—Great Cheverell ;— Calstone Willington ;—Black- 
land ;—Marden;— Chirton and Conock ;—Overton ; 
—Ham ;— Froxfield ; — Hankerton ; — Somerford 
Magna ;—Shenton Parva ;—Aldbourn ; —Milden- 
hall;—Great Bedwyn;— Ogbourne Saint George ;— 
Ramsbury ;—Bradford (York) ;—and, Hundred of 
Scarsdale (Derby); praying the House to resist the 
efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, 
and that no alteration whatever may be made in the 
existing Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the 
Presbytery of Selkirk, praying the House to adopt 
measures for ameliorating the condition of the Burgh 
and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rural Dean and Clergy of the 
Rural Deanery containing the parishes of Ashington, 
Ashurst, Bramber and Botolphs St., Thakeham, 
Steyning, West Grinstead, Worminghurstand Wiston, 
in the diocese of Chichester, praying the House to 
extend to the town of Manchester the benefits of 
immediate episcopal care, by founding a See in that 
vast and destitute population, without withdrawing 
from any existing dioceses the individual care of a 
resident bishop, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Berks ;— County of 
Cambridge ;—and, County of Wilts; praying the 
House to repeal the stamp duty on Policies of In- 

Vou. 99. 





Petitions from Nevern ;—Dioceses of Gloucester Saint Asaph 


Newport (Pembroke) ;—Caerwys ;— Ashington and 
other places ;—Castle Cary ;—-Daventry ;-—North- 
ampton ; — Preston ; — Newchurch with Ryde ;— 
Deanery of Powder ;—and, Launcells ; praying for 
the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Hawarden ;—Pont Bleiddyn ;— 
Newmarket ;— Llanfynydd ;— Overton ;— Watering- 
bury ;— Mereworth ; — Shipborne and Plaxtol;— 
Eton ;— Llangelynin ; — Llanrhyddlad, and other 
places ;—Lianfechell ;—and, Bromfield and Yale; 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of 
Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time that 
speedy and strenuous endeavours may be made for 
the establishment of a See at Manchester, by other 
means,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


and 


Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Petitions from Worcester ;—and, Newcastle-upon- Imprisonment 


Tyne ; praying the House to abolish Imprisonment !* 


for Debt,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Debt. 


Petitions from Horbury ;—Linthwaite ;—Ashton- Factories. 


under-Lyne (Chairman) ;—Crosland (Chairman) ;—- 
Hyde (Chairman) ;—Vale of Leven (Chairman) ;— 
ane (Chairman) ; -— Warwick Works, near 
Carlisle;--Clayton ;—Honley ; — Belfast ; -— and, 
Shaddon Cotton-works near Carlisle; praying the 
House to limit the hours of labour 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 Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- Thomas Cooper. 


bitants of Nottingham, praying the House to take 
steps for securing to Thomas Cooper, a prisoner in 
Stafford Gaol, a commutation of his sentence of 
two years’ imprisonment, by advising Her Majesty 
to release him forthwith, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- Blasphemy. 


bitants of Aberdeen, praying the House to abrogate 
the statutes relative to Blasphemy, under which 
Thomas Pattison and Henry Robinson have been 
convicted and punished, was presented, and read 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Bryan Merry and William Registration 





Austin Meller;— and, Macclesfield (Chairman) ; 

raying that the Registration of Electors (Ireland) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


may be made in the Commons Inclosure Bill, that 
where the poor are not in a state, from poverty, to 
cultivate such waste or common lands, assistance 
may be afforded them, and that cottages and out- 
buildings may be provided suitable to the require- 
ments of such poor, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





land,— 





of Electors 
(freland) Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Commons 
habitants of Nottingham, praying that soa tact 


osure Bill. 


Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- Universal 
bitants of Macclesfield; — and, Chairman of a Suffrage, &amp;e. 
Meeting of Inhabitants of Bearfield; praying the 
House to make the People’s Charter the law of the 

112 


Tailors’ Trade. 


Cotton. 


Poor Rates, 


Window Tax. 


Rating of 
‘Tenements. 


Universities 


&lt;Scotland, ) 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Sidmouth and 
Collumpton 
Road Bill. 


Croydon and 


Epsom Railway 


ill. 





244, 29° Aprilis. 


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


Petitions from Bradford (York) ; —Chester ; — 
Dublin ; —Rochdale ;—Liverpool ;—Saint Albans ; 
— Sheffield ;—and, Bury (Lancaster) ; praying that 
the home working system relative to Tailors’ Trade 
may be put an end to, and the hours of labour re- 

ulated in accordance with supply and demand, 
and that the House will grant a Committee of In- | 
quiry into the several allegations contained in their | 
Petitions, every one of which the Petitioners have 
evidence to substantiate, with a view to an alteration 
of the present system,—were presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Manchester ;—and, Paisley; pray- 
ing for a repeal of the duties on raw Cotton,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of William Blight Taylor, of Hatfield- 
street, Stamford-street, Householder of the parish of 
Christchurch, in the county of Surrey, praying the 
House to pass an Act defining the powers of Over- 
seers in making Poor Rates, and to provide in all 
cases of improper rating asufficient penalty, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bath;—and, Salford; praying 
that Licensed Victuallers may be placed on the | 
same footing in regard to the ‘Tax on Windows, as 
other tradesmen, owners of warehouses and shops, 
in which goods are deposited, sold and exposed for 
sale,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Docking Union ;—Wellington (So- 
merset) ;—and, Clutton Union; praying the House 
to enact that for the future the parochial charges on 
cottage property below a certain rental, shall be 


A. 1844, 


Rutter Bayley, of Cotford, near Honiton, in the 
county of Devon, Esquire, Devisees of Hector 
William Bower Monro, Esquire, deceased, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel, against 
certain parts of the Croydon and Epsom Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel, upon their Petition, if they think 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


A Petition of Payers of the Paving and Lighting swansea 
Rates of the town and franchise of Siwvansea, in the Improvement 
county of Glamorgan, praying that they may be Bll. 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Swansea 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. 


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

A Petition of Messrs. George Keen and Robert 
William Hand, of the borough of Stafford, At- 
tornies and Solicitors, stating that in the said Bill 
no provision is made for compensation to the County 
Clerks who shall not hold any offices under the 
new Courts to be established; and praying the 
House to provide compensation for the Petitioners, 
in case they shall not be re-appointed County Clerks, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

















payable by and charged to the owner, instead of the 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Provincial 


Synod of Moray, of the Free Church of Scotland, | 


praying for the repeal of all Acts of Parliament 
which seem to limit the holding Professional Chairs 
in the Universities, except the Theological ones, to 
members of the Established Church, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 
Penpont;—Moderator of the Presbytery of Fordoun ; 
—Moderator of the Presbytery of Lochmaben ;— 
Presbytery of Dumfries ;—and, Provincial Synod of 
Dumfries ; praying the House stedfastly to maintain 
the existing statutes relative to religious tests re- 
quired of Professors in the Universities of Scotland, 
and to refuse any modifications of the same,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers 
and others residing in or resorting to Manchester, 
and interested in the facilities given to commerce 
through the port of Liverpool and River Mersey, 
praying that the Birkenhead Docks Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the town and parish 
of Bradninch, in the county of Devon ;— and, 
Owners of land on or near the line of road intended 
to be made from Sidmouth to Collumpton (two Peti- 
tions); praying that the Sidmouth and Collumpton 
Road Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Matthew Munro, of Fritham, near 
Stoney Cross, in the county of Southampton, Esquire, 
William Robertson, of New Square, Lincoln’s-Inn, 
in the county of Afiddlesex, Esquire, and William 


‘of Bath and Wells, praying the House to present 
a loyal and dutiful Address to Her Majesty, that 
Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to grant Her 
royal License for the Houses of Convocation to 
meet for the despatch of such business as is proper 
to them, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


enact that all furnaces within the limits prescribed 
in the Metropolitan Buildings Bill shall be con- 
structed so as to prevent or consume their own 
smoke ; that penalties shall be enforced for negli- 
gence or omission, not only against the owner or 
occupier thereof, but also against the engine-man, 
stoker or other person having the care of such fur- 
nace ; and that power may be given, with proper 
restrictions, to examine and see whether such fur- 
naces and the works connected therewith are properly 
constructed ; and also that provision may be made 
in the said Bill, empowering and compelling the 
persons charged with the execution thereof, when 
passed into a law, to abolish all duplicate names of 
streets within the limits thereof, and to substitute 
others, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 











may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


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 


Petitions from Penryn ;— and, Ruthin; praying County Couts 
that the County Courts Bill may pass into a law,— Bill. 


A Petition of Clergy within the Deanery of Bed- Convocation 
occupier of such cottage holdings,—were presented, | minster, in the Archdeaconry of Bath and Diocese of the Clergy, 


A Petition of Edwin Eddison, of Leeds, in the Metropolitan 
county of York, Solicitor, praying the House to Buildings Bill. 


A Petition of the Provost of the royal burgh of Prisons __ 
Inverness, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill (Scotland) Bill 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Shelton, Maynooth 
in the county of Stafford, and others, praying the College. 





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7 Vicroriz. 


pak ofEng- A Petition of John Cook, Gentleman, of Fitz- 

land Charter. goy-nlace, Kentish Town, in the county of Middle- 
sex, submitting that the Bank of England and its 
proprietors have a strict, equitable, legal and fair 
right and claim to be and coutinue to be the national 
bank and sole bank of issue; that the subjects of 
currency and banking may, for the benefit of the 
empire at large, be put on the most wise, solid and 
wholesome principles that wisdom and experience 
can suggest; but in carrying out the said grand 
and national improvements, that the existing inter- 
ests and rights of the Bank and its proprietors may 
not be overset and swamped, but honourably pro- 
tected, secured and taken care of, and if doubted, 
that the Petitioner may be heard in that behalf, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Roman Catholic 


Clergy, Grants Qperative Association and Reformation Society, 
and Convey- 


ances (Ireland) Praying that the Roman Catholic Clergy, Grants 
Bill. and Conveyances (Zreland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. : 


29° Aprilis. 


A Petition of Members of the Dublin Protestant 


945 


| Commons in the Session 1842 (the Charge for print- 
ing Bills excluded) ; stating the ‘Title of each Paper, 
the Name of the Member moving the Paper, the 
Number of Copies printed, the Number of Sheets 
of each Paper, and the Charge for the same; with 
the Aggregate Amount for the whole Papers in the 
year :—A similar Return of the Charge for Bills in- 
cluded in the 588 Papers printed for the House of 
Commons :—A similar Return of the Charge for 
Reports and Papers printed under the Superintend- 
ence of the Stationery Office :—And, a similar Re- 
turn of the Charge for Papers presented by Com- 
mand of Her Majesty, and not included in the fore- 
going. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Private and 
Accounts of the Number of Private and Joint Stock Joint Stock 
Banks registered in Jreland in each year, from 1820 ireland ) 
to 1844, both inclusive :— And, of all the Joint ‘ 
Stock Banks existing in Jreland on the 1st day of 
January 1840; specifying their Names, the Dates 
of their Establishment, with the Number of Partners 
in each, on the 1st day of January 1840, 1841, 1842, 

1843 and 1844, distinguishing those Banks that is- 





Tobacco. Petitions from Ashton ;—and, Westminster (four 
Petitions); praying for a repeal of the duty on To- 
bacco,—were presented, and read; and referred to 


the Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 


Parochial 
Assessments 
Act. 


A Petition of Clergy of the deanery of Powder, 
in the county of Cornwall and diocese of Ezeter, 
praying for amendment of the Parochial Assessments 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





Theatres 
Regulation 
Act. 


A Petition of Eugene Macartney, of Shakspeare- 
street, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, in the county of Nor- 
thumberland, an Actor of Plays, praying for amend- 
ment of the fifth clause of the Theatres Regulation 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Dissenters’ 


A Petition of Dissenting Ministers and Congre- 
Chapels, 


gations in Maryport, praying that any Bill, having 
for its object the regulation of suits relating to 
meeting-houses and other property held for religious 
purposes by persons dissenting from the Church of 
England, may not receive the sanction of the House, 
but that the laws relating thereto may remain as 
they stand at present, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Parishes =“ Petitions of the Moderator of the Provincial Synod 

(Scotland) Bill. of Moray, of the Free Church of Scotland ;—and, 
Provincial Synod of Dumfries; praying that the 
Parishes (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Local Courts. Petitions from Lanhavy ;— Llandilotalybont ;— 


Cyfrinfadrinant ; — Llanfihangel-y-Croyddyn ; — 
and, Bydwellty ; praying that a Bill for establishing 


amend an Act for maintaining the Pier and Harbou 
of Newquay, in the County of Cornwall, and to 
make certain Railways or Tram Roads in connection 
therewith, be now read the third time ; 








Local Courts for the decision of small causes may 
speedily pass into a law, with such provisions as 
may render its operation as beneficial to the prin- 
cipality of Wales as to the other parts of the king- 
dom,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Monasteries. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Shelton, 
in the county of Stafford, and others, praying the 
House to devise measures for the suppression of 
Monasteries, and the final prohibition and banish- 
ment from the United Kingdom of jesuits and mem- 
bers of other religious orders, communities or socie- 
ties of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or 
religious vows, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Parliamentary 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Papers, 


a Return of the Total Expense incurred for Paper 


and for Printing the 588 Papers for the House of 
Vor. 99. 


sued, and those that did not issue Notes. 


Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 


Accounts. 


Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 


Table. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to Newquay 


The Earl of Lincoln, by Her Majesty's Command, 


acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 


Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend an Act for maintaining 
the Pier and Harbour of Newquay, in the County 
of Cornwall, and to make certain Tramroads in con- 
nection therewith. 

Ordered, That Mr. Rashleigh do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


r Harbour and 
Railway Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee.) 


Means 3 


Resolved, That towards raising the Supply granted Exchequer 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eighteen millions four Bills. 


hundred and seven thousand and three hundred 
pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the ser- 
vice of the year 1844. 


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 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories (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 second 
reading of the Registration of Electors (Zreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 








upon Friday the 10th day of May next. 
113 


The 


Factories 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Registration 
of Electors 
(Ireland) Bill. 











246 29° Aprilis, A. 1844, 


Municipal The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

en tae mittee on the M unicipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill : 

—_—— Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
10th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Courts Bill. ~~ mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


County Courts The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Bu. further consideration the Report on the County 
Courts Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Superior Courts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

— Law) mittee on the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill ; 

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


Small Debts The Order of the day being read, for the second 
_ reading of the Small Debts Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Metropolitan The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Buildings Bill. mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Damage by Fire The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Metropolis) mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) 
(No. 2.) Bill. Bill z 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
{22 April} further consideration the Sixth of the Resolutions 
which, upon Monday last, were reported from the 
Committee of Supply; and which Resolution was 
then postponed ; 
Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration ‘To-morrow. 


Supply The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
[16 April] further consideration the Fifth and the Sixteenth of 
the Resolutions which, upon the 16th day of this 
instant April, were reported from the Committee 
of Supply; and which Resolutions were then post- 
poned ; 
Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow. 


Bailitfs of A Petition of the President and Secretary of the 
— Courts Manchester Law Association, praying that the Bailiffs 


of Inferior Courts Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Bailiffs of The ingrossed Bill for regulating the Bailiffs of 
— Courts [Inferior Courts, 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. 


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. 


Court of Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Arches, &amp;. Returns of all Bye-Laws, Regulations or Resolu- 
tions made by the Proctors of the Court of Arches 
and Prerogative Courts of Canterbury, and now in 
force, relating to the articling of Clerks to Proctors, 
and to the admission of Proctors ; and stating whe- 


ther all or which of such Bye-Laws, Regulations 

and Resolutions have been sanctioned by the said 

Courts; and also of all Rules or Orders of the said 

Courts relating to the same matters :-—And, of all 

Rules relating to the articling and admission of 

Notaries, and of the Qualifications required in Per- ot 
sons so admitted; and also of the forms of Certi- 
ficates, Documents or Declarations required or used 

on their admission. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fire Insurance, 
Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office 
for Duty, by each Insurance Office in Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, on Insurance from Fire, for the 
quarters ending severally the 25th day of March, 
the 24th day of June, the 29th day of September 
and the 25th day of December 1843 ; distinguish- 
ing the Amount of Allowance made to each Sflice, 
for collecting the same, in the Country, London, 


Edinburgh and Dublin, respectively, with the dates Ga 
of such Payments :——And, of the Sums insured : 
by each Office on Farming Stock, exempt from Ra 


Duty, for the quarters ending severally the 25th 

day of March, the 24th day of June, the 29th 

day of September and the 25th day of December 

1843 ; distinguishing the Amount of each Office in Di 
the Country, London, Edinburgh and Dublin re- 7 
spectively (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 212, of Session 1843.) 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or- Lunatic Poor 
der,-A Copy of the Correspondence between the (Ireland. 


N 
frish Government and the Managers of District t 
Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, on the subject of the : 
Report of the Select Committee of the House of B 
Lords, of last Session, on the state of the Lunatic 
Poor in Ireland. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. I 
S 
The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 Bank of Eng- I 


Will. 4, c. 98, for giving to the Corporation of the !and Charter. 
Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 
certain Privileges for a limited period under certain 
conditions, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the several 
other Acts relating to the Charter of the Bank of 
England, and Advances by them to the Government, 
and also to Banks and Banking Partnerships, 
might be read ; and the same being read. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 
the said Acts. 





Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Copper, Copper. 
which were presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 225. 


Ordered, That. the Accounts relative to Tin, which Ti. 
were presented upon Friday last, be printed. No, 225, 





Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Zinc, Zine. 
which were presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 225. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Lead, Lead. 
which were presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 225. 











Ordered, That the Return relative to Parlia- Parliamentary 


mentary Papers, &amp;c., which was presented upon ea 
Friday last, be printed. No. 226. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Beer, Beer. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 227. 








Ordered, That the Return relative to Vinegar, Vinegar. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 228. 





Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Merchant Merchant 
Seamen, which were presented upon Friday last, be Se@me" 
printed. No. 229. 







Ordered, That the Return relative to Stipendiary stipendiary 
Magistrates (Zreland), which was presented upon Magistrates 


i i Ireland.) 
Friday last, be printed. ( a i 







And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


















Court of 
Chancery. 


Garnkirk, 
Glasgow and 
Coatbridge 
Railway Bill. 


Dingwall 
Thoroughfares 
and Police Bill. 


Newcastle and 
Darlington 
Junction Rail- 
way and Tyne 
Bridge Bill. 


Pontop and 
South Shields 
Railway Bill. 


Ventnor 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Ventnor 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Sidmouth and 
Collumpton 
Road Bill, 





Salford 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


laff Vale 
Railway Bill, 





7 Victroriz: 


Martis, 30° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Perry, from the Court of Chancery, was 
called in ; and at the bar presented,—Return 
to an Order dated the 24th day of this instant April, 
for Returns of the Number of Causes set down and 
remaining for hearing before each of the Judges of 
the Court of Chancery, on the 11th day of January 
in each of the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 
and 1843; and also ofthe Number of Bills in Chan- 
cery filed in each of those years, stating the Courts 
in which they have been marked to be heard :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of the Right honourable Lord Bel- 
haven and Stenton, praying that the Garnkirk, 
Glasgow and Coatbridge Railway Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


j 
' 


A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of Com- 
missioners of Supply of the county of Caithness, 
praying that the Dingwall Thoroughfares and Po- 
lice 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 


30° Aprilis. 


Q47 


of oe Taff Vale 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 weak in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


borough of Newbury, stating that the Petitioners 
perceive with unmingled pleasure and satisfaction, g 


of Railway from Newbury to Basingstoke, 

Newbury to Pangbourne were referred, have unani- 

mously reported in favour of the former, and to the 

exclusion of the latter Line; and praying that the 

House will adopt the Report of the Committee, was 

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

A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Newbury 
and its vicinity, praying the House not to confirm the 
decision of the Committee in favour of the Line of 
Railway from Basingstoke to Newbury, and that the 
Newbury, Basingstoke, London and Southampton 
Railway Bill may not pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Report on the Newbury, Basingstoke, 
and Southampton Railway Bill. 


being proposed, That the Amendments made by the 








the Report on the Newcastle and Darlington Junc- 
tion Railway and T'yne Bridge Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Pontop and South Shields Rail- 
way Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Residents in and Owners and Oc- 
cupiers of property in part of the parish of Vew- 
church, in the Isle of Wight, called Ventnor, pray- 
ing that the Ventnor Improvement Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Ventnor Improvement Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Owners of land in the parish of 
Harpford, in the county of Devon, praying that the 
Sidmouth and Collumpton Road 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 Liverpool and Manchester Rail- 
way Company, praying that they may be heard, 


by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 


the Salford Improvement (No. 2.) 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 Richard Hill and Anthony Hill, of 


Cardiff, in the county of Glamorgan, Iron Masters 
and Co-partners trading under the firm of R. and 
A. Hill, praying that they may be heard, by them- 


selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
Vou. 99. 


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 “‘ consideration of the said Report be de- 
“ ferred till 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 the ¢ Mr. Pusey, 

Yeas, U Sir William Heathcote : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Russell, 

Noes, Mr. Hayter: 

And the numbers reported by the Tellers being, 
Yeas 166, Noes, 73 :— 

Objection was taken to the Vote of Mr. Russell, 
one of the Tellers for the Noes, on the ground that 
the Great Western Railway Company are interested 
in the rejection of the said Bill; and that Mr. Rus- 
sell is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of 
the said Company :— 

Whereupon Mr. Russell stated, that he is the 
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the said 
Company, and holds shares in the undertaking, but 
considers he has no direct pecuniary interest which 
disqualifies him from voting upon the Question now 
before the House. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the vote of Mr. Russell be disallowed : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Whereupon Mr. Speaker reported the numbers 
on the Division, Yeas 166, Noes 73. 

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. 


as followeth ; 
Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester Sti- 
pendiary Magistrate Petition for additional provi- 
114 sion, 





G 





A Petition of the Mayor and Town Council of the Newbury, 
Basingstoke, 
London and 
: . . outhampton 
that the Committee to whom the competing Lines Railway; and, 
and from Newbury and 
jreat Western 
Railway Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newbury, 


‘ondon Basingstoke 
Lends London and 


: ; . Southampton 
And a Motion being made, and the Question Railway Bill. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was read, Orders; 


Manchester 
Stipendiary 
Magistrate. 





248 


sion, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


parish of Clare, in the county of Suffolk, and the 
neighbourhood ;—Inhabitants of Lavenham, in the 


Manchester 
Bonding Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds and 
Selby Railway 
Purchase 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Nottingham 
(West Croft 
Canal) 
Improvement 


(No. 2.) Bill, 


West Croft 
(Nottingham) 
Inclosure 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Manchester and 


Leeds Railway 
( Bradford 
Branch) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Durham Count 


pay Company Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against 
F the Durham County Goal Company, and for other 
Purposes, without any Amendment: And also, 
Guildford 


Junction Rail- 


way Rill. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Zzworth, in the county 
of Suffolk, and neighbourhood ;—Inhabitants of the 


county of Suffolk, and its neighbourhood ;—and, 
Hadleigh, in the county of Suffolk, and its neigh- 
bourhood ; praying that the Eastern Union Railway 
Bill may not pass into a law, and that an opportu- 
nity may be afforded to the East and West Suffolk 
Railway Company of submitting their project to 
Parliament in a subsequent session,~-were presented, 


= read ; and referred to the Committee on the 
ill. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Manchester Bonding 
Bill, no Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the warehousing of Foreign Goods for Home 
Consumption at the borough of Manchester, in the 
county of Lancaster: And that Mr. Mark Philips, 
Lord Francis Egerton, Mr. Tatton Egerton and 
Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Sir George Clerk be added to the 
— on the Chester and Holyhead Railway 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Copy of the Report of James 
Walker, Esquire, Civil Engineer, to the Lords Com- 
missioners of the Admiralty, which was presented 
upon the 16th day of February last, be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Leeds and Selby Railway Pur- 
chase (No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Nottingham (West Croft Canal) Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


30° Aprilis. 


A. 1844, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Norwich ang 


Act for making a Railway from Norwich to Thet- Brandon Raij 
ford and Brandon, with Amendments; to which “*Y Bill 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 

this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Great Westem 
Act to amend the several Acts relating to the Great Railway Bill, 
Western, the Cheltenham and Great Western Union, 

and the Ozford Railways, to amalgamate the two 
last-mentioned Railways with the Great Western 

Railway, and to authorize the formation of certain 
additional Works at Cheltenham and Gloucester, by 

the Great Western Railway Company, 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 Lancaster 
Act for making a Railway from the Lancaster and ——— 
Preston Junction Railway, at Lancaster, to or near “*""*9 Bil. 
to the City of Carlisle, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 

this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic., Glass Duties, 
c. 44, to consolidate and amend the Laws for col- 

lecting and securing the Duties of Excise on Glass, 

might be read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 

Act. 


The House was moved, That the Act 45 Geo. 3, 
c. 30, for granting to his Majesty several additional 
Duties of Excise in Great Britain, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 37, to provide for the future assimilation of the 
Duties of Excise upon Sweets or Made Wines, 
upon Mead or Metheglin, upon Vinegar, and upon 
Cyder and Perry in Great Britain and Ireland, and 
to continue the Duty of Excise on Sweets or Made 
Wines in Great Britain until the fifth day of Ja- 
nuary One thousand eight hundred and Twenty-six, 
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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank of Ireland. 
Accounts of the Notes of the Bank of Jreland, in 
circulation, distinguishing those of the Branches 
from those in Dublin :—Of the Amount of all De- 


Vinegar Duty. 





The West Croft (Nottingham) Inclosure (No. 2.) 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Scarborough, praying that he may be heard, by his 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Man- 
chester and Leeds Railway (Bradford Branch) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham 
and Mr. Senior : : 
Mr. Speaker, 

y The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for making a Railway from the Zondon and 
South Western Railway to Guildford, in the County 
of Surrey, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


A Petition of the Right honourable John Earl of 


posits, distinguishing Public from Private :—And, 
of the Amount of Securities held by the Bank, dis- 
tinguishing Public from Private, and distinguishing 
Private under the heads of Bills and Notes dis- 
counted; and of the Amount of Bullion in the 
Bank at the close of every week, from the 6th day 
of March 1832 up to the present time. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Oldenburgh. 
Command,—Copy of the Treaty of Commerce and 
Navigation between Her Majesty and the Grand 
Duke of Oldenburgh. Signed at London, April 4, 
1844, 

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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Lime Toll 
the Lime Toll Exemption (Wales) Bill, was read, aay a 
and discharged. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 15th day of May next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Agricultural 
Copies of Memorials to the Treasury, and Minutes sce pth ; 
of the Board, relating to the Grants for the Agri- rae ao Garden 
cultural Museum at Edinburgh and the Botanic (Dublin.) 
Garden in Dublin, proposed in the Estimates of the 
present year. ; 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Papers. 

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





Sir. 

















Iro 


























ind 


cery (Ireland.) directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of War- 


7 VicrorizZ. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign Iron im- 
orted into and exported from the United Kingdom 
in the year 1843; distinguishing the several sorts of 
Iron, and the Countries from which imported, and 
to which exported:—Of the Quantity of British 
Tron exported (including unwrought Steel) in the 
year 1843; distinguishing the Countries to which 
exported :—And, of the Quantity of British Hard- 
ware and Cutlery exported in the year 1843; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
exported, and the declared Value thereof (in con- 


tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 237, of Ses- 
sion 1843.) 


Accounts in detail, of the manner in which £. 439. 
3s. 4d. charged in the Civil Contingencies for 18438, 
paid to the Officers of the Order of the Garter upon 
the installation of his Majesty the King of Prussia, 
was expended; stating the Amounts of the several 
Fees, the Persons for whom paid, and by what! 
authority they are received :—-And, of the manner in | 
which £.821. 13s. 4d. charged in the Civil Contin- | 
gencies for Fees paid to the Officers of the Order of 
the Bath upon the Nomination of the Officers 
therein named to be Knights Grand Cross of the 
Bath, was expended; stating the Amount of the 
several Fees paid, for whom paid, and the authority | 
for receiving the same:—A similar Account for | 
£.293. 16s. 6d. charged for granting the dignity of | 
Baronet on Lieutenant General Sir H. Gough — 
And, a similar Account for £.255.14s. 11 d. charged 
for appointing Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, Governor of 
Nova Scotia, British North America, &amp;c. 


Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to the 





rant granting Compensation to Thomas Fenton, one 
of the Chief Examiners of the Court of Chancery in 


30° Aprilis. 








Freland, for the quarter ending 11th April 1844. 


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


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to 


wich Hospital.) Order,—-A Return of all Contracts entered into by 





Rail lron, &amp;e. 
Stern 
Bill, 
Civil Contin- 
le genciese 
sill, 
ies, 
duty. 
Court of Chan- 
Hops (Green- 
eland. 
Public Petitions 
(Nineteenth 
Report.) 
4 
zh. 
Local Courts. 
r 
Silt, 
: “4 Labour 
‘a P 
Edin — 
d 
arden 


the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital for Hops 
during the last fifteen years, including the present ; 
the Names of the Parties to each Contract; and the 
Prices paid by the Commissioners. 


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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 24th 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. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Bettws, 
Tregynon and Llanwrog, in the county of Montgo- 
mery, praying that a Bill for establishing Local 
Courts for the decision of small causes may speedily 
pass into a law, with such provisions as may render 
its operation as beneficial to the principality of 
Wales, as to the other parts of the kingdom, was 


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


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of 
the Southampton Auxiliary to the British and Fo- 
reign Anti-Slavery Society, praying the House to 
adopt fiscal regulations in favour of the Produce of 
Free Labour, and more especially to pass a law 
which shall admit the Produce of Free Labour of 
all kinds in foreign countries into the British market 
on the same terms as the Produce of British pos- 


249 


of slave labour, inasmuch as such a course would, 
in the opinion of the Petitioners, incalculably aggra- 
vate the miseries of the slaves, and supply a fearful 
stimulus to the slave trade, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Jus- Clerks of the 
tices of the Peace of the county of Somerset, in Peace. 


Quarter Sessions assembled, praying that the House 
will, by some legislative provision, invest the Jus- 
tices of the Peace, in Quarter Sessions assembled, 
with power to ascertain and fix a salary to be paid 
to the Clerks of the Peace in lieu of all fees and 
emoluments whatsoever now received by them, or 
that the House will make such other provisions as 
the case may require, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions of Members of the United Associate Universities 
Presbytery of G'/asgow ;—and, Members of the Con- (Scotland.) 


gregational Union of Scotland, held in Dundee ; 
praying the House to enact that the religious tests 
affecting professorships in science, literature, medi- 
cine and law in the Scottish Universities be abo- 
lished, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Petitions of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Cu- 
par ;—and, Moderator of the Presbytery of Weem ; 
raying the House to reject any motion having for 
its object the abolishing all religious tests as regards 
the professors of Scottish Universities, and not to 
deprive the national church of any of those privileges 
which she has so long held, and which are confirmed 
to her by statute,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Universities 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to regulate (Scotland.) 


the Administration of Oaths in the Universities of 
Scotland ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for they Mr. Fox Maule, 
Yeas, | Sir Andrew Leith Hay: 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, i Mr. Henry Baring: 


} 101. 
} 12s. 





So it passed in the Negative. 


Archdeacon of Armagh ; and of any Orders or Acts 
of Privy Council in /reland for disuniting the Pa- 
rishes forming the Union of Armagh :—And, of any 
Memorials or Letters which may have been ad- 
dressed to the Jrish Government on the subject of 
the severance of the Union of Parishes forming the 
Archdeaconry of Armagh; and of the Answers 
thereto :—And, a Return of any Union of Parishes 
in Ireland, dissolved under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c. 37, s. 124. 


Return of the several Amounts which were appro- 





priated in each year since the passing of the Act of 
1786 (Mr. Pitt’s Act), to the Creation or Support 
of a Sinking Fund, with the authority for creating 
and appropriating the same; exhibiting from year 
to year the Capital and Interest thereon; also, a 
Statement of the Amounts of Capital and Interest 
which, from year to year, were applied out of the 
said Sinking Fund to the Public Service ; stating 
for what particular Service, with the authorities for 
applying the same, up to the period of the final 
extinction of the Sinking Fund. 





sessions and plantations ; and that the House will 
not adopt any fiscal regulations affording facilities 


for introducing into the British market the produce 
Vo1. 99. 


Clerks of the Peace in the different Counties and 
Counties of Cities in Zreland, to remunerate them 
for their additional Services under the new Arms 

K K Act:— 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Union of 
Copies of the Instrument appointing the present Armagh, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sinking Fund, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Arms (fretand) 
Returns of the Sums of Money demanded by the Act. 








Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act, 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Acts. 


New Zealand. 


Ways and 
Means; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 





250 


Act :—Of the Sums of Money approved of by the 
different Grand Juries of Ireland for that purpose : 
—Of the Number of Arms registered in each 
County :—And, of the Sums of Money demanded 
and allowed, as above, to the different Clerks of 
Petty Sessions under the above Act. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 1° die Maiti, 1844: 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names of the different Union Work- 
houses in Ireland, not having been visited by an 
Assistant Commissioner, from the 1st day of No- 
vember 1843 to the 1st day of April 1844 :—-Of the 
Salary and Allowances of the Architect to the Poor 
Law Commission in Jreland and his Assistants, for 
the last year; specifying the Duties performed by 
him during that period :—Of the Names of those 
Persons lately appointed Poor Law Auditors in Ire- 
land :—Of the Medical Qualifications of the District 


Vaccinators appointed for the Mewtownards Union, | 


with Copies of any Remonstrances addressed to the 
Poor Law Commissioners against such Appoint- 
ments :— And, of the Number of the Jrish Poor 


30° Aprilis.—1° Mazz. 





A. 1844, 


of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


which upon the 22d day of this instant April, were 
reported from the Committee of Supply, and which 
Resolution was then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Friday next. 


the Resolutions, which upon the 16th day of this 
instant April, were reported from the Committee of 
Supply ; and which Resolutions were then post- 
poned ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken into 
further consideration upon Friday next. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Statement of the Regulations now in force 
as to the Admission of Advocates in the Ecclesi- 
astical and Admiralty Courts of Doctors’ Commons, 





The Order of the day being read, for taking into supply 
further consideration the Sixth of the Resolutions, [22 April,] 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into supply 
further consideration the Fifth and the Sixteenth of [16 April. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Advocates, 


who have been removed from any Parish, Township | and in the Provincial Court of York; and the pre- 
or Place in England to Ireland, under the Provi- sent Number of Advocates in these Courts. 
sions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 40, between the, _ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
1st day of April 1843 and the 1st day of April 1844: | Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
—And, a Copy of the Resolutions addressed by the of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Guardians of the Ballinrobe Union to the Poor Law 
Commissioners, dated the 4th day of April 1844, as | - ; 
to the impossibility of collecting the Poor Rates | ° 184, for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, 
without the assistance of a Stipendiary Magistrate | Law Proceedings and other written or printed In- 
and a Military Force. | struments, and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and 
on Legacies and Successions to Personal Estate upon 
A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- | Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain; and for 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to granting other Duties in lieu thereof, might be read ; 
inquire into the operation of the Laws for the Relief. and the same was read. ’ 
of the Destitute Poor of Zreland :—And a Debate| _ The House was also moved, That the Act 3 and 4 
arising thereupon ; Will. 4, c. 23, to reduce the Stamp Duties on Ad- 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | vertisements, and on certain Sea Insurances, to re- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And | peal the Stamp Duties on Pamphlets and on Re- 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- | ceipts for Sums under Five Pounds, and to exempt 
drawn. | Insurances on Farming Stock from Stamp Duties, 
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed | might be read ; and the same was read. 
to inquire into the operation of the Laws for the | The House was also moved, That the Act 5 &amp; 6 
Weliel of the Diestitate Poor of Ireland, | Vic., c. 82, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great 
Ordered, That the Committee have Power to , Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations for 
send for persons, papers and records. | collecting and managing the same, until the tenthday 
| of October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
The House was moved, That the Order made upon | ~~ ws. ashy heel ~ the evil — ; 1 
Friday last, That a Select Committee be appointed |. if in — Cc pone t-te sd : 98 oe ote - 
to inquire into the state of the Colony of New | ee ee Se eT ee ee 
Zealand, and into the Proceedings of the New Zea- | 
land Company, and to report the Minutes of Evi- 


The House was moved, That the Act 55 Geo. 3, Stamp Duties. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for raising a Sum of Exchequer Bills 
; to |Money by Exchequer Bills for the Service of the (£.18,497:300-) 
dence, and their Opinion thereon, to the House, | year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four : Bi" 


might be read ; and the same being read ; : And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
A Committee was nominated of Mr. Aglionby, | to be read a second time this dav. 


Lord Francis Egerton, Viscount Howick, Mr. George | 
William Hope, Mr. Robert Clive, Mr. Hawes, Sir| A Petition of Thomas Mortin and Henry Philip westminster 
Robert Harry Inglis, Viscount Ebrington, Mr. | Davies, praying that they may be heard, by them- and Lambeth 
Charteris, Sir John Hanmer, Mr. Milnes, Viscount | selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts es age 
Jocelyn, Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Wilson Patten; with | of the Westminster and Lambeth Suspension Bridge — 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. upon the Table. 


| Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor Poor Law. 
| Li yhich was y inted. 231. 
and Means, a Resolution ; which was read, as fol- 10, Sener eRe Perey ee ee nessa 


loweth : Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Private Private and 
Resolved, That towards raising the Supply granted | and Joint Stock Banks (Zreland), which were pre-J0"t Stock 
a = . 7 oe : Banks(Ireland.) 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eighteen millions | sented yesterday, be printed. No. 232 
four hundred and seven thousand and three hundred . : Ama 
pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the service | Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunatic Poor nse ad 
of the year 1844. | (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. me 
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 ' 


| 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Ways 


| And then the House, having continued to sit 

till half an hour after one of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 











7 VictTortz. 


Mercurii, 1° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


argate Pier. R. Cobb, from the Margate Pier and Harbour 
_ M Company, was called in ; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—An Account of the Receipt and Applica- 
tion of all Monies which have been received by the 
Directors of the Margate Pier and Harbour Com- 
pany, from the 6th day of April 1843 to the 5th 
day of April 1844, both days inclusive :—And then 

he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 

Table. 


Metropolitan Mr. Hodgson, from the Office of the City Police 
and City Police. Commissioner, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented,--Further Returns to an Order, dated the 6th 
day of February last, for a Return of Police Consta- 
bles and others, Officers of the Metropolitan Police 
Force, who have been charged with Offences before 
any of the Police Magistrates, during the Two years 
ending the 3ist day of December 1843, specifying 
the Rank of the Officer, his Age, the Time he has 
been in the Force, the nature of his Offence, whe- 
ther convicted or not, the Punishment awarded, and | 
whether he was retained in the Service ; Total Num- | 
ber of Men who have been dismissed, fined, sus- 
pended or degraded by the Police Commissioners, 
during the same period ; the Number who have re- 
.. signed their Appointments during the same period : 
—And, a similar Return of the City Police Force 

(so far as relates to the City Police). 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 











| 


Somes . Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Bi «= Coventry Waterworks 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. 


Liverpool Fire Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Prevention Bill. Tierpool Fire Prevention 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. 


Haltwhistie | Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Inclosure Bill. 774 T¢whistle 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. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


IIs. 
-) 





Farrington 
and Cwmgilla 
Inclosure Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Farrington and Cwmgilla 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 satisfac- 
tion of the Committee ; and that the Committee 


had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 


thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Bleddfa and 


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Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 





251 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the GlobeInsurance 
Globe Insurance Company Bill; That they had exa- Company Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the ware- Manchester 
housing of Foreign Goods for Home Consumption Bending Bill. 
at the Borough of Manchester, in the County of 
Lancaster: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Gomersall;—North Bierley ;— Manchester and 
Birstal;—and, Wike; praying that the Manchester Leeds Railway 
and Leeds Railway (Bradford Branch) Bill may pass Gernch) Bilt 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Reverend Godfrey Wright, of 

Bilham, in the county of York ;—and, Joshua Wood, 
of Horton, in the parish of Bradford, in the county 
of York, Worsted Spinner, William Greenwood, of 
the same place, Machine Maker, Benjamin Berry, 
of Bowling, in the parish of Bradford aforesaid, 
Machine uker, and Benjamin Tankard, of the 
same place, Gentleman ; 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. 


Petitions of Commissioners acting under an Act Middle Level 
to raise and apply Funds for the future Maintenance Drainage and 
and Repair of the Banks of the River Ouse, between sistemas 
Denver Sluice and the Eau Brink Cut, in the county 
of Norfolk ;— Owners of land in the several parishes 

of Wiggenhall Saint Germans, Wiggenhall Saint 
Peter, and Wiggenhall Saint Mary the Virgin, in 
the county of Norfolk ;—Owners and Occupiers of 
lands in the Sutton and Mepal district, and in the 
Manea and Welney district of drainage, in the Jsle 
of Ely and county of Cambridge ;—Owners of lands 
and hereditaments situate in a certain fen in the 
county of Norfolk, called Downham Fen ;—and, Wil- 
liam Nix, an Owner and Occupier of lands situate 
in the Sutton and Mepal district, and in the Manea 
and Welney district of drainage, in the Isle of Ely 
and county of Cambridge, and also in several other 
places in the Middle Level, part of the Great Level 
of the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Mid- 
dle Level Drainage and Navigation 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. 


Petitions from Winterburn ;— Donegal (two Pe- Marriages 
titions) ;— Raphoe ;—Ballywillen ;— Ballyraskene ; (lelaud.) 
—Buncrana ;—Raloo;--Kilmacrenan ;--Crossroads; 

— Donaghadee ;— Ballinasloe ;— Largy ;—Glascar ; 
—Carrichfergus (Pastor) ;—Donoughmore ;— Ray ; 
— Ramelton ;— Newtown Limavady ;—and, Newry 
(two Petitions); praying the House to introduce, 
without delay, a Bill to declare valid, to all intents 
and purposes in law, all Marriages heretofore solem- 











Llangunilo 
:) Inclosure Bill, 





Bleddfa and Llangunllo 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 satisfac- 
tion of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Vot. 99. 


| nized or hereafter to be solemnized by Presbyterian 
| ministers in Jreland, between parties not within the 
prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity, and 

who have the consent of parents or guardians, and 
provided that all such Marriages shall be solem- 
nized and registered agreeably to the published laws 
| of the Jrish Presbyterian Church,—were presented, 
‘and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
| KK 2 





Petitions 





Corn Laws. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses, 


252 1° Maiz. A. 1844. 


Petitions from Newburn Hall ;— Walbotile ;—|—and, Archdeaconry of Wilts ; praying for the re- 
Whitley ;—Monkseaton ;—-Earsdon ;--Tynemouth ;— | peal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
Butter law ;—Preston ( Northumberland) ;—Chirton; as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
—Hartley Westpall;—Hartley Wintney Flere and Bangor,—were presented, and read; and or- 





ter ;—Sherbourne Saint John ;—Ellesfield ;—Grey- | 
well ;—South Warnborough ;— North Walsham —| 
Freefolk ;—Herriard ;— Preston Candover ;—Clid- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Llanidan ;-—Snodland ;--Ryarsh ; 
— Deanery of Framland ;—Newborough ;-—-Deanery 


desden ;— Bradley ;—- Bramshill ; — Sher field-upon-| of Avon ;--Dalbury ;-—and, Trusley; praying for 
Lodden ;— Winchfield ;—-East Woodhay ;— Weston | the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
Patrick ;—Up Nateby ;—Sutton (Southampton) ;— | c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint 
Overton ;—Hechfield ;—Kingsclere ;—Upton Gray ;, Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time that speedy 


— Nately Skewers ;— Tamworth ;— West Sherborne ; | 
— Steventon (Southampton) ;—County of Caithness ; 
— Whisby ;— Cameringham ;— Goulceby ;— Wragby; 
— Marton ;— Morton ;—Willoughton ;— West Stock- 
with ;-— Willingham ; — Northorpe ; — Pilham ;— 
Springthorpe ;— Dunholme ;— Brattleby ;—Falding- 
worth ; — Fillingham ;— Snarford ;—Holton Beck- 
ering ;-—Bardney ;— Saxilby-cum-Ingleby ;—New- 
ton-on-T rent ; — Metheringham; — Blankney; — 
Kirkby Green ;—Wellingore ;— Digby ;— Navenby ; 
—Scopwick ;--Bassingham ;--Stapleford;--Nocton ; 
— Dunston ; —- Potterhanworth ;-—Carlton-le-Moor- 
land ; -- Wildsworth ;— Torksey; — Scotter; — 
Saundby ;-——Scotton ; —Stowe ( Lincoln) ;— Walker- 


and strenuous endeavours may be made for the es- 
tablishment of a See at Manchester, by other means, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- West Croft 
mittee on the West Croft (Nottingham) Inclosure (Nottingham) 
(No. 2.) Bill, That they do ascertain that there are (Noo a.) Bil 
no Provisions introduced into the Bill inconsistent . 
with the Notices given in compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Nottingham 
mittee on the Wottingham (West Croft Canal) Im- —— 
provement (No. 2.) Bill, That they do ascertain that 





ith ;-—Westburton ; — Newburn ;—Upton ; -— South- 
orpe;—and, Sturton and Bransby; praying the 
House to resist the efforts now making by the Anti- 
Corn Law League, and that no further alteration 
may be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Assistant Overseer of the parish 
of Saint James, Bath, in the county of Somerset, 
praying the House to insert a clause in the Poor 
saw Amendment Bill, empowering overseers of 


parishes to assess to the poor rate all owners of | 


houses and tenements below the yearly value of ten 
pounds, instead of the occupiers of such tenements 
and houses, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Mary-le-bone (two Petitions) ;— 
and, Saint Pancras (two Petitions); praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—were also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint 
Catherine, in the city and county of Gloucester, 
praying that no clause may be introduced into the 
said Bill, exempting union workhouses from paro- 
chial charges, was also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Guardians of the Festiniog Union ; 
—and, Ministers, Preachers and Elders of a cer- 
tain religious denomination of Christians, commonly 
called “ The Welsh Calvinistic Methodists’ Con- 
nection,” agreed to ata general assembly or quarterly 
association of the said connection for orth Wales, 
held at Llanfaircaereinion ; praying for alteration 
of the said Bill, in regard to the Bastardy Clauses, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry and Inhabitants of 
the several towns and parishes in the deanery of 


r 


Cricklade, in the county of Wilts, and in the diocese 
of Gloucester and Bristol, taking notice of the Ec- 


clesiastical Courts Bill; and praying the House not 


to attach it, on the ground of public convenience, to 


ke - ; a ve @* Improvement 
there are no Provisions introduced into the Bill in- (No. 2.) Bill, 


consistent with the Notices given in compliance with 
the Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Hull and Selby Railway Com- Kingston-upon- 
any, praying that the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Hull Docks Bil, 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land, Hail-storm 
in the county of Berks, praying the House to repeal Insurances. 
the stamp duty on policies of insurance against 
damage by Hail-storms, so far as agricultural pro- 
duce is concerned,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stroud; — Bury (Lancaster) Factories 
(Chairman); — Merthyr Tydvil (Chairman) ; — (No. 2.) Bill. 
James Jones and others ;—and, Thornton; pray- 
ing that provision may be made in the Factories 
(No. 2.) Bill for limiting the labour of young per- 
sons to ten hours a day for five days in the week, 
and eight hours on the Saturday, and that none be 
admitted under nine years,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Hawick ;—and, Batley (two Pe- 
titions); praying the House to expunge the 30th 
Ciause from the said Bill,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Inha- Masters and 
bitants of the parish ef Saint Pancras, in the county Servants Bill, 
of Middlesex, praying that the Masters and Ser- ™ 
vants Bill may not pass into a law ; that the House 
will restrict the labour of women and young chil- 
dren in Factories to ten hours in the day; and, that 
the Registration of Electors (Ireland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Southwark (Chairman) (two Peti- Masters and 
tions) ;— Manchester and Salford (two Petitions) ;— Servants Bill. 
Manchester (four Petitions) ; —- Mewcastle-upon- 

Tyne (two Petitions) ;—Zye Waste (Chairman) ;— 











tions) ;-- Coggeshall (Chairman) ;--'Tonbridge Wells ; 
—Ardwick ;— Albury ; — Huddersfield (four Peti- 


to transfer the deanery of Cricklade to Bristol, but | Redditch ; — Saint John, Hampstead (two Peti- 


the court at Gloucester, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors of Bolton- 


tions) ; — Cullompton ; — Trowbridge ; — Oldbury ; 
— Bilston ;—Idle ;— Chester-le-Street ;—Old Beil 





le-Moors, in the county of Lancaster, praying that | lav, Old Bailey (Chairman) ;— Bradford, (Wilts) 
the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now! (Chairman) ; — Tavistock ; — Portreeve (two Peti- 
stands, was also presented, and read; and ordered | tions) ;—Hull ;— Northampton ;—_Bulwell ;—Gay- 


to lie upon the Table. 


| thorn; — Patricroft ;— Newcastle-under-Lyme ; — 


Lambeth ;— Limehouse; — Dudley Wood (Chair- 


Petitions from the Deanery of Gloucester and | man) ;—Jlkestone ;—Oldham ;—Mill Wall ;—Star ; 
Bristol ; — Birling ; -- Marston-upon-Dove ; — | —Poplar ;—Whitechapel ( Middlesex); — Yeovil;— 
Deanery of Menai ;— Gainsborough ;-—Llangeinven; Intake (Chairman) ;— Macclesfield (two Petitions); 

i 


— Leamington ; 








Tea. 


Dat 




























Tea. 


Danish Claims. 


Cotton, 


Local Courts, 


Taff Vale 
Railway Bill. 


7 VicToriz. 


— Leamington ; — Ratcliffe ;—Clerkenwell (two Pe- 
titions) ;--Old Ford ;—.Barnsley (two Petitions) ;— 
Gomersal ; — Birmingham ;— Hamilton ; — Dun- 
fermline (Chairman) ;—Rochdale ;—Carlton House 
Gardens (Middlesex) ;—Milborne Port ;—Hinchley 
(Chairman); — Kilmarnock (Chairman and Secre- 
tary); — Magnall; — Nantwich; — Oaken Gates, 
Kettley, Trench, &amp;c. ;— Middleton ;—County of Fife; 
— Warrington ;— Hyde (Chairman) ;—Churwell ; — 
Glasgow (Chairman) ;—King’s Lynn ;—Bristol (six 
Petitions) ; — Mayhill (Chairman) ; — Kingston- 
upon-Hull (Chairman) ;— Burnley and Habergham 
Eaves (Chairman); —~ London (four Petitions); — 
South Shields (Chairman) ;— West Ham (Chair- 
man) ;— Mansfield; — Derby (two Petitions) ;—— 
Chairman of Iron Founders of Dundee ;—.Blooms- 
bury ;—and, Brighton; praying that the Masters 
and Servants Bill may not pass into a law,—were 


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


A Petition of Gentry, Manufacturers, Tradesmen 
and other Inhabitants of Newcastle-under- Lyme, in 
the county of Stafford, praying the House to make 
such a reduction of the duty on Tea as may be 
deemed expedient in promoting its greater consump- 
tion in this country, and the increase of our trade 
with China, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Kings- 
ton-upon-Hull, and the neighbourhood, stating that 
the House, having on the 24th May 1838 and on 
the 18th June 1839, decided that the claims for 
losses of Ships and Cargoes by the Danes in 1807, 
should be examined and adjudicated, and in the 
year 1841, on the 10th of June, having addressed 
Her most gracious Majesty, assuring Her Majesty, 
that the House would make good the amount of 
loss, as established in the Report of the Commis- 
missioners appointed to adjudicate the same, they 
pray the House, under the favourable circumstances 
of the Revenue, to redeem the pledge then and so 
given to Her Majesty, was presented, and read; 


1° Mazz. 





and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Cotton Spinners and Manu- 
facturers of Chorley and its neighbourhood, in the 
county of Lancaster, praying the House to repeal 
the duty on Raw Cotton imported into Great Bri- 
tain both from our own colonies and other countries, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Llany- 
stumdwy, Carnarvonshire, praying that a Bill for 
establishing Local Courts for the decision of small 
causes may speedily pass into law, with such pro- 
visions as may render its operation as beneficial to 
the principality of Wales as to other parts of the 
kingdom, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Freighters and others using the Gla- 
morganshire Canal ;—-Company of Proprietors of 
the Glamorganshire Canal Navigation ;—- Share- 
holders in the Taff Vale Railway Company ;—and, 
Richard Fowler Richards, of Llantrissent, in the 
county of Glamorgan, Esquire, Owner, and of the 
Reverend George Thomas, of Llandaff Court, in the 
same county, Clerk, Lessee of land on the proposed 
Branch of the Taff Vale Railway; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Taff Vale Rail- 
way 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. 

Vox. 99. 





253 


Mr. Walter Long reported from the Committee Kingston-upon- 
on the Ruptoaeelen Docks Bill, That one Hull Docks Bill. 
of the Parties opposing the Bill had stated to the 

Committee that the evidence of Mr. Charles Foz, 

Assistant Overseer of Sculcoates, in the borough of 
Kingston-upon-Hull, was essential to enable them 

to establish their case before the Committee ; and 

that the attendance of the said person could not be 

obtained without the intervention of the House ; and 

that he had been instructed by the Committee to 

apply to the House to order the said Charles Fox 

to attend and give evidence before them. 

Ordered, That Charles Fox, Assistant Overseer of 

Sculcoates, do attend the Committee on the Kings- 
ton-upon-Hull Docks Bill, upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Young be added to the Com- Kingston-upon- 
mittee on the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill. a 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Wandsworth and Bat- Commons 
tersea and adjoining parishes ;--and, Members of the Inclosure Bill. 
National Convention of the working classes, assem- 

bled in Manchester; praying that the Commons 

Inclosure Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Shipping. 

Return of the Number of Vessels, with their Ton- 
nage (distinguishing Steam from Nailing Vessels), 
sold and transferred in the year 1843:—A similar 
Return of Vessels wrecked :—A similar Return of 
Vessels broken up :--And, a Statement of the gross 
Number and Tonnage of Vessels registered on the 
31st day of December 1841, 1842 and 1843. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jamaica. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Memorial to Her Majesty of 
the House of Assembly of Jamaica, during its last 
Session. 

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 Solicitors and Attornies composing Bankruptcy. 
the Law Society of the county of Suffolk, praying 
that the operation of the Bankruptcy Law, and of 
the rules made thereunder, may be inquired into, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners, &amp;c., in the parishes Arson. 
of Stoke and Wizoe, in the county of Suffolk, pray- 
ing that the crime of Arson may be punished by 
death, as formerly, and that any person guilty of 
that heinous offence shall be executed in the parish 
in which he committed the crime, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Hep- Maynooth 
worth, in the county of Suffolk, praying the House Cvllege. 
to withdraw every kind of public support from the 
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was present- 
ed, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Agricul- ca . 
tural Museum (Edinburgh) and, Botanic Garden eer yh ' 
(Dublin), which was presented yesterday, be printed. Reeale Garden 

ublin. 
No. 234. 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Iron, &amp;c., Iron, &amp;c, 


which were presented yesterday, be printed. No, 225. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Civil Con- Civil Contin- 
tingencies, which were presented yesterday, be sencies : 
printed. No, 235. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops (Green- Hops (Green- 
wich Hospital), which was presented yesterday, be ich Hospical.) 
printed. No. 236. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Court of Arches 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Bill. 





KK3 upon 





Masters and 
Servants Bill. 


Detached Parts 


of Counties Bill, 


1°—92° 


upon the 13th day of March last, That the Court | 
of Arches Bill be now read a second time ; | 


254 





Maii. 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Scott, 


A, 1844, 


} 19. 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned | Yeas, Mr. Brotherton: 
till Wednesday the 22d day of this instant May. Tellers for the § Mr. Manners Sutton, } 15 
Noes, Mr. Richard Hodgson: , 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Masters and Servants Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave | 
the Chair ; | 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to | 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,”’ instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Whereupon the Chairman left the Chair. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and the House 
being told by Mr. Speaker; and Forty Members 
not being present ; and it being then after four of the 
clock:—The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, 


without a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 2° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


N 


Tellers for the f Mr. William Miles, } 54 Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 
Yeas, L Mr. Robert Palmer : "| presented, pursuant to Order, —A Return of the 
Tellers for the § Mr. Thomas Duncombe, } 97, | Average Annual Expenditure of the Parishes com- 
Noes, Mr. Granger: ‘* | prised in each of the Unions in England and Wales, 


So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” be added 
instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
six months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Detached Parts of Counties Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—-The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 


Crause, N° 1, (Detached Portions of Counties 
to be part of the County by which they are sur- 
rounded) 

Amendment proposed in P. 1.1. 9: To leave out 
from the word “ That” to the end of the Clause, 
in order to add the words “ every part of any County 
“ in England or Wales which is detached from the 
main body of such County shall be considered, 





during the Three years prior to Union; and the 
Amount expended for the Relief and Maintenance 
of the Poor in each of the years ended Lady Day 
1841, 1842 and 1843; also, the Number of In-door 
and Out-door Paupers relieved during each of the 
Quarters ended Lady Day 1841, 1842 and 1843; 
together with the Number of Illegitimate Children 
relieved during the same periods, stating the Per- 
centage as compared to other Paupers; and the 
present Population in the different Unions ; speci- 
fying the Number of Unions now without Work- 
houses :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Chancery, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
—Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of April 
last, for Returns of any Oaths taken by the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland or the Lord Chancellors of 
England or Ireland, previous to entering on the 
Duties of their Office (so far as relates to the Lord 
Chancellor of England) :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Police of the town of Sa/ford ;—Ministers of the 
Gospel officiating in the town of Salford;—and, 
Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the township of Sal- 
ford; praying that the Salford Improvement (No. 2.) 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birmingham ;— and, Liverpool ; 
praying that the Birkenhead Docks Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 




















for all purposes, as forming part of that County, 


which it is considered a part, for the purposes of 
the Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
as Knights of the Shire, under the Provisions of 
an Act passed in the third year of the reign of 
his late Majesty (3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 64), intituled, 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
| Padstow Harbour (re-committed) Bill; That they 


and of that Division or Riding, or those parts of | had, in compliance with the Order of the House of 


the 24th day of April last, amended the Toll Clauses 
-and Schedules thereunto. 


| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 











‘R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Lay, 


Mr. Leonard Edmunds, Clerk of the Crown, in Oaths of Offic, 


Petitions of Medical Practitioners resident in the Salferd 
town of Salford ;—- Eighty-four Commissioners of (No. 


No. 2.) Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Padstow 
Harbour Bill. 


Middle Level 





| Petitions of Clergy and Inhabitants of, and Own- 7"! 
‘ s eke : ’ d 
An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of | ers of houses and other property in the towns of Navigation Bill 


pi ae ag of mo and a _Upwell and Outwell, in the counties of Worfolk and 
nh Lng ‘ es, in so lar as respects the | Cambridge ;—- Owners and Proprietors of estates 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament.””’ 


‘situate in Great and Little Waldersey, in the pa- 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left rishes of Wisbech Saint Peters and Elm, in the Isle 
out stand part of the Clause ; of Ely ;—Owners and Proprietors of estates situate 


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in Ladus Fen, in the Isle of Ely ;--Commissioners 
of Sewers for the hundred of Wisbech and parts ad- 
jacent, and of Owners and Proprietors of estates in 
the several fields called Needham Burial, and Bud- 
beck Fields, in the parishes of Elm, Upwell and Out- 
well, in the Isle of Ely ;--Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the borough of Wisbeach, and of Own- 
ers and Occupiers of property, Merchants and other 
Inhabitants of the city of Peterborough, and the 
principal towns and places situate upon the River 
JVene, and of other persons interested in the navi- 
gation between the said city and the sea-port town 
of Wisbech, by Smith’s Leam and the said city, and 
the sea-port town of Lynn, by the Old Nene ;—- 
Owners and Proprietors of estates situate in the 
Middle Level, part of the Great Level of the Fens 
called Bedford Level, and in other fens adjacent 
thereto, affected by the Middle Level Drainage and 
Navigation Bill ;— Proprietors of lands within the 
parishes of Outwell, Stow Bardolph, Wimbotsham 
and Downham, in the county of Norfolk ;--Owners 
and Proprietors of free lands in the Middle Level, 
part of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford 
Level ;--Owners and Proprietors of estates situate 
within the manors and parishes of Upwell and Out- 
well, and in the parishes of Denver and Welney, in 
the Isle of Ely and counties of Cambridge and Nor- 
folk ;—Wisbeach Canal Company, and Trustees of 
the said Canal, and of the River Nene ;-—Proprie- 
tors of land in the parishes of Emneth, Walsoken, 
West Walton, Walpole Saint Peter, Walpole Saint 
Andrew, Terrington Saint Clement, Terrington 
Saint John, Tilney Ali Saints, Tilney Saint Law- 
rence, Tilney-cum-Islington and Clenchwarton, within 
the ccuntry of Marshland, in the county of Norfolk ; 
—The Most noble Francis Duke of Bedford ;— 
and, Commissioners of Sewers for the county of 
Norfolk; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Middle Level Drainage and 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. 





Manchester and 
Leeds Railwa 
(Bradford 

Branch) Bill, 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Farmers, Shop- 
Y keepers and other Inhabitants of the town and 
neighbourhood of Bingley, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, praying that the Manchester and 
Leeds Railway (Bradford Branch) Bill may not 


pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 


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255 


certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
(Bradford Branch) Bill,—-were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bil! ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

Petitions from Hunsworth ;— Batley Carr ; — 
Birkenshaw ; — Drighlington ; — Batley ; — and, 
Hechmondwike ; praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Birkenhead Birkenhead 
Docks Bill be revived :—And that they have leave Docks Bill. 
to sit, and proceed, upon Monday next. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable pow Brickhill 
the Rector, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Estate Bill, 
Poor of the Parish of Bow Brickhill, in the County 
of Buckingham, to sell certain Parcels of Land in 
the said Parish which were allotted to them under 
the Award of the Commissioners made in pursuance 
of the Bow Brickhill and Fenny Stratford Inclosure 
Act, passed in the thirtieth year of King George the 
Third, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Fitzmaurice do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Lords to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway 
be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 











and read; and referred to the Committee on the 
Bill. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Bradford, in the West Riding of the 
county of York ;--Magistrates, Merchants, Manu- 
facturers, Shop-keepers and other Inhabitants of the 
borough and neighbourhood of Halifax, in the 
West Riding of the county of York ;—Trustees of 
the Society of Friends at Bradford, in the county 
of York;— Richard Tolson, of Bradford, in the 
county of York, Gentleman, Clerk to the Trustees 
of the Bradford and Wakefield Turnpike-road, in 
the said county ;—Owners or Lessees of or interested 
in lands, tenements and property upon or near the 
line of the proposed Branch Railway from the Man- 
chester and Leeds Railway to Bradford, in the West 
Riding of the county of York ;— Thomas Paley, of 
Bolling Hall, in the parish of Bradford, in the county 
of York, Esquire ;—Samuel Hailstone, of Bradford, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, Gentle- 
man ;—John Green Paley, Esquire, of Oatlands, 
near Harrogate, in the county of York ;—Joshua 
Pollard, of Crow Trees, in the parish of Bradford, 
in the county of York, Esquire ;—and, Bradford 
Waterworks Company; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lancaster 
Bil] 2" Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the a, 
London and South Western Railway to the Town Pasnsstoke 
of Newbury, was read the third time. Southampton 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote do carry 

the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- Lascaridi’s 
turalizing Antonio Lascaridi, was read the third N*- Bill 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Williams 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 na- Spartali’s 
turalizing Michael Spartali, was read the third Nat Bil- 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Williams do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


A Petition of Sir William Mordaunt Milner, of Harrogate and 
Nun Appleton, near Tadcaster, in the county of Railvey Bile 
York, Baronet, praying that he may be heard, by 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Harrogate and Knaresborough 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. 


Sir John Mordaunt reported from the Committee South Devon 
on the South Devon Railway Bill, That one of the Railway Bill. 
Parties opposing the said Bill had stated that the 
evidence of Mr. James Meadows Rendel, Civil En- 
gineer, was essential to enable them to establish 





Vo. 99, 





their case before the Committee, but that the at- 
tendance 


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Norwich 
and Brandon 
Railway Bill. 





256 


tendance of the said person could not be obtained | 
without the intervention of the House; and that 
the Committee had instructed him to apply to the 
House to order the attendance of the said James 
Meadows Rendel. 

Ordered, That James Meadows Rendel do attend 
the Committee on the South Devon Railway Bill 
To-morrow. 


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 Norwich 
to Brandon, with a Branch to Thetford; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 146. 1. 20. Leave out “or his Trustees,” and 
insert “the Reverend George Pollen Boileau Pollen, 
“ Clerk, Charles Lestock Boileau, Esquire, Lestock 
“ Veach Wilson, Esquire, and Edward Buller, Es- 
“© quire.” ; ; 

Pr. 146. 1. 25. Leave out ‘‘ parish” and insert 
“ parishes,” and in the same line after “ Arming- 
‘ hall” insert “ and Trowse Newton.” 

Pr. 146.1.27. After “ Cringleford” insert “ and 
‘ in the hamlet of Eaton.” 

Pr. 146. 1. penult. After “ Eaton” insert “ from 
‘ the Right honourable the Earl of Albemarle, in 
“ the parishes of Eccles and Besthorpe, from Sir 
“ Thomas Branthwayt Beevor, Baronet, in the pa- 
“ rishes of Eccles, Hargham and Attleborough.” 

Pr. 164. |. 14. After “ direct” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 
Criause (A.) “ AND with respect to the cross- 
“‘ ing of roads by the Railway: BE it Enacted, 
“ That if the line of the Railway cross any turn- 
“¢ pike-road or public carriage-way, except as here- 
“ inafter mentioned, either such turnpike-road or 
“ public carriage-way shall be carried over the 
oe wg or the Railway shall be carried over 
“such road by means of a bridge, of the height 
“ and width and with the ascent cr descent by this 
“ Act in that behalf provided, and such bridge and 
“ other necessary works connected therewith shall 
“ be executed at the expense of the Company ; 
“ Provided always, That the following turnpike- 
“ road and public highways numbered respectively 
“ as follows on the Plans deposited as hereinbefore 
“« mentioned, may be crossed by the said Railway 
“ on the level thereof, that is to say; in the parish 
“© of Santon, the roads numbered 7 and 15; in the 
“ parish of Saint Peter Thetford, the roads num- 
ae 8, 22,16; in the parish of Croxton, the 
‘“« roads numbered 4 and 16; in the parish of East 
“ Wretham the road numbered 3; in the parish of 
“ Roudham, the roads numbered 14, 2, 24, 54, 9, 45; 
in the parish of Eccles, the roads numbered, 25, 
27, 34; inthe parish of Hargham, the roads num- 
“ bered 10 and 40; in the parish of Attleborough, 
the roads numbered 77 and 95; in the parish of 
Besthorpe, the roads numbered 14, 52, 91; in 
the parish of Wymondham, the roads numbered 
“6 93, 37, 80, 131, 150, 155, 156, 187, 211; in 
the parish of Ketteringham, the road numbered 
“ 16; in the parish of Jntwood, the road numbered 
8; in the parish of Keswick, the road numbered 7 ; 
in the parish of Arminghall, the road numbered 
21; in the hamlet of Trowse Millyate, the road 
numbered 21.” 

Crause (B.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That in crossing the said road numbered 21 
in Trowse Millgate, the locomotive engines on the 
said Railway shall not travel at a greater rate of 
speed than Four miles an hour, under a penalty 
on the Company of Ten pounds for each offence.” 

Pr. 166. 1. 28. Leave out “ Rowdham’’ and in- 
sert “ Roudham.” 

Pr. 166. 1. 32. After “ Baronet” insert “ at 
the public roads numbered 25, 27 and 34 respec- 
tively, in the parish of Eccles, and at the public 
road numbered 10 and 40 respectively, in the 
parish of Hargham, on the nomination of Sir 


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Thomas Branthwayt Beevor, Baronet; at the 
road numbered 7, in the parish of Santon, on the 
nomination of the honourable William Frederick 
“ John Vane Powlett, commonly called Lord Wil- 
“ liam Frederick John Vane Powlett.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wodehouse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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tituled, An Act to amend the several Acts relating 
to the Great Western, the Cheltenham and Great 
Western Union, and the Ozford Railways, to amal- 
gamate the two last-mentioned Railways with the 
Great Western Railway, and to authorize the forma- 
tion of certain additional Works at Cheltenham and 
Gloucester, by the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 31. 1. 32. After “ the” insert “ compul- 
sory.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 36. After “ Company” insert “ and 
* used.” 
Pr. 47.1. 8. After “is” insert “ just and rea- 
“ sonable and.” 
Pr. 52. lL. 37. Leave out from “ always” to 
“ that,” in Pr. 53. 1. 4. 

Pr. 53. 1.14. Leave out from “ the” to “ shall” 
in 1. 17., and insert “ Court of Quarter Sessions of 
* the county or one of the counties in which such 
** facilities are accorded, and the said Court,” and 
in 1, 17. after “ power” insert “ and are hereby re- 
“ quired on such application (of which Fourteen 
“« days’ notice shall be given to the Company).” 

Pr. 53. 1. 18. Leave out “ any” and insert “a 
“ barrister of not less than Seven years’ standing or 
“ some other,” and in the same line after “ person” 
insert “ not interested in or connected with the 
“ Railway, or the party with whom any such dispute 

shall arise.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 20. After “ difference” insert “ and 
the person so to be appointed shall have power 
to call before him, and to examine all persons 
whose evidence may be considered necessary to 
the inquiry, and to require the production of all 
books, papers and writings which he may deem 
requisite, or which ought to be produced for the 
elucidation of the matter referred to him.” 

Pr. 53.1. 21. After “ person” insert “ it shall 

“ be lawful for the said Court.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 38. Leave out “ Lords of the said 
“ Committee” and insert “ said Court.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 11. Leave out from “ being” to 
“ truly” in 1. 13. 

Pr. 55. 1s. 25. and 26. After “ Company” insert 
Provided always, That any person employed as 
aforesaid, who shall wilfully and knowingly make 
up or enter any false accounts of the said rates, 

' tolls and sums received by the said Company as 
aforesaid, shall be deemed and is hereby declared 
to be guilty of a misdemeanor.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


it 


the Commissioners of the port of Arundel, in the 
county of Sussex, praying that the House will order 
and direct that all proceedings on the Brighton and 
Chichester Railway Bill may cease for the present 
Session of Parliament, or until ten days after the de- 
posit of some plan in the House, of a bridge intended 
to be adopted by the promoters of the said Railway 











and Bill, and that the House will be pleased to make 


some 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Western 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Reilway Bit, 


A Petition of Commissioners and Committee of Brighton and 
Chichester 


Railway Bill. 








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Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


Corn Laws. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Marriages 


(Ireland. ) 


7 Vicroriz. 


some Standing Order that herein due notice may 
be given tothe public, regarding the erection of any 
bridge over any public navigable river similar to 
those now directed to be given relating to the erec- 
tion of bridges in, over or upon the highways of this 
kingdom, or such other order or notice as to the 
House may seem fit for the public good, was pre- 


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


Petitions from the Deanery of Storrington ;—and, 
Llanleched ; praying for the repeal of so much of 
the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the 
union of the dioceses of Saint Asaph and Bangor, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Conway ;—Deanery of Lleyn ;— 
Llandwrog ; —Bangor ;—Deanery of Arlechwedd ; 
— Llanystumdwy ;— and, Eyffin; praying for the 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, and at the same time that speedy and 
strenuous endeavours may be made for the establish- 
ment of a See at Manchester, by other means,—were 


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


Petitions from the Electoral Division of Lady’s 
Island ;— Kilpatrick division of the Poor Law Union 
of Wexford ;—and, Poor Law Union of Wezford; 
ptaying that the Poor Relief (Zreland) Act may not 
be altered,--were presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Select Committtee on Poor Relief (Jreland) 
Acts. 


Petitions from Hexham ;—and, Plympton Saint 
Mary Union; praying the House to resist the efforts 
now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and 
that no alteration whatever may be made in the 
existing Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Directors of 
the Town Hospital and Overseers of the poor of 
Paisley, praying the House to repeal the Corn Laws, 
and to remove those restrictions on commerce which 
interrupt and prevent the free exchange of the pro- 
ducts of industry, was also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hinckley ;—and, Fareham ; pray- 
ing that no clause may be introduced into the Poor 
Law Amendment Bill to exempt union workhouses 
from the payment of parochial rates,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the poor 
of the Totnes Union, in the county of Devon, 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. 


Petitions from Coleraine ; — Cootehill ; -—Rath- 
mullan ; -— Ballycastle ;—~ Gortin ;--- Pomeroy ;— 
Islandmagee ; —Castle Bellingham ; —Upper Cum- 
ber ; —Dunloy ;—Dromore ;— Macorquin; —Gar- 
vaghin;—Newcastle(County Down) ;—Sevattera;— 
Newton Cunningham ;—Ballinatralty ;—Donegal ; 
—Portlaw ;—Muckamore;—Armoy ;—Drumlee ;— 
Comber ; — Castlewellan ; — Ballynahinch ; — Der- 
vock ;—Glassleck ;—- and, Crumlin; praying the 
House to introduce, without delay, into Parliament, 
a Bill to declare valid to all intents and purposes in 
law all Marriages heretofore solemnized, or hereafter 
to be solemnized, by Presbyterian ministers in Zre- 
land, between parties not within the prohibited 
degrees of consanguinity or affinity, and who have 
the consent of parents or guardians, and provided 
that all such Marriages shall be solemnized and 
registered agreeably to the published laws of the 
frish Presbyterian Church,—-were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vot. 99, 


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257 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kettering, in the church of 
county of Northampton, praying the House, with all Ireland. 


due regard to the present incumbents, to abolish 
the present Jrish Church Establishment, and to 
dispose of the funds in such manner as may seem 
best, and place all religious sects on a_ perfect 


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


Petitions of Members of the Elgin and Moray- Maynooth 
shire Protestant Association, and Inhabitants of College. 


Elgin and neighbourhood ; — Rural Deanery of 
Lleyn ;—and, Inhabitants of Sidmouth (two Peti- 
tions); praying the House to withdraw every kind 
of public support from the Roman Catholic College 
of Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stroud ;— Plymouth ;— Aylesbury ; Ecclesiastical 
— Warrington ; — Philip James Case and John Courts Bill. 


Greene ;— and, Bury Saint Edmunds (two Peti- 
tions); praying that the Ecclesiastical Courts 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 Physicians, Surgeons and General Horse Taz, &amp;ce 


Practitioners of the town of Warrington, in the 
county of Lancaster, stating that, in the practice of 
their profession, the Petitioners are under the ne- 
cessity of keeping horses, at a very great expense to 
themselves, and, in particular instances, close vehi- 
cles or gigs, not as articles of luxury, but to enable 
them to discharge the duties of their profession, and 
to protect themselves from the inclemency of the 
weather ; that the Petitioners believe that when the 
assessed taxes were first imposed upon horses, me- 
dical men were exempted from the payment of them ; 
that the Petitioners are informed that it is the in- 
tention of Her Majesty’s Ministers to introduce into 
the House a Bill for the regulation of the Medical 
Profession ; and praying that the House will, in 
relation to such taxes, make such exemptions in their 
favour as may be thought due to the members of the 
profession, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of Railways. 


Dewsbury, in the parish of Dewsbury, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, praying the House 











not to sanction any measure exempting or partially 
exempting Railway Companies from the payment 
of any parochial assessments, or for altering the 
principle upon which such Companies are now rated, 
and that the present laws for regulating parochial 
assessments may not be altered so as to throw any 
additional burden on the Petitioners, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Shop-keepers, Traders and small Debts 
others of the borough of Shaftesbury, in the county Bill. 


of Dorset, praying that the Small Debts Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from South Shields (Chairman) ;—and, Registration 


Hamilton (Chairman) ; praying that the Registration 
of Electors (Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Crediton, fective 
in the county of Devon, praying the House to extend Franchise. 


the Parliamentary Suffrage, and make such other 
provisions as may be necessary for securing a full, 
fair and free representation of the people in Parlia- 
ment, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Christopher Rapier, praying George Christo 
for an order for the production of a Memorial ad- pher Rapier. 


dressed to the ‘Treasury by the Petitioner, on the 
LL subject 








Masters and 
Servants Bill. 


Masters and 
Servants Bill, 
&amp;e. 


Factories. 


Taff Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


Blackburn 
and Preston 
Railway Bill. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland. ) 


258 


subject of his imprisonment in Grenada, n the year 
1803 ; and also for an inquiry into the state of the 
representation of boroughs in Parliament, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Saint Andrews, Holborn, and Saf- 


fron Hill ;—Aberdeen (Chairman) ;—and, Holborn 


(Chairman); praying that the Masters and Ser- 
vants Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of George Grashan, and others, pray- 
ing that the Masters and Servants Bill may not 
pass into a law, and that the Ten hours Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow ;— Calton (Chairman) ;— 
Milngavie ;—Bury (Lancaster) (Chairmen) (three 
Petitions) ; — Holmfirth (Chairman); — Wigan 
(Chairman) ;— Birstal ;—and, Paisley ; praying the 
House to limit the hours of labour of young persons 
and women employed in Factories to ten hours 
daily,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Powell, of the Gaer, New- 
port, in the county of Monmouth, Esquire, praying 
that the Taff Vale Railway 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 Most noble John Crichton Stuart, 
Marquis of Bute and Earl of Dumfries ;—and, the 
Honourable Robert Henry Clive, of Oakley Park, 
in the county of Salop; 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. 


Mr. Bellew reported, That one of the Parties op- 
posing the Eastern Union Railway Bill had stated 
to the Committee, that the evidence of George Par- 
ker Bidder was essential to establish their case be- 
fore the Committee; and that the attendance of 
the said person could not be obtained without the 
intervention of the House; and that he was in- 
structed by the Committee to apply to the House 
to order the said George Parker Bidder to attend, 
to give evidence before them. 

Ordered, That George Parker Bidder do attend 
the Committee on the Eastern Union Railway Bill 
To-morrow. 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee on 
the Blackburn and Preston Railway 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; 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 Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters in the 
Presbytery of Ayr, praying the House to adopt 
measures for ameliorating the condition of the Burgh 
and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, was pre- 


2° Maiz. 











A. 1844, 


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


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Prisons 
Council of the Royal Burgh of Irvine, praying that (Scotland) pi, 
the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of messuages Canterby 
and hereditaments within the city of Canterbury, Pavement Bin, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Canterbury Pavement 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 Master Mariners, Pilots and other Harbours of 
Nautical Officers engaged in the Foreign and Coast- Refuge. 
ing Trade from the Port of Liverpool, stating that 
the Petitioners have learnt that application has been 
made to Her Majesty’s Government, to construct at 
the public expense, a Harbour of Refuge and Packet 
Station at Holyhead ; that the Petitioners humbly 
beg to call the attention of the House to Llandudno 
Bay, situated between the Great and Little Ormes 
Heads, as a part of the coast where a Harbour of 
Refuge would be of infinitely greater service than 
at Holyhead, or any other part of the Channel; and 
praying that the House will be pleased to take into 
their consideration the matters referred to therein, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions of Francis Daniell ;—and, John Hodge Medicat 
Lawrence ; praying for the formation of one Faculty Profession 
of Medicine and Surgery for the United Kingdom, 
having boards of examiners in London, Edinburgh 
and Dublin, to grant Medical Degrees under uniform 
regulations,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Latchford ;—and, Donegal; pray- Dissenters’ 
ing the House to reject any measure which goes to Chapels. 
change the law of religious trusts, and sanction the 
usurpation and perversion of trust property, held 
by persons dissenting from the Church of England, 

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


Petitions from South Shields (Chairman) ;—and, Universal 
Hamilton (Chairman); praying the House to make Suffrage, &amp;c. 
the People’s Charter the law of the land,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Political 
habitants of Hamilton, stating that they have learned Offenders. 
with pride and satisfaction, that a free pardon has 
been extended to a number of those who were 
connected in the late insurrection in Canada, and 
even that some of those individuals have been raised 
to places of trustand honour under the government 
of that country ; and praying that the House will 
be pleased to address Her Majesty to grant a full 
and free pardon to Frost, Williams, Jones and Ellis, 
and to all persons now suffering imprisonment for 
political offences, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the towns of Kings- Free Labour 





bridge, Dodbrooke and their vicinity, in the county Produce. 
of Devon, praying the House to adopt fiscal regula- 
tions in favour of the Produce of Free Labour, and 
more especially to pass a law which shall admit the 
Produce of Free Labour of all kinds in foreign coun- 
tries into the British market, on the same terms as 





the 





Redre! 
Grieva 


Polic 
Magi 
(Clet 


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) Bi 
Redress of 
Grievances. 

F 

Bil, 
Police 
Magistrates 
(Cleckenwell-) 

of 


East India, 


Chelsea Out- 
Pensioners. 


John Robert 
Morrison, 





Ways and 
Means, 


Supply. 


Glass Duties. 








7 Vicroriz. 


the Produce of British Possessions and plantations, 
and that the House will not adopt any fiscal regu- 
lations affording facilities for introducing into the 
British market the produce of Slave Labour, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Town Councillors, Manufacturers, 
Traders and others, being Members and Friends of 
the Leicester Complete Suffrage Association, pray- 
ing the House to refrain from voting the Supplies 
until the Grievances of the people are investigated 
and redressed, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Mason and Charles Paul 
Bidet, two of the Guardians of the poor of the 
parish of Saint James, Clerkenwell, in the county of 
Middlesex, complaining of the conduct of the Ma- 
gistrates at the Clerkenwell Police Court in having 
insisted on the broker appointed by the parish 
authorities being in all cases accompanied by a 
police constable in full uniform, in the execution of 
warrants for the recovery of parochial rates; and 
praying the House to take the matter into consi- 


2° Maire. 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Bridg- 
water, stating that the Petitioners have heard with 
extreme regret of continual hostilities in India, and 
they deeply deplore the fearful sacrifice of life with 
which the engagements between the opposing armies 
have been attended; and praying the House to 
direct that those to whom the administration of 
affairs in India is entrusted should settle disputes 
in a manner becoming a nation professing Chris- 
tianity, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





Sir Henry Hardinge presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Warrant 
authorizing the Enrolment of the Chelsea Out-Pen- 
sioners, dated the 12th April 1844. 
” —" That the said Paper do lie upon the 

able. 


Sir Robert Peel presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of April last, 
for Copies or Extracts of all Despatches or Com- 
munications that may have been received from China, 
having any reference to the Services, or to the de- 
cease of the late John Robert Morrison :—Also, a 
Return, describing the several Offices held succes- 
sively, or at the same time, by the late John Robert 
Morrison, distinguishing those that were gratuitous 
from those for which he received a Salary, and stat- 
ing the Amount of such Salary, and during what 
period enjoyed. 

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


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution, 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
reduce the Duty and Drawback of Excise on Flint 
Glass made in the United Kingdom :—And he moved 
the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


solve itself into a Committee to consider the Act 
45 Geo. 3, c. 30, for granting to his Majesty several 
additional Duties of Excise in Great Britain ; and 
the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 37, to provide for the future 
assimilatioa of the Duties of Excise upon Sweets or 
Made Wines, upon Mead or Metheglin, upon Vine- 
gar, and upon Cyder and Perry in Great Britain 
and Ireland, and to continue the Duty of Excise on 
Sweets or Made Wines in Great Britain until the 
fifth day of January One thousand eight hundred 
and Twenty-six. 
(In the Committee). 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


repeal the Duty of Excise on Vinegar made in the 
United Kingdom. 


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, 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Duty of Excise on Vinegar made in the 
United Kingdom :—And he moved the House ac- 
cordingly. ' 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


solve itself into a Committee, to consider the Act 
55 Geo. 3, c. 184, for repealing the Stamp Duties 
on Deeds, Law Proceedings and other written or 
printed Instruments, and the Duties on Fire In- 
surances, and on Legacies and Successions to Per- 
sonal Estate upon Intestacies, now payablein Great 
Britain; and for granting other Duties in lieu 
thereof; and the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 23, to re- 
duce the Stamp Duties on Advertisements, and on 
certain Sea Insurances, to repeal the Stamp Duties 
on Pamphlets and on Receipts for Sums under Five 
Pounds, and to exempt Insurances on Farming 
Stock from Stamp Duties; and the Act 5 and 6 Vic. 
c. 82, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great 








solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the Act 
1 and 2 Vic. c. 44, to consolidate and amend the 
Laws for collecting and securing the Duties of Ex- 
cise on Glass :—The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
reduce the Duty and Drawback of Excise on Flint 
Glass made inthe United Kingdom. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Vot. 99. 














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. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Stamp Duties now payable in 
Great Britain and Irelund respectively, under or 
by virtue of the several Acts, 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, 
|3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 23, and 5 and 6 Vic. c. 82, for 
and in respect of the several Instruments, Matters 
and Things hereinafter mentioned and specified, 
shall severally cease and determine; and that in 
lieu thereof there shall be raised, levied, collected, 
and paid for and in respect of the same Instruments, 

LL2 Matters 











Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Vinegar Duty. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Stamp Duties. 








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Duties following (that is to say)— 


For and in respect of every Agreement or 
Minute, or Memorandum of an Agreement, 
now chargeable with the Duty of one pound, 
under the head or title of “ Agreement,” in 
the Schedule to the said Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, 
annexed - - - - - - 

And for and in respect of every Policy o 
Assurance or Insurance, or other Instrument, 
by whatever name the same shall be called, 
whereby any Insurance shall he made upon 
any ship or vessel, or upon any goods, mer- 
chandize, or other property on board of any 
ship or vessel, or upon the freight of any ship 
or vessel, or upon any other interest in or re- 
lating to any ship or vessel, which may law- 
fully be insured for or upon any voyage 
whatever, 

Where the premium or consideration for 
such Insurance actually and bond fide paid, 
given or contracted for, shall not exceed the 
rate of ten shillings per centwm on the sum 
insured, 

If = sum insured shall not exceed 

10072. - - - - - - - 
And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
1007., then for every 100/., and also for 
any fractional part of 1007. whereof the 
same shall consist - - - 

And where such premium or consideration, as 
aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of ten shillings 
per centum, and shall not exceed the rate of 
twenty shillings per centum, on the sum in- 
sured, 


If the ‘ wag sum insured shall not exceed 
10072. - - - - - - - 
And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
1007., then for every 1007., and also for 
any fractional part of 1007. whereof the 
same shall consist - - - - 
And where such premium or consideration, 
as aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of twenty 
shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the 
rate of thirty shillings per centum, on the sum 
insured, 
If the ‘a sum insured shall not exceed 
1007, - - - - - - - 
And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
1007., then for every 1007., and also for 
any fractional part of 1007. whereof the 
same shall consist - - - - 
And where such premium or consideration, 
as aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of thirty 
shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the 
rate of forty shillings per centum, on the sum 
insured, 


If — sum insured shall not exceed 
1007, - ~ - - - - - 
And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
100 7., then for every 1007., and also for 
any fractional part of 1007. whereof the 
same shall consist - “ 
And where such premium or consideration, 
as aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of forty 
shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the 
rate of fifty shillings per centum, on the sum 
insured, 
Tf the ‘'. sum insured shall not exceed 
1007. - - - - - - - 
And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
1007., then for every 1007., and also for 
any fractional part of 1007. whereof the 
same shall consist : - 
And where such premium or consideration, 
as aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of fift 
shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the 
rate of sixty shillings per centum, on the sum 
insured, 
If the whole sum insured shall not exceed 
1007. - - - - - - - 
And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
100/., then for every 1007., and also for 
any fractional part of 100/. whereof the 
same shall consist - - - - 
And where such premium or consideration, 
us aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of sixty 
shillings per centum, on the sum insured, 
If the whole sum insured shall not exceed 
1007, - - - - « * si 
And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
1002., then for every 1002., and also for 


any fractional part of 1007. whereof the 
same shall consist ~ 


But if the separate interests of two or more 
distinct persons shall be insured by one Policy 
or Instrument, then the said respective Duties, 





£. 


2° Mair. A. 1844. 


Matters and Things respectively the several Stamp 


to 












as the case may require, shall be charged 
thereon in respect of each and every fractional | £. 8. d. 
part of 100/., as well as in respect of every full 
sum of 100/., which shall be thereby insured 
upon any separate and distinct interest, 

And for and in respect of every Policy of As- 
surance or Insurance, or other Instrument 
whereby any such Insurance as aforesaid shall 
be made for any certain term or period of time, 
the following rates or sums for every 100/., 
and also for any fractional part of 100 7. whereof 
the same shall consist ; that js to say, 

Where any such Insurance shall be made 
for any term or period not exceeding six 
calendar months - - - - .«| &lt; 

Exceeding six calendar months - -|- 

And for and in respect of every Policy of 
Assurance or Insurance, or other Instrument, 
by whatever name the same shall be called, 
whereby any Insurance, commonly called a 
Mutual Insurance, shall be made, or whereby 
divers persons shall insure or agree to insure 
one another without any premium or pecu- 
niary consideration, from any loss, damage or 
misfortune that may happen of or to any ship 
or vessel, or any goods, merchandize or other 
ay on board of any ship or vessel, or the 

reight of any ship or vessel, or any other in- 
terest in or relating to any ship or vessel which 
may lawfully be insured upon any voyage 
whatever, 

For every sum of 100/., and also for each 
and every fractional part of 100/. thereby 
insured to any person or persons - -| — 2 6 

And for and in respect of every Letter or 
Power cf Attorney, or other Instrument, made 
forthe sole purpose of appointing or nomi- 
nating a Proxy to vote at any meeting of the 
Proprietors or Shareholders of or in any Com- 
pany or Society whose stock or funds are 
divided into shares, and transferable - -| - 2 6 


Resolution to be reported. 


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1o 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Exchequer Bills Bill be now Exchequer Bills 
read asecond time :—The Bill was accordingly read (18,407,000) 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of — 
the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, Savings Banks 
c. 92, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating Bil. 
to Savings Banks, might be read; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 3 and 
4 Will. 4,c. 14, to enable Depositors in Savings 
Banks and others to purchase Government An- 
nuities through the medium of Savings Banks, and 
to amend an Act of the ninth year of His late Ma- 
jesty, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to Savings Banks, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks, and 
to the purchase of Government Annuities through 
the Medium of Savings Banks: And that Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Army. 
Returns of all Officers to whom Pensions had been 
granted for the Loss of Limb, or Wounds equivalent 
thereto, and whose Pensions were subsequently 
purchased by the Government; stating the Name 
and Rank, and the Amount of Pension of each 
Officer; also the Dates when such Pensions were 
purchased, and the Amount paid by Government 
for such Pensions; with a Ca!culation ofthe Profit 
or Loss resulting to the Public, so far as the same 
can be made out, up to the 3ist day of March 
1844 :—And, of the Number of Chelsea and Ord- 
nance Pensioners who obtained permission to com- 
mute their Pensions ; showing the Number of those 
who actually commuted, and the Number of — 

who, 














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who, not having received the full Amount of the 
commuted Allowance, were replaced on the Pension 


9°__.3° Marz. 





261 


throughout the year to and from Calcutta and Suez 
direct, and to cause the transmission of letters by 


List ; with a Calculation of the Profit or Loss re- | the same direct line, instead of circuitously by Bom- 


sulting to the Public, so far as the same can be 


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


made out, up to the 31st day of March 1844:— | upon the Table. 


Also, a Statement showing the Amount paid in 
Commutation, the yearly Amount of the Pensions 
saved thereby, and the Profit resulting to the Pub- 
lic, after deducting the Sums paid in Canada to the 
commuted Pensioners and their Families, who had 
emigrated to that Country, and all Charges that 
have been incurred in consequence of this measure. 


Church The Order of the day being read, for the second 
a reading of the Church Temporalities (Jredand) Bill ; 
(Ireland!) "Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 15th day of this instant May. 

Customs Duties’ The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 Vic. 
c. 47, to amend the Laws relating to the Customs, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
Duties imposed by the said Act. 





Tithes Commue 
tation, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of 
Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties in Englund 
and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1843 to the 
ist day of January 1844; 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 
Commutation of Tithes which have been confirmed 
by the Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties 
in England and Wales, from the 1st day of July 
1848 to the 1st day of January 1844; specifying 
also, in each Case, the Amount of Rent-charge 








awarded to be paid in lieu of Tithes ; and showing 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- Metropolitan 


politan Police, which was presented upon the 4th Police. 
day of March last, be printed. 


No. 238. 
Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Metro- Metropolitan 


politan and City Police, which were presented upon say ciciongaae 


the 4th day of March last, and upon Wednesday No. 238. 


last, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Me- Metropoliten 


tropolitan Police, which were presented upon the Felice 


6th day of March last, be printed. No. 238. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the City of City of London 
London Police, which was presented upon the 19th Police. 
day of April last, be printed. No. 238. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 3° die Maiti ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Goodbody, from the District Courts of Bankruptcy. 
Bankruptcy, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of all Ac- 

counts of Assignees in Bankruptcy, audited by the 
Commissioners for the District Courts of Birming- 

ham, Bristol and Ezeter, since the 11th day of No- 

vember 1842 :—And then he withdrew. 

. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Brighton Brighton and 
and Chichester Railway Bill have leave to sit this Chichester 


whether the same be payable to Appropriators, Im- | day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the ®#!wey Bil 


propriators or Clerical Incumbents :—Also, of all 
Apportionments of -Rent-Charges which have been 
confirmed, from the 1st day of July 1843 to the 1st 
day of January 1844 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 598, of Session 1843). 


Detached Parts Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
o!Counties Bill. the 14th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 


a Committee upon the Detached Parts of Counties 
Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Mr. Rendel’s Report to the Admiralty, 
on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, dated the 
24th day of April 1844. 

Mr. Sidney Herbert accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 


Committee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway 

Bill. 
Savings Banks =Mr.Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
Bill. to amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks, and 
to the Purchase of Government Annuities through 
the medium of Savings Banks: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


No. 237. 


Sane Com A Petition of Members of the Bengal British 
Indig " “"" India Society, and of Native Inhabitants of Calcutta, 
praying the House to take the subject of Steam Com- 
munication with Jndia into consideration, so as to 
prevent the adoption of any plan which might, by 
possibility, deprive the Inhabitants of Bengal of any 
advantages which they at present enjoy in the direct 
communication between Suez and Calcutta, and to 
take such measures as may be conducive to the 
establishment of monthly Communications by Steam 
Vou. 99. 





House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Guildford 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Junction Rail- 
tituled, An Act for wiht a Railway from the “*Y Bi 
London and South Western Railway to Guildford, 
in the County of Surrey; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 151. 1.19. Leave out from “ aforesaid” to 
the first “ the’ in 1. 24. 

Pr. 151.1. 23. Leave out from “ Sutton’’ to the 
first “ the’’ in lL. 28., and insert ‘‘ and.” 

Pr. 218. 1. 5. After “same’”’ insert Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “And be it Enacted, That nothing 
‘ in this Act contained shall be held to exempt the 
‘ Railway by this Act authorized to be made, from 
the provisions of an Act passed in the first and 
second years of the reign of Her present Ma- 

‘ jesty, intituled, ‘An Act to provide for the Con- 
“ veyance of the Mails by Railway.’” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baring Wall 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. Baring reported from the Committee on European Life 
the European Life Insurance and Annuity Com- yoea: ae i 
pany Bill; and to whom a Petition against the said soy ml 
Bill was referred ; That they had considered the ~ 
said Petition, and had heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

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262 


Mr. Liddell reported from the Committee on the 
Manchester Police Bill; and to whom several Peti- 
tions against the said Bill were referred ; That no 
person appeared in support of the said Petitions ; 
and that 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. 


Manchester 
Police Bill. 


Harrogate and 
Knaresboroug 
Railway Bill. 


4 A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Northallerton, praying that they may 

be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 

og of the Harrogate and Knaresborough Railway 
ill, 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. 


Stratford Petitions of the Board for the repair of the 
Ce) and Coun- Highways of the parish of West Ham, in the county 


Thames Junce Of Essex ; 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


— Alfred Head, of Mile End-road, in 
the county of Middlesex, Brewer, and Edward 
Charrington, of Mile End aforesaid, Brewer, being 
Owners and Lessees of property on the line and 
in the neighbourhood of the proposed Stratford, 
Eastern Countiesand Thames Junction Railway ;— 
Mary Benson, of Stratford, in the parish of West 
Ham, in the county of Essex, Widow, an Owner of 
messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments in 
the said parish, likely to be affected by the Strat- 
ford, Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Rail- 
way ;—and, Inhabitants of the parish of West Ham, 
in the county of Essex, and others, Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of property through which the in- 
tended Stratford, Eastern Counties and Thames 
Junction Railway is to pass, and others, Parties 
whose interests are affected thereby; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Stratford, East- 
ern Counties and Thames 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 





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A. 1844, 


A Petition of Thomas Powell, of the Gaer, New- Taft Vale 


port, in the county of Monmouth, Esquire, praying Railway Bil), 


that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Taff Vale 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. 


Petitions from Earlsheaton ;—Hanging Heaton ; Manchester ana 

— Healey, Staincliffeand White Lee ;—Carlinghow ; aes 
—Clechheaton ;— Dewsbury ;— Ossett and Horbury ; Branch) Bill, 
— Rochdale ;— Huddersfield ;—Bradford (York) ;— 
Hebden Bridge, Elland and Brighouse (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Sowerby Bridge;—Manchester ;— Hopton; 
— Liversedge ; —Ashton-under-Lyne ;— Mirfield ;— 
and, Wakefield; praying that the Manchester and 
Leeds Railway (Bradford Branch) Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Lord Granville Somerset be added Liverpool 
to the Committee on the Liverpool Docks Bill. Decks Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for vesting the Leeds and Selby Leeds and 
Railway in the York and North Midland Railway Selby Railway 
Company, and for enabling that Company to raise (No. 2.) Bill 
a further Sum of Money to complete the Purchase* ° ; 
of such Railway, 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. 


Petitions from Little Barugh;—Kirby Misper- Com Laws. 
ton ;—Great Barugh ;—and, Northern District of 
the county of Gloucester; praying the House to re- 
sist the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law 
League, and that no alteration whatever may be 
made in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Uppingham ;—Radford ;—and, Poor Law 
Leftwich; praying the House not to consent to the Amendment 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon | introduction into the Poor Law Amendment Bill of -"* 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, | any clause to exempt Union Workhouses from pa- 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
Leeds New Gas Viscount Jngestre reported from the Committee 
Bill. on the Leeds New Gas Bill; and to whom several 
Petitions against the said Bill, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittees of 1835 and 1843 were referred ; That they 
had heard counsel in support of the said Petitions ; 
and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Newcastle and An ingrossed Bill for authorizing the Sale of the 
os . Durham Junction Railway to the Newcastle and 
unction Rail- " : ; A 

way and Tyne Darlington Junction Railway Company, and for 
Bridge Bill. enabling the said Company to make a Station at 

Gateshead, with a Bridge and Approaches to connect 

the said last-mentioned Railway with the Town of 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and for other Purposes, 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. 


Pontop and 
South Shields 
Railway Bull. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Pontop and 
South Shields Railway Company to widen a part of 
their Railway, and to make a Branch therefrom, 
and for other Purposes, 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. 


rochial rates,—-were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Terigan ;— Garvagh ;—Newtown- Marriages 
limavady ; —Ramelton ; — Ballibay ; —.Ballymoney (elan4.) 
(Chairman and Secretary) ;—Coleraine (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Letterhkenny ;— Bailieborough;-- Cookstown 











(three Petitions) ;— Ballyjamesduff ;—Ballygoney ; 
—Gillygooley ;— Badony ;— Orritor;—Dungannon; 
—Lechpatrick ;—Omagh ; —Aughnacloy ;— Coagh ; 
— Castlecaulfield ; — Magherafelt ; — Londonderry 
(three Petitions);—Draperston ;-—Glendermot (two 
Petitions); —Dungiven ; — Saltersland ;— Clough ; 
—Scrigan ;— Comber ;-- Ballysillan ;---Dunfanaghy ; 
—and, Lecumpher ; praying the House to pass a Bill 
to declare valid to all intents and purposes in law, 
all Marriages heretofore solemnized, or hereafter to 
be solemnized, by Presbyterian ministers in Ireland, 
between parties not within the prohibited degrees of 
consanguinity or affinity, and who have the consent 
of parents or guardians, and provided that all such 
Marriages shall be solemnized and registered agree- 
ably to the published laws of the Jrish Presbyterian 
Church,--were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Halifax ;— Colne (Lancaster) Factories 
(Chairman) ;— Rochdale (Chairman) ;-—-Bury (Lan- (Ne 2+) Bill. 
caster) (Chairman);—- Tong ;-—Chiswick ;—Kensing- 
ton ;—Physicians and Surgeons ;—Camberwell ;— 
South Shields ;— Rickmansworth (two Petitions) ;— 
Little Bolton —Great Bolton ;—and, Bolton (nine 
Petitions) ; praying the House to insert a clause in 
the 














and, Batley Carr; praying the House to expunge 
from the Factories (No. 2.) Bill, the thirtieth clause, 
regulating the time of childrens’ work,—were also 
ges and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


rish of Halifax, in the county of York, praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the 
union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor,— 


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


praying for the repeal of so much ofthe Act 6 and 7 


that speedy and strenuous endeavours may be made 
for the establishment of a See at Manchester, by 


Hail Storm 
Insurances. 


Public Petitions 
(Twentieth 
Report.) 


Postage. 


Lime Toll 
Exemption 
(Wales) Bill. 


Local Courts, 


Charitable 


7 VicTortiz. 


the Factories (No. 2.) Bill, to prohibit all females 
and young persons under twenty-one years of age 
from being worked in any mills or Factories more 
than 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. 


Deanery of Amounderness ; — Caterham ; — and, 





Petitions from Soothill;— Batley (two Petitions); 


able. 
A Petition of Mill-Owners and Occupiers in the pa- 


Petitions from the Archdeaconry of Durham ;— 


Cardigan; praying for the repeal of so much of 


Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Godstone ; 
— Llanndeniolen ; — Tandridge; —Bletchingley ;-—- 
Deanery of Himley;--and, Deanery of Powick; 


Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of 
Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time 


other means,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Derby ;—County of Oxford (two 
Petitions) ; — Hants (two Petitions) ;— Berks ;— 
Norfolk ;— Herts ;—Suffolk (two Petitions) ;— Zin- 
coln ;—and, Giloucester ; praying the House to re- 
peal the Stamp Duty on policies of insurance 
against damage by Hail Storms, so far as agricul- 
tural produce is concerned, thereby placing it on 


the same footing as in the case of loss by fire,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 29th and 30th 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. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Derby, praying the House to pass 
a law rendering it obligatory that the public should, 
instead of payment in money, use stamps, envelopes 
or stamped paper for the Postage on all letters sent 
to any part of the United Kingdom, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Agriculturists of Llanfair-avy-brin, 
in the county of Carmarthen, praying that the Lime 
Toll Exemption (Wales) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Saint Michael 
Cwndu, in the county of Brecon, praying that a Bill 
for establishing Local Courts for the decision of 
small causes may speedily pass into a law, with 
such provisions as may render its operation as bene- 
ficial to the principality of Wales as to the other 
parts of the kingdom, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


-_ Petitions from Willenhall and Darlaston ;—and, 
_ Societies Bilston; praying that the Charitable Pawn Socie- 
‘ ties Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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263 


Petitions from Swansea ;-—Deanery of Fairford ; Ecclesiastical 
—and, Deanery of Cirencester; praying that the Courts Bill. 
Ecclesiastical Courts 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 John George Shuttleworth, now re- Railways. 
siding at Prior Park, near Bath, praying the House, 
that in case a Select Committee should be appointed 
to inquire into and report upon the Atmospheric 
Railway system, it may be made an instruction to 
the Committee to examine the Petitioner, touching 
the correctness of the allegations in his Petition on 
the subject of Hydraulic Propulsion, in order that 
the subject of new Railway traction shall be pro- 
perly laid before the public, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Adare reported from the Committee on Maryport 
the Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill; and to 2d Carlisle 
whom several Petitions against the said Bill were **!"*y Bill. 
referred ; That they had considered the said Peti- 

tions; That they had inquired into the several mat- 

ters required by the Standing Orders on Railway 

Bills, so far as the same relate to the present appli- 

cation ; 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. 


Sir Edward Colebrooke reported from the Com- Leeds and 
mittee on the Leeds and Bradford Railway (re- Bradford 





committed) Bill; That they had made one other inline 
Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Petitions from Saint Andrews ;—— Kirkaldy ;—and, Prisons 
Earlsferry; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Scotland.) 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 

were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of property Brighton, Lewes 
in and near the town of Tonbridge ;—and, Inhabit- 2»4 Hastings 
ants of Tonbridge Wells; praying that the Brighton, Bavvays ands 
Lewes and Hastings Railway; and, the South Eastern and Hastings 
and Hastings Railway Bills may not pass into law, Railway Bills. 
as they now stand, —were presented, and read; and 

referred to the Committee on the Bills. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Uxbridge ;—Coal-fac- Coals. 
tors, and others of the port of London ;—and, Mem- 

bers of the Enfield Coal Club; praying the House 

not to consent to impose, for the purpose of Metro- 
politan Improvements, any additional tax on Coals 
received into the port of London,—were presented, 

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


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens and other Maynooth 
Inhabitants of the parish of Staines, praying the o!lcse. 
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 of Trustees of the Harbour of Mon- Commons __ 
trose ;—Bond Land Tenants, Cottagers and others !nclosure Bill. 
residing on Waltham Chase ;—and, Commissioners 
of the Navigation of the River Blyth, in the county 
of Suffolk; praying that the Commons Inclosure 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were, presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gibbes Walker Jordan, Clerk, Rec- Simony. 
tor of the parish of Waterstock, in the county of 
Oxford, stating that, notwithstanding the fortieth 
canon, and by the practice of the Church, it is re- 
quired that every person, on institution to any eccle- 








Vo.. 99. 





LL4 


siastical 








Poor Law. 


London Gas 
Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(freland) Act, 


Thetford 
Inclosure and 


Drainage Bill, 


264 3° Mair. 


siastical living whatsoever, shall take the oath therein 
mentioned, and by a statute passed in the 12th year 
of the reign of Queen Anne, further enforcing the 
said oath, many of the clergy continue to procure 

referment for themselves by buying ecclesiastical 
mei and praying the House to take the subject 
into consideration, and devise such remedy therein 





as may seem best to accord with justice to the ge- 

neral body of the clergy, and in godly wisdom to 

the honour and interests of the whole Church, was 

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


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Honiton Union, in the county of Devon, 
praying that the peremptory order issued by the 

oor Law Commissioners, which prohibits out-door 
relief to the able-bodied poor, may be withdrawn, 
and that boards of Guardians be thereby empow- 
ered to administer just and necessary relief to the 
able-bodied poor, when in a state of destitution, 
at their own houses, instead of obliging them to 
seek relief in the Union houses ; that the House will, 
on no account whatever, allow illegitimate children 
to be excluded from the supervision of the Union 
authorities, and repeal all Acts enforcing removals 
under pauper settlement ; also, that all house pro- 
perty may be rated tothe occupier as at present, but 
with legal power to such occupier to deduct such 
payment from his rent, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the Honiton Union, in the county of Devon, pray- 
ing that the order of the Poor Law Commissioners 
which prohibits out-door relief to the able-bodied 
poor, may not be withdrawn, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Devizes Union; --and, Breage; 
praying for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Mr. Kemble reported from the Committee on the 
London Gas Bill; and to whom 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 
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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Edenderry Union, in the King’s County, 
counties of Kildare and Meath, praying the House 
to cause a Committee to be appointed to inquire 
into the conduct of the Poor Law Commissioners, 
and to refer this Petition and the Memorials and 
Reports relating to the Edenderry Union to the said 
Committee ; and that the House will cause measures 
to be taken to protect boards of Guardians in Ireland, 
and that in any amended Poor Law provision may be 
made, subjecting the orders of the Commissioners 
to the control of some tribunal, by way of appeal, 
as the only means of protecting the rate-payers, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Poor Relief (Jreland) Acts. 


An ingrossed Bill for dividing, alloting and in- 
closing Lands in the Hamlet of Thetford, in the 
Parish of Stretham, in the Isle of Ely, and County 
of Cambridge; and for draining and embanking 
certain Parts of the said Lands, and other Lands in 
the said Hamlet, and in other Parishes in the said 
Isle and County, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Baring do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 






A. 1844, 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection lave Committee of 
leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, during Selection, 


the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of Consumers of Tobacco and Snuff, Tobacco. 


in the borough of Devizes, praying for a reduction 
of the duty on Tobacco, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Tobacco 
Trade. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the National As- Scientific 
sociation for promoting the political and social im- Svcieties Act. 


provement of the people, held in their Hall, 242, 
Holborn, stating, that it was with great satisfac- 
tion they learnt that the Legislature had passed an 
Act to exempt Literary and Scientific Institutions 
from the payment of parochial and other rates ; that 
on applying to the barrister appointed under the 
above Act, they were most grievously disappointed 
by his refusal to certify ; and praying the House to 
make such an alteration in the Scientific Societies 
Act as shall admit that association, and all others 
similarly constituted, to participate in the benefit of 
the before-mentioned Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an bumble Address be presented The Porte. 





to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of Papers respecting the Negotia- 
tions between the Ottoman Government and Her 
Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople, on the 
subject of the Infliction of Capital Punishment for 
Change of Religion :—And, of the Correspondence 
between Her Majesty’s Consul at Tunis and the 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, regarding 
the Trial of a Maltese Subject of Her Majesty by 
the Ottoman Courts. 

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. 


received for Marine Insurances, in each year from 
1820 to 1843, both inclusive ; stating the several 
Rates of Duty in each year, and the Amount of 
Duty for each Rate, as far as the same can be 
distinguished. 


Return of the Amount of Stamp Duty received for 
Bills of Lading in each of the last Ten years, stating 
the Rate of Duty in each year. 


Corporation of that Borough may be abolished, and 
that the House will be pleased to appoint Trustees 
for the due and faithful application of the cor- 
porate and charitable funds of the town of Jichester, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


soners for Debt in Her Majesty’s Gaol at Wilton, in 
the county of Somerset, complaining of the small 
allowance of provisions supplied to the inmates in 
that Gaol, and praying for relief, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Storrington, in the Archdeaconry of Chichester, 
containing the parishes of Amberley, Houghton, 
Gretham, Parham, Pulboro, Washington, West 
Chillington, Wiggenholt, Madehurst, Sullington and 
Storrington, praying the House to take speed 
measures to extend to the town of Manchester the 
benefits of immediate episcopal care, by founding 
a See in that vast and destitute population, without 
withdrawing from any existing diocese the undivided 
care of a resident Bishop, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Marine 
Return of the Aggregate Amount of Stamp Duty Isurance. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bills of Lading- 


A Petition of Burgesses of the Borough of J/- Iichester 
chester, in the county of Somerset, praying that the Borough. 


A Petition of Her Majesty’s liege subjects, Pri- Wilton Gaol. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Rural Deanery of Manchester 








A Petition 


Dissen 
Chape 


Rati 
Tent 


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Bil 



























7 Vicroriz. 3°— 4° 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Presbytery of Cupar, in Fife, in connection with 
the United Secession Church of Scotland, praying 
the House to abolish, with certain limitations, all 
religious tests in the Universities and other public 
schools of Scotland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Ruling Elders and 
other Members of the Congregation of Great James- 
street, Londonderry, in connection with the General 
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Jreland, 
praying the House not to sanction any measure 
which goes to change the law of religious trusts held 
by persons dissenting from the Church of England, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates of the county of Gla- 
morgan, residing at or near Swansea, praying the 
House not to sanction any alteration in the present 
mode of levying the Poor Rate on the occupiers 
of Tenements, or of exempting those occupiers who 
on account of poverty have been exempted by the 
magistrates from the payment of Poor Rate, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Universities 
(Scotland. ) 


Dissenters’ 


Chapels. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Justices, Council and 
Inhabitants of the borough of Sandwich, in Kent, 
praying that the County Courts Bill may pass into 
a law, and that its provisions may be extended to 
all debts amounting to 20/., was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Attornies practising in the borough 
and parish of Halifax, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Courts 
Bill. 





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 Factories (No. 2.) 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 
** itis the Opinion of this House, that no interference 
with the power of adult labourers in Factories to 
make contracts respecting the hours for which 
they shall be employed, be sanctioned by this 
House,”’ instead thereof. 

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


Adjournment. 


Factories 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


“cc 
“cc 
“ 
“ce 


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


Sabbati, 4° die Mati, 1844: 


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 Fremanile, 
Yeas, \ Mr. Henry Baring: 

Tellers for theJ Mr. Roebuck, 
Noes, Mr. Ward: 

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 further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 


That the-‘Committee may have leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 


again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons 


(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 


Vor. 99. 





| the 13th day of this instant May, reso 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 





Mair. 265 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parishes 
mittee on the Parishes (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 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 Roman Catholic 
reading of the Roman Catholic Clergy, Grants and _ py Coa 
Conveyances (Jreland) Bill ; Peon (Ireland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Ecclesiastical 
a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; Cou Bil. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- No.239. 
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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 13th 
day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into County Courts 
further consideration the Report on the County Bill. 
Courts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 13th day of this 
instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Superior Courts 
mittee on the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill ; (Common Law) 
Resolved, That this House will, = Monday ~ 
ve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Small Debts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 13th day of this instant May. 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; Buildings 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- Damage by Fire 
— on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) yea Bil 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply _ 
further consideration the Sixth of the Resolutions [22 April.) 
which, upon the 22d day of April last, were reported 
from the Committee of Supply, and which Resolu- 
tion was then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply _ 
further consideration the Fifth and the Sixteenth of {16 April- 
the Resolutions which, upon the 16th day of April 
last, were reported from the Committee of Supply, 
and which Resolutions were then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom stamp Duties. 
it was referred to consider the Act 55 Geo. 3, 
c. 184, for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, 
| Law Proceedings and other written or printed [n- 
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struments, 














260 3°—4° Maize. A. 1844. 

























struments, and the Duties on Fire Insurances and | _ rate of fifty shillings per centum, on the sum 
on 4 aes and Successions to Personal Estate,| msured, s £. 8. d. New Zen 
’ . . at If the whole sum insured shall not exceed 
upon Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain, ** apogalie- usin waplar no otaeaeeqaiccont Mile pi 
and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof; And if the whole sum insured shall exceed Poor Re 
also, the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 23, to reduce the 100/., then for every 100/., and also for (Ireland 
Stamp Duties on Advertisements, and on certain any — part of 100/. whereof the 
Sea Insurances, to repeal the Stamp Duties on “pet oe mcekiiinie . :* suhe 
Pamphlets and on Receipts for Sums under Five P= dhe i ea ie ame of fifty Agree 
Pounds, and to exempt Insurances on Farming shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the 
Stock from Stamp Duties ; and also, the Act 5 &amp; 6| rate of sixty shillings per centum, on the sum 
Vic. c. 82, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great | insured, _ 
Britain and Ireland, and to make regulations for col- If — om La ae ed 
lecting and managing the same, until the Tenth day Ak 3f Gin Whale com tema’ ell een 
of October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 100/., then for every 100/.; and also for New J 
five, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : any —— _— of 100/. whereof the : 
same shallconsist- - - - -] = ~ 
Resolved, That the Stamp Duties now payable in And where such premium or consideration, 
Great Britain and Ireland respectively, under or} as aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of sixty Edint 
by virtue of the several Acts, 55 Geo. 3, c. 184,| shillings per centum, on the sum insured, Agree 
3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 23, and 5 and 6 Vic. c. 82, for a. Ge whale sem immed ee ceieeee et ON 
and in respect of the several instruments, matters And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
and things hereinafter mentioned and specified, shall 100/., then for every 100/., and also for 
severally cease and determine; and that in lieu any fractional part of 100/. whereof the 
thereof there shall be raised, levied, collected and same shallconsist- - - - -| - 5 = 
paid for and in respect of the same instruments, But if the separate interests of two or more Poo! 


distinct persons shall be insured by one Policy N 
or Instrument, then the said respective Duties, 

as the case may require, shall be charged 
thereon in respect of each and every fractional 
part of 100/., as well as in respect of every full 


matters and things respectively, the several Stamp 
Duties following (that is to say) : 


For and in respect of every Agreement or 


Minute, or Memorandum of an Agreement, | £. s, d. 


now chargeable with the Duty of one pound, 
under the head or title of “ Agreement,” in 
the Schedule to the said Act 55 Geo. 3, c, 184, 
apnexed = - - - ~ - ~ - 

And for and in respect of every Policy of 
Assurance or Insurance, or other Instrument, 
by whatever name the same shall be called, 
whereby any Insurance shall be made upon 
any ship or vessel, or upon any goods, mer- 
chandize, or other property on board of any 
ship or vessel, or upon the freight of any ship 
or vessel, or upon any other interest in or re- 
lating to any ship or vessel, which may law- 
fully be Seanel for or upon any voyage 
whatever, 

Where the premium or consideration for 
such Insurance actually and bond fide paid, 
given or contracted for, shall not exceed the 
rate of ten shillings per centum on the sum 
insured, 

If the  aae sum insured shall not exceed 

+ Se is lk eh Ue 
And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
1007., then for every 100/., and also for 
any fractional part of 1007. whereof the 
same shall consist - ~ - + - 

And where such premium or consideration, 
as aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of ten shil- 
lings per centum, and shall not exceed the rate 
of twenty shillings per centum, on the sum in- 


sured, 
If the whole sum insured shall not exceed 
1002. - - - - ‘an ie os 


And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
1007. then for every 100/., and also for 
any fractional part of 100/. whereof the 
same shall consist - - - - 


And where such premium or consideration, 
as aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of twenty 
shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the 
rate of thirty shillings per centum on the sum 


insured, 
If the whole sum insured shall not exceed 
Mss se ee tw 


And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
100/7., then for every 1007, and also for 
any fractional part of 1007. whereof the 
same shall consist - - = _ 

And where such premium or consideration, 

as aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of thirty 
shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the 
rate of forty shillings per centum, on the sum 
insured, 

If — sum insured shall not exceed 

And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 
100/., then for every 100/., and also for 
any fractional part of 1007. whereof the 
same shall consist - - © - 

And where such premium or consideration, 

as aforesaid, shall exceed the rate of forty 


shillings per centum, and shall not exceed the 








to 


sum of 100/., which shall be thereby insured 
upon any separate and distinct interest, 


And for and in respect of every Policy of As- 
surance or Insurance, or other Instrument 
whereby any such Insurance as aforesaid shall 
be made for any certain term or period of time, 
the following rates or sums for every 100/., 
and also for any fractional part of 1007. whereof 
the same shall consist ; that is to say, 

Where any such Insurance shall be made 
for any term or period not exceeding six 
calendarmonths - - - - =] = 

Exceeding six calendar months - -] - 


And for and in respect of every Policy of 
Assurance or Insurance, or other Instrument, 
by whatever name the same shall be called, 
whereby any Insurance, commonly called a 
Mutual Insurance, shall be made, or whereby 
divers persons shall insure or agree to insure 
one another without any premium or pecu- 
niary consideration, from any loss, damage or 
misfortune that may happen of or to any ship 
or vessel, or any goods, merchandize or other 
ony on board of any ship or vessel, or the 
reight of any ship or vessel, or any other in- 
terest in or relating to any ship or vessel which 
may lawfully be insured upon any voyage 
whatever, 

For every sum of 1007., and also for each 
and every fractional part of 100/. thereby 
insured to any person or persons - -| = 2 6 

And for and in respect of every Letter or 
Power of Attorney, or other Instrument, made 
for the sole purpose of appointing or nomi- 
nating a Proxy to vote at any meeting of the 
Proprietors or Shareholders of or in any Com- 

any or Society whose stock or funds are 
Fivided into shares, and transferable - -| - 2 6 


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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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Exchequer Bills- 
into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill eesti 
_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 Smoke Probi-- 
to prohibit the Nuisance of Smoke from Furnaces bition Bill 
or Manufactories: And that Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. 
Beckett and Lord Francis Egerton do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, 




























7 Vicroriz. 


3°—4°— 6° Mait. 267 


New Zealand. Ordered, That Mr. Cardwell be added to the| of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 


Select Committee on New Zealand. 


Relief Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Poor 

(ireland) Acts. Relief (Jreland) Acts be nominated upon Monday 
next. 

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


gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on Cababé's 
Cababé’s Naturalization Bill; That they had exa- Nat. Bill. 


Agreement Bill. +, amend an Act of the first and second years of mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 


Her present Majesty for securing the Debt due by 
the City of Edinburgh to the Public: And that 
Sir George Clerk and the Lord Advocate do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on New 
Zealand have leave to sit this day, notwithstanding 
the adjournment of the House. 


New Zealand. 





Edinburgh == Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to amend an} 

Agreement Bills Aut of the first and second years of Her present 

No.240- Majesty for securing the Debt due by the City of 

Edinburgh to the Public: And the same was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 

Poor Law. Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor 
No.241. Law, 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 Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 











Lune, 6° die Mai; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


Sugar, &amp;ce R. Law, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return of the Imports into the United King- 
dom of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee and Cocoa, 
from the West Indies and British Guiana, distin- 
guishing each Colony, for the years 1831 to 1843, 
both inclusive, and distinguishing each year. 
Gil Cakes. A Return of the Importation of Oil Cakes into the 
different Ports of Great Britain, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1844, and for the Two pre- 
vious years. 
Watch Cases, Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of March 
ke, last, for Returns of the Number of Gold and Silver 
Watch Cases respectively, which have been annu- 
ally stamped at the several Goldsmiths’ Halls of 
London, Birmingham and Chester, from the year 
1829 to 1843, inclusive :—And, of the Number of 
Foreign Watches annually entered at the Custom 
House, with the Amount of Duty annually paid 
thereon, during the last Ten years (so far as relates 
to Foreign Watches) :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Court of Mr. Bicknell, from the Register Office of the 
‘Chancery. == Court of Chancery, was called in; and at the bar 
presented,—Further Return to an Order, dated the 


2 il last. for Ret f the Numb read a second time ; and committed. ; , 
San Sy h Riga Sent, Sox creaiees or oe anes Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- M*eistrate om. 


Causes set down and remaining for hearing before 
each of the Judges of the Court of Chancery, on 
the 11th day of January in each of the years 1838, 
1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; and also, of the 
Number of Bills in Chancery filed in each of those 
years, stating the Courts in which they have been 
marked to be heard :—And then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


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. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in Middle Level 
the parish of Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen, in Prainage and 
the county of Norfolk, praying that they may be N*vestionBill. 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
_ of the Middle Level Drainage and Navigation 

ill, 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. 


The North Wales Mineral Railway Bill was read North Wales 
a second time ; and committed. Mineral Rail- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- “*Y -™ 
mittee of Selection. . 


Mr. Liddell reported from the Committee on the Manchester 
Manchester Improvement Bill; and towhom a Pe- Improvement 
tition against the said Bill was referred ; That no Bu. 
person appeared in support of the said Petition ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Kingston-upon- 
Company, praying that the Kingston-upon-Hull Hull Docks Bill. 
Docks Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Padstow 
the Report on the Padstow Harbour Bill ; and the Harbour Bill. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wells Lighting 
the Report on the Wells Lighting and Improvement 44 — 
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 Haltwhistle 
the Report on the Haltwhistle Inclosure Bill ; and Iclosure Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate Bill was Manchester 
Stipendiary 


mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Right honourable William Ba- Ness Fisheries 
ron Ward, praying that he may be heard, by his ®!!!. 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Wess 
Fisheries 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 





Salford Mr. Kemble reported from the Committee on the | think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 


Improvement 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Salford Improvement (No. 2.) Bill; and to whom | against the said Petition. 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; | 


That they had heard counsel in support of one of| Ordered, That the Committee on the Brighton and Brighton and 
the said Petitions, and had also heard counsel in| Chichester Railway Bill have leave to sit this day, Chichester 


favour of the Bill; and had examined the allegations | till five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Vor. 99. 


Railway Bill, 
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Abingdon Writ. 


Corn Laws. 


Staves, 


Prisons 


( Scotland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Factories. 


Coffee. 


268 6° Maiz. 


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 Abingdon, in the 
room of Thomas Duffield, 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 Bo- 
nenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Petitions from Walsham-le- Willows ;—Stowmar- 
het (two Petitions) ;— Wyverstone ;— Westhorpe ;— 
Wetherden ;—Thorndon;—Stowupland ;— Old New- 
ton ; — Mendlesham ; — Haughley ; — Harlston ; — 
Shelland and Onehouse ;—Gipping ;—Finningham ; 
—Great Finborough and Little Finborough ; — 
Creeling Saint Peter’s ;—— Cotton ; — Bacton ; — 






A. 1844. 


other West India Colonies, praying for a reduction 
of the duty upon British Plantation Coffee, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


(Moderator of the Kirk Session) ;— Loughprickland ; 
— Downpatrick ; — Ballyeaston ;— Belfast ;—Car- 
aint ;—Cremore ;—Ballimoney ;— Breadal- 
bane (Moderator of the Presbytery) ;—Perth (Mo- 
derator of the Presbytery) ;—Brechin ;—Croagh- 
more ;— Biggar and Peebles (Moderator of the 
Presbytery) ;—Peebles (Moderator of the Presby- 
tery); — Kingtown;— and, William Gibson and 
others ; praying the House to pass a law de- 
claring that all Marriages solemnized by Presby- 


Combs ; — Buxhall; — Clare ; —- and, rages of | terian ministers in Ireland shall be good and valid 


Peebles; praying the House to resist the efforts 
now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and 
that no alteration whatever may be made in the ex- 
isting Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Journeymen Coopers, in the city 
of Glasgow, praying the House to pass a measure 
for authorizing the remission of the duty on Foreign 
and Colonial Staves, so that the British Cooper 
may be put on a footing with the Herring, Colonial 
and Foreign Cooper, and thereby relieve the disa- 
bilities which the Cooper trade has been so long 


to all intents and purposes, provided they shall 
have been solemnized and registered according to 
the published regulations of the Presbyterian Church, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 


Chapel, praying the House to pass a law for the 
future regulation of Buildings in the city of Edin- 
burgh, which may conduce to the health ofthe inha- 
bitants, to confer on Commissioners power to enforce 
the construction and maintenance of Sewers, and 


labouring under, was presented, and read; and or-/| levy the necessary rates therefor, to facilitate the 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


means of obtaining an abundant supply of water, 
and distributing it liberally and cheaply to the 











Petitions from the County of Edinburgh (Preses | humblest dwellings; to enact regulations for the 


of a Meeting); — and, Peebles (two Petitions); \ preservation of health in that city, and to remove 
praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not 


the duties on Soap, was presented, and read; and 


pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, | ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Toxteth Park ; — and, Liverpool 
(five Petitions); praying that no clause may be 
introduced into the Poor Law Amendment Bill, 
providing that owners of small tenements be rated 
to the poor rate in lieu of the occupiers,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dunstable, stating, 
that throughout each year, a very considerable 
number of vagrants and tramps are constantly pass- 


A Petition of Inhabitants of St. Austell, and 
its vicinity, praying the House to pass a law which 
shall admit the produce of Free Labour of all kinds, 
in foreign countries, into the British markets, on 
the same terms as the produce of British posses- 
sions and plantations, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Sheriff of Bedfordshire, praying that in case 


Petitions from Ballybay ;— Forfar (Moderator of Marriages 
the Presbytery) ;— Carrickfergus ; — Innerleithen (eland. ) 


Buildings 


Working-men of Edinburgh, held in the Cowgate Regulation, &amp;c, 


(Edinburgh. ) 


Free Labour 
Produce. 


A Petition of the thereunder-signed Officers to County Coutts 


Bill. 


ing through the said town, and that almost without the County Courts BGS chowtt pase site a Sow, te 


exception all apply to the overseers for relief, 
thereby causing a very serious charge upon the poor 
rates of the parish ; that the Petitioners conceive 
that this expense ought not, in justice, to fall ex- 
clusively upon such parishes as happen to be situate 
upon the line of thoroughfare, but that, if practi- 
cable, each parish in the kingdom should contribute 
towards the payment of such expenses ; and pray- 
ing that provision may be made in the said Bill for 
charging these burthens upon some general fund, 
or that at least the same may be made an Union 
charge, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Basing ;— and, Bassingbourn ; 
praying the House not to consent to the introduction 
into the said Bill of any clause to exempt Union 
Workhouses from parochial charges, — were also 


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




















A Petition of Master Cotton Spinners and Power 
Loom Cloth Manufacturers of the city of Glasgow, 
and neighbourhood, praying the House to reject 
any interference with the present law, as it affects 
the hours of labour in Factories, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Coffee Planters and Importers of 
Coffee, the growth of the island of Jamaica and of 

















House will either cause the Petitioners to receive 
compensation for the loss which they must neces- 
sarily sustain, or appoint the Petitioners to such 
offices in the newly-formed Courts, as their previous 
duties may have enabled them competently to fill, 
or afford them other relief, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the An- Poor Law. 
glesey Union, in the county of Anglesey, praying 
| the House to enact a law relieving the Petitioners 

from the payment of fees unnecessarily large in 
amount, and confiding to them the power of fixing 
the remuneration to be given to medical officers 
under the Poor Law Amendment Act, was pre- 


sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Poor Law Amendment Act (Medical 
Relief). 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors eras Ecclesiastical 
in the city of York, praying that the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. 


Courts Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool Fire 
the Report on the Liverpool Fire Prevention Bill ; Prevention Bill 


and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, 


— es, 





Manchester and 
Leeds Railway 
(Bradford f 
Branch) Bill. 


Lancaster 
aud Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


Parishes 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Guilds and 
Incorporations 


(Scotland. ) 








7 Vicroriz. 
Ordered, That the Committee on the Manchester 


6° Maiz. 


269 


A Petition of Land-owners and others, in the Arson. 


and Leeds Railway (Bradford Branch) Bill, be re-| parish of Clare, in the omy of Suffolk, praying 
e 


vived :—And that they have leave to sit, and proceed, that means may be taken b 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for my into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act for making a Railway 
from the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, 
at Lancaster, to or near to the City of Carlisle. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
a proposed, That the said Amendments be now 
read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ now read,” 
in order to add the words “ referred to a Select 
“ Committee, to report thereupon to the House,” 
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 
“ referred to a Select Committee to report thereupon 
“‘ to the House” be added, instead thereof:—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

' Ordered, That the said Amendments be referred 
to a Select Committee to report thereupon to the 
House :—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. 
Estcourt, Mr. William Miles, Mr. Strutt, Sir Wil- 
liam Heathcote, Mr. Aglionby, Sir John Yarde 
Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. 
Ord,Sir Robert Ferguson and Mr. Cumming Bruce. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Marshall reported from the Committee on the 
Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill; and to whom 
several Petitions against the said Bill, and several 
Reports made to the Lords of the Treasury and 
the Board of Admiralty 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; 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 Petition of the Moderator of the Free Synod 
of Perth, praying that the Parishes (Scotland) 
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 Montrose, Burgesses, 
Guild Brethren, Electors and Non-electors, stating 
that the treasurer of the said burgh is at the present 
time compelling a number of peaceable industrious 
traders (by actions raised in the Magistrates’ Court), 
to pay entry dues, well knowing that they can never 
reap one farthing’s worth of advantage in any shape 
from the Corporation; that all guilds and trades have 
lost their political influence by the Municipal Reform 
Act passed in 1833; that their existence has now 
become useless and is diametrically opposed to the 
end for which they were originally constituted ; that 
no encouragement is afforded to trade or commerce 
of any kind by the continuance of the said mono- 
polies ; and praying that the guildry be henceforth 
and for ever disannulled and prohibited from the 
exercise of their functions as a corporate body, and 
that the House will enact that no society, either 
guildry or trades, shall have power to coerce the 
burgesses, electors and peaceable inhabitants of that 
or any of Her Majesty’s royal burghs in Scotland, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Vot. 99. 


gislative enactment, 
to check the progress of the Soomedlers through the 
country, and suggesting that some more severe 
punishment than that now existing may be substi- 
tuted in its stead, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. - 


- The House proceeded to take into consideration Globe 

the Report on the Globe Insurance Company Bill] ; Insurance _ 

and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. — Company Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 


A Petition of Adult Winders, Warpers, Starchers Free Trade, &amp;c. 
and other Operatives employed at Tower-street 
Works, in the city of Carlisle, preying the House to 
legislate upon the principle of Free Trade, and also 
to repeal the tax upon food, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rickmansworth ;— and, Preston Masters and 
(Lancaster) (ten Petitions); praying that the Mas- Servants Bill. 
ters and Servants Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Commons 
Council of Montrose ;—and, Chairman of the Com- Inclosure Bill. 
missioners of the Harbour of Rye; praying that the 
Commons Inclosure Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Preses of a Meeting of Commis- Prisons 
sioners of Supply of the county of Peebles ;—and, (Sand) Bill. 
Commissioners of Supply for the county of Dum- 
fries ; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, and that the 
Perth Penitentiary may be placed on the same foot- 
ing as the English Penitentiaries,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Males and Females employed in Mines and 
the coal mines in the parish of Linton, in the county llieries Act. 
of Peebles, praying the House to repeal and amend 
so much of the Mines and Collieries Act as prohibits 
females, with the exception of all now married, or 
that may hereafter enter into the married state, who 
at the time of its passing were employed in Mines 
or Colleries, from continuing to be so employed, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Union with 
Burgesses of Dublin, stating that by the seventh Ireland. 
article of the Act of Union between Great Britain 
and Ireland, it is especially provided, that in regu- 
lating the taxes in each country by which their 
respective proportions shall be levied, no article in 
Ireland shall be made liable from 1st January 1801 
to any new or additional duty, by which the whole 
amount of duty payable thereon would exceed 
the amount which will be hereafter payable in 
England on the like article; that the Petitioners 
beg respectfully to refer the House to the enact- 
ments imposing duties on licenses for the sale of 
tea, wine, spirits and beer in England and Jreland 
respectively, from the year 1800 to 1825; that the 
imposition of higher duties on licenses for the sale 
of such articles in Jreland than in England has been 
in violation of the Act of Union; and that by a 
moderate estimate, the excess of duty thus imposed 
on the Jrish traders, in violation of the Act of Union, 
anterior to the year 1825, amounts to 3,700,000/. ; 
and praying the House, in pursuance of the decla- 
ration already referred to, to cause inquiry to be 
made, and justice to be done, was presented, and 








read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


MM3 Petitions 


























































































North Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


Wool, 


Manchester and 


Leeds Railway 
(Bradford 
Branch) Bill. 


Barnard 
Gregory. 





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Petitions from Wrexham ;—-and, Ruabon ; praying 
that the North Wales Mineral Railway Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantity of Wool annually imported 
from each Foreign Country since the year 1825, 
specifying separately that imported from the Colo- 
nial Possessions of Great Britain and that from 
Foreign Countries :—Of the Quantity in each year 
which e+ respectively the Duties of One Penny 
and a Half-penny per Pound, distinguishing the 
Countries from which imported :—Of the Quantity 
of British Wool exported from the United King- 
dom in each year of the same period, distinguishing 
to what Countries, the Duty on such, and the Duty 

aid each year :—and, of the Quantity of Woollen 

anufactures exported annually each year for the 
same period, classifying the same, and separating that 
exported to the Colonial Possessions of Great Bri- 
tain from that exported to Foreign Countries in 
each year:—Similar Return as to the export of 
Woollen Yarn:—Returns of the Average Freight 
paid per Pound upon Wool from the Australian 
Colonies :—And, of the Prices of British Wool from 
the year 1825 to 1844, distinguishing Long Wool 
from Short. 


Petitions from Bradford (York) ;—and, oe 
praying that the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Bradford Branch) Bill may pass into a law,—were 


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


A Petition of Barnard Gregory, a Prisoner in Her 
Majesty’s Gaolat Newgate,complaining of his having 
been placed under the rules and discipline of the pri- 
son, the same as if he had been of the class of the most 
atrocious criminal offenders; and praying that the 
House will be pleased to take his case into their 
humane consideration, and obtain for him such im- 
mediate relief as will obviate the fatal effects of his 
imprisonment, which are anticipated by himself, his 
family and his medical advisers, and also, that he 
may be allowed, by himself or counsel, to appear 
and be heard at the bar of the House in support of 
the allegations and statements in his Petition, and 


6° Maiz, 


A. 1844, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Rodbard’s 
to enable Mary Bean, Widow, and her Issue, and Name Bill. 


Edward Whitley, Esquire, and Charlotte, his Wife, 
and the Issue of the said Charlotte Whitley respec- 
tively, to take the Surname and use the Arms of 
Rodbard; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Will. 4, c. 98, for giving to the Corporation of the 
Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 
certain Privileges for a limited period under certain 
conditions, and also, the several other Acts relating 
to the Charter of the Bank of England, and Advances 
by them to the Government, and also to Banks and 
Banking Partnerships. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That it 
is expedient to continue to the Bank of England, for 
a time to be limited, certain of the Privileges now 
by law vested in that Corporation, subject to such 
conditions as may be provided by any Act to be 
passed for that purpose. 


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 
the 20th day of this instant May, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


a Committee upon the Factories (No. 2.) Bill. 


(In the Committee). 
Crausss, N° 22 and N° 23, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Cause, N° 24 (Prosecution for compensation by 
an Inspector). 
Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause, 





against restrictions — longer enforced against 
him ; and that persons hereafter convicted of libel 


to add the words, “ Provided always, That such 








s. “ machinery shall not have been properly secured 
may not (like the Petitioner) suffer the same and |« and guarded as required by this Act.” 
the like ~— discipline and privations as persons Question, That those words be there added 
convicted of criminal offences, was presented, and put, and Negatived. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Clause agreed to. 
Messagefrom A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and apie - ae Se ee 
the Lords, == Mr, Lynch: Cuauses N° 27 and N° 28, amended, and agreed 
Mr. Speaker, te. : ’ , 
Eastern Coune The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Cravuse, N° 29, (Children may be employed in 
ties Railvey — Act to authorize the letting on Lease to the Eastern | Factories at eight years of age). 
_ Counties Railway Company of the Railways and| Several Amendments made. 
Works of the Northern and Eastern Railway Com- Motion made, and Question oy That the Clause, 
pany, and to give effect to certain Arrangements | 8S amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
entered into by the said Companies, and to amend The Committee divided : 
and enlarge some of the Provisions of the Acts re- fellers for a Sir Thomas Fremantle, 137. 
lating to the first-named Company, without any Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 
Amendment: And also, Tellersfor the f Mr. John Fielden, 40 
Glossop The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Noes, ( Mr. Fox Maule : a 
Market Bill. Act for establishing a Market in the Town of Glos-| Ctrause, N° 30 (Time of children’s work). 
sop, in the County of Derby, with Amendments; to| Several Amendments made. 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur-| Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
rence of this House: And also, Clause to add the words “ Provided always, That if 
Manchesterand The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An |“ from local or other causes, it shall be proved, after 
Birmingham Act for enabling the Manchester and Birmingham |“ full investigation by the Inspector, that great incon- 
Tateselaeld Railway Company to vary the Line of their Branch |“ veniences will arise in wr ie, the system of 
and Poynton Railway to Macclesfield, and to make another Branch |“ working by relays in woollen Factories moved by 
(Nena) Bill therefrom, and for amending the former Acts relat- |“ water-power in country districts, it shall be law- 


which Amendments the 


rence of this House: And also, 





ing to the said Company, with Amendments; to |“ 
ords desire the concur- 


ful for one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries 
of State, upon the Report of such Inspector, to 
issue a liceuse in such form as the Secretary of 

“ State 


ce 





mid 


| 


Rodbard’s Name Bill was read the first time ; Rodbard’s 
Name Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bank of Eng. 
into a Committee to consider the Act 3 and 4 land Charter, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Factories 
(No. 2.) Bill 





7 VicrToriz. 


ec 


State may approves for authorizing the employ- 
ment in any Factory of children for a period not 
exceeding eight hours in any one day, or forty- 
eight hours in any one week, according to the 
“ provisions of an Act passed in the third and fourth 
“ years of the reign of King William the Fourth, to 
“ regulate the Labour of Children and Young Per- 
“sons in the Mills and Factories of the United 
“ Kingdom.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Ciause N° 31, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N°32 (Women to be employed as young 
persons). 

Several Amendments made. 

Motion made and Question 
as amended, stand part of the 

The Committee divided : 


“ 
&lt;&lt; 
“ 


ut, That the Clause, 
Bill 


Tellers for thefSir Thomas Fremantle, 161 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : } : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, 71 29 
Noes, Viscount Ebrington : ; i 


Cuauszs, N° 33 toN°35, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 36 (Additional regulations as to 
meal times). 

Several Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 14. 1. 8.: 
To leave out from “unless” to “‘ by” in order to 
insert the words “in cases where water-power is 
“ employed, and where such deviation shall be inti- 
*¢ mated to and sanctioned,” instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 


6°—7° Mazz. 





be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiause, N° 37 (Additional regulations as to holi- 
days). 


Several Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 14. 1. 22.: 
After “Good Friday” to insert “ or Ascension-day.” 
Question put, That “ or Ascension-day” be there 
inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Lord John Manners, } 96 

Yeas, UMr. Stafford O’ Brien: — 

Tellers for the sSir Thomas Fremantle, 115 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: } . 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravuszs, N° 38 to N° 44, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 45 (Power of distraining goods in 
Factory where the occupier is convicted). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 18. 1. 5.: 
After ‘‘ goods and chattels,” to insert “ the pro- 
“« perty of such occupier.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Granger, 29 

Yeas, UMr. Aglionby : . 

Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : } = 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 46 to N° 48, agreed to. 
Cxauses, N° 49 and N° 50, amended, and agreed 


to. 
Crause, N° 51, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 52, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 53, agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 54 to N° 67, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciavses N° 68 to N° 70, agreed to. 


Cravses, N° 71 and N° 72, amended, and agreed 
to 


Crause, N° 73, agreed to. 





971 


ScHEDULEs 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 Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 7° die Maiti, 1844: 


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 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. 
Ordered, That Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


to amend the Laws relating to the Customs. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That in lieu and instead of the Du- 
ties of Customs now payable in respect of the Ar- 
ticles enumerated in the annexed Schedule, upon 
their Importation into the United Kingdom, there 
shall be raised, levied, collected and paid, the Rates 
of Duty specified in the said Schedule ; viz. 
| £. 
Alganobilla Seed, the cwt. —- 
Lard Oil, for every 100/. value 
Myrobolane Berries, the ton - 
Vegetable Wax, the cwt. - 
Colchicum Seed, the cwt. - - -| - 
Kernels of Walnuts and Kernels of Peach 
Stones, commonly used for expressing Oil 
therefrom, the ton - = - - - - 
Croton Seed, commonly used for expressing Oil 
therefrom, the quarter- - - -— - 
Prussiate of Pot Ash, the Ib. 
Tallow Greaves, the ton - 
Scrap Steel, the ton - 
Gallic Powder, the ton - A 


2. Resolved, That the said Duties shall be subject 
to the additional Duty of £.5 per centum on the 
Amounts thereof respectively imposed by the Acts 
3 Vic. c. 17, and 5 and 6 Vic. c. 47, except with 
regard to Cordials and Liqueurs which shall be 
subject to the Duty of Four-pence per Gallon, also 
imposed by the Acts aforesaid. 


8. Resolved, That the Duties now chargeable 
upon Flasks in which Olive Oil is imported, be re- 
pealed. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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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. 


which upon the 22d day of April last, were reported 
from the Committee of Supply ; and which Reso- 
lution was then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being 
further consideration the Fifth 


the Resolutions which, upon the 16th day of April 





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last, 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Gold and Silver 
into a Committee upon the Gold and Silver Wares W2res Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No. 242. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Customs 
a Committee to consider the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 47, Duties 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the Sixth of the Resolutions [22 April.) 


read, for taking into Supply | 
and the Sixteenth of [16 April.] 


















272 6°-—7° 


last, were reported from the Committee of Supply ; 
and which Resolutions were then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken into 
further consideration this day. 





Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Command,—A Copy 
Steams. mittee of Waysand Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Exchequer Bills Mr. Greene reported the Exchequer Bills Bill; 
Senay and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Edinburgh 


Agreement Bill. ¢ The Edinburgh Agreement Bill was, according to 


rder, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Glass Duties 


ho The Order made upon the 2d day of this instant 
ul, 


May, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
suant to the Resolution which, upon the same day, 
was reported from the Committee to whom it was 
referred to consider the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 44, to 
consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting and 
securing the Duties of Excise on Glass, was read, | 
and discharged. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill, pur- 





















Mair. A. 1844, 


same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Monday the 20th day of this 
instant May ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s Criminat 
of the Tables, showing the Offenders. 
Number of Criminal Offenders in England and 
Wales, in the year 1843. Oaths 
Mr. Manners Sutton also presented,—Return to Revising 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of Barristers. 
March last, for a Return of Appeals from the Courts 
of the Revising Barristers to the Court of Common 
Pleas, pursuant to Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 18:—I. 
Counties: —1. Name of County or Division of 
County; Place where the Court of Revision was 
held ; Names of several Appellants and Respond- 
ents; Decision of Court of Appeal, whether for Ap- 
pellant or Respondent (the several cases to have 
each a Number attached for the purpose of Refer- 
ence) :—2. A General Statement of the point of the Brigt 
Appeal in each case, and of the Decision of the Chic! 
Court on each such point, the cases being classified Rail 
according to their subject-matter or point (that is, 
if the same subject-matter or point forms the sub- 
ject of Appeal in several different cases, these cases whi 
are to be classed together, and referred to according and 
to the numbers they bear in the foregoing List) :— ai 
II. Cities and Boroughs :—1. Same as I. 1. mutatis 
mutandis :—2. Same as I. 2. mutatis mutandis :— 
III. Returns of all Orders made by the Court of Lec 
Common Pleas respecting the Payment of the Costs Bri 
of any Appeals, or of any part of such Costs; and Ba 
the Amount of the Costs of any Appeal, so far as 
the same can be made out. 
Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Ecclesiastical 





suant to the Resolution which, upon the 2d day of | 
May last, was reported from the Committee to | 
whom it was referred to consider the Act 45 Geo. 
3, c. 30, for granting to his Majesty several addi- 
tional Duties of Excise in Great Britain ; and also 
the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 37, to provide for the future 
assimilation of the Duties of Excise upon Sweets 
or Made Wines, upon Mead or Metheglin, upon 
Vinegar, and upon Cyder and Perry in Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, and to continue the Duty of Excise 
on Sweets or Made Wines in Great Britain until | 
the fifth day of January One thousand eight hundred 
and Twenty-six ; That they do make provision 


the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—A Copy Commission 
of the Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners “@!*"*) 
for Ireland, for the year ending 1st August 1843. 

A Copy of a General Order by the Poor Law Poor Law. 
Commissioners, dated 24th September 1843. 
" Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of William Wilcocks, of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 
Merchant, praying that he may be heard, by himself, &gt; sa 4 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the yay Bill. 
Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Bill, was 
presented, and read. 





therein, pursuant to the Resolution which, upon 
the same day, was reported from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. 
c. 44, to consolidate and amend the Laws for collect- 
ing and securing the Duties of Excise on Glass. 


Vinegar and Sir George Clerk 4 ean a Bill to repeal the 
Glass Duties Duty of Excise on Vinegar, and to make the Du- 


_ . _ ties and Drawbacks now payable on Flint Glass the 
No.243- same as on Bottle Glass: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 

this day ; and to be printed. 
Joint Stock Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for the Registra- 


Companies’ Re- tion of Joint Stock Companies, and for conferring 
Regulstion Bil on such Companies certain Privileges of Corporate 
Bodies, subject to the Payment of certain Fees, and 


No.244. on certain Conditions and Regulations ; and for pre- 
venting the Establishment of Fraudulent Companies; 
and for the Regulation of Joint Stock Companies : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday the 20th 
day of this instant May ; and to be printed. 

Joint Stock 
Companies’ 
Remedies at 
Law and in 
Equity Bill. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for facilitating Secret Department, June 4th, 1805, and June 5th, 
and improvisg the Remedies at Law and in Equity | 1805; Letters from Mr. Jenkins to Lord Lake, June 
in reference to Joint Stock Companies, the Members, | 17th and June 20th 1805; Lord Wellesley to Lord 
Directors and other Officers thereof, whether inter se | Lake, June 25th, 1805; Lord Lake to Dowlut Rao 
No. 245. or in relation to Persons not being Members thereof, | Scindia, July 18th, 1805; Lord Wellesley to Dowlut 
and for winding up the Affairs of Companies unable | Rao Scindia, July 25th, 1805 ; Mr. Jenkins to Co- 
to meet their Pecuniary Engagements: And the |lonel Malcolm, August 16th and September 15th, 

\ 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
| by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if 
he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


And 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. 





Mariis, 7° die Maii : 
Anno 7° Victoriz Regine, 18 44, 


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PRAYERS. 


R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of Scindia. 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—A Copy 
|of a Letter from Lord Lake to Maharajah Dowlut 
Rao Scindia, dated the 18th day of July 1805. 
Copies of Letter from Lord Lake to Dowlut Rao Scindia- 
| Scindia, June 4th, 1805; Letters of Mr. Mercer to 
| the Secretary of the Government at Calcutta, in the 































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7 Vicroriz. 


1805 ; the Governor General in Council to Lord 
Lake, July 25th, 1805; the Governor General in 
Council to the Secret Committee, July 30th, 1805: 
—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Oaths of Officee Mr. Goodbody, from the Lord Chancellor’s Of- 
fice, was called in; and at the bar presented,— 
Further Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of 
April last, for Returns of any Oaths taken by the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or the Lord Chancellors 
of England or Ireland, previous to entering on the 
duties of their Office (so far as relates to the Oaths 
taken by the Lord High Chancellor of England at 
the Council) :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Brighton and Ordered, That the Committee on the Brighton 


—— and Chichester Railway Bill have leave to sit this 

Railway Bill, day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 

Whitehaven Ordered, That the Committee on the Whitehaven 

ma and Maryport Railway Bill, have leave to sit this 

Railway Bil. day till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 

Leeds and Petitions of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 

§ 


Bradford 


Railway Bill bourhood of Skircoat, in the West Riding of the 


county of York;— Inhabitants of the town and 
neighbourhood of Hunslet ; — Manufacturers, and 
Owners and Occupiers of mills and manufactories 
at Pudsey ;—Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Pudsey ;—Inhabitants of the township 
of Halifax, and the neighbourhood thereof ;—Ma- 
nufacturers attending the market at Halifax ;—In- 
habitants of the town and neighbourhood of Drigh- 
lington ;—Birstal ; —Gomersal ; —Leicester Dyke ; 
— Thornton ; —Sowerby ; —Farnley ;—Shibden ;— 
Bowling ; — Wibsey ; — Clayton ; — Low Moor ;— 
East Bierley ;— Batley ;—Heckmondwike ;—North- 
owram ;— Bradford ;—Shelf ;—Adwalton ;—Liver- 
sedge ; — Warley ;— Tong ;—Gildersome ;— Great 
Horton ; — Leeds ; — Bramley ;—Ovenden ;—Arm- 
ley ;— Booth Town ;— Queen’s Head ;—Stanningley ; 
—and, Clayton Heights; praying that the Leeds 
and Bradford Railway Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bingley ;— Bolton ; —Eccleshill ; 


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273 


words, “ Report be taken into further consideration 
“ upon this day six months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question beingp ut, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part fthe Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir Edward Colebrooke, 

Yeas, Mr. Charles Wood: 
Tellers forthe { Mr. Mackinnon, 
Noes, Mr. Lascelles : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill 
be now read a second 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. Thomas Duncombe, 


} 124. 
58 


V7. 


Yeas, \ Sir Andrew Leith Hay: f 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Beckett, 110 
Noes, Mr. Richard Hodgson : } . 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Then the main Question being put ; 

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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Blackburn 
the Report on the Blackburn and Preston Railway and Preston 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, Railway Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Manchester Bonding Bill was read a second Manchester 
time ; and committed. Bonding Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds New Gas 
the Report on the Leeds New Gas Bill; and the 8#!. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 





— Keighley ;—Windhill ;—Idle ;— Manningham ;— 
Shipley ; — Leeds ; — Bradford ;-— and, Baildon ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


er : The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bil, sd the Report on the Coventry Waterworks Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Middle Level | A Petition of Owners, Proprietors and Occupiers 


Drainage and 


Navigation a, lands in the parishes of Outwell, Welney and 


Upwell, in the counties of Vorfolk and Cambridge, 
praying that the AMWiddle Level Drainage and Navi- 
gation Bill may pass into a Jaw, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Teeds and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bil. the Report on the Leeds and Bradford Railway 


Bill. 

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 

Vou. 99. 








Mr. Rice reported from the Committee on the Birkenhead 
Birkenhead Docks Bill; That one of the Parties Pecks Bill. 
opposing the Bill had stated to the Committee, 
that the evidence of Captain Henry Mangles Den- 
ham, R.N., was essential to enable them to esta- 
blish their case before the Committee, and it having 
been proved to the satisfaction of the Committee, 
that the attendance of the said person could not be 
obtained without the intervention of the House, he 
had been instructed by the Committee to apply to 
the House to order the said Captain Henry Mangles 
Denham to attend and give evidence before them. 

Ordered, That Captain Henry Mangles Denham 
do attend the Committee on the Birkenhead Docks 
Bill, To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Salisbur 
the Report on the Salisbury Branch Railway Bill ; Branch Rail 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. way Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Northern and 
the Report on the Northern and Eastern Railway Fasten mel 
(Newport Deviations) Bill; and the Amendments cue 
were read, and agreed to. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 





The 


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974 


Farrington 
and Cwmgilla 
Inclosure Bill, 


Bleddfa and 
Llangunllo 
Inclosure Bill. 


Public Petitions 
(Twenty-first 
Report.) 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


Isle of Man. 


Wool. 


Woul. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Report on the Farrington and Cwmgilla Inclo- 
sure 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 Report on the Bleddfa and Llangunllo Inclo- 
sure Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the Ist, 2d and 3d 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. 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—A Copy of the Twelfth Annual Report 
from the Board of Public Works in Ireland. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Tabular Return of the Quantities of Wheat, Flour, 
Meal, Barley, Oats, Potatoes, Cattle, Sheep and | 
Pigs imported in each year, ending the 5th day of | 
January, from 1835 to 1844, into the Isle of Man; | 
exhibiting also the Average Price of the several | 
Species of Corn by the London Gazette, and the | 
Average Duties payable thereon :—And, a Tabular 
Return, for the same years, of the same Articles ex- 


ported from the Jsle of Man. 





| 


| 
| 


The House was moved, That the Order made | 
yesterday, that there be laid before this House, | 
Returns of the Quantity of Wool annually im-| 
ported from each Foreign Country since the | 
year 1825, specifying separately that imported 
from the Colonial Possessions of Great Bri- 
tain and that from Foreign Countries :—Of the 
Quantity in each year which paid respectively the 
Duties of One Penny and a Half-penny per Pound, 
distinguishing the Countries from which imported : 
—Of the Quantity of British Wool exported from 
the United Kingdom in each year of the same pe- 
riod, distinguishing to what Countries, the Duty on 
such, and the Duty paid each year :—And, of the 
Quantity of Woollen Manufactures exported annu- 
ally each year for the same period, classifying the 
same, and separating that exported to the Colonial | 
Possessions of Great Britain from that exported 
to Foreign Countries in each year: —A similar 
Return as to the Export of Woollen Yarn :—Re- | 
turns of the Average Freight paid per Pound upon | 





Wool from the Australian Colonies :—And, of the | 


Prices of British Wool from the year 1825 to 1844, | four, 


distinguishing Long Wool from Short, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Returns of the Quantity of Wool annually imported | tlegate, in the union of Grantham, in the county of 4 


from each Foreign Country since the year 1815, spe- 
cifying separately that imported from the Colonial 


Possessions of Great Britain and that from Foreign | 
Countries :—Of the Quantity in each year, since the | 
year 1825, which paid respectively the Duties of | 


One Penny and a Half-penny per Pound, distin- 
guishing the Countries from which imported :—Of 
the Quantity of British Wool exported from the 
United Kingdom in each year of the same period, 
distinguishing to what Countries, the Duty on such, 
and the Duty paid each year :—And, of the Quantity 
of Woollen Manufactures exported annually each 





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eight hundred and Forty-four, was, according to 


/hundred pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the service 





A. 1844, 


year for the same period, classifying the same, and 
separating that exported to the Colonial Possessions 
of Great Britain from that exported to Foreign 
Countries in each year :—And, a similar Return as 
to the Export of Woollen Yarn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Annuities, 

a Return of the Number and of the respective 
Amounts of Annuities for Lives granted in each 
year by the Commissioners for the Reduction of 
the National Debt, since the passing of the Act 10 
Geo. 4, c. 24, until the 5th day of January 1844, 
inclusive, specifying the Age and Sex of each An- 
nuitant, the Amount of the Annuity, and the Sum 
for which it was granted, together with the Date of 
the Purchase thereof, and the Date of the last Pay- 
ment; likewise the Ages of such Annuitants as have 
died, the periods of their respective Deaths, and the 
Number of Instalments received by each (see No. 
616, of Session 1838). 


Mortmu 


Count: 
&amp;e, t 


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 Manchester 
Act for maintaining a Railway from the Manchester = mt 
and Leeds Railway to Heywood, and for amending Franch Rar 
the Acts relating to the Manchester and Leeds Rail- way Bill. 
way, without Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Midland Rait- 
Act to consolidate the North Midland, Midland ways Consolid 
Counties and Birmingham and Derby Junction Rail- “ 3" 
ways, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Yarmouth 
Act to amend and enlarge some of the Provisions ¢n4 Norwich 
of the Act authorizing the Construction of the Yar- “" “7 "™ 


Fact 
(No 


\mouth and Norwich Railway, and to authorize the 


Construction of certain New Works in connection 
therewith, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :-— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Bank of 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence with the Bank Engiand. 
of England. No. 246. 

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





The ingrossed Bill for raising a Sum by Exche- Exchequer Bills 
quer Bills for the Service of the year One thousand atti 







Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Eighteen 
millions four hundred and seven thousand three 









of the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 






Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

















A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Spit- Poor Law 
mendment 
ill. 











| Lincoln, praying the House not to allow any clause 
‘to be introduced into the Poor Law Amendment 
| Bill, to exempt Union Workhouses from the payment 








of parochial rates, was presented, and read; and 





| ordered to lie upon the Table. 











A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Lord Filenbo- 
That there be laid before this House, Copies of all tous! 
Correspondence between the Court of Directors of 
‘the East India Company and Her Majesty’s Go- 
'vernment, respecting the Recal of Lord Ellenborough, 
the Governor-General of India ; 
| 





























The 








eS. 


from 


ter 
is, 
wood 
Rail. 


Rail. 


SOlidae 


ich 
Bill. 


Bills 
300.) 


TO nen nee. 


Mortmain. 


County Rates, 
&amp;e., Bill, 


Factories 


(No. 2.) Bill. 
No. 247. 


Customs Duties. 


Supply 
(22 April.) 


7 Vicroriz. 





The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thej Mr. Hume, 


} 21. 


Yeas, Mr. John Collett: 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, h 97 
Noes, Sir George Clerk: : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the operation of the Laws of Mort- 
main, and of the Restrictions which limit the power 
of making Gifts and Bequests for Charitable and 
Religious Uses. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate the Collection of County Rates, and 
for relieving High Constables from Attendance at 
Quarter Sessions in certain Cases: And that Sir 
William Heathcote, Mr. Pendarves and Mr. Paking- 
ton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Manners Sutton reported the Factories 
(No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

A Clause was offered (Appeal). 

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 upon Friday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the Committee to whom it was referred to consider 
the Act 5 and 6 Vic., c. 47, to amend the Laws 
relating to the Customs, several Resolutions ; which 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in lieu and instead of the Duties 
of Customs now payable in respect of the Articles 
enumerated in the annexed Schedule, upon their 
Importation into the United Kingdom, there shall 
be raised, levied, collected and paid, the Rates of 
Duty specified in the said Schedule ; viz. 


Alganobilla Seed, theewt. —- 
Lard Oil, for every 100 7. value 
Myrobolane Berries, the ton - 
Vegetable Wax, the ewt. - 
Colchicum Seed, the cwt. - - - - 
Kernels of Walnuts and Kernels of Peach 
Stones, commonly used for expressing Oil 
therefrom, the ton - - - - - 
Croton Seed, commonly used for expressing Oil 
therefrom, the quarter - - - - 
Prussiate of Pot Ash, the lb. 
Tallow Greaves, the ton - 
Scrap Steel, the ton - 
Gallic Powder, the ton - 


2. Resolved, That the said Duties shall be subject 
to the additional Duty of £.5 per centum on the 
amounts thereof respectively imposed by the Acts 
3 Vic.c. 17, and 5 and 6 Vic. c. 47, except with 
regard to Cordials and Liqueurs which shall be 
subject to the Duty of Four-pence per gallon, also 
imposed by the Acts aforesaid. 


3. Resolved, That the Duties now chargeable upon 
Flasks in which Olive Oil is imported, be repealed. 
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. Chancellor of the Ex- 


chequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring 
it In. 


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The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Sixth of the Resolutions, 
which, upon the 22d day of April last, were reported 
from the Committee of Supply ; and which Reso- 
jution was then postponed ; 


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275 


Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 


further consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into supply 
further consideration the Fifth and the Sixteenth of [16 April.] 
the Resolutions which, upon the 16th day of April 

last, were reported from the Committee of Supply ; 

and which Resolutions were then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken into 

further consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Edinburgh 
mittee on the Edinburgh Agreement Bill; Agreement Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


_ The Vinegar and Glass Duties Bill was, accord- Vinegar and 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Glass Duties 
to aCommittee of the whole House, for Thursday 5!" 

next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Electors 
Return of the Number of Persons in each County (Ireland.) 
in Ireland not qualified to vote at the Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament, whose Tenements 
oe valued at £.30 and upwards, under the Poor 

aw. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Maryport 
the Report on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway 24 Carlisle 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Bly Bill: 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 


Mr, Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Stamp Duties 
to reduce the Stamp Duties on Sea Insurances and Bill. 

on certain Agreements, and also on certain Instru- No.248. 
ments for appointing Proxies: And the same was 

read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Heathcote presented a Bill for facili- County Rates, 
tating the Collection of County Rates, and for re- &amp;«., Bill. 
lieving High Constables from Attendance at Quarter No. 249. 
Sessions, in certain Cases: And the same was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the Drunkenness. 
National Temperance Society, praying the House to 
adopt such measures as will put a stop to Drunken- 
ness, and especially to introduce into the various 
Railway Bills now before Parliament, a clause or 
clauses similar to those in the Coal-whippers Act, 
requiring the payment to each individual separately 
of the exact sum due to him, and prohibiting the 
settlement of wages in houses dealing in intoxicating 
liquors, or after the hour of six o’clock in the even- 
ing in summer, and five o’clock in winter, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Keyse, of Crosby-row, New- Damage by Fire 
ington, in the county of Surrey, taking notice of agen, go 
the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) Bill * aimee 
and stating that the Petitioner has for the last four 
years devoted his time, and at a considerable ex- 
pense, in investigating and collecting considerable 
important and material evidence exemplifying the 
present imperfect and injurious systems, in all their 
ramifications, connected with Fires, and the frequent 
sacrifice of human life in the Metropolis and su- 
burban districts; and praying that he may be exa- 
mined on the merits of his plan, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, Thatthe Return relative to Sugar, &amp;c., Sugar, &amp;c. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 250. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Oil Cakes, Oil Cakes. 





Vou. 99, 


which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 251, 
NN 2 


Ordered, 





Revising 
Barristers. 
No. 252. 
Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland.) 
No. 253. 


Poor Law. 
No. 254. 


Adjournment. 


Customs 
Frauds, 


Tobacco. 


Tobacco. 


Whieat, &amp;e. 


276 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Revising Bar- 
risters, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Report of the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Jreland, for the 
year 1843, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





————_——_——— ———— — —— =—— 


Mercurii, 8° die Maiti ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


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. 
Ss alee took the Chair, and again counted the | 
~ and Forty Members not being present :— | 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








| 


Jovis, 9° die Maii; 


~ 


Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 





N 


—A Return showing the Number of Informations that 
have been filed by the Attorney General on the part 
of the Crown against Parties or Persons for alleged 
Frauds against the Revenue in the Customs Depart- 
ment, in the years 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843 :— 
And, Secondly, Return (as above) of the Number 
of Actions set down for Trial, also the Number of 
Causes as above which have been already tried, with 
the Number of Verdicts which have been obtained 
against Parties or Persons, with the Number of 
Verdicts for the Defendants; also, the Date at which 
the first of the above Trials was commenced ; also, 
the Gross Amount of the Penalties incurred and 
Penalties recovered ; and also the Amount in Fees 
of the Bills of Costs, and all other Charges incurred 
in each of such Prosecutions. 

Further Return to an Order dated the 5th day of 
March last, for a Return of the Number of Per- 
sons convicted before Magistrates for Smuggling or 
being concerned in the Smuggling of Tobacco in 
the United Kingdom, distinguishing England, Ire- 
land and Scotland, between the 1st day of January 
1842 and the 1st day of January 1843, naming the 
Places where each Conviction occurred; distin- 
guishing those Cases heard by Magistrates, where 
the Weight has been over Six pounds, and stating 


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| 
PRAYERS. 





the Weight in both Cases; and also specifying 
whether the Tobacco seized was manufactured or | 
was not manufactured ; and also stating the Amount | 
of Fine or Imprisonment imposed in each Case, and | 
whether the Party paid the Fine, or suffered the 
Imprisonment; also, the Cost of maintaining the 


Prisoners in Gaol :—And the like Return between | 


the 1st day of January 1843 and the 1stday of January 
1844 (so far as relates to the Excise Department). 

Farther Return to an Order dated the 13th day 
of March last, fora Return of the Pounds Weight 
of Tobacco seized and condemned in England, 
Scotland and Ireland respectively, from the 5th day 
of January 1843 to the 5th day of January 1844; 
distinguishing the unmanufactured, manufactured 
Stalks and Cigars (so far as relates to the Excise 
Department). 

Accounts of all Wheat delivered from the Ware- 
house or Vessel, Duty free, under the Act 5 and 6 Vice. 
ce. 92, from the passing of that Act to the 24th day 
of February 1844 inclusive; distinguishing the 











A. 1844, 


Place and Dates of Delivery :—Of all Flour and 
Biscuit substituted for Wheat, delivered as above 
described ; distinguishing the Quality of the Flour 
and Biscuit so substituted, and when and where 
deposited :—Of the Delivery of all Flour and Bis- 
cuit so substituted, showing when and where de- 
livered, (and, in the case of Flour, whether for Export 
or Home Cousumption,) the Quantity remaining in 
Warehouse, and where deposited : —Of all For- 
feitures under the Act:—Of the disposal of the 
Articles forfeited :—And, of all Fines levied under 
the Act. 


Further Return to an Order dated the 22d day Coals, 


of February last, for Returns of the Quantity of 
Coals exported from the several lorts of Newcaséle, 
Sunderland and Stockton, in each of the years 1841, 
1842 and 1843; distinguishing the Coals shipped 
to British Possessions from those shipped to Foreign 


| Parts :—And, of the Total Quantity of Coals ex- 


ported from the United Kingdom to Foreign Parts 
in each Quarter of the Years, from 1828 to 1843 


| inclusive ; distinguishing Round Coals from Small, 


with the Amount of Duty paid in each Quarter. 


Return to an Order dated the 11th day of March Sweets or 
last, for Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines Made Wines. 


imported from Scotland and Jreland 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 6th day of 
January 1843 to the 5th day of January 1844, both 


R. Law, from the Treasury, was called in; Dates inclusive ; stating the Denomination, Sort or 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, | 


Kind of all such Sweets or Made Wines and Sweet- 
ened Compounded Spirits so imported, and the 
Amount per Gallon of Duty charged and paid upon 
all the above-mentioned Articles so imported :—Of 
all Seizures that have been made by the Excise and 
Customs of any 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 Spits, 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, ofall such Sweets 
or Made Wines and Sweetened Compounded Spirits, 
remaining in Bond on the 5th day of January 1844, 
and where bonded. 





Copies of Memorials from the Inhabitants of Kingstown 
Kingstown to the Treasury, relating to Encroach- Harbour. 


ments on the Harbour of Kingstown by the Dublin 
and Kingstown Railway Company, with Minutes 
thereon, presented since date of last Returns in 
1843 :—Of Treasury Minutes and Correspondence 
with Board of Works relative to Kingstown Har- 
bour and the Atmospheric Railway, since date of 
last Returns :—Of Reports of the Board of Works 
acting as Commissioners of Kingstown Harbour :— 
Of Memorials and Correspondence of the Railway 
Company and their Secretary with the Board of 
Works, the Treasury or Commissioners of Kings- 
town Harbour, relating to Encroachments on same, 


or to the Construction of the Atmospheric Railway, 


since date of last Returns: — Of Instructions to 
Mr. Walker, Civil Engineer, or Abstract of Docu- 
ments relating to the Atmospheric Railway and 





Kingstown Harbour :—And, of the Report and Evi- 
dence taken by Mr. Walker, and the Minutes or 
Orders thereon, with Copies of Memorials or Cor- 
respondence, up to the 10th day of April 1844, from 
date of last Returns :—And then he withdrew. 

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





Mr. 





Dovor Harbour. Mr. Ledger, from the Warden and Assistants of 
Dovor Harbour, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—An Account of the Receipt and Applica- 
tion of the Monies received by the Warden and 
Assistants of the Harbour of Dovor, in the County 
of Kent, from the 10th day of October 1842 to the 
10th day of October 1843 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Colchester Ordered, That the Committee on the Colchester 
— and Harwich Railway (No. 2.); and, the Harwich 
(Nea): and, Railway and Pier Bills, have leave to sit this day 


Harwich Rail- till five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 

way and Pier 

Bills. 

Brighton and Mr. Tancred reported from the Committee on the 

Chichester Brighton and Chichester Railway Bill; and to 

Railway Bill, 
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 in- 
quired into the several matters required by the 
Standing Orders on Railway Bills; 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. 


Wells Harbour Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
and Quay Bill. Wells Harbour and Quay 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. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee, for the purpose of amending the 
clauses authorizing the levying rates and duties. 


whom several Petitions against the said Bill were | 





7 Vicrortz. 9° Maiz. Q77 


several matters required by the Standing Orders on 
Railway Bills,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. 





An ingrossed Bill for lighting, paving, cleansing, Wells Lighting 
widening and improving the Streets of the Town or and Improve-— 
Parish of Wells, in the County of Norfolk, for re- ™°" Bill. 
moving and preventing Nuisances therein, and for 
making new Streets or Roadways, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chute do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration European 

ithe Report on the European Life Assurance and Life Assurance 

| Annuity Company Bill; and the Amendments were #4 Annuity 
read, and agreed to. i ati 
. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

| Ingrossed. 

| An ingrossed Bill for extending and amending Leeds New Gas 
some of the Powers and Provisions of the Act re- Bill. 

lating to the Leeds New Gas Company, was read 

' the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett do carry the Bill to 

| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| 


: A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Leeds and 
, posed, That the ingrossed Bill for making a Rail- Bradford 
\ way from Leeds to Bradford, with a Branch to the Railway Bill. 
| North Midland Railway, be nowread 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” 


Newport The Newport Dock Bill was read a second time ; | stand part of the Question ; 
Dock Bill. and committed. | ‘The House divided : 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
mittee of Selection. The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Beckett, 
Sheffield, Mr. Labouchere reported from the Committee | Yeas, _Mr. Richard Hodgson : } ” 
— on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester | Tellers for theJ Mr. John Collett, } 
Manchester Railway; and, the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liver- | Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : , 


Railway ; and, pool Junction Railway Bills (competing Lines), and | So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ashton, Staly- 
bridge and 


to whom several Petitions against the said Bills | Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 


Liverpool Junc- Were referred ; ‘That they had heard counsel in sup- ‘time: — The Bill was accordingly read the third 
tion Railway, port of several of the said Petitions, and had con- | time. 


Bills. 


sidered other of the said Petitions, and had also| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


heard counsel in favour of the said Bills; That they’ Ordered, That Mr. Beckett do carry the Bill to 
had inquired into the several matters required by the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, so far as the | 


same relate to each of the present applications ; and 
that they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Sheffield, Ashton-under- Lyne 
and Manchester Railway Bill, and had amended 
the same by striking out so much thereof as related 
to a Colliery Branch, which the Committee did not 
think necessary, and that they had found the Pre- 
amble, as amended, to be proved; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 


| A Petition of Ship-owners resident in North Kingston-upon- 
| Shields, within the Port of Newcastle, taking notice Hu!! Docks Bill. 
of the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill; and praying 

the House to cause the Kingston-upon-Hull Dock 

| Rates to be equitably assimilated to the charges 

made for similar accommodation in other ports, 

before any additional powers are granted to the 

Hull Dock Company, was presented, and read ; 

/and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 





Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Rail- The House being informed, That Lord Ward did Ness Fisheries 
way Bill, and found the same to be true; and had | not intend to prosecute his Petition against the Ness Bill 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments Fisheries Bill ; 


thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday last, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | for referring the Petition of the Right honourable 


and be printed. 


Whitehaven Mr. Rice Trevor reported from the Committee | 


| William Baron Ward to the Committee on the said 


| Bill, be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 


sid Maryport on the Whitehaven and Maryport Railway Bill; 


Railway Bill. 


and to whom a Petition against the said Bill was| _ An ingrossed Bill to enable the Globe Insurance Globe Insurance 


referred ; That no person appeared in support of the Company to alter and amend some of the Provisions Company Bill. 
said Petition, and that they had heard counsel in! of their Deed of Settlement, was read the third time. 
favour of the Bill; That they had inquired into the | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Vot. 99. 





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London 
Gas Bill. 


British Iron 
Company Bill, 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill, 


South Eastern 
and Hastings 
Railway Bill. 


278 


Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Thompson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the London Gas Bill ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Viscount Bernard reported from the Committee 
on the British lron Company Bill; and to whom 
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 that they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
had amended the same by striking out the words 
“ and fifty” in the third paragraph, to make the 
allegation conformable to the facts of the case, which 
had changed since the introduction of the Bill in 
February last ; and that they had found the Pre- 
amble, as amended, 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 lands in 
the parishes of Brenchley, East Peckham, Capel, 
Yalding, Hinton, Nettlested, Teston, Wateringbury, 
East Farleigh, West Farleigh and Barming, in the 
county of Kent, praying that the South Eastern 
Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Rolven- 
den, and its vicinity, in the county of Kent, praying 
that the South Eastern and Hastings Railway Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Manchesterand The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Birmingham 
Railway 
(Macclesfield 
and Poynton 
Branches) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for enabling the Manchester and 


Birmingham Railway Company to vary the Line of | 
their Branch Railway to Macclesfield, and to make | 


another Branch therefrom, and for amending the 
former Acts relating to the said Company ; and the 
same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 19. 1. 10. Leave out “ Earl” 
Viscount.” 
Pr. 19. 1. 
Viscount.” 
Pr. 19. 1. 
Viscount.” 
Pr. 19. 1. 
Viscount.” 
Pr. 40. 1. ult. After “ same” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That at any 
time during the first fourteen days in the months 
of February and August in each year, it shall be 
lawful for the overseers of the poor of the several 
parishes through which the Railway shall pass, 
to inspect such accounts, and if the Company fail 
to keep such accounts, or to permit such inspec- 
tion thereof, they shall forfeit to each overseer 
who shall demand the said accounts, or who shall 
be refused the inspection of such accounts, or 
either of them, for every such failure to keep such 
accounts, Thirty pounds, and for every day during 
which the refusal to permit such inspection may 
continue, the sum of Ten pounds per day, and 


and insert 
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26. Leave out “ Earl” and insert 


31. Leave out “ Earl” and insert 


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37. 


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“ 


debt, or on the case, in any of the superior courts, 


the parish within which such failure shall occur.” 


Pr. 46.1. 8, After “them” insert “for or con- 
‘ cerning any services to be performed or expenses 
to be incurred at the terminus, or any station of | 
either of the said Railways, in respect of the | 
traffic which may have passed, or be intended to | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Market Bill. 


pass on either of such Railways, and.” 





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A. 1844, 


Pr, 61. |. 27. After “ Parliament” insert Clauses 
(B.) and (C.) 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this or any of the said recited Acts contained, 
shall be held to exempt the Railway by such 
Acts authorized to be made, from the provisions 
of an Act passed in the first and second years of 
the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, ‘ An 
Act to provide for the Conveyance of the Mails 
by Railway.”’ 

CriauseE (C.) “ Saving always, to the Queen’s 
Most excellent Majesty, Her heirs and successors, 
in right of Her Crown, all such seignories, estate, 
rights, titles and interests, as Her Majesty, Her 
heirs or successors might have had or enjoyed, in 
case this Act had not been passed, as parcel or 
in respect of Her Majesty’s manor and borough 
of Macclesfield, in the said county of Chester, or 
in respect of any other manors, messuages, lands, 
tenements or hereditaments belonging to Her 
Majesty, in right of Her Crown, in, through, over 
or under which the said intended Railway or the 
approaches thereto, or works connected therewith 
shall be made or formed.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten 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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n 


tituled, An Act to amend and enlarge some of the 
Provisions of the Act authorizing the Construction 
of the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, and to au- 
thorize the Construction of certain New Works in 





Leave out “ Earl” and insert | 


such penalties shall be recoverable by action of | 


and shall be applied for the benefit of the poor of 


connection therewith ; and the same were read, as 
| follow : 
| Pr. 10. 1. ult. After “ embankment” insert 
provided that the said Company shall.” 

Pr. 20. 1, 28. After “ rights’’ insert “ claimed 
| ** to be.” 
| Pr. 20. 1. 
| Pr. 29. 1. 


| 
| &lt;¢ 


29. After “ not” insert “ as.” 
26. After “ Parliament” insert Clause 


-) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
|“ in this or the said recited Act contained, shall be 
|“ held to exempt the Railway by the said recited 
“ Act and this Act authorized to be made, from the 
‘ provisions of an Act passed in the first and second 
years of the reign of Her present Majesty, inti- 
tuled, ‘An Act to provide for the Conveyance of 
the Mails by Railway.’ ” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wodehouse do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed tothe Amendments made by their Lordships. 


“ 
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és 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend an Act of 
the sixth and seventh years of the reign of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, for the better Protection of Property 
in the Borough of Liverpool from Fire, 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. 





A Petition of Commissioners for the Drainage of 
| Marshland Smeith and Marshland Fen, in the coun- 
try of Marshland, in the county of Norfolk, praying 
that the Middle Level Drainage and Navigation 
Bill may 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 


'tituled, An Act for establishing a Market in the 


Pr. 58.1. 16. Leave out from “ mentioned” to | Town of Glossop, in the County of Derby; and the 
and,” in Pr. 69. 1. 21. 


| same were read, as follow: 
13 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Yarmouth 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- and Norwich 
Railway Bill, 


Liverpool Fire 
Prevention Bill. 


Middle Level 
Drainage and 
Navigation Bill. 


Glossop 


7 Vicroriz. 


Pr. 
Pr. 
Pr. 
Pr. 


18.) 
1s. 1. 
25. 1. 
30. 1. 


25. After “in” insert “the said.” 

21. After “such” insert “ waggon.” 
19. Leave out “two” and insert “ ten.” 
34. After “accordingly” insert Clause 


A. 

Riis (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That such 
bye-laws, when confirmed, shall be painted on a 
board or printed upon paper, and pasted thereon, 
and such board shall be hung up, aftixed and 
continued on some conspicuous part of the said 
Market-place, and such board shall be, from time 
to time, renewed as often as the same or any part 
thereof may be obliterated or destroyed.” 

Pr.31. 1.11. Leave out from “that” to “a” in 
12. 

Pr: 31.1. 14. After “ been” insert “ painted on 
a board or printed upon paper, and pasted thereon, 
and that such board hath been hung up, or.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 19. After “ the” insert “ letters or.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker 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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Cababé’s 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- 
Nat. Bill 


turalizing Paul Cababé, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ventnor 
Improvement 
Bill. 


A Petition of Charles Popham Hill, Lord of the 
Manor of Bonchurch, in the Isle of Wight, praying 
that he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Ventnor 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. 


Liverpool 


Major Beresford reported from the Committee on 
Docks Bill. 


the Liverpool Docks Bill; and to whom several 


Petitions against the said Bill, and the Reports of 


the acting Conservator of the River Mersey to the 
Commissioners, were referred ; That they had heard 
counsel in support of one of the said Petitions, and 
had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and 
that they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the 
same, by striking out the words “a sum of money 
to be agreed upon,” and the words “ and an annual 
sum for ever, towards the expense of maintaining 
the same,” in the 19th paragraph, the sum of money 
to be paid by the proprietors of the Leeds and Li- 
verpool Canal, having been agreed upon, and it not 
being now proposed that they should pay an annual 
sum; and that they had found the Preamble, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Delabole and The Delabole and Rock Railway (No. 2.) Bill was 

om Railway read a second time ; and committed. 

(No, 2.) Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Southampton A Petition of Owners of lands within the town 
Marsh Improve- and county of the town of Southampton, praying 
—— that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Southampton Marsh 
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. 
Vou. 99. 


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279 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Haltwhistle 
Township of Haltwhistle, in the Parish of Hale¢- lclosure Bill. 
whistle, in the County of Northumberland, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the London Dock Company, praying Metropolitan 
that the Metropolitan Buildings Bill may not pass Buildings Bill. 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Monaghan ;—Drumkeen ;— Bally- Marriages 
money ;—Ardstraw ;— Drumquin ; -— Ballymeaney ; (Ireland.) 
—James Heron ;—Finvoy ;—Sligo ;-- Dromara ;—- 
Cappagh Cross ;—Drumballyroney ;—Lochcarron ; 
— Leitrim ; — Abertaff;— Corboy ; — Sainfield ; 
— Dromore (two Petitions) ;—Ballylinney ;— Mon- 
ragh ;—Clonduff ;—Portaferry ;— Bangor ;— New- 
townards ;—- Drumgooland ;— Rathfriland (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Castlederg ;—Belfast (two Petitions) ;— 
Myroe ;—Upper Clennanuse ; — Gilnakirk ;—and, 
Glastry ; praying the House to introduce, without 
delay, into Parliament a Bill to declare valid to all 
intents and purposes all Marriages heretofore solem- 
nized or hereafter to be solemnized by Presbyterian 
ministers in Jreland, between parties not within the 
prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity, and 
who have the consent of parents or guardians, and 
provided that all such Marriages shall be solemnized 
and registered agreeably to the published laws of 
the Lrish Presbyterian Church,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Allen and Miltown;—Saint Mary’s Reyistration 
(Westmeath) ; — Maistrin ; — Moorstown and Keel- of Electors — 
mekedan ;—Moncoin ;—Ballyraggett ;— Ballinrobe ; (*!"4) Bill. 
— Kilfeacle and Golden;— Dunleer, &amp;c. ;—Kil- 
macshalgan ; — Taghmon ;—A bbeyside ;— Killedan ; 
—Longord Town ;—Saint Canice ;— Kildacomogue ; 
—Killcroham ;—Clerihan ;— Athlone ;—Dublin ;— 
Greenock (Chairman) ;-—and, Manchester (Chair- 
man); praying that the Registration of Electors 
(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saffron Walden ;—and, Essex (two Hail Storm 
Petitions) ; praying the House to repeal the Stamp lsurances. 
Duty on policies of Insurance against damage by 
Hail Storms, so far as agricultural produce is con-. 
cerned, thereby placing it on the same footing as 
in the case of loss by fire,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Belchamp Saint Paul ;— Tilbury ; Arson. 

— Ashen ;— Ovington;—Birdbrook ;—and, Toppes- 
field and Great Yeldham; praying that the crime of 
Arson may be punished with death as formerly, and 
suggesting that any person found guilty of that of- 
fence shall be executed in the parish in which he 
committed the offence,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Great and Little Maynooth 
Yeldham, in the county of Essex, praying that in- College. 
quiry may be forthwith made into the character of 
the doctrines, discipline and practice of the Romish 
College at Maynooth, and that no grants of money 
may be made in aid of the said College, at least 
until a sufficient investigation shall have taken place, 


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


A Petition of Peter Ingram, Surgeon, Manning- Medical 
tree, a legally-qualified Practitioner of Medicine, 
praying for the formation of one Faculty of Medicine 
and Surgery for the United Kingdom, having Boards 
of Examiners in London, Edinburgh and Dublin, 
to grant Medical Degrees under uniform regulations, 

NN4 and 


Profession. 








Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Hawkers’ 
Licenses. 


Game Act. 





280 


and that all those who have received degrees | 
and licenses from any of the legally constituted I 7 
able. 


licensing and graduating bodies, shall after the 
formation of one Faculty of Medicine and Surgery 
for the United Kingdom, be empowered to act as 
a Medical Practitioners in any part 
of the British empire, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birmingham;—and, Plymouth ; 
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 the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Owners of houses and cottages, in the borough 
of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, praying that 
the House will not introduce into the said Bill any 
clauses to the effect of rating the owners of small 
tenements to the poor rate, in lieu of the occupiers, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Dur- 
ham, praying the House to pass a Bill to rescind 
the law that enacts that Hawkers pay for a License 
81. per year if they use a horse, and 1/. if they 
have no horse, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of or- 
folk, praying that the Act 54 Geo. 3, c. 141, “ to 
alter an Act made in the fifty-second year of his 
present Majesty, as relates to the Duties payable 
i respect of killing of Game,” may be explained, 
or so altered that persons not actually usmg any 
dog, gun, net or other engine, but assisting in the 
taking or killing of any Game, or any woodcock, 
snipe, quail, Jandrail or coney, in the company or 
presence and for the use of any other person who 
shall have duly obtained his certificate in his own 
right, according to the directions of the said first- 


* mentioned Act, and who shall not act therein by 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
aud Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Universities 
(Scotland). 


virtue of any deputation or appointment, shall be 
exempt from stamp-duty and penalty, notwithstand- 
ing there may be used on the occasion any dog, 
gun, net or other engine of a person not then pre- 
sent, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Officers to the Sheriff of Warwich- 
shire, and Bailiffs of the County Court, praying that 
in case the County Courts Bill should pass mto a 
law, the House will either cause the Petitioners to 
receive compensation for the loss which they must 
necessarily sustain, or appoint them to such offices 
in the newly-formed Courts as their previous duties 
may have enabled them competently to fill, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing in 
the city of York, 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. 


Petitions from Great and Little Yeldham ;— 
Archdeaconry of Rochester ;—and, Calke; praying 
for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 
4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 
Elgin, praying the House to resist all proposals for 
the repeal of the Act of the Scottish Parliament, 
for securing the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian 
Church Government, and to preserve inviolate the 
existing salutary connection between the Ecclesi- 


6° Mazi. 


A, 1844, 


astical and Education Institutions of Scotland, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the 
Presbytery of Abertarph, county of Inverness, 
praying the House to adopt measures for ameliorat- 
ing the condition of the Burgh and Parochial 
Schoolmasters of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Flaxby ; — Houghton ; — Bor- 
rowby ;—Shipton;—-Hipswell;— Holtby ;— Claxton; 
— Osbaldwick ;—Murton;—Danby Wiske ;—Lang- 
thorp ; — Stockton-on-the-Forest ;— Hackforth ;— 
Harton ;—Osmotherley ;—Strensall ; — Thirkleby ; 
— Melsonby ;—Lymington, &amp;c. ;— West Harlsey ;— 
Leckford ;— Fawley, Beaulieu, Exbury, and Dib- 
den; — Ayr (County) ;— North Wilts ;— Winter- 
bourne Basset ;--Ramsbury ;-~ Ashley ;--Sopworth ; 
— Allington ; —Hurst ;--Manuningford Abbots ;— 
North Newnton and Hilcot;—Alton Priors and 
West Stowell ; —Charlton ; —Upavon ; —Huish ;— 
Manningford Bruce ;—Wilcot ;—King’s Somborne ; 
— Rushall ;—Manningford Bohun ;—Avebury ;— 
Stanton Saint Bernard ; — Broadhinton ;—Luck- 
ington ;-—Sherston Magna ;—Beechingstoke ;— West 
Tytherley ;—County of Stirling ; —Nether Pop- 
pleton ;—Upper Helmsley ;— Weymouth and Mel- 
combe Regis ;--East and West Appleton ;-—Sower- 
by ;— Towthorpe;— Warthill ;-- Thornaby ;-- Huds- 
well; — South Otteringham ;—Thimbleby ; —Gate 
Helmsley;—Kirby Hill ;— Ravensworth ;—Kirkby- 
on-the-Moor ;—Sheriff Hutton ;—Newby Wiske ;— 
Sutton-under-Whitestone Cliffe ; — Rainton-with- 
Newby ;— Thornborough ;—Huntington ;—Bening- 
brough ; — Brough; — Baldersley ; — Hornby ; — 
Sandhutton ;— Masham ;—Flazton ;—Colburne ;— 
Skelton ; —Catterick ;—Lillings Ambo ;—Dorches- 
ter ;—and, Blandford Forum; praying the House 
to resist the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn- 
Law League, and that no alteration whatever may 
be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Solicitors of Kingston-upor-Hull ;— 
and, Solicitors of Brighton; praying the House to 
inquire into the claims made before the Lord Chan- 
cellor, in pursuance of the Act for abolishing certain 
Offices of the High Court of Chancery in England, 
and to take into consideration the several orders 
made thereon, and to inquire ito the fees imposed 
upon the suitors of the said Court, in pursuance of 
the powers of the said Act, and into the state and 
several charges affecting the several funds of the 
suitors of the said Court,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Congregations of Protestant Dis- 
senters, of the three denominations, Presbyterian, 
Independent and Baptist, in and within twelve miles 
of London, appointed to protect their civil rights ; 
—Lewes ; — East Grinstead ;—Hastings and Rye ; 

and, Battle and Burwash; praying that the Ec- 
clesiastical Courts Bill may not pass mto a law, as 
it ncw stands,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Edward Solly, of Bedford-row, 
praying the House to redeem the pledge given 





to Her Majesty in the year 1841, to make good the 
losses sustained by the Petitioner and others from 
the Danes, in 1807, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sclioolmasters. 
(Scotland.) 


Corn Laws: 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Ecclesiasticas 
Courts Bili. 


Danish Claims. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Edinburgh, 


Council of the Royal Burgh of Burntisland, pray- 


Leith and 


ing that the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway — 


Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











A Petition 


way Bill. 





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Limerick Poor, 
&amp;ec, 


Public Works 
(Ireland. )} 


Lancaster 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


ought to agree to the Amendments made in 


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Committee is in fact the turnpike-road between the 
towns of Penrith and Kendal. 


7 Victoriz. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Li- 
merick Union, praying the House to take into their 
immediate consideration the destitute condition of 
the poor in the city of Limerick, and submitting the 
propriety, at the earliest period possible, of making 
provision for the medical relief of the city poor, for 
enforcing the widening and cleansing of the streets, 
and other sanatory arrangements, the propriety of 
establishing Government Dock-yards at Limerick, 
for the encouragement of a better system of agricul- 
ture, for an im) ost upon absentees, and the construc- 
tion of Railways in Jreland, as suggested by the 
Railway Commissioners, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Limerick, com- 
plaining of the want of employment of the poor in 
that city, and seeing that a line of Railway is in 
contemplation between Dublin aud Cashel, they 
implore the House to suspend the Standing Order 
when the Bill comes before them, and to give every 
facility to its speedily passing into a law, and that 
the House will adopt measures to carry out the im- 
provements in the port of Limerick as originally 
planned, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
to whom the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act for making a Railway from the 
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, at Lan- 
caster, to or near to the City of Carlisle, were referred, 
That they had agreed to the following Report : 


ought not to agree to Clause (A.), for enabling “the 


Your Committee are of Opinion, That the House 


Pr. 
Pr. 
Pr. 
Pr. 
Pr. 
Pr. 
Pr. 
Pr. 
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ls. 23. 27. 34. and ult. 
ls. 9. and 10. 

1. 10. 

ls. 13. 21. and ult. 


22. 


157. 
158. 
159. 
163. 
179. 
181. 
184. 
204, 
272. . 
Pr. 286, 1. ult. 

Pr. 287. 1. 25. 

Your Committee are of Opinion, That the House 


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proprietor of the lands adjoining the highway 
between Lowther Bridge and Clifton Cross to 
erect a gate and gate-keeper’s house at the west- 
ern extremity of Lowther Bridge, and another 
gate across the said highway at Clifton Cross 
aforesaid,” which highway, it appears to your 


Because inasmuch as the said Clause is in 
substance an amendment of a Turnpike Act, it 
appears to your Committee, that the Notices 
required by the Standing Orders in the case of 
Bills of the third Class, ought to have been 
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been given has been offered to the House; and 
even had such Notices been given, it is the 


Opinion of your Committee, that the said Clause | 


cannot properly be introduced into the Bill, the 
powers sought being totally distinct from the 
object intended to be effected by the Bill, in- 
asmuch as the said gates are wholly uncon- 
nected with the proposed Railway, and are ata 
considerable distance from it. 

Your Committee are of Opinion, That the House 


ought to agree to Clauses (B.), (C.), (D.) and (E.) 


Then the House proceeded to take the said 


Amendments into consideration ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 


1. 


Pr. 157. 1. 25. Leave out from “to” to “ any” in 
24., and insert “ purchase.” 
Pr. 157. 1. 27. Leave out from “ Company” to 


“ further” in 1. 31. 





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Pr. 157. 1. 34. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
without” in 1. 37. 

Pr. 157. 1. ult. Leave out “ in every instance.” 

Pr. 158. Is. 9. and 10. Leave out from “ Com- 
pany” to “ and” in 1. 19. 

Pr. 159. 1.10. Leave out “ include” and insert 
incline.” 

Pr. 161.1. 31. After “ Lancaster” insert Clause 


(A.) 


Crauss (A.) “‘ And be it Enacted, That so soon 
as the said Railway shall be completed between 
the village of Clifton, in the county of Westmor- 
land and the town of Penrith, in the county of 
Cumberland, it shall be lawful for the proprietor 
of the lands adjoining the highway between Low- 
ther Bridge and Clifton Cross to erect a gate and 
gate-keeper’s house at the western extremity of 
Louther Bridge, and another gate across the said 
highway at Clifton Cross aforesaid.” 

Pr. 163. 1. 13. Leave out “ wall” and insert 
walls ;” and also insert Clause (B.) 

Cuavuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
event of such substituted bridge being erected, 
and immediately thereupon, the said existing 
road, number 89 on the said Plan, shall wholly 
cease to be or be used as a road over the Railway, 
and the said Company shall not be bound to 
make any provision for carrying the said road 
over the said Railway at all.” 

Pr. 163. 1, 21. Leave out “ thereupon” and in- 


sert “ thereunder.” 


Pr. 163. 1]. ult. Leave out from “ thereof” to 
and” in Pr. 164. 1]. 11. 
Pr. 175. 1. 36. After “ behalf” insert Clauses 


(C.) and (D.) . 


Cravse (C.) “ And with respect to the crossing 
of roads by the Railway, be it Enacted, That 
(except as herein provided) if the line of the Rail- 
way cross any turnpike-road or public carriage- 
way, then either such turnpike-road or public 
carriage-way shall be carried over the Railway, or 
the Railway shall be carried over such road by 
means of a bridge of the height and width and 
with the ascent or descent by this Act in that 
behalf provided, and such bridge and other neces- 
sary works connected therewith shall be executed 
at the expense of the Company.” 

Crause (D.) “ And whereas the line of the said 
intended Railway is proposed to be carried across 
the highways numbered as follows on the Plan 
deposited as aforesaid, and it is expedient that the 
said Railway should cross the said highways on 
a level; that is to say, Nos. 49, 52 and 112 in 
Bolton-le-Sands; Nos. 84 and 394 in Kendal ; 
No. 208 in Crosby Ravensworth ; No. 52 in Pen- 
rith; No. 189 in Heshet-in-the-Forest ; and No. 
181 in Saint Cuthbert Carlisle; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That the said Company may make the 
said Railway across the said above-mentioned 
highways on a level at or near the points herein- 
betore mentioned.” 

Pr. 179. 1.22. After “ be” insert “and the said 
Company.” 

Pr. 181. 1. 5. After “ roads,” insert “ provided 
also, that if at any time after the construction of 
the said Railway the average available width of 
any such road shall be increased beyond the 
width of such bridge for a distance of half a 
mile on each side thereof, then and in such case 
the Company shall be bound at their own expense 
to increase the width of the said bridge to such 
extent as they may be required by the trustees or 
surveyors of such road, not exceeding the maxi- 
mum width hereinbefore prescribed for bridges 
over or under the Railway, provided they can then 
obtain land for the purpose, and that the owners 
and occupiers of such land consent thereto.” 

Pr. 184. |. penult. After “ highway” insert “ ex- 
cept for the traffic caused by the making of the 
Railway.” 

Pr, 204. 


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Coventry 
Improvement 
and Cemetery 
Bill. 


Maryport 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Art Unions. 


Factories 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Smal! Debts 
Bill. 


Fisheries 


(Ireland.) 


282 


Pr. 204. 1. 26. Leave out from “ passenger” to 
“ the” in 1. 27., and insert “ including.” 

Pr. 250. 1. 8. After “same” insert Clause (E.) 

Crause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
“ in this Act contained shall be held to exempt the 
“ Railway by this Act authorized to be made from 
“ the provisions of an Act passed in the first and 
“‘ second years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
” intituled, ‘ An Act to provide for the Conveyance 
‘“‘ ofthe Mails by Railway.’ ” 


In the Schedules to the Bill : 


Pr. 272. 1.9. In the fourth column, after “ house” 
insert “ out-buildings.” 

Pr. 286. 1. ult. After “ ditto, ditto, barn” insert 
“ county of Westmorland.” 

Pr. 287. 1. 25. Leave out “ county of Westmor- 
“€ land.” 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 161. 1.31., being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Pr. 161. 1.31. The next Amendment being read 
a second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing put, That this House doth disagree with the Lords 
in the said Amendment:—It was resolved in the 
affirmative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to the Amendment to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And, a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Greene, Mr. Bro- 
therton, Sir George Grey, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Tan- 
cred, Mr. Hawes and Sir Andrew Leith Hay :— 
And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum, 


A Petition of Richard Rushton Preston, of Great 
George-street, in the city of Westminster, Parlia- 
mentary Agent, praying that the time for the Com- 
mittee on the Coventry Improvement and Cemetery 
Bill to make their Report, be enlarged till the thirty- 
first day of this instant May, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to 
the Maryport and Carlisle Railway, and for making 
certain Extensions and Branches connected there- 
with, 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. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Art Union of London, praying the House to take 
steps to place the Art Union of London, and other 
similar societies established exclusively for the pro- 
motion of the Fine Arts, on a sound and permanent 
basis, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dundee ;—Clergymen of the United 
Church of England and Ireland ;— Tynemouth ;— 
Hamilton (Chairman) ;—Reading ;—and, Deanery 
of Ripon; praying that a clause may be inserted in 
the Factories (No. 2.) Bill for restricting the number 
of hours of labour to ten during each day,—were 


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


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and other Inha- 
bitants of the borough of Wisbech, in the Isle of 
Ely and county of Cambridge, and its neighbour- 
hood, praying that the Small Debts Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cot Fishermen of the River Suir, 


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A. 1844, 


of Kilkenny, praying the House to take into consider- 
ation the subject of the Irish Fisheries, and, by the 
abolition of illegal weirs, to put an end to the anarchy 
and disorder, the poverty and starvation of which the 
Petitioners consider they are the baneful source, not 
only to Petitioners but to many thousand others of 
Her Majesty’s loyal and peaceable subjects, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Legislative Union between Great Britain and 
Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Midland Counties and Birmingham and Derby Junc- 
tion Railways; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 16. 1. 31. Leave out “ money.” 

Pr. 44. 1.11. After “ that” insert “ subject to 
the priority of the said mortgages granted before 
the passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 44. 1. 31. After “ Enacted ” insert “ That, 
subject as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 71. 1. 23. Leave out “ either.” 

Pr. 71. 1. 24. Leave out “ or treasurer.” 

Pr. 89. 1. 14. After “ shares” insert “ except 
the proprietors of shares given in lieu of shares in 
the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway 
“* Company.” 

Pr. 89. 1. 19. After “ shares” insert “ nor until 
the proprietors of shares given in lieu of shares in 
the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway 
shall have received the same amount (subject to 
a like deduction or postponement, after the rate 
of Twenty-seven shillings and sixpence for each 
share of One hundred pounds by the year, as is 
hereinafter provided for.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 33. After “ land ” insert “ except 
such superfluous land as may be purchased under 
“ the powers of this Act, which land shall be sold 
within Five years after the acquisition thereof by 
the Company.” 

Pr. 181. 1. 20. Leave out “and.” . 

Pr. 181. 1. 21. After “ completed ” insert “and 
“ maintained.” 

Pr. 184. 1, 12. Leave out “ Railway” and in- 
sert “ Railways.” 

Pr. 184. 1. 15. Leave out “ and,” and in the 
same line, after “ completed,” insert “ and main- 
“ tained.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Petitions from Spitalfields ;— and, Long Govan Masters ana 
(Chairman); praying that the Masters and Servants Servants Bill, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Belfast, Union with 
in the county of Antrim, praying for the repeal of! 


reland, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail. 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 5 
tituled, An Act to consolidate the North Midland, 


ways Consolie 


ation Bill. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Committee ap- Lancaster 
pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords and Carlisle 


ments made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for making a Railway from the Lancaster 
and Preston Junction Railway, at Lancaster, to or 
near to the City of Carlisle; That they had drawn 
up Reasons accordingly; which they had directed 
hum to report, as follow : 

The Commons disagree to the Lords’ Amendment 
(Clause (A.)); viz. “ And be it Enacted, That so 
“soon as the said Railway shall be completed 
“ between the village of Clifton, in the county of 
“ Westmoreland, and the town of Penrith, in the 





residing in the parish of Carrigeen, in the county 





“ county of Cumberland, it shall be lawful for the 
“« proprietor 


at a Conference, for disagreeing to one of the Amend- ¥#ilway _ 





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Trinity House 
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Timber (Navy.) 


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Medicines, 


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between Lotother Bridge and Clifton Cross, to 
erect a gate and gate-keeper’s house at the western 
extremity of Lowther Bridge, and another gate 
across the said highway at Clifton Cross afore- 
said.” 

Because it appears that no Notices have been 
given by which the public might have hecome 
aware of any intention to erect such gates; and 
because, had such Notices been given, the said 
Clause cannot properly be introduced into the 
Bill, the powers sought being totally distinct 
from the object intended to be effected by the 
Bill, inasmuch as the said gates are wholly 
unconnected with the proposed Railway, and 
are at a considerable distance from it. 

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 Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Estcourt do go to the Lords, and desire the 
said Conference. 


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Ordered, That the Return relative to the Trinity 
House, Deptford Strond, which was presented upon 
the 18th day of April last, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Merchant Seamen’s Fund. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount paid under the Contract for 
British Oak Timber, Thick Stuff, Plank and Tree- 
nails, delivered for each of Her Majesty’s Dock 
Yards, under Contract of 6th March 1843 to the 
31st December 1843 ; distinguishing the Quantity 
and Price of each description of Timber, viz. Rough 
Oak Timber, Sided Oak, Thick Stuff, Two, Two and 
a half and Three and Four-inch Plank, with Number 
of Treenails of each length :—And, of the Quantity 
of African Teak Timber contracted for in 1828; 
with Copy of the Description, Conditions and Spe- 
cification thereof, as advertised for Contract, and 
exhibited at Somerset House, previous to the day of 
Tender ; the Date of Tender, the Terms of the se- 
veral Tenders received on that day, and the Date 
when Answers were returned; also, Copy of the 
Correspondence upon the application of the Con- 
tractors to have the Quantities, Specification and 
Conditions of the Contract altered after it had been 
concluded ; with particulars of the alterations made 
in consequence thereof, and the Quantities of each 
description delivered, with the Total Amount paid. 


Ordered, That the Copy of any Correspondence 
between the Trustees for Manufactures in Scotland, 
the Commissioners of the Treasury, and the Pro- 
moters of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, on 
the subject of the Tunnel projected through The 
Mound in Edinburgh; and, Copy of any Report 
from Messrs. Walker and Cubitt, Engineers, on that 
subject, which were presented upon the 28th April 
1837, be referred to the Committee on the Edinburgh 
and Glasgow Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Annual Amount received in the last 
Ten years for Stamps issued for Patent Medicines. 


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 Inquisitions held by the Co- 
roners of England and Wales, in cases where Death 
was found by Verdict of a Jury to have been caused 
by Poison, and to have been caused from want of 
proper medical assistance, or from the attendance 
of unqualified persons during parturition. 

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. 

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283 


A Petition of the omen 8 Dock Company, southampton 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, Improvement 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the _ 
Southampton Improvement Bill, was presented, and 

read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 

Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 

vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 23d, 24th, and 30th Addresses. 
days of April last, and the 1st and 3d 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 Ma- 

jesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 

that She will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant Cape of Good 
to several Addresses to Her Majesty—A Copy of Hore. 
any Ordinance for the Abolition of Port Dues at 

the Cape of Good Hope; and of any Orders in 
Council or Ordinances for the Alteration of the 
Tariff or Import Duties in that Colony. 

A Copy of the Memorial to Her Majesty of the Jamnica. 
House of Assembly of Jamaica, during its last Ses- 

sion. 

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


Ordered, That the Padstow Harbour Bill be read Padstow _ 
the third time To-morrow. Harbour Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Gladstone be added to the Customs Duties 
Gentlemen appointed to prepare and bring in the Bi! 
Customs Duties Bill. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill to amend the Customs Daties 
Laws relating to the Customs: And the same was Bill. 

read the first time ; and ordered to be reada second No. 255. 
time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Vestries Bill be read a second Vestries Bill. 
time upon Wednesday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday County _ 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the County Coroners Bill. 
Coroners Bill. 


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. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 Vic. Customs Duties. 
c. 47, to amend the Laws relating to the Customs, 
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 
Act. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a County Court 
Committee upon the County Court (County Palatine nine 4 rig 
of Lancaster) Bill, upon Wednesday next, was read, tac, ) Bill, 
and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 5th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Court of 
Committee upon the Court of Chancery (County Chancery 
; . (County Pala- 
Palatine of Lancaster )Bill, upon Wednesday next, tine of Lan- 
was read, and discharged. caster) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 5th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 
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284. 


Lord Lieutenont A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

of Ireland. sed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to consider whether it would not be for the advantage 
of Ireland, and to the interest of the United King- 
dom, to abolish the Office of Lord Lieutenant of 
Treland:—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and 
the Lords, 


Mr. Lynch: 
Mr. Speaker, 

Exchequer Bills The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
{&lt;-18,407:39°) Act for raising the bens of Eighteen millions four 

” hundred and seven thousand three hundred pounds, 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-four, without 
Amendment :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Kilkenny Toll. | A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, a Copy of an 
Opinion and Advice given by Mr. Pennefather, the 
present Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench 
in Ireland, on the 28th day of February 1820, in a 
case of Toll, namely, “ Pembroke versus Kingsmill,” 
in which the Corporation of Kilkenny was interested, 
the original of which is in the possession of the pre- 
sent Mayor and Corporation of the City of Kilkenny: 
—It passed in the Negative. 


Turnpike Acts Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Continuance 


(Ireland) Bill, t© continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
roads in Jreland: And that Lord Eliot and Mr. 
Attorney General for Ireland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Unlawful Oaths 


; The House was moved, That the Act 2 and 3 Vic. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


c. 74, to extend and render more effectual for Five 
years, an Act passed in the fourth year of his late 
Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed 
in the fiftieth year of his Majesty George the 
Third, for preventing the administering aud taking 
unlawful Oaths in Jreland, 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 Efiot and 
Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Assaults 


: The House was moved, That the Act 2 and 8 Vie. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


c. 77, for the better Prevention and Punishment of 
Assaults in Zreland for Five years, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 


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A. 1844, 


Allowances to Retired Officers of the Two Houses, 

to the 31st day of March 1845. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Poor raw 
three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Commission, 
to pay 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 1845. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take supply 
into further consideration the Sixth of the Resolutions [22 April.} 
which, upon the 22d day of April last, were reported 

from the Committee of Supply, and which Resolu- 

tion was then postponed ; andthe same was again 

read ; and is as followeth: 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Saint Helena. 
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. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Edinburgh 
into a Committee upon the Edinburgh Agreement Agreement 
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 To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vinegar and 
mittee on the Vinegar and Glass Duties Bill; Glass Duties 
Resolved, That this House will, wpon Monday - 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Stamp Duties Bill was, according to Order, stamp Duties 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to continue certain Turnpike Acts 
Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads in Jreland ; Continuance 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered (!re!an4) Bill. 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and No. 256. 
to be printed. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to continue an Act Unlawful Oaths 
of the second and third years of Her present Ma- (Ireland) Bill. 
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Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the said Act: And that Lord Eliot and 
Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Public Pe- Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 

titions, Committee on Public Petitions, That they do not 
record any Petition on which the name of the Mem- 
ber presenting it is not written. 

Savings Banks . 

Bill. read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday the 23d day of 
this instant May. 

Supply The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

{16 April] —_ into further consideration the Fifth and the Sixteenth 


of the Resolutions which, upon the 16th day of April 
last, were reported from the Committee of Supply ; 
and which Resolutions were then postponed ; and 
the same were again read; and are as follow: 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
nine thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the ‘Two Houses of Parliament, and 


Salaries and 
Expenses of 
Houses of Par- 
liameut. 


effectual for Five years, an Act passed in the fourth 
year of his late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend 
an Act passed in the fiftieth year of his Majesty 
George the Third, for preventing the administering 
and taking unlawful Oaths in Jreland: 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 an Act Assaults 


The Savings Banks Bill was, according to Order, |! of the second and third years of Her present Ma- (Ireland) Bill. 


|jesty, for the better Prevention and Punishment of No. 258. 
Assaults 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bankruptcy. 

Statement of the Amount transferred and paid out 
as Dividends, Amount paid by Orders of Court, and 
of the Judges, and Balance standing to the credit 
of Basil Montagu, Esquire, Accountant in Bank- 
ruptcy, on the Ist day of January 1842, 1843 and 
1844, pursuant to the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 29 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 106, of 
Session 1841), 





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Saint Helena. 


Scindia. 


No. 259. 


Poor Law. 


Westminster 
Bridge. 


Royal Assent 
‘to Bills, 





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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Comparative Statement of the Number of Vessels 
which have entered inwards and cleared outwards 
during the Five years commencing on the 6th day 
of April 1838, and ending on the 5th day of April 
1843 :—Port of James Town, Saint Helena :—And, 
an Abstract of Revenue received at Saint Helena, 
for Five years, ending the 31st day of December 
1842. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Papers. 

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


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Scindia, 
which were presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 10° die Maii ; 
Anno 7° Victoriz Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of the 
Names, Addresses, Professions and Occupations of 
the several Auditors appointed under the Poor Law 
Amendment Act; together with the dates of their 
respective Appointments :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Swinburne, from the Commissioners of West- 
minster Bridge, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to Order,—Returns of the Amount 
of Money expended upon Westminster Bridge for 
Repairs, Alterations, Professional and other Services, 
from the 5th day of April 1810 till the 5th day of 
April 1838 :—Of the Sums of Money already ex- 
pended, or now due, in respect of the Repairs and 
Alterations of Westminster Bridge since the 5th day 
of April 1838; specifying separately the Cost of 
the Works and Services relative to the Elongation of 
the Piers, with a view to the widening of the Super- 
structure, and of the Works lately executed in light- 
ening the Superstructure and filling up the bed of 
the River, in consequence of the recent sinking of 
the Foundations :—Of the Sums of Money required 
to defray the probable Cost of the further Works and 
Services required in repairing, altering and widening 
Westminster Bridge, under the following heads :—1. 
For Repair of Foundations and Arches; 2. For the 
Elongation of Piers to receive a widened Superstruc- 
ture; 3. For Repairs and Alterations of the Super- 
structure; 4. ForSuperintendence and Miscellaneous 
Services :—-And, of the Income of the Commissioners 
of Westminster Bridge arising from Property belong- 
ing to the Commission; specifying the nature and 
extent of such Property, in detail, and the Rents 
payable in respect of it, as well as all other sources 
of Income, if any exist; and also, whether there 
are any, and if any, what Incumbrances upon the 
same :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do 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 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 Majesty’s 
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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 raising the Sum of Eighteen Millions Exchequer Bills 
four hundred and seven thousand three hundred (£:-18,407,300.) 
pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the BH! 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four : 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Interna- International 
tional Copyright : Copyright Bill. 
An Act to extend until the First day of January Dean Forest 

One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, and to Encroachments 
the end of the then next Session of Parliament, the 3! 
Time within which Conveyances may be made on 
behalf of the Crown of, and Disputes settled with 
regard to Encroachments in the Forest of Dean: 

An Act to effectuate the Sale by the Bolton and Botton and 
Preston Railway Company of their Railway, and Preston Rail- 
other Property and Effects to the North Union “*Y Bil 
Railway Company, to incorporate with such last- 
mentioned Company the Proprietors of the Bolton 
and Preston Railway, and to consolidate Shares 
into Stock : 

An Act to amend the several Acts relating to the Great Western 
Great Western, the Cheltenham and Great Western Railway Bill, 
Union, and Ozford Railways, to amalgamate the 
two last-mentioned Railways with the Great West- 
ern Railway, and to authorize the formation of ad- 
ditional Works at Cheltenham by the Great Western 
Railway Company : 

Au Act for making a Railway from Norwich to Norwich 


Brandon, with a Branch to Thetford : and Brandon 
. Railway Bill. 

An Act for making a Railway from the London Guildford 
and South Western Railway to Guildford, in the Junction Rail- 
County of Surrey : “poe 

An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Eastern Coun- 
Company to make a Railway from the Northern ties Railway 
and Eastern Railway at Newport, by Cambridge, onaromdaey 
to Ely, and from thence eastward to Brandon and Extension) Bill. 
westward to Peterborough : 

An Act for maintaining a Railway from the Man- Manchester and 
chester and Leeds Railway to Heywood, and for Leeds tnd Hey- 
amending the Acts relating to the Manchester and Railway 1 Bill. 
Leeds Railway : 

An Act to amend and enlarge some of the Pro- yarmouth 
visions uf the Act authorizing the Construction of and Norwich 
the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, and to autho- R4i!way Bill. 
rize the Construction of certain new Works in con- 
nection therewith : 

An Act for enabling the Manchester and Birming- Manchester and 
ham Railway Company to vary the Line of their — 
Branch Railway, to Macclesfield, and to make an- (yisectesfeld 
other Branch therefrom, and for amending the for- and Poynton 


mer Acts relating to the said Company : (Non a:) Bill 


An Act to consolidate the North Midland, Mid- midland Rail. 
land Counties and Birmingham and Derby Junction — 
Railways : ; 

An ‘Act to alter and extend the Provisions of an Severn Navi- 
Act for improving the Navigation of the River gation Bill. 
Severn: 

An Act to amend the Powers and Provisions of Beccles Navi- 
an Act of the first year of King William the Fourth, gation Bill. 
for making the River Waveney navigable for Ships 
and other sea-borne Vessels, from Rosehall Fleet to 
the Mouth of Oulton Dyke, and for making and 
maintaining a navigable Cut from the said River 
into the said Dyke: 

An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors Birmingham 
of the Birmingham Canal Navigations to borrow a Canal Naviga- 
further Sum of Money, and to extend and alter “"s Bil 
some of the Provisions of their present Acts : 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the third year Edinburgh 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, for abolishing a Market 
certain Petty and Market Customs in the City °"" 
of Edinburgh, and granting other Duties in lieu 
thereof : 

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Glossop An Act for establishing a Market in the Town of 
Market Bill. — GJossop, in the County of Derby : 
Edinburgh An Act for providing for the Liquidation of the 
Poor Aseess- Debt owing by the Charity Workhouse of the City 
; of Edinburgh, for regulating the Assessment for 
Relief of the Poor of the said City, and for other 
Purposes relating thereto : 
Rochdale An Act for more effectually lighting with Gas 
eateaes the Borough and Parish of Rochdale, in the County 
of Lancaster : 
Liverpool An Act to amend and enlarge the Provisions of 
New Gar’n4 Two several Acts for lighting with Gas the Town of 
; Liverpool, and certain Places adjacent thereto : 
DurhamCounty An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or 
ny Company asainst the Durham County Coal Company, and for 


other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the Rector, Churchwardens and 
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Bow Brick- 
hill, in the County of Buckingham, to sell certain 
Parcels of Land in the said Parish, which were 
allotted to them under the award of the Commis- 
sioners, made in pursuance of the Bow Brickhill 
and Fenny Stratford Inclosure Act, passed in the 
thirtieth year of King George the Third: 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of 
Brandes Burton, in the County of York: 


Bow Brickhill 
Estate Bill. 


Brandes Burton 
Inclosure Bill, 


Schuster s An Act for naturalizing Samuel Schuster : 
Nat. Bill. 
Dowager An Act for naturalizing Dame Susan Victoria 


ae Regina, Widow of Sir James Nugent, Baronet, de- 
a ceased : 


uae An Act for naturalizing Antonio Lascaridi : 

at. Bill. 

egg An Act for naturalizing Michael Spartali: 
at. Diu, 

Cababé's An Act for naturalizing Paul Cababé. 

Nat. Bill. aa 


County of Lan- Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
saster(Sourhem to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
Division) Writ. ; A cag . 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this ans Parliament for the Southern Division of 
the County of Lancaster, in the room of the Hon- 
ourable Richard Bootle Wilbraham, deceased. 


South Devon 


Sir John Mordaunt reported from the Committee 
Railway Bill. 


on the South Devon Railway 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; 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- 
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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Northern and An ingrossed Bill to enable the Northern and 
Eastern Rai- Eastern Railway Company to make certain Devia- 
way (Newport |. ; tee ga 3 ‘ . 
Deviations) Bill, tions in the Line of their Railway, between Bishops 
Stortford and Newport, and to alter and amend the 
Acts relating to the said Railway, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bramston do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Manchester 
Police Bill. 


day next. 


Manchester 

Improvement 
Bill. t : 
their Report forthwith. 


Manchester 
Improvement 


on on the Manchester Improvement (re-committed) Bill 


That they had made other Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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Ordered, That the Report on the Manchester 
Police Bill be taken into consideration upon Mon- 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Manchester 
Improvement (re-committed) Bill have leave to make 


Mr. Mark Philips reported from the Committee 


A. 1844, 


Ordered, That the Liverpool Docks Bill be re-com- Liverpool 


mitted to the former Committee, for the purpose of Docks Bill, 
considering the system of cleansing the Liverpool 


Docks, and of amending the Bill as regards the 
Clause relating to the Land Tax and Poor’s Rate. 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Monday next. 


A Petition of Joseph Talwin Forster, of Upper Swansea 
Thames-street, in the city of London, Merchant, Hetbour Bill. 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel 

or agent, against certain parts of the Swansea Har- 

bour Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 

by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 

if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 

Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Richard Rushton Coventry In- 

Preston, for enlarging the time for the Committee provement and 
, : Cemetery Bill, 

on the Coventry Improvement and Cemetery Bill to 

make their Report, which was presented yesterday, 

be referred to the Select Committee on Standing 

Orders. 


Petitions of Edward Lewis Richards, Esquire ;— Taff Vale 
and, William Davies, of Merthyr Tydvil, in the Railway Bil. 
county of Glamorgan; praying that they may he 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 

certain parts of the Taff Vale 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. 


Petitions of Thomas Frederick Cole, an Owner of Ventnor 
property, and Rate-payer of that part of the parish —_— 
of Mewchurch, in the Isle of Wight, called Ventnor, 
and also a Trustee in possession of the estates of 
Charles Popham Hill, Esquire, Lord of the Manor 

of Bonchurch ;—and, Owners of property and Rate- 
payers ofthat part of the parish of Newchurch, in the 

Isle of Wight, called Ventnor ; praying that they may 

be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 

parts of the Ventnor Improvement 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 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 Members of a Joint Stock Company Gaspé Fishery 
for carrying on the Fishery in the Gaspé District, andCoal Mining 
and Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and Coal Mining in the Co™P#"s: 
said district, in the province or colony of Canada, 
for leave to present a Petition for leave to bring in 
a Bill for the establishment and Incorporation of 
the said Company, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Blackburn an 
Town of Blackburn to the North Union Railway, Preston Rail- 
in the Township of Farrington, all in the County “Y - 
of Lancaster, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from the 
Town of Blackburn to the North Union Railway, in 
the Township of Farrington, near Preston, all in 
the County of Lancaster. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Epsom and 

; | London and South Western Railway, praying that South Wester 
eee ; “ a Railway Bill. 

rovision may be made in the Epsom and South 


Vestern Railway Bill for making the said Railway 





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according to the proposed deviation line, in lieu of 
and as a substitute for the original line described 
on the plans which have been deposited, was_pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mariners and Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 


General Life Mariners and General Life Assurance Company 
Conpeny Bil 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. 
York’ United Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Gas(No.2%) York United Gas (No. 2.) 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. 
Huddersfield A Petition of Richard Henry Beaumont, of Whit- 
on aa ley Hall, in the parish of Kirkheaton, in the county 
— of York, Esquire; praying that he may be heard, by 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Huddersfield Branch 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. 
Saint Asaph Petitions from Pezley ;—Eastnor ;—Evesbatch ; 
—— —Little Marcle and Munsley ;—Ledbury ;—-Crad- 


ley ;—Coddington ; —Canon Frome ; — Deanery of 
Warwick ;—Rural Deanery of Westbourne ;— Brid- 
port ;— Kidderminster ;— Deanery of Dorchester ;— 
County of Huntingdon ;—Deanery of Middlewich ; 
Deanery of Evesham ;—Archdeaconry of Bath ;— 
and, Rural Deanery of Lodsworth; praying for the 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and 
Bangor, and, at the same time, that speedy and 
strenuous endeavours may be made for the establish- 
ment of a See at Manchester, by other means,-- 


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


Local Courts. A Petition of Inhabitants of Newport, Pembroke, 


and the vicinity, praying that a Bill for establishing 
Local Courts in small causes may speedily pass into 
law, with such provisions as may render its opera- 
tion as beneficial to the Principality of Wales as to 
the other parts of the kingdom, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Public Petitions 
(Twenty-second 
Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 6th and 7th days of 
this instant May; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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

Come Laws, Petitions from Long Sutton ; — Caythorpe ;— 
Welby ; — Stroxton ; — Allington ; —Barkston ; — 
Sedgebrook ; — Fulbeck ; — Londonthorpe ; —Great 
Gonerby ;— Little Ponton ;—Harlaxton ;— Barrow- 
by ;—Great Ponton ; —Somerby ; — Normanton ;— 
Syston ;—Ancaster and other places ;—Marston ;— 
Leadenham ; — Belton ; —Denton ; —Sutton Saint 
Nicholas ;— Buttermere ;— North Tidworth ;—Pew- 
sey ;-- Netheravon;— Burbage;—-Collingbourne King- 
ston and Collingbourne Ducis ;— Enford ;— Wootton 
Rivers ;— Milton ( Wilts) ;—Everley ; —Milston and 
Bugmenton ;—Fi igheldean ;—Erdcomb and Ferbury ; 
— Euston ;— Fittleton ;— Blendworth and Idsworth ; 
— Catherington ;—Bramshott ,—Eastmeon ;—Cole- 


more and Priorsdeane; —Buriton;—Chalton and 
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Clanfield ;—Steep ;—Empshott and Greatham ;— 
Frozfield and Privett ;—Hawkley ;— Petersfield and 
Sheet ;— Liss ;— Linkenholt ;— Longparish ;—Tuf- 
ton; — Shipton; — Thruxton; —Tangley ; —Whit- 
church (Hants) ;—W herwell;— Over Wallop ;— Wey- 
hill;—Vernhams Dean ;—South Tidworth ;— Kimp- 
ton ;—Quarley ;— Penton Mewsey ;—Monzxton ;— 
Knights Enham ; — Ludgershall ; — Hurstbourne 
Priors;— Hurstbourne Tarrant ;--Grately ;-- Newn- 
ham ;— Hollowell ; — Lilbourne ; — Guilsborough- 
with-Nortoft ;— Welford ; —Yelvertoft ; —Norton ; 
—Farthingstone ;— Kilsby;—and, Ashby Saint Le- 
gers; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no 
alteration whatever may be made im the existing 
Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Vandeput Drury, of Shot- Sale of Beer 
over Park, in the county of Oxford, praying for Act 
repeal of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ballymena; —Brookvale ;—Bel- Marriages 
fast ; — Clontibret ; — Castleblaney ; — Mosside ;— Ireland.) 
Clonmel; —Portstewart ;—Dunboe (two Petitions); 
— Hillsborough ;—Ahoghill ;— Duncan ;—and, Do- 
nagheady ; praying the House to introduce without 
delay into Parliament, a Bill to declare valid to all 
intents and purposes in law, all Marriages heretofore 
solemnized or hereafter to be solemnized by Presby- 
terian Ministers in Ireland, between parties not 
within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or 
affinity, and who have the consent of parents or 
guardians, and provided that all such Marriages 
shall be solemnized and registered agreeably to the 
published laws of the Jrish Presbyterian Church, 


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


A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers and Poor Law 
Rate-payers of the parish of Ross, in the county of we 
Hereford, praying the House not to allow any ’"” 
clause to be introduced into the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Dill forexempting union workhouses from pa- 
rochial rates, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Renfrew ;—War- Factories. 
rington ; — Mottram-in- Lonydendale ; —Bolton ;— 
Bradford (York) (two Petitions) ;—Ashton-under- 
Lyne, Dukinfield and Mossley ;— Keighley ;—Staly- 
bridge;— Stockport ; — Oldham ; — Beaminster ;— 
Manchester and other places (Chairman) ;— and, 
Hawich ; praying the House not to interfere with the 
Act now in force for regulating the hours of labour 
of persons employed in Factories,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Morley ;—Huddersfield ;—Bury 
(Lancaster) (Chairman) ;—Saint George, Hanover- 
square (Chairman) ;— Horwich ;— Ovenden ;— Open- 
shaw ;— Batley ; —Stockport ; —Oldham ; — North 
Bierley; — Hyde; — Pudsey ; — Bolton-le-Moors 
(Chairman) ; — Charlstown (Chairman) ; — Dews- 
bury ;—and, Dundee (Chairman); praying the House 
to limit the hours of labour of persons employed in 
Factories to ten in the day,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilroan and Templeusque ;—and, Education 
Rathcooney ; praying the House to adopt measures (Irelana.) 
for extending Scriptural Education in Jreland,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the hamlets of Lye Poor’s Rates. 
and Wollescote, in the parish of Oldswinford, in the 
county of Worcester, stating that the parish of 
Oldswinford consists of several hamlets which have 
for along time paid one common Poor’s Rate for 
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the support of the poor of the said parish; that in 
the year 1842 certain parties living in the wealthiest 
hamlets of the parish did cause the aforesaid parish 
to be divided, so that now each hamlet is ordered 
to pay exclusively for the support of its own poor, 
by which arrangement the wealthy inhabitants of 
the parish are relieved from the not grievous burden 
of Poor’s Rates which they bore in common with 
the Petitioners, and the Petitioners on the contrary 
are quite overwhelmed with the burden thus thrown 
exclusively upon them; and praying the House to 
take into consideration the circumstances mentioned 
in their Petition, and the circumstances of all other 
hamlets who are or may be hereafter in the like si- 
tuation, and to make such enactments concerning 
Poor’s Rates, as that parishes long united under 
one common rate shall not be broken up into ham- 
lets separately supporting their own poor, or at any 
rate so to enact, that no hamlet or parish shall be 
overwhelmed as the Petitioners are with the burden 
of Poor’s Rates, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Officers to the Sheriff of Dorset- 
shire, praying that in case the County Courts Bill 
should pass into a law, the Petitioners may receive 
compensation for the loss which they must neces- 
sarily sustain, or be appointed to such offices in the 
newly-formed Courts as their previous duties may 


County Courts 
Bill. 


have enabled them competently to fill, was presented, | 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester and its 
vicinity, praying the House to appoint a Commission 
to inquire into all matters relating to the statutes, 
revenues, trusts, privileges and to the general con- 
dition as regards education, learning and religion of 
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and their 
Colleges, especially with regard to all matters men- 
tioned in their Petition, with full power to enable 
such Commission efficiently to perform its important 
services, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the t able. 


Maynooth 


~ A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of Eng- 
ollege. 


land Lay Association, praying that investigation may 
be made into the acknowledged standards of public 
instruction taught at Maynooth College, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the Pres- 
bytery of Kirkcudbright, praying the House to adopt 
measures for ameliorating the condition of the Burgh 
and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


School masters 
(Scotland.) 


Stratford Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
oy aanae before the Committee on the Stratford (Eastern 


Thames Junce Counties) and Thames Junction Railway Bill of last 
Session, be referred to the Committee on the Bill of | dered to he upon the Table. 


tion Railway 


Bill. the present Session. 


Coopers’ Trade. A Petition of Journeymen Coopers of London, 
praying the House to abolish all duty on raw ma- 
terial used in Coopers’ work, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Waterloo, &amp;e., A Petition of Merchants, Warehousemen, Brokers, 


oe Traders and Residents of and in the vicinity uf the 
ward of Bishopsgate, in the city of London, 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. 

Epsom and A Petition of Messrs. Burchell, Kilgour and 

South Westen Parson, of No. 15, Parliament-street, in the parish 

Ruilway Bill. 


of Saint Margaret’s, Westminster, Solicitors, com- 
plaining that the Standing Orders of the House in 
respect to the Petition for additional provision in 


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A. 1844, 


the Epsom and South Western Railway Bill, for 
making a deviation in the line of Railway contem- 
plated in the said 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. 


Petitions from the county of Sussex, and western Hail Storm 
part of the county of Kent;—and, county of Bedford ; Insurances. 
praying the House to repeal the Stamp Duty on poli- 

cies of Insurance against damage by Hail Storms, so 

far as agricultural produce is concerned, thereby 

placing it on the same footing as in the case of loss 

by fire,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 

hie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk of the Presbytery of Loch- Universities 
carron, praying the House to reject any measures (Scotland. ) 
having for their object the abolition of the religious 

tests now required to be taken by the professors of 

the Scottish Universities, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens and Inha- Ecclesiastical 
bitants of the deanery of Dunster and archdeaconry Corts Bill. 
of Taunton, in the western division of the county of 
Somerset, taking notice of the Ecclesiastical Courts 

Bill; and praying, that the House will preserve the 

court of the archdeaconry of Taunton as a place for 

the probate and registry of wills, by placing the 

same in the schedule of preserved archdeaconries, 

was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Ruling Elders and other Dissenters’ 
Members of the Congregation of the Presbyterian Chapels. 
Church of Lecumphoe, in the county of Derry, in 
connection with the General Assembly of the Pres- 
byterian Church in Jreland, praying the House to re- 

ject any measure which goes to change the law of 
religious trusts, and sanction the usurpation and 
perversion of trust property held by persons dissent- 

ing from the Church of England, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Lodsworth ; Manchester 
—and, Rural Deanery of Westbourne; praying the Bishopric. 
House to take speedy measures to extend to the 

town of Manchester the benefit of immediate epis- 

copal care, by founding a See in that vast and des- 

titute population, without withdrawing from any 
existing diocese the undivided care of a resident 
Bishop,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers of the borough of Wool. 
Kendal, praying the House immediately to adopt 
the proposal of Her Majesty’s Ministers, and repeal 
the Wool Duty, was presented, and read ; and or- 


A Petition of Solicitors of Her Majesty’s High Court of 
Court of Chancery, practising in the city of Bristol, Chancery- 
praying the House to inquire into the claims made by 
the Lord Chancellor in pursuance of the Act for abo- 
lishing certain Offices of the High Court of Chancery 
in England ; and to take into their consideration the 
several orders made thereon, and to inquire into the 
fees imposed upon the suitors of the said court, in 
pursuance of the powers of the said Act, and into 
the state, and several charges affecting the several 
funds of the suitors of the said court, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Yeovil, in the county Small Debt» 
of Somerset, praying the House to pass a law for 
the establishing of local courts for the more cheap, 
easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table, 





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Lancaster Mr. Estcourt reported, That having been with the 
and Carlisle Yords to desire a Conference on the subject-matter 
Railway Bill. Of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Bill, intituled, “ An Act for making a Railway from 
the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, at 
Lancaster, to or near to the city of Carlisle,” the 
Lords do agree toa Conference, and appoint the 
same, at five o’clock this day, in the Committee 
Room No. 2. 
The time being come for the Conference with the 
Lords, upen the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, “ An 
Act for making a Railway from the Lancaster and 
Preston Junction Railway, at Lancaster, to or near 
to the city of Carlisle ;” 
Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 





Conference, for disagreeing to the Amendment to 
which this House hath disagreed, do manage the 
Conference :—And the names of Mr. Sérutt, Mr. 
Sotheron, Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Granville 
Somerset, Mr. John Round, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. 
Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Richard 
Hodgson, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Parker, Mr. Trotter, Mr. 
Bramston, Mr. Gaily Knight and Mr. Bickham 
Escott, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over, 
and they went to the Conference; and being re- 
turned ; 

Mr. Estcour* reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
part of. the Lords by the Duke of Richmond ; and 
that they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing 
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spectively, at the period of Admission ; and also, the 
Religion of their Parents, so far as the same may 
be known or can be ascertained :—Copies of any 
Correspondence between the Officers of the said 
Establishment, and any Person or Persons, relative 
to the Change of Religion of Two Boys, named Ed- 
ward and William Cashin, Pupils in the said School, 
within the last Six months :—And, a Statement, 
showing the Ages of the said Boys at the time of 
changing their Religion ; also, of the Ages of any 
other Pupils of the said Establishment who may 
have changed their Religions within the last Four 
years. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and Message from 
Mr. Lynch : the Lords, 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for vesting the Leeds Leeds and 
and Selby Railway in the York and North Midland Selby Railway 
Railway Company, and for enabling that Company (No. :) Bill 
to raise a further Sum of Money to complete the ~ 
Purchase of such Railway : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the Northern Northern 
Coal Mining Company to raise Money for paying Goal Mining 
off existing Debts of the Company: And also, a 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Furness 
Act for making a Railway from Rampside and Bar- Railway Bill. 
row to Dalton Lindale and Kirkby Ireleth, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to be called The 
Furness Railway, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 





Amendments, with their Lordships. 


Padstow The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Harbour Bill. veading of the ingrossed Bill for regulating, main- 
taining and improving the Port of Padstow, in the 
County of Cornwall, and the navigable Parts of the 
Juuver Camel or Allen, in the same County ; 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the 
Bill, gives Her consent as far as Her Majesty’s in- 
terest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Charles Lemon do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


——— A Petition of Stint-masters of the burgh of Fal- 
Railvey Wil. kirk, praying that the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and referred to 


the Committee on the Bill. 


Honses of Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 

Porliament. requesting that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the First Re- 
port of the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships, on the Progress of the Building of the 
Houses of Parliament: And that Mr. Baring Wall 
do carry the said Message. 


Tobaceo. Ordered, That the Return of Persons convicted 
for Smuggling, which was presented yesterday, be 
referred to the Select Committee on Tobacco Trade. 

Ordered, That the Return of Tobacco seized and 
condemned in 1843, which was presented yesterday, 
be referred to the said Select Committee. 


Hibernian Mili- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
tary School, Return of the Number of Pupils admitted to the 
Hibernian Military School, Pheniz Park, Dublin, 
since the 1st day of January 1840; distinguishing 


the Ages of the Children, and their Religions re- 
Vou. 99. 





The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An New British 
Act for granting certain Powers to the New British mo Company 
Iron Company, 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 Hartlepool 
Act for making a Harbour and Dock near to Hartle- West Harbour 
pool, in the County of Durham, with Amendments ; and Dock Bill. 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An South Eastern 
Act to enable the South Eastern Railway Company Canterbury, 
to make a Railway from the said South Eastern Margate Baile 
Railway, near Ashford, to the City of Canterbury, way Bill. 
and the Towns of Ramsgate and Margate, and to jom 
the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, 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 Dissenters’ 
for the Regulation of Suits relating to Meeting Chapels Bill. 
Houses and other Property held for Religious Pur- 
poses by Persons dissenting from the United Church 
of England and Ireland ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Forestalling, 
for abolishing the Offences of Forestalling, Re- *¢» Bill 
erating and Engrossing, and for repealing certain 
Statutes passed in restraint of Trade; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Limitation 
to explain and amend an Act of the last Session of Cieland) Bill. 
Parliament, intituled, “ An Act for extending to 
Ireland the Provisions not already in force there, of 
an Act of the third and fourth years of the reign of 
the late King William the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act 
for the Limitation of Actions and Suits relating to 
Real Property, and for simplifying the Remedies 
for trying the Right thereto, and to explain and 
amend the said Act;’”’ to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Edwards's 
for enabling George Edwards and Walter Colbourn, ®5**t¢ Bu 
the Committees of the Estate of William Bechett 
Neachell, a person of unsound Mind, to make Con- 
veyances for carrying into execution an Agreement 

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Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill. 


No. 260. 


Factories 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 261. 


Registra:ion 
of Electors 
(Treland) Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bil. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Parishes 


(Scotland) Bill. 


290 


for the Partition or Division of the Real Estates of 
William Orme, deceased, pursuant to an Order of the 
High Court of Chancery ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


The Dissenters’ Chapels Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws relating to 
Labour in Factories, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider: (And be it Enacted, That 
from and after the First day of October in the present 
year, no young person shall be employed in any 
Factory more than Eleven hours in any one day, or 
more than Sixty-four hours in any one week ; and 
that from and after the First day of October One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, no young 
person shall be employed in any Factory more 
than Ten hours in any one day, or more than Fifty- 
eight hours in any one week; and that any per- 
son who shall be convicted of employing a young 
person for any longer time than is in and by this 
Clause permitted, shall for every such offence be 
adjudged to pay a penalty of not less than 

_ and not more than )s 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read 
the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question bemg 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time:—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Sabbati, 11° die Maii, 1844: 


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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Poor Law 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House for Monday, the 20th 
day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration of Electors (Ireland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parishes (Scotland) Bill ; 

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


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A. 1844, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Roman Catholic 
reading of the Roman Catholic Clergy, Grants and ee 
Conveyances (Jreland) Bill ; ances (Ireland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
upon Friday the 24th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill; Buildings 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- Damage by Fire 
mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) oe 
Bill . (No. 2.) Bill, 

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





The Customs Duties Bill was, according to Or- Customs Duties 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for 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- Customs Duties. 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the 
Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 47, to amend the Laws relating 
to the Customs ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Edinburgh Agreement Edinburgh 
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 there be laid before this House, savings Banks. 
a Statement of the Amount of the separate Surplus 
Fund, not bearing Interest, belongmg to the Trus- 
tees of Savings Banks, in the hands of the Com- 
tnissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
up to the present time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coftee. 
Accounts of the Quantity of Coffee imported into 
the United Kingdom in the years 1840, 1841, 1842 
and 1843; specifying the Countries from which it 
came :—Of the Quantity of Coffee of each descrip- 
tion entered for Home Consumption in the years 
1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; showing the Rate of 
Duty, together with the Amount derived therefrom 
in each year respectively :—And, of the Stock of 
Coffee in the United Kingdom, of each description 
in Bond, on the 31st day of December 1843 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries from whence imported. 


Edwards's Estate Bill was read the first time. Fdwards’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select Estate Bill- 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Chester Chester and 
and Holyhead Railway, which was presented upon Holyhead 
the 2d day of this instant May, be printed aaah 

‘. igliatad 3 : No. 262. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Wheat, Wheat, &amp;. 

&amp;c., which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 263. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Coals, Coals, Cinders 
Cinders and Culm, which were presented upon the — 
18th day of April last, be printed. No. 264. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Coals, Coals. 
which were presented upon the 18th day of April No. 264. 
last, and yesterday, be printed. 





Ordered, 





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Rail 


Met: 


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Fire 


ties 


KS. 


Kingstown 
Harbour. 


No. 265. 
Jamaica. 
No. 266. 


A Member 
takes the Oath, 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Metropolis 
Roads, 


Launceston 
Wri it . 


Salford 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Malan’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Ness Fisheries 


Bill. 


Pulteney Town 
Harbour and 
Improvement 
ill. 


ee 
Figge’s 


Nat. Bill. 


Nottingham 
(West Croft 
Canal) Im- 
provement 


(No, 2.) Bill. 





7 Vicroriz. 


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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Jamaica, 
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. 








Lune, 13° die Mai; 
Anno, 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


HARLES Robert Scott Murray, Esquire, 

Member for the County of Buckingham, having 
embraced the Roman Catholic Religion, took and 
subscribed the Oath required to be taken and sub- 
scribed by Roman Catholics. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the South East- 
ern Railway Bill have leave to sit this day, till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Wright, from the Metropolis Roads Office, 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—The 
Eighteenth Report of the Commissioners of the Me- 
tropolis Roads, north of the Thames :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Launceston, in the 
room of the Right honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of Governor General of India. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Salford Improvement (No. 2.) Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Malan’s Naturalization 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 
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 
Ness Fisheries 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 
Pulteney Town Harbour and Improvement Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Figge’s Naturalization Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
the Nottingham (West Croft Canal) Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill; That they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
That the Committee had made the inquiries directed 

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291 


by the Order of the House on the Ist day of this 
instant May ; and had ascertained that there were 
no Provisions introduced into the Bill inconsistent 
with the Notices given in compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders; and that they 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 West Croft 


West Croft (Nottingham) Inclosure (No. 2.) Bill ; (Nottingham) 
» (No. 2.) Bill. 


That they had examined the allegations of the Bill 
and found the same to be true; That the additions 
made by this Bill to the Bill which was first intro- 
duced are strictly within the Notices given in com- 
— with the Standing Orders for Bills of the 
irst Class, but the Committee feeling that the en- 
actment contained in such additions to the first Bill 
ought not to be introduced without due notice to 
the town, and to all parties, whose interests could 
be affected, called for evidence, which was adduced 
to the satisfaction of the Committee, that such no- 
tices had been given; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and made verbal Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Stratford stratford 


(Eastern Counties) and Thames Junction Railway 


(Eastern Coune 


Bill be revived :—And that they have leave to sit, #6) "9 
and proceed, upon Thursday next. tion Railway 
Bill. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Manchester 
into consideration the Report on the Manchester Police Bill. 


Police Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom South Western 


the Petition of Messrs. Burchell and Co., complain- 
ing of non-compliance with the Standing Orders in 
the case of the Petition for additional provision in 
the Epsom and South Western Railway Bill, was 
referred ; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills 
of the Second Class had not been complied with, in 
respect of the additional provision for which appli- 
cation is made, but it was proved to the Committee, 
that in the Notices originally published, all the pa- 
rishes which will be affected by the proposed devia- 
tion were enumerated. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir John Trollope reported from the Committee 
on the Southampton Improvement 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 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 Henry Smith and Son, and others, Kingston-upon- 
praying that the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill Hull Docks Bill. 


may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 


sented, and read; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 


Mr. Bellew reported from the Committee on the Eastern Union 


Epsom and 
Railway Bill. 


Southampton 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Eastern Union Railway Bill; and to whom several Railway Bill. 


Petitions against the said Bill were referred; That 
they had heard counsel in support of the said Pe- 
titions, 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 ; 
and that the Committee had examined the allegations 

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South Western 


292 


of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had | 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments | 
thereunto. 


and be printed. 


Viscount Howick reported from the Committee 


on the Epsom and South Western Railway ; and, the | 


+ nat nha Croydon and Epsom Railway Bills; That he had been 
Epsom Railway instructed by the Committee to move the House for 


Bills. 


Garnkirk, 
Glasgow and 
Coatbridge 
Railway Bill. 


British Iron 
Company Bill. 


Preston and 
Wyre Dock, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


Huddersfield 
Branch Rail- 
way Bill. 


T.ondon Gas 
Bill, 


an Order for the attendance of William Everest and 
John Hilbert Tate, both of Epsom, whose evidence 
it was proved was material to establish the case of 
the Croydon and Epsom Railway, and could not be 
obtained without the intervention of the House. 

Ordered, That William Everest and John Hilbert 
Tate do attend the Committee on the Epsom and 
South Western Railway ; and, Croydon and Epsom 
Railway Bills, upon Wednesday next. 


Mr. Parker reported from the Committee on the 
Garnkirk, Glasgow and Coatbridge Railway Bill 
(competing Line); and to whom 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; That 
they had inquired into the several matters required 
by the Standing Orders on Railway Bills; and that 


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Rodbard’s Name Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 


Mr. Speaker laid on the Table,—An Abstract of County Rates, 


the Accounts of the latest Valuation of every Parish, 
Township or Place upon which the County Rates 
have been laid, in the respective Counties of Eng- 
land and Wales; stating the year in which such 
Valuation was taken ; showing also the Total Va- 
luation of each Hundred and County (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 577, of Session 
1832), which were presented upon the 15th day of 
April last. 
Ordered, That the said Abstract be printed. 


of Northumberland ;—and, Officers to the Sheriff of 
Shropshire; praying that in case the County Courts 
Bill should pass into a law, the House will either 
cause the Petitioners to receive compensation for the 
loss they must necessarily sustain, or appoint the 
Petitioners to such offices in the newly-formed 
courts as their previous duties may have enabled 
them competently to fill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











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 Report onthe Lritish Iron Company Bill ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

The Preston and Wyre Dock, &amp;c., Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of Trustees acting in execution of Two 
several Acts for diverting, improving and maintain- 


ing the Roads between the Towns of Birstal and | 


Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the County of 
York ;— Huddersfield Canal Company ;—Owners of 
lands, buildings, tenements and hereditaments pro- 
posed to be taken or interfered with, for making a 
Railway from Cooper Bridge to Huddersfield ;— 
Occupiers of lands, tenements, hereditaments and 
premises through or over which the Branch Rail- 
way from Cvoper Bridge to Huddersfield, both in 
the West Riding of the county of York, is intended 
to be made;—Edward Brooke, of Sheepridge, in 
Huddersfield, in the county of York, Esquire ;— 
Stansfield Rawson ;—Joseph Brook and Wyndham 
Carlton Madden, Clerk ;— Thomas Thornhill, of 
Riddlesworth, in the county of Norfolk, Esquire; 
—Merchants, Manufacturers and other Inhabitants 
of the town and neighbourhood of Huddersfield ;— 


and, the Honourable Isabella Ramsden, of Buckden, | 
in the county of York, Widow, the Mother, and | 


natural Guardian of Sir John William Ramsden, 
Baronet, an Infant ; praying that they may be heard, 
b7 themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
ta'n parts of the Huddersfield Branch Railway Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bili; 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 London 
Gas Light Company, 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. 


Petitions from the Deanery of Tangmere, &amp;c. ;— 
Aberayron ;— Horley ;— Deanery of Brackley ;— 
Nerquis ;—Gwernafield ; — Deanery of Haddon; — 
Llanfaircaereinion ;—and, Deanery of Yamworth ; 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 
7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees 

of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time 
that speedy and strenuous endeavours may be made 
for the establishment of a See at Manchester, by 

other means,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
| dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of Saint Nicholas-street 
Protestant Dissenting Chapel, situate in the town 
of Lancaster,and others, praying that the Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Little Hallingbury ;—and, Pres- 
| bytery of Elgin and Aberlour ; praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Bishop and Clergy of the dio- 
ceses of Cashel and Waterford, praying that the pre- 
sent system of Education in Jre/and may be so far 
altered, that while all other religious books shall be 
excluded during the hours of general instruction, 
the Holy Scriptures alone may be used at all times 
| at the discretion of the patrons or managers of each 
| school, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
| upon the Table. 





| Petitions from Waterford ;— Donegore (two Peti- 


| tions); — Castlereagh ; — Belfast ;— Newbliss ; — 


Greyabbey ;—Rathfriland ;— and, Presbytery of 


Elgin and Aberlour ; praying the House to intro- 
duce, without delay, into Parliament, a Bill to 
declare valid to all mtents and purposes in law, all 
| Marriages heretofure solemnized, or hereafter to be 

solemnized, by Presbyterian ministers in Jreland, 
| between parties not within the prohibited degrees 
_ of consanguinity or affinity, and who have the con- 
| sent of parents or guardians, and provided that all 
such Marriages shall be solemnized and registered 


| agreeably to the published laws of the Irish Pres- 


| byterian Church,—were presented, and read; and 


| ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bodmin ;—and, Great Torrington ; 
| praying the House to pass a Bill, without delay, 
| for the cheap and speedy recovery of Small Debts 

in England and Wales, having regard to the due pro- 
tection both of debtor and creditor,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Rodbard’s 
Name Bill. 


No. 268, 


Petitions of Officers to the Sheriff of the county County Courts 


Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
ioceses, 


Dissenters” 
Chapels Bill 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Marriages 
Ireland.) 


Smal) Debts- 


Petitions 


Uni 
(Se 


Scl 
4 S 


Universities 
(Scotland. ) 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland. ) 


Art Unions. 


Pvor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Poor Law. 


County Court 
(County Pala- 
tine of Lan- 
caster) Bill, 


Mortiain. 


Universal 
Suffrage, Xe. 


7 Vicroriz. 


Petitions of the Moderator and Clerk of the Pres- 
bytery of Auchterarder ;—and, Clerk of the Presby- 
terv of Annan; praying the House to avert the evils 
which the proposed alteration of the laws relating 
to religious tests in the Universities and Schools of 
Scotland would inevitably produce,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Presbytery of Auchterarder, praying the House to 
adopt measures for ameliorating the condition of the 
Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, 


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


Petitions of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Manchester Association for the Patronage of the 
Fine Arts;— Wood Carvers, Gilders and Frame 
Makers of London and its vicinity ;—Members of 
the Birmingham Society of Artists ;—and, Members 
of the managing Committee of the Royal Birming- 
ham and Midland Counties Art Union (two Peti- 
tions); praying the House to give their sancticn 
to any measure which may be brought before 
thei for the legalization of Art Unions, as shall 
be worked from no motive of private emolument, 
and with the view of promoting national Fine Art, 
the improvement of manufactures and the extension 
of English commerce,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from York Union (Chairman) ;—and, 
Preston Union (Lancaster) (Vice Chairman); 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. 

A Petition of Officers and Members of the Toz- 
teth Park and Liverpool Building Society, in the 
borough of Liverpool, praying the House not. to 
introduce clauses into the said Bill, to the effect 
that owners of certain tenements shall be rated to 
the relief of the poor instead of the occupiers, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from King’s Lynn Union ;—and, Green- 
wich Union; praying the House to enact a law 
giving to Boards of Guardians the power of fixing 
the measure of remuneration to be given to the me- 
dical officers of their unions, subject to the approval 


of the Poor Law Commissioners,—were presented, | 


and read; and referred to uhe Select Committee on 
Poor Law Amendment Act (Medical Relief). 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Merchants, Tradesmen 
and others of the parish of Manchester, in the county 
palatine of Lancaster, praying that the County 
Court (County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Eastwood, of Brindle 
Lodge, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, stating 
that the laws of Mortmain are not a sufficient pro- 
tection for the property of the Roman Catholic 
Laity ; and praying that he may be permitted to 
adduce proof of the allegations set forth in his Peti- 


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293 


A Petition of the Mayor of the borough of LZi- Registration 
merick, praying that the Registration of Electors = se 
(reland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre~ “Heland) Bill. 


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


A Petition of the Provost of Haddington, taking Prisons 


notice of the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; and praying (Scotland) Bill. 


the Honse to relieve the counties and burghs in 
Scotland of the expense connected with the public 
national Penitentiary establishment at Perth, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Accrington ;—and, Basingstoke ; Factories _ 
praying that provision may be made in the Factories (Ne- 2-) Bill. 


(No. 2.) Bill for limiting the hours of labour to ten 
aday for five days in the week and eight on the 
Saturday,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of James Cowie, and others, praying 
the House not to make any further reduction in the 
hours of labour of young persons employed in Fac- 
tories, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Operative Bleachers employed in 
the Bleaching Works in the parish of Abbey Pais- 
ley, praying the House to extend the provisions of 
the said Bill to the bleaching works of Scotland, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee on the Sidmouth and 
Sidmouth and Collumpton Road Bill; and to whom Collumpton 


several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That they had heard the Parties in support of several 
of the said Petitions ; and had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Road Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, sugar. 


a Return of the Quantity of Sugar imported severally 
in the years 1841, 1842 and 1843, distinguishing 
the Countries from whence imported. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

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


Mr. Baring Wall reported, That he had carried 
to the Lords the Message of this House of Fri- 
day last, requesting that their Lordships would be 
pleased to communicate to this House, a Copy 
of the First Report of the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by their Lordships on the Progress of the 
Building of the Houses of Parliament :—And that 
their Lordships had communicated a printed Copy 
of the said Report; and he delivered the same in 
at the Table. 


Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill for 
inclosing Lands in the Manors or Lordships of 
Farrington and Cwmgilla, in the Parish of Knighton, 
in the County of Radnor, be now read the third time; 

Lord Eliot, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 


tion, before any Committee that may be appointed | quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 


by the House to inquire into the operation of the 
laws of Mortmain, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool (President);—and, Bir- 


mingham (Chairman) ; praying the House to extend 
the Franchise to every male citizen of twenty-one 


years of age, with such provisions as will render 


its exercise full, fair and free, namely, Vote by 
Bal 


| 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. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


| Ordered, That Mr. Richard Price do carry the 
' Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| 


lot, no Property Qualification, Payment of Mem-| for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Bleddfa and 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 


bers, equal Electoral Districts and Annual Parlia- | Llangunllo, in the County of Radnor, be now read 
ments,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to| the third time ; 


lie upon the Table. 
Vou. 99. 


Lord Eliot, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
PP3 quainted 





Houses of 
Parliament. 


No. 269. 


Farrington 
and Cwmgilla 
Inclosure Bill. 


Bleddfa and 
Llangunllo 
Inclosure Bill. 





























































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Corn Laws. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Customs Duties 
(Isle of Man.) 


Factories 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


294. 


quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Price do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Bakewell ;— Burlington ;—North 
Cave and South Cave ;—County of York (three Pe- 
titions) ; — Goodmanham, &amp;c.; — Pocklington; — 
Howden ; — North Cave with Drewton and Ever- 
thorpe ; — Barmby-on-the-Marsh ; — Eastrington ; 
— Hemingbrough ; — Brackenholme-with-Woodall ; 
—Cotness;— Bubwith ;— Yokefleet ;-Laxton( York); 
— Batkholme ; —Blacktoft ; —Saltmarshe ;— Bella- 
size ;—Aughton ; —Foggathorpe ;—Spaldington ;— 
Hotham ; —Scalby ; —Gubthorpe ;--Breighton ;— 
Newsholme and Brind, Wressle and Loftsome ; — 
Skelton ;— Faxfleet ;— Latham ;—Ellerton Priory ; 
— Holme-upon-Spaldingmoor ;— Harlthorpe ;— Wil- 
litoft; — Portington and Cavehill ;— Asselby ;— 
Knedlington ; — Broomfleet ;— and, Wretham and 
Belby; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no 
alteration whatever may be made in the existing Corn 
Laws,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing in 
the borough of Reading, in the county of Berks, 
praying that the Ecclesiastical Courts 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 Solicitors of Her Majesty’s High 
Court of Chancery practising in the city of Bristol, 
praying the House to inquire into the claims made 
before the Lord Chancellor in pursuance of the Act 
for abolishing certain Offices of the High Court of 
Chancery in England, and to take under their con- 
sideration the several Orders made thereon, and to 
inquire into the fees imposed upon the suitors of the 
said court, in pursuance of the powers of the said 
Act, and into the state and several charges affecting 
the several funds of the suitors of the said court, 


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


The House was moved, That the Act 8 and 4 Vie. 
c. 60, for regulating the Trade of the Isle of Man, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
said Act. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Friday last, That the ingrossed Clause (And 
be it Enacted, That from and after the First day of 
October in the present year, no young person shall 
be employed in any Factory more than eleven hours 
in any one day, or more than sixty-four hours in 
any one week; and that from and after the First 
day of October One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-seven, no young person shall be empioyed in 
any Factory more than ten hours in any one day, 
or more than fifty-eight hours in any one week; 
and that any person who shall be convicted of em- 
ploying a young person for any longer time than is 
in and by this Clause permitted, shall for every such 
offence be adjudged to pay a penalty of not less 
than pounds, and not more than pounds), 
which was offered to be added upon the third read- 
ing of the Factories (No. 2.) Ball by way of Rider, 
be now read a second time; 

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


13°—14° Mazi. 








A. 1844. 


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


Martis, 14° die Maii, 1844: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Lord Ashley, Liss 
Yeas, L Mr. Hawes : s 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, lee, 
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 (And whereas, in order 
to avoid the expense and trouble caused to children 
and young persons by reason of the surgeons’ cer- 
tificates hereinbefore directed to be obtained, in 
order to prove their ages to be eight and thirteen 
years respectively, it is expedient to give to such 
mill occupiers as may desire it, the option of relying 
upon the real ages of the children and young per- 
sons respectively employed by them, instead of re- 
sorting to the said surgeons’ certificates; Be it 
therefore Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the 
occupier of any Factory (after having given fourteen 
days’ previous notice, in writing, of his intention in 
that respect, to the Inspector or Sub-inspector of 
the district in which such Factory is situated), to 
employ the children and young persons in his Fac- 
tory, for the time and in the manner by this Act 
prescribed for children and young persons respec- 
tively, although such children and young persons 
shall not have obtained the surgical certificates 
hereinbefore required for children and young per- 
sons respectively): 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 se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 61.1. 19., by inserting after the 
word “ imprisonment,” the words “ or where the 
“ penalty awarded shall be more than three pounds.” 

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

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the{ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, U Mr. Henry Baring : 

Tellers for the) Mr. Granger, 

Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill do pass ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : 
Tellers for the § Mr. Martin, 
Noes, Mr. John Collett : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
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 Com- gcclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill; Courts 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 County Courts 
further consideration the Report on the County Bll. 
Courts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The 








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7 VicToriz. 


SuperiorCourts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Common Law) mittee on the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill ; 


_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Small Debts The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Bill. reading of the Small Debts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Gold andSilver The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Wares Bill. = mittee on the Gold and Silver Wares Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vinegar and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


i Duties mittee on the Vinegar and Glass Duties Bill; 


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


Stamp Duties The House, according to Order resolved itself into 
Ba. a Committee upon the Stamp Duties Bill ; and, after 
No. 270. 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. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Tumpike Acts The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Jreland) Bill 

Continuance was, according to Order, read a second time; and 

(Ireland) Bil. eommitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


Unlawful Oaths The Unlawful Oaths (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 
(Ireland) Bill. ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday 


next. 
Assaults The Assaults (Ireland) Bill was, according to 
(Ireland) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, fur Friday next. 
Prisons = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Parishes The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Parishes (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Customs Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Customs Duties 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. 


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. 


Customs Duties. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee, to whom it was referred, to consider the 
Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 47, to amend the Laws relating 
to the Customs ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
a The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the first 
greement : : 
Bill. and second P sage of Her present Majesty for securing 


the Debt due by the City of Edinburgh to the 
Vot. 99, 














13°—14° Mae. 295 


Public, 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 a Select Committee be appointed Houses of 
to inquire into the present state of the Building of Parliament. 
the New Houses of Fudinnant, and to report thereon 

to the House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill West Indie 
for giving additional Powers to the Commissioners Reliefs &amp;c» 
for the Relief of certain of Her Majesty’s Colonies 

and Plantations in the West Indies: And that Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk 

do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented,—Return to an Church of 
Order, dated the 5th day of March last, for a Re- Helan¢. 
turn of the actual Amount of the Revenue of the 
Trish Church, whether derived from Tithe, Rent- 
charge, Glebe-lands, or Lands in the possession of 
the Bishops, Prebends or other Dignitaries; the 
Return to include Ministers’ Money and Easter 
Offerings. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Petty Sessions, 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Further Returns &amp;* 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day 

of April in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- 
turn from the Clerk of each Petty Session in Eng- 
land and Wales of the Amount of Fees received by 
him during each of the last Three years, ending the 
31st day of December 1842; also, a Return for 
each of the same years of the Number of Convic- 
tions; specifying, in each case, separately, the 
Amount of the Fine or Penalty, and also the Amount 

of the Costs, and, if paid, to what purpose the Fine 

or Penalty was applied; if not paid, the Time of 
Imprisonment awarded, and the Expense of sending 
the Offender to Prison :—And, a Return from the 
Keeper of each Gaol and House of Correction in 
England and Wales of the Number of Persons 
committed on Conviction by any Justice or Justices 
during each of the Three last years, ending on the 
31st day of December 1842, for non-payment of any 
Fine, Penalty and Costs ; stating, in each case, sepa- 
rately, the Amount of such Fine or Penalty, as also 
the Amount of the Costs ; also, the Time each Party 

so committed remained in custody, and whether the 
Fine or Penalty and Costs were paid. 

Returns of the Amount collected in the Isle of Isle of Man, 
Man, by the authority of the Act 54 Geo. 3, c. 143, 

s. 1, for Harbour Dues in each year, from the year 
1833 to 1843, under the several heads stated by 
the Schedule of that Act :—Of the Expenditure of 
the Amounts so received, under the various heads 
to which appropriated, and of the balance in hand, 
of the said Funds, on the 1st day of January 1844: 
—Of the Commissioners now qualified, and who 
execute the said Act :—And, of the Amount of Fines 
levied under its authority. 

A Return of all Crown Presentations to Parishes Church of 
in Scotland which have been vacaht since the 1st Scodand. 
day of May 1843; specifying in each case the cause 
of Vacancy, the Name of the Minister appointed, 
and the Parish from which he may have been trans- 
lated. 

A Statement of the Regulations now in force as Advocates. 
to the admission of Advocates in the Ecclesiastical 
and Admiralty Courts of Doctors’ Commons, and 
in the Provincial Court of York; and the present 
Number of Advocates in those Courts. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill West India 
for giving additional Powers to the Commissioners Belief &amp;c., 
for the Relief of certain of Her Majesty’s Colonies N O71 
and Plantations in the West Indies: And the same ~°*~‘™ 
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Poor Law. 
No. 272. 


Westminster 
Bridge. 
No. 267. 


Bankruptcy. 
No. 273. 


Kilmarnock, 
&amp;c., Burghs 
Writ. 


London and 


South-Western 


Railway 


(No. 1.) Bill. 


Hartlepool 


West Harbour 
and Dock Bill. 


296 13°—14° Maii. A. 1844. 


was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
Law, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Westminster 


Bridge, which were presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Annual Accounts relative to 
Bankruptcy, which were presented upon the 26th 
day of February last, be printed. 


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








Martis, 14° die Mazi; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


(A Pers®. That Mr. Speaker do issue his 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Commissioner to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Burghs of 
Kilmarnock, Renfrew, Dumbarton, Rutherglen and 
Port Glasgow, in the room of Alexander Johnston, 
Esquire, deceased. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
General Association of Proprietors of Steam Ship- 
ping formed for the purpose of protecting the inter- 
ests of Owners of Steam Vessels, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the London and South 
Western 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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for making a Harbour and Dock 
near to Hartlepool, in the county of Durham; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 143. 1.1. After “‘ writing” insert “‘ Provided 
“ always, That no deviation hereby authorized to 
“ be made, shall, so far as relates to the said in- 
tended Harbour, be made without the sanction 
of the Lord High Admiral of the United King- 
dom of Great Baitain and Ireland, or the Com- 
missioners for executing the office of Lord High 
Admiral aforesaid, for the time being, and such 
sanction may be signified in writing under the 
hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty.” 


‘ 


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‘ 


Pr. 148. 1. penult. After “ Admiralty” insert 


Clause (A.) 

CiavussE(A.) “ And whereas, it is hereinbefore 
provided, that no works shall be constructed 
below the line of high water-mark, at ordinary 
spring tides, without the previous consent of the 
‘ Admiralty; Be it Enacted, That fourteen days 

before any application shall be made to the Ad- 
miralty for their consent to construct any works 
below high water-mark at ordinary spring tides, 
or for their sanction to any deviation from or al- 
teration in the construction of the said Harbour 
from the Plan thereof at present deposited with 
the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Durham, 
a Plan and Section, as near as circumstances will 
permit, of the works in respect of which such 
application is for the time beg made, shall be 
delivered at the office of, or sent to the Engineer, 

Clerk or Secretary for the time being of the Com- 
missioners of the Pier and Port of Hartlepool.” 


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Crause(B.) “ And whereas the effect of using 
sluicing powers for the purpose of keeping open 
the entrance to the said intended Harbour, might 
be to interfere prejudicially with the entrance to 
the present outer Harbour of Hartlepool: Be it 
therefore Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for 
the said Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock 
Company, their successors or assigns, to use any 
means to cleanse, scour vr keep open the entrance 
to the said intended Harbour, by sluicing into 
the bay of Hartlepool aforesaid.” 
Pr. 147. 1. 29. Leave out “ same ” and insert 
said Hartlepool Dock and Railway.” 
Pr. 147. 1. ult. After the first “ of” insert “‘ some 
person to be named by.” 
Pr. 148. 1. 7. After the first “ the” insert “ west 
“ side of the.” 
Pr. 148. 1.13. After “of” insert “ the person 
so to be named by.” 
Pr. 148. 1.16. Leave out “ the construction of” 
and insert “ constructing.” 
Pr. 148. 1.19. Leave out “ arise” and insert 
“ be done.” 
Pr. 148. 1.20. Leave out “ or port.” 
Pr. 148. 1.21. After “ present ” insert “ outer.” 
Pr. 148. 1.23. After “ thereto” insert “or other 
“ the present works of the Commissioners of the 
“ Pier and Port of Hartlepool.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Lord Harry Vane 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 Mariners and 
the Report on the Mariners and General Life As- Geueral Life 
surance Company Bill; and the Amendments were Saas we. 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brighton and 
the Report on the Brighton and Chichester Railway aaa 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. "7 ~"* 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration New British 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- !on Company 
tituled, An Act for granting certain Powers to the ®™ 
New British Iron Company; and the same was 
read, as followeth: 

Pr. 10.1. 18. After “that” insert “ifthe execution 
“* hereinbefore mentioned shall have been ineffectual 
“« to recover such satisfaction as aforesaid.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do earry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration York United 
the Report on the York United Gas (No. 2.) Bill 4 (No. 2.) 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. wi 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, 


Petitions of the Commissioners for the Superin- Edinburgh, 
tendence and Management of the Harbour and - ~aacang 
Docks of Leith ;—and, Provost, Magistrates and way Bill. 
Town Council of Kirkealdy ; praying that the Edin- 
burgh, Leith and Granton Railway Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The Lakenheath and Brandon Drainage Bill was Lakenbeath 
read a second time; and committed. _ and Brandoo 

Ordered, 'That the Bill be referred to the Com- seein 
mittee of Selection. 


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European 

Life Insurance 
and Annuity 
Company Bill. 


Manchester 
Jmprovement 
Bill. 


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Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


Corn Laws. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Public Petitions 


(Twenty-third 
Report.) 


Arson, 


Ship “ Thetis.” 


7 Vicroriz. 


An ingrossed Bill for regulating Legal Proceed- 
ings by or against the European Life Insurance and 
Annuity Company, and for granting certain Powers 
thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Rushbrooke do carry tie 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Manchester 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 consideration 
the Report on the Chester and Holyhead Railway 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 


to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from Pytchley;—Slipton ;— Woodford ; 
— Grafton Underwood ;—Great Oakley ; —Islip ; 
— Barton Seagrave ;— Corby ;— Broughton ;—and, 
Keitering ; praying the House to resist the efforts 
now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and 
that no alteration whatever may be made in the 
existing Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies-at-Law, resident in the 
city of Peterborough, stating that considerable out- 
lay being required before the Petitioners are enabled 
to practise, and their being subjected to an annual 
tax of eight pounds in the exercise of their pro- 
fession, occasions in them much surprise when 
they find in section 75, of the County Seats Bill, 
that, except by leave of the judge, they will not be 
entitled to argue any question as advocates for 
others in the courts to be established by the said 
Bill; and prayiag for a removal of the restriction 
pointed out in the said section, and also that a moiety 
of the costs and expenses allowed to attornies in 
actions under twenty pounds, now heard by writ of 
trial before the Sheriff be paid to attornies in the 
County Courts, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers of the 
Poor and other Inhabitants of the parish of Epsom, 
in the county of Surrey, praying the House not to 
insert in the Poor Law Amendment Bill a clause 
exempting Union Workhouses and other buildings 
for the reception and employment of the poor from 
the payment of parochial rates and charges, was 


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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 9th and 10th 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. 


A Petition of Land-owners, and others, in the 
parish of Belchamp Otten, in the county of Essex, 
stating that they believe the late alteration in the 
punishment for the crime of Arson has not tended 
to check that crime, but rather to increase it; and 
praying that the power to punish capitally may be 
restored to the Courts of Justice, where the cases are 
aggravated, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Captain Dickinson, of the Royal 
Naval Club, London, Captain in Her Majesty’s 
Navy, stating his services in recovering treasure 
to the amount of 157,000/., sunk in his Majesty’s 


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Ship “ Thetis,” on the 5th day of December 1830; 
complaining of the inadequate remuneration granted 
to him for those services, and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Deptford ;— Toxteth ;— Royston ; Dissenters’ 
— Kilmore ;— Bangor (Down) ; —Ballygilbert ;— Chapels Bill. 
and, Chowbent ; praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Derby ;—Presbytery of Wigton 
(Moderator) ;—Stonykirk (Chairman);—Shencham ; 
— Manchester ; — Bolton ; — Cork ;—Presbytery of 
Headington and Dunbar (Moderator and Clerk) ;— 
Presbytery of Arbroath (Moderator) ;—Presbytery 
of Dalkeith (Moderator) ;—Free Synod of Merse 
and Tiviotdale (Moderator and Clerk) ;—Provincial 
Synod of Ross (Moderator and Clerk) ;—Provincial 
Synod of Moray (Moderator);—Presbytery of Loch- 
carron (Moderator and Clerk) ;—Presbytery of Kin- 
tyre (Moderator) ;—Cookstown ;—Lochgilphead ;— 
Presbytery of Fordoun (Moderator) ;— Brechin ;— 
Presbytery of Breadalbane (Moderator) ;—Presby- 
tery of Nairn ;—and, Glasgow ; praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Swinburne, stating that Universities 
Protestant Dissenters are placed under grievous of Oxford and 
educational disabilities, excluding them from the Crs 
honours of Cambridge University, and altogether 

shutting them out from the University of Oxford ; 

and praying that they may no longer lie under their 

present disabilities, but that the House will so 

remodel the national Universities, that they may be 

open to all classes of Her Majesty’s subjects, was 


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


Petitions from Heap ;—Elton and Tottington ;— County Court 
Radcliffe and Pilkington ;—and, Burnley and other (County Pala- 
places ; praying that the County Court (County a 1 
Palatine of Lancaster) Bill may not pass into a law; ana, County 
and that the County Courts Bill may pass into a law, Courts Bill. 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and rt Unions 

Engravers residing in and about the Metropolis, 
praying the House to grant such protection or ex- 
emption as will enable Art Unions constituted solely 
for the advancement of art and not for the emolu- 
ment of the projectors, to proceed in the same be- 
neficial course for art, artists and the public, which 
has been permitted from their formation up to the 
present time, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Furness 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Railway Bill 
tituled, An Act for making a Railway from Ramp- 
side and Barrow to Dalton Lindale and Kirkby Ire- 
leth, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to be 
called The Furness Railway; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

Pr. 168. 1. ult. After “ level” insert “ Provided 
always, That if the said Company shall use lo- 
comotive engines, no trains shall proceed along 
that portion of the Railway lying within one hun- 
dred yards on either side of the said last-men- 
tioned road from Dalton to Newton, if crossed 
on a level at a greater rate of speed than six 
miles an hour, and if the said Company shall 
offend in this respect, they shall forfeit the sum 
of Five pounds for every offence.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


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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, in- 
tituled, An Act to enable the South Eastern Rail- 
way Company to make a Railway from the said 
South Eastern Railway, near Ashford, to the City 
of Canterbury, and the Towns of Ramsgate and 
Margate, and to join the Canterbury and Whitstable 
Railway; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3.1.6. After “ Chartham” insert “ as.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 14. Leave out “ plans” and insert 
“ plan.” 

Pr. 9. |. 21. After “ matters” insert “to be 
“ affected by this Act, and situate or arising.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 30. After “ Company” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all 
“ cases where the verdict of a jury, summoned as 
“« by the said recited Acts or this Act or either of 
“ them directed, shall be given for the same, or a 
“ greater sum than shall have been previously of- 
“ fered by the said Company for the purchase of 
“ any lands to be used or taken by them for the 
“ purposes of this Act, or as compensation for any 
“¢ damage or loss which may happen or arise in the 
“ execution of any of the powers thereof, all the 
costs of such inquiry shall be borne by the said 
Company; but if the verdict of the jury be given 
for a less sum than the sum previously offered 
“ by the Company, one half of the costs shall be 
“« defrayed by the owner of the lands and the other 
“ half by the Company, and such costs shall be 
“ settled by the Sheriff and shall include all rea- 
sonable costs, charges and expenses incurred in 
summoning, impannelling and returning the jury, 
“ taking the inquiry, the attendance of witnesses, 
“‘ the employment of counsel, recording the verdict 
‘“‘ and judgment thereon, and otherwise incident to 
“ such inquiry, and with respect to any such costs 
“« payable by the Company if within Seven days 
“ after demand such costs be not paid to the party 
* entitled to receive the same, the same shall be re- 
coverable by distress, and on application to any 
Justice he shall give his warrant accordingly, 
and with respect to any such costs payable by the 
owner of the lands or of any interest therein, in 
respect of which the inquiry shall take place, the 
same may be deducted out of any money awarded 
by the jury to be paid to such owner as so much 
money advanced for his use, and the payment of 
the remainder of such money shall be a good 
“ payment and satisfaction of the whole thereof.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 38. After “ tax” insert Clause (B.), 
and also insert “ Provided always.” 

Cravusr (B.) “ AND with respect to the cross- 
ing of roads by the said Railway hereby autho- 
“ rized to be made; BE it Enacted, That if the 
“ line of such Railway cross any turnpike-road or 
“ public carriage-way (except as hereinafter other- 
“ wise provided), either such turnpike-road or pub- 
“ lic carriage-way shall be carried over the Railway 
“ or the Railway shall be carried over such road 
“ by means of a bridge, of the height and width 
“ and with the ascent or descent by this Act in that 
behalf provided, and such bridge and other ne- 
cessary works connected therewith shall be exe- 
cuted at the expense of the Company.” 

Pr. 13.1. ult. Leave out from “ that” to “the” 
in Pr. 14. |. 1., and insert “it shall be lawful for.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 3. Leave out “ from carrying” and 
insert “ to carry.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 4. Leave out “any” and insert “ the 
“ several,” and in the same line leave out “ high- 
“ way” and insert “ highways or roads hereinafter 
specifically referred to.”’ 

Pr. 14. 1. 9. After “ adopted’’ insert “ that is 
to say in the parish of Wye, a road numbered 91 
on the plan deposited as hereinbefore mentioned ; 


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in the parish of Godmersham the roads numbered 
respectively on the said plan, 41,59 and 177; in 
“ the parish of Childham, the roads numbered on 
the said plan respectively 70 and 111; in the pa 
“ rish of Chartham, the roads numbered on the 
“ said plan respectively 9, 104, 146 and 149; in 
“ the parish of Thanington, the road numbered 20, 
and in the parish of Harbledown, the road num- 
“ bered 19 on the said plan ; in the parish of Saint 
“ Dunstan Canterbury, the road numbered 40, and 
“ in the parish of Saint Stephen’s Canterbury, the 
“ road numbered 16 on the said plan; in the pa- 
rish of Sturry, the roads numbered respectively 
“ 1, 33 and 39, and in the parish of Westbere, the 
“ road numbered 46 on the said plan; in the pa- 
“ rish of Chislet, the road numbered 34; in the pa- 
rish of Minster, the roads numbered respectively 
702 and 114, and in the parish of Saint Lawrence, 
“ the roads numbered respectively 10, 29, 492, 50 
and 93 on the said plan, and in the parish of 
“ Saint Peters, the road numbered 122, and in the 
“ parish of Saint John, the road numbered 39 on 
the said plan.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 11. Leave out “ a certain” and insert 
the said road numbered 40, in the parish of Saint 
Dunstan Canterbury aforesaid, being the.” 


Pr. 14.1.17. After “ Canterbury” insert “and 
also the said highway numbered 91 in the parish 
of Wye, at a spot immediately adjoining to a 
station proposed to be erected for the convenience 
“ of the inhabitants of the said parish.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 18. After “ that” insert “ the said 
stations shall be made by the said Company, and 
“ that.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 22. After “ same” insert “ or the 
said highway numbered 91, as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 19. l. 32. After “ road” insert Clause (C.) 


Crause (C.) “ AND whereas the said Railway 
is proposed to cross the said Canterbury and 
Whitstable Turnpike-road near to the national 
“ schools of Canterbury: BE it Enacted, That if 
the trustees of the said schools shall, at any 
time within One year from the opening of the 
Railway or previously thereto, require the said 
Company to purchase the house and appurtenances 
thereto in which the said schools are held, the 
said Company shall and they are hereby required 
to purchase the same, and if any difference shall 
arise as to the value thereof, the same shall be 
settled as other cases of disputed compensation 
are required to be settled under the said recited 
“ Acts and this Act.” 

Pr. 33.1. 10. After “ same” insert Clause (D.) 

Crauss (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this or any of the said recited Acts contained 
“ shall be held to exempt the Railway by the said 
“ recited Acts and this Act authorized to be made, 
from the provisions of an Act passed in the first 
and second years of the reign of Her present 
“* Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to provide for the 
“ Conveyance of the Mails by Railway.’” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bradshaw 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 Report on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and 
Manchester Railway Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Forestalling, &amp;c., Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tues- 
day next ; and to be printed. ~- 

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Ashton-under- 
Lyne, and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


Forestalling. 
&amp;e., Bill. 


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Smoke Prohi- 
bition Bill. 
No. 275. 


John Beetham 


Roman 
Catholics. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Medical 
Profession. 


Poor Law. 





7 VicToriz. 


Mr. Mackinnon presented a Bill to prohibit the 
Nuisance of Smoke from Furnaces or Manufactories : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 22d 
day of this instant May ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of John Beetham, of Preston, in the 
county palatine of Lancaster, — a few years 
ago there died at Lancaster two Roman Catholic 
maiden ladies of the name of Beetham, to whom the 
Petitioner was a near relative and next of kin; that 
the survivor died intestate, having, as it was alleged, 
made a deed of gift of all her property, to which her 
confessor, now the Roman Catholic Bishop of Lan- 
caster, was appointed trustee; that it has lately come 
to the knowledge of the Petitioner, that this deed of 
gift was only made as a blind to deceive the relatives 
of the deceased, but that a paper writing, called by 
Roman Catholics a spiritual will, was made with the 
knowledge of, and acted upon by the said Roman 
Catholic Bishop of Lancaster, and that the said 
Bishop has applied the greater portion of the said 
property, to a considerable amount, to his sole use 
and benefit ; and praying the House to call upon 
the said confessor to restore to the Petitioner that 
property which he has acquired, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Billington, of Chipping, in 
the county of Lancaster, stating.that the Petitioner 
has heard that it is in contemplation to move the 
House to pass a law legalizing the bequeathing 
money for masses ; that the Petitioner is of opinion 
that such a law would greatly increase an evil already 
too common, by which various persons are persuaded 
to deprive their heirs of property, under the idea of 
procuring prayers ; and praying the House to take 
into consideration the system of will-making adopted 
by Roman Catholic Priests, by which the gréatest 
frauds are perpetrated, and the deepest injuries in- 
flicted on surviving relatives; that the House will 
be pleased rather to restrain than legalize the prac- 
tice of obtaining bequests for prayers for the dead ; 
and not to pass any law which shall lodge the pa- 
tronage of the temporalities of glebe and land for 
chapels in the same persons as are interested with 
the spiritual government of the pastor, lest the same 
should be used to destroy the fair independence of 
the inferior clergy and the rightful control of lay 
patrons in the temporalities of the Roman Catholic 
Church, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Solicitors practising in Preston (Lan- 
caster) ;—and, Solicitors of Her Majesty’s High 
Court of Chancery residing in the town and county 
of Cambridge; praying the House to inquire into 
the claims made before the Lord Chancellor in pur- 
suance of the Act for abolishing certain Offices of 
the High Court of Chancery in England, and to 
take under consideration the several orders made 
thereon, and to inquire into the fees imposed upon 
suitors of the said court, in pursuance of the powers 
of the said Act, and into the state and several 
charges affecting the several funds of the suitors of 
the said court,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


A Petition of Thomas Good, a legally-qualified 
Practitioner of Medicine, &amp;c., praying for the form- 
ation of one Faculty of Medicine and Surgery for 
the United Kingdom, having Boards of Examiners 
in London, Edinburgh and Dublin, to grant Medical 
Degrees under uniform regulations, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Tice- 
hurst Union, in the county of Sussex, complaining 
of the order issued by the Poor Law Commissioners 
on the 12th of March 1842, and issued to the Pe- 
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titioners, regulating the medical relief of the poor 


within that union ; that the amounts, so fixed, are 
much larger than are usually charged in the neigh- 
bourhood to persons in the middle stations of life, 
who themselves pay the demand, and are, in the 
opinion of the Petitioners, oppressive; and praying 
that the House will interpose its authority, and 
enact a law, relieving the Petitioners from the pay- 
ment of fees to medical officers in unions unneces- 
sarily large in amount, and enable tliem to discharge 
their duty alike to the poor of whom they are guar- 
dians, and to the rate-payers for whom they are 
trustees, was presented, and read; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


delay, into Parliament, a Bill to declare valid to all 
intents and purposes in law, all Marriages heretofore 
solemnized, or hereafter to be solemnized, by Pres- 
byterian ministers in Ireland, between parties not 
within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or 
affinity, and provided that all such Marriages shall 
be solemnized and registered agreeably to the pub- 
lished laws of the Zrish Presbyterian Church,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


in the county of Montgomery, praying that a Bill 
for establishmg Local Courts for the decision of 
small causes may speedily pass into a law, with 
such provisions as may render its operation as be- 
neficial to the principality of Wales as to the other 
parts of the kingdom, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the stamp duty on policies of insurance against 
damage by Hail Storms, so far as agricultural pro- 
duce is concerned, thereby placing it on the same 
footing as in the case of loss by fire, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Kingston and parishes adjoining, in the county of 
Surrey, praying the House to pass some measure 
to enable the Petitioners to recover their Small 
Debts at a moderate expense, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tyne, praying the House not to sanction a higher 
rate of stamp duty on Marine Insurances fhan two 
shillings and six-pence per cent. when the premium 
exceeds sixty shillings, or on time policies exceeding 
six months, and that the stamp duty may graduate 
downwards until the lowest rate of three-pence, 
when the premium does not exceed ten shillings per 
cent. is attained, as in the proposed scale, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Abertarff, in the county of Inverness, praying the 
House not to sanction the efforts now making in 
various quarters for procuring the abolition of the 
existing law regarding the subscription of religious 
standards by professors in the Scottish Universities, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


the Report on the Ashton,-Stalybridge and Liver- 
pool Junction Railway Bill ;, and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill, with the Amend- 





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Petitions from Shencham ;--and, Stonykirk (Chair- Marriages 
man); praying the House to introduce, without (Ireland) 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Kerry, Local Courts. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in Hail Storm 
the county of Sussex, praying the House to repeal Insurances. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Richmond, Kew, Small Debts. 


A Petition of Ship-owners resident in the borough Marine 
of South Shields, within the port of Mewcastle-upon- Isvrmucet. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Universities 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ashton, Staly- 


Whitehaven 


and Maryport 


Railway Bill. 


Savings Banks, 


Standing 
Orders; 


Coventry Im- 


provement and 
Cemetery Bill. 


Gaspé Fishery 


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upon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Whitehaven and Maryport Rail- 
way 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 :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, pur- 
suant.to Order,—A Statement of the Amount of the 
separate Surplus Fund, not bearing Interest, be- 
longing to the Trustees of Savings Banks, in the 
hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction of 
the National Debt, up to the present time. 

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


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 Coventry | 


Improvement and Cemetery Petition for further 
time to report the Bill, the Sessional Order be dis- 
pensed with; That the Parties have leave to report 
their Bill on or before the 7th day of June. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Gaspé Fish- 


A. 1844. 


ments, be ingrossed :—And a Debate arising there- into the Orders for Compensation made by the Lord 


| Chancellor to the persons filling the Offices of Clerk 


of the Enrolments, Comptrollers of the Hanaper, 
| Riding. Clerk, Six Clerks, Sworn Clerks, Waiting 
| Clerks and Agent or Record Keeper in the Court 
of Chancery, under the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 103 ; 
and to inquire into the nature, duties and emolu- 
ments of those Offices before the passing of that Act, 
and their right to Compensation (and if any, to what 
amount) during their life, and for seven years after 
the death of such person; and to inquire into the 
circumstances attending the passing of that Act, 
and the Monies charged on the Suitors’ Fee Fund 
in Chancery, for passing that Act; and also to 
inquire into the Taxation of Suitors in Courts of 
Law and Equity, and the application of Monies 
raised thereby, and the propriety of continuing the 
same ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr Watson, 


Yeas, Mr. Jervis: sii 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, | 84 
Noes, Mr Henry Baring: Ye 


So it passed in the Negative. 





_ Members of the Select Committee on the Poor Re- 
| lief (Ireland) Acts ; 

| An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
| Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 


and Coal Mining ery and Coal Mining Company Petition for leave | the end of the Question, in order to add the words 


Company. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Elective 
Franchise. 


Parliamentary 


Suffrage. 


Court of 


to present a Petition for a Bill, the Sessional Order 
be dispensed with; That the Parties have leave to 
present a Petition accordingly. 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | 


were agreed to. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Leeds ;—and, Chair- 
man of the Leicester Complete Suffrage Association ; 
praying the House to pass a law for the extension 
of the elective franchise to every male above twenty 
years of age, to limit the duration of Parliament to 
a period not exceeding one year, to enact that all 
votes for Members of Parliament shall be given by 
ballot, to make a division of the empire, and appoint 
such districts as shall give equal representatives to 
equal numbers of electors, to abolish the property 
qualification for Members of Parliament, and to 


enact that Members shall be paid out of public | 


taxes for their services while engaged in Parlia- 
mentary duties,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Huddersfield ;— Taunton ;— Tower | 


Hamlets ;—and, Southwark ; praying the House to 
extend the Parliamentary Suffrage, and make such 
other provisions as may be necessary for securing a 
full, fair and free representation of the people in Par- 
liament,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend the 
Parliamentary Suffrage, and to secure the Repre- 
seutation of the People ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Sharman Crawford, } 31 


Yeas, Dr. Bowring: 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1 97 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


Chancery, &amp;e. That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire 





'“ the Order for the appointment of the Select Com- 
|“ mittee, to inquire into the operation of the Laws 
|“ for the Relief of the Destitute Poor of Ireland, 
“ be read, in order to its being discharged,” 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 Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 15° die Mati, 1844: 


| And the Question being put ; 
| The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
| Tellers for thef Sir Denham Norreys, } 10 
| Yeas, L Mr. More O’ Ferrall: . 
Tellers for thes Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, UMr. Young: 


So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
the Order for the Appointment of the Select Com- 
mittee, to inquire into the operation of the Laws 
for the Relief of the Destitute Poor of Ireland, 
be read, in order to its being discharged,” be 
added instead thereof: —It was resolved in the 
Attirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put : 
—The Order for the appointment of the Select 
Committee to inquire into the operation of the Laws 
ifor the Relief of the Destitute Poor of Ireland, 
| was read, and discharged. 


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j 42. 


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to inquire into the Duties and Emoluments of the 
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. 


Return of the Sums paid on account of Commis- 
sions appointed under the Acts 5 and 6 Will. 4, 
c. 67, and 2 and 3 Vic. c. 61, for the Improvement 
of the River Shannon, distinguishing the Amount 
and periods of Payment for Salaries and Expenses 
of each Commission, from what quarter issued, and 
whether 











A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Poor Relief 
posed, That Sir Denham Norreys be one of the (Ireland) Acts, 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Clerk of the 


Chaucery. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a River Shannon. 








whether by Grants or Loans :—A similar Return of ScHEDULE—continued. 
the Amount and periods of Payment for Works, Flint and Cut Glass, for every 1002. value - - - 7 i 
from what quarter issued, and whether by Grants and farther, on account of the Excise 
or Loans :—Also, of the Amount, whether by Grants} Duty,theewt.- - - - - -| -7- | 
or Loans, that the Treasury have still power to ad-} Glass Manufactures, not otherwise enumerated i 
vance for the same Works:—The. above Returns| {° rene ta be Saad pny Ae ea fit only er i 
to be made up to the latest period, including the and farther, on account of the Excise | 
Amount to be granted for the year 1845, the Ex-| Duty,theewt.- - - - - -| -7- ; 
penses of the Commission and Works separately. “WET ce ee in salt and - i 
Townland Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, ae “pate wane oalt es 
ireland.) to inquire whether the present Townland Valuation | Plums preserved in sugar, the Ib.- -  - | fl 
of Ireland made by the Commissioner of Valuation | Vinegar, the tun- - - - - = = 44 - 
under the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 52, can be made} 9. Resolved, That the said Duties shall be sub- 
available for the imposition of Poor Rate and other | ject to the additional Duty of £. 5 per centum on the 
Local Rates in that Country; and also, whether it | amounts thereof respectively imposed by the Acts i 
be not desirable to alter the principle on which the| 3 Yj, ¢, 17, and 5 and 6 Vic. c. 47, except with t 
Townland Valuation is now constructed. regard to Cordials and Liqueurs which shall be sub- b 
es ra 3 
ses The House was moved, That the Order made yes- le bg: Roa ei a a i 
’  terday, That a Select Committee be appointed, to| | Resolved. That the Duti h bl i 
inquire into the present state of the Building of the ™ he ] ae nat ¢ Sy uties now ¢ &gt; We . r 
New Houses of Parliament, and to report thereon | UPO" the Importation of Sheep and Lambs’ Wool, P 
to the House, might be read; and the same being and upon Wool of the Alpaca and the Llama Tribe, } 
- : © {and upon Goats’ Wool or Hair, and upon the Ex- i 


Detached Parts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


-of Counties 


Bill. 


County Rates, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


7 VicrToriz. 14°—15 





read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Baring Wall, 
the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. 
Warburton, Viscount Duncan, Mr. Wyse, the Earl 
of Shelburne, Mr. Greene, Lord Granville Somerset, 
Mr. Estcourt, Lord Harry Vane, Sir Robert Harry 
Inglis, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Pendarves and Mr. 
Pusey, with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





mittee on the Detached Parts of Counties Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 22d day of this instant May, resolve itself into | 


the said Committee. | 
| 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 31st 
day of this instant May. 








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portation of Wools and Skins, and of “ Manufac- 
tures or pretended Manufactures slightly wrought 
up, so as that the same may be reduced to and 
made use of as Wool again, and upon Mattresses 
or Beds stuffed with Combed Wool or Wool fit for 
combing or carding,” be repealed. 

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 Order for the House to resolve itself into a Commons _ 
Committee upon the Commons Inclosure Bill this Meclosure Bill. 


, ’ | day, was read, and discharged. 
The County Rates, &amp;c., Bill was, according to. % : 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 5th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 











rat opens percuein 8 ae 












Cc Dati . _| Mr. More O’ Ferrall reported from the Committee Colchester 
Seton uties The Order of the day being read, for the Com on the Colchester and Harwich Railway (No. 2.) 4 Harwich 


mittee on the Customs Duties Bill ; - ; ; , Railwa 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | and the Harwich Railway and Pier Bills; and to (no, 2.) and, 


ses tate en gold Cammaiitinn | whom several Petitions against the said Bills were Harwich Ruil- 
‘ _veferred; That they had heard counsel in support way and Pier j 


AE same Aenean nanan 


Bills. 


Customs 
Duties, 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider the Act 5 and 6 Vic. 
c. 47, to amend the Laws relating to the Customs : 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, in lieu and instead of the 
Duties of Customs, now payable in respect of the 
Articles enumerated in the annexed Schedule, upon 
their Importation into the United Kingdom, there 
shall be raised, levied, collected and paid, the Rates 
of Duty specified in the said Schedule. 


SCHEDULE. 








and further, on account of the Excise | 
Duty, the cwt. - - - - - -| - 


be | 


£. s. d. : y i. 

Cocoa, of or from Foreign Countries, the lb. - - - 2 spective ro I. The whole es . and . , 
Coffee, of or from Foreign Countries, the lb.- | - - 6 Commonable Land within the Forest :—II. The se- 1 
Currants,theewt. - - + - - -15 -  |veral portions then under Inclosure for the growth i 
Confectionery, theIb.- - - - -| = = 6 |of Timber:—III. The whole extent of Land occu- i" 
— ee ras — bee Shrub, pied as Encroachments upon the Waste :—IV. The | 
a oat um ae ana’ Melina. Wecanadion several Freehold portions belonging to the Crown, 1 

? any . '. . . . iin 

within the Hanléa of the Beet Fadice Com and their Appropriation at that period ; and V. The 1} 
pany’s Charter, in regard to which the con- whole extent of Freehold Land the Property of In- i 
vane 9 of the Act 4 Vie. c. e have — dividuals :—Of the Quantities, Situations and Boun- \F 
have been fulfilled, sweetened or mixed with daries of the several Portions of Commonable Land E 
any article, so that the degree of strength : : : : m i 
thereof cannot be ascertained by Sykes's Hy- inclosed from time to time since 1787, for the Growth i 
drometer, the gallon- - ‘- - °-| - 9 -  jof Timber, showing the Dates of the respective f 
Bottles of Glass, not otherwise enumerated or | Inclosures, whether they have been subsequently , 
described, the ewt. - - - _ + = 


Voi. 99. 


of several of the said Petitions, and had also heard 
counsel in favour of the Bills; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of both of the said Bills, but that the same had not 
been proved to their satisfaction. 

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





Order, dated the 15th day of June in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament,—Returns of the Total Quan- 
tity of Land in the New Forest, whether inclosed 
or otherwise, in 1787; distinguishing under the re- 





thrown open, and if so, when thrown open :—Of 
the Total Quantity of Commonable Land either sold 
or granted in exchange since the passing of the Act 
ea3 39 and 


The Earl of Lincoln presented, pursuant to an New Forest. 





—— 





a nS SS eS 









302 


39 and 40 Geo. 3,c. 86; the Total Amount of the 
Consideration Monies received for such Sales and 
Exchanges respectively, and the Appropriation of 
such Monies :—Of the Total Quantity of Land either | 
purchased or acquired by Exchange, since the pas- 
sing of the said Act; and of the Total Amount of | 
the Consideration Monies paid in such cases :— | 
And, showing the present state of the Forest, as | 
compared with that of 1787, arranged under the five | 
heads above mentioned. 

The Earl of Lincoln also presented, = to 
Order,—Copies of the Correspondence between the 
Commissioners of Woods and Forests with Charles 
Barry, Esquire, Architect, respecting the Sum or 
Allowance to be paid him for superintending the 
Building of the Houses of Parliament. 

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


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Poor Law 
Commission. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of the Tenth Annual Re- 
port of the Poor Law Commissioners, with Appen- 
dices. 

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





Sweets or 
Made Wines. 


No. 276. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sweets or 
Made Wines, which wag presented upon Thursday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Eighteenth Report of the Com- 
Turnpike-roads. missioners of the Metropolis Turnpike-roads, which 


Metropolis 











No.277. was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Sugar. Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, which 
No.278. was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Church of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Church 
oo of Ireland, which was presented yesterday, be 
0 ate. printed. 

Isle of Man, Ordered, That the Return relative to the Isle of 
No.280. Man, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Church of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Church 
Seotiend. of Scotland, which was presented yesterday, be 

No. 281. printed. 
Advocates. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Advocates, 
No. 282. 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, 15° die Maii ; 
Anno 7° Victories Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS, 
Salford A N ingrossed Bill for opening certain Streets 
Po magagay and otherwise improving the Town of Salford, 
02) Bill ond for amending an Act passed in the eleventh 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Fourth, for better cleansing and improving the said 
Town of Salford, in the County Palatine of Zan- 
caster, was read the third time. 
And Amendments being proposed to be made to 
the Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be referred | 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
London and 


A Petition of the Zondon and Croydon Railway 
on Rail- Company, for leave to present a Petition for leave 

“J to bring in a Bill for granting power to the London | 
and Croydon and South Eastern Railway Compa- | 


14°—15° Mazz. 





A. 1844. 


Swan-street, near the Bricklayers’ Arms, in the Old 
Kent-road, and for altering the provisions of certain 
Acts relating to the said Companies, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the time for all Committees on Tumpike.roag 
Turnpike-road Bills to make their Reports, be en- Bills. 
larged till Friday the 21st day of June next. 


A Petition of the Reverend John Pearce, of North Wales 
Wrexham, in the county of Denbigh, and Richard —— 
Gough, of the city of Chester, Esquire, carrying on" ™ 
Coal and Iron-works under the firm of “The South 
Sea Company,” in the townships of Brymbo and 
Broughton, in the parish of Wrexham, in the county 
of Denbigh, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the North Wales Mineral 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 Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- Figge’s 
turalizing Frederick Figge, was read the third time. N# Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bramston do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Settlement of British Iron 
the Affairs of the British Iron Company, was read Compauy Bill 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- Malan’s 
turalizing Henrie Victor Malan, was read the third N*- Bill. 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Edwards’ 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Estate Bill, 
Edwards’ Estate Bill, no Standing Orders were 
applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilmore and Clonaff :— Ballymo- Registration 
den and Kilbrogan;—Bruff Grange and Meanus ; 0% Hectors 
—Killmeena ;—Ballymachugh ;—Killofin and er 
murray M*‘ Mahon ;— Kilmoremoy ;— Dungarvan ; 
—Kiltulla ;— Liselton and Gale ;— Kilquade and 
Kilmurray;— Dunleckney, Agha, Fenna and Lorum ; 
—Kilsaran and Stabannan ;— Ballygunner ;—Bal- 
lynakill ;— Trim ; — Pallasgrean ; — Pomeroy ;— 

Graig, Ullard and Powerstown ;-— Wicklow (Town); 
— Kells ;— Turlough ; — Russagh ;— Ardrahan ;-— 
Beragh ;— Kilmegan ; — Kilbolane, Knochatemple 
and Tullelease ;— Turin ;— Ardnageehy ;--Ennis- 
hillen ; — Mullinahone ;— Lower Fahan;— Louth 
(Town) ;—Mountmelick ;—Clashmore and Kinsale- 
beg ; — Ahoghill ;— Ballybay and Tullycorbet ;— 
Ballylaneen ;—Swords;—-Rathvilly ;— Killinkere ;— 
— Newmarket-on- Fergus ; — Devenish ; — Donohill 
and Anacarty ;—Seagoe;—Castlepollard, Foirin and 
Lickblea ; — Clonuff ; — Loughrea ;— Mallow ; — 
Castletown ;—Banagher ;—Knockbride ;— Culdaff ; 
— Ballyloughloe ; -- Balamitiy ; — Cape Clear ; — 
Templetenny ;— Castlebar ;— Crossmolina ;— Ard- 








nies to enter into mutual arrangements for laying 
down rails and apparatus, on the atmospheric prin- 


boe ;—Siddan, Killeavy, Michelstown and Inismoth ; 


'— Cashel ;— Carrichedmund; — Laracor and Gal- 


ciple, from London to Croydon, by the side of or low ;—Castleharan and Mounterconaght ;— Sun- 
adjoining to the present line of the London and | croft ;— Kiltubride ; — Kilcrone ; — Clane, Rath- 


Croydon Railway, and of the Railway therefrom to | coffey and Staplestown ;-- Fuerty ;—Bray ;—Mul- 


linavat ; 



















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15°—16° Maiz. 303 


linavat ;— Stonehall ;— Ballyadams ;— Duneane ;—— | population, without withdrawing from any existing 
Aughnamullan ;— West T ullaghabigly ;—Kilear ;—| diocese the undivided care of a resident Bishop, 
Marlim, Dunwilan and Dunguinn ;—and, Kilgar-| was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
van; praying that the Registration of Electors (Jre- | the Table. 


land) Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





FireInsurances. A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Universities of 
Protestant Dissenters worshipping in Ramsden-street + en a 
Chapel, Huddersfield, stating that the Universities sae 


gesses of the town of Nottingham, praying for re-| of Oxford and Cambridge are not, in the opinion 


duction of the duty on Fire Insurances, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Soap. A Petition of Manufacturers of Soap in the cities 
of Bristol and of Bath, praying for the repeal of the 
excise duties upon Soap, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Saint Asaph Petitions from the Deanery of the Forest of Dean ; 
and Bangor = _Rural Deanery of the parishes of Barnham, Ber- 
_ sted, and other places ;—Llanferres ;—Llanelidan ; 
— Saint German (Denbigh) ;—Llanarmon-in- Yale ; 
— Liangynhafal ; — Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd ;— 
Llanrwst ;—Langwyfan ;— Abergele ;~and, County 
of Denbigh (High Sheriff); praying the House to 
repeal so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, and at the same time that speedy and 
strenuous endeavours may he made for the esta- 
blishment of a See at Manchester, by other means, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Dissenters’ Petitions from Belfast ;—and, Bridlington ; pray- 
Chapels Bill. jing that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Marriages Petitions from Buckna ; —Kilrea ;— Seafin ;— 
(Ireland) = Moneymore;— Albany ;— _Dungiven ;— Banagher ;— 
Randalstown; —and, Comber; praying the House 
to introduce without delay, into Parliament, a Bill 
to declare valid to all intents and purposes in law, 
all Marriages heretofore solemnized or hereafter to 
be solemnized by Presbyterian ministers in Jreland, 
between parties not within the prohibited degrees 
of consanguinity or affinity, and who have the con- 
sent of parents or guardians, and provided that all 
such Marriages shall be solemnized and registered 
agreeably to the published laws of the Irish Pres- 


of the Petitioners, so conducted, as the interests 
and wants of the nation and the equitable rights of 
individuals demand ; that among other defects con- 
sequent upon their present regulations, the subscrip- 
tion to a religious test, in conjunction with literary 
and scientific instruction, seems especially injurious 
and unjustifiable ; and praying the House to address 
the Crown for the appointment of a Commission of 
Inquiry into the said Universities, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Gladstone reported from the Select Com- Railways 
mittee appointed to consider whether any and what (Fourth Re- 
new Provisions ought to be introduced into such P* 
Railway Bills as may-come before this House during No. 283. 
the present or future Sessions, for the Advantage of 

the Public and the Improvement of the Railway 
System, and likewise to consider whether any and 

what Changes ought to be made in the Standing 
Orders relating to Railways, and to report their 
Opinion thereon to the House; and who were em- 
powered to report their Opinion from time to time 

to the House; and who were instructed to consider 

of any Arrangements advantageous to the Public 

with regard to existing Railway Companies gene- 

rally, to which, in the Opinion of the Committee, 
Parliament might justly give its Sanction ; That they 

had further examined into the matters to them re- 
ferred, and had agreed to a Resolution relating to 

the Amendment of the Standing Orders of the 
House with regard to Railway Bills, and to the 
Construction of the Works of Railways. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 

and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Captain Dickinson, Ship “ Thetis.” 
relative to the Ship “ Thetis”, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 





byterian Church,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors resident in 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present ;—The House was told by Mr. Speaker, 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 








. 5 journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
Courts Bill. the town of Leek, in the county of Stafford, pray- aia till Ponte. 4 ; 
e . . . &gt;] e 
ing that the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. : . ” 
, Jovis, 16° die Maii; 
Corn Laws. A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, re : 
Tradesmen and others resident in the northern di- Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
vision of the county of Chester, praying the House] Prayers. 
to resist the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn- R. Law, from the Treasury, was called in; smuggling, &amp;e. 
Law League, and that no alteration whatever may and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
be made in the existing Corn Laws, was presented,|__an Account of the Law and other Expenses 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. which have been incurred in the Proceedings against 
- , Persons charged with Smuggling, and with Frauds 
Poor Relief Two Petitions from Wezford, praying the House 5 gi 


(Ireland) Act. sq to alter the Poor Relief (Jreland) Act, that the 
rate for the support of all destitute poor within each 
union shall be an equal poundage rate upon the 
entire valuation of such union,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Manchester A Petition of the Rural Dean and Clergy of the 
Bishopric. 


Rural Deanery of the parishes of Barnham, Ber- 
sted, Bognor, Climping, Eastergate, Felpham, Ford, 
Hunston, Merston, Middleton, Mundham, Walberton 
and Yapton, in the diocese and archdeaconry of 
Chichester, praying the House to extend to the town 
of Manchester the benefits of immediate episcopal 
care by founding a See in that vast and destitute 


in the Customs, during the years 1842 and 1843, 
in the United Kingdom; distinguishing each Coun- 
try, and the Amount of Duties and of Penalties 
respectively received, and the Amount received by 
Compromises in that period. 


A Return of the Number of Ships annually mort- ghips mort- 
gaged, wholly or in part, in the several Ports of gaged. 
London, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sunderland and 
Hull; specifying the Number at each Port, from 
the 5th day of January 1835 to the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1844. 


Mr. Law, also presented,—Return to an Address tee Fund 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of April last, (Treasury, &amp;c.) 
for a Return of the Fee Fund in the Department 








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Treasury. 


Land Tax. 


Ventnor 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Brighton and 
Chichester 


Railway Bill. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway 
(Ireland,) 




































Whitehaven 
and Maryport 
Railway Bill. 



























304 


of Her Majesty’s Treasury, and the Office of the 
Secretary of State, in the year 1843, arising from 
beneficial Warrants, Orders and Appointments ; 
stating, under separate heads, the Appoimtments for 
which Fees are charged, and the Rate of each class 
of Fees; also, a Statement of the Fees formerly 
received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 

Mr. Law also presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Treasury 
Minute, dated 26th April 1844, granting a Super- 
annuation Allowance to Mr. Metcalfe, extra Clerk 
of the Treasury. 

A Statement of the Expenses incurred under the 
Acts for the Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax, 
and for discharging the incidental Expenses attend- 
ing the execution of those Acts, from 5th April 
1843, the period to which the last Account was 
made up, to the 5th April 1844:—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Ventnor 
Improvement Bill have leave to sit this day, till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the 
Shoreham Branch of the London and Brighton Rail- 
way to Chichester, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Earl of March do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 
the North Riding of the county of Tipperary, as- 
sembled at Spring Assizes, 1844 ;—Foreman of the 
Grand Jury of the county of Limerick, assembled at 
Spring Assizes, 1844 ;— Foreman of the Grand Jury 
of the King’s County, assembled at Spring Assizes, 
1844 ; —Corporation of the city of Kilkenny ; — 
Grand Jury of the county of Galway, assembled in 
Spring Assizes, 1844 ;—Foreman of the Grand Jury 
of the city of Limerick, assembled at Spring Assizes, 
1844 ;—Grand Jury of the county of Cork, at Spring 
Assizes, 1844;—Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of Dublin ;—Grand Jury of the county of 
Kilkenny, assembled at the Spring Assizes, 1844; 
—Grand Jury of the county of the city of Dublin, 
assembled at Easter Term, 1844 ;—High Sheriff and 
Grand Jury of the Queen’s County, assembled at 
Lent Assizes, 1844 ;—Members of the Chamber of 
Commerce of the city of Dublin ;—Grand Jury of 
the county of Clare; -—Members of the Chamber 
of Commerce of Clonmel ;—Grand Jury of the city 
of Cork, at Spring Assizes, 1844 ;—Grand Jury of 
the county of Kildare, assembled at the Spring 
Assizes, 1844 ;—Grand Jury of the county of Kerry; 
—President and Secretary of the Chamber of Com- 
merce of the city of Cork ;—Grand Jury of the 
county of Tipperary, assembled at the Spring 
Assizes, 1844 ;—and, Land-owners and Occupiers 
of property on the line of the proposed Great 
Southern and Western Railway from Dublin to 
Cashel, with branches to Athy and Carlow ; praying 
that the time for complying with the Standing Or- 
ders of the House, may, in favour of the proposed 
Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland) 
Bill, be extended, and that the House will sanction 
and pass the Bill this Session,—were presented, 

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 Tuesday last, That the Amendments made by 
the Committee to the Whitehaven and Maryport 
Railway Bill be now read a second time. 

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

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 


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A, 1844, 


The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for uniting the York Gas-Light York Unitea 
Company and the York Union Gas-Light Company, &amp;as (No. 2.) 
and for more effectually lighting with Gas the City 8 

of York and the Suburbs and Vicinity thereof, in 

the County of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Redhead Yorke do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of York, and Harrogate ang 
its vicinity, praying that the Harrogate and Knares- wen 
borough Railway Bill may pass into a law, was” ”’) Bill 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for regulating Legai Proceed- Mariners ana 

ings by or against the Mariners and General Life General Life 

Assurance Company, and for granting certain Powers atone 
thereto, was read the third time. _ on 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

Title be, An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings 

by or against the Mariners and General Life As- 

surance Company, and for granting certain Powers 

to the said Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Collett do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Edwards’ Estate Bill was read a second time ; Edwards’ 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Hythe Land- 
Hythe Landing Place Bill; That they had exa- ing-place Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 

same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 

and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Ayr Bridge 
Ayr Bridge Bill to make their Report be enlarged 
till Tuesday the 18th day of June next. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Preston and 
Preston and Wyre Dock, &amp;c., Bill to make their Wyre Dock, 
Report be enlarged till Tuesday the 18th day of on, Bill 
June next. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Paisley General 
Paisley General Gas Bill to make their Report be © 5! 
enlarged till Tuesday the 18th day of June next. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Lakeaheath 
Lakenheath and Brandon Drainage Bill to make ns 
their Report be enlarged till Tuesday the 18th day ge ee 
of June next. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Monkland 
Monkland Railways (No. 2.) Bill to make their eT as 
Report be enlarged till Tuesday the 18th day of (Ne 2) But 
June next. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the London and 
London and South Western Railway (No. 1.) Bill — 


to make their Report be enlarged till Tuesday the (No. 1.) Bill. 
18th day of June next. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the North Wales 
North Wales Mineral Railway Bill to make their — 
Report be enlarged till Tuesday the 18th day of “7 ©" 
June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ashton, Staly- 


j i bridge and Li- 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed a sv aseuten 





upon Tuesday last, That the Ashton, se Railway Bill 
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Chester and 
Holyhead d 
Railway Bill. 


Standing 
. Orders; 


Epsom and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


a Salford 
l. Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Gaspé Fishery 


and Coal Mining pany for carrying on the Fishery in the Gaspé dis- 


Company. 


rab 


3 &gt; Swansea 
&gt; Improvement 
Bill, 


South Rastern 
Railway Bill, 


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and Liverpool Junction Railway Bill, with the 
Amendments, be ingrossed ; 

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

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
for making a Railway from Chester to Holyhead, 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. Owen Stanley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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 Epsom and 
South Western Railway Petition for additional Pro- 
vision, the Committee on the Bill be at liberty to 
introduce the said additional Provision, if they think 
fit, provided they shall be satisfied by evidence that 
all Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands on the 
line of Railway, proposed to be substituted by such 
additional Provision, and within the limits of devia- 
tion therefrom, are consenting Parties, and that the 
Committee on the Bill do report how far such Order 
has been complied with, on the Report of the Bill, 
to the House. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Amendments 
proposed on the third reading of the Salford Im- 
provement (No. 2.) Bill, the said Amendments are 
of such a nature as may be adopted by the House 
at that stage, if it shal] think fit. 

The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Members of a Joint Stock Com- 


trictand Gulph of Saint Lawrence, and Coal Mining 
in the said district, in the province or colony of 
Canada, for leave to bring in a Bill to confirm and 
extend the provisions of an Act of the Provincial 
Parliament of Canada, passed in the seventh year of 
the reign of Her present Majesty, for incorporating 
the said Company, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Householders and 
Rate-payers of the town and franchise of Swansea, 
in the county of Glamorgan, praying that the 
Swansea Improvement Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Hughes reported from the Committee on the 
South Eastern Railway 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; 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 appli- 
cation; 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. 


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Ordered, That leave be given to print the Minutes Birkenhead 
of the Evidence taken before the Committee on the Docks Bill. 
Birkenhead Docks Bill, at the expense of the Par- 

ties, from the Committee Clerks’ Copy, if they 

think fit. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Monkland 
Monkland Canal, praying that they may be heard, pe 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against — 
tain parts of the Monkland Railways (No. 2.) Bill, 

was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 

Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 

favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Share-holders in the Taff Vale Taff Vale Rail- 
Railway Company, praying that the Taff Vale Rail- wy Bill. 
way Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Manchester Police Bill be read Manchester 
the third time To-morrow. Police Bill. 


A Petition of Subscribers to or Owners, Lessees Great Southern 
or Occupiers of lands and grounds affected by the and Western 
Railway hereinafter mentioned, for leave to present (Ireland) 
a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 

Railway from the city of Dublin to the town of 

Cashel, in the county of Tipperary, to be called 

the Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland), 

was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

Petitions of the Company of Undertakers of the 

Grand Canal ;—and, the Barrow Navigation Com- 

pany, in Ireland; taking notice of the Petitions 

praying that the time for complying with the Stand- 

ing Orders of the House may, in favour of the pro- 

posed Great Southern and Western Railway (Jre- 

land), be extended, and that the House will sanction 

and pass the Bill this Session; and praying that 

the same may not be granted,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Rural Deanery of the Manchester 
parishes of Tangmere, Boxgrove, Oving, East La- Bishopric. 
vant, Mid Lavant and Up Waltham, in the Archdea- 

conry of Chichester, praying the House to extend 

to the town of Manchester the benefits of immediate 
episcopal care, by founding a See in that vast and 
destitute population, without withdrawing from any 

existing diocese the undivided care of a resident 

Bishop, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lynn ;—Members of the religious Dissenters’ 
sect usually called Lnglish Presbyterians, but who Chapels Bill. 
hold the doctrines of Unitarianism ;—Vewport (Isle 
of Wight) (two Petitions) ;—and, Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s ; praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Dews- poor Law. 

bury Union, in the West Riding of the county of 
York, praying for alteration of the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act, by confiding to Boards of Guardians 
the power of fixing the measure of remuneration to 
be given to Medical Officers of Unions, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Poor Law Amendment Act (Medical 
Relief). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank of Ireland 
Returns of the Number of Applications made to Branches. 
the Bank of Ireland for the Establishment of a 
Branch, stating, in a tabular form, the Date of the 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ;} Application, the Name of the Towns making the 


and be printed. 


Application or Applications, if more than one, and 








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New South 
Wales. 


Gold Coin and 
Bullion. 


Emigration 
of Indian 


Labourers. 


Private Banks. 


Lime Toli 
Exemption 
(Wales) Bill. 


Church 
Temporalities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Vestries Bill. 


County 
Coroners Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 





306 16° Maiz. 


the Decision come to in each case by the Directors : ' 


A, 1844, 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Customs Dutie, 


—And stating, ina tabular form, the Number of, itself into a Committee upon the Customs Duties Bill, Bill. 


Branches that have been established, the Name of 
the Towns in which they were established, the — 
of their Establishment, and whether any and which | Vi : 

: ic. c. 47, to amend the Laws relating to the Cus- 
of them have been, and (if so) when discontinued. ent, tater ene, 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches from the 
Governor of New South Wales, transmitting Reports 
of the Legislative Council relative to the Monetary 
Depression in the Colony, and the Petition of the 





distressed Mechanics and Labourers. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amounts of Gold Coin and Gold 
Bullion respectively, held by the Bank of England, at 
the Monthly Periods to which the Average Amounts 
of Bullion directed to be published by the Act 
4and 5 Vic.c. 50, have been made up, from the 
passing of the said Act to the present time, with 
the Price at which the Bullion has been received at 
the Bank :—And, of the Weight and Value of the 
Gold Bullion sent by the Bank to the Mint to be 
coined, since the passing of the Act 4 and 5 Vic. 
c. 50, and the average length of time which has 
elapsed from the sending the several Parcels of 
Bullion to the Mint, to their being returned in Coin. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extract of any Communication 
from the Governor General of India, in reply to 
Lord Stanley’s Despatch relative to the projected 
Emigration of Hill Coolies to the Colonies in the 
West Indies; also, of any additional Instruction to 
the Governor of Sierra Leone, for the Removal of 


Restrictions upon the Emigration of Africans from 
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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Private Banks which 
became Bankrupt in the years 1839, 1840, 1841, 
1842 and 1843, with the Amount of Dividends paid, 
so far as the same can be ascertained. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Return. 


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


Ordered, That the Lime Toll Exemption ( Wales) 


Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday the 
5th day of June next. 


Ordered, That the Church Temporalities (Ireland) 
Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time the Vestries 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 


next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the County 
Coroners Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
tself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 














Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the Committee of Supply. | 


Mr. Greene accordingly reported several Reso- 
lutions ; and the same were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in lieu and instead of the Duties 
of Customs now payable in respect of the Articles 
enumerated in the annexed Schedule, upon their 
Importation into the United Kingdom, there shall 
be raised, levied, collected and paid, the Rates of 
Duty specified in the said Schedule. 


SCHEDULE. 
£. 8 d. 
Cocoa, of or from Foreign Countries, the Ib. - - - 2 
Coffee, of or from Foreign Countries, the Ib. - - - 6 
Currants, the ewt. - - - - - -15 - 
Confectionery, the Ib. - - - - - 6 


Cordials and Liqueurs, except Rum Shrub, 
being the produce of any British Possession 
in America, or of any British Possession 
within the limits of the East India Com- 
pany’s Charter, in regard to which the con- 
ditions of the Act 4 Vic. c. 8, have or shall 
have been fulfilled, sweetened or mixed with 
any article, so that the degree of strength 
thereof cannot be ascertained by Sykes’s Hy- 
drometer, the gallon - - - = - 9 

Bottles of Glass, not otherwise enumerated or 
described, the ewt. - - - - - 1-- 

and further, on account of the Excise 
Duty, theewt.- - - - = = - 7 - 

Flint and Cut Glass, for every 1007. value - 

and further, on account of the Excise 
Duty, the ewt. - - - - - mE « 

Glass Manufactures, not otherwise enumerated 
or described, and old broken Glass fit only 
to be re-manufactured, the ewt. - - l-- 

and further, on account of the Excise 
Duty, theewt.- - - - =| = -7- 

Orange and Lemon Peel, preserved in salt and 
water, forevery 1002. value - - = = -10 - 

Oranges and Lemons, cut and preserved in 
salt and water, for every 1007. value - - 

Plums preserved in sugar, the lb. - 

Vinegar, thetun- - = - 











— 
- - 6 
i « « £2 = 

2. Resolved, That the said Duties shall be subject 
to the additional Duty of £.5 per centum on the 
Amounts thereof respectively imposed by the Acts 
3 Vic. c. 17, and 5 and 6 Vic. c. 47, except with 
regard to Cordials and Liqueurs which shall be sub- 
ject to the Duty of Four-pence per Gallon, also 
imposed by the Acts aforesaid. 

3. Resolved, That the Duties now chargeable 
upon the Importation of Sheep and Lambs’ Wool, 
and upon Wool of the Alpaca and the Llama Tribe, 
and upon Goats’ Wool or Hair, and upon the Ex- 
portation of Wools and Skins, and of Manufactures 
or pretended Manufactures slightly wrought up, so 
as that the same may be reduced to and made use 
of as Wool again, and upon Mattresses or Beds 
stuffed with combed Wool or Wool fit for combing 
or carding, be repealed. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com 
mittee on the Customs Duties Bill, That they have 


Power to make provision therein pursuant to the 
said Resolutions. 





The House was moved, That the Order made Clerk of the 


upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Duties and Emoluments 
of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Mr. Baring, Sir Robert Harry 
Inglis, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. Cardwell, Sir Thomas 
Wilde, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Cripps, Mr. 
Roebuck, Mr. Acland, Mr. Hume, Mr. Milnes, 
Mr. Gibson Craig and Mr. Tufnell, with Power 


| to send for persons, papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Ordered, 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee to Customs 
whom it was referred to consider the Act 4 and 5 Duties. 


Crown in 
Chancery 


State 
(Irela 


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(Sco 








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state Trial Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | Tea; vie. £. 8. d 
(Ireland-) Returns of all Monies paid or due to Mr. a — —. _ . + + + +  &lt;e 1 - 
or any Shorthand Writer or Writers, for Notestaken|Tojaco thelb. - - 2 2 . cf 16 
of the Proceedings in the Court of Queen’s Bench, | __ Segars, the Ib. i aa! AE 
Dublin, previous to and during or since the Trial of | Wine, the tun of 252 gallons - - - -|16 = - 
the Queen v. O’Connell and others :—And, of all | Wood, from een. of a viz. Deal Boards 
Monies paid or due for any Notes taken of the Pro- ps glia Sh) ae 
ceedings at Conciliation Hall, between the 1st day | Kau de Cologne, per flak - - - -| -- 4 
of August 1843 and the present time. ——orpergaln - - - - = =| -10 = 
Liqueurs, per gallon  , = es 
Poor Laws Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s — ee = cr Rg _ “_ from 
(Sealand) Command,—Copy of a Report from Her Majesty’s |B onv or Drawback of Excise on Exportation 
Commissioners, for inquiring into the Administration | from thence, and not hereinbefore enumerated 
and Practical Operation of the Poor Laws in Scot-| orcharged with Duty- - - - -| Free. 
land. Goods, Wares or Merchandize imported from 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the = eo os See 
Table. Guan ——- or Merchandize pe _ . 
n ‘0 
Navy. Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Order, Tate inn sorte area wig? of jt nf 
: —A Return of all Officers who have been wounded | not hereinbefore charged with Duty, for every 
in the Naval Service during the last War, specifying | 100/. of the value thereof - - - -|15 - - 
the Nature of their Wounds, and whether — re-| 2. Resolved, That the Schedule of Licensed Goods 
ceive Pensions or not, and the Amount of the Pen- | in the said Act, enumerating certain Sorts of Goods 
sions and Gratuities. ; that shall be imported into the Isle of Man, &amp;c., be 
‘ ow That the said Return do lie upon the | repealed, and in lieu thereof the following Articles 
able. only shall be so restricted : 
Navy. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, ee. id . . &lt;&lt; Vie 
That it is the recommendation of this House, that Renuins Ghaaseh, Gan Ee: ? 
: s : en Geneva, gallons 12,000 
previously to the preparation of the Estimates for the Prom, the United Kingdom, or from any 
year 1845-46, a Plan of Retirement should be de-| place from which thesame might be imported 
vised, with a view to render the Naval Service effi- ~ the United Kingdom, for consumption 
me iy ae" alla areal ts of the British Plantations, gallons | 50,000 
. From Great Britain. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; Tobacco, lbs. - - - - = = =] 55,000 
The Noes to the old Lobby. ; tte age - = ee — 
= - Captain Poche” } 28. {Eau de Cologne, gallons- = = = - 50 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle,  \ 71 Resolutions to be reported. 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: | Bases 
So it passed in the Negative. Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
Coopers’ Trade. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented et Saag ene ree eee a 


Customs Duties 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Memorials and Petitions ad- 
dressed to the Treasury and to the Board of Trade, 
from the Coopers of the United Kingdom, on the 
Condition of their Trade, since January 1843. 
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 


“Isle of Man.) into a Committee to consider the Act 3 and 4 


Will. 4, c. 60, for regulating the Trade of the Jsle 
of Man. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That in lieu and instead of the Du- 
ties of Customs now payable in respect to Articles 
enumerated in the Table of Duties of Customs 

ayable on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported 
into the Isle of Man, per 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 60, 
there shall be raised, levied, collected and paid, the 
Rates of Duty specified in the following Schedule : 


SCHEDULE. 
£. 8. d. 
Coals, from the United Kingdom - -— - Free. 
Coffee, the Duties of Consumption in the United 
Kingdom not having been there paid thereon, 
the lb. - - - ~ - - -| - - 2 
Hemp - Free 


Hops, from the United Kingdom 
Iron, from Foreign Parts - 
Spirits (Foreign) ; viz. 
Brandy, the gallon - - - -| - 4 - 
--—— Geneva, the gallon - - - -| - 2 
—- Run, of the British Plantations, not ex- 
ceeding the strength of Proof by Sykes’s Hy- 
drometer, and so in proportion for any greater 











strength, the gallon - - 16 
Sugar, Muscovado, the cwt. - - - -{-1- 
Refined at Liverpool, the ewt. - 14 - 

Vou. 99. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


May, and of this day, (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. 





India, in reply to Lord Stanley’s Despatch relative 
to the projected Emigration of Hill Coolies to the 
Colonies in the West Indies ; also, of any additional 
Instruction to the Governor of Sierra Leone, for 
the removal of Restrictions upon the Emigration of 
Africans from that Colony. 

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





Monday last, be printed. 


be printed. 


printed. 





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Ordered, 


The West India Relief, &amp;c. Bill was, according West India 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Relief, &amp;c. 


ll. 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 9th day of this instant Addresses. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to Emigration 
an Address to Her Majesty,—Copy or Extract of of Indian 


any Communication from the Governor General of pee 
0. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Petty Sessious, 
to Petty Sessions, &amp;c., which was presented upon &amp;« 


No. 285. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Savings Savings Banks. 
Banks, which was presented upon Tuesday last, No.286. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mew New Forest. 
Forest, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be No. 287. 



















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Houses of 
Parliament. 


No. 288. 


Sheffield United 
Gas Bill. 


Westminster 
and Lambeth 
Suspension 
Bridge Bill. 


Marriages 
(Ireland.) 


Dissenters 
Chapels Bill, 


308 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Houses | 
of Parliament, which was presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








16°—17° Mazz. 





Veneris, 17° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


. Earl of Arundel and Surrey reported from 
the Committee on the Sheffield United Gas 
Bill; and to whom several Petitions against the 
said Bill were referred; That no person appeared | 
in support of the said Petitions; and that they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Westminster and Lambeth Suspension Bridge 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Saint Margaret and 
Saint John-the-Evangelist, Westminster ; —Inhabit- 
ants of the houses and premises in the neighbourhood 
of the proposed new Bridge from Church-street, Lam- 
beth, to Westminster, and others (two Petitions) ;— 
and, Owners of property in the neighbourhood of the 








cm Bridge from Church-street, Lambeth, to 
estminster ; praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vauxhall Bridge Company, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Banagher ;—Kilmacrenan ;—Ori- 
ginal Secession Church in Scotland (Moderator and 
Clerk) ; — Yester ; — Stonebridge; — Glennan ; — 
Crieve ;— Drum ; — Clontibret ;—Smithborough ;— 
Monaghan ;—General Assembly of the Presbyterian 
Church in Jreland (Moderator and Clerks) ;— Dun- 





given ;—Ballinderry ;—and, Whiteabbey; praying 
the House to introduce, without delay, into Parlia- 
ment, a Bill to declare valid to all intents and pur- 
poses in law all Marriages heretofore solemnized 
or hereafter to be solemnized by Presbyterian mi- 
nisters in Jreland, between parties not within the 
prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity, and 





who have the consent of parents or guardians, and 
provided that all such Marriages shall be solemnized | 
and registered agreeably to the published laws of, 
the Jrish Presbyterian Church, —were presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Marshfield ;— Ringwood ;—Porta- | 
ferry ; — Killeleagh ; — Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; — | 
Hampstead ;— William Turner ;—Bridport ;—Diss; | 
— Chester ; —Larne ;— Dublin (four Petitions) ;— | 
Birmingham (five Petitions) ;—Narrow Water ;— | 
Coventry ;— Dromore (two Petitions) ;— Finsbury- | 





A. 1844, 


Petitions) ; —Jlminster , — Ballymoney (two Peti- 
tions) ; —Taunton (two Petitions) ;—Limavady ;— 
Ashton-in-Macherfield ; — Dukinfield ;— Knutsford 
(two Petitions); — Shrewsbury ; — Rivington ; — 
Exeter ;— Northampton ;--Crewkerne;— Ormskirk ; 
— Donaghmore ;—Armagh;— Rath friland ;— Kirk- 
stead Wharf ; — Sidmouth ; — Kingston-upon-Hull 
(two Petitions); — Macclesfield ; — Lincoln (two 
Petitions) ;— Hackney ;—— Maidstone ;— Congleton ; 
— York ;— Wick (Glamorgan) ; — Clough ;—New- 
bury ;—Poole ;— Leeds ; —Bridgewater (two Peti- 
tions); — Norwich ; — Remonstrant Presbyterian 
Synod of Ulster (Moderator and Clerk) ;— Evesham 

— Warrington; — Trowbridge ;-—Holywood ;~- Cooks- 
town ;— Bury (Lancaster); — Nottingham ;—Brad- 


ford (York); — and, Gloucester (two Petitions) ; 


praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oakham ;— Leamington Priors ;— 
Fairford ;—Sandford ; — Jewin Crescent, London ; 
— Wesleyan Ministers of the London District ;— 
Saint field ;—Castleblaney ;— Baring and Stromness; 
— Portglenone ;— Moneymore ; — Penmark ; —Ed- 
ward Dillon; — Churchover ; —Yeovil ; — Morpeth 
(Minister and Deacon) ;—Bridgenorth ;—Grapen- 
hall ;— Worcester (two Petitions) ;—South Shields ; 
— Clonmel ;—Congregational Union of England and 
Wales (President) ; —Broughshane ; —Drumlee ;— 
Members of the London Lay Union (Chairman, 
Treasurerand Secretary) ;— Clifton-upon-Dunsmore; 
— Ballyshannon ;— Roseyards ;— Fintona ;— Kilrea; 
— Ballinasloe ;—Long Framlington ;—Cloneyhurke ; 
— Bingley ;— Poyntzpass ; — Cootehill ; —Darling- 
ton ;—Ballyreagh ; —Portarlington ; —Belfast ; — 
Exeter District ;—Ray ;—Exeter ;— Hampstead ;— 
Pimperne ;—Yester ;— Tiverton ;—Members of the 
Church of England ; — Middleton-in-Teesdale ; — 
Steyning ;—United Synod of Original Seceders con- 
vened at Edinburgh (Moderator and Clerk) ;—and, 
Wexford (Presbyterian Minister); praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Kingston-upon- Hull; —Bradford Poor Law 
Union ( Wilts and Somerset) ;—Salford Union ;— —_—— 
West Derby Union ;—Bury Union (Lancaster) ;— _ 


and, Sheffield 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 Churchwarden of the township of 
Crossgate, in or near the city of Durham, praying 
the House not to allow the introduction of a clause 
into the said Bill for exempting union workhouses 
from the payment of parochial rates, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Warwick Poor Law Union, in the county of War- 
wick, praying the House to introduce a clause into 
the said Bill for rating owners of small tenements 
to the poor rate in lieu of occupiers, was also 
cgi and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Four Petitions from Liverpool, praying the House 


square, London ;—Belfast (four Petitions) ;—Joseph | not to introduce into the said Bill any clause for 


ater ;—Reverend J. C. Ledlie ; —Halifax ;— | rating owners of small tenements to the poor rate in 
Loughborough (two Petitions) ; — Carmarthen ;— lieu of occupiers,—were also presented, and read ; 


Walmsley ; — Bolton-le-Moors (two Petitions) ; — 
Cranbrook ;— Battle ;—-Warwick (two Petitions) ; | 
— Carrickfergus ;— Kilkeel ;—Magherally ;— Bath; | 
— Crumlin ;— Ditchling 


and ordered to Jie upon the Table. 


| Ordered, That the Committee on the Ventnor Ventnor 
; —Lewes ;—Sheffield (two | Improvement Bill have leave to sit this day till five — 
Mi. 


Petitions); — Chichester;— Preston (Lancaster) | of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


(three Petitions) ;— Portsmouth ;— Plymouth ;— | 
Chelienham ; — Newington-green ; — Little Carter- | 


— Hindley ;— Collumpton ;-—Hale and Altrincham ; | 


—Blackley ; —Monton Green; —Manchester (two eo and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


] Petitions from Airdrie;— and, Culross; pray- Priscus | 
lane, Doctors’ Commons ;— Godalming ;—Brighton ; ing that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass (Scotland) Bill. 


into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 


Petitions ~ 


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County Courts Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;—and, New-| —were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Bill. bury ; praying that the County Courts Bill may not | Select Committee on Poor Law Amendment Act 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, | (Medical Relief.) 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Blackburn;—and, Church,Oswald-| 4 Petition of Nobility, Gentry and Inhabitants Waldenses. 
twistle and Accrington ; praying that the said Bill | of the town and neighbourhood of Portarlington, 


may not pass into a law,—were also presented, and | Which was in former days an asylum to the Protest- 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ants banished from France at the revocation of the 


i ; edict of Nantz, praying the House to address Her 
A Petition of Officers to the Sheriff of Northamp- | fai el iti. ig : 7 
tonshire, and Bailiffs of the present County Court, | ety, Peers Sy oe eens wie Be ae of 


Sardinz ) : . . 
praying that in case the said Bill should pass into arciats on henen of fis poor subjects the Wal 


Boa ep _denses, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
a law, the House will either cause the Petitioners };, upon the Fable. : 4 
to receive compensation for the loss which they | 


must necessarily sustain, or appoint them to such 4 Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Chip- Manchester 
offices in the newly-formed Courts as their previous | ping Sodbury, Old Sodbury and Little Sodbury, in Bishopric. 
duties may have enabled them competently to fill, the county ie Gloucester; praying the Deten te 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie) adopt measures for the immediate establishment of 
upon the Table. a Bishopric at Manchester, without interfering with 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of) the ancient Bishoprics of Wales, was presented, and 
Romsey, in the county of Southampton, praying that read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
the said Bill may pass intoa law, was also presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | Petitions of Harriett Leaton Blenkinsopp ;— Ecclesiastical 
and, Solicitors of Melton Mowbray; praying that Courts Bill. 
County Courts A Petition of Inhabitants of the township of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill may not pass into 
(County Pale- Bury, in the county of Lancaster, praying that the a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 
—- _ County Courts (County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill, read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
and, County may not pass into a law; and, that the County | 
Courts Bill. Courts Bill may pass into a law, was presented,and; A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, in Hai! Storm 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. the county of Sussex, praying the House to repeal isurances. 
the stamp duty on policies of Insurance against 
Schoolmasters Petitions from the Presbytery of Meigle ;—Clerk | damage by Hail Storms, so far as agricultural pro- 
(Scotland.) to the Presbytery of Annan;—Adam Robson ;— | duce is concerned, thereby placing it on the same 
Presbytery of Perth ;—and, Presbytery of Bur-| footing as in the case of loss by fire, was presented, 
ravoe; praying the House to adopt measures for| and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
ameliorating the condition of the Burgh and Pa- 
rochial Schoolmasters of Scot/and,—were presented,| A Petition of Wood-sawyers of Bury, in Lan- Wood. 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. cashire, praying the House to impose a tax upon 
saw-mill-cut Wood, thereby placing them in a po- 
Public Petitions Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com-| sition that machinery may not be able to exterminate 
ion fourth mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined | hand-sawing, the trade by which tley live, was pre- 
the Petitions presented upon the 13th and 14th days! sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
of thisinstant May; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. The House proceeded to take into consideration Sidmouth and 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | the Report on the Sidmouth and Collumpton Road ee 
and be printed. Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. “°“° “"" 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
Salford Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the ingrossed. 
(Nee a.) Bil third reading of the ingrossed Bill for opening cer-| ' 
* tain Streets and otherwise improving the Town of, The Order made upon Monday last, That the Pulteney Town 


Salford, and for amending an Act passed in the| Report on the Pulteney Town Harbour and Im- Harbour and 


: 8 r I 
eleventh year of the reign of his Majesty King| provement Bill do lie upon the lable, was read ; a 
George the Fourth, for better cleansing and improv-| and discharged. 

ing the said Town of Salford, in the County Pala- Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 

tine of Lancaster, be now resumed :—The House ac- | former Committee. 


cordingly resumed the said further Proceeding ; | : , 
ail pi Mewar: iis Prot te the Bill, MS) An ingrossed Bill for the Improvement of the Manchester 


And a Motion being made, That the Bill do pass ; Town of Manchester, was read the third time. — 
8 ’ d &lt; &gt; ° ill, 

Lord Granville Somerset, by Her Majesty’s Com- Resolved, Ea a . do Phill q — 

mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry the 

having been informed of the purport of the Bill, Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 


is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 











Ordered, That the Committee on the Liverpool Liverpool 
Docks (re-committed) Bill have leave to make their Pcs Bill. 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass. gE gee SEG we. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill) A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen, and others, Huddersfield 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Inhabitants of the townships or places of Cleckhea- Branch Rail- 
ton, Little Town, Mills Bridge, Heckmondwike, “*’ _ 
Factories. Petitions from Acton;— Kennington ;—and, Chor- Dewsbury, Robert Town, High Town, Gomersal and 


ley (Chairman); praying the House to limit the | Mirfield, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
hours of labour of women and young persons in} praying that the Huddersfield Branch Railway Bill 
Factories to ten hours a day,—were presented, and| may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Poor Law. Petitions from Salford Union ;—Cheadle Union;| Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
— Keighley Union; — Tiverton Union;—and, Tew-| on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which Orders; 
kesbury Union; praying for alteration of the Poor | were read, as follow : 
Law Amendment Act, by confiding to Boards of 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Great South- Great Southern 
Guardians the power of fixing the measure of remu-}ern and Western Railway (Jreland) Petition for ~—nngiag 
neration to be given to the medical officers of unions, | leave to present a Petition for a Billi, the Sessional (Ireland. 
Vot. 99, RR3 Order 














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London and 
Croydon Rail- 


way. 


Canterbury 
Pavement Bill. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway 
(Ireland.) 


Coventry 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses, 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Mary Furley. 


Corn Taws, 


310 


Order ought to be dispensed with ; That the Parties | 
be permitted to present a Petition accordingly. 


17° Mazz. 





A. 1844, 


Petitions from Great Bradley ;—and, Posling- 


ford ; complaining that the late alteration in the 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the London and ; punishment of Arson has not tended to check that 


Croydon Railway Petition for leave to present a 
Petition for a Bill, the Sessional Order ought not | 
to be dispensed with. 
The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ward reported from the Committee on the 
Canterbury Pavement Bill; and to whom several Pe- 
titions 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 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. 


Petitions of the Grand Jury of the county of the 
city of Dublin, assembled at April Quarter Sessions 
1844 ;—Grand Jury of the city of Ki/kenny, assem- 
bled at the Spring Assizes 1844 ;—and, Inhabitants 
of Thomastown, and its vicinity, in the county of 
Kilkenny,; praying the House to permit the im- 
mediate prosecution of tie proposed line of Rail- 





way between Dublin and Cashel, connecting the 
southern and western parts of Ireland, by suspending 
the Standing Orders of the House respecting Private 
Bills in favour of this work,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for better supplying with Water 
the Parishes of Saint Michael, the Holy Trinity, 
and Saint John the Baptist, in the City of Coventry 
and the County of Warwick, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ellice do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from the Deanery of Winchcomb ;— 
Southampton ;—and, Archdeaconry of the East 
Riding of the county of York ; praying for the repeal 
of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c..77, as 
relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and 
Bangor, and at the same time that speedy and 
strenuous endeavours may be made for the establish- 
ment of a See at Manchester, by other means,—were 











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


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Laun- 
ceston Union, in the counties of Cornwall and Devon, 
praying that so much of the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 12, 
as transfers the payment of rates from occupiers to 
owners of divided houses, be adopted in the case of 
cottages and small tenements, the rent of which 
is five pounds and under, or that such occupier at or 
under such rental, paying the poor’s rates, be em- 
powered to make deductions of such payments from | 





their rents, and of the value of goods and chattels | 
distrained for such payment, and of costs attendant | 
on the process, was presented, and read; and ordered | 
to lie upon the Table. 


| 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the Colonnade, and | 
its vic nity, in Brunswick-square, praying the House 
to address Her Majesty to use Her royal prerogative 
of merey towards Mary Furley, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Westmoreland ;— | 
Llangunider ;— and, Great Grimsby; praying the 
House to resist the efforts now making by the Anti- | 
Corn-Law League, and that no alteration whatever | 
may be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were pre- | 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and Tullynishin ;--Kilclief; — Killard; -- Dromore 


crime, but that it has a contrary effect ; and praying 
that all convictions for that crime may be laid be- 
fore Her Majesty’s Privy Council for their decision, 
whether or not the full penalty of death should not 
be carried into effect, where the destruction of pro- 
perty is large, or the intention of the party so of- 
fending is clearly proved, and suggesting that such 
persons should be executed in the parish where the 
offence is committed,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Boots and Shoes im- 
ported into this Country annually, since the 5th 
day of January 1840 to the 5th day of January 1844, 
with the Duty paid thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Quantity of Cured Provisions of 
all kinds imported into the United Kingdom from 
Foreign Countries and from the Colonies, from the 
5th day of July 1848 to the latest period to which 
same can be made up; specifying the different 
kinds, the Countries whence sent, the Quantities 
entered for Home Consumption, and the Amount 
of Duty paid on same respectively ; also the Quan- 
tities of each kind re-exported, and whether taken 
for the use of the Ship or for Merchandize, and the 
Place to which same were exported. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Lard imported into the 
United Kingdom from enlen Countries, and from 
the Colonies, during the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1844; specifying the Country whence sent, 
the Quantity retained for Home Consumption, and 
the Amount of Duty paid on same; also, of the 
Quantity re-exported, and whether taken as Mer- 
chandise or for the use of the Ship, and the Country 
to which sent. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ashton-under-Lyne, 
in the county of Lancaster, praying that mea- 
sures may be devised and taken for the suppres- 
sion of Monasteries, and the final prohibition and 
banishment from the United Kingdom of Jesuits and 
members of other religious orders, communities or 
societies of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic 
or religious vows, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ashton-under-Lyne, 
in the county of Lancaster, 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 Charleville ;—Meragh ; —Lough- 
eade; — Cork; — Ballylander ; — Bailieboro’; 


| Galloon ; — Ardcath and Clonalvey; — Dingle ;— 


Killiheeny and Kilconly (two Petitions) ;—Ross ;— 
Newtownards ; — Drumcree ; — Ballymore ; — Ma- 
croom ;—Ardee;—Shrule ;—Kilmichael ;-- Donagh- 
more ;--Loughinisland ;--Donaghenry and Balyclog ; 
— Armagh (City) ;— Newcastle (Limerick) ;— Done- 
raile and Shanballymore ;— Grange Silvia, Kil- 
mocahill and Shankill ;—Athlacca ;— Burroshoole ; 
—Clongish ;— Longwood ;— Cloyne ; — Kilmacka- 
tranny and other places; — Killashalvy ;—Carbury 
and Dunforth ;— Killiheny ; — Dunsford ;—Upper 
Monegea ;—Saint Peter’s ;— Templeboy ;—Kilcum- 
min ;—Errigle Treagh ;—Drogheda ; — Killbride ; 
— Monaghan ; — hilcommoch ; — Templeport ; — 
Wheryand Lissarne;—Kilmacduan and Kilmichael ; 
— Kilnamona and Inagh;--Drumglass ;-- Kildalkey ; 
—Forkhill ; —Loughmore; — Kilkeedy; —Killyman 


and 


Arson. 


Roots and 


Shoes. 


Provisions. 


Lard, 


Monasteries. 


Maynooth 


College. 


Registration 
of Electors 
(Ireland) Bill. 











Lord’s Day. 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 


Jewish Disa- 
bilities. 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers, 


Pentonville 
Prison. 


Penitentiar 
( Milbank.) 


7 VicToRiz. 


and Garvagh ;-—Aughavale ;-- Kilrush ;--Kilmahon; 
—Kilcloon ;— Patrick’s Well ; -- Aughalurcher ; — 
Kilmore ;—Bunralty and Carigera ;— Mayo (City); 
—- Ardara ;— Ballygran;— Cappoquin;— Bunratty ; 
—Saint Patrich’s East ;—Killenaule and Moglass; 
—Aughnamullen ;—- Churchtown ;— Ballisodare ;— 
Rosenallis ; -— Tullyallen and Killechen ; — Castle- 
town Roche ;—Kilfree ;-- Stradbally ;—Rosbercon ; 
—Athy ;—Killanne ;— Tydavnet ; — Holmpatrick ; 
—Dromon ;—Donemaggin ;—Kilfarboy ;— Davids- 
town ; —- Nenagh ; — Crosscool Harbour ;—Croom ; 
— Moynalty ;— Kilmacow ;—Kilfiera ; — Maybologue 
and Kilmainham Wood ;—Grenagh ;— Saint Mun- 
chin’s ;—Cloneen ;— Desertcreaght ; — and, South- 
ampton (Chairman) ; praying that the Registration 
of Electors (Ireland) 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 of Bath, in 
the county of Somerset, praying that the House will 
recommend the immediate discontinuance of the 
issuing and payment of money orders by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Post-office on the Lord’s Day, was or 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Clap- 
ham, and other adjoining parishes, in the eastern 
division of the county of Surrey, praying that the 
Commons Inclosure Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Presiding Wardens of resident 
British-born Jews of the borough of Portsmouth, 
praying the House to take the laws affecting them 


17° Maii. 





into consideration, and to ameliorate their condition, 
by substituting, on admission to offices and employ- 
ments to which they may be eligible, a declaration 
or oath in accordance with their faith, and that the 
House will be pleased to grant the Petitioners such 
further relief as will place them on an equality with 
their co-religionists in Her Majesty’s colonies, and 
with all other religious denominations of Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Secretaries of the Baptist Union of 
Great Britain and Ireland, a body representing 
more than nine hundred churches of the Baptist 
Denomination in the United Kingdom, stating that 
asum of more than 1,600/, is annually voted by the 
House for the relief of necessitous Protestant Dis- 
senting Ministers in England and Wales ; that the 
Petitioners, holding the —_—s that the State 
ought not to supply aid of any amount to religion 
in any form, are constrained to regard this grant as 
an improper application of the public money ; that 
as a component part of the Protestant Dissenting 
body interested in the distribution, and consequently 
implicated in the reception of the Parliamentary 
grant, they feel themselves especially warranted and 
called upon to declare their objection to it; and 
praying that the said proposed grant may henceforth 
be discontinued, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Prisoners transferred to 
the Pentonville Prison from other Gaols, with the 
Medical Report of the state of their Health at that 

eriod :—Of the Number of Prisoners refused to be 
admitted into the Pentonville Prison, from the state 
of their Health, in the years 1842 and 1843 :—And, 
of the Prisoners removed from the Pentonville Pri- 
son to the Hulks or other Places of Confinement ; 
also, the Number removed to Lunatic Asylums. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Prisoners removed to the 





311 


Penitentiary at Milbank in the years 1842 and 1843, 
with the period of their Confinement therein ; also, 
the Number removed to Lunatic Asylums. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Devizes Gaol. 
a Report from the Gaol at Devizes of the state of 
Health of the Prisoners during the time that the 
Gaol was heated by artificial means ; also, their state 
of Health since the above system of warming the 
Prison has been discontinued. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prisoners for 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Pe *«- 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Charges incurred for the mainte- 
nance of Prisoners confined for Debt on Civil Pro- 
cess in the several Gaols and Prisons in Counties, 
Boroughs and Towns in England and Wales, in the 
years 1842 and 1843 :—And, a similar Return for 
Prisoners for Offences against the Revenue in 1842 
and 1843. 

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 Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 
and Sir William Horne : a 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bailiffs of 
Act for regulating the Bailiffs of Inferior Courts, [ferior Courts 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords ~ 
desire the concurrence of this House : And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Pontop and 
Act for enabling the Pontop and South Shields So" ee 
Railway Company to widen a part of their Railway, si shit 
and to make a Branch therefrom, and for other 
Purposes, 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 Newcastle and 
Act for authorizing the Sale of the Durham Junc- tear , 
tion Railway to the Newcastle and Darlington sremap ‘Tyne 
Junction Railway Company, and for enabling the Bridge Bill. 
said Company to make a Station at Gateshead, with 
a Bridge and Approaches to connect the said last- 
mentioned Railway with the Town of Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, and for other Purposes, 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 qyetorg 
Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing Lands in the Inclosure and 
Hamlet of Thetford, in the Parish of Stretham, in Drainage Bill. 
the Isle of Ely, and County of Cambridge; and 
for draining and embanking certain Parts of the 
said Lands, and other Lands in the said Hamlet, 
and in other Parishes in the said Isle and County, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Newquay 
Act to amend an Act for maintaining the Pier and Harbour and 
Harbour of Newquay, in the County of Cornwall, Railway Bill 
and to make certain Railways or Tram Roads in 
connection therewith, with an Amendment; towhich 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Railways. 
to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of any 
Reports made this Session by the Balsa Committee 
appointed by this House on Railways:—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. 





Vout. 99. 


RRr4 A Petition 

















312 


A Petition of Merchants of the city of London, 
praying that the proposed reduction of duty on Fo- 
reign Coffee may not take effect for at least twelve 
months from the time of the passing of the Act for 
that purpose, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Coffee. 


Customs Duties The House, according to Order ,resolved itself into 











=m. a Committee upon the Customs Duties Bill. 
No. 200. (In the Committee.) 

Instruction to the Committee, That they have 
power to make Provision in the Bill in accordance 
with the Resolutions of the Committee on Customs 
Duties, reported on the 16th day of May last. 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravusss, N° 1 to N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 4, agreed to. 

CrauseE N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Criavuses N° 11 and N° 12, agreed to. 

Table of New Duties 1844 :— 

Duties on several Articles proposed, and agreed to. 

New Table of Duties proposed :— 

Duty on Cocoa, agreed to. 

Coffee of and from foreign countries. 

Duty proposed in Schedule, the Ib. “ sixpence.” 

Whereupon it was proposed, that instead of 
“‘sixpence”’ the said duty should be “ fourpence.” 

Question put, That the duty on Coffee of and 
from foreign countries be, the lb. “ fourpence.” 

The Committee divided ; 

Mr. Ewart, 1 
as 28. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr Miserde: s 8 

r oe Sir George Clerk, } ‘ 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Pringle : 79. 

Coffee of and from foreign countries, the lb. “ six- 
pence.” 

Duties on several other Articles agreed to. 

« Orange and Lemon Peel preserved in Saltand | £. 8. d. 

Water, for every 100/.value - - -j| -10 - 
“ Oranges and Lemons cut and preserved in Salt 

and Water, for every 100/. value - ee er 

Question, That those words and Duties stand part 
of the Table of Duties put, and Negatived. 

Duties on other Articles agreed to. 

Schedule, as amended, 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
corsideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 

Dissenters’ 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Chapels Bill, 


Registration 
of Electors 


(Treland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration of Electors (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


17° Mai. 


A. 1844, 


The Ordet ot the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 


mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill ; Corporations 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, (elan4) Bill, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolitan 
into a Committee upon the Metropolitan Buildings Buildings Bil. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 291. 
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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 

mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Damage by Fire 
mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) (Metropolis) 
Bill; (No. 2.) 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- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; Courts Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itselfinto the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into County Courts 
further consideration the Report on the County Bill. 
Courts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 3d day of June 

next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Superior Courts 

mittee on the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill ; — Law) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

the 3d day of June next, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Small Debts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 3d day of June next. 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- vinegar ana 
mittee on the Vinegar and Glass Duties Bill; Glass Duties 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the Bill. 

31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stamp Duties 
into a Committee upon the Stamp Duties Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crauses, N° 1 to N° 10, agreed to. 
Schedule : First and second paragraphs agreed to. 
Third paragraph,—‘ And where the same shall 
exceed the rate of twenty shillings per centum, and 
shall not exceed the rate of thirty shillings per 
centum on the sum insured, one shilling.” 

Amendment proposed: To leave out the words, 


“and shall not exceed the rate of thirty shillings 
“ per centum.” 


Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Schedule ; 
The Committee divided ; 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ a 4 —e ad 


‘Mr. Forster 
T " J , 
ellersforthe Noes, b Sie, Bauviae: 


Third paragraph agreed to. 
Remaining paragraphs agreed to 
Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 











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Sibi ts 


7 VicToriz. 


17°— 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 18° die Maii, 1844: 


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. 
Tumpike Acts} The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Continuance into a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Continu- 
(Ireland) Bill. 


ance (Jreland) 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, ‘Vhat the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Unlawful Oaths The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Unlawful Oaths (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Assaults The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill.J mittee on the Assaults (Zreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Parishes The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Parishes (Scotland) Bill ; 

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

The Order of the day being read, for the third 


Manchester 


Police Bill. reading of the Manchester Police Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


inittee of Supply ; 


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


Customs Duties Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 

(isle ofMan.) jt was referred to consider the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c. 60, for regulating the Trade of the Isle of Man, 
several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That, in lieu and instead of the 
Duties of Customs now payable in respect to Arti- 
cles enumerated in the Table of Duties of Customs 
payable on Goods, Wares and Merchandize im- 
ported into the Is/e of Man, per 3 and 4 Will. 4,c.60, 
there shall be raised, levied, collected and paid, the 
Rates of Duty specified in the following Schedule : 


SCHEDULE. 


£. 8. d. 
Coals, from the United Kingdom - - = - Free. 
Coffee, the Duties of Consumption in the United 
Kingdom not having been there paid thereon, 
the Ib. ~ -  - - - - -| - - 2 
Hemp - - - Free 


Hops, from the United Kingdom 

Iron, from Foreign Parts - m 

Spirits (Foreign) ; viz. 

—- Brandy, the gallon - - -| - 4 

—- Geneva, the gallon - - - -| - 2 

——- Rum, of the British Plantations, not ex- 
ceeding the strength of Proof by Sykes’s Hy- 
drometer, and so in proportion for any greater 
strength, the gallon + - -| - 1 6 


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313 


ScHEDULE—continued. 


im 


ee 


Sugar, Muscovado,theewt. - - 
Refined at Z.iverpool, the cwt. 
Tea; viz. 
Bohea, the Ib. - - - 
—— Green, the lb.- - - 
Tobacco, the lb. - - - 
—— Segars, the lb. - - 
Wine, the tun of 252 gallons - - - 
Wood, from Foreign Parts; viz. Deal Boards 
and Timber, eight inches square and upwards, 
perload - - - - - - - 
Eau de Cologne, per flask - - - - 
or per gallon - - - - - - 
Liqueurs, per gallon a ee 
Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported from 
the United Kingdom, and entitled to any 
Bounty or Drawback of Excise on Exportation 
from thence, and not hereinbefore enumerated 
or charged with Duty -  - - -— - 
Goods, Wares or Merchandize imported from 
the United Kingdom, and not 
charged with Duty - - - - - 
Goods, Wares or Merchandize imported from 
any place from whence such goods may be 
lawfully imported into the Isle of Man, and 
not hereinbefore charged with Duty, for every 
1002. ofthe value thereof - - - -{15 - 


i 








— 
or | 
Pigit 





Za 
ee 
oo!1e 

tel 


Free. 


ereinbefore 


” 





2. Resolved, That the Schedule of Licensed Goods 
in the said Act enumerating certain sorts of Goods 
that shall be imported into the Isle of Man, &amp;c., be 
repealed, and in lieu thereof the following Articles 
only shall be so restricted :— 


Spirits ; viz. 














Foreign Brandy, gallons - - -j| 18,000 
Foreign Geneva, gallons - - -{| 12,000 
- From the United Kingdom, or from any 
lace from which the same might be imported 
into the United Kingdom, for consumption 
therein : 
Run, of the British Plantations, gallons 50,000 
From Great Britain : 
Tobacco, lbs. - - - - - - - 55,000 
Segars, Ibs - - - -- - = - 5,000 
Liqueurs, gallons - - - - - -= 50 
Eau de Cologne, gallons - - - = - 50 





The said Resolutions, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Gladstone 
and Mr. Manners Sutton do prepare, and bring it in. 


being read a second time, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into West India 
a Committee upon the West India Relief, &amp;c., Bill ; Relief, &amp;c., 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 Amend- 
ment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, art Unions, 

to consider the objects, results and present position 
of Art Unions, how far they are affected by existing 
Laws, and what are the most expedient and prac- 
ticable means to place them on a safe and perma- 
nent basis, and to render them most subservient to 
the improvement and diffusion of Art through the 
different classes of the community, and to report 
thereon to the House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Aliens Bill. 
to amend the Laws relating to Aliens: And that 
Mr. Hutt and Dr. Stock do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That, after Monday, the 3d day of June Business of the 
next, Orders of the Day shall have precedence of Howe. 
Notices of Motions on Thursdays. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- China. 
mand,—A Copy of Commissions under the Great 
Seal; Instructions under Her Majesty’s Royal Sign 
Manual ; Commissions providing for the temporary 
exercise of the duties of Chief Superintencent of 

$s British 











mprisonment 
for Debt. 


No. 292. 
Smuggling, &amp;c. 
No. 2938. 


Ships mort- 
gaged. 
No, 294, 


Private Banks. 
No, 289. 


Navy. 
No. 295. 


Fee Fund 





314 


British Trade in China; Orders in Council; and 
Ordinance passed and issued in virtue of the Powers 


17°—18°-—20° Maiz. 


| 


A. 1844. 


counsel in favour of the Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 


conferred upon Her Majesty, by the Act of the 6th) the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 


and 7th Vic. c. 80, 1843, 1844. 


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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative 


to Imprisonment for Debt, which were presented | 


upon the 15th and 22d days of April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Smuggling, 
&amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to a 


mortgaged, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Private 
Banks, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Fee 


(Treasury, &amp;c.) Fund (Treasury, &amp;c.), which was presented yester- 


No. 296. 


Buckingham 
Borough Writ. 


Liverpool 
Docks Bill. 


Harwich Rail- 
way and Pier; 
and, Colchester 
and Harwich 
Railway 

(No. 2.) Bills, 


Harrogate and 
Knaresborough 


Railway Bill. 


day, be printed. 


And then the House having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 20° die Maiti ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


(PRDERED, 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 
Buckingham, in the room of Sir Thomas Francis 
Fremantle, Baronet, who, since his Election for the 
said Borough, hath accepted the Office of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Secretary at War. 


Major Beresford reported from the Committee 
on the Liverpool Docks Bill, re-committed for the 
purpose of considering the system of cleansing the 
Liverpool Docks, and of amending the Bill as re- 
gards the Clause relating to the Land Tax and Poor’s 
Rate; That they had made Amendments to the 
Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That leave be given to print the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before the Committee, from 
the Committee Clerk’s Copy, at the expense of the 
Parties, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Chairmen of the Directors or 
Committees of Management, appointed by the Pro- 
moters of two several Railways to connect the East- 
ern Counties Railway with the Port of Harwich, 
praying that the Harwich Railway and Pier; and, the 
Colchester and Harwich Railway (No. 2.) Bills may 
be re-committed to the former Committee, with in- 
structions to such Committee to consider the ex- 
pediency of consolidating the same and amalga- 
mating the Companies promoting the same respec- 
tively, with power to carry jointly into effect the 
undertaking thereby contemplated in the manner 
agreed on between the said Companies, or in such 























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satisfaction. 


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


Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill; and to 
whom 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; 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- 
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. 


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


Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on 
the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway 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; 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. 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on the 
Slamannan Junction Railway Bill; andtowhom seve- 
ral 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; That they had inquired into the several mat- 
ters required by the Standing Orders on Railway 
Bills, so far as the same relate to the present appli- 
cation ; 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. 


Mr. Darby reported from the Committee on the 
Rother Levels Drainage Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the 
Town and Port of Whitehaven to the Town and 


Port of Maryport, in the County of Cumberland, 
was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Darby do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bannerman reported from the Committee on 
the Manchester and Leeds Railway (Bradford 
Branch) Bill; and to whom several Petitions against 
the said Bill were referred ; That they had heard 


other manner as, in the opinion of such Committee, | counsel in support of several of the said Petitions, 
would be beneficial to the public, was presented, ! and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Sir Edmund Filmer reported from the Committee 
on the Harrogate and Knaresborough Railway Bill ; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred ; That they had heard counsel in sup- 
port of one of the said Petitions, and had also heard 





— of the Manchester Police Bill ; 


That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not 
been proved to their satisfaction. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


Ordered, 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
way Bill. 


Slamannan 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


Rother Levels 
Drainage Bill, 


Whitehaven 
and Maryport 
Railway Bil. 


Manchester and 
Leeds Railway 
(Bradford 
Branch) Bill. 


Manchester 


Police Bill. 





and 
jay 


7 Vicroriz. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Rochdale Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Improvement Rochdale Improvement Bill to make their Report 
Bill. be enlarged till Tuesday the 18th day of June next. 


— Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Royal Infirm- Manchester Royal Infirmary, &amp;c., Bill; That they 
ary, &amp;¢., 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. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Celyn Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
perce Iron Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Company Bill; That 
Company Bill. they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 

found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


—_— Mr. Sturt reported from the Committee on the 

(Eastern Coun- Stratford (Eastern Counties) and Thames Junction 

ties) and Railway Bill; and to whom several Petitions against 

Thames June- the said Bill were referred; That they had heard 

tion Railway A Y Pa 

Bill. 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 re- 
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 ; 

and be printed. 


Shefield, Ash. 4” ingrossed Bill to enable the Sheffield, Ashton- 
ton-under-Lyne under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Company to 
and Manchester make Two Branch Railways, and to alter and en- 
Railway Bill. jaroe the Powers of the said Company, was read 
the third time; and an Amendment was made to 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Mon- 
day the 3d day of June next. 


Epsom and Ordered, That the Committee on the Epsom and 

South Western South Western Railway; and, the Croydon and Ep- 

ant and, som Railway Bills, have leave to sit this day till five 

roydon and : aes 

Epsom Rail- Of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 

way Bills. 

selina Mr. Ainsworth reported from the Committee 

Marsh Improve- On the Southampton Marsh Improvement Bill; and 

ment Bill. 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 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. 


Hythe Landing- _ lhe House proceeded to take into consideration 


place Bil. — the Report on the Hythe Landing Place Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Ashton, Staly- _ At ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the 
bridge and © Manchester and Leeds Railway to the Towns of 
ate ag ,. Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge, was read the 
a——_ = time; and an Amendment was made to the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till 
Monday the 3d day of June next. 
Nottingham The House proceeded to take into consideration 


(West Crof h ° 
saa a t _— on the Nottingham (West Croft Canal) 








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Improvement (No. 2,) Bill; and the Amendments Canal)Improve- 
were read, and agreed to. ee SD 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ~~ 
ingrossed. 


Mr. John Henry Vivian reported from the Com- Swansea 
mittee on the Swansea Harbour Bill; and to whom H#"bour Bill. 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That 
no person appeared in support of the said Petition ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Grand Jury of the county of Great Southern 

Dublin ;—and, Grand Jury of the county of Carlow gage 
. . . y 

assembled at the Spring Assizes, 1844 ; praying the ({reland.) 
House to set aside the Standing Orders so far as 
to enable the intended line of Railway from Dublin 
to Cashel, thereby connecting the southern and 
western parts of Ireland, to be commenced if pos- 
sible this ensuing summer,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Southampton 
the Report on the Southampton Improvement Bill ; — 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Standing 
of the House No. 33., “That previous to the presen- 974" 
tation of a Petition for a Bill, a Sum equal to one- 
tenth part of the Amount subscribed shall be de- 
posited 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 
Exchequer in Scotland if such work is intended to 
be done in Scotland, and with the Court of Chan- 
cery 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,” might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 
pealed. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That previous to the presentation of a 
Petition for a Railway Bill, a Sum equal to one- 
twentieth part of the Amount subscribed shall be 
deposited with the Court of Chancery in England 
if the Railway is intended to be made in England, 
or with the Court of Chancery in England or the 
Court of Exchequer in Scotland if such Railway 
is intended to be made in Scotland, and with the 
Court of Chancery in Ireland if such Railway is 
intended to be made in Jreland:—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. 

Then the original Question being put ; 

Resolved, That previous to the presentation of a 
Petition fora Railway Bill, 2 Sum equal to one- 
twentieth part of the Amount subscribed shall be 
deposited with the Court of Chancery in England 
if the Railway is intended to be made in England, 
or with the Court of Chancery in England or the 
Court of Exchequer in Scotland if such Railwa 
is intended to be made in Scotland, and with the 
Court of Chancery in Ireland if such Railway is 
intended to be made in Jreland. 

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


Viscount Howick reported from the Committee Epsom and 
on the Epsom and South Western Railway ; and, the — Western 
Croydon and Epsom Railway Bills; That he had“ way 5 


ss2 been 











and, Croydon 
and Epsom 
Railway Bills. 


North Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


Delabole and 
Rock Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Drainage 
(Ireland. ) 


Canada. 


Postmasters 
General, 


Postage. 


Tithes 
(Treland.) 


Wool, 


316 20° Maiz. 


been instructed by the Committee to move the 
House for an Order for the attendance of Robert 
Stevenson, Civil Engineer, whose evidence was proved 
to be essential to enable the Promoters of the South 
Western and Epsom Line to rebut the case of the 
eompeting Line, and which could not be obtained 
without the intervention of the House. 

Ordered, That Robert Stevenson do attend the 
Committee on the Epsom and South Western Rail- 
way; and, Croydon and Epsom Railway Bills To- 


morrow. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, praying that provision 
may be made in the North Wales Mineral Railway 
Bill for making a deviation, removing the said Rail- 
way to agreater distance from the residence of the 
Marquis of Westminster, called Eaton Hall, in the 
county of Chester, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Two Petitions of Persons whose names are there- 
under written, praying that the Delabole and Rock 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—A Copy of the Second Annual Report 
of the Commissioners on Drainage in Jreland, of 
their Proceedings under the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 89. 

Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—A Return of the Charges incurred upon ac- 
count of the Canadas, in respect of the Army, 
Navy, Ordnance and Commissariat, in each of the 
years 1835 to 1843 inclusive, and the Amounts 
granted by Parliament, from the year 1837 to the 
year 1843 inclusive, in consequence of the Insurrec- 
tion in Canada. 

A Return showing the Name, Rank and Date of 
Appointment, from the earliest to the present time, 
of the Postmasters General in England, Ireland and 
Scotland, respectively. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of March 
last, for a Return by the Postmaster General, or the 
Lords of Her Majesty’s ‘Treasury, showing the 
Names of the Postmasters, and of the Towns to 
which Half Sheets of Postage-free Paper will be 
sent for Sale: —And, a similar Return from the 
Board of Stamps and Taxes, or the Treasury, show- 
ing the Names of the Towns, and the Names of 
the Persons to whom Postage-free Half Sheets of 
Paper will be sent for Sale. 

A Return by Dioceses, of the Amount of Tithe 
Arrears in Ireland lodged under the Act 1 and 2 Vic, 
c. 109, distinguishing the Portion due by defaulting 
Landlords from the Portion due by Tenants, and 
showing the Total Amount of Dividends paid on 
account of the said Tenants’ Arrear ; with a obi 
showing the Amount already received, or by Law 
Proceedings recovered, in respect of such Land- 
lords’ Arrear, the Amount irrecoverable, and the 
Amount for which Law Proceedings are still pend- 
ing ;--And, Copies ofany Minutes or Correspondence 
between the Lords of the Treasury and the Board 
of Public Works in Jreland, relating to a Loan of 
£ 100,000 by the Board to the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners of Ireland; and, similar Copies relating 
to the Grant in 1836 of £.100,000 to the Board 
out of the Exchequer Bills, to the Amount of One 
Million, issued for the Relief of the Tithe-owners 
of Ireland ; with Copies, also, of all Minutes or 
Correspondence respecting the Appropriation of any 
Repayments made by the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners on account of the said Loan to them of 
£. 100,000. 

Returns of the Quantity of Wool annually im- 
ported from each Foreign Country since the year 
1815, specifying separately that imported from the 























A. 1844, 


Colonial Possessions of Great Britain and that 
from Foreign Countries :—Of the Quantity in each 
year, since the year 1825, which paid respectively 
the Duties of One Penny and a Half-penny per 
Pound, distinguishing the Countries from which 
imported :—Of the Quantity of British Wool ex- 
ported from the United Kingdom in each year of 
the same Period, distinguishing to what Countries, 
the Duty on such, and the Duty paid each year :— 
And, of the Quantity of Woollen Manufactures ex- 
ported annually each year for the same Period, clas- 
sifying the same, and separating that exported to 
the Colonial Possessions of Great Britain from that 
exported to Foreign Countries in each year :—And, 
a similar Return as to the export of Woollen Yarn. 


A Return of the Annual Amount received in the patent 
last Ten years for Stamps issued for Patent Me- Medicines. 


dicines. 


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


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Gaming. 
to inquire into the existing Statutes against Gaming No.297. 


of every kind; to ascertain to what extent these 
Statutes are evaded, and to consider whether any 
and what Amendments should be made in such 
Statutes ; and to report their Opinion thereupon to 
the House, have power to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Viscount Palmerston reported from the said Se- 
lect Committee ; That they had inquired into the 
said Statutes accordingly; and had directed him to 
report the same to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them; with 
an Appendix. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy, 


Return of the Sailing Qualities of Her Majesty’s 
Ships “ Queen,” “ Formidable,” “ Vernon,” “ Eury- 
dice” and “ Spartan” ; and of the different Trials of 
sailing between those Ships; specifying the State 
of the Sea, Wind, Weather and Period of Time each 
Trial occupied :—And, a Copy of the Weekly Ac- 
count of Her Majesty’s Ships “ Queen,” “ Formid- 
able,” “ Vernon,” “ Eurydice” and “ Spartan,” on 
the 5th day of April and the 5th day of October 
during the years 1842, 1843 and 1844. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Literary and 
a Return of all Applications to the certifying Bar- Scientitic 
rister, under the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 36, for Certifi- st" 


cates of Exemption from Parochial Rates by Literary 
and Scientific Institutions ; stating the Name and 
Locality of each Society, and whether the Certifi- 
cates were granted or refused, and specifying the 
grounds of Refusal in each Case. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Danish Claims. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Memorial addressed to Sir Robert Peel 
by Mr. Solly, on behalf of the Danish Claimants, 
dated 27th July 1843. 

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, property Tax. 


Returns showing the Net Amount of Duty collected 
under each separate Schedule of the Property Tax 
Act, for the year ended the 5th day of April 1843: 
—And, showing the Number of Claims of Exemp- 
tion under the Property Tax Act, received at the Tax 
Office, up to this day; the Number on which the 
Duty has been repaid; the Amount of Duty repaid ; 
the Number of Claims in which Orders have been 
issued by the Board of Taxes for discharging the 

Property 








Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland. ) 


The Porte, 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses, 


Union with 
Treland, 


7 Vicroriz. 


Property of the Claimants from Assessment; and 
the Number of Claims now remaining in the Tax 
Office for Examination and Inquiry. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Expense of each District Lunatic 
Asylum in Jreland, for the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1844; showing the Total Annual Ex- 
pense, 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 
1843, the Number admitted,the Number discharged ; 
distinguishing those discharged as Cured, as Re- 
lieved, as Harmless and Incurable, and the Number 
transferred to Workhouses ; the Number who have 
died, and the Total discharged and died; the Num- 
ber in each on the 3ist day of March 1844; 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, Beddin 
Expenditure in Fixtures, Additions and Alterations, 
Workmen’s Bills, &amp;c.; the Total Expenditure 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 ad- 
mitted into each Asylum between the opening and 
the 31st day of March 1844; the Number dis- 
charged as Recovered ; the Number discharged or 
taken away by their Friends as Relieved, or Harm- 
less 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 Totai Number remaining in each Asylum, 
on the 31st day of March 1844:—Similar Returns 
from the Cork Lunatic Asylum :—And, a Return of 
the Number of Insane Persons in each Workhouse 
in Ireland on the 31st day of March 1844, with 
the estimated Annual Expense of each, and the 
Total in Public Lunatic Asylums and Workhouses 
in Ireland, on the 31st day of March 1844. 


Sir Robert Peel presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of this in- 
stant May, for Returns of Papers respecting the 
Negotiations between the Ottoman Government and 
Her Majestv’s Ambassador at Constantinople, on 
the subject of the infliction of capital punishment 
for change of religion:—And, of the Correspon- 
dence between Her Majesty’s Consul at Tunis and 
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, regarding 
the trial of a Maltese subject of Her Majesty by the 
Ottoman Courts. 


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


A Petition of Clergy, and others of the deanery 
of Pimperne, Archdeaconry of Dorset, diocese of 
Salisbury, praying for the repeal of so much of the 
Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, ce. 77, as relates to the union 
of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor ; and at the 
same time that speedy and strenuous endeavours 
may be made for the establishment of a See at 
Manchester, by other means, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes 
of Killenane and Cahir, in the county of Kerry, 
praying for the repeal of the Legislative Union be- 
tween Great Britain and Ireland, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vor. 39. 


20° Marz. 


and Linen; the | 


317 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Zondon and West- 
minster, praying for the repeal of the Act of the 
fifty-ninth year of his late Majesty King George the 
Third (1819), so that the price of gold may be 
allowed to rise in exchange against Bank Notes to 


its market value, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Bride, Fleet-street, London ;—and, Chairman of the 
| Society for the Emancipation of Industry ; praying 

that the proposed resolutions for the renewal of the 
| Bank of England Charter may not receive the sanc- 
| tion of the House, and that the House will set free 
the industry of Great Britain, bya reconsideration 
of the Currency question, and the repeal of the law 
bel 1819, which fixes the price of Gold,—were 


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








' The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
| into a Committee to consider the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c. 98, for giving to the Corporation of the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England certain Pri- 
vileges, fora limited period, under certain Conditions; 
and also, the several other Acts relating to the Charter 
of the Bank of England, and Advances by them to 


the Government, and also to Banks and Banking 
Partnerships. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Question again proposed, That it is expedient 
to continue to the Bank of England, for a time to 
be limited, certain of the privileges now by law 
vested in that Corporation, subject to such condi- 
tions as may be provided by any Act to be passed 
for that purpose :—Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient to provide by 
Law that the Bank of England should henceforth 
be divided into two separate departments ; one ex- 
clusively confined to the Issue and Circulation of 
Notes, the other to the conduct of Banking Busi- 
ness. 

3. Resolved, That it is expedient to limit the 
amount of Securities upon which it shall henceforth 
be lawful for the Bank of England to issue Promis- 
sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, and that 
such amount shall only be increased under certain 
| conditions to be prescribed by Law. 
| 4. Resolved, That it is expedient to provide by 
| Law, that a weekly publication should be made by 
the Bank of England of the state both of the Cir- 
culation and of the Banking Departments. 

5. Resolved, That it is expedient to repeal the 
Law, which subjects the Notes of the Bank of Eng- 
— to the payment of Composition for Stamp 

uty. 

6. Resolved, That, in consideration of the Privi- 
leges to be continued to the Bank of England, the 
rate of fixed annual payment to be made by the 
Bank to the Public shall be £. 180,000 per annum, 
and shall be defrayed by deducting the said sum 
from the sum now by Law payable to the Bank for 
the management of the Public Debt. 

7. Resolved, That, in the event of any increase of 
the Securities upon which it shall be lawful for the 
Bank to issue such Promissory Notes as aforesaid, 
a further annual payment shall be made by the 
Bank to the Public over and above the said fixed 
payment of £.180,000, equal in amount to the net 
profit derived from the Promissory Notes issued on 
such additional Securities. 

8. Resolved, That it is expedient to prohibit by 
Law the issue of Promissory N otes payable to bearer 
on demand by any Bank not issuing such Notes on 
the 6th day of May 1844, or by any Bank there- 
after to be established in any part of the United 
Kingdom. 

9. Resolved, That it is expedient to provide by 
Law, that such Banks in England and Wales as on 

ss3 the 

















Currency. 


Bank of Eng- 
land Charter, 
&amp;c. 


Bank of Eng- 
land Charter. 











318 


the 6th day of May 1844 issued Promissory pr taaee 
payable to bearer on demand, shall continue to issue 


such Notes, subject to such conditions and to such| Law and in Equity Bill ; 


limitations as to the amount of issue as may be pro- 


9/°—21° Mazz. 


A. 1844, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Joint Stock 
reading of the Joint Stock Companies Remedies at Companies’ 
Remedies at 

Law and in 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Equity Bill, 


vided for by any Act to be passed for that purpose. | upon Friday next. 


10. Resolved, That it is expedient to provide by 
Law for the weekly publication of the amount of | 


Promissory Notes, payable to bearer on demand, | mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; 


circulated by any Bank authorized to issue such | 
Notes. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
Amendment 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday — 


the 10th day of June next, resolve itself into the 


11. Resolved, That it is expedient to make pro-, said Committee. 


vision by Law with regard to Joint Stock Banking | 
Companies. 


\ 


Resolutions to be reported. | Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 


| 


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


Martis, 21° die Maiti, 1844: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Groene! th 


reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 





Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
| 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell and | 
Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An| 
Company Bill. Act to enable the Globe Insurance Company to! 
alter and amend some of the Provisions of their 
Deed of Settlement, with Amendments; to which | 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Globe Insurance 


Courts of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Common Law to authorize, in certain cases, the service of Process 
Process Bill. 


issuing out of Her Majesty’s Courts of Common 
Law at Westminster, on Persons resident out of the 
Jurisdiction of the said Courts; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize, in certain cases, the service of Process 
issuing out of Her Majesty’s Courts of Common 
Law in Jreland, on Persons resident out of the Ju- 
risdiction of the said Courts; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Courts of Com- 
mon Law Pro- 
cess (Irelend) 
Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 





eg to rectify a Mistake as to the Proceedings on the 
ze" Eastern Counties Railway Bill, and the Eastern 

Counties Railway (Brandon and Peterborough Ex- 
tension) Bill; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

Marquess of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Ailsa’s Estate to enable Archibald Marquess of Ailsa, to borrow a 

_ certain Sum of Monev upon the Security of his en- 
tailed Estates of Cassilis and Culzean, for Repay- 
ment to him of a portion of the Monies laid out by 
him in the Improvement of these Estates ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Courts of The Courts of Common Law Process Bill was 

Common Law 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


Process Bill, | “= 
rocess Bi time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


No. 298. 


Courts of Com- 
mon Law Pro- 
cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 

No. 299. 


Eastern Couns 
ties Railway 


The Courts of Common Law Process (Jre/and) 
Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 


The Eastern Counties Railway Validity Bill was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


Validity Bill. time this day ; and to be printed. 
No. 300. 
Joint Stock The Order of the day being read, for the second 


prea angi reading of the Joint Stock Companies Registration 
gistration anc i ae , 
Regulation Bill. and Regulation Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


a second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. | 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Gold and Silver. 


into a Committee upon the Gold and Silver Wares Wares Bill. 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
oo, That the Committee had gone through the 
ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill; and 
e Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Customs Duties 
further consideration the Report on the Customs Bill. 
Duties Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dissenters’ 
reading of the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill; Chapels Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Electors (Ireland) of Electors 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 10th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill ; Clndend) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 


10th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Damage by Fire 
mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) (Metropolis) 
Bill; (No. 2.) Bil. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; Courts Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Stamp Duties 
Report on the Stamp Duties Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Turnpike Acts Continu- Turnpike Acts 
ance (Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were Cominuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 
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- Unlawful Oaths 
mittee on the Unlawful Oaths (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 


3d day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Assaults _ 
into a Committee upon the Assaults (Ireland) Bill ; (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 ~ 

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ll, 








7 Vicroriz. 


Parishes The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Parishes (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 6th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


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. 


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 ingrossed Bill for giving additional Powers 
to the Commissioners for the Relief of certain of 
Her Majesty’s Colonies and Plantations in the West 
Indies, 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. 


West India 
Relief, &amp;Cey 
Bill. 


Assize Towns. Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to seve- 


ral Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return, showing 
the Name of each Town, and the County it is in, 
where Assizes are held, in England, Ireland and 
Scotland respectively, and the Total Number of these 
Towns in each of the three Kingdoms respectively ; 
further showing such Towns as have less than As- 
sizes twice a year, and such as have Assizes held 
oftener in them than twice a year. 
Returns of the Number and Locality of Schools 
in Scotland to which aid has been granted by the 
Educational Committee of the Privy Council ; dis- 
tinguishing the Schools required by the constitution 
or Title deeds of the School to be in connection 
with the Established Church of Scotland; those re- 
quired to be in connection with the National School 
Society or the British and Foreign School Society ; 
and those not required to be in connection with 
either of those Societies, or with the Established 
Church of Scotland:—Of the Application for aid. 
to the Education Northern Districts School, and 
the Correspondence and Communications relative 
to that Application between the Educational Com- 
mittee of the Privy Council, or their Secretary, and 
the Committee of the Association for the erection of 
the said School, or their Secretary :—And, of any 
Minute or Minutes of the Educational Committee 
of the Privy Council, containing any Provision or 
Regulation with reference to the terms, conditions 
or circumstances under which aid should be granted 
to Schools in Scotland, whether in connection or 
not in connection with the Established Church of 
Scotland, or with the National School Society, or 
the British and Foreign School Society. 
Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Returns of the Sums received by the Pav- 
ing Board for the Paving and Lighting Tax of the 
City of Dublin, from the 1st day of January 1837 
to the 31st day of December 1837 :—Also, from the 
Ist day of January 1841 to the 1st day of March 
1842; specifying the Sums received in each separate 
month, and when such Sums were due :—Similar 
Returns of Police Tax paid during the same periods, 
from the Commissioners of Police :—Similar Returns 
of Grand Jury and Wide Street Tax, for the same 
periods, from the Treasurer of the Grand Jury :— 
And, Returns of Pipe Water Rent paid for the same 
period, from the Corporation of the City of Dublin ; 
specifying the time of the Arrears, and the Amount 
paid in each separate month. 
_ An Account of all Fines and Amerciaments, stat- 
ing them separately, set or imposed by virtue of the 
Acts 29 Geo. 2, c. 25, and 31 Geo. 2, c. 17, as well 
as of all other Monies received, in pursuance of the 
said Acts, by the Court of Burgesses, Westminster, 


Schouls 
(Scotland.) 


Dublin Paving 
Board, &amp;c, 


Westminster 
Court of Bur- 
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during each of the last Seven years, ending on the 

31st day of December 1843 ; the yearly Application 

of such Fines, Amerciaments and Monies, stating 

how much has been paid to the Overseers of any 
Parish, naming it, as well as the yearly Amount, 

and nature of the Charges and Expenses of the 

Court of Burgesses in carrying the said Acts into 
execution. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of April Tithes 
last, for a Return from the Records of the Public (Ireland.) 
Record Office, Custom House Buildings, showing 

the Nature and Extent of the Lay Tithes formerly 
belonging to the Monastery of Knockmoy, alias 

Colles Victoria, alias The Mountain of Victory, in 

the County of Galway; in what manner and upon 

what condition same were vested in the Crown, and 

by whom and under what conditions same may have 

been held from the Crown, from the earliest period 

to the year 1706; and to whom said Tithes would 

have belonged, if same were not so vested in the 
Crown, subsequent to the Restoration of Charles 

the Second. 

Copies of the Instrument appointing the present Union of 
Archdeacon of Armagh; and of any Orders or Acts Armagh, &amp;c. 
of Privy Council in freland for disuniting the Pa- 

rishes forming the Union of Armagh :—And, of any 
Memorials or Letters which may have been addressed 

to the Jrish Government on the subject of the Se- 
verance of the Union of Parishes forming the Arch- 
deaconry of Armagh; and of the Answers thereto : 
—And, a Return of any Union of Parishes in Jre- 

land dissolved under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 37, 

s. 124, 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Poor Relief 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of (Ireland) Act. 
a General Order issued by the Poor Law Te 


missioners, relative to the Appointment of Auditors 
of Union Accounts in Ireland, dated 13th day of 
May 1844. 

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


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

for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Chichester, in the room 

of Arthur Lennox, Esquire, commonly called Lord 

Arthur Lennox, who, since his Election for the said 

City, hath accepted the Office of one of the Com- 
missioners for executing the Office of Lord High 
Treasurer of Great Britain, and Treasurer of the 
Exchequer of Jreland. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Mortmain. 
the 7th day of this instant May, That a Select Com- 

mittee be appointed to inquire into the operation of 

the Laws of Mortmain, and of the Restrictions which 

limit the power of making Gifts and Bequests for 
Charitable and Religious uses, might be read ; and 

the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Lord John Man- 
ners, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Nicholl, Mr. Charles Buller, 
Viscount Clive, Mr. Smythe, Mr. Brotherton, Sir 
George Grey, Mr. Eliot Yorke, Mr. James Wortley, 
the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Sir John Yarde Bul- 
ler, Mr. Milnes, Mr. Sotheron and Mr. Dickinson, 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Townland 
Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be appointed bene 
to inquire whether the present Townland Valuation ioe 
of Ireland, made by the Commissioner of Valuation 
under the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 52, can be made 
available for the imposition of Poor Rate and other 
Local Rates in that Country ; and also, whether it 
be not desirable to alter the principle on which the 
Townland Valuation is now constructed, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 








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A Committee was nominated of Lord Eliot, Sir 
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Denham Norreys, Mr. Parker, Mr. Shaw, Mr. 

French, Mr. Young, Sir Henry Winston Barron, 

Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. Philip Shirley, Mr. Colqu- 

houn, Lord Courtenay, Mr. Carew, Mr. Vesey, Sir 

Edmund Hayes and Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell, 

with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Courts Martial = Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


(West Indies) remove Doubts as to the power of appointing, con- 
vening and confirming the Sentences of Courts Mar- 
tial in the East Indies: And that Mr. Nicholl, Mr. 
Bingham Baring and Mr. Emerson Tennent do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 

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


Churches Bi, 4, prohibit the holding of Vestries in Churches: 


And that Mr. Stafford O’ Brien and Mr. Beckett 
Denison do prepare, and bring it in. 


+ patty ; Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(ireland) Bil. to amend an Act of the last Session to consolidate 
and amend the Laws for the Regulation of Chari- 
table Loan Societies in Jreland: And that Lord 
Eliot and Mr. Attorney General for Zreland do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


sa Parts The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
a “** Committee upon the Detached Parts of Counties 
Bill, upon Wednesday next, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 12th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Courts Martial Mr. Nicholl presented a Bill to remove Doubts 
(East Indies) . he P . ‘ intine’ j 
Bill. as to the Power of appointing, convening and con- 
No.301 firming the Sentences of Courts Martial in the East 
™"* Indies: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day; and to 
be printed. 


Charitable Lord Eliot presented a Bill to amend an Act of 


(inelend) Bil the last Session, to consolidate and amend the Laws 


No. 302, 40% the Regulation of Charitable Loan Societies 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. 


Vestries in Mr. Stafford O’ Brien presented a Bill to prohibit 
Churches Bill. the holding of Vestries inChurches: And the same 
No. 303. was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 3d day of June next ; 
and to be printed. 
Marquess of The Marquess of Ailsa’s Estate Bill was read the 
i s Estate 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 Tuesday 
morning, adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 21° die Mai; 


Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 





PRAYERS. 

Lunacy. \ R. Du Bois, Treasurer to the Metropolitan 
«YA 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 Consoli- 
dated Fund to the said Clerk, from the ist August 
1842 to the Ist August 1843; specifying the several 
Heads of Expenditure :—And then he withdrew. 


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





A. 1844. 


Mr. Evans, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was Bankruptey. 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Order,—A Statement of the Amount transferred and 
paid out as Dividends, Amount paid by Orders of 
Court, and of the Judges, and Balance standing to 
the credit of Basil Montagu, Esquire, Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, on the 1st day of January 1842, 
1843 and 1844, pursuant to Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, 
c. 29, (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
106, of Session 1841) :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Swansea Im- Swansea 
provement Bill have leave to sit this day, till five of —~ ‘creas 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. - 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Kingston- Kingston-upon. 
upon-Hull Docks Bill have leave to sit this day, till Hull Docks Bit, 
five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Wells Har- Wells Harbour 
bour and Quay (re-committed) Bill have leave to 2nd Quay Bill, 
sit this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining a Sidmouth and 
Turnpike-road from Sidmouth to Collumpton, and Collumpton 





also to or near to Hele Mill, in the Parish of Brad- Road Bill, 
| ninch, all in the County of Devon, was read the third 
| time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill tc 
| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| 


| Petitions from Ki/kenny ;—and, Clonmel ; praying Great Souther: 
the House to permit the immediate prosecution of 9 gaa 
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|the proposed line of Railway between Dublin and (jreland.) 
Cashel, connecting the southern and western parts 

of Ireland, by suspending the Standing Orders of 

the House respecting Private Bills in favour of that 

great national work,—were presented, and read ; 

‘and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


_ The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Union 

‘the Report on the Eastern Union Railway Bill; and Railway Bill 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

| be ingrossed. 


| The Eastern Counties Railway Validity Bill was, Eastern Coun- 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- cae on 

mitted to a Committee of the whole House. —o 
_ Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 

| solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 

_ accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 

| after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 

the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, 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 ; and the Amendment following was made to 
the Bill; viz. 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That this Act 
‘‘ shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act, 
“ and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by 
“ all judges, justices and others.” 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Estcourt do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment ; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern 
the Report on the South Eastern Railway Bill; and Railway Bill 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upor Friday 
next. 





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Newquay 
Harbour and 
Railway Bill, 


South Devon 
Railway Bill. 


Thetford 
Inclosure and 


Drainage Bill. 


7 VicToRizx. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for maintaining the Pier and Har- 
bour of Vewquay, in the County of Cornwall, and 
to make certain Railways or Tram Roads in con- 
nection therewith ; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth ; 

Pr. 164. 1.35. After “ Stroud” insert Clause 
(A.) 
Ciavse (A.) “ Provided always, and be it De- 
clared and Enacted, That nothing contained in 
this Act, or in the hereinbefore-recited Act, shall 
extend or be construed to extend to alienate, de- 
feat, lessen, prejudice or derogate from any estate, 
right, title, interest, franchise, prerogative, juris- 
diction or authority of, or appertaining to the 
Queen’s Most excellent Majesty, Her heirs or 
successors, in right of Her Crown, or ctherwise.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Rashleigh 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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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the South Devon Railway 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, 
intituled, An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing 
Lands in the Hamlet of Thetford, in the Parish of 
Stretham, in the Isle of Ely, and County of Cam- 
bridge; and for draining and embanking certain 
Parts of the said Lands, and other Lands in the 
said Hamlet, and in other Parishes in the said Isle 
and County ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1, 20. Leave out ‘‘ Townend’s” and insert 
“€ Townsend's.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 37. Leave out “ enclosed” and insert 
“« inclosed,” 
Pr. 11. 1. 38. Leave out “ make.” 
Pr. 11. 1. penult. Leave out “of” and insert 
for the purposes of the said inclosure.” 
Pr. 12. 1. 4. Leave out “ agreed to be.” 
Pr. 12. 1. 8. Leave out “ thereof” and insert 
of the said lands to be inclosed.” 
Pr. 13.1. 13. After “ clerks” insert “ or one of 
“ them.” 
Pr. 18, 1. 15. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and.” 
Pr. 43. 1. 21. After “ trust” insert “ of the 
charity called Townsend’s Charity.” 
Pr. 44.1.7. After ‘‘ fields” insert “ commons.” 
Pr. 57. 1. 36. After “ parties” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That when 
any person shall, under the provisions herein con- 
tained, have taken possession of any land given in 
exchange or allotted in respect of any land sub- 
ject to a rent-charge in lieu of tithe, or of any 
modus, composition or customary payment in lieu 
of tithe apportioned thereon, pursuant to the Act 
for the Commutation of Tithes in England and 
Wales, such rent-charge and the arrears thereof, 
(if any) shall thenceforth become and be payable 
out of the land so to be given in exchange or 
allotted as aforesaid, instead of the land out of 
which the same was previously payable, and the 
land so given in exchange or allotted shall, in 

respect of the said rent-charge, be thenceforth 
subject to such of the provisions of the said Jast- 
mentioned Act, and of the several Acts for alter- 
ing or amending the same, as the same land would 
have been subject to if the said rent-charge had 
been originally apportioned thereon.” 

Curause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 


Commissioner of Inclosure shall, before he shall 
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give possession of any lands to be given in ex- 
change or allotted under the provisions herein 
contained, in respect of any land subject to a 
rent-charge as aforesaid, cause a Schedule on 
parchment to be made, as well of the lands so to 
be given in exchange or allotied, as of the lands 
in respect of which such lands shall be so given 
or allotted, and the said Schedule shall state the 
quantity in statute measure of such first-men- 
tioned lands, and also the true or estimated quan- 
tity in statute measure of the said other lands, 
and shall set forth the names and description of 
the several proprietors of the said last-mentioned 
lands, and shall refer by a number set against the 
description of such first-mentioned lands to a 
map or plan to be drawn on paper or parchment 
and annexed to the Schedule, and the same num- 
ber shall be marked on the representation of such 
lands in the said map or plan, and the said Com- 
missioner shall sign the said Schedule and map 
or plan, and send the same to the office of the 
Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales, and 
if the said Tithe Commissioners shall approve of 
the exchanges and allotments therein appearing, 
they shall testify such their approval by affixing 
their seal to the Schedule and map or plan, and 
shall add thereunto the date of such approval, and 
copies of the said Schedule and map or plan 
shall within two months from the date of such 
approval be made, sealed and deposited at such 
places and in such manner as are and is appointed 
and directed by the said Act for the Commutation 
of Tithes, and the said several Acts for alterin 
or amending the same, in the case of confirme 
instruments of apportionment therein mentioned.” 

Pr. 58. 1. 3. Leave out from “clerks” to “ for’ 
in |. 5. 

Pr. 58. 1. 6. After “trouble” insert “ intended 
to be covered by such allowances.” 


Pr. 58. 1s. 37. and 38. Leave out “ respectively.” 


Pr. 68. 1. 14. Leave out “ lands wash” and in- 
sert “ commons.” 

Pr. 68. 1. 15. Leave out “ low.” 

Pr. 71. 1. 3. Leave out “ as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 77. 1. 16. Leave out “ lands wash” and in- 
sert “ commons.” 

Pr. 77. 1.17. Leave out “ low.” 

Pr. 78. ]. 12. After “ Commissioners” insert “ of 
“ Drainage.” 

Pr. 131. 1. 8. Leave out “ engine-buildings” and 
insert “ engine buildings.” 

Pr. 131. Is. 19. and 20. Leave out “ engine- 
“ building” and insert “ engine buildings.” 

Pr. 132.1. 3. Leave out ‘‘ engines” and insert 
“ engine buildings.” 

Pr. 145. ]. penult. After the second “ of” insert 
“« passing.” 

Pr. 155. 1.11. After “level” insert “‘ or the Go- 
“ vernor, Bailiffs and Conservators of the said Com- 
“* pany.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Eliot Yorke 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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Newcastle and 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Darlington 


intituled, An Act for authorizing the Sale of the 
Durham Junction Railway to the Newcastle and 
Darlington Sunction Railway Company, and for 
enabling the said Company to make a Station at 
Gateshead, with a Bridge and Approaches to connect 
the said last-mentioned Railway with the Town of 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and for other Purposes ; and 
the same were read, as follow : . 
Pr. 23. 1.36. After “ bridges” insert “ Provided 
“ always, That it shall not be lawful to construct 
, TT “ such 


Junction Rail- 
way, and Tyne 


Bridge Bill, 








Pontop and 
South Shields 
Railway Bill. 


322 


“ such bridge until the whole of the Railway shall 
“ be completed.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 28. After “ repealed” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cuavuse (A.) “ And whereas by the said thirdly 
“ recited Act it is Enacted, That it shall be lawful 
“ for the Justices to order any offender so convicted 
“ as aforesaid, to be detained and kept in safe cus- 
“ tody until return can be conveniently made to 
“* the warrant of distress to be issued for levying 
“‘ such penalty or forfeiture and costs, unless the 
“ offender give suflicient security by way of recog- 
“ nizance or otherwise to the satisfaction of the 
“ Justices, for his appearance before them on theday 
“* appointed for aa 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 
“&lt; of distress, and in such case, or if such warrant 
“ shall have been issued, and upon the return 
“ thereof such insufficiency as aforesaid shall be 
“ made to appear to the Justices, then such Justices 
shall by warrant cause such offender to be com- 
mitted 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 : And whereas it is expedient, that the 
said provision should be repealed ; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That the said provision shall be and the 
same is hereby declared to be repealed.” 


Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Justices to order any offender 
convicted under the authority of the said recited 
Act or this Act 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, unless the 
offender give sufficient security, by way of recog- 
nizance or otherwise,'to the satisfaction of the Jus- 
tices, 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 within their juris- 
diction 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 return thereof such insufficiency as 
aforesaid shall be made to appear to the Justices, 
then such Justices 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.” 


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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 | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill in- | 
tituled, An Act for enabling the Pontop and South | 
Shields Railway Company to widen a part of their | 
Railway, and to make a Branch therefrom, and for | 
other Purposes; and the same were read, as follow: | 

Pr. 57. 1. 19. After “ Railway” insert Clause 
(A.) 
Crauss (A,) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“* not be lawful for the Company to make the Branch 
** Railway across any road on the level.” 


A, 1844, 


Pr. 78. 1. 5. After “ pounds” insert Clauses 
(B.) and (C.) 

Criause (B.) “ AND whereas by the said-re- 
cited Act it is enacted, that it shall be lawful 
for the Justices to order any offender so convicted 
as aforesaid, to be detained and kept in safe cus- 
tody until return can be conveniently made to 
the warrant of distress to be issued for levying 
such penalty or forfeiture and costs, unless the 
offender give sufficient security, by way of recog- 
nizance or otherwise, to the satisfaction of the 
Justices, for his appearance before them on the 
day appointed fur 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 return there- 
of such insufficiency as aforesaid shall be made 
to appear to the Justices, then such Justices 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 satis- 
fied: And whereas it is expedient that the said 
provision should be repealed; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That the said provision shall be, and 
the same is hereby declared to be repealed.” 

Cuiauss (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Justices to order any offender 
convicted under the authority of the said-recited 
“ Act or this Act, 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, unless the 
offender give sufficient security, by way of recog- 
nizance 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; butif, 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 within their juris- 
diction 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 return thereof such insuf- 
ficiency as aforesaid shall be made to appear to 
the Justices, then such Justices 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.” 

Pr. 78.1. 10. After “ Act” insert “ or any Acts 
herein recited.” 

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. 


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The ingrossed Bill for the good Government and 
Police Regulation of the Borough of Manchester, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Several ingrossed Clauses being offered to be 
added, by way of Riders; and Amendments being 
proposed to be made to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Clauses and Amendments 
be referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till 
Thursday next. = 

Petitions 


Manchester 
Police Bill. 





~~ ss 


Dissenters” 
Chapels Bill. 


7 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Ballymena ;—Fisherwick Place ; 
—Ballybay ;—Presbytery of Route (Moderator and 
Clerk) ;—Randalstown ; — Ratoo ; — Ballygawley ; 
— Coleraine ;— Loughacry ; — Sixmilecross ; —Lis- 
slooney ; —Donaghadee ;— Ballydown ;— Tralee ;— 
Malone ;— Killead ; — Ramelton ; — Castlederg ;— 
Belfast (three Petitions) ;—Ballycarry ;—Clogher- 
ney ;— Newtown Stewart ;— Billy ;—Letterkenny ;— 
Maguiresbridge ; — ba ;— Ballygowan ; — 
Athlone ; —Westport ; — Ballymoney ; — Finvoy ;— 
Killymurris; —Drogheda ; —Dervock ; —Galway ; 
—Creggan ;—Upminster ;— Newton Crommelin ;— 
Derby ;—Witchampton ;—Swanage ;— Gillygooley ; 
— Newcastle-on- Tyne (two Petitions) ;— Moderator 
of the General Synod of Ulster ;—East Retford ;— 
Wolverhampton;— Claremont Chapel School, Battle 
Bridge Branch ;—Convoy ;— Malin ;—Clerhenwell ; 
—Norwich ; — Guildford ; — Farncombe ;— Stone- 
house ;—Southwould and Sotterly; — Lea (Queen’s 
County);—Presbytery of Paisley (Moderator) ;— 
Larne and Inver ;—Aberdeen Presbytery of the Free 
Protesting Church of Scotland ;— Omagh ;—Silk 
Willoughby ;—Holbeach ;— Johnston ;—Castledaw- 
son ; —Spalding ; —Worcester ; — Members of the 
Dublin Protestant Operative Association and Refor- 
mation Society ;—Lewes ;—Southwark (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Shalford ;— Cullen ;—Milford;—Counties 
of Durham and Northumberland ;— Hastings ;— 
Bishops Stortford ;—President and Secretary of the 
Committee for Protection of the Civil and Religious 
Privileges of the Wesleyan Methodists ;— Mag- 
herafelt ;—Leckpatrick ;—and, Cookstown; praying 
that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Cirencester ;— Malton ;— Horsham; 


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323 


sum of 8,650/., with interest thereon, to the Lords 
of the Treasury, which instalments the Board feels 
that, under ee circumstances, it is out of their 
power to enforce the payment of, from a large pro- 
portion of the rate-payers, while compelled to pay 
the poor rates to support the establishment ; and 
praying the House to relieve the rate-payers of that 
union of a debt they are totally unable to discharge, 
without encountering the risk of a forcible resist- 
ance to the payment of the rate, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Traders of the town of Ballyshannon, Spirits, &amp;c., 
in the county of Donegal, praying for the repeal of (Ireland.) 


so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 38, as pre- 
vents traders from obtaining licenses to retail Spirits 
and Groceries upon the same premises, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Distillers at Ballyshannon, in the Spirits 
county of Donegal, praying that the House will be (Ireland.) 


pleased to take into consideration a further reduction 
of the duty on Irish Spirits, as a means of com 
pletely and effectually suppressing the still prevail- 
ing tide of illicit distillation, of diverting the habits 
and attention of the peasantry to peaceful industry, 
instead of illegal vo debasing pursuits, and cf se- 
curing to the licensed capitalist, the legitimate fruits 
of his labour and expenditure, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
(Twenty-fifth 


on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 15th, 16th and 17th 
days of this instant May; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 





—Stannington ;—and, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


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


the Table. Petitions from Saint Mary-le-bone ;— Pembury ; Saint Asaph 


— Deanery of Leominster, and other places ; —- and Bangor 
Marriages 


Petitions from Larne ;—Kil/raughts ;— Ballymena ; 





Ireland.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


— Moyvore ;—Belfast ;—Sixmilecross ;— Kilmore ; 
— Ballyrashane ;— Ballycairn ;— Ramelton (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Ahoghill (two Petitions) ;—Ballylermon, 
otherwise Castlederg ; — Cullen ; — Glendermot ;— 
Strabane;—Saint Johnston ;—Lissara ;— Tempo ;— 
Athlone ;—Castleblaney ;— Dundonald ;— Derryval- 
ley;— Ballyowen Comber ;— Malin ;—Crory ;— _Ran- 
dalstown ; — Aberdeen ; — Stewartstown (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Carland ;—and, Donagheady ; praying the 
House to introduce, without delay, into Parliament, 
a Bill to declare valid, to all intents and purposes in 
law, all Marriages heretofore solemnized or hereafter 
to be solemnized by Presbyterian ministers in Jre- 
land, between parties not within the prohibited de- 
grees of consanguinity or affinity, and who have 
the consent of parents or guardians, and provided 
that all such Marriages shall be solemnized and 
registered agreeably to the published laws of the 
Irish Presbyterian Church,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Athy, of the parish of Kil- 
lannin, in the barony of Moycullin and county of 
Galway, complaining of the poor rate collector 
and two stipendiary magistrates, accompanied by 
the military, having distrained upon his corn and 
farming implements, although the amount of rate 
due was tendered by him; and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Kells Union, stating that in the year 
1840, that board was directed to borrow from the 
Exchequer Loan Commissioners certain sums of 
money, for the purpose of building a workhouse in 
that union ; and that, in addition to the sum bor- 
rowed, the Board has incurred the responsibility of 


paying, by twenty annual instalments, the principal 
Vor. 99. 


Deanery of Bedford ;— Chester ;— Hursley-with- Disceses. 


Otterbourn ; — Garthbeibio; — Llangadfan ; — Da- 
ventry;—and, Saint Pancras; praying for the repeal 
of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as 
relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, and at the same time that speedy and 
strenuous endeavours may be made for the esta- 
blishment of a See at Manchester, by other means, 
—-were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dummer ;—Basingstoke and Es- Com Laws. 


trop ;—Mapplederwell ;— Newnham ;—Odiham ;— 
Popham and Woodmancot ;— Rotherwick ;—Strat- 
field Turgis ;— Strathfieldsaye ; — Tadley ;— Wins- 
lade ;— Woolverton ;— Yately ; — Ashe ;—Ashmans- 
worth ;— Baughurst ; — Bramley ;— Burghclere ;— 





Crondell ;—Crux Easton ;— Dean ;—Dogmersfield ; 

— Euchinswell ;— Osgodby ;— Cloughton ;— Gibbers- 
ton ; — Broxa ;—Throxenby ;— Hutton Bushell ;~ 
Gristhorpe ;— Troutsdale ;—Stainton Dale ;—Suf- 

field-cum- Everley ;-- Newby ;-- West Ayton ;--Scalby; 
—Scarborough ; — Cayton ; — Harwood Dale ;— 
Hackhness ; —Snainton ;— Wykeham ;— Seamer (two 

Petitions) ;—East Ayton ;—.Burniston ;— Foxcotte ; 

— Easton and other places ;—Chawton and Farring- 

don ;— Alton ;—Faccombe ;— Fifield ;— Holybourne 

and Neatham;— East and West Worldham and Hart- 

ley Mauditt ;—Chilbolton ;—Medsted and Wield ;— 

Selbourne and Kingsley ;—Binsted ;— Abbotts Ann; 

— Hawzwell and Barden ;— Hursley, and other 

places ;—Sutton, Scotney, and other places ;— La- 

sham and Shalden ;—Sparsholt, Littleden and Craw- 

ley ;—Appleshaw ;— Bentworth ;— Newton and East 

Tisted ;—Saint Mary Bourne ;—Barton Stacey ;— 

Andover ;— Mitcheldever and East and West Strat- 
ton ;—Froyle and Bentley;— Marton ;—Upper Clut- 
ford; —Goodworth Clutford; — Chute ;— Thomas 
Poole; — Brompton-upon-Swale ; — Scorton-with- 
TT 2 Ucherby ;— 








Couuty Courts 
Bill. 


County Courts 
(County Pala- 
tine of Lan- 
caster) Bill; 
and, County 
Courts Bill, 


Prisons 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Mines and 
Collieries Act. 


324 21° Mazz. A. 1844, 


Ucherby ;— Moulton ;—Arkengarthdale ;—Gilling ;| _ Petitions from Clonmelton ;— and, Hanley and Registration 


—Yafforth ;—Wycliffe, Ovington and Scargill;— | Shelton (Chairman) ; praying that the Registration 
Marich ;— Hutton and Thorpe ;— Mickleton and | of Electors (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, 


Lunedale-with- Holwick;— Langton Great and Lang- |—were presented,and read and ordered to lie upo 
ton Little; — Ellerton-upon-Swale, Bolton-upon- | the Table. 
Swale and Whitwell ;— Barningham ;—North Cow- 


n 





of Electors 
(Treland)Bitt. 


ton;—Caldwell;— Middleton Tyas;—Aldbroughand| A Petition of Andrew Van Sandau, of King-street, Andrew Van 


Stanwick Saint John ; — Rokeby-with-Egglestone | Cheapside, in the city of London, Attorney-at-Law, Sad 


Abbey ;— Barton ;— Button ;— Meeher ;—Manfield, | Solicitor of the High Court of Chancery and a So- 
Cleasby and Stapleton ; — Melbecks ;— Dalton ;— | licitor of Bankruptcy, complaining of having been 
Eryholme ;—Kiplin ;— East Cowton ;— Marske and | committed to prison for having published a criticism 
Newforest ;—Whashton ; — Croft-with-Dalton ; — | on a certain charge of the Chief Judge of the Court 
South Cowton ;—East and West Layton ;—Ashley ; | of Review, as for a contempt of the said court, and 
—Brignall and Startforth-with-Boldron ;— Bar-| of having been mulcted of large sums of money in the 


forth; — Easby and Shkeeby ;--Crathorne ; — Great | shape of costs, charges and expenses ; and prayin 
Busby ;—Broughton ;— Faceby ;—Appleton Wiske ; 


that he may be at liberty to adduce proof in support 


o 
5S 


— Easby ;— Hilton ;—Maltby ;— Hutton Rudby;— | of his charges, and to institute inquiry with refer- 
Kildale;—Heworth ;— East Rounton ;—Potts ;-—| ence to the matters contained in his Petition, was 
Overton ; — Linthorpe ; —Asenby ;— Nunthorpe ;— | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Battersby ;—Little Ayton ;— — ;—Hem- | Table. 
lington ;--Lexhouw ;—-Stokesley ;— Whorlton ;—Mid- 


dleton-on- Leven ; — Stainton ;—Ingleby Greenhow ;|__ Petitions from Leicester ;—and, Hanley and Shel- Thomas Cooper. 


— Smeaton ;— Yarm ;—Achlam ;— Winton ;—New-| ton (Chairman); praying that the House will be 
by;—Clifton ;— Tunstall ;— Northallerton ;—Ears-| pleased to take measures for securing to Thomas 





wick ; — Ellerbeck ; — Heawewell and Barden ;—- 


Cooper a commutation of his sentence of two years’ 


Carlton ;-— Kirby ;— Greenhow ;—Castleblayney ;— | imprisonment in Stafford Gaol, by advising Her 
Ormesby ;— Headley and Dockherfield ;—Ormesby; | Majesty to release him forthwith,— were presented, 


—Potto ;-- Pickton ;-—and, Welbury ; praying the!and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
House to resist the efforts now making by the Anti- 


andau, 


Pr 


§ 
§ 


Corn-Law League, and that no alteration whatever; A Petition of Roman Catholics, Inhabitants of State Trial 
may be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were pre- | Airdrie and its vicinity, complaining of the pro-(telaud.) 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | ceedings on the State Trial in [reland, in regard to 


the rejection and omission of names from the speci 


al 


Petitions from Horbury ;-—and, Thornton, Picker-| jury panel; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
ing and Kirby Moorside ; praying that the County | sures for preventing the recurrence thereof, was 
Courts Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, | presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


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


A Petition of Journeymen Tailors of Aberdeen, Tailors’ Trade, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Wi- | raying the House to grant a Committee of ee 
eti- 


gan, in the county of Lancaster, praying that the | into the several allegations contained in their 


County Courts (County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill, tion, with a view to the better regulation of their 
may not pass into a law; and, that the County Courts | trade, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


Bill may pass into law, was presented, and read ; and | upon the Table. 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| 
A Petition of Magistrates and Council of the cit | Burgesses of Dublin, praying t 
of Aberdeen, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) | to the several Corporations, as now constituted 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, ! Ireland, the several rights, privileges and immuniti 


the 


Petitions from Manchester (Chairman) ;—Liver-| 4 Vic. c. 108 and 109, and 6 and 7 Vic. c. 93, 


in 
es 


was — and read; and ordered to lie upon | which of right heretofore belonged to Corporations, 
able. | and among others the right of appointing Sheriffs 
for the city of Dublin, and to amend the Acts 3 and 


in 


pool (two Petitions) ;—and, Bolton; praying the | the several matters referred to in their Petition, was 
House not to sanction the introduction into the |presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Poor Law Amendment Bill, of any clause for rating |Table. 
owners of small tenements to the poor’s rate in lieu 


A Petition of the Lord “a Aldermen and Municipal 


Corporations 
e House to restore (ireland) Act. 


of the occupiers,—were presented, and read; and| A Petition of the Moderator of the Free Synod Parishes __ 

ordered to lie upon the Table. of Caithness and Sutherland, praying that the Pa- (Scotland) Bill. 
A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Over- | rishes (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it 

seers and Select Vestry of the parish of Saint Mar- | now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


garet, in the borough of Leicester, praying that no | to lie upon the Table. 
clause may be inserted in the said Bill, exempting 


union workhouses from the payment of parochial| A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Over- Lord’s Day. 


rates, was also presented, and read; and ordered to | seers and other Inhabitants of the parish of Sai 
lie upon the Table. George-in-the-East, in the county of Middlesex, 
deprecating the public exposure of articles for sale 


Petitions from Saint Columb Major Union ;—and, | on the Lord’s Day, whether in shops or markets 


Sheffield Union; praying for alteration of the Poor | otherwise ; and praying that the House will be 


nt 


or 


Law Amendment Act, by confiding to boards of | pleased to adopt such measures as shall efficiently 











guardians the power of fixing the measure of re- 


muneration to be given to medical officers of | subject, by enabling the magistrates to inflict su 


carry out the principles of existing laws on this 


ch 


unions,—were presented, and read; and referred | penalties as may be found sufficient to deter those 
to the Select Committee on Poor Law Amendment | offenders with whom other considerations are found 
Act (Medical Relief.) - be of no avail, was presented, and read; and 


- ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Females connected with the Coal 


Mines, at Dryden, in the county of Edinburgh, pray- | 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | cruelty to animals, praying the House to enact la 


| Lat A Petition of the Chairman and Honorary Secre- sjaughter- 
ing for repeal of the Mines and Collieries Act, was pre- | taries of the Belfast Society for the prevention of houses. 


Ws 


for 














Free Labour 
Produce. 


Shipwrights, 


&amp;e. (Scotland.) R one and Sail-makers, Block and Spar-makers, and 


William 
Wright. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Manchester 
Bishopric. 


Rating of 
Tenements, 


Railways, 


7 Victoriz. 


for the suppression of all private Slaughter-houses 
and the substitution of public ones in different lo- 
calities outside all large towns, and that they should 
be open to public inspection at all times, and under 
the control of the police, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Honorary Se- 
cretaries of the Belfast Anti-Slavery Society, pray- 
ing the House to adopt fiscal regulations in favour 
of the produce of Free Labour, and more especially 
to pass a law which shall admit the produce of 
Free Labour, of all kinds, in foreign countries into 
the British market, on the same terms as the pro- 
duce of British possessions and plantations, and not 
to adopt any fiscal regulations affording facilities 








21° Maiz. 


325 


the Select Committee appointed by this House on 
Railways. 


Ordered, That printed Copies of the said Reports 


be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 


Lordships: And that Mr. Greene do deliver the 
same. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Schoolmasters 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 
to give directions that there be laid before this 

House, a Return of the Parochial Schoolmasters in 
Scotland who have retired, or have been removed 

from their Situations, in consequence of their Seces- 

sion from the Established Church, subsequent to 

the month of May 1843. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


for introducing into the British market the produce | Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Slave Labour, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Shipwrights, Joiners, Blacksmiths, 


all others connected directly or indirectly with the 
maritime interests of Dundee and Scotland in ge- 
neral, complaining of the distressed state of their 
trade ; suggesting that permanent naval yards and 


| Of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 


a Return of the Names of Unions in Jreland in (elend.) 
which the Provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 92, 
in respect of Poor Patients, have been acted on; spe- 
cifying, 1st, the cases in which the Poor Law Com- 
missioners have sanctioned the Appropriation of a 
| Part of the Workhouse for an Hospital; 2d, the 


permanent officers for the efficient execution of | building of = House; 3, the hiring of a House for 


the duties thereof, be established in the ports of 
Tay, Forth and Clyde, and other ports on the coast 
of Scotland ; and praying the House to interpose for 
the establishment of Royal Dock-yards in Scotland, 
where vessels of war may be built and repaired on | 
a scale commensurate with its commercial import- 
ance, and the amount of revenue rendered the Im- 
perial Exchequer by that part of the United King- | 
dom, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. | 

A Petition of William Wright, a Prisoner in the | 
House of Correction at Nether Knutsford, in the 
county of Chester, stating that he was tried ata 
special commission held at Chester, in the month of 
October 1842, for being in a procession of many 
thousand people, and taking a loaf of bread from 
the Stockport Union Workhouse, and was sentenced 
to two years’ imprisonment, to be kept to hard la- 
bour; stating circumstances in extenuation of his 
case, and praying for mitigation of his sentence, was | 


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








A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
in Pickering, Thornton and Kirby Moorside, in the 
county of York, praying that the Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Rural Deanery con- 
taining the parishes of Leominster, Arundel, Forting- 
ton, South Stoke, North Stoke, Poling, Burpham, 
Clapham, Rustington and Littlehampton, praying 
the House to take speedy measures to extend to the 
town of Manchester the benefits of immediate epis- 
copal care, by founding a See in that vast and des- 
titute population, without withdrawing from any 
existing diocese the undivided care of a resident 


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





Petitions from Penzance Union;—and, Saint 
Columb Major Union; praying that owners of small 
Tenements may be rated to the poor’s rate in lieu of 


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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of Friday 
last, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will be pleased to communicate to their Lord- 


ships, Copies of any Reports made this Session by 
Vou. 99, 





that purpose. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented State Trial 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Ireland. 
\to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Affidavits and Pleadings filed 
in the Cause of the Queen v. Daniel O’ Connell, 
and others, in the Queen’s Bench, in Jreland, from 


the 10th day of October to the 1st day of December 
1843 ; and also, from the 1st day of April 1844 to 
the time when this Return shall be complied with ; 
together with Copies of all Endorsements (if any) 
made thereon. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Canada, Canada. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 304. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Arrears, Tithes 
&amp;e., of Tithes in Ireland, which was presented yes- (Ireland.) 
terday, be printed. No.305. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Wool, Wool. 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. No.306. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Patent Me- Patent 
dicines, which was presented yesterday, be printed. gee 
NO. ‘ . 
Ordered, That the Returns relative to Assize Assize Towns. 
Towns, which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 308. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Schools Schools 
(Scotland), which were presented yesterday, be Scotland.) 
printed. No. 309. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Union Union of 
of Armagh, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be 4™#sh, &amp;c. 
printed. No. 310. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Poor Relief 
Relief (Ireland) Act, which was presented yester- (Ireland) Act. 
day, be printed. No. 311. 


Petitions from Mary-le-bone ;— Birmingham ;— Anatomy Act. 
Huddersfield ;— Brighouse ; — Dewsbury ;— Wake- 
field ;— Mirfield ;-- London ;—and, Barnsley ;— 
praying that a Committee may be appointed to in- 
stitute an impartial, searching and open inquiry into 
the operation of the Anatomy Act,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell and Message from 
Sir George Rose: the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Padstow 
Act for regulating, maintaining and improving the Harbour Bil. 
TTS Port 








326 


Port of Padstow, in the county of Cornwall, and 
the navigable Parts of the River Camel or Allen, in 
the same County, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 

by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to rec- 
tify a Mistake as to the Proceedings on the Eastern 
Counties Railway Bill, and the Eastern Counties 
Railway (Brandon and Peterborough Extension) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Leeds NewGas The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Bill. Act for extending and amending some of the Powers 
and Provisions of the Act relating to the Leeds New 
Gas Company, 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 authorizing a new Entail to be made of those 
Parts of the Lands and Estate of Blythswood, which 
lie in the County of Lanark, and for enabling Ar- 
chibald Campbell, Esquire, of Blythswood, the Heir 
in Possession of the said Estate, and his Successors, 
with consent of Trustees, to sell or grant Feus of 
certain Parts thereof, and for other Purposes therein 
expressed ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

‘The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the Sale of the Fee Simple of the Estates 
of Francis Hale Rigby, of Mistley, in the County 
of Essex, Esquire, pale as devised by his Will, 
and for laying out the Monies to arise by such Sale ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


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. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
Validity Bill. 


Campbell’s 
Estate Bil). 


Rigby’s 
Estate Bill. 








Mercurii, 22° die Maii ; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Townshend, from the Court of Arches, was 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Return 
to an Order, dated the 29th day of April last, for Re- 
turns of all Bye-Laws, Regulations or Resolutions 
made by the Proctors of the Court of Arches and 
Prerogative Courts of Canterbury, and now in force, 
relating to the articling of Clerks to Proctors, and 
to the Admission of Proctors ; and stating whether 
all or which of such Bye-Laws, Regulations and 
Resolutions have been sanctioned by the said 
Courts; and also of all Rules or Orders of the said 
Courts relating to the same matters :—And, of all 
Rules relating to the articling and admission of 
Notaries, and of the Qualifications required in Per- 
sons so admitted ; and also of the Forms of Certifi- 
cates, Documents or Declarations required or used 
on their Admission (so far as relates to the Court of 
Arches and Prerogative Courts):—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Horne, from the Faculty Office, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 29th day of April last, for Returns 
of all Bye-Laws, Regulations or Resolutions made by 
the Proctors of the Court of Arches and Prerogative 
Courts of Canterbury, and now in force, relating to 
the articling of Clerks to Proctors, and to the Ad- 
mission of Proctors ; and stating whether all or 
which of such Bye-Laws, Regulations and Resolu- 
tions have been sanctioned by the said Courts ; and 
also of all Rules or Orders of the said Courts re- 
lating to the same matters :—And, of all Rules re- 


Court of Arches, 
&amp;c. 


Court of Arches, 
&amp;e. 


21°—22° Maiz. 





A. 1844, 


lating to the articling and admission of Notaries, 
and of the Qualifications required in Persons so 
admitted ; and also of the Forms of Certificates, 
Documents or Declarations required or used on 
their Admission (so far as relates to Notaries) :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Rigby’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; and Rigby’s 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for tate Bill. 
Private Bills. 


Mr. Darby reported from the Committee on the Ventnor 
Ventnor Improvement Bill; and to whom several Improvement 
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 had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for altering and amending an West Croft 
Act passed in the third year of the reign of Her pre- (Nottingham) 
sent Majesty, for inclosing certain Lands in the (No. 2.) Bill 
Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, 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 House proceeded to take into consideration Sheffield United 
the Report on the Sheffield United Gas Bill; and G* Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Petitions from Wakefield ;— and, Kenilworth ; Dissenters’ 
praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may pass Chapels Bill. 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Saint Leonard’s ;—Limehouse ;— 

Romford ; — Leyton and Woodford ; — Morne ; — 
Newark ;--Wisbeach Saint Peter’s;—-and, Falmouth; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
—-were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Fourteen Petitions from Liverpool, praying the Poor Law 
House not to sanction the introduction into the Amendment 
Poor Law Amendment Bill of any clause for rating “ 
the owners of small tenements to the poor’s rate in 
lieu of the occupiers,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the parish 
of Birmingham, praying the House not to intro- 
duce any clause into the said Bill, granting or per- 
mitting or sanctioning any power to the Poor Law 
Commissioners, enabling them to add any union 
or district to the parish of Birmingham, or to dis- 
solve the said corporation, or in any way, either 
by general rules or particular orders, to interfere 
therewith, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Ken- 
dal Union, in the county of Westmoreland, praying 
for alteration of the said Bill in regard to the Bas- 
tardy clauses, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kendal Union ;—and, Totness Poor Law. 
Union ; praying for alteration of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act, by confiding to boards of guardians 
the power of fixing the measure of remuneration to 
be given to medical officers of unions,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Poor Law Amendment Act (Medical 
Relief). 


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Globe Insurance The House proceeded to take into consideration , Officers of the Customs was made dependent in 
Company Bill. the Arnendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | part on their diligence and activity in the discharge 
tituled, An Act to enable the Globe Insurance | of their duty, was presented, and read; and ordered 
Company to alter and amend some of the Provisions | to lie upon the Table. 
of their Deed of Settlement ; and the same were d 
read, as follow : Ordered, r hat there be laid before this House, Wool, 
Pr. 7. 1.26. Leave out from “ whereas” to the | 2a Account of the Auction Duty paid upor Foreign 
second “ the” in 1. 90. Wool; distinguishing the Duty of Half per centum 
Pr. 7. 1.31. Leave out “ therefore.” and the Duty of Five per centum, for the years 1842 
Pr.8. 1.1. Leave out from “ settlement” to | and 1843. 
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may * in 1. 2., and insert “ as hereinafter men- , ~~ a —_ ves given to bring in we Store Vind 
ig - m « 4,» | for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate reaties Bill, 
" ; z= “ bo ice gy thereof” to “ to eeeee, by — in Counel, any Treaties ~ 
—* yee . e€ Suppression o e Slave Trade: And that Sir 
Pr. 10. 1.2. After “on” insert “ and also to 72, - 
authorize and empower the directors to carry on - eg ¢ Clerk and Mr, Young do prepare, and bring 
the business of the said Company, and to issue ; 
policies of insurance by agents to be appointed 
by the directors for that purpose from time to 
time at any place or places.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Darby 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 the Chairman of Magistrates and Dublin and 
Cess-payers of the barony of Maryborough West, in Limerick Road 
the Queen’s County, assembled at Special Sessions, sa 
praying the House to compel all the footpaths along 
the Dublin and Limerick Road to be repaired out 
of the tolls collected on that road, and if the pre- 
sent Dublin and Limerick Road Act does not pro- 
vide that such he the case, that a clause to this effeet 
may be inserted in any renewal of the Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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Marriages Petitions from Newton Crommelin ;— Belfast (two 

(Ireland.) Petitions) ;— Galway ; —Cullybackey ; —Templepa- 
trick ; — Currin; — Carnmoney ; — Ballymena ;— 
and, Moira; praying the House to introduce, with- 
out delay, into Parliament, a Bill to declare valid, 
to all intents and purposes in law, all Marriages 
heretofore solemnized, or hereafter to be solemnized, 
by Presbyterian ministers in Zreland, between parties |__ Ordered, That the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Church 
not within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity | Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. (ireland) Dil 
or affinity, and who have the consent of parents or ' : 
guardians, and provided that all such Marriages| Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday County 
shall be solemnized and registered agreeably to the |the 5th day of June next, resolve itself into a Com- Coroners’ Bill. 
published laws of the Irish Presbyterian Church, | mittee upon the County Coroners’ Bill. 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That. the Forestalling, &amp;c., Bill be now Forestalling, 
read a second time :—The Bill was accordingly read &amp;¢» Bill. 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday the 3d day of June 
next. 





Ordered, That the Report from the Committee to Bank of Eng- 
whom it was referred to consider the Act 3 and 4 laud Chanter, 
Poor Law Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed | Will. 4, c. 98, for giving to the Corporation of the 
py to inquire into the mode of administering Medical | Governor and Company of the Bank of England 
Relief.) Relief to the Sick Poor, under the provisions of the | certain Privileges, for a limited period, under certain 

No. 312 Poor Law Amendment Act, and to report their | Conditions ; and also, the several other Acts relating 

: Opinion thereupon, together with the Minutes of | to the Charter ofthe Bank of England, and Advances 

the Evidence taken before them, have Power to re- | by them to the Government, and also to Banks and 
port from time to time. Banking Partnerships, be now received. 

Mr. Warburton reported from the said Select| Mr. Greene accordingly reported several Resolu- 

Committee, and to whom the Petition of Thomas | tions; which were read, as follow : 
King was referred ; That they had considered the} 1. Resolved, That it is expedient to continue to 
allegations of the said Petition, containing a com- the Bank of England, for a time to be limited, cer- 
plaint against the Poor Law Commissioners, and | tain of the Privileges now by law vested in that Cor- 
had also examined Sir John Walsham, one of the | poration, subject to such conditions as may be pro- 
Assistant Commissioners, in answer to the said com- | vided by any Act to be passed for that purpose. 











plaint, whose Evidence, together with the said Pe-| 2. Resolved, That it is expedient to provide by Law 
tition, they had agreed to report to the House. that the Bank of England should henceforth be di- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | vided into two separate departments; one exclusively 
and be printed. confined to the Issue and Circulation of Notes, the 


other to the conduct of Banking Business. 


Campbell's Campbell's Estate Bill was read the first time;| 3. Resolved, That it is expedient to limit the 


Estate Bill, 


and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions | amount of Securities upon which it shall henceforth 
for Private Bills. be lawful for the Bank of England to issue Promis- 
. *,° . o..2 J rer 
neo ig A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors of the bo- | *CTY Notes payable to bearer on demand, and that 
Ourls ul. 


rough of Liverpool, praying that the Ecclesiastical pe te Pig wie, Bag — under certain 
Courts Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, a: "Resolved “that it i. bs Hee 0 to provide by 
sian iateaiananaianediain aimee Law, that a weekly publication should be made by 
Coopers’ Trade. A Petition of Journeymen Coopers of Liverpool, | the Bank of England of the state both of the Cir- 
praying the House to abolish all duty on raw ma- | culation and of the Banking Departments. 

terial used in Coopers’ work, was presented, and | _ 5: Resolved, That it is expedient to repeal the 





read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | Law, which subjects the Notes of the Bank of Eng- 

| land to the payment of Composition for Stamp Duty. 

euntling A Petition of the President of the American! 6. Resolved, That, in consideration of the Privi- 
alters 


Riverpool.) Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool, praying the leges to be continued to the Bank of England, the 
House to adopt measures for restoring to the Port rate of fixed annual payment to be made by the 
of Liverpool the benefit of the system formerly en- | Bank to the Public shall be £.180,000 per annum, 
joyed, under which the remuneration of the Landing 


and shall be defrayed by deducting the said sum 
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from the sum now by Law payable to the Bank for 
the management of the Public Debt. 

7. Resolved, That, in the event of any increase of 
the Securities upon which it shall be lawful for the 
Bank to issue such Promissory Notes as aforesaid, 
a further annual payment shall be made by the 
Bank to the Public over and above the said fixed 
payment of £.180,000, equal in amount to the net 
profit derived from the Promissory Notes issued on 
such additional Securities. 

8. Resolved, That it is expedient to prohibit by 
Law the issue of Promissory Notes payable to bearer 
on demand by any Bank not issuing such Notes on 
the 6th day of May 1844, or by any Bank there- 
after to be established in any part of the United 
Kingdom. 

9. Resolved, That it is expedient to provide by 
Law, that such Banks in England and Wales as on 
the 6th day of May 1844 issued Promissory Notes 
payable to bearer on demand, shall continue to issue 
such Notes, subject to such conditions and to such 
limitations as to the amount of issue as may be pro- 
vided for by any Act to be passed for that purpose. 

10. Resolved, That it is expedient to provide by 
Law for the weekly publication of the amount of 
Promissory Notes payable to bearer on demand, 


circulated by any Bank authorized to issue such | 


Notes. 

11. Resolved, That it is expedient to make pro- 
vision by Law with regard to Joint Stock Banking 
Companies. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon 
the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Greene, Sir 
Robert Peel and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do prepare, and bring them in. 


Customs Duties 


¢ Ordered, That the Report on the Customs Duties 
ill, 


Bill be now taken into further consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Report 
into further consideration; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered (Duty on Vinegar, &amp;c., to 
be charged according to its strength): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and twice read; and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Stamp Duties 


Bill. Bill be received To-morrow. 
Turnpike Acts © Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill to continue cer- 
Continuance tain Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads in Ireland, 
(Ireland) Bill. ‘ : . 
be now read the third time :—The Bill was accord- 
ingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, Au Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, and 
to the end of the then Session of Parliament, certain 
Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads in Ireland. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Assaults Ordered, That the Report on the Assaults (Jre- 
(ireland) Bill. 


land) Bill be received To-morrow. 


Courts Martial Ordered, That the Courts Martial (East Indies) 

ong Indies) Pill 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. 


Court of Arches 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Bill. 


Arches Bill be now read a second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 26th day of June next. 


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Ordered, That the Report on the Stamp Duties | 


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The Smoke Prohibition Bill was, according to Smoke Prohi. 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a bition Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
5th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waysand 
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. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for authorizing Slave Trade 
Her Majesty to carry: into immediate execution, by Treaties Bill, 
Orders in Council, any Treaties for the Suppression No.313. 
of the Slave Trade: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Petitions of Parochial Schoolmasters of the Pres- gchootmasters 
bytery of 7urriff;—and, Parochial Schoolmasters of (Scotland. ) 
the Presbytery of Strathbogie; praying the House 
to adopt measures for ameliorating the condition of 
the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scot- 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








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| Jovis, 23° die Mai; 

| Anno, 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
| 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 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 there- 
in mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby autho- 
rized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act to rectifya Mistake as to the Proceedings Eastern Coun- 
on the Eastern Counties Railway Bill, and_ the ties Railway 
Eastern Counties Railway (Brandon and Peterbo- —— 
rough Extension) Bill: 

An Act to authorize the letting on Lease to the Eastern Coun- 
Eastern Counties Railway Company of the Railways —- Railway 
and Works of the Northern and Eastern Railway “" 
Company, and to give effect to certain Arrangements 
entered into by the said Companies, and to amend 
and enlarge some of the Provisions of the Acts re- 
lating to the first-named Company: 

An Act for vesting the Leeds and Selby Railway Leeds andSelby 
in the York and North Midland Railway Company, enenaee ta ri 
and for enabling that Company to raise a further — ia 
Sum of Money to complete the Purchase of such 
Railway : 
| An Act to enable the South Eastern Railway south-Easter, 
|Company to make a Railway from the said South ot. 
| Eastern Railway, near Ashford, to the City of Can- yore 


im Margate Rail- 
terbury and the Towns of Ramsgate and Margate, way Bill. 








the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed and tojoin the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway : 
upon the 13th day of March last, That the Court of | 


An Act for making a Railway from Rampside Furness __ 
and Barrow to Dalton Lindale and Kirkby Ire- Railway Bill 
leth, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to be 

called “ The Furness Railway” : 


An 


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Pontop and 


South Shields Railway Company to widen a Part of their Railway, 
and to make a Branch therefrom, and for other 
Purposes : 


Railway Bill. 


Newcastle and 
Darlington 
Junction Rail- 
way and Tyne 
Bridge Bill. 


Newquay 
Harbour and 
Railway Bill. 


Padstow 
Harbour Bill. 


Hartlepool 
West Harbour 
and Dock Bill. 


Thetford 
Inclosure and 


Drainage Bill. 


Northern 
Coal Mining 
Company Bill. 


New British 
Iron Company 
Bill. 

Figge’s 

Nat. Bill. 
Malan’s 

Nat. Bill. 


Watch Cases, 
&amp;e 


Birkenhead 
Ducks Bill, 


Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill. 


North Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill, 


Marquess of 
Ailsu’s Estate 
Bill, 


South Devon 
Railway Bill. 





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Junction Railway to the Newcastle and Darlington 
Junction Railway Company, and for enabling the 
said Company to make a Station at Gateshead, with 
a Bridge and Approaches to connect the said last- 
mentioned Railway with the Town of Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne, and for other Purposes : 


and Harbour of Newquay, in the County of Corn- 
wall, and to make certain Tram Roads im connection 
therewith : 


the Port of Padstow, in the saat 
and the navigable Parts of the River Camel or Allen, 
in the same County : 


in the Hamlet of Thetford, in the Parish of Streat- 
ham, in the Isle of 
and for draining and embanking certain Parts of 
the said Lands, and other Lands in the said Hamlet, 





An Act for enabling the Pontop and South Shields 


An Act for authorizing the Sale of the Durham 


An Act to amend an Act for maintaining the Pier 


An Act for regulating, maintaining and improving 
of Cornwall, 


An Act for making a Harbour and Dock near to 


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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. 

And Notice being taken, That the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

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 the Prince of Wales’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. Gill do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Pulteney Town 
Pulteney Town Harbour and Improvement (re-com- Harbour and 





Hartlepool, in the County of Durham: 


An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing Lands 


ly and County of Cambridge, 


and in other Parishes in the said Isle and County: 
An Act for enabling the Northern Coal Mining 
Company to raise Money for paying off existing 
Debts of the Company : 
An Act for granting certain Powers to “ The 
New British Iron Company ”: 


An Act for naturalizing Frederick Figge : 


An Act for naturalizing Henri Victor Malan. 


Mr. Sharp, from Goldsmith’s Hall, London, was 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Further Re- 
turn to an Order, dated the 25th day of March last, 
for Returns of the Number of Gold and Silver 
Watch Cases respectively, which have been annually 
stamped at the several Goldsmiths’ Halls of London, 
Birmingham and Chester, from the year 1829 to 
1843, inclusive :—And, of the Number of Foreign 
Watches annually entered at the Custom House, 
with the Amount of Duty annually paid thereon, 
during the last Ten years (so far as relates to Gold- 
smiths’ Hall, London) :—And then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Birkenhead 
Docks Bill have leave to sit this day, till five of the 


clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Kingston- 
upon-Hull Docks Bill have leave to sit this day, till 


five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for additional provision in 
the North Wales Mineral Railway Bill, the Standing 


Orders had not been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Marquess of Ailsa’s Estate Bill, no 


Standing Orders were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill fo 


making a Railway from Exeter to Plymouth, to be 
called “ The South Devon Railway,” be now read 


the third time ; 


Lord Granville Somerset, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 


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mitted) Bill; That they had made other Amend- #uprevement 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Wells Harbour 
Wells Harbour and Quay (re-committed) Bill; That aud Quay Bill. 
they had made other Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Newport 
Newport Dock Bill; That they had examined the Dock Bill. 
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 Manchester 
Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate Bill ; That they --s.arncon a 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found Mesistte Bi 
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 Manchester 
Manchester Bonding Bill ; That they had examined Bonding 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. 


Ordered, That all Railway Bills which, under Railway Bills. 
Standing Order No. 123, stand for consideration 

upon Tuesday next, be taken into consideration 

upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That Colonel Rushbrooke and Mr. Wad- Preston and 
dington be added to the Committee on the Preston gg 
and Wyre Dock, &amp;c., Bill. ~—— 
Ordered, That the Committee on the said Bill 

have leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, 

during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds New Gas 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 3#!- 
tituled, An Act for extending and amending some 
of the Powers and Provisions of the Act relating 
to the Leeds New Gas Company ; and the same was 
‘| read, as followeth : 
Pr. 23. 1. 29. After “ York” insert Clause (A.) 
Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act or in the said recited Act contained 
shall extend to abridge, alter, prejudice or take 
away any of the rights, privileges, powers or au- 
thorities of or belonging to or vested in the un- 
dertakers of the navigation of the Rivers Aire 
and Calder, in the said county of York; and that 
it shall not be lawful for the Company to carry 
or lay any main or pipe into or through any land 
or ground which, or the surface whereof, now is 
occupied or used by the said undertakers as or 








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“ path or inclosed yard, without the consent in 


writing of the said undertakers or of their clerk 
for the time being first had and obtained for that 
purpose, any thing in the said recited Act or in 
this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any- 
wise notwithstanding : Provided always, that such 
last-mentioned restrictions shall not extend or 
apply to any main or pipe laid by the Company 
previous to the passing of this Act, nor abridge, 
alter, prejudice or take away any of the rights, 
privileges, powers or authorities of or belonging 
to or vested in the Company in respect of such 
last-mentioned main or pipe.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Aldam 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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Harwich Rail- 
way and Pier; 
and, Colchester 
and Harwich 
Railway 


Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Town 
Council of the borough of Harwich ;—Inhabitants 
of the borough of Harwich ;— Mayor, Aldermen 
_ and Common Council of the borough of Colchester ; 
(No. 2.) Bills. __Rastern Counties Railway Company ;—and, In- 
habitants of the borough of Colchester; praying 
that the Harwich Railway and Pier; and, Colches- 
ter and Harwich Railway (No. 2.) Bills may be re- 
committed to the former Committee, with instruc- 
tions to such Committee to consider the expediency 
of consolidating the same and amalgamating the 
Companies, and of sanctioning the construction of 
a line of Railway between Colchester and Harwich, 
and a Pier at Harwich,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Harwich Ruail- 
way and Pier; 
and, Colchester 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Harwich Railway and Pier ; and, 


and Harwich Colchester and Harwich Railway (No. 2.) Bills, be 
tNeo a) nite re-committed to the former Committee :—And the 


said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Birkenhead 


Docks Bill. A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


posed, That the Committee on the Birkenhead Docks 
Bill have leave to make their Report To-morrow :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Bill to 


Brighton, Lewes 
and Hastings 


Railway Bill. make their Report, be enlarged till Monday the 
10th day of June next. 

Standing Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 

Orders 5 on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Manchester Resolved, That in the case of the Amendments 

Police Bill. on the third reading of the Manchester Police Bill, 
the said Amendments are of such a nature as may be 
adopted by the House, at that stage, if it shall think 
fit, upon inserting in Clause (B.) |. 3., after “ bo- 
rough” the words “ out of the borough fund.” 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Manchester The Order of the day being read for resuming 
Police Bill, 


the further Proceeding upon the third reading of 
the ingrossed Bill for the good Government and 
Police Regulation of the Borough of Manchester : 
—The House resumed the said further Proceeding. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered (Clerk of the 
Peace to be paid by Salary instead of Fees): 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 (Justice’s 
Clerk to be paid by Salary instead of Fees): And 
the said Clause was brought up, and thrice read, 


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A. 1844, 


and amended ; and agreed to, to be made part of 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered (Council 
not to sell, &amp;c., without the approbation of the 
Treasury): 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. Mark Philips do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


New 
A Petition of the Vauxhall Bridge Company, Westminster 


praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their and Lambeth 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the West- Bridge Bill 
minster and Lambeth Suspension Bridge Bill, was P 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, cleansing Southampton 
and otherwise improving the Town of Southampton, 'mprtovement 
and for removing and preventing Nuisances and ®!!- 
Annoyances therein, was read the third time. 

And Amendments being proposed to be made to 
the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


A Petition of Subscribers to or Owners, Lessees Great Souther 
or Occupiers of lands and grounds affected by the and Western 
Railway hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring (leclent.) 
in a Bill for making a Railway from the city of: 
Dublin to the town of Cashel, with a Branch to 
the town of Carlow, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


M 


Petitions of John Hamilton Colt, Esquire, of Monkland 
Gartsherrie ;—and, Garnkirk and Glasgow Railwa ee a 
Company ; praying that they may be heard, by on 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Monkland Railways (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 for making a Landing-place at Hythe Land- 
or near Hythe, in the Parish of Fawley and Extra- ins-place Bill. i 
parochial Places adjoining thereto, in the County : 
of Southampton, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to an Ad- Stipendiary 
dress to Her Majesty,—A Return, showing, in co- Judges. 
lumns, the Number of Stipendiary Judges in Eng- No.314. 
land and Wales, with the rank and denomination of 
each respectively ; also, the Cost of the said Judicial 
Establishment to the Country annually, exclusive 
of Recorders of Cities and Towns :—A similar Re- 
turn for Zreland :—And, a similar Return for Scot- 
land, exclusive of Town Clerks and Assessors. 

Sir George Clerk also presented,—Returns to an Property Tax. 
Order dated the 20th day of this instant May, for No, 315. 
Returns showing the net Amount of Duty collected 
under each separate Schedule of the Property Tax 
Act, for the year ended the 5th day of April 1843: 

—And, showing the Number of Claims of Exemp- 





tion 





New Zealand. 


Marder 
(Scotland. ) 


Murder 
(Ireland. ) 


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tion under the Property Tax Act, received at the 
Tax Office, up to this day; the Number on which 
the Duty has been repaid; the Amount of Dut 
repaid; the Number of Claims in which Orders 
have been issued by the Board of Taxes for dis- 
charging the Property of the Claimants from As- 
sessment; and the Number of Claims now remain- 
ing in the Tax Office for Examination and Inquiry. 

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


Mr. George William Hope presented,—Further 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th 
day of August 1842, for a Statement of the Total Re- 
venues and Expenditure of the Colony of New Zea- 
land, in each year since its Establishment, showing, 
the several Suns received from Taxes, Duties, Sales 
of Land, and other sources of Revenue in the Co- 
lony, from the Treasury of New South Wales, from 
Bills drawn on the British Treasury or from any 
other source, showing also the Siores or Supplies 
received from the Colony of New South Wales, or 
elsewhere, and the Value thereof :—Also, an Ab- 
stract, 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 Return do 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, Statements of the Counties in Scotland, 
from 1836 to 1842 inclusive, in which none of those 
sentenced to death for Murder were executed ; stat- 
ing, for each County and year, the Number of Per- 
sons sentenced to death for Murder whose Sen- 
tences were commuted, the Number of Persons 
committed for Murder, during the same year, and 
likewise in the following year:—Also, the Total 
Numbers for all the years collectively, and the in- 
crease or decrease per cent. on the Commitments in 
the years following the Commutations :—And, of 
the Counties in Scotland, from 1836 to 1842 inclu- 
sive, in which all of those sentenced to death for 
Murder were executed ; stating for each County and 
year, the Number of Persons executed for Murder, 
the Number of Persons committed for Murder during 
the same year, and likewise in the following year : 
—Also, the Total Numbers for all the years collec- 
tively, and the increase or decrease per cent. on the 
Commitments in the years following the Executions. 

Ordered, That the said Address be —— 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, 
Statements of the Counties in Jreland, from 1836 
to 1842 inclusive, in which none of those sentenced 
to death for Murder were executed ; stating, for 
each County and year,the Number of Persons sen- 
tenced to death for Murder whose Sentences were 
commuted ; the Number of Persons committed for 
Murder during the same year, and likewise in the 
following year:—Also, the Total Numbers for all 
the years collectively, and the increase or decrease 
per cent. on the Commitments in the years following 
the Commutations :—And, of the Counties in Jre- 
land, from 1836 to 1842 inclusive, in which all of 
those sentenced to death for Murder were executed ; 
stating, for each County and year, the Number of 
Persons executed for Murder, the Number of Per- 


sons. committed for Murder during the same year, 
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and likewise in the following year :—Also, the Total 
Numbers for all the years collectively, and the in- 


y | crease or decrease per cent.on the Commitments in 


the years following the Executions. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 4th day of March last, for presenting to 
er Majesty, an humble Address that She would 
be graciously pleased to give directions that there 
be laid before this House, Abstracts of the Number 
of Men belonging to the Royal Marines who, since 
the 1st day of January 1839 to the 31st day of 
December 1843 have suffered Corporal Punishment 
or Imprisonment; showing the nature of Offences, 
in classes, for which such Punishment has been 
awarded, and the Number in each class; and show- 
ing the greatest Number and the smallest Number 
of Lashes, also the longest and shortest Period 
of Confinement awarded as Punishment to each 
Person, and the average Period of Confinement 
for each Class of Offence :—And, of the Number 
of Soldiers belonging to the Royal Artillery in Great 
Britain and Ireland who, between the 1st day of 
January 1839 and the 31st day of December 1843, 
have suffered Corporal Punishment or Imprison- 
ment; showing the nature of the Offences, in 
classes, for which such Corporal Punishment or 
Imprisonment has been awarded, and the Number 
in each class; and showing also the greatest and 
the smallest Number of Lashes, also the longest and 
shortest Period of Confinement awarded as Punish- 
ment, and the average Period for each Class of Of- 
fences :—Returns of the Number of Soldiers be- 
longing to Regiments and Depdts in Great Britain 
and Ireland, who, since the 1st day of January 1839, 
have suffered either Corporal Punishment or Im- 
prisonment ; and, whenever either Corporal Punish- 
ment or Imprisonment has been inflicted on the 
same person more than once, specifying how often 
it has been so inflicted ; with Abstract of the Num- 
ber of Soldiers belonging to Regiments in the Co- 
lonies and Pussessions of Great Britain, who, in 
each year since the Ist day of January 1839, have 
suffered Corporal Punishments and Imprisonments ; 
showing the nature of the Offences, in classes, for 
which such Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment 
has been awarded, and the Numbers in each class ; 
stating also the greatest Number and the lowest 
Number of Lashes inflicted on any Person in each 
year; also, the longest and shortest period of Con- 
finement awarded as Punishment, and the average 
period of Confinement for each class in each year : 
—Of the Number of Soldiers who, since the 1st day 
of January 1839, have suffered Corporal Punish- 
ment or Imprisonment, and whether either Corporal 
Punishment or Imprisonment has been inflicted on 
the same Person more than once, specifying how 
often it has been so inflicted ; and distinguishing 
Numbers in Regiments in the Colonies and Posses- 
sions of Her Majesty from Regiments in Depéts in 
Great Britain and Ireland :-—And, of the Number 
of Corporal Punishments inflicted in the Royal 
Navy, in each of the years 1839 and 1840 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 242, of 
Session 1841), might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be 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, Abstracts of the Number of Men belonging 
to the Royal Marines, who, since the Ist day of 
January 1839 to the 31st day of December 1843, 
have suffered Corporal Punishment or Imprison- 
ment; showing the nature of Offences, in classes, 
for which such Punishment has been awarded, and 
the Number in each class ; and showing the greatest 
Number and the smallest Number of Lashes, also 
the longest and shortest period of Confinement 
awarded as Punishment to each Person, and the 
uUU2 average 


Corporal Pu- 


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average period of Confinement for each class of Of- 
fence :—And, of the Number of Soldiers belonging 
to the Royal Artillery in Great Britain and Ireland 
who, between the 1st day of January 1839 and the 
31st day of December 1843, have suffered Corporal 
Punishment or [mprisonment ; showing the nature 
of the Offences, in classes, for which such Corporal 
Punishment or Imprisonment has been awarded, 
and the Number in each class; and showing also 
the greatest and the smallest Number of Lashes, 
also the longest and shortest period of Confinement 
awarded as Punishment, and the average F ses for 
each class of Offences :—Returns of the Number of 
Soldiers, belonging to Regiments and Depots in 
Great Britain and Ireland, who, since the 1st day 
of January 1839, have suffered either Corporal 
Punishment or Imprisonment ; and, whenever either 
Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment has been in- 
flicted on the same Person more than once, speci- 
fying how often it has been so inflicted ; with Ab- 
stract of the Number of Soldiers belonging to 
Regiments in the Colonies and Possessions of Great 
Britain, who, in each year since the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1839, have suffered Corporal Punishments 
and Imprisonments; showing the nature of the 
Offences, in classes, for which such Corporal Pu- 
nishment or Imprisonment has been awarded, and 
the Numbers in each class ; stating also the greatest 
Number and the lowest Number of Lashes inflicted 
on any Person in each year, also the longest and 
the shortest period of Confinement awarded as Pu- 
nishment, and the average period of Confinement 
for each class in each year :—Of the Number of 
Soldiers who, since the Ist day of January 1839, 
have suffered Corporal Punishment or Imprison- 
ment, and whether either Corporal Punishment or 
Imprisonment has been inflicted on the same Per- 
son more than once, specifying how often it has been 
so inflicted ; and distinguishing Numbers in Regi- 
ments in the Colonies and Possessions of Her Ma- 
jesty from Regiments in Depdts in Great Britain 
and Ireland :—And, of the Corporal Punishments 
inflicted in the Royal Navy in each of the years 
1839 to 1843 both inclusive; stating the highest 
and lowest Number of Lashes at each time, and the 
aggregate Number of Lashes in each year (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 371, of Ses- 
sion 1838). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as 


are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Produce of the Excise Duties re- 
ceived on Spirits in Ireland, during each of the 
years ending the 5th day of April 1843 and 1844, 
and the Number of Gallons brought to charge ; 
showing the Increase or Decrease in Gallons and in 
Duty :—Of the Number of Gallons of Spirits brought 
to charge in Jreland, and the Duty paid thereon, in 
the Quarters ending the 5th day of April 1843 and 
1844, showing + Selb or Decrease :—Of the 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing 
the Quantities produced from Malt, and from a 
Mixture of Malt and unmalted Grain) on which 
Duty was paid for Home Consumption in Jreland, 
in each Quarter of the years ending respectively the 
5th day of April 1843 and 1844, and in each of the 
years :—Of the Number of Detections and of the 
Number of Persons prosecuted for Offences in Ire- 
land, against the Laws for the Suppression of Lllicit 
Distillation, in each Quarter of the years ending 
respectively the 5th day of April 1843 and 1844, 
distinguishing those convicted :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Persons confined in each Gaol in Jreland, for 
Offences against the Laws for the Suppression of 
Illicit Distillation, on the 5th day of January, the 
5th day of March and the 5th : of April 1844 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 337, 
of Session 1843.) 














A. 1844, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lunatics. 
A Return, from the 8th day of January 1839 to the 
present time, of the Number of Lunatics against 
whom Commissions of Lunacy are now in force, and 
of the Total Amount of their annual Incomes, and 
the Total Amount of the Sums allowed for their 
Maintenance ; distinguishing the Number of Per- 
sons, and Amount of Income, and the Allowance 
for the Maintenance of those who individually have 
less than £.100. per annum; a similar Return, and 
distinguishing in like manner, of those who have 
more than £.100. and less than £.200. per annum; a 
similar Return, and distinguishing in like manner, 
of those who have more than £.200. and less than 
£.400. per annum; a similar Return, and distin- 
guishing in like manner, of those who have more 
than £.400. and less than £. 600. per annum; and a 
similar Return, and distinguishing in like manner, 
of those who have more than £.600. and less than 
£.1,000. per annum ; also, a similar Return, and dis- 
tinguishing in like manner, of those who have more 
than £.1,000. per annum; with the Amount of their 
Income :—And, a Return of the Amounts of per- 
centage paid in each year, between the 8th day of 
January 1839 and the 8th day of January 1844, on 
Lunatics’ Incomes, and of the Payments made 
thereout in each of those years, under the Provi 
sions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 36. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws relating Customs Duties 
to the Customs, was, according to Order, read the Bill. 
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 was pro- Bangor and 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to St. Asaph Free 
inquire into the Management of the Friars Bangor 8b's. 
Free School, and other endowed Free Schools, in 
the Diocese of Bangor and Saint Asaph :—And the 


said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Peerage, &amp;c., 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- Fees. 
jesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to give directions that, whenever Her Ma- 
jesty shall grant the honour of the Peerage, or Ba- 
ronetcy, or Knighthood or Order, for eminent Pub- 
lic Services, no Fees shall be charged thereon :—It 
passed in the Negative. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leeds, praying the Universities of 
House to adopt measures for securing to conscien- Fs 
tious dissenters from the ecclesiastical establishment ©"™""™®* 
of the country, access to the Universities of Oxford 
and Cambridge, and the full enjoyment of all the 
advantages held forth to studious youth in those 
seats of learning, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 


journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 24 die Maii ; 


Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee Taff Vale _ 
on the Zaff Vale Railway Bill; and to whom Railway Bill 
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; That they had inquired into the 
several 








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several matters required by the Standing Orders on Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
Railway Bills, so rit eo relate to ba pte-| ingrossed. 
eink aggnetinen; 360 Cas She Sanne See ae Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Delabole and 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the Delabole and Rock Railway (No. 2.) Bill to make Rock Railway 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, their Report, be enlarged till Mondav the 3d day (N® ®) Bill. 
and made Amendments thereunto. it Die te * sei ih sank y 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; . 
and be printed. A Petition of the London and Croydon Railway ae -_ 
att « roydaon H- 
South Eastern The ingrossed Bill to enable the South Eastern — sag ~— an aa rong ed sage ae way (No. 2.) 
Railway Bil. Railway Company to complete and maintain a} ¢ 4 Zondon to Croydon = th at am fh agai 
Branch Railway and Approach to the Harbour of| |; 1, Vas presente he pe fe tin a tele, aris the 
Folkestone, and to construct other Works in connec- SH . t Consmi tt ae beisiitens tan —— 
tion with the said Harbour; and = kod tp boil _ eaiecaties ee 
tain Alterations and Extensions of the Works of the} Th . ' — 
Maidstone Branch of the said South Eastern Rail- | the Pe Rath te eae bce age same 
way, and to amend the Acts relating to the said | §ox¢hampton Improvement Bill ; ” Bill. 
Company, was, according to Order, read the third] Q;dered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
~ ah Nias ile third reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 
esolved, That the Bill do pass. : 5 ‘ 
Ordered, That Mr. Dodd iam the Bill to the ™ enema = day rete —_ ’ ; ' 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. oe - a _ a ~~ Chepels Bill. 
Swansea The House proceeded to take into consideration Beoyford ( Wilts) -— prea yaa 5 ns . 
Harbour Bill. the Report on the Swansea Harbour Bill; and the | __ Eastbourne;—Cromford;—Wex lalla Banbury; 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. —Croydon ; emails Radford the 0 Dididienen 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 3, js¢o/ (six Petitions) ;— Wadhurst ;— Calstock pee 
be ingrossed. Bangor ; —Fryup ; —Llandegai ;— Walworth (two 
Swansea Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the | Petitions) ;—Hayfield ;—Swansea (two Petitions) ; 
Improvement Swansea Improvement Bill to make their Report, —Danby End ;—Waldron_ and Arlington ;—Lewes 
Bill. be enlarged till Thursday next. (two Petitions) ;—Market Weighton ;—Hawsker ;— 
— i aa Leeds (two Petitions) ;—Whithy (two Petitions) ;— 
Sheffield United An ingrossed Bill for uniting the Sheffield Gas | Castleton;—Glazedale ;—Great Bolton (two Peti- 
Gas Bill. Light Companies, was read the third time. tions) ;— ; Newcastle-upon- Tyne (two Petitions) — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ticehurst ;—Crediton ;— Buckingham ;—Long Sut- 
Ordered, That Mr. John Henry Vivian do carry | ton-— Brixton Hill: — Vauxhall Walk :— China 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Terrace, Lambeth ; Find Eastington ; — Montrose ;— 
Great Southern Petitions of Land-holders of the city and county Bakewell;—Great Torrington ;— Exeter 3— Ripon ; 
a of Dublin and county of Kildare;—and, Simon —Acklam ;—Orlestone ;—Marden (Kent) ;—Swaff- 
(ireland) Foot, Esquire, Chairman of the Directors of the ham ; — Walsingham ; — Warlingham ; — Market 
Company of Undertakers of the Grand Canal; pray- Dereham ;— Tenterden ;— Potterspury ;—Rock and 
ing that the Standing Orders of the House, in respect Rennington ;— Wotton Underedge ; —Burnham ; — 
to the Petition for the Great Southern and Western | Beeralstone ; — Nottingham ;—Lanwarne ;—Cork ; 
Railway (Ireland) Bill, may not be suspended,— — Beccles ;—North Cove and Mutford ;— Deanery 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select of Carlford ;— Kendal (two Petitions) ;— Lowestoft ; 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. — Londonder ry ; —Hereford ; —Dundalk ;—Dum- 
reef fries ;—Clogher ;— Longford ;—Pittington ;—Hun- 
Labouring _A Petition of John Wood, Secretary to the So-| gerstone ;—.Dublin ;—Pocklington ;—Saint Austell ; 
nll ciety for the Improvement of the Condition of the | —New Mills ;— Clitheroe ;—Hackney ;— Yeovil ;— 
Society. Labouring Classes, for leave to present a Petition | Ludlow ;—Coleraine (two Petitions) ;—Portrush; 
for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the said | —Killalla (two Petitions) ;— Belfast (three Peti- 
Society, was presented, and read ; and referred to | tions);—Cloerg ;— George Matthews;— Rathfriland 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. (three Petitions) ; —TZrenta ; —Summerhill ; —Kil- 
North Wales wi _| leter ; —Ardglass ;—Upper Clennanuse ;— Ballyna- 
Reta. A Retiton of Genwry, Clay and ater Inbe| te, Strtnorlar;—"Dromara = Tonpleptrck 
way Bill. . ™ ?| —Bailieborough ; —Vinecash ; —Millisle ;—Saint- 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 5 coal o" Petiti ata ‘ 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the fie yar ena ee i. ae °G I tet, 
North Wales Mineral Railway Bill, was presented, | rd es ere eens 
ond weal — Granshaw ;— Garva ;— Cootehill;— Dunfanaghy ; 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the a Ca Dr hy bg Be cesag a 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, a ve aia yee ai yas 8 aan s - Pa 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Ri ih +s J . ri he y fa ee) C om : sas Hill. 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in|7 ~~” eons ri ite he a: val id Corl al 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. yet Ee g ge Mase ain i 
Epsom and Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the | Bideford (two Petitions) ;— Glasleck .— Falmouth : 
— Epsom and South Western Railway; and, Croydon | —Cootehill ;—and, Ballyroney ; praying that the 
and, Croydon 20d Epsom Railway Bills, to make their Report, | Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into a law, 
pein ag Ml be enlarged till Monday the 3d day of June next. |—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
Middle Level Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the “hae from Capel-y-Groes and Ystrad ;—Wol- 
—— —_ Middle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill to make verhampton ; — Soham’; — Moretonhampstead ; — 
gun Bill. their Report, be enlarged till Monday the 10th day Hyde i Newry eens Zetten end Bite pen est a 
of June next. — Chester ;—Llwyn Rhydowen;—Swansea ;—Ports- 
tetinont Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the | mouth ;—and, Thomas Prime; praying that the said 
ocks Bill. Birkenhead Docks Bill to make their Report, be Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, and 
enlarged till Tuesday the 11th day of June next. |{ read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
see ll The House proceeded to take into consideration} Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
ary, écc., Bill. the Report on the Manchester Royal Infirmary, &amp;c.,|on Public Petitions; That they had examined the an 
~*~ - a. Amendments were read, and agreed to. | Petitions presented upon the 20th and 21st days ated 
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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. 


Huddersfield The House being informed, That the Parties did 
Brauch Railway not intend to proceed with the Huddersfield Branch 
ee Railway Bill; 
The Order made upon the 26th day of February 
last, for referring the Bill to the Committee of Se- 
lection, was read ; and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Schoolmasters Petitions of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 
(Scotland.) = _Meigle ;—Moderator of the Presbytery of Linlith- 
gow ;—and, Established Schoolmasters of the Pres- 
bytery of Stirling; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for ameliorating the condition of the Burgh and 
Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie uponthe Table. 


Hail Storm 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, 
Insurances. 


in the county of Bedford, praying the House to re- 

peal the Stamp Duty on policies of Insurance 

against damage by Hail Storms, so far as agricul- 

tural produce is concerned, thereby placing it on 

the same footing as in the case of loss by fire, was 

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


Poor Law Petitions from Birmingham (Chairman) ;—and, 
om Leeds; 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 Churchwardens and Overseers, In- 
habitants and Rate-payers of the parish of Milton- 
next-Sittingbourne, in the county of Kent, praying 
that no clause may be inserted in the said Bill ex- 
empting union workhouses from the payment of 
parochial rates and other parish charges, was also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Redruth Union ; — Gateshead 
Union ;—Andover Union ;— Chard Union ;—Bridg- 
water Union;—and, Sheppey Union; praying for 
alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, by 
confiding to boards of guardians the power of fixing 
the measure of remuneration to be given to medical 
officers of unions,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Poor Law 
Amendment Act (Medical Relief). 

A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the 
township of Mewton, in the county of Lancaster, 
praying for repeal of the said Act, and the res- 
toration of the Act for the Relief of the Poor, of the 
43d of Elizabeth, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses, 


Petitions from Whitworth and Byersgreen ;— 
Ryton ;—Welch Pool ;—and, Wrexham; praying 
for repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 
4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time that speedy 
and strenuous endeavours may be made for the es- 
tablishment of a See at Manchester, by other means, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Local Courts. Petitions from Wrexham ;— Llanidloes ;— and, 


Montgomery; praying that a Bill for establishing 
.ocal Courts for the decision of small causes may 
speedily pass into a law, with such provisions as 
may render its operation as beneficial to the princi- 
pality of Wales as to the other parts of the kingdom, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


County Courts A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 

Bill. bourhood of Welshpool, praying that the County 
Courts Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A. 1844, 


Two Petitions of Officers to the Sheriff of Kent, 
praying that in case the said Bill should pass into 
a law, a clause may be inserted to enable the Lords 
of the Treasury to award compensation in such 
cases as may be deemed proper, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Bolton, praying that the County Cour 
County Court (County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill (County Pala. 
: tine of Lan. 

may not pass into a law; and, that the County caster) Bill. 
Courts Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and, County 


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


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, suggesting a Working 
plan for medical assistance to the Working Classes, Classes. 
by acting on the principle of mutual assurance ; and 
praying for its consideration, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Clergy and other Inhabit- Absenteeism 
ants of the town and county of the town of Galway, (**!4.) 
suggesting that an effectual remedy to check the 
growing evil of Absenteeism in Jreland, would be 
a heavy tax, a tax adequate in some measure to 
compensate for the evils which it occasions, thereby 
proving the concurrence of the House in the maxim 
that property has its duties as well as its rights; 
and praying the attention of the House to the re- 
medy suggested, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of Prisons 
the royal burgh of Dundee, praying that the Pri- (Scotland) Bil, 
sons (Scotland) 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 of the Red- Rating of 
ruth Union, in the county of Cornwall, praying Tenements. 
that so much of the Act of 59 Geo. 3, c. 12, as 
transfers the payment of rates from occupiers to 
owners of divided houses, be adopted in the case of 
cottages and small tenements, the rent of which is 
five pounds and under, or that such occupiers, at 
or under such rental, paying the poor rates, be em- 
powered to make deductions of such payments from 
their rents, and of the value of goods and chattels 
distrained for such payment, and of costs attendant 
on the process, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- Poor Relief 
dians of the Ardee Poor Law Union, praying the (Ireland) Act 
House to relieve the Board of Guardians from the 
payment of the original building loan for their work- 
house, in the disbursement of which the Guardians 
had no control, and thus enable the Board to carry 
out the intention of the Legislature, without involving 
the union in debt, or harassing the rate-payers 
already too much burdened, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Art-Unious. 
of the borough of Limerick, in Council assembled, 
stating that the Petitioners have heard, with deep 
concern, that the law officers of the Crown have 
lately given it as their opinion that the societies 
existing in Great Britain, denominated Art-Unions, 
are illegal; and praying that the House will be 
pleased to grant such protection or exemption as 
will enable Art-Unions, constituted solely for the 
advancement of Art, and not for the emolument of 
the projectors, to proceed in the same beneficial 
course for Art, Artists and the Public, which has been 
permitted up to the present time, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











Petitions from Monaghan ;—Fahan ;—Vinecash ; Marriages 
| —Loughachry ;—Glenarm ; — Ballylennon ; — An- (ireland. ) 
| trim (two Petitions) ;— Maheragall ;— Kitlheel ;— 


| — 


? 





Sale 
Act 


Ra 


Et 








Sale of Beer 


Act. 


Railwayse 


. Eugene Cabill. 


Corn Laws, 


Conl Mines, 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 








7 VicToriz. 


Drum ;—Ballycopeland ;— Clough ;—Hill- Hall ;— 
and, Clogherney ; praying the House to introduce, 
without delay, into Parliament, a Bill to declare 
valid, to all intents and purposes in law, all Mar- 
riages heretofore solemnized or hereafter to be so- 
lemnized by Presbyterian ministers in Jreland, be- 
tween parties not within the prohibited degrees of 
consanguinity or affinity, and who have the consent 
of parents or guardians, and provided that all such 
Marriages shall be solemnized and registered agree- 
ably to the published laws of the Irish Presbyterian 
Church,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Retail Beer-sellers residing in the 
town of Nottingham, and the adjoining parishes, in 
the neighbourhood of Nottingham, praying that they 
may be placed on the same footing with the retail 
beer-sellers residing in and near the metropolis, in 
regard to closing their houses during certain hours 
on Sunday, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Trades- 
men, Common Carriers, and others, residing at Li- 
verpool, and interested in the conveyance of goods 
by Railway, praying the House to secure to them 
and to the public the same benefit of a free com- 
petition in the inland carriage of goods as they en- 
joyed previously to the formation of Railways, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Railways. 


A Petition of Eugene Cahill, of Ballindine, in 
the county of Mayo, stating that the Petitioner is 
the nephew of Peter Morgan, whose death was an- 
nounced by the Secretary at War in 1810 or 1811 
to Petitioner’s deceased uncle Thomas Moryan, of 
Loughlin, in the county of Roscommon ; that his 
application to the War Office was not attended to, in 
consequence of the said Thomas Morgan not being 
able to state the rank the said Peter Morgan held 
then in his Majesty’s service; and praying that the 
House will compel the present Secretary at War to 
show cause why the name and property of the said 
Peter Morgan, which was on record on their books 
in 1810 or 1811, is not referred to at present, as the 
Petitioner has complied as to the legality of his 
claim with the rules laid down by the government 


of the War Office, was presented, and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


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335 


,or district to be inclosed, shall have a large po- 
pulation, and a small common or waste to be 
divided, there shall be set apart, in trustees, not 
less than five acres, nor more than ten out of every 
hundred acres to be inclosed, of all lands capable 
of cultivation which shall be in such parish or dis- 
trict, and in cases where the population shall be 
small, and the common or waste large, not less than 
one nor more than three acres out of every hundred, 
to let out on the allotment system, and for the per- 
petual use of the poor industrious labourers of such 
parish or district where the lands lie, as tenants 
thereof, and at reasonable rents for the same, was 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the lower part of the Lime Toll 
county of Cardigan, praying that the Lime Toll Te oes 
Exemption (Wales) Bill may pass into a law, was (W#'e) Bill. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of High Wy- Window Tax. 
combe, and its neighbourhood, in the county of 
Bucks, stating that since a law has passed by which 
persons occupying houses with shop windows, are 
exempted from the payment of the duty for them 
to the amount of three, whether vending exciseable 
liquors or not, the Petitioners who are every day 
vending and selling exciseable articles being charged 
for their tap-room, bar and cellar windows, feel them- 
selves aggrieved ; and praying that their grievances 
may be redressed by placing them on the same foot- 
ing with other tradesmen, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Bandon ;—and, Cork; praying Education 
the House to adopt legislative means for extending (iota) 
Scriptural Education in Jreland,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Operative Wood-sawyers of North- Wood. 
wick ;—and, Chairman of a Meeting of Operative 
Wood-sawyers in Aberdeen ; praying the House to 
impose a tax on steam sawing, or upon Wood sawn 
by steam,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Universities 
Lorn, in the county of Argyll, praying the House Sl") 
to prevent the repeal of the Act which binds pro- 
fessors in the Scottish Universities to subscribe the 


v4: . tandards of the church previous to their entering 
A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, and | *® . ee 
others, within the town of Stucheres, and its neigh- 7 the Fier a ents “T sa —ee and 
bourhood, praying the House to resist the efforts | °*°? #"° ° a ee ne ree 


now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cwm Celynand 


no alteration whatever may be made in the existing | the Report on the Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron @isina Tron 
Corn Laws, was presented, and read; and ordered | Company Bill ; and the Amendments were read, i thane 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee ap- 
ointed at a public meeting of the Inhabitants of 


South Shields, and neighbourhood, to investigate 
the causes of accidents in Coal Mines, praying the 
House to take the statements of their Petition into 


and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Flutt presented a Bill to amend the Laws Aliens Bill. 
relating to Aliens: And the same was read the first No.329. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 


consideration, and cause a searching investigation, | Wednesday the 5th day of June next; and to be 


if possible, by a commission of inquiry, into the 
statements and allegations submitted to the House, 
or that, convinced of the imperfect, unsystematic 


and dangerous state of British Mines, the House 
will be pleased to adopt speedy and efficient legis- 
lative measures to remedy their defects, and to eco- 
nomise the mineral resources of the country, and 


printed. 


A Petition of Robert Lundy, Ironmonger, of the Tobacco Trade 
town and county of Kingston-upon-Hull, complain- Committee. 
ing of being inadequately paid for attending as a 
witness before the Select Committee on Tobacco 
Trade; and praying for consideration of his case, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 











protect the miner from the perpetually recurring | Table, 
accidents of his dangerous occupation, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank of 
Returns of the Quantity of Bullion in the Bank of England. 


A Petition of the Secretary to the Labourers’ | England on the 1st day of November 1843; dis- 
Friend Society, Exeter Hall, London, praying the | tinguishing Gold from Silver and Bullion from Coin ; 


House to provide for poor and industrious labourers 


by the introduction of a clause in the Commons 


, also, of the Quantity and Amount of Bank of Eng- 
land Notes; distinguishing the Number of each 


Inclosure Bill, to the effect that, where the parish | description of Notes in Circulation dated prior to 


Vor. 99. 





uu4 the 




























































eS ese temee 


tie Tax, 


Ce 


No. 316. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Bank of Eng- 
land Charter 
Bill. 


No. 317. 


Union Work- 
houses (Ire- 
land.) 


Railways 


€Fifth Report.) to consider whether any and what new Provisions | c. 37, on account of the 


No, 318. 


336 


the 1st day of November 1839 :—And, of the various 
Sums which the Bank of England has divided as 
Bonuses to the Proprietors for Bank Notes lost and 
destroyed, and the dates of said Bonuses ; also, 
specifying whether, and when, the same were ex- 
cluded from their Returns of Notes in circulation ; 


24° Marz. 





A. 1844, 


mittee ; That they had further examined into the 
matters to them referred, and had agreed to a Re- 
port and Resolutions, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them, and an Appendix 
and Index; and the Resolutions of the Committee 
were read as follow: 





also, specifying the Amount of Notes now outstand- 
ing which the Directors of the Bank estimate as lost. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Annual Value of real Pro- 
perty in each Parish of each County in England 
and Wales assessed to the Property and Income 


Tax for the year ended April 1843, including to-' 


a8 that on Land, Mines, Quarries, Fisheries, 
anorial and other Profits, assessed with landed 
Property, Dwelling Houses and other Buildings, 
and all other Property, as Canals, Railways, and 
the Total Annual Value of the real Property as- 
sessed for the year ended April 1843 ; also, showing 
the Total Value of Tithe assessed in each Parish to 
the Property Tax for the said year, so far as the 
same can be distinguished :—Showing the Quota of 
Land Tax assessed in each Parish for the year 1798 
under the Act 38 Geo. 3, c. 5.:—Showing the An- 
nual Value of real Property in each Parish in each 
County in Scotland assessed to the Property and 
Income Tax for the year ending April 1843, includ- 
ing together that on Land, Mines, Quarries, &amp;c., 
and the Total Annual Value thereof assessed to the 
Property Tax for the said year :—And, of the Va- 


luation of real Property in each Parish in Scotland | the City of 


on which the Land Tax is assessed, in sterling 


1. That the Resolutions, Nos. 11, 12, and 13, 
relative to the conveyance of Third-class Passengers, 
recommended in the Third Report of the Committee 
with regard to New Railways, be extended to all 
existing Railway Companies which by any Act or 
Acts passed in the course of the present or any 
future Session shall obtain an extension or amend- 
ment of the powers conferred by their previous 
Acts. 

2. That the Resolutions 14 and 15 in the said 
Third Report, relative to the conveyance of the 
Military and Mails, be in like manner extended to 
the said Companies. 

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


Mr. Manners Sution presented, pursuant to an Wood Pave. 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of the Memorials ment. 
from Inhabitants of Regent-street and other Places 
to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, against 
the further use of Wood for paving the Streets :— 

Of the Memorial from the Stable Keepers to the 
Vestry of Mary-le-bone, against the paving of Baker- 
street with Wood, in 1843:—Of any Reports made 
by the Surveyor and Superintendent of Police of 

toon, respecting the Durability and 
the Danger of Wood Pavement :—And, of any Re- 





money, stating the rate per £.100 sterling at which | solutions and Reports from the Paving Boards of 
such Tax is assessed on the valued Rental of each | the Parish of Saint Mary-le-bone and the Parishes 


County. 


of Saint George's, Saint James’s, and Saint Mar- 


Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said | tin’s, Westminster, to the Vestries of these Parishes, 


Returns. 


respecting the Expense and Danger of Wood Pave- 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | ment for the Streets of these Parishes. 


Table ; and 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 of 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
in Session 1843, on the Progress of the Building of 
the Houses of Parliament: And that the Earl of 


Lincoln do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Ecclesiastical 
Orders,—Returns of the Expense of the Ecclesias- Commission 
tical Commissioners (Jreland), under the following (Treland.) 
heads, in each of the last Six years:—1. Of the No.319. 
Salary, Fees and Emoluments of every kind paid to 
each Commissioner, Secretary, Treasurer or other 
Person employed in the Office in Dublin, and the 
Name of every Person receiving the same :—2. Of 
the Salary, Fees and Emoluments of the Solicitors, 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to regulate the N we " lerks — ed on ~ duty, ey ~ 
Issue of Bank Notes, and for giving to the Governor Se a Sey eee een eee ee ee oe 


and Company of the Bank of England certain Pri- 


Disbursements and Expenses incurred on that ac- 


vileges for a limited period: And the same was read count :—3. Ofthe Salary, Fees, Travelling ee 


the first time ; and ordered to be read a second and Emoluments paid to each Architect or 


time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


erson 
employed for that purpose, as well for Churches as 
for Glebe Houses, and the Name of every Person re- 


Sir James Graken presented, by Her Majesty’s ceiving the same, with the Amount of per-centage (if 


Command,—Copy of Report of the Commission fo 
inquiring into the execution of the Contracts fo 
certain Union Workhouses in Ireland. 


| any) allowed to each :—4. Of the Salary, Fees and 
;| Emoluments paid to each Agent, with the Name of 
each Person receiving the same, and the per-centage 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the allowed him on receiving Rent or Rent-charge :-— 


Table. 


With Totals of each class in each year, and Total 
of the entire in each year:—And, of the Amount 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed | received from the Lp ‘ed the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 


erpetuity Purchase Fund ; 


ought to be introduced into such Railway Bills as| distinguishing the Interest on the Sum invested, 


may come before this House during the presen 


t| and stating the manner in which the Receipts have 


or future Sessions, for the advantage of the Public | been disposed of, and the Balance now in hand. 


and the improvement of the Railway system, and 


A Return of the Number of Pupils admitted to piterion 


likewise to consider whether any and what changes | the Hibernian Military School, Phanix Park, Dub- Military School. 
ought to be made in the Standing Orders relating | lin, since the 1st day of January 1840 ; distin- 
to Railways, and to report their Opinion thereon to! guishing the Ages of the Children, and their reli- 
the House ; and who were empowered to report their | gions son et at the period of Admission ; and 


Opinion trom time to time to the House ; and who| also, the 


eligion of their Parents, so far as the same 





were instructed to consider of any arrangements | may be known or can be ascertained :—Copies of 
advantageous to the Public with regard to existing | any Correspondence between the Officers of the said 
Railway Companies generally, to which, in the | Establishment, and any Person or Persons, relative 
opinion of the Committee, Parliament might justly | to the change of —— of two Boys, named 


give its sanction, have power to report the Minutes | Edward and William 


of the Evidence taken before them. 
Mr, Gladstone reported from the said Select Com 


Jashin, Pupils in the said 
School, within the last Six months :—And, a State- 
-|ment showing the Ages of the said Boys at the 
time. 















































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al 





7 Vicroriz. 


time of changing their Religion ; also, of the Ages | 


94° Mai. 





337 


2. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Eighteen Indian 


of any other Pupils of the said Establishment who | thousand eight hundred and ninety-five pounds, be Department 


may have changed their Religions within the last | granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Indian Department in Canada, to the 31st day 


four years. 


(Canada. ) 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | of March 1845. 


Table; and that the Returns relative to the Eccle-| 
siastical Commission (Ireland), be printed. 


Adjournment. 
House this day, adjourn till Thursday next. 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven Colonial Land 


thousand two hundred and eighty-two pounds, be a4 Emigration 

|granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the | the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and other 
Expenses connected with Emigration from this 
| country, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


Board, &amp;c. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Stipendiary 


an Account showing the Quantities of Foreign Bar- | nine thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted Justices 
ley imported into the Principal Ports of Great Bri- | to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries, — 


tain, the Countries from whence imported, with the | Allowances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary 


&amp;e.) 


Quantities entered for Home Consumption, and the | Justices in the West India Colonies, the Cape of 
Amount of Duty received thereon :—Also, the Ave-| Good Hope and the Mauritius, to the 31st day of 





Barley. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
rage Prices in each week of the present year. 
Shoemakers, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


&amp;e. Return of the Number of Operative Shoemakers, 
Tanners and Curriers, Paupers, who, with their 
Families, have been forced to seek Relief in England 
and Wales annually, from the Sth day of January 
1840 to the 5th day of January 1844. 





Joint Stock 
Banks. a Return of the Joint Stock Banks which have been | 
established under the Provisions of the Act 7 Geo. 4, | 
c. 46; stating the period when and the place where | 
established, and likewise the dates at which any | 


such Banks, once established, had ceased to exist. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Friday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed to consider the objects, results and present 
position of Art-Unions, how far they are affected 
by existing Laws, and what are the most expedient 
and practicable means to place them on a safe and 
permanent basis, and to render them most subser- 
vient to the improvement and diffusion of Art 
through the different classes of the community, and 
to report thereon to the House, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Wyse, Vis- 
count Palmerston, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Ewart, 
Mr. Escott, Mr. Baring Wall, Viscount Adare, 
Mr. Hayter, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, | 
Mr. Liddell, Mr. Ridley Colborne, Mr. William 
Mackenzie, Sit Charles Lemon and Mr. M‘Geachy, 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Art-Unions. 








Savings Banks 


tes Resolved, That. this House will, upon Monday 
ul. 


the 3d day of June next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee upon the Savings Banks Bill. 


Stamp Duties Ordered, That the Report on the Stamp Duties 
Bill. Bill be received after the Orders of the day. 

Assaults Ordered, That the Report on the Assaults (Jre- 
(Ireland) Bill. Jgnq@) Bill be received after the Orders of the day. 


Courts Martial © Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders 
a Indies) of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 


Courts Martial (East Indies) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Treaties Bill, 


Ordered, That the Slave Trade Treaties Bill be 
read a second time after the Orders of the day. 


Supply ; _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 
Ecclesiastical 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 


Establishment 


(North Ame. ‘#ousand three hundred and fifty-three pounds, be 


Tica.) granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
North American Provinces, to the 31st day of 


March 1845. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve Negro Educa- 


thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to t™ 
defray such Expenses as Her Majesty may incur, 

‘in the year 1844, in aiding the Local Legislatures 

in providing for the religious and moral instruction 

of the Emancipated Negro Population. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Captured 


BRE. ae Negroes, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | ee eee 


to defray Expenses incurred for the Support of 
Captured Negroes and Liberated 4fricans, under 
the Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Slave Trade 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Commissions. 
to pay, to the 31st day of March 1845, the Salaries 
and Incidental Expenses of the Commissions esta- 
blished on the part of Her Majesty under the 
Treaties with Foreign Powers for suppressing the 
Traffic in Slaves. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Consuls, &amp;c. 
hundred and seven thousand and three hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of the Consular Establishment Abroad, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Ministers at 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Foreign Courts. 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1845, the extra- 
ordinary Expenses incurred by Her Majesty’s Mi- 
nisters at Foreign Courts. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- superannua- 
five thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted tions. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Superan- 
nuation Allowances and Compensations to Persons 
formerly employed in the Public Offices or Depart- 
ments, or in the Public Service, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Toulonese 
thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to ne 
Her Majesty, to grant Relief, to the 31st day of Bmsrant® &amp;« 
March 1845, to Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, 

Dutch Naval Officers’ Widows, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Vaccine 
thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted stitution. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Na- 
tional Vaccine Institution, for the year 1844. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Refuge for the 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Destitute. 
wards the support of The Refuge for the Destitute, 
for the year 1844. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve Polish 
thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to Refugees, &amp;c. 
Her Majesty, for Payment of the Subsistence of the 
Polish Refugees, and Allowances to distressed 
Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Sundry 
thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine pounds, Allowances 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1845, sundry Allowances formerly de- 





March 1845. 
Vo . 99. 








frayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenue, 
| x X &amp;e., 


























































































































Charities, &amp;c., 
(Scotland.) 


Foundling 
Hospital 
¢ Dublin.) 


House of 
Industry 
(Dublin.) 


Female Orphan 


338 24° Maiz. 


&amp;c., for which no permanent Provision has been | 


made by Parliament. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand one hundred and fifty-four pounds, be 
= to Her Majesty to pay, to the 31st day of 


arch 1845, Charities, Bounties and other Charges | 


in Scotland, formerly defrayed from the Hereditary 
Revenue. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Foundling Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand four hundred and twenty-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the House of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 


House(Dublin.) thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 


Westmoreland 
Lock Hospital. 


Lying-in Hos- 
pital (Dublin.) 


Dr. Stevens’ 
Hospital 
(Dublin.) 


flouse of 
Recovery and 


Fever Hospital 


( Dublia.) 


Hospital for 
Tucurables. 


Commissioners 


of Charitable 


Donations and 


Bequests 
(Ireland. ) 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers 

(Ireland. ) 


Charitable 
Allowances, 


&amp;c., (Ireland.) 


Townland 
Survey 
(Ireland. ) 


Shannon 
Navigation. 


British 


Ambassador’s 


House at Paris, 


D° - at Con- 


stantinople, 


wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan 
House, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Westmoreland 
Lock Hospital, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


21. 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, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor 
Stevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the House of Re- 
covery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dublin, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

24. 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 1845. 


25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Salaries and Expenses of the Commissioners 
of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
tive thousand six hundred and thirty pounds, be 
eranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dissent- 
ing Ministers in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand three hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1845, Charitable Allowances charged on the Con- 
cordatum Fund, and other Allowances and Bounties 
in Ireland. 

28. 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 1845. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 


thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven pounds, | 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Commissioners for the Im- 
provement of the River Shannon, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 


« re %2, ; Ths: € . aa ; : } ° ea) 
30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One | for Observations and $ 


thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, be 


| pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the 















































A, 1844, 


British Ambassador’s House at Constantinople, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Steam Com. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- purcation to 

: . ~ India. 

wards defraying the Expense of Steam Communi- 
cation to India by way of the Red Sea, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 


33. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Militia ana 
not exceeding Sixteen thousand and six hundred (Cantey 
a. 
year 1844, the Expense incurred in Canada for 
Militia and Volunteers ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for thef Mr. Young, 
Yeas, 1 Mr. Corry: } san 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, } 7 
Noes, Mr. William Williams : . 


34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four University of 
thousand five hundred and eighty-eight pounds, be London, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven scottish 
thousand three hundred and eighty pounds, be Universities, 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1845, Grants to Scottish Universities, for- 
merly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of 
the Crown. 

36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal Irish 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 4c#demy- 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Jrish Academy, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Hibernian 
wards defraying the Rasates of the Royal Hiber- 4°43: 
nian Academy, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Royal Dublin 
thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Society. 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
the Royal Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Royal Belfast 
thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to Academical 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the stitution. 
Royal Belfast Academical Institution, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 

40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- British 
six thousand and thirty pounds, be granted to Her Museum. 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of New Buildings 
and Fittings at the British Museum, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 

41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand two hundred and forty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of 
the British Museum to purchase certain Collections, 
and to defray Expenses incurred in procuring An- 
tiquities for that Museum. 


42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One National 





thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Gallery. 

| Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the National 

| Gallery, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

| 43. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Museum of 

thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to &lt;eoy 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Museum ~°°°8* 

| of Economic Geology, to the 3ist day of March 

| 1845. 

44. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Magnetic _ 

| thousand two hundred and thirty-five pounds, be Observatories, 

|granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of © 

|S yesty, :f —* 

| Magnetic Observatories at Toronto, Saint Helena, 

| Cape of Good Hope and Van Diemen’s Land; also, 

Services carrying on under the 

_ direction of the Astronomer Royal, and other Scien- 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1844, | tific Works and Publications, to the 31st day of 
the Expense of Works and Repairs to the British! March 1845. 


Ambassador’s House at Paris. 


45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Monuments. 


31. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten | thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to-| Her Majesty, towards defraying, in the year 1844, 


wards defraying the Expense of rebuilding the 


‘the Cost of the Monuments to be erected to the 
Memory 


Agi 
(E 


wae 


m2 8 eed 


Bie eis 


Agricultural 
Museum 
(Edinburgh.) 


Botanic Garden 
(Dublin.) 


Land Tax 


Names Bill. 


Roman Catholic 
Clergy, Grants 
and Convey- 
ances (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


Prisons 


Courts of 
Common Law 
Process Bill, 


Courts of Com- 


mon Law Pro- 
cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies’ 
Registration 


Bill, 


Joint Steck 
Companies’ 
emedies at 
Law and in 
Equity bill, 


Gold and Silver 


Wares Bill, 





7 VicrorRiz. 
Memory of Sir Sidney Smith, Lord Exmouth and 


Lord De Saumarez. 


46. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account of the Agricultural Museum at Edinburgh, 


in the year 1844. 


47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year 1844, the Expense of 
erecting Conservatories and other Buildings in the 
Botanic Garden in Dublin. 


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, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 


leave to sit again. 


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


' The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Commissioners mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 


Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 17th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Roman Catholic Clergy, Grants, and 
Conveyances (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings 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- 
(Scotland) Bille mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
7th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 


The Courts of Common Law Process Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Tues- 
day the 4th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Joint Stock Companies Registration 
and Regulation and Regulation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 7th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Joint Stock Companies Remedies at 
Law and in Equity Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 7th day of June next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to} Van Diemen’s Land, might be read; and the same 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Vo.. 99, 


The Courts of Common Law Process (Jre/and) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Tuesday the 4th day of June next. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws now in 
force for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the mark- 
ing of Gold and Silver Wares in England, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


24° Mazz. 








339 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Damage by Fire 
a Committee upon the Damage by Fire (Metro- Oe Ba 
polis) (No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent ou ping 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. No, 320, 
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. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill; Courts Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Charitable Loan Societies (Ireland) Bill was, Charitable 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Loan Societies 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for (Ireland) Bill. 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church __ 
reading of the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Bill ; ee sao 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second ee—— 
upon Tuesday the 4th day of June next. 


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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Stamp Duties Bill; and Stamp Duties 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. _ 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Assaults (Ireland) Bill; Assaults 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. _—!teland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thurs- 
day next. 


The House, according to the Order made this Courts Martial 





day, resolved itself into a Committee upon the — mation) 
Courts Martial (East Indies) Bill. : 


No, 321. 
(In the Committee). 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
CrausEs, N°1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 3, disagreed to. 
Crauses, N°4 and N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses N° 6 and N° 7, 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Slave Trade Treaties Bill was, according to Slave Trade 
the Order made this day, read a second time ; and Treaties Bill 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 Vic, New South 


~ P ~ Wales, &amp;c., Go- 
c. 76, for the Government of New South Wales and | nn Bill, 


being read ; 








xx Ordered, 





340 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to explain the said Act: And that Mr. George Wil- 


liam Hope and Lord Stanley do prepare, and bring 
it in. 















































i Salmon The House was moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
Fisheries 


(Scotland) Bill, ©+ 39, for the Preservation of the Salmon Fisheries 
in Scotland, might be read; and the same being 

| read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 

i to amend the said Act: And that Mr. Home Drum- 

mond and Mr. Loch do prepare, and bring it in. 


; Poor Relief 


Moti s and the estion was pro- 
(Gilbert’s Act.) A Motion was made, and the Qu p 


posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the administration of the Law for the 
relief of the Poor in Unions formed under the Act 
22 Geo. 3, v. 83 (Gilbert’s Act), and to report to 
the House their Opinion, whether it is expedient 
that the said Unions should be dissolved :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 





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


Sabbati, 25° die Maiti, 1844: 


Poor Relief Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 

(Gilbert’s Act.) +5 inquire into the Administration and Operation of 
the Law for the Relief of the Poor in Unions formed 
under the Act 22 Geo. 3, c. 83 (Gilbert's Act), and 
to report to the House their Opinion, whether it is 
expedient that the said Unions should be main- 
tained. 


New South Mr. Manners Sutton presented a Bill to explain 
france a an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her present 
sine - Majesty, for the Government of New South Wales 
No. 322. and Van Diemen’s Land: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 


(Scotland) Bill, 
No. 323. 


Mr. Home Drummond presented a Bill to amend 
an Act of the ninth year of King George the Fourth, 
for the Preservation of the Salmon Fisheries in 
Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 7th day of June next ; and to be printed. 
Customs Duties Mr. Manners Sutton presented a Bill to amend 
i = of Man) the Laws relating to the Customs in the Isle of 
} ne pon Man: And the same was read the first time ; and 

“0.82 ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Poor Law, A Petition of Clergy of the several parishes com- 


24°92 5°—30° Maiz. 








A. 1844, 


Jovis, 30° die Mai; 


Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Process Servers 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, (Ireland. ) 
—A Return, in detail, of the manner in which the 

Sum of £.9,255. paid by the Excise in Jreland, in 

the year 1843, under the Title of Salaries to Process 
Servers, was expended ; stating the Name of each 
Person, the Amount paid to each, the Place of Re- 
sidence, and also the Occupation of such Person, if 

he has any other; distinguishing the Number of 
Process Servers, and the Aggregate Amount paid 

to them in each County ; stating also, by what au- 

thority these Payments were made, by what Officer 

or Department the Process Servers are appointed, 

and whether the Amount is repaid to the Excise, 

and if so, by what Department paid. 

Returns of the manner in which the Sum of Excise. 
£.1,520. was expended for Fortifications by the 
Excise Department in Jreland, in the years 1842 
and 1843, by the Act 43 Geo. 3, c. 55; stating for 
what Places the Expenditure was made, and the 
Person to whom paid :—Of the manner in which 
£.6,114., paid by the Excise Department in England 
for Corn Returns, was expended ; stating the Name 
and Place of Residence, and the Amount paid to 
each Person, according to the Acts 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, 
and 5 Vic., Sess. 2, c. 14, by the Excise :—Of the 
manner in which £.9,987. was expended by the 
Excise in England, under the head of Pensions; 
stating the Name of each Person, the Amount paid 
to each, and by what authority the Pension was 
paid :—And, of the manner in which £.30,696., paid 
by the Excise Department in Scoéland, in the years 
1842 and 1843, under the Act 48 Geo. 3, ¢. 11, to 
the White Herring Board, was expended ; stating, 
in detail, under the several heads, the Amount paid, 
and the Number of Persons receiving Salaries under 
£.50, a year, and the Name, Place of Residence 
and Amount of Salary and Allowances of every 
Person receiving more than £.50 per year :—And, 
an Account of the manner in which £.38,412. ster- 
ling was expended by the Excise Department in 
Freland, in Payment for Traders in Irish-grown To- 
bacco, in the years 1834 and 1835, under the Act 
2 Will. 4,c. 20; stating the Name of each Person 
to whom Payment was made, the Amount paid to 
each Person, and the Number of Acres of Tobacco 
Cultivation for which Compensation was made to 
each ; stating also the Barony or Parish in which 
situated, and the Principle on which, and the Orders 
by which that Compensation was made. 





prised in the Liskeard Union, in the county of 
Cornwall, praying the House to define by legislative 
enactment the powers of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, in the matter of appointing chaplains to 
union workhouses, so that they may be enabled to 
order and enforce the appointment of a chaplain 
with an adequate salary in the Liskeard and all 
other union workhouses, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

























Lunacy. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Lunacy, 
No, 325. 


which was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


Bankruptcy. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Bankruptcy, 
No. 326. 


which was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


Court of Arches, Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Court 


No. 327. 
New Zealand. 
No. 328. 


nesday last, be printed. 
land, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


till half an hour after twelve of the clock 


day next. 


Xe. of Arches, &amp;c., which were presented upon Wed- 
Ordered, That the Return relative to New Zea- 


And then the House, having contined to sit 


on Saturday morning, adjourned till Thurs- 


Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office Fire Insurance, 

for Duty, by each Insurance Office in Great Britain 
and Ireland, on Insurance from Fire, for the Quar- 
‘ters ending severally the 25th day of March, the 
| 24th day of June, the 29th day of September and 
| the 25th day of December 1845 ; distinguishing 
the Amount of Allowance made to each Office for 
collecting the same, in the Country, London, Edin- 
burgh and Dublin respectively, 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, the 24th day of June, the 29th day of Sep- 
tember and the 25th day of December 1843 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Amount of each Office in the Coun- 
try, London, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 212, 
of Session 1843.) 

A Return of the Number of Vessels, with their Shipping. 
| Tonnage (distinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels) 
| sold and transferred in the year 1843 :—A similar 
Return of Vessels wrecked :—A similar Return of 
Vessels broken up :— Also, a Statement of the Gross 
Number and Tonnage of Vessels registered on the 
| 31st day of December 1841, 1842 and 1843. 

. A Return 











| 
| 








Mar 
Insu 


Is! 





7 VicToriz. 


Marine 
Insurance. 


30° Marz. 


A Return of the Aggregate Amount of Stamp Duty | of the Bill; and that they had examined the alle- 
received for Marine Insurances, in each year from | gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 





341 


1820 to 1843, both inclusive ; stating the several | and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
Rates of Duty in each year, and the Amount of | ments thereunto. 


Duty for each Rate, as far as the same can be 
distinguished. ay. 
A Return of the Amount of Stamp Duty received 


Pills of Lading. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the paxenheath 


for Bills of Lading in each of the last Ten years, stat- | Lakenheath and Brandon Drainage Bill; That they and Brandon 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found Drainage Bill. 


ing the Rate of Duty in each year. 
A Tabular Return of the Quantities of Wheat, 


Isle of Man. 


t 


he same to be true; and that the Parties interested 


Flour, Meal, Barley, Oats, Potatoes, Cattle, Sheep | had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfac- 


and Pigs imported in each year, ending the 5th day 
of January, from 1835 to 1844, into the Isle of 
Man; exhibiting also the Average Price of the se- 
veral Species of Corn by the London Gazette, and 
the Average Duties payable thereon :—And, a Ta- 
bular Return, for the same years, of the same Arti- 
cles exported from the Jsle of Man. 





Coffee. 


t 


ion of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 


gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 


t 


hereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the pejabole and 


Delabole and Rock Railway (No. 2.) Bill; That Rock Railway 


Accounts of the Quantity of Coffee imported into | they had inquired into the several matters required (No 2.) Bill. 


the United Kingdom, in the years 1840, 1841, 1842 | by the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, so far as 
and 1843; specifying the Countries from which it | the same relate to the present application ; and that 
came :—Of the Quantity of Coffee of each Descrip- | the Committee had examined the allegations of the 
tion entered for Home Consumption in the years | Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; showing the Rate of | through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Duty, together with the Amount derived therefrom | 
in each year respectively :—And, of the Stock of | 
Coffee in the United Kingdom, of each Description, 
in Bond, on the 31st day of December 1843 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries from whence imported. 
An Account of the Quantity of Cured Provisions 
of all kinds imported into the United Kingdom from 
Foreign Countries and from the Colonies, from the 
5th day of July 1843 to the latest period to which 
same can be made up; specifying the different 
kinds, the Countries whence sent, the Quantities 


Provisions, 





entered for Home Consumption, and the Amount of Preston and Wyre Dock, &amp;e., Bill; That they had 
Duty paid on same respectively; also, the Quantities | examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Rodbard’s 


Rodbard’s Name Bill; That they had examined Name 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Preston and 
Wyre Dock, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


of each kind re-exported, and whether taken for the | same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
use of the Ship or for Merchandize, and the Place | and made Amendments thereunto. 


to which same were exported. 
A Return of the Quantity of Lard imported into 
the United Kingdom from Foreign Countries, and 


Lard. 


from the Colonies, during the year ending the 5th|at Gartsherrie, in the county of Lanark; 
day of January 1844; specifying the Country whence | Wilson, of Dundyvan ;—James Merry, Coal and 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Robert Baird, Coal and Iron Master Monkland 


=— Railways 
Joke vio. a:) Bill. 


sent, the Quantity retained for Home Consumption, | Iron Master at Cambroe, in the county of Lanark, 
and the Amount of Duty paid on same; also, of the | John Wilson, Iron and Coal Master at Summerlee, 


Quantity re-exported, and whether taken as Mer- 
chandize or for the use of the Ship, and the Country 
to which sent. 

An Account, showing the Quantities of Foreign 
Barley imported into the Principal Ports of Great 
Britain, the Countries from whence imported, with 
the Quantities entered for Home Consumption, and 
the Amount of Duty received thereon :—Also, the 
Average Prices in each week of the present year. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—Copy of all Memorials and Peti- 
tions addressed to the Treasury and to the Board 
of Trade, from the Coopers of the United Kingdom, 
on the Condition of their Trade, since January 1843. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,— Copy of Treasury 
Warrant adding “ Public Works Loan Office” to the 
Schedule of the Superannuation Act :—And, Copy of 


Barley. 


Coopers’ Trade. 


Superannuation 
Act. 


Treasury Warrant adding “ Board of Works, Jre-| whom several Petitions against the said Bill were 


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in the county of Lanark, and William Houldsworth, 
Iron and Coal Master, at Coltness, in the county of 
Lanark ;— Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants in 
the town and neighbourhood of Coatbridge, in the 
parish of Old Monkland, and county of Lanark ;— 
and, William Dixon, of Govan Colliery, in the 
county of Lanark, Esquire; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Monkland Railways 
(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. John Henry Vivian reported from the Com- Swansea 


mittee on the Swansea Improvement Bill; and to Improvement 
ile 


land,” to the Schedule of the Superannuation Act :| referred; That they had heard counsel in support 


—And then he withdrew. 


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


A Petition of Samuel Kenrick, of Handsworth 
Hall, in the county of Stafford, praying that the 


North Wales 
Mineral Rail- 


vay Bill, . ' 

— North Wales Mineral Railway Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 

egg Mr. Thornely reported from the Committee on 


the Birkenhead Docks Bill; and to whom several 
Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That 
they had heard counsel in support of several of the 


of the said Petitions, and had also heard counsel 
in favour of the Bill; and that they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for altering Swansea 
and amending several Acts for the Improvement of Herbour Bill 
the Harbour of Swansea, in the County of Glamor- 
gan, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass. 











Ordered, That Mr. John Henry Vivian do carry 


said Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour | the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Vox. 99. 


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Kingstou-upon- Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 

Hull Docks Bill. Ringston-upon-Hull Docks Bill to make their Re- 
port be enlarged till Monday next. 

Coventry A Petition of William Dickins, of Cherrington, 

Improvement in the county of Warwick, Esquire, Chairman of 

and Cemetery A le ! 

Bill. the Court of Quarter Sessions of the county of War- 
wich, and a Rate-payer of the said county, praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent; 
against certain parts of the Coventry Improvement 
and Cemetery Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if 
he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That Mr. Forbes Mackenzie do make 

ee the Report from the Committee on the Croydon and 
y; and, 7 ~ 

Epsom and Epsom Railway; and, Epsom and South Western 


South Western Railway Bills. 
Railway Bills, 


Stratford The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oe the Report on the Stratford (Eastern Counties) and 
+ nay Thames Junction Railway Bill; and the Amend- 
tion Railway ments were read, and agreed to. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


Croydon and 
Epsom Rail- 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
way Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 
Railway 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 consideration upon ‘ Tues- 
“« day next,” 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 
“« Report be taken into consideration upon Tuesday 
“ next’ 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 consi- 
deration upon Tuesday next. 


Slamannan The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Junction = ~=—s the Report on the Slamannan Junction Railway Bill ; 
Railway Bil. ond the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, 

Ordered, That the Report on the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Tuesday next. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway Bill. 


Cwm Celyn An ingrossed Bill to enlarge the Powers granted 
ee by an Act passed in the second Session of the fifth 
oe vee year of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act for 
regulating Legal Proceedings 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 Dr. Bowring do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Liverpool Docks Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Liverpool 


Docks Bill. 


Salisbury An ingrossed Bill to make a Branch Railway 

Branch Raile from the London and South Western Railway to 
—_—— Salisbury, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote do carry 

the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


A. 1844, 


the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Comber ; — Liverpool ; — Stockton-on-Tees ;—and, 
Great Yarmouth; praying that the Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upen the Table. 
Petitions from Oxford Market ;—Soho (Middle- 
sex) ;—Swindon ; —Bradfield (Norfolk) ;—Thorn- 
ley ;— Witton Gilbert ;—Collumpton ;—Coxhoe ;— 
Durham ; —Haswell ; —Donaghadee ; —Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne(seven Petitions) ;— Horwich ;—Scrigan; 
-- Omagh ;-- Newton Hamilton ;— Seafinn ;--Church- 
town ; — Lylehill ; — Dungiven ; — Ballymena ; — 
Broomfield, &amp;c. ; — Killraughty ;—Ballyreagh ;— 
Ballysillan ;-- Oldstone ;--Auchnacloy;— Kathmore ; 
—Castle Bellingham ; — Newtownards ;—Connor ; 
— Kendal ;— Penryn ;— Letterkenny ;—Lissara ;— 
Fourtowns ; —Edgeworthstown ;— Lismore ;—Mill- 
brow ;-—Moneydig ;-— Ballyjamesduff ;— Ley Acurry ; 
—Lower Clenanees ;— Carlow ;—Newry ;—Drum- 
reagh ; — Weymouth ;—Portadown ;--Ballymoney 
(two Petitions) ;—Ballykelly ;—Saint Austell ;— 
Glennan ; — Ramelton ; —Dunloy ;—Alp ;—Glen- 
elly ;— Dromore ;—Comber ;-- Maghun ;-—Cremore ; 
— Tobernareen ;— Fethard ;— Bush ;—Farsagh (two 
Petitions) ; — Newton Cunningham ;— Strabane 
(three Petitions) ;—Drumbanagher ; —Carrigallen ; 
—Seaforde ; —Cumber ;— Coagh ;-—Cullybackey ;— 
Tobermore ;—Killrea ; — Downpatrick ; — Balley- 
gawley ;—Creavery ; —Anahilt ; --Inch ;—Gortin ; 
— Templepatrick ; — Ardstraw ;— Saltersland ; — 
Newmills ; —Crumlin ; -—- Garryduff ; —Armoy ; — 
Bandon ;--Donaughady ;--Dungannon ;—— Glender- 
mot ;—Ardglass ;—Clady ; — Londonderry ;—Dou- 
glas ;-—Pwlltheli (two Petitions) ;—Saint Columb ;— 
Loughor ;—Grey Abbey ;—Drumglass ;—Dunluce ; 
— Wingrave ;— Bingham ;—Plungar, &amp;c.;-- What- 
ton, &amp;c. ;-—-Bridgeford ;—Cropwell Bishop ;—Flint- 
ham ; —- Granby ; — Wakeham ; — Maidenhead ; — 
Portland ; --Athlone ; — Birmingham ; -— Coleraine 
(two Petitions) ;— Bishops Auckland ;--Hurworth ; 
Melcombe Regis ;—Wokingham ;--Lyme Regis ;-- 
Castlederg ; -- Wyke ; — North Walsham ; —- Yar- 
mouth ; —Spital fields ;—Castlefin ;—Clifton Camp- 
ville ;—Kingsclere ; —Brightwaltham ;— Newbury ; 
— Hampstead Norris ;— Boxford ;—Derrymore ;— 
Inkpen ; —Osmington ;— Maidstone ;—Whitchurch; 
— Hurst Green;— Blackburn ;-- Poplar ;—Darling- 
ton; — Haslingden ; — Windsor ; — Broadway ; — 
Weardale (three Petitions) ;—Kingstead ;—Preston ; 
—Bromington ; — Stockport ;— London ;— North 
London Schools ; — Carrickfergus ;— Saint Weo- 
nard’s ; —Cheddar ; —Saint Aldwyn’s ;—Ubley ;— 
Hull (two Petitions) ;— Weston ;—Lisleen ;— Augh- 
nacloy ;—Melcombe ;—Somerton ;— Glastonbury ;— 
Keinton ; — Antrim ;— Lowestoft; — Longnor ; — 
Shibbereen ;—Bishopwearmouth ; —Saint George's, 
Tower Hamlets ;—Accrington ;-—Churchill ;—and, 
Hartlepool; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Bath (Chairman) ; — Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne (Chairman) ;—and, Inverness; praying 
that the Savings Banks Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stanids,—were presented, and read; 

2 ry 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Armsley and Kirkley ;—Arnold ; 
—Askham ; —Babworth ;— Basford ;— Beeston ;— 
Bilborough ;— Barnby Moor ;— Boughton;—Blyth ; 
~—Bole and West Burton;—Bothamsall :—Bram- 
cote ; — Bulwell ; — Bilsthorpe ;—Cassall ;— Chil- 
well;—Carburton and Budby ;—Clipstone ;— Cuch- 
ney ;— Carlton-in-Lindrick ;—Clarbro’ and Hayton; 
— Clayworth ; — Cottam and South Leverton ;— 





Darlton;— 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ventnor 
the Report on the Ventnor Improvement Bill; and Reapewvenens 


Petitions from James Henry Dizon, Esquire ;— Dissenters 
Chapels Bill, 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Corn Laws. 











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Darlton ; — Drayton West ;— Drayton East ;— 
Eakring ;—Edwinston and Perlethorpe ;—Eaton ; 
— Egmanton ; — Everton ; —Gamston ; —Gringley- 
on-the-Hill ;—Grove and Headon;—Greasley ;— 
Holbeck ;— Hucknall Torkard ;—Habblesthorp and 
North Leverton; — Kirton ; -— Lenton ; — Lenton 
Beswood ; —Langworth ;—Linby and Papplewick 
and Liberty of Newstead ;—Laxton-with- Moorhouse; 
—Lound ;—Mansfield ;—Markham East ;—Mark- 
ham Clinton ;—Mattersey ;—Misterton ;—Norton ; 
— Ollerton ; — Ompton ; —Ordsall ; —Rempton ;— 
Ragnal and Durham;—Radford ;— Retford East 
and West ;— Eastwood ;—Shegley ;—Sootholme and 
Warsop ;—Stapleford ;—Stretley ;—Sutton-in-Ash- 
field and Hucknall; — Staatham ; — Sturton and 
Littleboro’ ; — Sutton-cum-Lound ; — Styrrup and 
Oldcoats ; — Trowell ; —Toton ;— Teversall ;— Tor- 
worth and Bemshkill; — Truswell ;— Tuxford ;— 
Scrooby ; — Walkingham; — Walsby ; — Wheatley 
North and South ;— Worksop ;— Nuttall ;—Wallar- 
ton; —Mansfield Woodhouse ;—Wellow and Ruf- 
ford ;—Inverness County ;—and, Preshute; pray- 
ing the House to resist the efforts now making by 
the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no alteration 
whatever may be made in the existing Corn Laws, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Petitions from Fylde Union ;--and, Sunderland 
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 the Board of 
Guardians of the parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, in 
the county of Middlesex, stating that the Poor Law 
Commissioners have refused to institute an inquiry 
into a grievance laid before them by the Petitioner, 
on behalf of a poor man, late an inmate of the 
Kensington Union Workhouse, who, in a state of 
extreme and dangerous sickness was removed from 
that Workhouse in July last, on a bed in an open 
cart to the Chelsea House, which he reached in a 
dying condition, and died the following morning, 
although every aid was immediately afforded him, 
of inflammation of the lungs; and praying that a 
Committee may be appointed to investigate and re- 
= upon the case, and the conduct of the Poor 

aw Commissioners in reference thereto, and that a 
clause may be inserted in the said Bill, prohibiting 
the removal of asick pauper except on the authority 
of a medical certificate, that certificate to be signed 
after seeing the patient on the day of the intended 
removal, and the removal to take place not exceed- 
ing three hours after the granting and delivery of 
such certificate, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Poor Law 
Amendment Act (Medical Relief). 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses, 


Petitions from the Archdeaconry of Oxford ;— 
Deanery of Burford (two Petitions) ;—Deanery of 
Wich ;—Deanery of Clun ;—Deanery of Worcester ; 
—and, Alton; praying for the repeal of so much 
of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the 
union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and 
at the same time that speedy and strenuous en- 
deavours may be made for the establishment of a 
Bishopric at Manchester, by other means,— were 


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


Paisley General 
G '. 


~ Petitions of Proprietors or Factors for Proprietors 
1 . 


of houses and other tenements in the town and 
suburbs of Paisley ;—Merchants, Manufacturers, 
Shop-keepers, House-holders and Inhabitants of 
Paisley and suburbs;— and, Paisley Gas Light 
Company ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Paisley General Gas Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 
Vat. 99. 


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343 
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 thereunder-signed Print-sellers Art-Unions. 
and Publishers, praying the House not to extend - 
any encouragement to societies called Art-Unions, 
which the Petitioners conceive will ever be found 
injurious to the advancement of the Fine Arts, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Art-Unions. 

A Petition of Mary Parkes, Publisher, of No. 22, 
Golden-square, in the county of Middlesex, praying 
that she may be permitted an opportunity of laying 
such evidence as her experience may suggest before 
the Committee recently appointed to inquire into 
and amend the law affecting Art-Unions, was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the said Select 
Comunittee. 


A Petition of James Maton, praying for a free Emigration. 
passage for himselfand his two daughters, now re- 

siding with him, to Hobart Town, 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 Ward of Far- Bridges. 
ringdon Within, in the city of London, praying the 

House to adopt measures for redeeming and extin- 

guishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark and 

Vaurhall Bridges, was presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Mew New Zealand. 
Plymouth, in the district of Mew Plymouth or Ta- 
ranaki, in the island of Mew Ulster and colony of 
New Zealand, praying the House to impose a tax 
upon absentee proprietors of land within the town 
and district aforesaid, and that the proceeds of such 
tax may be appropriated to the formation of a safe 
and commodious harbour at the mouth of the Hua 
Toki, in the town of New Plymouth, and to the 
construction of roads, bridges and other public 
works in the town and district aforesaid, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Mew Zealand. 


Petitions from Seaforde;— Ballymena ;— Bandon; Marriages 
—Cairncastle; — Bellaghy ; —Churchtown ;—Lon- Creland.) 
donderry ;—and, Castledawson; praying the House 
to introduce, without delay, into Parliament a Bill 
to declare valid, to all intents and purposes in law, 
all Marriages heretofore solemnized, or hereafter to 
be solemnized, by Presbyterian ministers in /reland, 
between parties not within the prohibited degrees of 
consanguinity or affinity, and who have the consent 
of parents or guardians, and provided that all such 
Marriages shall be solemnized and registered agree- 
ably to the published laws of the Jrish Presbyterian 
Church,-—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Dublin Bank of Ireland 
and its vicinity, praying the House to refuse a re- “better 
newal of the Bank of /reland Charter, and to pass 
an Act extending the banking privileges guaranteed 
by the Act 6 Geo, 4, c. 42, to the city of Dublin 
and the circle of fifty Zrish miles around it, with 
such amendments as to the House shall seem meet, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Zlan- County Courts 
dyssil, in the county of Mentgomery, and of Llan- ®#- 
merewig, in the same county, praying that the County 
Courts Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from James Kinnear, mM. D.; — Corn- Medical 
wall Medical Association (President, Secretary and Profession. 
Treasurer); — William Henry King ; — Abraham 











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844 30° Mazi, 


A. 1844, 


Illingworth ; — William James Hugoe ; — Thomas| A Bill, intituled, An Act for making a Railway Blackbum 
Hatchard;—and, William Paul Moyle; praying ‘from the Town of Blackburn to the North Union —e 
for the formation of one Faculty of Medicine and | Railway, in the Township of Farrington, near Pres- allway Bill. 
Surgery for the United Kingdom, having Boards of | ton, all in the County of Lancaster : And also, 


Examiners in London, Edinburgh and Dublin, to| _ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Eastern Coun. 
grant Medical Degrees under uniform regulations, Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Coin- (Bs os 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie pany to make a Railway from the Northern and Semdhamen 
upon the Table. astern Railway, at Newport, by Cambridge, to Extension) Biy, 
a ; ; . | Ely, and from thence eastward to Brandon, and 

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land | westward to Peterborough, with Amendments ; to 


the county of Wilts, praying for a repeal of the) which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
stamp duty on policies of Insurance against damage | of this House: And also, 


by Hail Storms, so far as agricultural produce is 
concerned, thereby placing it on the same footing 
as in the case of loss by fire, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Hail Storm 
Insurances. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Northem ana 
Act to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway Eastern Rail. 
Company to make certain Deviations in the Line of }" ieenpen 
their Railway, between Bishop’s Stortford and piu. ” 
SamuelGordon, A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, N i, and to alter and amend the Acts relating 

Dublin, praying for consideration of his claim on 2 the said Railway, with an Amendment ; be which 

the estates of Hugh Boyd and Alexander Boyd, mendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 

two lunatics, was presented, and read ; and ordered sa one ese And also, De tae 

to lie upon the Table. 1e Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Maryport 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the Maryport and 44 Carlisle 


Lime Toll A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of | Carlisle Railway, and for making certain Extensions Railway Bil. 
(Walle) Bill Trustees of the Brecknockshire Turnpike Trust, | and Branches connected therewith, with an Amend- 
ales Mi, 





praying that the Lime Toll Exemption (Wales) Bill; ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ;, concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. sengers withdrew. 


Manchester 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the President, Trea- | And the Question being put, That this House will, American 
Royal Infirm- surers, Deputy Treasurers, Benefactors and Sub- | upon Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Committee, Loyalists. 
ary» &amp;c. Bill. vibers of and to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, | to consider of the following Address to Her Majesty ; 
Dispensary and Lunatic Hospital or Asylum, to en- | that is to say, that an humble Address be presented 
large the said Infirmary, and to purchase and hold | to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 
Land for the erection of a new Lunatic Hospital or | graciously pleased to take into consideration the 
Asylum, was read the third time. _Claim made by John Hopton Russell Chichester, of 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Lincoln’s-Inn, Esquire, as Sole Executor of Robert 
Ordered, That Mr. Scholefield do carry the Bill; William Powell, an uncompensated American Loy- 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. alist, deceased ; and that Her Majesty will be gra- 
; ciously pleased to advance to such Claimant the 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to | Amount of the Balance due to the Estate of the 
— Indies) take into further consideration the Report on the said Robert William Powell, for losses incurred in 
, Courts Martial (Last Indies) Bill; and the Amend- | consequence of his adherence to his allegiance, and 
ments were read, and agreed to; and Amendments | ascertained by the Commissioners appointed for 
were made to the Bill. | that purpose ; and to assure Her Majesty that this 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be | House will make good the same :—It passed in the 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. | Negative. 


Courts Martial 


School of Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Appeal in 
sitieal mand,—A Copy of the Third Report of the Council | ¢g provide an Appeal in Criminal Cases: And that Criminal Cases 
of the School of Design, for the year 1843-44 | yy, Kelly and Mr. Godson do prepare, and bring 
(From May 1, 1843 to April 30, 1844). | it in. = 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 
Table. | The House was moved, That the Order made Poor Relief 
a eS a ae ee upon Friday last, That a Select Committee be ap- (Gilbert's Act.) 
=. A Motion oe ene, Se 2uestion eng Pro pointed to inquire into the Administration and Ope- 
. posed, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, re- 


ration of the Law for the Relief of the Poor in 
| Unions formed under the Act 22 Geo. 3, c. 83 (Gil- 
| bert’s Act), and to report to the House their Opinion, 
| whether it is expedient that the said Unions should 
be maintained, might be read ; and the same being 
‘read ; 
| A Committee was nominated of Mr. Barneby, 
Captain Pechell, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Sir Robert 
| Heron, Mr. Colvile, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. 
Bechett Denison, Mr. Wrightson, Viscount Barring- 
ton, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Strutt, Viscount 
Marsham, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Wakley and Mr. 
Protheroe, with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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 Claim: made 
by John Hopton Russell Chichester, of Lincoln’s- 
Inn, Esquire, as Sole Executor of Robert William 
Powell, an uncompensated American Loyalist, de- 
ceased ; and that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to advance to such Claimant the Amount 
of the Balance due to the Estate of the said Robert 
William Powell, for losses incurred in consequence 
of his adherence to his allegiance, and ascertained 
by the Commissioners appointed for that purpose ; 
and to assure Her Majesty that this House will 








make good the same ; 


Message from 


“op A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield 
the Lords. : 


and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 


Haltwhistle A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in 


luclosure Bill. the Township of Haltwhistle, in the Parish of Halt- | for 


whistle, in the county of Northumberland : 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Union Work- 
to consider the Report of the Commission for in- houses 
quiring into the execution of the Contracts for cer- ‘1 
tain Union Workhouses in Jre/and, and to report 
their Opinion and Observations thereupon to the 
House. 





| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Destitute _ 
‘the Voluntary Establishment of County Asylums Prisoners Bié 
for the Relief of Destitute Prisoners on their dis- 


charge 


Sup 


Supply ; 


Ecclesiastical 
Establishment 
(North Ame- 
rica.) 


Indian 
Department 
(Canada.) 


Colonial Land 
and Emigration 
Board, &amp;c. 


Stipendiary 
Justices 

( West Indies, 
&amp;c.) 


Negro 
Education. 


Captured 
Negroes, &amp;c. 


Slave Trade 
Commissions. 


Consuls, &amp;c. 


Ministers at 
Foreign Courts, 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Toulonese 
and Corsican 
Emigrants, &amp;e. 


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charge from Prison: And that Mr. Hawes and Mr. 
Kemble do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of Supply ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Report be now brought up ; 


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


Veneris, 31° die Mati, 1844: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported several Reso- 
lutions ; and the same were read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand three hundred and fifty-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British North 
American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

2. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Indian Department in Canada, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand two hundred and eighty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to i Charge of 
the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and other 
Expenses connected with Emigration from this 
Country, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
nine thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Sala- 
ries, Allowances and Contingencies of the Stipen- 
diary Justices in the West India Colonies, the Cape 
of Good Hope and the Mauritius, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray such Expenses as Her Majesty may incur, 
in the year 1844, in aiding the Local Legislatures 
in providing for the religious and moral Instruction 
of the Emancipated Negro Population. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 





five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray Expenses incurred for the support of Cap- 
tured Negroes and Liberated Africans, under the 
Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, to the 
31st day of March 1845. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay, to the 31st day of March 1845, the Sala- 
ries and Incidental Expenses of the Commissions 
established on the part of Her Majesty under the 
Treaties with Foreign Powers for suppressing the 
Traffic in Slaves. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and seven thousand and three hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of the Consular Establishment Abroad, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1845, the extra- 
ordinary Expenses incurred by Her Majesty's Mi- 
nisters at Foreign Courts. 

10. Resolved, Thatasum, not exceeding Eighty- 














five thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted | 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Superan- | 
nuation Aliowances and Compensations to Persons | 


formerly employed inthe Public Offices or Depart- | g 


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Dutch Naval Officers’ Widows, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Vaccine 
thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Institution. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Na- 
tional Vaccine Institution, for the year 1844. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Refuge for the 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Destitute. 
wards the support of “ The Refuge for the Desti- 
tute,” for the year 1844. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve Polish 
thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to Refugees, &amp;e. 
Her Majesty, for payment of the subsistence of 
the Polish Refugees, and Allowances to distressed 
Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four gundry 
thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine pounds, Allowances. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1845, sundry Allowances formerly de- 
frayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenue, 

&amp;e., for which no permanent provision has been 
made by Parliament. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Charities, &amp;c. 
thousand one hundred and fifty-four pounds, be (Scotland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1845, Charities, Bounties and other Charges 
in Scotland, formerly defrayed from the Hereditary 
Revenue. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Foundling 
thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven pounds, Hospital 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense me 
of the Foundling Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen pyouse of 
thousand four hundred and twenty-nine pounds, be Industry 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of (Dublin) 
the House of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Female Orphan 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- House(Dublin.) 
wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan 
House, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two westmoreland 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Lock Hospital. 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the West- 
moreland Lock Hospital, to the 31st day of March 


1845. 


21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Lyirg.in Hos. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- pital (Dublin.) 
wards defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hos- 
pital, Dublin, to the 81st day of March 1845. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One p, ctevens 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Hospital 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of (Dublin.) 
Doctor Stevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three House of Re- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- covery and 
wards defraying the Expense of the House of Re- a 
covery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dublin, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Hospital tor 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- !ncurables. 
wards defraying the Expense of the Hospital for 
Incurables, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Commissioners 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- of Charitable 
fray the Salaries and Expenses of the Commissioners sac ” 
of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland, (Ireland.) 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Protestant 
five thousand six hundred and thirty pounds, be eH 

: . . Ministers 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of (frejand.) 


ments, or in the Public Service, to the 31st day of | Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dissent- 


March 1845. | 


ing Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 


11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six | 1845. 


thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to | 


Her Majesty, to grant Relief, to the 31st day of | 
March 1845, to Zoulonese and Corsican Emigrants, 
| 


Vot. 99. 


27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Charitable 
thousand three hundred and forty pounds, be granted Allowances, &amp;c. 
Me: 8 : _.}, (Ireland. ) 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
¥Y 1843, 


cae CRE ahh Tet ht BE Mi oS RIT EES 


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‘Townland 
Survey 
(Ireland.) 


Shannon 
Navigation, 


British 
Ambassador’s 
House at Paris. 


D° - at Con- 
stantinople. 


Steam Com- 
munication to 
India. 


Militia and 
Volunteers 


(Canada.) 


University of 
London, 


Scottish 
Universities. 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Royal 
Hibernian 
Academy. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Royal Belfast 
Academical 
Institution, 


British 
Museum. 


National 
Gallery. 


Museum of 
Economic 
Geology. 


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1845, Charitable Allowances charged on the Con- 
cordatum Fund, and other Allowances and Bounties 
in Ireland. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Commissioners for the Im- 
provement of the River Shannon, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1844, 
the Expense of Works and Repairs to the British 
Ambassador’s House at Paris. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of rebuilding the 
British Ambassador’s House at Constantinople, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

32. 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 Red Sea, to the 31st 
day of March 1845. 

33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1844, the Ex- 
pense incurred in Canada for Militia and Volunteers. 

34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand five hundred and eighty-eight pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand three hundred and eighty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1845, Grants to Scottish Universities, for- 
merly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of 
the Crown. 

36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Zrish 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Hiber- 
nian Academy, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
the Royal Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to | 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the | 
Royal Belfast Academical Institution, to the 31st | 
day of March 1845. 

40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- | 
six thousand and thirty pounds, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of New Buildings | 
and Fittings at the British Museum, to the 31st | 
day of March 1845. 

41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three | 
thousand two hundred and forty-five pounds, be | 














granted to Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of | 
the British Museum to purchase certain Collections, | 
and to defray Expenses incurred in procuring Anti- | 
quities for that Museum. 

42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to | 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the National | 
Gallery, to the 31st day of March 1845. | 


| 
} 


43. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two | 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to | 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Museum | 

( 


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A. 1844. 


of Economic Geology, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

44, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Magnetic 

thousand two hundred and thirty-five pounds, be Observatories, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of a. 
Magnetic Observatories at Toronto, Saint Helena, 
Cape of Good Hope and Van Diemen’s Land ; also, 
for Observations and Services carrying on under the 
direction of the Astronomer Royal, and other Scien- 
tific Works and Publications, to the 31st day of 
March 1845. 

45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Monuments. 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying, in the year 1844, 
the cost of the Monuments to be erected to the 
Memory of Sir Sydney Smith, Lord Exmouth and 
Lord De Saumarez. 

46. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Agriculturat 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on Museum 
account of the Agricultural Museum at Edinburgh, (Pdinbursh.) 
in the year 1844. 

47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Botanic Garden 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- (Dublin) 
wards defraying, in the year 1844, the Expense of 
erecting Conservatories and other Buildings in the 
Botanic Garden in Dublin. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The ingrossed Bill to reduce the Stamp Duties stamp Duties 
on Sea Insurances, and on certain Agreements, and Bill. 
also on certain Instruments for appointing Proxies, 
was, according to Order, read the third time; and 


| an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to reduce the Stamp Duties on 
Policies of Sea Insurance, and on certain other 
Instruments, and to repeal the Duties on certain 
Bonds, and the Law requiring Public Notaries in 
Ireland to deliver Accounts of Bills and Notes noted 
by them. 

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- Charitable _ 
mittee on the Charitable Loan Societies (Jreland) Loan Societies 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

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


The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act of the Assaults 
second and third years of Her present Majesty, for (Ireland) Bill. 
the better Prevention and Punishment of Assaults 
in Ireland, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue for Five years an Act 
of the second and third years of Her present Ma- 


jesty, for the better Prevention and Punishment of 


Assaults in Ireland. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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 
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 Mew South Wales, &amp;c., Government Bill New South 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and “ — —— 
: FE : . vern ° 
committed toa Committee of the whole House, for 


this day. 


The Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill was, ac- Customs Duties 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- (Isle of Man) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- _ 
day the 21st day of June next. 


The 





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7 Vicroriz. 30°—-31° Maiz. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for regulating the Bailiffs of Inferior 
Courts; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2.1.13. Leave out “his bound Bailiff’ and 
insert “ any officer appointed by Act of Parliament 
“ to perform the duties of Sheriff with regard to 
the execution of process out of any such court, 
“ or his or their bound Bailiffs.”’ 


347 


be inquired into by Committees on Railway Bills, 
and had agreed to a Report thereupon. 

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


Bailiffs of 
Inferior Courts 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Pulteney Town 
the Report on the Pulteney Town Harbour and Im- Harbour and 
provement Bill; and the Amendments were read, pip °o"™ 
and agreed to. 


&amp; 


Aliens Bill. 


Limitation 


Pr. 2.1. 15. After “ appointed” insert “ under 
this Act.” 


Pr. 3. 1. 1. Leave out “ the said” and insert 
any such.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 28. After “ unless” insert “ such goods 
“ be of a perishable nature 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. 


“ 


“ 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Aliens Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of June next. 


The Limitation of Actions (Zreland) Bill was read 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The Marquess of Ailsa’s Estate Bill was read a Marquess of 


second time ; and committed. 


Ailsa’s Estate 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ?!" 


mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Coltness Iron Company, and of Monkland 


John Houldsworth, of Glasgow, Merchant, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Monkland 
Railways (No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Railways 


(No. 2.) Bill 


of Actions the first time; and ordered to be read a second| Petitions from Daventry ;—Brackley ;— Hartley; Dissenters’ 
nig time this day; and to be printed. — Cricklade ;— Sculcoates ; — Kingston-upon-Hull Chapels Bill. 
0. e 


Gaspé Fishery 
and Coal 
Mining Com- 
pany. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Veneris, 31° die Maii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


G2 John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That 
in the case of the Petition for the Gaspé Fishery 
and Coal Mining Company Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


(seven Petitions) ;—Blakeney ;-— Drypool ;—Cleve- 
don ;-—Ayton ;—Scarborough ;-- Patrington ;—Car- 
narvon (two Petitions) ;— Alford ;—Haddenham ;— 
Warmley ; — Anderby ; — Stockton ;— Uffculm ;— 
Hartlepool ; — Nether Compton ; — Newchurch-in- 
Rossendale ; — Pontefract ; — Holyhead ; — Lime- 
house ;--Iscoyd ;-- Oxendon-street, Haymarket ;— 
Bronington Hanmer ; — Sherborne ;— Bridgwater ; 
— Westonzoyland ;—Cork (two Petitions) ;—Bland- 
ford (two Petitions) ;—Long Acre ;—Redbrook ;— 
Ulley ;— Olvestone ;— Mitcheldean and Ruardean ; 
— Frampton Cottrill ;-— Downend ;— Thornbury ; 
— Winterbourne ; — Hayton ; — North Shields ;— 
Lechlade ; — Caronnen ; -— Toberkeigh ; — Idle ; — 
Carlingford ;—Rathmullan ;--Drumhillery ;— Chip- 
ping Wycombe ;—Castleblayney (two Petitions) ;— 
New Ross (two Petitions) ;-- Greenwich ;—Kings- 
town ; — Welton-cum- Melton ; — Lavenham ; — 


Omeath ; — Ahoghill ; — Rasharkin ;—Glenboy ; ~ 

Campbell’s Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select | Ryan ;-—Kilmainham ;—Llanrwst and Eglwysfach ; 

Estate Bill. § Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in | —Bersham ;— Bailyeaston ; — Loughbrichland ; — 

the case of Campbell’s Estate Bill, no Standing | Weldon ;—Dublin (four Petitions) ;—Ballinasloe ; 

Orders were applicable. — Ham ;— Mansfield ;— Ventnor ;— Cheadle ;—Sal- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | ford (two Petitions) ;— Hereford ;—Devonport (four 

Petitions) ; — Killeshandra and Curlespratten ; — 

ee ‘ Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select | Deal ;— Leigh ;—Great Creaton ;— Saint Just-in- 
State Dlil. 


Epsom and 
South Western 
Railway; end, 
Croydon and 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of Rigby’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 
were applicable. 


Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Epsom and South Western Railway ; 
and, Croydon and Epsom Railway Bills (competing 


Epsom Railway Lines); and to whom several Petitions against each 


Bills. 


of the said Bills were referred ; That they had heard 
counsel in support of several of the said Petitions, 
and had also heard counsel in favour of each of the 
said Bills ; That they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Epsom and South 
Western Bill, but the same had not been proved to 
the satisfaction of the Committee ; That they had 
also examined the allegations of the Croydon and 
Epsom Bill, and had found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Mr. Forbes Mackenzie further reported from the 
Committee; That in the case of the Croydon and 
Lpsom Railway Bill, they had examined into the 


several matters required by the Standing Orders to 
Vou. 99, 


Penwith ;—- Rhuabon ; — Llangollen ;—- Newry (two 
Petitions) ;—Brill ;— Bodmin ;—North Ferriby ,— 
Faughan Vale;—Presbytery of Monaghan ;— Lap- 


ford ;—Garvagh ; — Taunton ;— New Windsor ;— 


Clitheroe (two Petitions) ;—Drumbanagher ;—Cro- 
mer ;— Donoughmore ;— Tynemouth ;— Burrisakane; 
— Poole ;—Harwich ;— Roscrea ;— Knottingley ;— 
Bolam ;— Cloughjordan ; — Long Horsley ; — Aln- 
wich ;— Tavistock ;— Tormoham ;— Bangor ;—Ma- 
rytavy ;—Pendleton ;—Howden Pans ;—Durham ; 
—Chester-le-Street ; —Wingales ; — Bilston ;—Can 
Lane ; — Lanesfield ;— Bandon ;—Harwold ;—You- 
ghal ;—Stanton ;— Wednesbury ;— Handsworth ; — 
Darlaston ;—Brompton (Kent) ;—and, Ballyclare ; 
praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Coseley;—.Dudley;— Wishech (two 
Petitions) ;—Derby ;—Allt-y-Placa ;-- Bridgwater ; 
— Chorlton-upon-Medlock ; — Whitby ; — Honiton 
(Chairman) ;— Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ;— 
Failsworth ;—and, Billingshurst ; praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





yy 2 Petitions 








Corn Laws. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Hail Storm 
Insurances, 


Window Tax. 


Middle Level 
Drainage and 
Navigation Bill, 


Rating of 
fenements. 


348 


Petitions from the County of Montgomery ;—Ex- 
eter ;—Kilmington ;--Lapford;—- Buckerell ;—- Wool- 
fardisworthy, Kinnerleigh and Powderham; — 
Poughill and Stochleigh English ;—Gittisham ; — 
Colebrook ; —Sheldon ;—Exminster ; —Clist Saint 
Mary and Clist Saint George ;—Colaton Raleigh ; 
--Ven Ottery ;—Harpford ;—Plymtree ;— Nether 
Acre, Rewe and Upcar ;—Feniton ;—Ipswich (five 
Petitions);—-Witnesham ;-- Westerfield ;-- Rushmere; 
—Walton (Suffolk) ; —Levington ; —Felixstow ;— 
Nacton;—and, Saint Mary and Saint Martin 
Trimley ; praying the House to resist the efforts 
now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and 
that no alteration whatever may be made in the ex- 
isting Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Harwich, in the county of Essex, 
praying that the County Courts Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergymen, Gentle- 
men, Merchants, Farmers and Traders of Kings- 
town, in the county of Dublin, praying the House 
to extend to Ireland the provisions of the Bill for 
the more easy Recovery of Small Debts in England 
and Wales, by summons before a justice of the peace, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Belper Union, in the county of Derby, praying that 
in the Poor Law Amendment Bill the House will 
afford relief against Bastardy, entirely apart from 


and totally unconnected with the administration of 


the Poor Law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Rate-payers of the eleven united 
parishes of the city of Oxford, 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 Owners and Occupiers of land in 
the county of Oxford, praying the House to repeal 
the stamp duties on policies of Insurance against 
damage by Hail Storms, so far as agricultural pro- 
duce is concerned, thereby placing it on the same 
footing as in the case of loss by fire, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers residing in the 
parish of Chesham, in the county of Buckingham, 
praying the House to relieve them from the payment 
of taxes in respect of windows and lights for all 
rooms entirely devoted to the purposes of business, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, 
Merchants, Traders and others interested in the trade 
of the town and port of King’s Lynn, in the county 
of Norfolk, praying that the Middle Level Drainage 
and Navigation Bill may not pass into a law, was 


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


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Fal- 
mouth Union, in the county of Cornwall, praying 
that so much of the Act of 59 Geo. 3, c. 12, as 
limits the assessments on landlords or owners of 


Tenements between the respective values of twenty 


pounds and six pounds, be repealed, and that it may 
be enacted that the churchwardens and overseers 
of the Poor of every parish in England and Wales 
be empowered to assess the owners of all Tenements 
between the value of twenty pounds and not less 
than forty shillings, to the relief of the poor, and 
that payment and receipt of any poor rate by any 
such occupier to the churchwardens and overseers 


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A. 1844. 


of the poor shall be taken and computed as so much 
value in rent, as such receipts shall respectively ex- 
press to have been received, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Pickering, of Blackburn, Roman Catholic 
in the county of Lancaster, praying the House to Priesthood. 
cause an investigation to be made into the conduct 
of Roman Catholic Priests, and the means which 
they adopt to deprive families of their just rights 
and inheritance, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the consolidated district of Mew- Saint Asaph 
castle Emlyn ;—and, Troedyraur; praying for the 0 Bangor 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4,¢.77, °°" 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from AHundon;—and, Wickhambrook ; Arson. 
stating that the late alteration in the punishment of 
Arson does not tend to check that crime, but that it 
has a contrary effect; and praying that some more 
severe punishment than that now existing may be 
substituted in its stead,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Wilkinson, of Leadenhall- Bank of Eng- 
street, in the city of London, praying the House to !an¢ Charter. 
pass into law the measures proposed by the First 
Minister of the Crown as regards Banking and the 
Bank of England Charter, and also to pass a law 
imposing an export duty of 16s. per oz. on gold and 
1s. per oz. on silver, whether as bullion, coin or 
manufactured, was presented, and read; and or 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Ryley Perry, Chemist and Blasphemy. 
Druggist, Market-street, Leicester, praying the House 
to abrogate all laws interfering with the freedom of 
opinion, and all enactments or regulations relating 
to Blasphemy, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Thomas Paterson, a Prisoner in the 
Gaol of Perth, stating that he was sentenced in the 
High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, in November 
1843, to fifteen months’ imprisonment for the alleged 
offence of Blasphemy ; and praying the House to 
advise Her Majesty to abrogate all laws infringing 
the right of private judgment, and at once to order 
his release or at least ameliorate his punishment, 
was also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Schull ;—and, Youghal; praying Education 
the House to devise means for extending Scriptura] (Ireland.) 
Education in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the bo- Maynooth 
rough of Youghal and its vicinity, praying the College. 
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 Thomas Sturgis, of Kingsclere, Commons 
Hants, praying that the Commons Inclosure Bill cle - 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants ofthe town and vicinity Bandon and 
of Bandon, in the county of Cork, praying the Co Ma 
House to devise means, by legislative enactment or 
otherwise, for the restoration of the second daily 
Mail to and from Cork, to ply and be governed by 
the time of the arrival in Cork in the afternoon, and 
despatch from Cork in the morning, of the Dublin 














Mail, so that the Petitioners may have the benefit 
of 


7 Vicroriz. 31° Mazz. 349 


of the arrangements for acceleration, ordered to. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law. 
take place on and from the twelfth April One thou- ,a Copy of Correspondence which passed between 
sand eight hundred and forty-four, was presented, | Mr. J. B. Ryder, the Chairman of the Chelsea 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Board of Guardians, and the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, in July and August last, relating to the Re- 
Prisons A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town | moval of Henry Osman, a Pauper, from the Ken- 


(Scotland) Bill. Council of the burgh of Cromarty, praying that | sington Union Workhouse to the Chelsea Work- 
the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, | house, during the time that he was ina dying state. 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- | 


distal to Na cna en Velie. | Sir Robert Peel presented,-—Further Return to The Porte. 
P |an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of 
Municipal A Petition of the Council of the borough of | this instant May, for Returns of Papers respecting 


Corporations Belfast, praying that the Municipal Corporations the Negotiations between the Ottoman Government 


(Ireland) Bull. ( Teland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now | and Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople, 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to ;on the subject of the infliction of Capital Punish- 
lie upon the ‘Table. ment for Change of Religion :—And, of the Cor- 

respondence between Her Majesty’s Consul at Tunis 

Registration A Petition of the Council of the borough of | @nd the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, re- 


of Electors Belfast, praying that a Clause may be introduced garding the Trial of a Maltese subject of Her Ma- 
(Ireland) Bil. into the Registration of Electors (Ireland) Bill, | }@Sty by the Ottoman Courts. ; 
making the Parliamentary Boundary as extensive as _,, Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
the Municipal one in the three boroughs named in |Table. 


Schedule (A.)ofthe Municipal Act inwhich the Par-| Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment, 


liamentary line is the least comprehensive, was pre- | the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


| 


The ingrossed Bill to remove Doubts as to the Courts Martial 
Danish Claims. A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridlington Quay Power of appointing, convening and confirming the — Indies) 


and the neighbourhood, stating that the House | Sentences of Courts Martial in the East Indies, was, 
on the 24th of May 1838 and on the 18th June | according to Order, read the third time. 

1839, decided that the Claims for losses of ships! Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

and cargoes by the Danes in 1807should beexamined = Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
and adjudicated ; and in the year 1841 addressed the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Her Majesty, assuring Her Majesty that the House , 

would make good the amount of loss as established | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
in the Report of the Commissioners appointed to mittee of Supply ; 

adjudicate the same ; and praying that the House, Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
will, under the favourable circumstances of the | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Revenue, redeem the pledge then and sg given to | 


Her Majesty, was presented, andread ; and ordered The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


to lie upon the Table. ‘mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
Spirit Trade A Petition of Wholesale and Retail Spirit Dealers , resolve itself into the said Committee. 


(Ireland. ) of Belfast, in the county of Antrim, praying the | 


House to modify and amend the laws relating to| The Limitation of Actions (Jreland) Bill, was, Limitation 
the Retail Spirit Trade in Jreland, so as to place according to Order, read a second time; and com- (Ireland) Bill 
those who have capital invested in it on a footing of |mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ‘ ‘ 
equality with Spirit Traders in England, was pre- | Monday next. 

sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 


Table. Sir George Clerk reported the Slave Trade Treaties Slave Trade 


Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed ‘eaties Bil. 


Universities of | A Petition of Inhabitants of Weymouth, praying | to. 
Oxford and 


one the House to institute a searching inquiry into the Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
"©" present condition of the Universities of Oxford and | ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
Cambridge, with the view to making them more ef- | next. 


—o instruments for the promotion of education | The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Vinegar and 
and the encouragement of learning among all classes 'a Committee upon the Vinegar and Glass Duties Glass Duties 

of a isang | wT oo and read ; and ordered | Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ye 

oe ee Sa ee | Speaker resuined the Chair ; and Sir George Clerk No. 331. 
London Orphan A Petition of Members of the Board of Managers Bil pide Pane ee . —— peepee is 
Asylum. of the London Orphan Asylum, for leave to present Or dered, That the Re oak “aguas ceili “a 

a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporat- Sie Ges rge Clerk r ote 4 thee BA ace ordingly 

ing the Members of the said Asylum, was presented, Orduredt Chak Gen GB. 4s ened. Ge printed. 

and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 

Standing Orders. mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


on, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee on the County Rates, &amp;c., Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Petitions of Solicitors practising in Brighton ;— Ecclesiastical 
Provost and Fellows of Eton College ;—and, War- Courts Bill. 
| den and Scholars, Clerks of Saint Mary, Winton, 
College, near Winton; praying that the Ecclesias- 


| tical Courts Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
Indian Wheat, A Petition of Members of the Agricultural and | now stands,—were presented, and read ; and or- 


Horticultural Society of India, praying the House | dered to lie upon the Table. 

to take into consideration the justice and expediency | A Petition of the President and Honorary Secre- 
of allowing the admission into the ports of Great tary of the Manchester Law Association, praying 
Britain of Wheat from that country, on the same that no provision may be introduced into the said 
terms as have already been conceded to Wheat from | Bill, restraining solicitors and attornies from parti- 
Canada, was presented, and read ; and ordered to | cipating in the profits of proctors, was presented, 


lie upon the Table. ,and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


350 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it be an Instruction to the Committee on the Bill, 
*“‘ that they have power to make provision therein 
for the abolition of all Ecclesiastical Courts, and 
for the transfer of the jurisdiction of those Courts 
to Civil Tribunals,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby, 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Henry Baring, 
Yeas, \ Mr. Young : a 
Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Noes, U Mr. Hume: 


} 70. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then the main 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 Yeas, = Prine: } 62. 
JS Mr. Borthwick, ‘ 
*\Mr. John Collett: J “* 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


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fas 


Tellers for the Noes 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°, to be read 2°; paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


CrauseE N° 1, (Repeal of former Acts, and the 
jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts, in respect 
of defamation, and of any disturbance, by words or 
otherwise, in any building other than a Church or 
Chapel, from time to time, to be abolished) 


Amendment proposed, in P.3. 1.12. After “ de- 
famation,” to insert “schism, heresy, blasphemy, 
perjury, incest, adultery, fornication, drunkenness 
or other evil-living, and of smiting or laying vio- 
lent hands on another, in any church or church- 
yard, and of maliciously striking any person with, 
or drawing any weapon in any church or church- 
yard, to the intent to strike another with the 
same, and of brawling ;”’ 


Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
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The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the J Sir George Grey, 
Yeas, L Mr. Jervis: 


Tellers for the [ Mr. Young, oe 
Noes, UMr. Henry Baring: 


Another Amendment proposed, in]. 13. After 


“* any” to insert “ Charch or Chapel, or in any.” 


31° Maiz.—1° Juniz. 


The Committee divided : 


A. 1844. 


} 66. 
SMr. Young, 
UMr. Pringle : } —_ 
Another Amendment proposed, in 1.14. After 
“« Chapel” to insert “ and in matters testamentary.” 
Question put, That those words be there in- 


Mr. Tufnell, 


Tellers for the Yeas,) yj, Bike 


Tellers for the Noes, 


serted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Charles Buller, 
Yeas, Mr. Watson: } =. 


Tellersfor the f Mr. Young, 121 
Noes, Mr. Pringle : } ° 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 

+ 
Tellers for the Yeast Mr _" } 45. 
. Mr. Young, 

Tellers for the Noes, M:. Pring fie } 88. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do now leave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the Yeas, a aa. } 39. 
Tellers for the Noes, in Printh , } 82. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 1° die Junii, 1844: 


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 Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second pissenters’ 
reading of the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill ; Chapels Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bank of Eng. 
reading of the Bank of England Charter Bill ; land Charter 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 2" 
upon Monday the 10th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Roman Catholic 
reading of the Roman Catholic Clergy, Grants and Clergy, Grants 
Conveyances (Jreland) Bill; on teal 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; Buildings 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- Damage by Fire 





Question put, That those words be there in- 
seited ; 


The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Sir George Grey, 1 61 

. Yeas, UL Mr. Jervis: J ° 
‘ellers for thef Mr. Young, 1 

Noes, U Mr. Henry Baring: Jj —_ 


Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 14. After 
“ Chapel” to insert “ and in respect of Church 
“ Rates.” 


Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 


—_ on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) —. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself New South 


into a Committee upon the New South Wales, &amp;c., Wales, &amp;c., Go- 


~ . . ; .? verament Bill. 
Government 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. 


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Rother Levels The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Drainage Bill. the Report on the Rother Levels Drainage 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 Report on the Southampton Marsh Improve- 
ment Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Southampton 
Marsh Im- ; 
provement Bill. 


Sugar and Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Cotte. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Memorial addressed by the 
Agent of Jamaica to Her Majesty’s Government, 
relative to the reduction of the Duties on Foreign 
Sugar and Coffee, unaccompanied by any reduction 
of the Duties of those Articles the Growth of Bri- 
tish Possessions. 
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. 





Stipendiary Ordered, That the Return relative to Stipendiary 
Justices Justices (Colonies), which was presented upon the 


giongen dl 8th day of March last, be printed. 


FireInsurancee Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Fire 
No.333. Insurance, which were presented yesterday, be 


printed. 


Shipping. Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, 
No.334. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Marine Ordered, That the Return relative to Marine In- 


Insurances. surance, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
No. 335. 


Bills of Lading. Ordered, That the Return relative to Bills of 
No.335. Lading, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Isle of Man. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Isle of 
No. 336. Man, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Coffee. Ordered, That the Account relative to Coffee, 
No.337. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Provisions. Ordered, That the Return relative to Provisions, 
No. 338. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Lard. Ordered, That the Return relative to Lard, which 
No. 338. was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Barley. Ordered, That the Account relative to Barley, 


No.339. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Coopers’ Trade. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Coopers’ 
No. 340. Trade, which was presented yesterday, 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, 3° die Junii ; 
Anno 7° Victorize Regine, 18 44. 


PRAYERS. 
Poor Law N R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
(Ireland.) i Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Copies of any 
General Order sent by the Poor Law Commissioners 
to Boards of Guardians in Jreland, in reference to 
the 15th and 16th Clauses of the amended Poor 
Law Act, 6 and 7 Vic. c. 92:—Of any Communi- 
cations made by the Poor Law Commissioners to 
any Boards of Guardians in Ireland, in reference to 
the 15th and 16th Clauses of the said Act :—And, 
of any Resolutions passed by any Boards of Guar- 
dians in Ireland, or of any Communications made 
by such Boards, in reference to the said 15th and 


31° Mait.—1°—3° Junie. 351 


16th Clauses of the said Act:— Returns of the 
Number of Fever Patients relieved under the 15th 
Clause of the said Act, and of the Number relieved 
under the 16th Clause, up to the Ist day of March 
1844 :—And, of the Number of Houses hired for 
the Reception of Poor Persons in Fever, under the 
16th Clause of the said Act, and the Names of the 
Unions in which they have been hired. 

A Return of the esas of Unions in Jre/and in Poor Law 
which the Provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Vie. c. 92, (treland.) 
in respect of Poor Patients, has been acted on; 
specifying, 1st, the cases in which the Poor Law 
Commissioners have sanctioned the Appropriation 
of a Part of the Workhcuse for an Hospital; 2d, 
the building of a House; 3d, the hiring of a House 
for that purpose :—-And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Long reported from the Committee on the Kingston-upon- 
Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill; and to whom Hull DocksBill. 
several Petitions against the said Bill were re- 
ferred ; and who, by Instruction of the House of 
the 29th day of March last, were empowered to 
insert additional provisions therein, upon condition 
that such additional provisions do not give compul- 
sory powers to take land; That they had heard 
counsel in support of the said Petitions, and had 
also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that 
they had made additional provisions therein, and 
had inserted the requisite condition, pursuant to 
the said Instruction; and that they had amended 
the Preamble of the Bill accordingly; 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. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Wells Harbour Wells Harbour 
and Quay Bill be taken into consideration upon nd Quay Bill, 
Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Northern and 

the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Eastem Rail- 
tituled, An Act to enable the Northern and Eastern pn ei sa 
Railway Company to make certain Deviations in the Bill. 
Line of their Railway between Bishop’s Stortford 
and Newport, and to alter and amend the Acts re- 
lating to the said Railway ; and the same was read, 
as followeth ; 

Pr. 28. 1. 9. Leave out from “ Act” to “ And,” in 
Pr. 29. 1. 1. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bramston do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Junction Railway Stratford 
from the Eastern Counties Railway, at Stratford, aes Coun- 
in the County of Essex, to the River Thames, with a ae 
a Branch Railway therefrom ; and for constructing tion Railway 
a Pier in the River Thames, was read the third time. Bi!!- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bramston do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Sheffield, Ash- 
the further Proceeding upon the third reading of the eee 
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail- Raitway Bill. 
way Bill; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 
till ‘To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ashton, Staly- 
the further Proceeding upon the third reading of the rath 
Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Kailway tion Kailway 
Bill; Bill. 


Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 





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352 3° Junii. A. 1844, 


third reading of the said Bill be further adjourned , Mr. Greene reported from the Committee ON Edwards's 
till ‘To-morrow. Edwards's Estate Bill; That they had examined Fstate Bill. 





Slamannan 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Rodbard’s 
Name Bill. 


Middle Level 
Drainage and 


Navigation Bil 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Eastern Couns 
ties Railway 
¢ Brandon and 
Peterborough 
Extension) Bill 


Middle Level 
Drainage and 
Navigation Bill 


Wich Tree 
Roads Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway to con- 
nect the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Slamannan 
Railways, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
Mary Bean, Widow, and her Issue, and Edward 
Whitley, Esquire, and Charlotte, his Wife, and the 
Issue of the said Charlotte Whitley respectively, to 
take the Surname and use the Arms of Rodbard, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Acland do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Pusey reported from the Committee on the 

;, Middle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill; That 
the Parties opposing the Bill had stated to the Com- 
mittee that it was essential, in order to enable them 


to establish their case before the Committee, that | 


Mr. Samuel Wells, the Registrar of the Bedford Level 


Corporation, should attend the Committee forthwith, | 


and bring with him the Minute Book, the Order Book 
and Poll Book of the said Corporation; and also 
the Books showing the several Owners of one hun- 
dred acres of Adventurers’ Land. 

Mr. Pusey further reported, That it having been 
proved, to the satisfaction of the Committee, that 
the Parties had used the best means in their power 


to procure the attendance of the aforesaid person as 


a witness, but that the same could not be procured 


without the intervention of the House, he had been ' 


instructed by the Committee to apply to the House, 
to order the said Samuel Wells to attend and give 
evidence before them, and to produce the aforesaid 
Documents. 


Ordered, That Mr. Samuel Wells, the Registrar of 


the Bedford Level Corporation, do attend the Com- | 


mittee on the Middle Level Drainage and Navigation 
Bill To-morrow, and bring with him the Minute 
Book, the Order Book and the Poll Book of the 
said Corporation, and also the Books showing the 
several Owners of one hundred acres of Adventurers’ 


Land. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Birkenhead Docks Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Eastern Counties Railway (Brandon 
and Peterborough Extension) Bill be referred to 

. the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands si- 
tuate in the Aiddle Level of the Fens, being part 
of the Great Bedford Level, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Middle Level Drainage 
and 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Wich Tree 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. 


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. 





scriptural Education in Jreland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from Bath ;— Fordingbridge ;—Row- Dissenters’ 
land’s Castle ;— Swansea (six Petitions) ;— Watling- Chapels Bill. 


ton (two Petitions) ; — Parsonstown ;— Whitstable 
(two Petitions); — New Sarum ;— Keighley (two 
Petitions) ;—Saint Nicholas ;—Kelvedon ;--Bristol; 
—FHereford (two Petitions) ;— Benson ;—Galway ; 
—Crossgar ;--Carlisle ;-- London (two Petitions) ;— 
Saint Margaret's, Westminster ;— Woolwich ;—Hag- 
gerstone ; — Deptford ; — Chislehurst ; --- Lewisham 
(two Petitions) ;—Greenwich ; —Carlow ; — Stour- 
bridge ;— Colchester ;—Wokingham;—G loucester ;— 
Ashford ;— Margate ;-- Romaldkirk ;—Annalong ; 
— Tysoe;— Wells;— Kirkby Lonsdale ;— Newcastle ; 
— Balsall;—- Aylesbury ;--Loughbrickland ;--Kilcoo ; 
— Hereford (two Petitions) ;— Sherborne ; — Leeds 
(three Petitions) ;— Seacrofew ;— Milborne Port ; 
| —Steyning ;— Bramley ;— Exmouth ;—Chester ;— 
| Hurstperpoint ; — Carlingford ; — Bollington ; — 
Buckingham (two Petitions) ;—Knutsford ;—Mo- 
berley ;—Langley ;—Snelson ;—Stockport (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Ollerton ;—Nettlebed ;—Great Shefford ; 
—Astley ; — Thame ;— East Ilsley ;-- Norwood ;-- 
Kintbury ;— Bolton-le-Moors ;-- Redruth ;--Hough ; 
— Foleshill (four Petitions) ;— Kineton ;--— Wilton 
(Somerset) ; — Alnwick ; -- Ottery Saint Mary ; — 
Aylesbury ;— Rathfriland ;— Herne Bay ; — Bir- 
| mingham (two Petitions) ;-- Bradford (four Petitions) ; 
—Haworth (three Petitions) ;— Peterborough ;— 
Tynemouth ; — Brigh ;—Cavanalech ;—Chichester ; 
— Norfolk ;—Ballyrashane ;—Antrim ;—Caledon ; 
— Macosquin ; — Clapton ; — Stockton-on-Tees ; — 
Bath ; — Caithness and Sutherland ;— Symm ;— 
_ Gateshead ;— Kingston-upon-Hull ; — Salisbury ;— 
| Shoreditch ;— Evesham ;— Worthing ;— Newry : — 
| Magilligan ; —Belfast ;—Ringsend ;— Anaclone ;— 
| Armley ;—Stanningley ;— Horsforth ; — Kirkstall ; 
— Farnley ;— Pudsey ;— Wortley ;-—Cadishead ; — 
John Poynder ;— Topsham ;—Farnworth ;—Rothe- 
say ;—Robertsbridge ;— Warrenpoint ;-—Salford ;— 
Keiss ;—Cripplestyle ;— Leigh ;—-.4mpthill ;— Buck- 
ley Hill ;—Fenny Stratford ;— Leatherhead ;— Huns- 
let ;—Eatington ;— Merthyr Tydvil ;— Warrington ; 
—Lyndhurst ;—Maznsfield ;— Abbeyleix ;—Fillong- 
ley ;—Northwold ;— Sheerness ;— Bedford ;—Ches- 
ter ;-— Barnstaple (two Petitions) ; — Bolton-/e- 
Moors ; -—- Aghaderg ; — Hertford; — Eastgate ;— 
Brighton (two Petitions) ; — Caithness ; —Belfast ; 
— fFrosterley ; — Tywardley ; — Massingham ; — 
Oxhill ; — Minster ; — Atherstone ;— New Shore- 
ham ;—Runcorn ;— Garforth ;— Oldham (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Hackney ;— Hanley ;— Northwich ; — 

Buntingford ; — Puckeridge ; — Maryborough ; — 

Middleborough ;—Bethnal Green (two Petitions) ; 
—Old Kent-road ;— Wickham Brook ;—Great Mil- 
ton (Oxon) ; —Rixton;—Ewhurst ;—Combrook, &amp;c.; 
| — Braunton ;— Ringwood ;—Stockport ;— Weaver- 
| ham ; — Halton ; -— Manchester ;-— Trowbridge ;— 
| and, Bonsall; praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels 

Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Evesham ;—Llantrissent ;—Hills- 
borough and Blaris;—Walsall;—Brixton ;—War- 
renpoint ; —Lincoln ; —Mansfield ; —Hinchley ; — 
Westminster ;— Rawtenstall ;—Mary Armstrong ;— 
Newchurch ;—Cradley ;—Members and Friends of 














4 the 


Petitions from Macroom;—and, Kilmacomogue ; Education 
praying the House to devise means for extending (teland.) 


ke ® FA 


Corn Laws. 


Roman Catholic 


Priesthood. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
m i) 

Dioceses, 





7 VicToRiz. 


the British and Foreign Unitarian Association ;— | 
Finsbury ;— Members of the Sunday School Asso- 

ciation ; —Bishopsgate ; —Linton-in- Craven ;—An- 

trim ; —Strabane ; — Ballymena ; —Rotherham ; — 

Canterbury ; — Dudley; — Paisley ; —Sandon ; — 

Derriaghy ; —Bridport ; —Cork ;—Butterleigh ;— 

Broomley and Broomhough ;—Durham ;—and, Mid- 

dleton ; praying that the said Bill may pass into a 

law,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Marsh Gibbon ;—Silverstone ;— 
Grafton Regis ;—Edgcott ;—Christchurch, Sopley 
and Holdenhurst ; — Twyford (Bucks) ;— Winslow ; 
— Westbury ;—Swanbourne ;— Tingewich ;—Foscott ; 
— Beachampton ; —Gawcott ;— Leckhampstead ;— 
Finmere ; —Ahkeley ; — Steeple Claydon;—Preston 
Bissett; — Biddlesden ; — Addington (Bucks) ; — 
Thornborough ; — Churndon ; — Chetwode ; — Hil- 
lesden ; —Stowe (Bucks) ;— Barton Hartshorn ;— 
Lillingstone Dayrell; — Shalstone; — Whaddon 
(Bucks) ;—Hackleton ;—Aynhoe ; — Blisworth ; — 
Helmdon ; — Gretworth ;—Loys Weedon and Wes- 
ton ;--Hinton-in-the- Hedges ;— Abthorpe ;~Brack- 
ley; — Paulerspury ; — Chacomb; — Middleton 
(Northampton); — Thenford; — Collingtree; — 
Crowton ; —Warkworth ; —Piddington ; —Eydon ; 
—Litchborough ; —Passenham ;—Slapton ;—Stoke 
Bruern ;— Blakesley ; — Whittlebury ; —Wicken ;— 
Wappenham ;—Culworth ;— Sulgrave ;—Alderton ; 
— Cold Higham ; — Easton Neston ;—Shutlanger ; | 
—Tiffield ;—Adstone ;—Plumpton ;— Newbottle ;— | 
Bradden ; —Maidford ; — Hartwell ;— Quinton ;— | 
Greens Norton; — King’s Sutton ;—Pattishall ;— | 
Potterspury and Yardley Gobion ;—Thorpe Mande- | 
ville ; — and, Cosgrove-with-Furtho ;—praying the | 
House to resist the efforts now making by the Anti- | 





may be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were 
eugeae and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Protestants and Catholics residing 
in the neighbourhood of Chipping, in the county 
of Lancaster, stating that from numerous instances 
of recent date in various parts of the kingdom, the 
Petitioners are persuaded that the existing laws re- 
lative to the transfer of real and personal property 
into the hands of the Roman Catholic Priesthood 
are insufficient to _— the property of families ; 
and praying the House to take into consideration 
the laws on the subjects of gifts and bequests for 


ecclesiastical purposes, with a view to the passing | 


of such laws as may effectually prevent the abuse 
complained of, and as the Petitioners believe exist 
in many Roman Catholic countries, in order that 
heirs, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, may 
be protected in their natural rights and reasonable 
expectations in the wills of their relatives, and sub- 


3° Juni. 


Guardians of the Roscommon Poor Law Union, 


cand Sutherland; 


353 





A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Relief 


praying the House to relieve the present Rate-payers 
from the responsibility of repaying the amount ad- 
vanced for the building of their workhouse, was 


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


(Ireland) Act. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Poor Law. 


Keverne, in the county of Cornwall, praying for 
the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Southam Union ;— and, Reigate 
Union; praying for alteration of the said Act, by 
confiding to Boards of Guardians the power of fixing 
the measure of remuneration to be given to Medical 
Officers of Unions,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Poor Law 
Amendment Act (Medical Relief). 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Law 
Guardians of the Poor of the Holywell Union, pray- Amendment 


ing 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. 


Bill. 


Petitions from the There-undersigned ;—Coedy- a Courts 
ul, 


Cymmar and Panttywyll;— Saint Asaph ;—and, 
Gellidey; praying that the County Courts Bill may 
pass into a law, with such provisions as may render 
its operation as beneficial to the principality of Wales 
as to the other parts of the kmgdom,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Emyvale ;—Keiss ;— Dromore ;— Marriages 
Corn-Law League, and that no alteration whatever and, Moderator of the Free Synod of Caithness ('eland-) 


praying the House to introduce, 
without delay, into Parliament, a Bill to declare valid 
|to all intents and purposes in law all Marriages 
heretofore solemnized or hereatter to be solemnized 
by Presbyterian ministers in Lreland, between par- 
ties not within the prohibited degrees of consangui- 
nity or affinity, and who have the consent of parents 
or guardians, and provided that all such Marriages 
shall be solemnized and registered agreeably to the 
published laws of the Jrish Presbyterian Church,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the 
Savings Banks established at Carshalton, in the 
county of Surrey, praying that the Savings Banks 
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 William Mountford, of Lynn, in the 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Dissenters’ 


mitting whether the time has not arrived for the |county of Norfolk, complaining that Petitions have Chapels Bill 


establishment of a Concordat between Her Majesty 
and the Roman Bishop, as head in spirituals of so 


numerous a portion of Her Majesty’s subjects, was | appended under the grossest misapprehensions of 


presented, and read; and reterred to the Select 
Committee on Mortmain. 


Petitions from DJanlahe, East of the Trent;— 
Thorpe Arnold-cum-Brentingby and Wyfordby ;— 
There-undersigned Clergymen and others;—- Reigate ; 
-— Deanery of Whitchurch (Dorset);--Archdeaconry 
of Lewes;—Archdeaconry of Cardigan and Deanery 
of Llangadock West ;—Archdeaconry of Coventry ; 
— Bengeworth;—and, Deanery of Blockley ; pray- 
ing for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c.77, as relates to the union of the Sees of 
Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time 
that speedy and strenuous endeavours may be made 
for the establishment of a See at Manchester, by 
other means,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Vot. 99. 





| been forwarded to the House from villages in the 
\neighourhood of Lynn, the signatures to which were 


the purpose of the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill; and 
praying the House not to accept the Petition from 
the Methodist Congregation of King’s Lynn, as 
really betokening Wesleyan dislike of the said Bill, 
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 to amend the Acts relating to the 
Maryport and Carlisle Railway, and for making 
certain Extensions and Branches connected there- 
with ; and the same were read, as follow : 
| Pr. 7. 1.12. “ After *¢ deposited” insert “ where 
“ the said line is on the said plan shown to pass 
“ through any land of the said Wewcastle-upon- 
“ Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company or of the 
| ss “ said 





Maryport 
and Carlisle 


Railway Bill. 


















354 


said Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, or 
through any land which either of those Com- 
panies have contracted to purchase, or have power 
under their respective Acts of Parliament to pur- 
“ chase.” 

Pr. 12.1. 8. After “ completed” insert Clause (A.) 

Cravse(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
“ in this Act contained shall be held to exempt the 
Railway by this and the recited Acts authorized 
to be made from the provisions of an Act passed 
in the first and second years of the reign of Her 
present Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to provide for 
the conveyance of the Mails by Railway.’ ” 

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. 


, 


South Eastern Mr. Cripps reported from the Committee on the 
eS g, South Eastern and Hastings Railway; and, the 
a ly st Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Bills (com- 
and Hastings ~peting Lines) ; and to whom several Petitions against 
Railway Bills. the said Bills were referred; That the Committee 
had negatived the allegations of the Preamble of 
the first-mentioned Bill ; That they had heard coun- 
sel in support of the Petitions against the second 
mentioned Bill; and had also heard counsel in fa- 
vour thereof; That they had inquired into the se- 
veral matters required by the Standing Orders on 
Railway Bills, so far as the same relate to the pre- 
sent application ; 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. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Liverpool 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
Docks Bill. s 


for enabling the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to 
construct additional Wet Docks and other Works, 
and to raise a further Sum of Money, and for amend- 
ing and extending the Acts relating to the Docks 
and Harbour of Liverpool, 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. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ventnor 
Improvement 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for better paving, lighting, 
cleansing and otherwise improving part of the Parish 
of Newchurch, in the Isle of Wight, called Ventnor, 
and for establishing a Market therein, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
County Court Petitions from Orrell ;—Hindley ;—and, South- 
me, bets port; praying that the County Court (County Pa- 
ter) Bill; and, latine of Lancaster) Bill may not pass into a law; 
County Courts and that the County Courts Bill may pass into a 


_ law,-——were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Colliers. A Petition of Colliers of the counties of Northum- 


berland and Durham, stating that the differences 
between the Masters and the Petitioners are very 
many and of various kinds, that the ventilation in 
several of the Pits is bad and defective, and that by 
the system under which they have hitherto worked, 
and which the masters now seek to perpetuate, they 


3° Juniz. 





A. 1844, 


are not paid for the actual amount of their labour, 
and have requested their masters that their wages 
may be ascertained by weight and not by measure, 
as has been established by an Act with regard to 
London, and that they may be paid for all they 
actually hew; and submitting that the present duty 
on the export of Coals has been used by the 
masters as a reason for reducing the wages of the 
hewers ; and praying that the House will be pleased 
to repeal the law imposing such duty; and also 
that the House will be pleased to devise measures 
for the purpose of protecting the Petitioners in the 
exercise of their industry, and to prevent the recur- 
rence of the grievances under which they are suffer- 
ing, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the boroughs of Smoke Prohi. 


Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead, praying that bition Bill 


the Smoke Prohibition Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Manufacturers resident in or car- 
rying on business in the borough of Tynemouth and 
its neighbourhood, 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 Guardians of the Helston Union, Rating of 
in the county of Cornwail, praying that so much of Tenements, 


the Act of 59 Geo. 3, c. 12, as transfers the payment 
of rates from occupiers to owners of divided houses, 
be adopted in the case of cottages and small tene- 
ments, the rent of which is five pounds and under, 
or that such occupiers at or under such rental, pay- 
ing the poor rates, be empowered to make deduc- 
tions of such payments from their rents, and of the 
value of goods and chattels distrained for such pay- 
ment, and of costs attendant on the process, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Lewes 


and Diocese of Chichester ;—and, Beneficed Tithe- Assessments 


owners and Owners of Rent-charge in the county 
of Sussex; praying the House to restore to them 
that equal mode of rating which existed before 
the passing of the Parochial Assessments Act, either 
by repealing the Act or by exempting so much of 
the rent-charge from liability to be rated, as may 
secure to the owner of it an equal and proportionate 
assessment to the poor rate,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from New Spring Field ;—and, Glas- 


Parochial 


Act. 


Arrestment 


gow ; praying the House to declare and enact that of Wages 


Wages in Scotland are not and shall not be arrest- 
able, and that the practice of arresting Wages, that 
has arisen and prevailed in Scotland, shall cease 
and determine,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of the Society of Zrish 
Artists and Amateurs of Dublin ;—and, Members 
of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours ; 
praying the House to place Art-Union Societies, es- 
tablished exclusively for the promotion of the Fine 
Arts, on a sound and permanent basis,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Art-Unions. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Saint 
Mary-le-bone, praying the House to abrogate all 
laws interfering with freedom of opinion, and all 
enactments or regulations relative to Blasphemy, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions 


(Scotland.) 


Art-Unions. 


Blasphemy. 


ss b&gt; 


aw 


Monkland 
Railways 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Emigration 
of Indian 
Labourers. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Sugar and 
Coffee. 


No. 341. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Sugar. 


Sugar, Coffee 
aud Cocoa. 





7 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Cadder and Kirkintilloch ;— Wil- 
sontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway Com- 
pany ;—and, Wishaw and Coltness Railway Com- 

any; praying that the Monkland Railways (No. 2.) 
Bill may pass into a law,—were 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 or Extracts of any further Corre- 
spondence relative to the Emigration of Indian La- 
bourers into the Mauritius, in continuation of the 
Papers presented to Parliament, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, on the 6th day of March 1844. 

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. 


3° Junie. 





Sir James Graham reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 17th, 20th, 21st, 23d 
and 31st 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 ac- 
quaint this House, that She will give directions ac- 
cordingly. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant 
to an Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of the Me- 
morial addressed by the Agent of Jamaica to Her 
Majesty’s Government, relative to the Reduction of 
the Duties on Foreign Sugar and Coffee, unaccom- 
panied by any Reduction of the Duties on those 
Articles the growth of British Possessions. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Savings Banks Biil; 

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


A Petition of Sugar Refiners of London, praying 
the House to pass a law to reduce the differential 
duty on Foreign Free Labour Sugar to 10s. per ewt., 
and that such Jaw may be applicable to all Sugar of 
this description now in the bonded warehouses, and 
all that may arrive previous to, as well as after the 
passing of the Act, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Chairman of the associated West 
India Planters and Merchants in Liverpool ;— 
and, Members of the West India Association of 
Dublin; praying the House not to reduce the duty 
on Foreign Sugar; but that if it be reduced, the 
duty upon Sugar the produce of the British Posses- 
sions be reduced also,—-were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and other 
Inhabitants of the borough of Leeds, praying the 
House to abolish all differential duties on Sugar, 
and to reduce the duty to the lowest amount that 
the necessities of the Public Service will allow, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions of Planters, Merchants and others inter- 
ested in the British West India Colonies ;—and, 
Chairman of a Meeting of West India Planters, 
Merchants and others residing in the city of Briséol, 
and its netghbourhood ; praying the House not to 
sanction a reduction of duties on Foreign Sugar, 
Coffee and Cocoa, without a simultaneous reduction 
of the duties on tropical produce of British Plan- 
tation growth,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 99, 








355 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Means. 


1. Motion made, and Question 5 sg That, sugar Duties. 


towards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, 
the several Duties now payable on Sugar be further 
continued, for a time to be limited, save and except 
that from and after the 10th day of November next, 
there shall be charged on Brown, Muscovado or 
Clayed, not being refined Sugar, certified to be the 

rrowth of China, Java or Manilla, or of any other 
Fersiaps Country, the Sugar of which Her Majesty 
in Council shall have declared to be admissible, 
as not being the produce of Slave labour, 


The hundred weight, £.1. 14s. 
Together with an additional Duty of £.5. per centum 
on the afore-mentioned Rate. 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question pats 
That, towards raising the Supply granted to Her 
Majesty, instead of the Duties of Customs now pay- 
able on Sugar, there shall be charged on Brown or 
Muscovado Sugar, the Produce of any Foreign 
Country, the Sum of Thirty-four shillings the hun- 
dred weight ;” 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell, 1 198 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill : FB aa 
Tellers for the f Mr. Young, \ 199 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: &gt; 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That from and after the 10th day of 
November next, Her Majesty be authorized, by Or- 
der in Council, to give effect to the provisions of 
any Treaty now in force, which binds Her Majesty 
to admit Sugar the Produce of a Foreign Country, 
at the same Duties as are imposed on Sugar the 
Produce of the most favoured Nation. 

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. 


Courts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 17th day of this 
instant June. 





the 17th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
| the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into County Courts 
further consideration the Report on the County Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Superior Courts 
mittee on the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill ; (Common Law) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday #!- 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Small Debts 


reading of the Small Debts Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 17th day of this instant June. 


mittee on the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
17th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
zz2 The 





Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Unlawful Oaths 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Vestries in Churches Bill was, according to Vestriesin_ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Churches Bill 








356 5°—4° Junie. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Forestalling, &amp;c., Bill ;|a Return of the Number and Names of Parties to Bencicy 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker | all Informations and Indictments for Misdemeanors : 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That | preferred inthe Court of Queen’s Bench, or removed 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and| thither by Certiorari or otherwise, and tried since 
directed him to report the same, without Amend-| the 1st day of January 1824, and of the Verdicts 


A. 1844, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Misdemeanors 


Forestalling, 
&amp;c., Bill. 








ment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon | 
Thursday next. | 


County Rates, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


No. 342. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into | 
a Committee upon the County Rates, &amp;c., 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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. 


Supply. 


Limitation 
of Actions 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Limitation of Actions (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Slave Trade 


The ingrossed Bill for authorizing Her Majesty 
Treaties Bill. 


to carry into immediate execution, by Orders in 
Council, any Treaties for the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade, was, according to Order, read the third | 
time. 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass. . 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 


| 
| 
{ 


Ecclesiastical 


|and Judgments thereon ; and of all Motions therein 


for a new Trial, or that a Verdict be entered for one 
or more Defendant or Defendants, or that Judgment 


| be arrested ; and of substance of the Rules pro- 


nounced upon such Motions ; and where a new Trial 
has been ordered, of the further Proceedings thereon. 


Mr. Stafford O’Brien presented a Bill for the Chaplains to 
appointing of Chaplains in Lunatic Asylums, County (Unelendy bai 
Infirmaries and Fever Hospitals in Ireland: And ie 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 0.308. 
be read a second time upon Monday the 17th day 
of this instant June ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 4° die Junii; 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 

PRAYERS. 
M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India. 
I the East India Company, was called in; and No.344. 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Acts passed by 
the Governor General of Jndia in Council, on the 
12th of April 1841, (Nos. 1 to 31):—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Austin, from the Oftice of the Poor Law Poor Law. 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to Order,—Copy of Correspondence 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Which passed between Mr. J. B. Ryder, the Chair- 
; | man of the Chelsea Board of Guardians, and the 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the | Poor Law Commissioners, in July and August last, 


Courts Bill. ~~ mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill; 
14th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the | 
said Committee. 

New South Mr. Greene reported the New South Wales, &amp;c., 


Wales, &amp;c.,Go- Government Bill; and the Amendments were read, | 
vernment Bill. and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thurs- | 

day next. 





Union Work- 
houses 
{Ireland.) 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Thursday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the Report of the Commission for in- 
quiring into the execution of the Contracts for cer- 
tain Union Workhouses in Jreland, and to report 
their Opinion and Observations thereupon to the | 
House, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Sir Edward 
Knatchbull, Mr. Loch, Lord Eliot, Mr. Ord, Sir | 
Robert Ferguson, Mr. Vesey, Sir Henry Winston | 
Barron, Mr. Shaw, Lord Courtenay, Mr. French, | 
Mr. Bellew, Mr. More O’ Ferrall, Lord Claud Ha-' 
milton, Captain Jones and Mr. Bramston, with Power | 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


| 
' 

Ordered, That Mr. Liddell and Mr. Hayter be'| 
discharged from any further attendance on the Se-' 
lect Committee on Art-Unions. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mackinnon and Sir William | 
Clay be added to the Committee. 


Art-Unions. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
for the appointment of Chaplains in Lunatic Asy- | 
ums, County Infirmaries and Fever Hospitals in 
freland: And that Mr. Stafford O' Brien and Mr. | 
Smythe do prepare, and bring it in. | 


Chaplains to 
Hospitals, Xc., 
(Ireland) Bill. 


relating to the removal of Henry Osman, a Pauper, 
from the Kensington Union Workhouse to the Chel- 
sea Workhouse, during the time that he was in a 
dying state :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant gyniskillen 


to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out Writ. 


a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 

in this present Parliament for the Borough of En- 

nishillen, in the room of the Honourable Arthur 

Henry Cole, who, since his Election for the said Bo- 

rough, hath accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff i 
of Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, if 
Desborough and Bonenham, in the county of Buck- ; 
ingham. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration pag vale 
the Report on the Taff Vale Railway Bill; and the Railway Bill. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lakenheath 
the Report on the Lakenheath and Brandon Drainage and Brandon 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed Drainage Bill 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take r:dinburgh, 
into consideration the Report on the Edinburgh, Leith and 
Leith and Granton Railway Bill; and the Amend- —— Rail- 
ments were read, and agreed to. a" 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An 


Pulte 
Harb 
Impr 
Bill. 


Cre 
Ep: 
Bil 


Del 
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ped be 


RARE &gt; 


7 Vicroriz. 


Pulteney Town 
Harbour and 
Improvement 


Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, explain and amend 
the Acts incorporating the British Society for ex- 
tending the Fisheries and improving the Sea Coasts 
of the Kingdom, for enlarging and improving the 
Harbour of Pulteney Town, and for paving, lighting, 
cleansing and improving the said Town, and better 
supplying the same with Water, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to explain and amend the Acts 
incorporating the British Society for extending the 
Fisheries and improving the Sea Coasts of the King- 
dom ; for enlarging and improving the Harbour of 
Pulteney Town, in the County of Caithness, and for 
lighting, cleansing and improving the said Town, 
and better supplying the same with Water. 

Ordered, That Mr. Loch do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Preston and Wyre Dock, &amp;c., 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Preston and 
Wyre Dock, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


Croydon and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Epsom Railway the Report on the Croydon and Epsom Railway 
Bill. Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


4° Junie. 





Delabole and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Rock Railway the Report on the Delabole and Rock Railway 
(No.2.) Bill. (No, 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Middle Level A Petition of the Governor, Bailiffs and Com- 
Drainage and ~=monalty of the Company of Conservators of the 
Navigation Bill. Great Level of the on called “* Bedford Level,” 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Middle Level 
Drainage and Navigation Bill, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Southampton An ingrossed Bill for improving the Marsh and 
Mersh Improve- other Common Lands, and extending Rights of 
amine Common and of Recreation within the Town and 
County of the Town of Southampton, was read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. George William Hope do 
carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence. 


Rigby’s 


Rigby’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and 
Estate Bill. 


committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Holmfirth The Holmfirth and Dunford Roads Bill was read 
— a second time; and committed. 
—— Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, 
Sheffield, The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
ie the further Proceeding upon the third reading of the 


Manchester Seffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail- 
Railway Bill, Way Bill:—The House resumed the said further 
Proceeding. 
And several Clauses being offered to be added 
to the Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Clauses be referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Vot. 99. 











357 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ashton, Staly- 
the further Proceeding upon the third reading of the bridge and 
Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Rail- py ~ hg 
way Bill:—The House resumed the said further Bil. 
Proceeding. 

And several Clauses being offered to be added 
to the Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Clauses be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Campbell’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Campbell's 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Edinburgh 
into consideration the Report on the Edinburgh and ahaa, 
Glasgow Railway Bill; and the Amendments were ““'“*) ©" 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend Three Acts for more Rother Levels 
effectually draining and preserving certain Marsh Drainage Bill. 
Lands or Low Grounds in the Counties of Kent and 
Sussex, draining into the River Rother and Channel 
of Appledore, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Darby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Woolwich ;— Stamford ;— Oak- Dissenters’ 
ham, Uppingham, &amp;c. ;—Collingham (two Petitions) ; Chapels Bill. 
— Camberwell ;—Hadleigh (two Petitions) ;—Jps- 
wich ;— Aylsham ;—Upper Chelsea ;—Lowestoft ;— 
Harwich ;— Chairman of the Committee of the 
Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland ;— 
Manchester (eleven Petitions) ;—Cheltenham (two 
Petitions) ;—Charlton Kings;—Didbrook ;— Golden 
Valley ; — Withington (two Petitions) ;— North 
Leach ;—Hawling ;—Alderton ;— Gretton ;— Nigg; 
—Polmont ;—Free Presbytery of Stirling (Modera- 
tor) ;—Members of the Free Presbytery of Inver- 
ness ;— Perth (two Petitions) ;— Free Church Synod 
of Angus and Mearns (Moderator and Clerk) ;— 
Creetown ;—General Assembly of the Free Church 
of Scotland (Moderator) ;—Presbytery of the Free 
Church of Orkney (Moderator) ;—Members of the 
Free Presbytery of Alford ;—Montrose (three Pe- 
titions) ;— Monifieth ;— Kilmuir Easter ;— Port- 
moak ;—Ballachulish ;-- Belford ; — Abingdon ; — 
Cork ;—Free Presbytery of Stirling (Moderator) ;— 
Free Presbytery of Dalkeith (Moderator) ;—Mem- 
bers of the Free Presbytery of Abernethy ;—Pres- 
bytery of the Free Church of Orkney (Moderator) ; 
— Hoxton ;— Gloucester ;—Creaton ; — Boldon ; — 
Newport and North Cave ;—L£psom ;-— Bury Saint 
Edmund's (three Petitions) ;— Upton ;—Norwell ;— 
Summerhill ;— Netherton ; — Bridgend ;— Stepney ; 
— Enniskillen ;— Dewsbury ; — Salisbury ;— Saint 
Helen’s ;—Market Drayton ;— Sutton-on- Trent ;— 
Brough ;— Newark ;— Elston ;--Coddington ;— Bal- 
derton ;—Chorlton-upon-Medlock (two Petitions) ; 
— Hulme (three Petitions) ;—South Shields (three 
Petitions) ;—Bow (Middlesex) ;-—Ruthin ;— Elder- 
street, Edinburgh (Ministers) ;—Brompton (Middle- 
sex) ;—Crumsall ;— Tenterden ;—Southampton ; — 
Roughlee and Barley ;— Trawden and Laneshaw- 
bridge ;— North Meols ;— Barrowford ;—Southfield 
and Marsden ;—Scorton ;--Moneymore ;— Rakefoot- 
in- Rossendale ;— Newchurch ;— Rawtenstall ;— Ba- 
cup ;-—Londonderry (two Petitions) ;— Workington ; 
— Newtown Limavady ;— Odiham ; — Brookeboro’ ; 
— Malusk ;—-Islington ;—Colne ;—Cockermouth ; — 
Howden ;— Richmond (Surrey) ;—Newry (three Pe- 
titions) ;—Kingston ;— Westminster ;— Devonshire- 
square, London ;—Commercial-road East ; — Ken- 
nington ; — Shortwood ;-~ Broadwinsor (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Pilling ;— Wood Plumpton ;—Dorchester ; 
| —— Dewlish ;— Cerne Abbas ;—Bere Regis ;— White- 
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Marriages 


(ireland. ) 


358 4° Juniz. 


church ; — Robin Hood's Bay ; — Piddletrenthide ; 
— Alcester ;-- Sutton-in-Ashfield ; — Inverness ; — 
Bethnal Green ; — Brexood ; — Newtownbutler ;— 
Belfast ;—Tetbury ;— Worcester ; — Southport and 
Churchtown ;—Hill Hall ;—Brierley Hill ;—Des- 
borough ;—Kettering ;—Donacloney ;— Tintwistle : 
—Chesterfield (two Petitions) ;—Newtownhamilton 
(two Petitions) ;— Belper ;— Whitfield ;—Glossop ; 
—Cladymore ;—Whiteway ;—Padfield ;--Long Sut- 
ton ;—Pytchley ;—Clare (Armagh) ;—Dundrod ; — 
Pairicroft ; — Chorlton-cum-Hardy ;—Wattisfield ; 
—Ahoghill ;—Edgworth ; — Mountnorris ; — Mar- 
hethill (two Petitions) ;— Birmingham (four Peti- 
tions) ; — Lower Cam ;— Stanley ;— Dursley ;— 
Kingswood ; — Cock-road ; — Longwell Green ; — 
Mark ;-- Hanham ;--Redfield;-- Fishponds ;--Crews- 
hole;—-Galway (Chairman and Secretary) ;—-March ; 
— Scarborough ; — Hook Norton ;— Reepham ; — 
Chatteris ;— Huntingdon ;—Killymurries s— Fritch- 
ley ;—Haydon Bridge ;—Ruan Lanihorn ;— North 
Nibley ;—Lechlade ; — Newark-upon- Trent ; —Ar- 
magh (three Petitions) ;— East Dereham ;— Kilmore; 
—Abbots Bromley ;—Bradwell Circuit ;— Broms- 
grove ;-—Crediton ;—Hadfield ;—Aston Tirrold ;— 
Chisworth ;—Frampton-on-Severn ;— Wandsworth ; 
— Manchester and Salford ;— Morton ;— Bingley 
(three Petitions) ;—Rateliffe ;—Falcon-square, Lon- 
don ;— Hardin ; — Thaxted ;— Colchester ; — Dun- 
mow ;— Debenham ;— Wigton ;—Glasbury ;—Wain- 
fleet Saint Mary's ; — Wainfleet All Saints ; — 
Burnham ;— Miltown ;—Omagh ;— Cairncastle ;— 
Maidenhead ;—Upper Cumber ;— Stroud ;—Chum- 
leigh ;— Downpatrick ;— Donegore ;— Bishopsgate, 
London ;—West Cowes ;—Cahans ; — Bellaghy ; — 
Winchcomb;--Euast Bergholt ;-- Horsley-upon- Tyne ; 
— Wollaston ;—Epperston ;-—Brecon ;— Welsh Cal- 
vinistic Methodist Denomination in South Wales 
(Moderator) ;— Nottingham ;—Norwich (two Peti- 
tions);— Mile End ;— Sowerby Bridge ;— Settle 
(two Petitions) ;— Goole ;-— Stainland, and other 
places ;--Saddleworth ;-- Wigglesworth ;—-A ustwick ; 
—Pateley Bridge ;—Ingleton ;—Skipton and Brad- 
ley ;—Upper Mill ;--Ticehurst ; — Silsden ;--Gar- 
grave ; — Kildwick ;— Addingham ;-—Aberford ;— 
Tadcaster ;-- Appleton ;—and, Delph; praying that 
the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Tabie. — 

Petitions from Framlingham ;— Birmingham (two 
Petitions) ;-—-Bristol;—Shepton Mallett ;—French- 
ay ;— Glasgow ;— Salford ; —Stape Hill ;—Hay- 
field ; —Varteg ;—Pontypool ;--Half Moon Alley, 
Cripplegate, London;—Little Carter Lane, Doctors’ 
Commons ;— Thorne ;— Unitarian Ministers ;—Dor- 
chester (two Petitions) ;— Manchester ;— Felton ;— 
Rosstrevor ;—Spital fields ;— Chichester ;—Penrhiv ; 
— Longhorsley ;—Stirling ;—Saint Alban’s ;—Efjra 
Road (Superintendent) ;—Bridgend;—-Gelly Onnen; 
—Ipswich ;—Miles Platting ;— Gorton ;— Edward 
Taylor and Family ;—S/ockport (three Petitions) ; 
—Stand (two Petitions) ;— Bath ;—Selby ;—and, 
Stainforth; praying that tlre said Bill may pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Polmont ;— Perth (Chairman) ;— 
Orkney Free Church Presbytery (Moderator) ;— 
Dalkeith Free Presbytery (Moderator) ;— Members 
of the Abernethy Free Presbytery ;—Portmoak ;— 
Kilmuir Easter ;—Creetown ; —Monifieth ;—Nigg ; 
— Benburb ;— Mountnorris ;—Lismore ; — Caledon ; 
—King’s Mills ;— Tassagh ;—Cladymore ;— Tully- 
allen ;— Moy ;—Keady ;—Clark’s Bridge ;—Usher’s 
Quay (Dublin); — Knappagh ; — Stewartstown ;— 
Tullylish ; —Magheralty ; —-Scarva;— Tandragee ; 
— Armagh ; — Markethill ; — Lisslooney ; — and, 
Drumbanagher ; praying the House to introduce, 
without delay, into Parliament, a Bill to declare 
valid, to all intents and purposes in law, all Marriages 
heretofore solemnized or hereafter to be solemnized 

















A. 1844, 


by Presbyterian ministers in Jreland, between parties 
not within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity 
or affinity, and who have the consent of parents or 
cuardians, and provided that all such Marriages 
shall be solemnized and registered agreeably to the 
published laws of the Jrish Presbyterian Church, 


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


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergymen, Gentle- Small Debts. 
men, Merchants, Farmers and Traders of Newtown Bill. 


Hamilton and vicinity, in the county of Armagh, 
praying the House to extend to Ireland the provi- 
sions of the Small Debts Bill, with such alterations 
and amendment, if any, as the circumstances of the 
case may require, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newark-upon- Trent ; —Notting- Com Laws. 


ham ;— Cottingham ; — Little Weldon ;—Clipston ; 
—Marston Trussell ;— Orton ;— Weekley ;— Crans- 
ley ;— Newton; —Sudborough ; —Burton Latimer ; 
—Markton;— Great Weldon ;—Loddington ;— Old; 
—LEcton ;—Cranford Saint Andrew ;—Stanion ;— 
Rushton ;-—Geddington ;— Gretton ;—Maidwell ;— 
Rowell ;— Haslebeech ;—Harrowden ;—Dingley ;-- 
Cranford Saint John;— Twywell ;— Thorpe Malsor ; 
—Walyrave ;—Hannington ; —Feckenham ;— Ten- 
bury ; — Oddingley ; — Upton Warren ; —Eastham 
and other places ;—Salwarpe ;—Martin Hussing- 
tree ;—Rushock ; — Elmbridge ; -—Rock ;—Pensaz ; 
—Kyre Magna and Kyre Parva;—Bockleton ;— 
Abberley ;—Stock and Bradley ;—Holt ;—Clifton- 
on-Terne ;—Acton Beauchamp ; —Hillhampton ;— 
Sapey Pitchard ;—Shelsley ;—Kings and Shelsley 
Walsh ;—Shelsley Beauchamp :—Stockton ;—Ship- 
ston-on-Stour ;—Knighton-upon-Terne ;—Martley ; 
—Lindridge ;—Great and Little Witley ;—Farns- 
field; — Amerham and Kelham ;— Balderton ; — 
Barnby ;—Caunton ;—Beesthorpe and Knapthorpe; 
— Coddington ;—North Collingham ;—South Col- 
lingham ;—Cotham and Shelton ;—Cromwell ;— El- 
ston ; — Farndon; — Hawton;— Holme and other 
places ;—North Muskham and Bathley ;—South 
Muskham and Little Carlton ;—Staunton and other 
places ;—East Stoke and Thorpe ;—Syerstone and 
Sibthorpe;—Besthorpe and Girton ;—Brodholme, 
Thorney and Wigsley ;—Carlton-on- Trent ;—Fled- 
borough and Woodcoates ;—Harby ;—Kneesall and 
other places ;— Norwell and Norwell Woodhouse ;— 
Normanton-on-Trent and Skegby;—South Scarle 
and Spalford ;—Sutton-on-Trent ;— Weston ;—As- 
lockton ; —East Bridgford ;—West Bridgford ; — 
Broughton Sulney ;— Car Colston ;--Clipston ;— 
— Cotgrave ; — Cropwell Butler ; — Edwalton ; — 
Elton ;-—Flintham;—- Granby-cum-Sutton ;--Hawks- 
worth ;—Hinckling ;—Gamston and Holme Pierre- 
point ;—Kinwetton ;—Kneeton ;—Langar ;— Croton; 
—Awthorpe ;— Radcliffe-on- Trent ;—Sarondale ;— 
Scarrington ;—Screveton ;— Thoroton ;— Tythby ;— 
Tollerton ; —Whatton ;—Barton ;— Clifton ;—Cos- 
tock ; — Gotham ; — Keyworth ;— East Leake ;— 
West Leake ;—Normanton-on-Soar ;—Normanton- 
on-the- Wolds ; -—Plumtree ;— Ratcliffe-on-Soar :— 
Rempstone ;—Ruddington;—Stanford ;—Staunton- 
on-the-Wolds :—Sutton Borrington ;—Thrumpton ; 
— Widnerpool ;— Wilford ;— Willoughby ;— Wysall; 
—Woodbro’ ; — Stoke Bardolphin ; —Sneinton ; — 
Lowdham ; —-Gunthorpe ;—Gonalston and Hover- 
ingham ;— Gedling ;—Epperston ;— Colwich ;— Cal- 
verton; —Burton Joyce ;—Winkbourn ;—Upton ;— 
Southwell;— Thurgartonand Halloughion ;— Fisker- 
ton and other places ;—Bingham ;—Blidworth ;— 
Bleasby and Morton ;— Oxton ; —Maplebeck ; — 
Kirklington and Hockerton ;—Halam and Edingley; 
—County of Devon (two Petitions) ; —Ezeter ; — 
Broad Hembury and Payhambury ;—Farrington 
and Sowton ;— Littleham and Exmouth ;—Cherton 
Fitzpayne ;—Bridford ;—Offwell and Widworthy ; 
— Uffculm ; — Luppit ; — Dawlish ; —Mustary ; — 


Otterton ; 


Publ 
(Tw 
rent 


Cor 
Bil 


ws Dae CNN a: 


Public Petitions 
(Twenty-se- 
renth Report. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Wood, 





4° Ji 


7 VictoRiz. 


Otterton ;—East Budleigh ;—Bickton ;—and, Tem- 
pleton and Stoodley; praying the House to resist 
the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law 
League, and that no alteration whatever may be 
made in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented from the 22d to the 31st day 
of May last, both inclusive; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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





A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish and neigh- 
bourhood of Llangefni, in the county of Anglesea, 
praying that the County Courts Bill may pass into 
a law, and that a knowledge of the Welsh language 
may be required on the part of the Judges who may 
be selected to decide small causes in the Principality 
of Wales, was presented, and read ; and ordered to | 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Officers to the Sheriff of Worces- 
tershire, praying that in case the said Bill should 
pass into a law, the House will cause the Petitioners 
to receive compensation for the loss which they must 
necessarily sustain or appoint the Petitioners to 
such offices in the newly-formed Courts as their 
previous duties may have enabled them competentl: 
to fill, was also presented, and read ; and ordered | 
to lie upon the Table. 











A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the | 


Brecknock Union, in the county of Brecknock, pray- | ; 


ing for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, | 


by confiding to Boards of Guardians the power of | 


fixing the measure of remuneration to be given to 
the Medical Officers of Unions, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Poor 
Law Amendment Act (Medical Relief.) 

A Petition of Practitioners of Medicine and Sur- 
gery, being Medical Officers of the Reigate Union, 
taking notice of the new regulations issued by the 
Poor Law Commissioners for the appointment and 


and remuneration of Medical Officers; and praying | 


the House to take such steps as may secure the best 
advice and medicines for the poor in sickness, 
throughout the kingdom, was also presented, and 
read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 

A Petition of Thomas Hayward, of Yeovil, in the 
county of Somerset, praying for the repeal of the 
said Act, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Malton Union, in the county of York, praying that 
provision may be made in the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Bill, empowering Boards of Guardians and 
their officers to apply for and enforce obedience to 
orders of maintenance of bastard children, in those 
cases where the mother of such children or their 
offspring, become chargeable to their respective 
Unions, as they have heretofore done, and that such 
applications may be made to Magistrates acting for 
the district in which the parish where such bastard 
children shall be then legally settled is situated, 
and to grant to Magistrates the power of committing 
putative fathers of bastard children to prison for 
disobedience of such orders of maintenance, was 


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


A Petition of Operative Wood-sawyers of Perth 
and neighbourhood, praying the House to impose 
a tax on saw mills or upon Wood sawn by ma- 
chinery, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Vou, 99. 





359 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Garnkirk, 
the Report on the Garnkirk, Glasgow and Coat- Glasgow and 
bridge Railway Bill; and the Amendments were Raitway Bill. 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


(nie. 


A Petition of William Ward, living at No. 6, Fees on 

Boulton-street, Kennington, stating that having been Acavittal. 
charged with a misdemeanour at a late adjourned 
sessions at Newington, he was acquitted, having 
previously been out on bail; that on his discharge, 
a fee was demanded by the officer of the court, 
and paid him, a receipt being given for the same ; 
the Petitioner conceiving fees on acquittal to be 
unjust in themselves, he prays the House to take 
steps to put an end to the practice, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Simon Foot, Esquire, of the city of Great Southern 
Dublin, complaining that the Standing Orders of ee 
the House, in respect to the application for the Great (Ireland. 
Southern and Western Railway (Jreland) Bill, had 
not been complied with ; and praying that the Stand- 
ing Orders may not be dispensed with, and that 
the Petitioners for the said Railway may not be 
allowed to proceed with their Bill in the present 
Session of Parliament, and that he may be heard 
before the Committee to whom the said Petition is 
referred, by his agents, in support of the allegations 
set forth in his Petition, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Mem- state Trial 
bers of the National Charter Association, residing (reland,) &amp;e. 
in the boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth, praying 
that the House will address Her Majesty for a free 
pardon for Daniel O’Connell and others, and will 
| cause an inquiry to be made into the evils and 
grievances that afflict all portions of the kingdom, 

with a view to their redress, was presented, and 
|Tead ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Venerable Julius Charles Hare, North Wales 
|Archdeacon of Lewes, of Herstmonceaux, in the — 
county of Sussex, Clerk, one of the Trustees of the ““Y ~"" 
will of Francis George Hare, Esquire, deceased, 
| praying that he may be heard, by his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the North Wales 
| Mineral Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 
| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
| Comune on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 

‘by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
| think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Journeymen Tailors of the borough Tailors’ Trade. 
of Warwick ;—and, Journeymen Tailors of Ashton- 
under-Lyne; praying that the House will be pleased 
to grant a Committee of inquiry into the many evils 
and grievances they are at this time subject to, with 
| a view to the better regulation of their trade,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Incorporated 
Forfar, praying the House immediately to pass —— 
law abolishing at once and for ever the exclusive O°") 
privileges enjoyed by the Guilds and Incorporated 
Trades in the royal burghs of Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk of the Poor Relief 
Board of Guardians of the Roscrea Union, praying (rele) Act. 
the House to relieve the Board of Guardians trom 
the payment of the instalments chargeable upon the 
union for the advances made by Government for 
| building the workhouse, was presented, and read ; 
| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
\ ZZ4 





A Petition 














360 


4° Junie. 





Saint Asaph A Petition of the Rural Dean and Clergy of the | 

and Bangor ~~ Rural Deanery of Horsham, praying the House to 
repeal so much ofthe Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as 
relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and 
Bangor, was — and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Glass. A Petition of David John Wilson, of Belvoir, in 


the county of Clare, praying the House to cause | 
such alterations to be made in the law as will tend 

to reduce the price of Window Glass, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


Savings Banks 


A Petition of Directors of the National Security 
Bill. 


Banks Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
and that the House will be pleased to exempt Scot- 


land from its operation, was presented, and read 3] 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Commons A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 

Inclosure Bille Michael Cwmdu, in the county of fae praying 
that the Commons Inclosure Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Church Leases. A Petition of Henry Pearson, of the Middle 
Temple, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, praying 
House forthwith to carry into effect the principles 
mentioned inthe Report in 1839 of the Select Com- 
mittee of the House on Church Leaseholds, and that 
the House will take early measures to enfranchise 
that property, with a due consideration of the in- 
terests of the lessees, as well as of the Church, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing and 
ractising at Vewcastle-upon- Tyne, praying that the 
Ecclesiastical Courts Bill may not pass into a law, 
but that the House will be pleased to pass a Bill for 
carrying into effect the recommendations of the 
Real Property Commissioners, as to wills of personal 
estate and the administration of iniestate’s effects, 
and for constituting the present diocesan and pro- 
vincial registries, register offices of the Court of 
Chancery, until other register offices shall be esta- 
blished, was presented, and read; aud ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Parishes A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 

(Scotland) Bill. Fyee Protesting Synod of Dumfries, praying that 
the Parishes (Scot/and) Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Hail Storm 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
{usurances. 


the county of Oxford, praying the House to repeal 
the Stamp Duty on Policies of Insurance against 
damage by Hail Storms, so far as agricultural pro- 
duce is concerned, thereby putting it on the same 
footing as in the case of loss by fire, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Public Officers. A Petition of James Birch, of the city of Dublin, 
praying the House to take some immediate step to 
discountenance any persons employed in the public 
service from holding official situations in Joint Stock 


Savings Bank at Wick, praying that the rine a 








| 
the | 











A. 1844, 


the duty on the export of Coals,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Grahamstown ;—Paisley (six Pe- Paisley Genera: 
titions) ;— Barrhead ;—and, Neilston; praying that © Bil. 
the Paisley General Gas Bill may pass into a 
law, —were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


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 Amendments Southampton 
proposed on the third reading of the Southampton Improvement 
{mprovement Bill, the said Amendments are of such B#!- 

a nature as may be adopted by the House at that 


| stage, if it shall think fit. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the North Wales North Wales 
Mineral Railway Petition, for additional provision, oe Rail- 
the Committee on the Bill be at liberty to troduce “” a 
the said additional provision, if they think fit, pro- 
vided they shall be satisfied by evidence that all 
owners, lessees and occupiers of lands on the line 
of Railway proposed to be substituted by such ad- 
ditional provision, and within the limits of deviation 
therefrom, are consenting Parties; and that the 
Committee on the Bill do report to the House how 
far such Order has been complied with, on the Re- 
port of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Gaspé Fishery Gaspé Fishery 
and Coal Mining Company Petition, the Standing 2"4Coal Mining 
Orders ought oohe dispensed with ; that the Parties “°"P*"- 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Labouring Labouring 
Classes Improvement Society Petition, for leave to Classes 
present a Petition for a Bill, the Sessional Order — 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the London London Orphan 
Orphan Asylum Petition, for leave to present a Pe- Asylum. 
tition for a Bill, the Sessional Order ought not to 
be dispensed with. 

The second and third Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Gaspé Fishery 
of the Petition for the Gaspé Fishery and Coal #4 Coal Mining 
Mining Company Bill, which was this day made ited 
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 confirm and extend the Provisions of an Act of 


| the provincial Parliament of Canada, passed in the 


seventh year of the reign of Her present Majesty, for 
incorporating the Gaspé Fishery and Coal Mining 
Company: And that Viscount Ingestre and Sir 
Howard Douglas do prepare, and bring it in. 











The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Smoke Prohi- 


| Committee upon the Smoke Prohibition Bill, To- bition Bil. 


| morrow, was read, and discharged. 
| 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 12th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Oaths, &amp;e. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 


Companies, or undertaking the management of com-| House, Copies of all Oaths, Declarations or Sub- 


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


. Romar: Catholic 
Clergy, Grants 
and Convey- 


Bill. a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Coals. Petitions from Slock(on-upon- Tees ;—Coal-owners 


of the River Wear ;—Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;—and, 
Hartley and Blyth; praying the House to repeal 





scriptions required from the Judges, Advocates, 
Proctors and all Officers, upon their Admission ; and 
of all Oaths, whether customary or special, which 


A Petition of the There-undersigned Persons,| are taken or may be taken by Advocates and Proc- 


praying that the Roman Catholic Clergy, Grants | tors in the performance of their Duties, in all the 
ances (Ireland) @0d Conveyances (Jreland) Bill, may not pass into 


Provincial and Diocesan Ecclesiastical Courts, and 
in the High Court of Admiralty; with a Statement 
of the authority by which every Oath, Declaration 
or Subscription is required. 

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, 











7 Vicrorim. 


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 date of Incorporations of all Gilbert 
Unions, whether dissolved or not. 

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 
Copy of the Evidence taken by Mr. Austin in the 
cases of Post mortem Examination of Paupers who 
died in Workhouses belonging to the Dudley Union ; 
together with his Report, and the Proceedings of 
the Poor Law Commissioners thereon. 


Gilbert 
Vuions. 


Poor Law. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Lime Toll Exemption (Wales) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 26th day of this instant June. 


Lime Toll 
Exemption 


(Wales) Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Judgment and the Commitment in 
the case of the Queen against O’ Connell and others. 


State Trial 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to the Lord High Chancellor to attend, 
in order to his being examined as a witness before 
the Select Committee appointed by this House to 
inquire into the Duties and Emoluments of the Clerk 
of the Crown in Chancery: And that Sir Thomas 
Wilde do carry the said Message. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Stamp Duties A Bill, intituled, An Act to reduce the Stamp 
Bill. Duties on Policies of Sea Insurance, and on certain 
other Instruments, and to repeal the Duties on cer- 
tain Bonds, and the Law requiring Public Notaries 
in Ireland to deliver Accounts of Bills and Notes 
noted by them : 


Clerk of the 
Crown in 
Chancery. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Cuurts Martial 


4° Juniz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to remove Doubts as to | s- 49, for the year ending the 31st day of December 





361 


Parish of Whalley, all in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, to be called the Manchester, Bury and 
Rossendale Railway, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An York and 
Act for enabling the York and North Midland sma 
Railway Company to make a Railway from York“ "9 ©" 
to havo, with a Branch to Pickering, 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 Coventry 
Act for better supplying with Water the Parishes pvateo™ 
of Saint Michael, the Holy Trinity and Saint John ~ 
the Baptist, in the City of Coventry and the County 
of Warwick, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords do not insist upon the Amendment Lancaster 
made by their Lordships to the Lancaster and Car- Huilwey Bil 
lisle Railway Bill, to which this House hath dis- 
agreed: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Gaming. 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report made by the Select Committee of this House 
appointed in the present Session of Parliament, to 
inquire into the existing Statutes against Gaming 
of every kind; to ascertain to what extent these 
Statutes are evaded; and to consider whether any 
and what Amendments should be made in such Sta- 
tutes ; together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the said Committee, and the Appendix and 
— thereto: —And then the Messengers with- 

rew. 

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. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or- Police Reward 
ders,—Returns of the Police Reward Fund in Jre- 24 Superane 


land, constituted by the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 13, —" 





(East Indies) the Power of appointing, convening and confirming | 1843 :—Of the Police Superannuation Fund, con- 


Bill. 


Customs Duties 
Bill. lating to the Customs : 
West India 


the Sentences of Courts Martial in the East Indies : | stituted under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4 c. 13, s. 46, 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws re-| for the year ending the 31st day of December 1843 : 


—And, of the Names of all Persons receiving Pen- 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for giving additional | sions or Gratuities from either of the above Funds, 


Relief &amp;c., Bill. Powers to the Commissioners for the Relief of cer- showing the Date, in each case, of the Commence- 
tain of Her Majesty’s Colonies and Plantations in | ment of Service; the Rank or Employment of each 


the West Indies : 
Factories 
(No. 2.) Bill. Jating to Labour in Factories : 
Edinburgh 


Individual ; the Cause and Date of Retirement; the 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws re- | Age of each Person at the Date of Retirement ; 


and the Amount received by each per annum, or 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the | otherwise, as received from either of the above Funds; 


Agreement Bill. first and second years of Her = Majesty, for | specifying on which Fund the Charge is made. 


securing the Debt due by the 
the Public : 


Farrington 
and Cwnigilla 
Inclosure Bill 


* gilla,in the Parish of Knighton, in the County o 
Radnor : 


ity of Edinburgh to 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in 
the Manors or Lordships of Farrington and Cwm-| containing the Names of Men qualified to serve as 


Copies of the Lists returned by the Collectors of Dubiin Jury 
Grand Jury Cess for the County of the City of Lists &amp;«. 
Dublin, to the Clerks of the Peace for the said City, 


f| Jurors for the said City for the year 1844, showing 
the Corrections made therein, pursuant to the Pro- 
-| visions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 91 :—Of the 
r| General List of Jurors made out from such Lists : 
-|—Of the Jurors’ Book for the year 1844, as deli- 
-| vered to the Sheriff of the City of Dublin, or to his 


by the said Sheriff, or his Under-Sheriff, for the 


Birkenhead A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Pur 

— ‘_sceaaee chase of Monk’s Ferry by the Commissioners fo 

si the Improvement of Birkenhead, Claughton-cum 
Grange and Part of Orton, in the County of Ches 
ter, and for amending the Acts relating to the said | Under Sheriff :—Of the Special Jurors’ List, made 
Commissioners : 

ot ' A Bill, intituled, An Act for opening certain| year 1844:— And, of all Affidavits filed in the 

rovemen 


(No, 2.) Bill. 











Streets, and otherwise improving the Town of Sal-| Crown Side of the Court of Queen’s Bench in Jre- 
ford, and for amending an Act passed in the eleventh | land, since the 1st day of December 1843, in the 


sa of the reign of his Majesty King George the, Cause of “The Queen against O’ Connell and others,” 
ourth, for better cleansing and improving the said | and of all Protests made to the Clerk of the Crown, 


Town of Salford, in the County Palatine of Zancas- 


ter: And also, 
Manchester, 
Bury and 
ossendale 
Railway Bill. 
Voi. 99. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for making a Railway from the Manchester,| said Cause, and of the Demurrer filed in reply to 
and Bolton Railway, in ihe Parish of Eccles, to the | the same. 


also filed in the said Cause, at the striking of the 
Jury in the month of January last ; together with 
a Copy of the Challenge to the Jury Array in the 





3A A List 





362 4°—5° Juniz. A. 1844. 


Jurors A List of the Names of all Persons qualified to serve 

(Tipperary-) as Jurors in the Northern Division of the County 
Tipperary, veturned by the Collectors of Jury Cess 
to the Clerk of the Peace, submitted by him to the 
Magistrates at Special Sessions, agreeably to the 
Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 91, commencing Spring As- 
sizes 1839, and ending Spring Assizes 1844:—Also, 
a Return for the same period, of the Long Panel of 
the above County, from which Petty Juries are 
selected. 

Bank of Ireland Returns of the Number of Applications made to 

Branches. the Bank of Ireland for the Petablishment of a 
Branch, stating, in a tabular form, the Date of the 
Application, the Name of tht Towns making the 
Application or Applications, if more than one, and 
the Decision come to in each case by the Directors : 
—And, stating, in a tabular form, the Number of 
Branches that have been established, the Name of 
the Towns in which they were established, the 
Dates of their Establishment, and whether any and 
which of them have been, and, if so, when discon- 


tinued. 
Pentonville Returns of the Number of Prisoners transferred 
Prison. to the Pentonville Prison from other Gaols, with the 


Medical Report of the state of their health at that 
period :—Of the Number of Prisoners refused to 
be admitted into the Pentonville Prison, from the 
state of their Health, in the years 1842 and 1843: 
—And, of the Prisoners removed from the Penton- 
ville Prison to the Hulks or other Places of Con- 
finement; also, the Number removed to Lunatic 
Asylums. 
Penitentiary A Return of the Number of Prisoners removed to 
(Milbank. ) the Penitentiary at Milbank in the years 1842 and 
1843, with the period of their Confinement therein ; 
also, the Number removed to Lunatic Asylums. 
Literary and Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of May 
—— last, for a Return of all Applications to the certifying 
asitations. Barrister, under the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 36, for Cer- 
tificates of Exemption from Parochial Rates by 
Literary and Scientific Institutions; stating the 
Name and Locality of each Society, and whether 
the Certificates were granted or refused, and speci- 
fying the grounds of refusal in each case. 
Ecclesiastical Mr. Manners Sutton also presented,—Return to 
Courts, an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of 
February last, for a Return of the Names of all 
Judges, Deputy Judges, Registrars and Deputy 
Registrars, with their Salaries, Fees and Emolu- 
ments (distinguishing the Gross and Net Receipts) ; 
and the Total Amount of the Salaries, Fees and 
Emoluments of all other Officers in all Courts hav- 
ing the right to grant Probates of Wills and Letters 
of Administration in England and Wales in 1843 : 
—Also, a Return of the Names of all Persons hav- 
ing a reversionary interest in any Office or Place in 
such Courts:—Also, similar Returns for Jreland: 
—Also, a Return of the Names, Salaries, Fees and 
Emoluments for 1843, of all Judges, Registrars, 
Deputy Registrars, Clerks of Seat, Deputy Clerks 
of Seat, Clerks, Apparitors, Sealers, Record Keepers, 
Auditors, and other Officers and Servants (distin- 
guishing the Grossand Net Receipts) in the follow- 
ing Courts of the Archbishop of Canterbury, viz. 
Arches, Prerogative, Vicar General, Peculiars, Fa- 
culties :—Also, a Statement of the Gross Receipts in 
the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canter- 
bury, and the Expenditure thereof. 
Matrimonial Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Suits, 8th day of February last, for a Return of the Num- 
ber of Matrimonial Suits instituted in each Metro- 
pohtan and Diocesan Court in England, Wales and 
Ireland in 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; also, a 
similar Return from Courts having Consistorial Ju- 
risdiction in Scotland in 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; 
also, Number of Matrimonial Suits in Judicial Com- 
mittee of Privy Council or House of Lords, on 
Appeal, in 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; also, Re- 
turn of Number of Divorce Acts passed by the 
Legislature in 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; also, 








the average Expense of such Suits, in 1840, 1841, 
1842 and 1843, as far as the same can be stated by 
the Officers of the above-mentioned Courts. 

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


That this House will resolve itself into a Committee 
to take into consideration so much of the Act 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 47, as relates to an Export Duty on 
Coal, with a view to its immediate repeal ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Lord Harry Vane, } 74 
Yeas, Mr. Hutt: , 
Tellers for the f Mr. Young, Lito 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: as 


So it passed in the Negative. 


inquire into the state and condition of the Com- 
mercial Marine of this Country, and to take into 
consideration and report on the best mode of en- 
couraging and extending the Employment of Bri- 
tish Shipping ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ country” the 
words “ and into the causes of its present distress.” 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by adding at the end thereof, the 
words, “‘ And that the said Committee do examine 
** into the effect of the Taxes on Materials used in 
the building and equipping of British Ships ; also 
into the effect on Wages and Ships’ Stores of our 
restrictions on Provisions (in respect to the ex- 
pense of navigating British Ships), and to con- 
sider and report to the House on the expediency 
of removing the same, in so far as they may be 
“ found to prevent the British Ship-owner from 
competing successfully with the tare Ship- 
owner.” 

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

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the state and condition of the Com- 
mercial Marine of this Country, and to take into 
consideration and report on the best mode of en- 
couraging and extending the employment of British 
Shipping. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Commitment of Alfred Moore, Licensed 
Hawker, at Shrewsbury, on the 2d day of September 
1843 ; 


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


Mercurii, 5° die Junii, 1844: 


And the Question being put :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Protest, with the Signatures 
attached thereto, as delivered to the Judges or the 
Clerk of Assizes, by ten of the Jury who were im- 
pannelled to try Alerander Walker on the 3d day 
of May last, at the Assizes held in the City of Glas- 
gow, on that and other days of the said month, “ for 
an Assault with intent to ravish ;” also, the Names 
of the Judges before whom the said Case was called 
and tried, on the said 3d day of May, and the 
Name or Names of the Advocate Depute or Deputes, 





Assistant 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Coal. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Commercial 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Marine. 


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


1 
: 
! 


Stee 


es. de ee 





Indian Wheat. 


Westminster 
Bridge. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Sugar Duties. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
Process Bill. 


Courts of Com. 
mon Law Pro- 
cess (Ireland 
Bill, ) 





405° 


7 VictTortZ. 


Assistant or Assistants, who appeared or acted as 
Public Prosecutor in the aforesaid Case :— And, of 
any Entry or Entries in the Records of Assizes, or 
in the Records of the Court of Justiciary, or Books 
of Adjournal, referrible to the said Case :—And, a 
Return of the Number of Civil Cases which were 
intimated or put down for Trial with a Jury at the 
time the aforesaid Assizes were held in Glasgow, but 
which were not then tried, with the reason why they 
were not tried; also, the Names of the Parties to 
each Cause, and the date of its commencement, and 
the Name of the Court in which it was originally 
instituted. 

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 the Agricultural and 
Horticultural Society of India, relative to Indian 
Wheat, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the present state of Westminster 
Bridge, and into the expediency of continuing the 
present Expenditure thereon, or of erecting a new 
Bridge on or near the site thereof, and also into the 
amount of the Bridge Estates, and the Liabilities 
thereon :—And a Committee was appointed of Sir 
Robert Harry Inglis, the Earl of Lincoln, Lord 
John Russell, Sir Howard Douglas, Lord Robert 
Grosvenor, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Wyse, Mr. 





Antrobus, Mr. Hawes, Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Ire- 
land Blackburne, Mr. M‘Geachy, Viscount Adare, 
Mr. Milnes and Mr. Leader, with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to ad- 
journ from place to place. 


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, the several Duties now 
payable on Sugar be further continued for a time to 
be limited, save and except that from and after the 
10th day of November next, there shall be charged 
on Brown, Muscovado or Clayed, not being refined 
Sugar, certified to be the growth of China, Java or 
Manilla, or of any other Foreign Country the Sugar 
of which Her Majesty in Council shall have de- 
clared to be admissible, as not being the Produce 
of Slave Labour, 


The hundred weight, £.1 14s. 


Together with an additional Duty of £.5. per centum 
on the afore-mentioned rate. 


2. Resolved, That from and after the 10th day of 
November next, Her Majesty be authorized, by Or- 
der in Council, to give effect to the provisions of 
any Treaty now in force, which binds Her Majesty 
to admit Sugar, the Produce of a Foreign Country, 
at the same Duties as are imposed on Sugar the 
produce of the most favoured nation. 

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. Greene, Mr. Chancellor 


of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process (Zre- 
land) Bill; 

Vox. 99. 





Junit. 363 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church 
reading of the Church Temporalities (Zreland) Bill ; Temporalities 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (te!) Bill. 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable _ 
mittee on the Charitable Loan Societies (Jreland) 1a Societies 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vinegar and 
mittee on the Vinegar and Glass Duties Bill; a. Duties 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Limitation 
mittee on the Limitation of Actions (Zreland) Bill; * &lt;a 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve ‘ _— 
itself into the said Commiitee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased te ) 
to give directions, that there be laid before — 
House, a Return, in columns (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 191, of Session 1843), 
by the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer 
of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, of all County 
Accounts lodged in the Exchequer for the year 
ending with the term of Whitsunday 1844, as re- 
quired by the Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 69, s. 5; showing, 
1. The whole Amount levied for being applied to 
the ordinary purposes of the Rogue Money Assess- 
ment; 2. For the support of a Rural Police, where 
any are; 3. the Payments made to Procurator Fis- 
cals officiating before the Sheriff and Justices of 
the Peace respectively, and distinguishing between 
these; 4. the Payments made to Sheriff and Jus- 
tice of Peace Clerks respectively ; 5. the Payments 
made to Clerks of Supply; and showing, in sepa- 
rate columns, the Sums paid as Salaries from Sums 
paid as Fees:—Also, the Sum Total under each of 
the above heads of Expenditure in each County re- 
spectively. 

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 College of 
Copy of the New Charter granted to the Royal Surgeons. 
College of Surgeons of Zondon:—And, a Return 
of the Persons who have received Appointments, 
pursuant to the said Charter, to any Office or Sta- 
tion in the said College ; together with the Medical 
Office or Station, if any, previously held by the 


several Persons so appointed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Sagar Duties 
for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Sugar Bi" 
imported into the United Kingdom for the Service No. 345. 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
four: 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 Poor Law Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. (1reland.) 
No. 346. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. (!*«!and.) 
No, 347. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


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Gold Coin and 
Bullion. 


Bank of 
England. 


Edwards’s 


Estate Bill. 


North Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


Middle Level 


Drainage and 


Navigation Bi 


Gaspé Fishery 


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Mercurii, 5° die Junii ; 
Anno 7° Victoriz Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Smee, from the Bank of England, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to Orders,— Returns of the Amounts of Gold Coin 
and Gold Bullion respectively, held by the Bank of } 
England, at the Monthly Periods to which the | 
Average Amounts of Bullion directed to be published | 
by the Act 4 and 5 Vic. c. 50, have been made up, | 
from the passing of the said Act to the present time, | 
with the Price at which the Bullion has been re- | 
ceived at the Bank :—And, of the Weight and Value | 
of the Gold Bullion sent by the Bank to the Mint | 
to be coined, since the passing of the Act 4 and 5 Vic. | 
c. 50, and the Average length of Time which has | 
elapsed from the sending the several Parcels of | 
Bullion to the Mint, to their being returned in Coin. 
Returns of the Quantity of Bullion in the Bank | 
of England on the 1st day of November 1843; | 
distinguishing Gold from Silver, and Bullion from | 
Coin ; also, of the Quantity and Amount of Bank | 
of England Notes ; distinguishing the Number of | 
each description of Notes in Circulation dated prior 


to the 1st day of November 1839 :—And, of the | 





various Sums which the Bank of England has di- | of the parish of Birmingham, praying the House to Amendment 
introduce a Clause into the Poor Law Amendment 8! 


vided as Bonuses to the rege for Bank Notes | 


lost and destroyed, and the Dates of said Bonuses; 
also, specifying whether, and when, the same were 
excluded from their Returns of Notes in Circulation; 
also, specifying the Amount of Notes now outstand- 
ing, which the Directors of the Bank estimate as 
lost :—And then he withdrew. 

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


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for en- 
abling George Edwards and Walter Colbourn, the 
Committees of the Estate of William Beckett Nea- 
chell, a Person of unsound mind, to make Convey- 
ances for carrying into execution an Agreement for 
the Partition or Division of the Real Estates of 
William Orme, deceased, pursuant to an Order of 
the High Court of Chancery, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mainwaring do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the North Wales 
Mineral Railway Bill be revived:—And that they 
have leave to sit, and proceed, upon Friday next. 





A. 1844, 


nit. 


Petitions of the Right honourable the Earl of Great Souther 


Portarlington ;—Sir John Kingston James, Baronet, n4 Westen 
¥ 


(Treland. ) 


and William Edington, Esquire ;—and,There-under- : 
signed Land-holders ; complaining that the Stand- 
ing Orders of the House, in respect to the applica- 
tion for the Great Southern and Western Railway 
(Lreland) Bill, had not been complied with; and 
praying, that the Standing Orders may not be dis- 
pensed with ; and that the Petitioners for the said 
Bill may not be allowed to proceed with their Bill 
in the present Session ; and that the Petitioners may 
be heard before the Committee to which the said 
Petition for the Bill is referred, by their agents, in 
support of the allegations set forth in their Petitions, 
—were presented, and read ; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





Petitions from Stroud Union ;—and, West Derby Poor Law, 


Union; praying for alteration of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act, by confiding to Boards of Guar- 
dians the power of fixing the measure of remunera- 
tion to be given to medical officers of unions,— 
were presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Poor Law Amendment Act (Medical 
Relief). 


A Petition of Rate-payers and other Inhabitants Poor Law 


| Bill, exempting the parish of Birmingham, and all 
parishes having local Acts, from the operation of 
the Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upen the Table. 


| Petitions from Rugby ;— Framlingham (two Peti- Dissenters’ 
tions); —Stonham Aspal ; —Lowestoft ;— Beching- Chapels Bill. 


ham ;—Misterton ;—Southampton ;— Swadlingcote ; 
—Middleham ; —Warmington (Warwick) ; —Tick- 
nall ;— Yarm ;— Bedale ;— Bole ;— Guisborough ;— 
Binbrook ;— Walkeringham ;—Kalby;—Tetford ;— 
Swaley ; —Castlewellan ;—Nedging ;— Tuddenham, 
Saint Martin; — Framsden; — Archdeacon and 
Clergy of Suffolk ;—Heywood (four Petitions) ;— 
Westleton ; —Middleton-cum-Fordley ; —Great and 
| Little Eversden ;—Pichering ;—Alford (Lincoln) ; 
— Horncastle ; — Croft; —Aby ; — Whitby ; —Hol- 
brook ; — Mountsorrel ;— Banaw ; —Quorndon ;— 
Kegworth ; —Sheepshead ;— Melbourne (Derby) ;— 
Sutton (Leicester) ; — Woodhouse ;—Loughborough ; 
—Castle Donington ;—East Leake ;—Wimeswold ; 
—Griffidam ; — Banbury ; — Thirsk ; —Penrith ;— 
Brampton (Cumberland) ;—Grange Chapel (Dur- 
ham) ; — Chesterfield ; — Holmwood ; — Stroud ; — 
Clapham (Surrey); — Crowcrook ; — Ledbury ; — 
Houghton-le-Spring ; — Easington-lane; — Winla- 
‘ton ;—Stanhope ; — Dover-court ; — Selby ;—Raw- 





Ordered, That the Petition of the Governor, | marsh, &amp;c.;--Wath, Swinton, &amp;c. ;— Maltby, &amp;e.;— 


» servators of the Great Level of the Fens called 


Bailiffs and Commonalty of the Company of Con- | Rotherham ;—Thorpe, &amp;c. (York) ;—Northam ;— 


| Brede ;--Chalford ;—Chipping Warden ;—Ashby- 


“ Bedford Level,” which was presented yesterday, | de-la-Zouch; - Measham;—Halesworth;— Chelmon- 


praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 


diston ;— Willingham ;— Gloucester ;—Redditch ;— 


or agents, against certain parts of the Middle Level | Wells ; — Lincoln’s-Inn Fields ;— Llanllwchaiarn ; 
Drainage and Navigation Bill, be referred to the | —Devizes ;—South Moulton ;—Handborough ; — 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | Charlbury;— Burford ;— Witney ;—Alne;—Chelms- 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if ford ;—Lambeth ;—Pendoch ;— Battersea ;—Streat- 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the | ham;—Market Rasen;— Tattershall;—Addlethorpe; 


Bill, against the said Petition. 


| —Coningsby ; —Wainfleet ; —Orby ;—Withern ;— 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- | Snape; — Kirk Whelpington ; — Sunderland ; — 
mittee, That they have Power to entertain the said ; Marsham ;—Stillington;— Louth (Lincoln);— Bard- 
Petition, notwithstanding the same was not presented | ney ;— Tanfield ;— Hogsthorpe ;— Huttoft ;— Gains- 
three clear days before the day appointed for the | borough ; — Trusthorpe ; — Littleworth ; — Bures, 


first meeting of the Committee. 


Saint Mary ;—North Somerset ;—Milborne Port ; 
— Leeds ;—Chesham Bois ;— Woodside ;—Ditcheat ; 


Mr. Kemble presented a Bill to confirm and ex- |—Middleton Teasdale ;—Brompton (Middlesex) ;— 


and Coal Mining tend the Provisions of an Act of the Provincial | Shepton Mallet ;— Brigg ; —Swansea ;— Wolsing- 


Company Bill 


Parliament of Canada, passed in the seventh year | ham ; — Ebbw Vale ;— Brook Vale ;—Tintona ;— 


of the reign of Her present Majesty, for incorporat- | Zarne (two Petitions) ;—Killyleagh (two Petitions) ; 
ing the Gaspé Fishery and Coal Mining Company : | — Ballymena ;—Tullylish ;—Glendermott ;— Tulla- 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered | moore ;—Nantyglo ;—- Edmonton ; — Wilderness-row 


to be read a second time. 





Chapel ; —Hackney ; — Hoxton ;—City Road ;—- 
| Peckham ;—- 
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7 Vicroriz. 5° Juni. 365 


Peckham ;— Jewin-street Chapel ; — Spital-square;| Petitions from Wroughton ;— Flowton;— Nettle- Corn Laws. 
— Rymney ; — Tregony ; — Blidworth ;—Lewes ;— | stead ;— Raydon;—Stonham Parva ; —Stonham As- 
Mansfield ; — Carlow ; —Pytchley ; —Longford ;— | pal ;---Baylham;--Swilland ;-- Bilstead ;-- Boughton 
Kensington ; —Islington ;—Lancaster ;—Sutton-in- | Aluph;— Witchling ;—Knowlton ;— Poulton ;--Pet- 
Ash field ;-— Aberdeen (two Petitions);— Cheltenham ; | taugh ;— Devizes (two Petitions) ;—Liddiard Milli- 
— Poultry Chapel ;— Mansfield Woodhouse ;—Horn- | cent (two Petitions) ; — Amesbury ;— Bulford ; — 
castle ;— Galway ;—Newcastle-upon- Tyne (two Pe- | Brinkworth ;—Rowde;—Bromham;—Chute Forest; 
titions) ; — Bristol ; — Glastonbury ; — Chester-le- |— Damerham ; — Winterbourne Monkton ; — Wed- 
Street (two Petitions); — Mouvore ;—Great Yar- | hampton ;— Malmesbury ;— Pilton and Farley ;— 
mouth ;— Lisburn ; — Castlebar ; — Presbytery of | Great Wishford, and other places ;—Allington ;— 
Lanark (Moderator) ; — Manorhamilton ;—Hartle- | Bishopstone ;— Barford Saint Martin ; — Berwick 
pool ;— Pomeroy ; —Castleblaney ;—Stonebridge ;— | Saint James ( Wilts) ;—Coombe Bissett ;--Colerne ; 
Derryvalley ;--Drumglim ;-- Chepstow ;— Annalong; | — Littleton Drew; — Leigh-de-la-Mere ; — Sutton 
—Albany ;— Oldham Common, &amp;c. ; -- Richmond | Benger ;— Draycott Cerne;--Avon ;--Slaughterford ; 
(Surrey) ; — Bristol ;— Wardrington ;—Knaresbo- | —Alderton ;— Lacock ;—Somerford Parva;—Crud- 
rough (two Petitions) ;—Old Newton ;—Shiffnal ; | well ;— Westbury (two Petitions) ;—Little Hinton ;— 
— Bruisyard ; — Carey-street ; — Shacklewell ;-— | Draycott Foliott ;—West Ashton ;—Wanborough ; 
Fitzroy Square ; —Witney ;—Long Bredy ;— New- | -Chisledon ;--Liddington ( Wilts);--Lydiard Tregoz; 
ington ;—Chapel Hill (Monmouth) ;— Berkeley ;— | —Higleworth ; —Rodborne Cheney; —Swindon ; — 
Saxmundham ;-— Roudham ;—Aldebrough ;—Crat- | Purton ;—North Bradley ;—Southwick;— Potterne; 
field ;—Rattlesden ;—Llandilofawr ;—Isle of Port- | —Bransford;—Saint Martin (Worcester) ;—Broad- 
land ;— Wimborne Minster (two Petitions) ;—Fins- | was ;—Hallow ;— Whittington and Saint Peter-the- 
bury ; —Gee-street ;—Mile End (two Petitions) ;— | Great ;—Claines ;— Canterbury (three Petitions) ;— 
Lanfield ; —Dorchester ;— Portland ;— Benhall;— | and, Great Blakenham; praying the House to resist 
Stokewake ; — Alderton ; — Bishop’s Stortford;—| the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law 
Winster ;—Huntingdonand Godmanchester ;— Nor- | League, and that no alteration whatever may be 
bury (Chester) ; — Borrowash ;— Otley, &amp;c. ;—Co-| made in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, 
ventry ; —Woadlands (Dorset) ;— Liverpool (eleven | and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions) ;—Veryan ; — Sandhurst ; — Stroud ;— 
Looe ; — Polperrock ; — Liskeard; — Chirbury;--| A Petition of Officers to the Sheriff of Cornwall, County Courts 
Bakewell ;— Bowdon and Altrincham;-- Ardnurcher; praying that in case the County Courts Bill should 5! 
—Congresbury ; --Stone ; —Wendover ;— Denbigh ; | pass into a law, the House will either cause the 
— Boughton (Kent) ;— Faversham ;—Grange Silva ; | Petitioners to receive compensation for the loss 
— Ballybey ;— Bushey, &amp;c. ;— Wetherby ;— Keswick ; | which they must necessarily sustain, or appoint the 
—Boston;— Tynemouth (two Petitions) ;— Leeds; | Petitioners to such offices in the newly-formed 
— Leicester ; —Barnsley ; —Conduit-street ;—Har- | courts as their previous duties may have enabled 
rowgate ;— Thorne; — Stainforth ;--Doncaster ;-- | them competently to fill, was presented, and read ; 
Ipswich ;— Kingston-upon-Hull ;— Tickhill ;—Mis- | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
son ;-- Conisbro’ ; — Baltinglass ; — Spafields; —| A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish and ho- 
Clerkenwell ; — London, &amp;c.;—Hachney ;—Kings- | rough of Criccieth, in the county of Carnarvon, 
land ; -- Fetter lane; --Woodbridge ;—Tredegar ;— | praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, with 
South Shields ;—Mangot’s Field ;—Bawtry;— Long | a provision requiring a knowledge of the Welsh lan- 
Benton;--and, Bury Saint Edmunds ; praying that | guage on the part of the judges of the local courts 
the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into a | in Wales, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie | to lie upon the Table. 
upon the Table. a oe 
Petitions from Colyton ;— Ashford (Derby) ;—- A Petition of the Minister, Freeholders and other Saint Asapti 
West Bromwich ;— Nantwich ;— Altrincham and \ Inhabitants of the parish of Etwall, in the county ada ga 
Hale (two Petitions); — Wilmslow ; —- Bury Saint of Derby, praying for the repeal of so much of the 
Edmunds ;— Hyde ;— Dukinfield (two Petitions) ;— | Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of 
Gee Cross ;— Moira ;—Carrickfergus ;— Welburn ; the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, was presented, 
—Donegore;—Great Wicklow ;—Aghaderg ;—Gle- | 204 read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
ps ApS ol lad Psa seg Lae A Petition of the Royal Dublin Society, praying Art-Unions. 
ballyroney ;—Seapatrick ;— Ravara ;— Dudley (two that the Royal Dublin Art os me d — a 
Petitions) ; — Aldergrove ; — Ballynahinch ;— Car- or similarly ge perso heya 4 aie -_ 
lingford ;—Lisbon ;--Styal ;— Manchester ; — Not- | P©?® mg ie = a ace pe 
tingham ; — Finvoy ; -— Duncan ; — Tillicoultry ; — protected in their proceedings, ae er eee ee 
: ; blic a continuance of the advantages heretofore 
Aberdeen ;— Drumbo ;— Hale ;-- Leigh ; —— Temple- Oe ‘ved fr tie ames ak 
patrick ;--Little Portland-street, Regent-street, Lon- os se d ca ae Ce ei ? iad ' Uni — 
don; — Aughnacloy ;--Penryn and Falmouth ; -- referred to the Select Committee on Art-Unions. 
Sedgley ;-— Holywood ;— West Bromwich ;— Antrim ; 
— Tavistock (two Petitions) ; — Leicester ;—King’s 
Norton ;-— Doncaster (two Petitions) ;— Bewdley ;-— 
Banbury (three Petitions) ;—Bradwell ;-- Ashton- 
upon- Mersey ;— Wareham ;— Bath ;— Holycross ;— 
Bilston ;— Reverend George Stokes ;— Sheffield ; — 
Llandilo ;—Ramoan ;--Rhydypark ;—Gainsburgh ; 
— Boston ;--Chesterfield ;—John Thomas Cooper ; 
— Ballyclare ;—Saint Canice (Kilkenny) ;— Newton 
( Cheshire) ;— Kendal (two Petitions) ;— Oldbury ;— 
Kirkland ;—Crook ;-—-Omagh ;— Glenarm ; —Dro- 
more (three Petitions) ; —Larne ;—Templepatrick ; 
— Kilwaughter, Raloo and Ballynure ; —- Cairn- 
castle ;— Newtownlimavady ;-- Staveley ;— London ; 
— Stamford-street, Blackfriars ; — Southport; — 
Neath ;--and, Liverpool (two Petitions); praying| A Petition of the Minister, Elders and Congrega- Marriages 
that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also | tion of the Free Trinity Church, Aberdeen, praying (1elavd.) 
nage and read ; and ordered to lie upon the | the House to pass a law, declaring that all Marriages 


able. solemnized by Presbyterian ministers in Ireland 
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A Petition of Shipwrights, Joiners, Blacksmiths, Shipwrights, 
Rope and Sail-makers, Block-makers, Boat-builders &amp;¢» (Scotland. ) 
and all others connected directly or indirectly with 
the maritime interests of Leith and Scotlund in ge- 
neral, suggesting that a proportion of the work con- 
nected with the Naval Department should be exe- 
cuted in Scotland ; and praying the House to inter- 
pose for the establishment of permanent navy yards 
in Scotland, where vessels may be built on a scale 
commensurate with its national and commercial 
importance, and the amount of Revenue rendered to 
the Imperial Exchequer of that part of the United 
Kingdom, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
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Universities 
(Scotland. ) 


Sugar. 


Southampton 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Sheriff and 
Stewart Clerks 
(Scotland.) 


Justice of 
Peace Clerks 
(Scotland.) 


366 


shall be good and valid, to all intents and ye 
provided they shall have been solemnized and re- 
gistered according to the published regulations of 
the Presbyterian Church, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Aberdeen Presby- 


5° Junie. 





tery of the Free Protesting Church of Scotland, 
praying for the abolition of tests by professors in 
the Universities of Scotland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers and other Inhabit- 
ants of Yeadon, in the West Riding of the county of 


York, praying the House to abolish all differential | 


duties on Sugar, and to reduce the duty to the 
lowest amount that the necessities of the public ser- 
vice will allow, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the third reading of the 
Southampton Improvement Bill:—The House re- 
sumed the said further Proceeding; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment being proposed to be made 
to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Fri- 
day next. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
for constructing Tidal Basins, a Dock and other 
Works, at Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, 
and for other Purposes, be now read the third time ; 

The Earl of Lincoln, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as faras 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. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in columns, (in continuation of 
Return, No. 37, in 1836, ordered to be printed 14th 
February 1837), showing the Total Gross Amount 
of Fees, Allowances or Perquisites paid to and re- 
ceived by each Sheriff and Stewart Clerk and his 
Deputies, in each County and Stewartry of Scot/and 
respectively ; and showing the Gross Amount and 
the Net Amount as above, specifying whether the 
same is received by the Principal Clerk or Deputy 
Clerk, with the Names of each of these Parties re- 
spectively, and the Place of his Official Residence : 
—Stating whether the Fees are charged under the 
Provisions of the late or the present Statute which 
regulate the Fees of Sheriff Clerks; also stating 
what Table of Fees or Rates of Charges is followed 
with regard to Criminal Business charged against the 
Exchequer and Rogue Money Funds respectively, 
by Sheriff and Stewart Clerks, and the rest of the 
Clerks of Court in each County in Scotland :—And, 
a Statement, in columns, of the yearly Income of the 
Sheriff, the Sheriff Substitute or Substitutes, and 
the Sheriff Clerk, in each County of Scotland re- 
spectively, so as to contrast the Income of the Judge 
with that of the Clerk of 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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in columns, (in continuation of a 





A. 1844, 


Return in 1836, ordered to be printed 14th Febru- 
ary 1837), showing the Total Gross Amount of Fees, 
Allowances or Perquisites paid to and received b 
each Justice of Peace Clerk and his Deputies, in mie | 
of the different Counties and Stewartries, and Dis- 
tricts or Wards of Counties and Stewartries of Scot- 
land respectively ; and showing the Gross Amount 
and Net Amount as above, specifying whether the 
same are received by the Principal Clerk or Deputy 
Clerk, with the Names of each of these Parties, and 
the Place of his Official Residence ; also stating 
what Table or Scale of Fees or Rates of Charges 
are followed with regard to Criminal Business, as 
above :— Also, showing, in columns, the whole 
Amount charged against the County Rogue Money 
or other Public County Fund (specifying the same) 
for Criminal and General Business, distinguishing 
the Amount for each of these Branches, and show- 
ing whether Salaries or Fees are in use, in whole 
or in part in each Department :—Stating whether any 
Register be kept of the Fines imposed by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said Counties 
and Stewartries and Districts thereof respectively; 
and if so, stating the Gross Amount of such Fines 
as were imposed and recovered respectively, for the 
Three years preceding the 1st day of May 1844, 
distinguishing the Amount in each year. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Marriage and 
reading of the Marriage and Divorce Bill ; aeceieaas 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Court 
mittee on the County Court (County Palatine of (County Pala 
Lancaster) Bill ; cas Oe. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 19th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of 
into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery ents 
(County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill; and, after aga, Sat 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the caster) Bill. 
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 Wed- 
nesday the 19th day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Commons 
into a Committee upon the Commons Inclosure Bill; [closure Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 348. 
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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 19th 
day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County 

into a Committee upon the County Coroners Bill. Coroners Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravusgs, N° 8 to N° 10, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 11, amended, and agreed to, 

Cravuses, N° 12 to N° 25, agreed to. 





Craust N° 26, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 27 to N° 29, agreed to. 
Clauses added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








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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 Wed 
nesday next. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
o mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Mortmain. Ordered, That Mr. Nicholl be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Mortmain. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cripps be added to the Com- 
mittee. 
East India, Ordered, That the Copy of Acts passed by the 
No.344. Governor General of India in Council, on 10 Janu- 
ary 1842, which was presented upon the 2d day of 
April last, be printed. 
East India. Ordered, That the Copy of the Index to the Acts 
No.344. of the Supreme Government of Jndia, for the year 
1841, which.was presented upon the 2d day of April 
last, be printed. 
Poor Law. Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor 
No. 349. Law, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Bank of Ireland Ovydered, That the Return relative tothe Bank of 
gage Ireland Branches, which was presented yesterday, 
0-350. be printed. 
Pentonville Ordered, That the Return relative to Pentonville 
Friem. Prison, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
No. 351. 
Penitentiary Ordered, That the Return relative to the Peni- 
yond tentiary (Milbank), which was presented yesterday, | 
0. ° 


be printed. 


Literary and Ordered, That the Return relative to Literary and 


ll Scientific Institutions, which was presented yester- 
No.352, @@Y, be printed. 

Ecclesiastical Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 

Courts, : to Ecclesiastical Courts, which was presented yes- 
No.353.  terday, be printed. 

Matrimonial Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
a _ to Matrimonial Suits, which was presented yester- 

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day, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 6° die Junii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 
ETITIONS of the Boroughreeve, Constables 





Pendleton, &amp;e., 


Reads Bill and Burgesses of the town of Salford ;—and, 
Board of Surveyors of the Highways for the township 
of Salford; praying that the Pendleton, &amp;c., Roads 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Royal Assent 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 being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 

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desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills therein 
mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 
Which Bills are as follow : 


An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Cus- Customs Duties 
toms : Bill, 


An Act to reduce the Stamp Duties on Policies Stamp Duties 
of Sea Insurance, and on certain other Instruments, #! 
and to repeal the Duties on certain Bonds, and the 
Law requiring Public Notaries in Ireland to deliver 
Accounts of Bills and Notes noted by them : 


An Act to amend the Laws relating to Labour in Factories 
Factories : (No. 2.) Bill. 
An Act for regulating the Bailiffs of Inferior Bailifts of 


Courts: Inferior Courts 
Bill. 


An Act to amend an Act of the first and second Edinburgh 
years of Her present Majesty, for securing the Agreement Bill. 
a due by the City of Edinburgh to the Pub- 
ic : 

An Act for giving additional Powers to the Com- West India 
missioners for the Relief of certain of Her Majesty’s Relief, &amp;c., Bill. 
Colonies and Plantations in the West Indies : 

An Act to remove Doubts as to the Power of ap- Courts Martial 
pointing, convening and confirming the Sentences — indies) 
of Courts Martial in the East Indies : a 

An Act for making a Railway from the Lancaster Lancaster 
and Preston Junction Railway, at Lancaster, to or eens 
near to the City of Carlisle: tla teaais 

An Act for making a Railway from the Town of Blackburn 
Blackburn to the North Union Railway, in the ad Preston 
Township of Farrington, near Preston, all in the ®#lwsy Bill. 
County of Lancaster : 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Mary- Maryport 
port and Carlisle Railway, and for making certain 2"4 Carlisle 





Extensions and Branches connected therewith : Railway Bill. 


An Act to enable the Northern and Eastern Rail- Northern and 
way Company to make certain Deviations in the Eastern Rail- 
Line of their Railway, between Bishops Stortford Devistions} Bil 
and Newport, and to alter and amend the Acts re- ; 
lating to the said Railway : 

An Act for opening certain Streets, and otherwise gulfora 
improving the Town of Salford, and for amending Improvement 
an Act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of i. 
his Majesty King George the Fourth, for better 
cleansing and improving the said Town of Salford, 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster : 

An Act to authorize the Purchase of Monk’s Birkenhead 
Ferry by the Commissioners for the Improvement ~ cc 
of Birkenhead, Claughton-cum-Grange and Part of “"" 

Oxton, in the County of Chester, and for amending 


_| the Acts relating to the said Commissioners : 


An Act for extending and amending some of the Leeds New Gas 
Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to the 8i!!. 

Leeds New Gas Company : 

An Act to enable the Globe Insurance Company Globe Insurance 
to alter and amend some of the Provisions of their Company Bill. 
Deed of Settlement : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Township of Haltwhistle 
Haltwhistle, in the Parish of Haltwhistle, in the lclosure Bill. 
County of Northumberland : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Manors or Farrington. 
Lordships of Farrington and Cwmgilla, in the Parish salen, 
of Knighton, in the County of Radnor : scaiineicineias 

An Act to enable Mary Bean, Widow, and her Rodbard’s 
Issue, and Edward Whitley, Esquire, and Charlotte, Name Bill. 
his Wife, and the Issue of the said Charlotte Whit- 


ley respectively, to take the Surname and use the 
Arms of Rodbard. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ness Fisherics 
the Report on the Wess Fisheries Bill; and the Bill. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 





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Manchester The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
Bury, and = the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | 
ossenda 


tituled, An Act for making a Railway from the | 
Manchester and Bolton Railway, in the Parish of | 
Eccles, to the Parish of Whalley, all in the County | 
Palatine of Lancaster, to be called the Manchester, | 
Bury and Rossendale Railway ; and the same were | 
read, as follow: | 

Pr. 4. 1. 5. After “ capital” insert “ or which | 


“ shall be apportioned to the said Company of Pro- 
“ prietors under the provisions of this Act.” 
Pr. 30. ls. 32. and 33. Leave out from “ share- | 
“ holders” to “ in,” in 1. 34. 
Pr. 31.1. 3. Leave out from “ who” to “ shall,” ; 
in |. 5. 

Pr. 33. 1. 4. After “ hands” insert “ or if such 
share-holder be a corporation, under their common 
seal.” 

Pr. 36.1. 29. Leave out from “ companies” to 
and,” in 1. 30., and insert “ shall be at the time 
adverse.” 

Pr. 159. 1. 21. Leave out “‘ on” and insert “ in.” 

Pr. 161.1. 20. After “ disposed” insert “ of.” 

Pr. 174. 1.13. Leave out “or” and insert “and.” 

Pr. 189. 1. 19. After “ Radcliffe” insert “and a 
certain other road, numbered 192, in the town- 
ship of Tottington Lower End.” 

Pr. 191. 1. 19. Leave out “ other,” and in the 
same line, after “ Railway ” insert “ except such 
as are hereinbefore mentioned as intended to be 
crossed on a level.” 

Pr. 202. 1. 28. Leave out the first “ the,” and | 
in the same line leave out from “ lands” to “in,” 
in |, 29. 

Pr. 202. 1.30. After “ Radcliffe” insert ‘* which 
were comprised in, or devised or appointed by 
the wills of the Right honourable Thomas, late 
Earl of Wilton, and the Right honourable Eleanor, 
late Countess of Wilton, or one of such wills, or 
which have been settled or assured to the uses 
of such wills, or one of them.” 

Pr. 202. 1. ult. After the first “ the” insert 
last-mentioned,”’ and in the same line leave out 
from “ lands” to ‘ of,”’ in Pr. 203.1. 2. 

Pr. 203.1. 7. After the first “the” insert “ said 
“ Jast mentioned,” and in the same line leave out 
from “ lands” to “as,” in 1. 8. 

Pr. 203. 1.13. Leave out from “the”’ to “owner,” 
in |. 14. 

Pr. 203. 1. 15. 
“ Ge” 

Pr. 203.1. 16. After “ said” insert “ last-men- 
“ tioned,” and in the same line leave out from 
** Jands” to the first “ or’ in ]. 17. 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walker 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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case, may be adopted by the House at that stage, 
if it shall think fit. 

4. Resolved, That in the case ofthe Southampton Southampton 
Improvement Bill, proposed additional Amendment Improvement 
on third reading, the said Amendment is of such a?" 
nature as may be adopted by the House at that 
stage, if it shall think fit. 

The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 


‘on Standing Orders, a Resolution, which was read, Orders ; 


as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Lords’ Amend- Eastern Coun. 
ments to the Eastern Counties Railway (Brandon a Railway 
and Peterborough Extension) Bill, the Amendments Desukenan 
are of such a nature as may be agreed to by the Extension) Bin, 
House, if it shall think fit. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Croydon and 
London and Croydon Railway, at Croydon, to Epsom, prom Railway 
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was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Evelyn Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration York and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Pag 
tituled, An Act for enabling the York and North 879 BY 
Midland Railway Company to make a Railway 
from York to Scarborough, with a Branch to Picker- 
ing ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5.1. 6. After “ for” insert Clause (A.) 

Cravse (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
enable the Company to construct any part of 
their Railway or works, or to enter upon or take 
any land for the purposes thereof in the township 
of Clifton aforesaid, without the previous consent 
in writing of all and every the owners and oc- 
cupiers of the lands in the said township required 
for the said Railway and works.” 

Pr. 95. 1. 34. After “ aforesaid” insert Clauses 
(B.) and (C.) 

Crause (B.) “ AND whereas it is intended to 
carry the said Railway over the River Ouse by a 
bridge: BE it Enacted, That such parts of the 
bridge to be erected by the Company over the 
said River Ouse as will affect the navigation, shall 
be constructed so as to leave, between each of thie 
piers or supports of such bridge, an uninterrupted 
waterway of not less than thirty feet in width, 
and the towing-path under the said bridge shall 
not be less than six feet wide, and the soffit or 
under side of the bridge over such towing-path 
shall not be less than ten feet in height from the 
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Standing Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee | ,, 
Orders ; on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which | ,, 
were read, as follow : Sie 

London and 1. Resolved, That in the case of the London and | « 


Croydon Rail- Croydon Railway (No. 2.) Petition for leave to pre- | « 

way (No-2.) sent a Petition for a Bill, the Sessional Order ought | « 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted | « 
to present a Petition accordingly. 

Sheffield, 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Sheffield, | 

Ashton-under- Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Bill, | 

Eyre and ian- proposed Clauses on third reading, the said Clauses | 


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chester Rail- _ : - 
way Bill. are such as, under the peculiar circumstances of | « 

the case, may be adopted by the House at that stage, | «« 

if it shall think fit. ‘“ 
Ashton, Staly- 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Ashton, | “ 
bridge, and == Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway Bill, | « 
Janctfon Raite Proposed Clauses on third reading, the said Clauses | “ 
way Lill. are such as, under the peculiar circumstances of the | « 





side of the said intended bridge over the river 
shall not be of a less height than the centre arch 
of the present bridge over the said Kiver at York, 
and whilst erecting or repairing the said intended 
bridge, the Company shall not diminish the width 
of the River or impede the navigation thereof 
more than is necessary consistently with the due 
construction of the said intended bridge.” 


Crause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
authorize the Company to interfere in any juris- 
diction which the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the said city of York are entitled to over the 
said River, by any charter, grant or otherwise, or 
to defeat, lessen or prejudice any of the rights, 
privileges, powers or authorities given to or vested 
in the Trustees or Commissioners authorized by 
or acting under an Act of Parliament passed in 
the thirteenth year of the reign of his Majesty 

“ King 


7 Victoria. 


“ King George the First, intituled, ‘ An Act for im- 
« proving the Navigation of the River Ouse, in the 
“ County of York,’ and another Act of Parliament 
“« passed in the fifth year of the reign of his Ma- 
“ jesty King George the Second, for rendering 

more effectual the said Act passed in the thir- 
teenth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the First or either of them ; but that the 
same Acts shall continue in full force, and shall 
and may be carried into execution in such and 
the like manner, to all intents and purposes, as if 
this Act had not been passed, save only and ex- 
cept so as not in any manner to prevent, hinder 
or prejudice the due execution of this Act, or of 
all or any of the powers and authorities hereby 
given and vested in the Company or their suc- 
cessors.” 

Pr. 103. 1. penult. After “direct” insert Clauses 
(D.) and (E.) 

Ciavse (D.) “ AND with respect to the cross- 
ing of roads by the Railway: BE it Enacted, 
That as to all roads (except such as are herein- 
after mentioned as intended to be crossed on a 
level), if the line of the Railway crosses any 
turnpike-road or public carriage-way, either such 
turnpike-road or public carriage-way shall be 
carried over the Railway or the Railway shall be 
carried over such road by means of a bridge, of 
the height and width, and with the ascent or de- 
scent by this Actin that behalf provided, and 
such bridge and other necessary works connected 
therewith shall be executed at the expense of the 
Company.” 

Ciavse (E.) “ AND whereas the line of the 
said intended Railway crosses the several turn- 
pike-roads and highways hereinafter mentioned, 
(that is to say), the turnpike-road leading from 
York to Northallerton, in the parish of Saint 
Olave’s Marygate ; the turnpike-road from York 
to Oswaldkirk, and the public road leading from 
York to Haxby, both in the parish of Huntington; 
the public road leading from Towthorpe to Haxby ; 
the public road leading from York to Strensall ; 
the public road leading from Stockton to Stren- 
sall; the public road leading from Flaxton to 
“ Strensall; the public road leading from York to 
Thornton, all in the parish of Strensall; the pub- 
lic road leading from Easingwold to Flaxton, in 
the parish of Bossall; the public road leading 
from Flaxton to Lilling and Thornton ; the pub- 
lic road leading from York to Foston, both in the 
parish of Foston ; the turnpike-road leading from 
York to Scarborough ; the public road leading 
from Barton to Spittle Bridge; the public road 
leading from Barton to Crambe; the public road 
leading from Whitwellto Stowsham Bridge, called 
Rider-lane; the public road leading from Kirk- 
ham to Malton, all in the parish of Crambe ; the 
public road leading from Huttons Ambo to the 
River Derwent, in the parish of Huttons Ambo; 
the public road leading from Malton, to Pockling- 
ton and Welham; the turnpike-road leading from 
York to Scarborough, both in the parish of Nor- 
ton; the public road called Low Moor-lane, and 
the two public roads leading from Scampston, all 
in the parish of Rillington; the turnpike-road 
leading from York to Scarborough, in the parish 
‘ of Wintringham; the public road leading from 

West Heslerton to Yeddingham, both in the pa- 
rish of West Heslerton; the turnpike-road lead- 
ing from Spittle House to Scarborough ; three 
public-roads leading from Seamer, and a public 
road leading from Seamer to Filey, all in the pa- 
rish of Seamer; the public roads called Marishe’s 
Low-road, Marishe’s High-road, Upper Carr- 
lane; the turnpike-road leading trom Malton to 
Pickering; the public roads called Heygate-lane, 
Mill-lane, Hungate-lane and Bridge-street, all in 
the parish of Pickering; and it is expedient that 


the said Railway should cross each of the said 
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“ highways on a level: BE it therefore Enacted, 


That the Company may make the said Railway 
across the said several above-mentioned roads on 
“ a level.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Sir Frederick Trench 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 Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


tituled, An Act for better supplying with Water the ™ 


Parishes of Saint Michael, the Holy Trinity, and 
Saint John the Baptist, in the City of Coventry, 
and the County of Warwick; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

Pr. 184. 1. 36. Leave out “the” and insert 
“ their.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ellice do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to 
the Taff Vale Railway, to authorize the alteration 
of certam Works thereby authorized, and the form- 
ation of additional Works, and to enlarge the Powers 
of the Company, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Owen Stanley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Report on the Wells Harbour and 
Quay Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to 
authorize an Extension of the Edinburgh and Glas- 
gow Railway, and to amend and enlarge the provi- 
sions of the Acts relating to such Railway, 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. 

And Amendments being proposed to be made to 
the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Petitions of Share-holders of the Great Mun- 
ster and Leinster Railway Company ;—Land-owners 
of thecounty of Kildare;—and, James Pim, junior, of 
Monkstown Castle, Dublin, Treasurer of the Dublin 
and Kingstown Railway Company; complaining that 
the Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the 
application for the Great Southern and Western 
Railway (Zreland) Bill, had not been complied with ; 
and praying that the Standing Orders may not be 
dispensed with; and that the Petitioners for the 
said Bill may not be allowed to proceed with their 
Bill in the present Session, and that the Petitioners 
may be heard before the Committee to which the 
said Petition for the Bill is referred, by their agents, 
in support of the allegations contained in their Pe- 
titions,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to 
amend the several Acts relating to the Preston and 
Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock Company, be 
now read the third time ; 

Lord Granville Somerset, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

3B mand, 


Coventry 
Waterworks 


Taff Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Wells Harbour 
and Quay Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway Bi!h. 


Great Southern 


and Western 
Railway 
(Ireland.) 


Preston and 
Wyre Dock, 
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370 


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. 


Ashton, Staly- Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
Lineeeal Jon .. third reading of the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liver- 
tion Railway pool Junction Railway Bill be resumed To-morrow. 
Bill. 

Sheffield, Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
ee third reading of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne 
p aerten ha and Manchester Kailway Bill be resumed To- 
Bill. morrow. 

Lakenheath An ingrossed Bill for amending and rendering 
and Brandon 


more effectual an Act for draining and preserving 
certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Parishes 
of Lakenheath and Brandon, in the County of Suf- 
folk, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Rushbrooke do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Drainage Bill. 


Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill. 


Petitions from Lambeth ;— Dunster ;—Oxenden- 
street ;—Perth (four Petitions) ;— Towcester (two 
Petitions) ;— Port Glasgow and Newark ;— Glasgow 
(four Petitions) ;— Newtown (two Petitions) ;—Gras- 
sington ;—Liverpool (eighteen Petitions) ;—Syston ; 
— Sevenoaks ; — Belly ; —Leicester ;—Ballyhay ;— 
Brixton ; — Newthorn ; — Clapham;— Tunbridge 
Wells (two Petitions) ; — Newtown ; — Commercial- 
road ;—Abbey School ;—Stepney (two Petitions) ; 
Buddenham ;— Hackney (three Petitions) ;— Yeovil ; 
— Framlingham ;— Homerton; — Tonbridge (four 
Petitions) ;— Flash ;— Wareham;— Oakley ;—Cleck- 
heaton ;— Terling ;— Baltinglass, &amp;c. ;— Howden ;— 
Hammersmith ;—Gadsden-row ;—Wimborne Min- 
ster ;— Wantage ;—South Petherton ;—A bergavenny 
(two Petitions) ;— Pontypool ;— Blaenarth ;—Aber- 
sychan ; — Garnddeffaith ; — Blackfriars-road ; — 
Bedford-row ; — Milwall ;— Poplar ; — Fleet and 
Holbeach ;— East Dereham ;—AIslington (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Wisbeach ;—Soho (two Petitions) ;— Wins- 
low ;—Hexham ;—Stoke Newington ;—Cotton ; — 
Ingham ; —Cliffe (two Petitions) ;—Old Ford ; — 
Evcles(two Petitions) ;—Davyhulme ;—Manchester ; 
—Thatcham ; —Oldham ; — Newry ;—Limerick ;— 
Mallow ; —Drogheda ;— Greenhithe ;— Butterton ; 
— Kensington ;— Newstone;— Hackney-road ;— Bed- 
minster ; — Saint George’s-in-the- East ; — Saffron 
Walden ; —Woodbridge ; — Westminster (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Bethnal Green (six Petitions) ;— Cam- 
bridge-road ; — Leek (six Petitions) ; — Limehouse 
(two Petitions) ; — Gloucester ;— Bedford-row ; — 
Spitalfields ;—Globe-road ;— Bethesda( Middlesex) ; 
— Bishopsgate ; —Risca ;— Huntingdon (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Brampton ;—Garstang (three Petitions) ; 
—Amersham (two Petitions) ;— Drayton ;—Ram- 
sey ;—Acton;—Bath (two Petitions) ; —Maldon ; 
—South Shields ;— Watlington ;—Armagh (two Pe- 
titions) ; —Burnley (three Petitions.;—High Wy- 
combe ;— Kirkham ;— Park Hill ;—Higham ;—Pa- 
diham ;— Croydon ; —Camelford ;— Buckfastleigh ; 
— .{shburton ;— Ballymore ; — Athorey ;— Stepney ; 

— Warrington ;— Dunstable (two Petitions) ;—Bar- 
net ;—Aldersgate ;—Charles Fleetwood and others ; 
— Tooting ;—Rateliffe ;—H. J. Aveling and others ; 


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A, 1844, 


| Clement's ;— Gateshead ; — Craven-street ;—Ashby- 
de-la- Zouch ;— Cradley ;— Reading ;— Barnsley ;— 
Bawtry ; — Felling ; — Tealing ;—Bangor ;—Hors- 
ham ;—Ashbourne (two Petitions) ;—Chellaston ;— 
Barrow ;—Belper ;— Ripley ;— Derby ;— Mayfield ; 
— Brailsford ;— Wardgate ;— Welshpool ; — Honi- 
ton ;—Dungannon ;—Adam and Eve’s Chapel ; — 
Halkin-street ;— Codford (Wilts) ;— Dublin (nine 
| Petitions) ;—Saint Catharine Parish ;—Carrickfer- 
| gus (two Petitions) ;-- Warminster ;--Kingston-upon- 
| Hull (five Petitions) ;---Dolgelley;— Wigan ;—Both- 
well ;—Rector of Bidborough ;--Sudbury ;— Burton- 
| upon- Trent (two Petitions) ;— Wetton ;— Kimberley ; 
—AIlkeston ;—Raveley and Upwood;— Mile End- 
road ;— Gravesend (three Petitions) Woasigg: fae i— 

Bray ; — 





Pemberton ;— Leicester-square ; — Eaton 
Wellington ; — Southampton (four Petitions) ; — 
Gateshead ;— Weymouth ;— Egginton ;—Saint Ives 
(two Petitions) ;—Washford ;—Porlock ;— Larne ; 
— Crediton ;--Pyworthy ;—W. C. Walters ;— Hol- 
lowcomb ;—Litile Alie-street ;— Aldgate ; — Escot ; 
—Abergele (two Petitions) ;— Saint Pancras ; — 
North Shields ;— Bourn ;—Leighton and Barham ; 
— Grantham ;— Havant ;— Stowmarket ; — Preston 
(four Petitions) ;— Wrexham ;— Tewkesbury ;—Old- 
bury ;—Swalwell ;—Sheffield ;— Exton ;— Goole ;—~ 
Regent’s Park ;—Kemerton ;— Woolwich (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Swindon ;— Rye ; — Basildon ;—Herst- 
monceaux ; —Oswestry ;— Stourbridge (three Peti- 
| tions) ;— Tewkesbury ;—-.Dudley ; — Keppell-street ; 
| —Dorchester ;—Killyleagh ;—Mirfield ;—Kendal ; 
| — Cheltenham ;—Greenock ; — Leighton Buzzard ; 
'— There-undersigned ;— Williton ;— Colchester ; — 
Pangbourne ;— Biggleswade ; — Edinbro’ ;— Frome 
Selweod ;—Hockliffe ;—H. M. Villiers, and others ; 
—Pontefract ;— Finchley ;— Clough ;— Hawarden ; 
— Sedbergh ;—Drum ;—Dunnamana ; — Lisbellow ; 
_—Ballycopeland ;— Ballyrashane ; — Tamerton ;— 
Bristol (nine Petitions) ; — Weston ; — Clifton ; — 
Woodenandridge;—Wrington ;--Peckham and Cam- 
berwell ;— Barmouth ; — Somerton ; — Benburb ;— 
Bassetlaw ;— Wincanton ;—Amersham ;— Taunton ; 
— Bandon ;-- Dewsbury (two Petitions) ;— Batley 

‘arr ;— Sturminster ;— Llanwddyn ;— Wimborne ; 
— Great Stainton ; — Aldershot ; — Mowbray ; — 
Whitechapel (three Petitions) ;—Plymouth (four Pe- 
titions) ;— Chester (five Petitions) ;— Ossett (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Ponder’s End ;— Morley Clay Works ;— 
Stotfold ;—Oreston ;— Waterford (two Petitions) ; 
—Stewkley ;— Baldock ;—Bedford ; — Mosside ; — 
Southwell ;—Hollymount ;—Middleton ;—Ballyeas- 
ton ;—Duncan ;—Booterstown ;—Larne and Inver ; 
— Newton ;— Wadebridge ;—Staines ;— Burton ; — 
Shefford (two Petitions) ;—Morden ;-—- Ashwell ; — 
Huddersfield (six Petitions) ;— Yeadon ;—Boseley ; 
— Kirkburton ;— Kirkheaton (two Petitions) ;— 
Blackheath ;—Sheffield (three Petitions) ;— Brecon ; 
—Lisson Grove ;—Old Dalby ;-- Stannington ; — 
Almondbury (two Petitions) ;— Petworth ;— Great 
Boughton ;— White Roding ;—Shetford (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Sheriff Hill ;—Oxford-street ;— Troston ; 
— Rochester ;—Brighton (four Petitions) ;—Stret- 
ford ;— Newent ;— Ballywillen ;— Ballynahinch ; — 
Finchingfield ;— Tamlaght O’ Crilla ;— Boveva ;— 
Chippenham ;--Hutton Rudby ; — Sherry ;—Kirk- 
cudbright ;—Members of the Presbytery of Edin- 
burgh in connection with the Free Church of Scot- 
land ;— Norwich (two Petitions) ;—Hartington ; — 
Greenock ; — Edward-street, Portman-square ; — 
Naas ;—Loughborough (two Petitions) ;— Hoton ;— 
Quorndon ; —Udny ;— Minister and Elders of the 
(Synod of Glasgow and Ayr ;—Aberdeen ;—-Devon- 








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-— Poplar ;-- Wingham ;-- Enniskillen ;-—-Manorhamiil- | port (three Petitions) ;—- Halifax (eighteen Petitions) ; 


ton ;— Southwick ; — Wymondham ; — Margate ;— 


—Cambridge (two Petitions) ;— Didsbury ;—Ras- 


Coggeshall ;—Soham ; —Devizes ; —Bridgwater ;— | trick ;— Wooler ;— Torpoint ;—Kirkcolm ;— Gallo- 
Crondall ;— Goswell-road ;-— Thornbury ;— Watton | way ;—-Dunfermline ; — Regent-square, London ; — 
(two Petitions);—Stapleford ;—Totteridge ;— Mar- | Rothesay ; — Denure ;— Houston ;— Burton-upon- 
tock ;—Macelesfield ;— Chelsea (two Petitions) ;— | Trent ;—Zrvine ;—Special Commission of the Free 
Deanton ; — Derrygontreary ; — Turret Green; — ‘Church of Scotland ; — Cobridge ; — Tutbury ; — 


Ipswich (six Petitions); — Saint amanaiiditieatided nities ;— Dunvon ;— Selkirk ;— 


Commercial-road, 
London ;— 


7 Vicroriz. 


London ;—Lambourn ;—Baldoyle ;— Saint Giles’s ; 
—Rugby (two Petitions) ;—Darwen ;—Waterford ; 
— Henfield ;— Eccleston ;—Saint Mary-le-bone (four 
Petitions) ; — Rushton ;— Earnley ;— Endon ; — 
Danebridge ;— Gratton ;— Omagh ;--Stewartstown ; 
—Aughentain ;— Ballymagrane ;-— Clogher ;—Stra- 
bane (two Petitions) ;—Minterburn ;— Whitcane ;— 
Paddington ;—Hollinsclough ;— Board of Congre- 
gational Ministers resident in and about the Cities 
of London and Westminster ;—Kendal ;— Lewes ;— 
Carhampton ;—TIlminster ;— Watchet ;— South Pe- 
therton ;—Hochliffe and Chalgrave ;—Tattenhall ; 
—Stratford-on-Slaney ;— Crewkerne ;— Brecon ; — 
Congleton ;-- Coalbournbrook ;--Ambourne ;-- Benge- 
worth ;—Sandwich ;--Poulton-le- Fylde ;-- Chorlton- 
upon-Medlock ;— Thetford ;—Bath (two Petitions) ; 
—Worstead ;—Frodsham ;— Coppenhall ;— North- 
wich ;— Wrenbury ;— Worcester ;— Ballinahatty ;— 
Wetley Rocks ;—London and Westminster ;—Llan- 
dilofawr ; — Sowtry ; — Shadwell; — Lea Marston 
and Curdworth ;— Winkhill ;--Alstonefield;—Brad- 
nop ;—Aberton ;— Ebrington ;—Goudhurst (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Dumbarton ;— Winchester ;— Launceston ; 
—Radditch ;—Staplehurst ; — Podborough ;—Aln- 
wick ;—Kill ;— Hamilton ;—Pinkhull ; — Leswait ; 
—Shadforth ;—Staindrop ;— Ryton ;— Rugeley ;— 
Saint Mary Axe ;—Balrecham ;—Belfast (four Pe- 
titions) ;—Borgue ;—Sunderland (two Petitions) ;— 
Neston and Parkgate ;--Middlewich (two Petitions) ; 
—- Tilston ;--Doveridge ;--Saint Lawrence, Somerset ; 
— Sandbach ; — Smallwood ; — Hassall Green ; ~ 
Avening ;—Parsonstown ;—Aghadoey ;—W oodches- 
ter ;— Manningtree ;—Oldham (two Petitions) ; — 
Iden ;—Spring Head ;--Lowich ;--Kelloe ;--Haugh- 
ton-le-Sherne ;—Jarrow ;— Denbigh (two Petitions) ; 
— Chapel Russell ;— Greenwich ;— Cardiff ;—Llan- 
badarnfawr ;— Godeston ;— Neath ;—Aberystwyth ; 
— Hastings ;— Brede ;--Stranton ;-- Witton Gilbert ; 
—WNorth Shields ;—Birmingham (nine Petitions) ; 
West Bromwich ;--Coteshill ;-- Kelso (two Petitions) ; 
—Ware (three Petitions) ;—— Bromley ;—Alton ; — 
Hawkhurst ;—Sutton Valence ;—Ockbrook ;—Had- 
low ;— Ross (two Petitions) ;— Wallsend ;—Lincoln ; 
— Walker ;— Cork (two Petitions) ;— Newcastle ;— 
Kingston;— Aston ;— Market Drayton;— Tilston ;— 
Donegore ;--Larne ;—Great Tey ;—Committee and 
Manager of Magherabeg School ;—Ezeter (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Corwen ; —Shoreditch and Hackney ;— 
Ancoats ;—Atherstone ;— Barton ;—Malpas ; —Ye- 
tholm ;—Stafford (two Petitions) ;— Pilleweally ;— 
Sidmouth ;— Randalstown ;—Hexham;—East Peck- 
ham ;—Shoreditch ;— Chapel ;—East Cowes ;—Col- 
chester (three Petitions) ;— West Mersea ;—.Boxted ; 
— Goodman’s Fields (two Petitions) ;—London (three 
Petitions) ;— Brightlingsea ;— Thorrington ;--Great 
Bently ;—Saint Osyth ;—Elmstead ;— Great Brom- 
ley ;— North fleet ;—Slumbourne ;— Newcast le-upon- 
Tyne (two Petitions) ;—Dudley (five Petitions) ;— 
Antrim (seven Petitions) ;— Dungannon ;—Kings- 
town ;— Holbeach ;— Butley ;—Chattisham ;— Hol- 
lesley and Bawdsey ; —Chelmondeston ;— Tatting- 
stone ;— Newport ; — Nottingham ; — Killeslim ; — 
Ridge ; — Northiam , — Navenby; — Brixton and 
Stockwell ; — Ealing ;— Members of the Aberdeen 
Synod of the Free Church of Scotland ;— Bath- 
easton ;— Southwark (two Petitions) ;—Saint Bride’s 
Minor ;—Bridgend and Lantwitmajor ;— Munster ; 
— Clones ;— Castleblayney ;— Bury ;-- Margate (two 
Petitions) ;+ Sittingbourne ;—Andover ;—-Calverley ; 
— Hexham ;—Wisbeach ;—Charlton Marshall ; — 
Deptford ;— Farringdon 3— Bury Saint Edmund's ; 
— Playford ;— Beckenham ;--W ootton-under-Edge; 
— Higham ;—Ranskill ;—Sligo (two Petitions) ;— 
Tilstock ; —Woodbridge ; — Ramsbury ; — Cumber- 
land ;—Chelsea (two Petitions) ;—Derby ;—Isting- 
ton;—Whitchurch (two Petitions) ;—Cloughwater ; 
—Llansadwrn ;—Winterborne Saint Martin's, &amp;c. ; 
~—Newmills ;—Clare ;-- Harmston and Waddington ; 
— Cranbrook ; — West Wickham ;— Dromara;— 
Wreckwardine ; -- Elloughton ; — Ballyeaston ; — 
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South Shields ; -—- Donaghadee ; — Woodchurch ; — 
Berwich-upon- Tweed ;-—Middlesex (four Petitions) ; 
— Bradford (three Petitions) ;--Redrock ;—Quorn- 
don ;--Oxford (two Petitions) ;—Derry ;— Weston ; 
—Archdeaconry of Ely ;—Biddulph ;—Farnsfield ; 
—Spettisbury ;— Saint Julian ;— Marlborough ; — 
Ballymena ;—-Donoughmore ;— Glastonbury ;—Lin- 
coln ; —Congleton ; — Rushmere Saint Andrew ;— 
Tralee ;—Linlithgow ;—Saint Urnwald ; — Bridge 
End ;— Welsh Cardiff Circuit ;—Bicherton ;—Red 
Lion-square, Middlesex ;—Corty Higher ;— Saint 
Mary Cray, Sutton-at-Home and Bexley Heath ;— 
Dartmouth ;--Lutterworth ;--Shadwell ;-- Cornwall- 
street ;—Spitalfields ;— Fish-street Hill ;—Sutton ; 
—Dungiven ;—Bloomsbury ;--Longnor ;-- Hertford ; 
—Holy Trinity Parish (Suffolk) ;— Naughton ;— 
Clones ;— Stockwell ; — Richmond ; — Hathern ; — 
Frome (two Petitions) ; — Henley-upon-Thames ;— 
Dundee ;— Gainford ;—Farnham ;—South Cave ;— 
Shoreditch ; — Waltham Abbey ;— Christleton ; — 
Stratford (two Petitions) ;— Shadwell ;-— Thorold- 
square ;— Blackwood ;--Limerick ;-—-Bow and Brom- 
ley ; — Edenderry ; — Portglenone ;— Ratcliff ; — 
Dundonald ;— Dyffryn Ardydury ; — Bredgar ;— 
Muckhamore ;—Castlereagh (two Petitions) ;— Stony 
Stanton ; — Thame ; — Newington ;— Dublin, &amp;c. ; 
—Chester, &amp;c.;— Ballymoney ; — Sloane-place ; — 
Devonsgate-street ; — Wedmore ; — Westbury ; — 
Dorset ;—North Meols ;—Stone ;--Mirfield ;— Mal- 
pas ; — Maidstone ;-— Coventry (two Petitions) ; — 
Painters Jury ;—Cheddleton ;— Uttoxeter ;— Brick- 
lane, Old-street, Saint Luke’s ;— Saint Sidwells ; 
— Shibbereen; — Cavan; — Rothbury ;— Reading 
(three Petitions); — Derby (two Petitions); — 
and, Temple Michael; praying that the Dissen- 
ters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Holywood ; —Exeter (twenty-five 
Petitions) ;— Colyton ;— East Tynemouth ;— Pendle- 
bury ;—Castlederg ;— Belfast, &amp;c., (two Petitions ; 
—Crediton ;—Aughnamullin ;— West Bromwich ;— 
Heavitree ; — Torquay ; — Topsham ; — Bolton-le- 
Moors ;—Kilmore, &amp;c.;—Members of the Lanca- 
shire and Cheshire Presbyterian Association ;—Lit- 
tleham ; — Magheradrol ; — Greyabbey ; —- Newton 
Abbott, &amp;c.; —- West Tynemouth ; — Dawlish ;— 
Withycombe Rawleigh ;— Woodbury (two Petitions); 
—Lymstone; -- Collumpton;— Flagg ;— Ashton (Lan- 
caster) ; — Ashton-under-Lyne ; — Saffron Walden 
(two Petitions) ;— Wolverhampton ;—Dunsford ;— 
Dumbarton ;— Edinburgh (two Petitions) ;—Lough- 
inisland ; — Dublin (fifteen Petitions) ; — Bath ;— 
Ashburton ; — Manchester (two Petitions) ; — Mal- 
don; — Fullaton ;— Dartmouth ;—Matton ;— Ford- 
ham; — Hillsborough; — Belfast (two Petitions) ; 
—Donegore; — Kilbride, &amp;c. ; — Birmingham ; — 
Ballymacarrett ;—Blaengwrack ;—Saul ;— Bright ; 
— Ballyculter ; — Stourbridge ; — Greenock ; — 
Wilmslow (two Petitions) ;— Stockton-on-Tees (two 
Petitions) ;— William Henry Black ;—There-under- 
signed (two Petitions) ;—Congleton ;— Warminster ; 
— Chesterfield ;--Kirkburton ;--Saint Paul's Parish ; 
— Yazley ; — Rathmines ; —Kilcullen ; —Longford ; 
—Cross-street ; — Worcester ; — Nantwich ; — Kil- 
clief ; — Ripley ; — Warrington ; — Pilkington ; — 
Leeds (four Petitions) ;— Newry ; — Downpatrick 
(two Petitions) ;— Cradley ; — Lisburn; — Borna- 
breena ;—Muckhno ;—Longford and Templemichael ; 
— Dunmurry ;—Ballee (two Petitions) ;—Tyrella, 
Clough, &amp;c.;—Lea ;—Harold’s Cross ;—Ilkeston ; 
— Donamine (two Petitions) ; — Kidderminster ;-- 
Ormskirk ;—Crumlin (two Petitions) ;—Rasharkin ; 
—Clontarf ;— Tichmacrevan (two Petitions) ;—Kil- 
more;—Raloo;—Aughnamullin;— Bristol ;—Kings- 
town (Dublin) ;—Moneyrea ;— Dover ;-—Nantwich ; 
—Canningion ; —Derby ;— Belper ;—Ahoghill ;— 
Ramoan ;—Findern ;--Newton Limavady ;— Pres- 
bytery of Munster ;--- West Wycombe ;— Bishop's 
Court ;-—Llandyssil ;— Ballyhemlin ;—King’s Nor- 





3 B2 ton ;— 





‘Marriages 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Law. 








372 6° Junii. A. 1844, 


ton ;— Kilreadyn ;— Clonmel (two Petitions);—Ard-|to be given to medical officers of unions,—-were 
glass;— Chester (four Petitions) ;— Neirton-Arras ;— | also presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Kildare ;—Llandifeilog ;—Portaferry ;—Oldburry ; | Committee on Poor Law Amendment Act (Medical 
— Ballymena ; aa a ae — — — “oe Relief). 

al Profession in Jreland;--Selby ; a 
eee daghagallen; — Norton; pil sete _ A Petition of Guardians of the Dolgelly Union, Poor Law 
—Cork (eight Petitions) ; — Tullylish ; — Cheven-| 0 the counties of Merioneth and Montgomery, pray- Amendment 
ing ;—Rolvenden ; — Kenilworth ; — Fedamore and | that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may not 
Manister ;— Topsham;— Bellie;— Dalkey ;—Castle-, pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
wellan ; — Innisheen ; — Trinity ;-- Dromore sue | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions) ;—Phibsborough ;— Tamworth (two Peti- | an ’ 
nerss§ (two "iliiona ; — Warwick ;— | Petitions from Silverton ; — Beddgelert ; — and, ne Asaph 
General Assembly of the General Baptist Churches | Tenby ; praying for the repeal of so much of the —— 
(Chairman and Moderators) ;— Drumcree; —East | Act 6 and q Will. 4,c. 77, as relates to the union 
Lothian ; —Kirkburton and Almondbury ;—Augh- | of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and, at the 
nisafin ; — Maidstone ; — Chapelizod ; — Holme ;-- | Same time, that speedy and strenuous endeavours 
Bandon ;—Maheracloon;--Manchesterand Salford ; /may be made for the establishment of a Bishopric 
— Carrickfergus ;— Dudley ;—Islington ;— Carrich- | at Manchester, by other means,—were presented, 
macross ;—Flushing (Cornwall); — Nottingham ;— | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
G. R. Greenhow ;— Barnard Castle ;-- Barnstaple ; 
—Padiham ; —Glenravel ; — Glenavy (three Peti- | Petitions from Downham; —Coveney ;— Witch- Corn Laws, 
tions) ;— Loughginel ;—— Tully Rusk ;— Cushendall; ford ; — Sutton (Cambridge) ;— Lower Mitton ;— 
— Glenarm ;--Killead (two Petitions) ;—Ballintoy; | Stone ;—and, Kidderminster (two Petitions); pray- 
—Castledawson;— Castlereagh ;— Derryheiaghes ;— | ing the House to resist the efforts now making by 
Killelagh (two Petitions) ;-—-Moira(three Petitions); | the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no alteration 
— Whitehouse ;--Merthyr Tidvil;—Killard, &amp;c. ;— | whatever may be made in the existing Corn Laws, 
Killough ;--Chorley ;-- Killnachy;— Dundonald ;— | —were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
Alnwick (two Petitions) ;-—Prescot ;—Gateshead ; | the Table. 
— Devonport (two Petitions) ; — Broughshane ; — | 
Inch; — Maralin ; — Newtownaw ; —- Carlingford; The following Return having been transmitted Literary and 
(two Petitions) ; —-Kilmacow ; — Kilkenny ; —Hali- | to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table; viz. Further a 
fax ;—Pon-y-defard ; —Donacloney ; — Godley ;— | Return to an Order dated the 20th day of May last, °°" ions. 





“London, Westminster, &amp;c. ; — Talsarn ; — Saint | for a Return of all Applications to the certifying 


Thomas-the- Apostle (Devon) ;—Donegore Grange ;| Barrister, under the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 36, for Cer- 
— Lampeter ;—Llanfihangel Ystrad ;—Monagh and | tificates of Exemption from Parochial Rates by 
Templemartin ; — Kinneagh ; — Malahide ;—Bally- | Literary and and Scientific Institutions; stating the 
bay ; — Rathfarnham; — Norwich ; — Clarendon-| Name and Locality of each Society, and whether 
street ; — Killaney ; —Kilbritain ; —Culfughtrin ;— | the Certificates were granted or refused, and speci- 
Croft ;— Warrington ; —Ardtrea ; —Presbytery of | fying the Grounds of Refusal in each case. 
Antrim ;—and, Bury (three Petitions); praying that | 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also pre-| 4 Petition of John Prichard and John Davies, Counts Courts 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the’ Officers to the Sheriff of Monmouthshire, praying Bill. 
Table. : ; ; that in case the County Courts Bill should pass into 

Petitions from Templemichael ; — and, C orboy &gt; a law, the House will either cause the Petitioners 
praying that the said Bill, with certain alterations, | ,, receive compensation for the loss which they must 
may pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; | necessarily sustain, or appoint them to such offices 


a " vE Re the ge Cook in the newly-formed Courts, as their previous duties 
eutions of the everend ffenry Looke, D. D-»/ may have enabled them competently to fill, was 
L. L. D., Moderator of the General Synod of Ulster ; y P J : 


E resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
—and, George Matthews, of Sandymount, near the | Fable. : . , 


city of Dublin ; praying that they may be heard, at | 


the bar of the House, by themselves, their counsel’ ,ourhood of Barmouth, in the county of Merioneth, 
or agents, against the said Bill, or against the se-. praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, was 


cond and third clauses thereof,—were presented, | ajcg presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 


Petitions from Donaghmore;-- Bellie;--Greenock;| A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, Hail Storm 
— Perth (four Petitions) ;— Tealing ;—John Hanna, | in the county of Huntingdon, praying the House Isurances. 
M. A., and others ;— Groomsport ;— Ballygilbert;| to repeal the stamp duty on policies of Insurance 
—and, Bangor; praying the House to pass a law, | against damage by Hail Storms, so far as agricul- 
to declare valid, to all intents and purposes in law, | tural produce is concerned, thereby placing it on 
all Marriages heretofore solemnized or hereafter to | the same footing as in the case of loss by fire, was 
be solemnized by Presbyterian ministers in Ireland, | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
between parties not within the prohibited degrees | Table. 
of consanguinity or affinity, and who have the con-| 
sent of parents or guardians, and provided that all | A Petition of Land-owners and Inhabitants of Arson. 
such Marriages shall be solemnized and registered ‘the parish of Pentlow, in the county of Essex, stat- 
agreeably to the published laws of the Jrish Pres- ing that they believe the late alteration of the law 
byterian Church,—were_ presented, and read; and 4, punishment of the crime of Arson has not 
ordered to he upon the Table. tended to check but rather to increase the same; 

and praying that the power to punish capitally may 

A Petition of Guardians of the Bala Union, | be restored to the courts of justice, in cases where 
praying for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment the offence is aggravated, or the amount of property 
Act, in relation to cases of bastardy, was presented, | destroyed large, was presented, and read; and or- 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Kington Union ;—Dolgelly Union ; | 
—and, Hinckley Union; praying for alteration of; A Petition of Peter Augustus Lautour, a Colonel Westem 
the said Act, by confiding to Boards of Guardians | on Half-pay in Her Majesty’s service, praying for Australia. 
the power of fixing the measure of remuneration inquiry into his claim for an allotment of land in 


| Western 





Durham City 
Election. 


Timber Duties. 


7 Vicroriz. 


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


A Petition of the There-undersigned Electors of 
the City of Durham, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That a vacancy in the representation 
of the City of Durham recently occurred through 
the appointment of Robert Fitzroy, Esquire (one 
of the members), to the Governorship of New Zea- 
land, and thereupon the Right honourable Arthur 
Hill Trevor, Viscount Dungannon, and John Bright, 
Esquire, offered themselves as candidates to supply 
such vacancy; and that an election took place on 





373 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, of Saint Factories 
John’s Lodge, Regent’s Park, in the county of Mid- (No. 2.) Bil: 
dlesex, Baronet, praying that the Factories (No. 2.) 

Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 


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


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Nottingham 
for amending the Provisions of an Act for forming a (West Croft 


‘ery ._ Canal) Im- 
Canal and other Works within and near certain sree 


the third day of April last, when the said Viscount ; Lands, called the West Croft,in the Parish of Saint (No. 2.) Bill. 
Dungannon was declared duly elected; that the | Mary, in the Town and County of the Town of 
Petitioners have learnt with surprise that one ofthe ; Nottingham, and for making certain Improvements 

agents of the said Viscount Dungannon did, on the | within the said Town, be now read the third time ; 

ninth day of May instant, pay one pound to each | 
of those electors who voted for the said Viscount | jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
at such election, as chose to apply for the same; | Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the 


and that a considerable majority of such electors, ; Bill, gives Her Consent, as far as 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 


er Majesty’s 


to the number of upwards of three hundred, have | interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 


applied for and received one pound each in con- | 


sideration of the votes given by them at the said 
election; that the Petitioners consider that the pay- 
ment of money to electors, on any pretence, is not 
only a gross violation of the freedom of election, 


-but subversive of the principles of the English con- 


stitution, and calculated to corrupt and demoralize 
the elective body in that city; the Petitioners there- 
fore submit to the consideration of the House the 
propriety of instituting an inquiry into this infringe- 


ment of the privileges of the House, and the rights 


of the body of the electors, in order that some 
measures may be adopted to prevent the future 
occurrence of a practice which they regard as an 
indirect system of bribery, and calculated to pro- 
duce the most injurious effects upon electors in ge- 
neral. 

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


A Petition of Lightermen engaged in the carriage 
of Deals and other Wood Goods on the River Thames, 
stating that by an Act passed in the 5th and 6th 
years of Her present Majesty’s reign, intituled, “ An 
Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs,” 
ft was enacted, that from and after the date therein 
named, Deals, Staves and other Wood Goods should 
be subject to the respective duties therein named, 
the amount of which should be ascertained by the 
gross measurement of such goods when stacked or 
piled in bulk, without allowing any deduction for 
the interstices; that in carrying out this method, it 
is found that measuring such goods when so stacked 
or piled in river craft (barges or lighters) makes a 
difference of about ten per cent. more than the same 
goods would make, when stacked or piled on shore, 
consequently compelling the merchant for his own 
protection to resort to the tedious and inconvenient 
method of delivering such goods in dock, instead of 
into river craft as heretofore, a contingency which 
probably was not anticipated by the House, when 
the said Act was passed, but which has put an 
entire stop to the trade of the Petitioners, to the 
utter ruin not only of themselves and families, but 
of the labouring classes dependent for their daily 
bread upon employment by the Petitioners, who 
have more than five hundred barges usually engaged 
in this trade, for which alone they are adapted, 
having been expressly constructed for it; and pray- 
ing the House to revert to the former method of 
ascertaining the quantities by the tale, agreeably to 
a scale made from the average solid contents of 
each class of goods obtained by actual measure- 
ments of the lengths, breadths and thickness there- 
of respectively, or in any way the House may see 
fit; for by the present scale of three feet, the dif- 
ference against the merchant using it is about ten 


per cent., making the said scale utterly useless. was 
Voi. 99. 





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as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Hobhouse do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coals, Cinders 
Return of the Number of Ships laden with Coals, #4 Culm. 
Cinders and Culm entered outwards in each of the 
years 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; specifying the 
kinds and quantities of Coals, Cinders &amp;nd Culm, 
the Amounts of Duties received, the Port of Clear- 
ance and the Countries cleared for, and whether in 
Ships of the United Kingdom, or any other Nation, 
and to what Nation they belonged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dissenters’ 
reading of the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill; Chapels Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 

“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Young, 1 so7 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: ‘ Sa 
Tellers forthef Sir Robert Harry Inglis, | 444 
Noes, \ Mr. Plumptre: ais 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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


Veneris, 7° die Junii, 1844: 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parishes 
mittee on the Parishes (Scot/and) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Savings Banks 

mittee on the Savings Banks Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Forestalling, 
abolishing the Offences of Forestalling, Regrating &amp;«» Bill. 
and Engrossing, and for repealing certain Statutes 





33B3 passed 








New South 


Wales, &amp;c., Go- 


vernment Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
Process Bill. 


Courts of Com- 
mon Law Pro- 
cess (Lreland ) 
Bill, 


Vinegar and 
Glass Duties 
Bill. 


Limitation 
of Actions 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Sugar Duties 
Bill. 


Charitable 
Donations 
and Bequests 
(Ireland.) 





374 6°—7° 


passed in restraint of Trade, was, according to Or- 
der, 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. 


An ingrossed Bill to explain an Act of the fifth 
and sixth years of Her present Majesty, for the 
Government of Vew South Wales and Van Diemen’s 
Land, was 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process Bill ; 

ftesolved, 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 Courts of Common Law Process (Jre- 
land) 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 Vinegar and Glass Du- 
ties 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 
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 directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday the 14th day of this instant June. 


The Sugar Duties Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 18th day of March last, That there be laid 
before this House, Returns made into the Office of 
the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and 
Bequests, since 1830, specifying Name of Testator 
or Donor, particular Diocese or Court ;—Of the 
Number of Bills filed, or Actions or other Suits in- 
stituted, in any Courts, in each year, specifying the 
Time of filing the Bills or commencing Actions :— 
Of the Number and Particulars of Cases prosecuted 
to conclusion, or settled by Compromise ; the Amount 
of Money realized, and the taxed Costs or Expenses 


A. 1844, 


pear to have been devoted to Roman Catholic 
Schools, Institutions or Charities :—Returns of the 
Number of Meetings in each year, for the last Five 
years, held by the Commissioners ; also, he Names 
of the Commissioners present at each Meeting :— 
And, of the Total Number of Commissioners, their 
Names and Occupations :—Copies of all Commu- 
nications between the Commissioners and the Re- 
verend Mr. Birmingham, of Ballysaze; also, his 
Answers to same, respecting a Legacy left to endow 
a School at saidPlace :—And, of that Part of the 
Will of the Person who left said Legacy, as far as 
relates to said Bequest :—Account of the Amount 
of all Costs incurred in all cases since 1830 :—Re- 
turn of the Names and Particulars of Cases, when 
Proceedings commenced, what Progress made, and 
when. terminated :—-And, Account of the Amount 
of Principal Monies in Dispute, and Costs deducted 
in each case, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Juniz: 


fore the Committee on the Croydon and Epsom 


mined before the Committee, with reference to 
the working of Railways upon the Atmospheric 
Principle. 


Return of the Number of Paupers relieved In-door 
and Out-door, with the Expenditure for In-mainte- 
nance and Out-relief in each Union and Parish not. 
united under the Poor Law Amendment Act in 
England and Wales, tor the years 1840, 1841, 1842 
and 1843, distinguishing the Amount expended in 
Medical Relief, together with the Amount of the 
Population of the same according to the last Census. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Date at which each Colony 
or Foreign Possession of the British Crown was 
captured, ceded or settled, the Number of Popula- 
tion, and whether having Legislative Assemblies, or 
governed by Orders of the Queen in Council ; stat- 
ing also, the Value of Exports and Imports, and 
Number and Tonnage of Vessels entered Inwards 
and cleared Outwards in each Colony, in the year 
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. 


and Bullion, which were presented yesterday, be 














deducted : — Of the Number of Cases where the 
Commissioners have interfered, and recovered or 
administered any Funds or Property without Cost, 
with the Amount, and Expenses :—Of the Amount 
of Sums voted by Parliament, in aid of the Board | 
of Charity, since 1830 :—Of the Number and Names | 
of the Counsel for the Board in each case, and | 
Amount of Fees paid to Counsel in each and every | 
year:—Of the Number of Cases in which Suits in-! 
stituted have not been prosecuted toa Final Decision 





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or Termination :—Of the Number of Cases in which | 
the Board of Donations now administer the Funds ; | 
Compensation by way of Agency ;—Of the Sums in | 


Progress of Recovery :—Of the Sums in each case 
recovered, and the Expenses, comparatively :—And, 
of the Sums now invested in the Names of the Com- 
a aneee mcs : if ; F i+) &gt; 
missioners, and Specifications of Annuities and Cha- 
rities now under the Administration of the Board: 
—A Specification of the Number and Particulars of 
the Charitable Donations and Bequests which ap- 





printed. 





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


so much of the Minutes of the Evidence taken be- sagen 
? J 

a 0M ; Epsom and 

and, Epsom and South Western Railway Bills, South Western 


as includes the Evidence of the Engineers exa- ®#!way 


Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Relief. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Colonies. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Gold Coin ie Coin and 
ullion. 


No. 359. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Bank Bank of 


of England, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





Veneris, 7° die Junii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway Company to make a Railway from the 
Northern 








England. 


No. 386. 


Eastern Couns 
ties Railway 

(Brandon and 
Peterborough 
Extension) Bill. 


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7 VicTorRtiz. 


Northern and Eastern Railway, at Newport, by Cam- 
bridge, to Ely, and from thence eastward to Bran- 
don, and westward to Peterborough ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1.37. Leave out from “taking” to “ de- 
scribed” in ]. 38., and insert “ the line.” 

Pr. 2. 1. penult. After “ plans” insert “ as the 
alternative line through the parishes of Ely Tri- 
“ nity and Ely Saint Mary.” 

Pr. 4. 1,16. Leave out “ Kingeston” and insert 
Hingeston.” 

Pr, 4, 1. 26. After “ the” imsert “ Isle of Ely 
and.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 27. After “ Cambridge” insert “ the Holy 
Trinity in Ely, otherwise Ely Trinity Saint Mary 
“ in Ely, otherwise Ely Saint Mary, Lakenheath 
“ and Mildenhall, partly in the Isle of Ely, and 
partly in the counties of Cambridge and Suffolk.” 

Pr. 4, 1. 28. After “ Mildenhall” insert “ in the 
“ county of Suffolk.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 29. After “ Brand” insert “in the 
“ counties of Suffolk and Norfolk.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 31. Leave out “ Suffolk” and insert 
Norfolk,” and in the same line after “ fen” insert 
“ Whitcham.” 

Pr. 4. ls. 33. and 34. After ‘ Coveney-cum- 
manea” insert “ Byall Fen.” 

Pr. 4. 1. ult. After “ Standground” insert “ in 
the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 2. Leave out “ refuse to” and insert 
* do not.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 36. After “ payable” insert “ or the 
failure or neglect of any party to make a good 
“ title to the land required.” 

Pr, 29. 1. 26. After “ claimants” insert “ Pro- 
“« vided always, That the said Company shall not 
be required to pay the costs or expenses attending 
more than one application to the court for the 
re-investment of such monies as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 4. After “ lands”’ insert “ and for 
probing, boring or sinking for the purpose of 
“ ascertaining the true nature of the soil.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 11. After “ lands” insert “ Provided 
always, That in case they donot make use of the 
ground for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, 
the Company shall with all convenient speed after 
such probing, boring or sinking shall be com- 
pleted, fill in the ground and make good the soil, 
and reinstate the same and carry away the rub- 
bish occasioned thereby, and making compensa- 
tion for any damage or injury occasioned thereby,” 
and also insert Clause (A.) 

Cravse(A.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
That in any case where the amount of the pur- 
chase-money or compensation shall be in dispute, 
it shall be lawful for the Company to enter upon 
any such lands and use the same for the general 
purposes of this Act, upon their previously depo- 
siting in the Bank of England, in the manner 
hereinbefore directed with respect to sums amount- 
ing to or exceeding Two hundred pounds, such a 
sum of money as shall be equal to the aggregate 
amount claimed in respect of such purchase-mo- 
ney or compensation, there to await the settle- 
ment of such dispute, either by agreement between 


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provided for, whereupon the same shall, upon 
application to the Court of Chancery, in the 


applied for the benefit of the respective parties, in 


the parties, or by the verdict of a jury as here ‘*: 


manner hereinbefore provided, be paid over to or 


7° Junie. 375 


“ days after the service of notice on the part of the 


Company, requiring the particulars of his estate 
or interest, and the amount of his claim in respect 
thereof, fail to state such particulars or the amount 
of such claim, it shall be lawful for the said Com- 
pany, at any time after the expiration of the said 
twenty-one days, to enter upon and use such lands 
in manner aforesaid, first depositing, in manner 
aforesaid, such a sum of money as shall be deter- 
mined by some able practical surveyor to be no- 
minated on the requisition of the said Company 
by two Justices.” 


Pr. 34. 1. 29. After “‘ mentioned” insert Clause 
(B.) 


Criause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That all the 
provisions contained in this Act for settling cases 
of disputed compensation in respect of any lands 
or of any interest in any such lands taken or re- 
quired for, or injuriously affected by the execu- 
“ tion of the Railway shall extend to Wild Duck 
Decoys, injuriously affected by the execution or 
use of the Railway.” 

Pr. 35. 1.20. Leave out from “ mentioned ” to 
“ and” in Pr. 36, 1.17. 

Pr. 39. 1. 31. Leave out “arbitration or,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ jury” to “ the” in 
l. 34, 

Pr. 41.1. 26. Leave out from “ inquiry” to “ the” 
in |. 27. 

Pr. 41.1. 29. Leave out from “ where” to “ the” 
in 1. 30., and in 1. 30. leave out from “ verdict” to 
“ shall’ in |. 31., and in I. 31. leave out “ made or.” 
Pr. 41. 1. 36. Leave out “ award or.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 37. Leave out “ made or.” 

Pr. 41. 1. ult. After “ half” insert “ at the 
“a 

Pr. 42. 1. 1. Leave out from “ Company” to 
“ one” in |. 2. 

Pr. 42. 1. 5. After “ Company” insert “ and,” 
and in the same line leave out ‘ award or.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 6. Leave out “ made or.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 11. Leave out from “lands” to “ Pro- 
“ vided” in 1. 25. 

Pr. 43. 1. 1. Leave out from “ jury” to the se- 
cond “ the” in 1. 2. 

Pr, 43. 1. 5. Leave out from “ thereon” to “and” 
in 1.8. 

Pr. 43. 1.30. Leave out from “ the” to “jury” 
in 1,31. 

Pr. 45.1. 15. Leave out from “ inquiry” to “ and” 
in 1. 16. 

Pr. 60. 1. ult. Leave out from “ proper” to 
apply” in Pr. 61. 1. 3. 

Pr. 68. 1. 38. After “ rent-charge” insert “ rent- 
charge.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 25. Leave out from “ Act’ to “ Pro- 
“¢ vided” in Pr. 74. 1. 4. 

Pr. 83. 1. 19. After “ road” insert “ near Ches- 
“ terford Bridge.” 
Pr. 106. 1. 14. Leave out from “ and”’ to “ be” 
in |. 28. 
Pr. 107. 1. 6. Leave out “ one thousand 
insert “ two hundred and fifty.” 


Pr. 108. Is. 8. and 9. After “ aforesaid” insert 
and for the purposes aforesaid, to erect thereon 
workshops, sheds and other buildings of a tem- 
porary nature: Provided always, That it shall not 
be lawful for the Company to make use of any 
land belonging to the said Richard Griffin Lord 
Braybrooke, for any of the said last-mentioned 


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the proportions in which they may be entitled 
thereto ; and the money so deposited may until 
the same shall be so paid over or applied as afore- 
said, be invested in the purchase of Three pounds | “ 
per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities or in|“ 
Government or real Securities, in the name of the 
Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, | ‘ 
and be accumulated for the benefit of the parties 
eventually entitled thereto: Provided also, That 


in any case in which a party shall for twenty-one | “ 
Vou. 99, 


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purposes, without his consent in writing.” 

Pr. 116. 1. 25. After “ works” insert “ and 
when and as often as may be requisite to alter or 
repair the same.” 

Pr. 116. ]. 26. Leave out from “ provided” to 
compensation” inl. 30., and insert “ they make.” 

Pr. 116. 1. 31. After “ done” insert “ thereby.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 5. Leave out “ high” and insert 
turnpike,” 


3B4 Pr. 118. 




















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376 


Pr. 118. 1. 8. Leave out “ high” and insert 
“ turnpike.” 

Pr.118.1. 34. Leave out “ near” and insert “ from 
«* Sawston to.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 36. Leave out “ Swanston” and in- 
sert ‘‘ Sawston.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 1. Leave out from “ from” to “ Great” 
in 1. 3., and in |. 3., after “ Shelford” insert “ to 
“ Cherry Hinton.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 6. Leave out “ to Great Shelford” 
and insert “which passes through Stapleford and 
“ Sawston, to the Linton and Cambridge turnpike- 
** road by the way of Granham’s Farm.” 

Pr. 119. 1.11. Leave out “ Grantchester” and 
insert “the Linton and Cambridge public road 
“ which unites with the Linton and Cambridge turn- 
“ pike-road by the way of Clay Farm.” 

Pr. 119. 1.12. Leave out from “ Trumpington” 
to “ the” in |. 14. 

Pr. 119. 1. 17. Leave out “ both.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 20. After “ Chesterton” insert “ Com- 
mon.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 22. Leave out “ Horminsey”’ and 
insert “ Horningsey.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 32. Leave out “ Barnald” and insert 
“ Banald.” 

Pr. 119. 1.34. Leave out “ Barnald”’ and insert 
“« Banald.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 38. Leave out “ three” and insert 
“ five.” 

Pr. 119. 1. ult. Leave out from “ and” to “in” 
in Pr. 120.1. 1., and insert “ two lanes.” 

Fr. 120. 1. 5. Leave out from “ house’ to “ the” 
in 1. 7. 

Pr. 120. 1. 9. Leave out “ Prickwillow to,” and 
in the same line after “ end” insert “ to Littleport 
“« Bridge.” 

Pr. 120.1. 10. Leave out from “ turnpike-road” 
to “ Mildenhall” in |. 11. and insert “ called,” and 
in |. 11. after “ drove” insert “ leading from Litt/e- 
“ port Bridge to Mildenhall.” 

Pr. 120. 1. 15. Leave out “ Brandon” and insert 
“ Redmore Ven.”’ 

Pr. 120. 1. 17. Leave out “ Brandon” and insert 
“ Pedmore Fen.” 

Pr. 120.1. 18. Leave out from “ from” to “ and” 
in |. 19., and insert ‘* More Fen to New Fen.” 

Pr. 120. 1. 21. Leave out “* Brandon” and insert 
“ Hockwold-cum-Wilton.” 

Pr. 120. 1. 24. Leave out “* Mewmarket” and 
insert “ Lakenheath,”’ and in the same line leave out 
“ Brandon” and insert “ Hockwold-cum- Wilton.” 

Pr. 120. 1. penult. Leave out “ fly ” and insert 
*“* flag.” 

Pr. 121. 1. 20. After “to” insert “the extra- 
“* parochial place called,” and in the same line leave 
out from “ Byall” to “the” in |. 21., and insert 
“ Fen.” 

Pr. 121. 1.23. Leave out “ Wardow Hall” and 
insert “ Wardour Hill.” 

Pr. 121. 1. 25. Leave out “ Wardow Hall” and 
insert ** Wardour Hill.” 

Pr. 122. 1. 12. Leave out “ on” and insert “ at,” 
and in the same line leave out “side” and insert 
“ end.” 

Pr. 124. 1. 21. Leave out from “ Bridge” to 
“© described” in |. 24. 

Pr. 124. 1. 28. Leave out from“ said” to “and”’ 
11]. 30., and insert “ road.” 

Pr. 124. 1. 34. Leave out “ roads” and insert 
« road.” 

Pr. 124. 1. 36. Leave out “ roads” and insert 
“ road.” 

Pr. 124. 1. ult. Leave out from “ said’’ to “ Pro- 
“ vided” in Pr. 125. |. 2., and insert “ road.” 

Pr. 146. 1. 25. Leave out “the” and insert 


“ec 


«“ 


their,” and in the same line after “ and” insert 
“ the.” 

Pr. 146. 1.26. Leave out “ public.” 

Pr. 148. 1, 14. Leave out “ public.” 





7° Juniz. 








A, 1844, 


Pr. 149. 1. 23. Leave out “ public.” 

Pr. 152. 1. 20. After “ annexed” insert “ and 
that service of any information, summons or other 
legal document upon any clerk, officer or other 
agent of the said Company at any station of the 
said Company, within the said county or borough 
of Cambridge, shall be sufficient service on the 
said Company.” 

Pr. 158. 1. 28. Leave out “ any” and insert 
“ the.” 

Pr. 158. |. 32. Leave out from “ Leam” to 
and” in Pr. 159. |. 8., and insert “ or over any 
other works belonging to or maintained by the 
Bedford Level Corporation, shall be executed in 
a substantial and proper manner to the reasonable 
satisfaction of an engineer on the part of the said 
Corporation, according to plans and sections 
“ signed by William Chadwell Milne, Esquire, Civil 
Engineer, on the part of the said Corporation, and 
“ Michael Andrew Borthwick, Esquire, Civil En- 
gineer, on the part of the said Railway Company, 
which said plans have been deposited with the 
Registrar of the said Corporation ;” and also in- 
sert Clause (C.) 

Cuiause(C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, by means of 
any of their works, to unite the drainage of any 
district or fens in the said Great Level of the Fens, 
or to extend any public or private drainage in the 
said Great Level to any land not previously 
“* drained thereby.” 

Pr. 161. ls. 37. and 38. Leave out from “ there- 
upon” to “and,” in Pr. 162.1. 5., and insert “ for 
any greater length of time or in any other manner 
than shall be necessary for the execution of the 
said works,” and also insert Clause (D.) 

Cuiause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That in 
making or erecting any bridge, culvert or tunnel 
over or under the said Railway that may be ren- 
dered necessary by the alteration or division of 
any existing drains, or the making of any new 
drains, the same shall be done jointly by the said 
Railway Company and the respective bodies or 
persons requiring the same ; and that in case any 
dispute shall arise between the said bodies or 
persons and the said Railway Company touching 
the mode of executing the said works or the costs 
thereof, the matter so in dispute shall be referred 
to two persons, one to be appointed by the said 
bodies or persons, and the other by the said Com- 
pany, and to an umpire to be chosen by the said 
referees, and the decision of the said referees or 
their umpire shall be final, and that the costs at- 
tending the said reference, shall be at the discre- 
tion of the said referees or umpire.” 

Pr. 163, 1. 35. Leave out “ eight” and insert 
nine.” 

Pr. 173. |. 5. Leave out “ case” and insert 
“‘ cases,” and in the same line after “ money” in- 
sert ‘“‘ directed to be.” 

Pr.174. 1.37. After “ Parliament” insert Clause 
(E.) 
Ciause(E.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That in every case in which notice under 
“ any of the preceding enactments is required to 
be given by the Company to any party previous 
“ to any proceedings under or with reference to any 
“ of the objects of this Act, it shall be sufficient 
“ either to leave such notice in writing at the last 
“ known place of abode of such party, or of his 
“ solicitor or other authorized agent or both, to 
transmit the same by post.addressed to such party 
“ or such solicitor or agent at such last known 
abode, and to deliver a copy thereof to the tenant 
“ or occupier of the lands to which such notice 
“ may happen to relate, or if such lands shall be 
without a tenant or occupier, and the owner or his 
place of abode, and his solicitor or agent shall, 
“ after diligent inquiry, be unknown to the Com- 
pany, it shall be sufficient for the Company _ 

affix - 


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7 Vicroriz. 


“‘ affix such notice on some conspicuous part of the 
“¢ lands to which the same may relate.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Eliot Yorke do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


London and Petitions of Coal-owners and Persons interested 
= “ara, in Collieries in the counties of Somerset and Glou- 
auwa 
sila Dealers in Coal in Newbury and its vicinity ; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the London 
and South Western Railway (No. 1.) Bill,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Scinde. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received from Lord Ellenborough the following Letter 
in respect to the Thanks of this House to Major 
General Sir Charles Napier, and to the Officers of 
the Army, both European and Native, serving under 
Sir Charles Napier, communicated to Lord Ellen- 
borough by Mr. Speaker, in obedience to the Com- 


mands of this House of the 12th day of February 
last : 


Sir, Fort William, April 29, 1844. 

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 
your Letter of the 14th of February, transmitting 
to me, for communication to Major General Sir 
Charles Napier, and to the Officers, Non-commis- 
sioned Officers and Private Soldiers, both European 
and Native, under his command, the several Reso- 
lutions of the House of Commons, which convey 
to them respectively the Thanks and Approbation of 
the House for their eminent Services in Scinde. 

I shall have much gratification in making this 
communication to the Major General and his Army. 


I have the honour to remain, Sir, 
Your very faithful Servant, 
To the Right Honourable Ellenborough. 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


Monkland 
Railways 
(No, 2.) Bill, 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Monkland Railways (No. 2.) Bill, 


a they have Power to divide the Bill into two 
ills. 


Canterbury The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Pavement Bill, the Report on the Canterbury Pavement Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

And a Clause being offered to be added, and 

Amendments being proposed to be made to the Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Clause, and Amendments, 


be referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Pendleton, &amp;c., 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the village and pa- 
Roads Bill. 


rish of Eccles, in the county of Lancaster, praying 
that the Pendleton, &amp;c., Roads Bill may not pass 


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


Poblic Petitions Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 


—" on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 

Petitions presented upon the 3d and 4th 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. 


Dissenters? 


) Petitions from Uppingham ; — Stoke-upon- Trent 
Chapels Bill. (two Petitions) ; — Ballycairn ; — Donaghmore ; — 
Geashill ;—Leamington (five Petitions) ; — Thrap- 


ston ;—Garvaghy ;—Carisbrooke and Newport ;— 
VoL. 99. 


7° Junie. 


cester, or one of them ;--and, Coal Merchants and Ji 








Holywood ;— Newcastle ; — Emyvale ;—Goring ;—~— 
Urney ; —--Dunboe ;— Madeley Wood ;—- Boardmilis ; 
— Tavistock ;—Welsh Calvinistic Methodists (Mo- 
derator) ; — Deptford ; — Mountrath ; — Dawley 
Green ;— Madeley ;— Dawley ;— Horsehay ;— Buz- 
ton ;—Kingston-upon- Hull ;-- Walsall ;-- Capel Ner- 
rydd ; — Ballylennon ; — Corsham ; — Atworth ; — 
Trowbridge ;— All Cannings, Etchelhampion and 
Allington ;— Ballinderry, &amp;c.;— South Mims ;— 
Coalbrook Dale ;— Lawley Bank ;— Broseley ; — 
Kilmarnock ;— New Cross and Hatcham ;—Saint- 

eld ;— Nottingham ;—Sale ;—Kilkenny ;— Tiverton 
(two Petitions) ;—Cullompton ;--Cadeleigh ;— Brad- 
ninch ;—Innistioge ; — Killinchy ;— Warrington ;— 
Banbridge (two Petitions) ;— Northampton ;—Be- 
verley ;—Albury and Berden ;—Bishop’s Stortford ; 
—Rainow ;—Manchester ;—Deanery of Castle Ca- 
rey ;— Clitheroe ;— Prestbury ;— Bollington ;— La- 
venham ;—Drayton Beauchamp ;— Brighouse, and 
other places ;—Shouldham ;— Walsham-le- Willows ; 
— Claypath ;—Llanbeblig ;— Ballymena ;—Feltwell 
and Wilton ;— Stockton Heath ;— Newcastle (Mo- 
derator) ;— Longton (two Petitions) ;— Newcastle- 
under-Lyme ;— Hanley;—Athy ;—Tunstall ;—- Alex- 
andria ;— Birmingham ;--Downham ;--Stoke Ferry; 
— Marlborough ; — Methwold ;— Groomsport ; — 
Anahilt ;— Crumlin ;—Clough ;—- Shelton ;— Burs- 
lem ;—Fenton ;—Lane End ;—-Budbrooke ;—Heck- 
mondwicke ; — Cleckheaton ;— Wardle ;— Crediton ; 
— Rochdale ;— Heywood ; — Broadlane ; — Lower- 
place ;—Bagslate ; — Littleborough ;—Milnrow ;—— 
Bury Saint Edmunds ;—Brading ;— Hungerford ; 
— Bidford ; — Brighouse ; — Warwick (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Bideford ;—Saffron Hill ;— Kenilworth, 
and other places ;— Presbytery of Bailieboro ;— 
and, Wallingford; praying that the Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Philip Meadows Taylor ; - Stoke 
Ferry ;— Northampton ; — Maynooth, Leixlip and 
Jaghadoe ;—Stoke-upon-Trent ;—Great Yarmouth ; 
— Nottingham (two Petitions) ;—Dunshaughlin ;— 
Rochdale (two Petitions) ;— Ballymoney ; — New- 
townards ;—Kilcoan ;—Duncormack and Killag ;— 
Raphoe ; — Saintfield ; — Rathmullan ; — Bovagh ; 
— Donaghcloney ; — Crumlin; — Mullinavat ; — 
Newport (Hants) ;--John King Watts ;—Wichlow ; 
—and, Rathhkeale; 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 Inhabitants of the parish of Bode- County Courts 
dern, and neighbourhood, Anglesey, praying that Bill. 
the County Courts Bill may pass into a law, and 
that a knowledge of the Welsh language may be re- 
quired on the part of the Judges in Wales, was pre- 


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


Petitions from Holywood ;—Alexandria ;— Kil- Marriages 
marnock ;—Larne ;—and, Donaghmore; praying the (Ireland.) 
House to introduce without delay, into Parliament, a 
Bill to declare valid, to all intents and purposes in law, 
all Marriages heretofore solemnized or hereafter to 
be solemnized by Presbyterian ministers in Jreland, 
between parties not within the prohibited degrees 
of consanguinity or affinity, and who have the con- 
sent of parents or guardians, and provided that all 
such Marriages shall be solemnized and registered 
agreeably to the published laws of the Jrish Pres- 
byterian Church,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Shil- Poor Relief 
lelagh Union, praying the House to relieve the Pe- ({eland) Act. 
titioners from the payment of the loan advanced by 
Government for the building and completion of 
their poor house, was presented, and read ; and cr- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


3c A Petition 





3 


78 


A Petition of Clergy of town and neighbourhood 
of Hastings, praying for the repeal of so much of 
the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union 
of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Wells Harbour 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
and Quay Bill. 


take into consideration the Report on the Wells 
Harbour and Quay Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

And Amendments being proposed to be made to 
the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Registration of 


A Petition of the Churchwarden, Overseer and 
Births, &amp;c. 


other Inhabitants of Rhymney Ironworks, in the 
ecclesiastical parish of Rhymney, in the county of 
Monmouth, praying the House to appoint a resident 
Registrar of Births and Deaths for the parish of 
Rhymney, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Art-Unions. Petitions of Thomas Boys ;—and, Royal Hiber- 
nian Academy; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for placing Art-Unions on a sound and per- 
manent basis,—were presented, and read; and re- 
ferrred to the Select Committee on Art-Unions. 


Fisheries 


A Petition of Members of the Waterford Deep 
(Ireland.) 


Sea Fishing Company, praying that the restriction 
respecting the use of trammel nets by day may be 
removed, and also that the House will take measures 
for the erection and maintenance of piers for the 
use and accommodation of fishing craft, in such 
places on the coast of Ireland as may be judged 
suitable and advantageous, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Incorporated 
Trades (Scot- 
Jand.) 


A Petition of Merchants, Brethren, Guild Bre- 
thren, Craftsmen and other Inhabitants of the royal 
burgh of Dundee, praying the House to pass a law, 
directly and completely abolishing the exclusive 
privileges of the Guilds, Burghs, Corporations and 
Incorporated Trades which exist in the Royal Burghs 
of Scotland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Literary and 
Scientific 
Information 


(Ireland. ) 


A Petition of Members of the Waterford Mecha- 
nics’ Institute, and other Inhabitants of the city of 
Waterford, and its vicinity, praying the House to 
take into consideration the want of Literary and 
Scientific Information in Ireland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Roman Catholic 
Priesthood. 


A Petition of Members of the Roman Catholic 
Congregation of Brindle, in the county of Lancaster, 
praying the House to cause an inquiry to be made 
mto the evasions of the laws of Mortmain by Ro- 
man Catholic Priests, and to enact such laws as 


will prevent confessors and all other members of 


their colleges or bodies from inheriting or inter- 
meddling with the property of their penitents, was 


presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


Committee on Mortmain. 


Interment 


A Petition of Inhabitants of London, complaining 
in Towns. = 


of the practice of Interment in Towns, amidst the ha- 
bitations of the living, and in places which are often 
conmmon thoroughfares ; and praying that due means 
may be taken to remove all cause of apprehension 
of premature Interment, by providing for all classes 
of society who may wish it, or who may not have 
proper means themselves, respectable and well- 
appointed places for the respectful care of the dead, 
where they may be visited and viewed by their friends 
until all signs of life are extinct, and the Interment 
has become absolutely necessary, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


7° Junii. 








A, 1844. 


A Petition of the President and Vice-Presidents of Railroad 
the Chamber of Commerce of Dublin, praying that Companies. 
protection to the trading of steam-ship companies, 
banking assurance and private individuals who have 

no privilege under Act of Parliament, may be taken 

into consideration by the rejection by the House of 

such clauses in all Railroad Bills as allow them to 

lend money on the security of any description of 
property other than Railroad property, without re- 
striction, and that all Railroad Companies be strictly 
confined to the objects for which they were origi- 

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


Petitions from Ripple ; —Cotheridge ;—Flyford Com Laws. 
Flavel ;— Grafton Flyford ;—Churchill ;— Dorme- 
stone ; — Broughton Hackett ; — Huddington ; — 
Church Lench ;—Penvin ;— Bishampton ;— Crowle ; 
— Himbleton ; — Abberton ; — Fladbury ; —Abbots 
Lench ;— Abbots Morton ; — Peopleton ; — Rouse- 
lench ; — Kingston ( Worcester) ; — Hill and Mool ; 
— White Lady Aston ; — Spetchley ;—Stoulton ;— 
Upton Snodsbury ;—Throckmorton ;—Bredicot and 
Tibberton ;— Nainton Beauchamp ;— North Piddle ; 
—Inkberrow ;—Leigh (two Petitions) ;— Wolverley ; 
— Thrawley ; — Doddenham ; — Cleeve Prior; — 
Kempsey ;— Bushley ;— Berrow ;— Bewdley ;—Nor- 
ton-juxta-Kempsey ; — Ribbesford; — Suckley ;— 
Areley Kings; — Alfrick; — Redmarley ; —Castle- 
morton ;—karls Croome ;—Strensham ;—Chaceley ; 
— Wickenford ; — Longdon ; — Defford ; — Severn 
Stoke ; —Astley ;—Ombersley ; —Croome D’ Abitot 
and Purton; — Hill Croomée;— Maddresfield and 
Newland ; — Powick ;— Pendock ;— Welland ; — 
Staunton ; — Hanley Castle ;—Eldersfield ;—Little 
Malvern ;— Great Malvern ;—and, Chaddesley Cor- 
bett ; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no 
alteration whatever may be made in the existing 
Corn Laws,~—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Southampton 
Improvement 
ill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the third reading of the 
ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, cleansing and 
otherwise improving the Town of Southampton, and 
for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoy- 
ances therein :—The House resumed the said further 
Proceeding ; and the Amendment proposed on the 
5th day of this instant June, was agreed to. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for paving, lighting, draining, 
cleansing and otherwise improving the Town of 
Southampton, and for removing and preventing Nui- 
sances and Annoyances therein. 

Ordered, That Mr. George William Hope do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ashton, Staly- 
the further Proceeding upon the third reading of the bridge and Mis 
ine’ j Ebe : é, verpool Junction 
ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Man- Raiiway Bill 
chester and Leeds Railway to the Towns of Ashton- 
under-Lyne and Stalybridge :—The House resumed 
the further said Proceeding. 

An ingrossed Clause (Prescribing mode in which 
the Railway shall be constructed at Stalybridge), 
offered and brought up on the 4th day of this instant 


way of Rider. 


added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 











| the Bill, by way of Rider. 





June, was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by 


Another ingrossed Clause (Railway to be con- 
structed on a level, so as to unite with the Ashton 
Branch of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and 
Manchester Railway), offered and brought up on the 
4th day of this instant June, was thrice read ; and 


Another ingrossed Clause (Prescribing limits 
within which Railway shall be constructed near to 
Stalybridge), offered and brought up on the 4th day 
of this instant June, was thrice read ; and added to 


Another 








Sheffield, 
Ashton-under- 
Lyne, and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill. 








7 VicroRiz. 


Another ingrossed Clause (Power to hold land for 
that purpose), offered and brought up on the 4th 
day of this instant June, was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Prescribing limits 
within which the Ashton Branch of the Sheffield, 
Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway shall 
be constructed at Stalybridge), offered and brought 
up on the 4th day of this instant June, was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Ashton Branch of the 
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail- 
way to be constructed on a level, so as conveniently 
to unite with the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool 
Junction Railway), offered and brought up on the 
4th day of this instant June, was thrice read ; and 
added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Ashton Branch of the 
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail- 
way not to obstruct the making of the Ashton, Staly- 
bridge and Liverpool Junction Railway), offered and 
brought up on the 4th day of this instant June, was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Lands purchased by 
one Company may be used by the other for the 
purpose of forming Embankments, &amp;c.), offered and 
brought up on the 4th day of this instant June, was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Compensation to be 
made and notice given as to such Lands), offered and 
brought up on the 4th day of this instant June, was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (The two Companies 
may enter into Agreements), offered and brought up 
on the 4th day of this instant June, was thrice read ; 

and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Milner Gibson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the third reading of 
the ingrossed Bill to enable the Sheffield, Ashton- 
under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Company to 
make two Branch Railways, and to alter and en- 
large the powers of the said Company :—The House 
resumed the said further Proceeding. 

An ingrossed Clause (Prescribing mode in which 
Railway shall be constructed at Stalybridge), offered 
and brought up on the 4th day of this instant June, 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Railway to be con- 
structed on a level so as to unite with the Ashton- 
under-Lyne and Manchester Railway), offered and 
brought up on the 4th day of this instant June, was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Prescribing limits 
within which Railway shall be constructed near to 
Stalybridge), offered and brought up on the 4th day 
of this instant June, was thrice read; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Land purchased by 
either of the Companies may be made by the other 
for the purpose of forming embankments, &amp;c.), offered 
and brought up on the 4th day of this instant June, 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Compensation to be 
made and notice given as to such land), offered and 
brought up on the 4th day of this instant June, was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (The two Companies 
may enter into Agreements), offered and brought up 
on the 4th day of this instant June, was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Sheffield, Ashton- 
under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Company to 
make a Branch Railway to Ashton-under-Lyne and 


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379 
Stalybridge, and to alter and enlarge the Powers of 
the said Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Milner Gibson do carry tie 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Report on the Manchester Bonding Bill; and Bonding Bill, 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

And Amendments being proposed to be made to 

the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be referred 

to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
consideration of the Report of the said Bill be 
adjourned till Tuesday next. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, explain, revive and Edinburgh, 
continue the Powers and Provisions of the Acts re- Leith and 
lating to the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Rail- —” 
way, and to make two Branch Railways therefrom, 

was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Smollett do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Coventry 
Coventry [Improvement and Cemetery Bill to make eee 
their Report be further enlarged till Tuesday next. iy 
Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th Addresses. 
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 presented to Her Majesty ; and 
that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
this House, that She will give directions accord- 
ingly. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant Emigration 
to an Address to Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of Indian 
of any further Correspondence relative to the Emi- Labourers. 
gration of Indian Labourers into the Mauritius, in No. 356. 
continuation ofthe Papers presented to Parliament, 
by Her Majesty’s Command, on the 6th day of 
March 1844. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Gaming. 
that part of the Message from the Lords of Tuesday 
last, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will be pleased to cormmunicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Report made by the Se- 
lect Committee of this House, appointed in the 
present Session of Parliament, to inquire into the 
existing Statutes against Gaming of every kind ; to 
ascertain to what extent these Statutes are evaded ; 
and to consider whether any and what Amendments 
should be made in such Statutes, together with the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee, and the Appendix and Index thereto. 

Ordered, 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. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—Further Return to an Order, dated the 16th 
day of February last, for Accounts 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 1844; also the Stocks remaining in the 
hands of English Distillers on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1844 :—And, of the Total Number of Proof 
Gallons of Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and all other 
Spirits that paid Duty in each Kingdom, from the 


Spirits. 





Vou1.. 99, 





3C2 5th 


380 


5th day of January 1843 to the Sth day of January 
1844; Rate of Duty per Gallon, and Amount there- 
of ; Total Number of Gallons of each Kind, and 
Total Duty thereon; Total Number of Gallons of 
all Kinds, and Total Duty thereon, for the United 
Kingdom; showing the Total Number of Proof 
Gallons of all Kinds that paid Duty, and Total 
Amount thereof in each Kingdom; and Total Num- 
ber of Gallons, and Total Duty thereon, in the whole 
of the United Kingdom, from the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1843 to the 5th day of January 1844. 

‘A Statement of the Changes which have been 
introduced into the Public Departments in the 
System of Book-keeping, since the Report on the 
Exchequer made by the Commissioners of Public 
Accounts in 1832; and Copies of any Treasury 
Minutes on the same subject since that Period. 

Return to an Order dated the 14th day of May 
last, for a Return of the Sums paid on account of 
Commissions appointed under the Acts 5 and 6 
Will. 4, c. 67, and 2 and 3 Vic. c. 61, for the Im- 
provement ofthe River Shannon, distinguishing the 
Amount and Periods of Payment for Salaries and 
Expenses of each Commission, from what Quarter 
issued, and whether by Grants or Loans:—And a 
similar Return of the Amount and Periods of Pay- 
ment for Works, from what Quarter issued, and 
whether by Grants or Loans :—A\so, of the Amount, 
whether by Grants or Loans, that the Treasury 
have still power to advance for the same Works :— 
The above Returns to be made up to the latest 
period, including the Amount to be granted for the 
year 1845, the Expenses of the Commission and 
Works separately. 

A Return of the Number of Boots and Shoes im- 
ported into this Country annually, since the 5th day 
of January 1840 to the 5th day of January 1844, 
with the Duty paid thereon. 

An Account of the Auction Duty paid upon Fo- 
reign Wool; distinguishing the Duty of Half per 
centum, and the Duty of Five per centum, for the 
years 1842 and 1843. 

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


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parishes (Scotland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
‘* itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being 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 they Mr. Young, }us 

Yeas, \ Mr. Henry Baring : . 

Tellers for thef Mr. For Maule, } - 

Noes, L Mr. Patrick Stewart: oe 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itselfinto 
Con.mittee. 

(In the Committee ) 

Bill read 1°; to be read %°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, (Consent of majority of Heritors 
to be sufficient). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 








7° Juniz. A. 1844. 


The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Young, 7 as 
Yeas, Mr. Pringle: : Bes 
Tellers for the J Mr. Edward Ellice, } 20 
Noes, Mr. Fox Maule: ' 


Cuavses, N° 2 to N° 4, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 6, (Where a church is built and en- 
dowed a district may be attached thereto; Endow- 
ment of Minister). 

Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: P. 5.1. 19., to 
leave out “ One hundred pounds,” in order to insert 
“ Fifty pounds,” instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That “ One hundred pounds,” 
stand part of the Clause :—Amendment by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criavst, N° 7, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 8, (That it shall be lawful for any 
heritor, or for any heir of entail, &amp;c., to give and 
grant land for the site of such church, dwelling- 
house and offices as aforesaid, and also a portion 
or portions of land near the same for a church-yard, 
or fora glebe, and not exceeding in the whole 

acres). 

Proposed to fill the blank with “ four.” 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ one 
“ and a half.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ four”; 

The Committee divided : 


Mr. Young, . 
1 Mr. Henry Baring: } _ 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Fou Maule, } 17. 


Mr. Wallace: 
Another Amendment made. 
Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 


The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Young, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


J 
you! 
ro 


Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: j ie 
Tellers for the J Mr. Bouverie, 1 te6 
Noes, Sir Edward Colebrooke: f§ ~~" 


Crause, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 10, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 12 to N° 14, 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 upon Mon- 
day next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons 


mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


(Scotland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Joint Stuck 
reading of the Joint Stock Companies Registration Companies Re- 


and Regulation Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


gistration and 
Regulation Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Juint Stock 


reading of the Joint Stock Companies Remedies Comp™ 
: Remedies at 


Law and in 


at Law and in Equity Bill; 


ompanies 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Equity Bill 
upon Monday next. 


The 





o™ we UD 


n—_ es 


anceeth&lt; 





Salmon 
Fisheries , 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


Damage by Fire 


(Metropolis) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Charitable 
Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Vinegar and 
Glass Duties 
Bill. 


Gaspé Fishery 
andCval Mining tg Her 
Company Act. 


Lundon and 


Croydon Rail- 


way (No. 2.) 


County Courts 
Bill, 


Dublin Jury 
Lists, &amp;c. 


No. 357. 
Literary and 
Scientitic 
Institutions. 


No. 349. 


7 Vicroriz. 


The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings 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 Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) 
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 Charitable Loan Societies (/reland) 
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 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Vinegar and Glass 
Duties Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


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ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Majesty that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Cepy of the Act passed in the Canadian 
Parliament, intituled, “ An Act for incorporating 
the Gaspé Fishery and Coal Mining Company.” 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of the London and Croydon Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to continue 
and extend the Powers of the said Company, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Officers to the Sheriff of the coun- 
ties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, praying that in 
case the County Courts Bill should pass into a law, 
the House will either cause the Petitioners to re- 
ceive compensation for the loss which they must 
necessarily sustain, or appoint them to such offices 
in the newly-formed courts, as their previous duties 
may have enabled them competently to fill, was 


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


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Dublin 
Jury Lists, &amp;c., which were presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Literary 
and Scientific Institutions, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


Vot. 99. 








Luna, 10° die Junii ; 


Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


Ms French reported from the Committee on Westminster 
the Westminster and Lambeth Suspension _ Semnemh 
Bridge Bill; and to whom a Petition against the Bridge Bill. 
said Bill was referred ; That no person appeared in ~ 
support of such 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. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from Eastern Union 
Colchester to Ipswich, was read the third time. Railway Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Captain Gladstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to extend the Line of the Garn- Gamkirk, 
kirk and Gilasgow Railway ; to enable the Company @!asgow and 
to raise a further Sum of Money, and to alter and Railway Bill 
amend the Acts relating to the said Railway, was 
read the third time. 

And an ingrossed Clause being offered to be added, 
= Amendments being proposed to be made to the 

ill ; 

Ordered, That the said Clause, and Amendments, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


The Pendleton, &amp;c., Roads Bill was read a second Pendleton, &amp;c., 
time ; and committed. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Parties lately engaged in promoting south Eastern 
a Railway from the South Eastern Railway, near and Hastings 
Headcorn, to the Harbours of Rye and Hastings, R*wsy Bill 
praying that the South Eastern and Hastings 
Railway Bill may be re-committed to the former 
Committee; and that it be an instruction to such 
Committee to rescind their former decision on the 
preamble of the said Bill, and to consider and re- 
port on the expediency of allowing the said Bill to 
pass, for making a Railway to the town and harbour 
of Rye only, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from Helmsley ;—Sutton ;— Pickering ; Dissenters’ 
—LEast Cowton ;— York ;—Hewley ;—Stohesley ;— Chapels Bill. 
Ampleforth ; — Easingwold ; — Lurgan ; — Tober- 
heigh ;—Portglenone ;— Trusthorpe ;— Portadown ; 
— Knaresborough (two Petitions) ; — Wareham ;— 
Almondbury ; — Haselbury ; — Camborne ; — Man- 
chester ; — Newcastle-under- Lyme ; — Glasgow ; — 
Spratton ;—Portaferry ;— Downpatrick ; — Stock- 
well ;—Wakefield (four Petitions) ; —Carmyle ; — 
Gargunnoch ;—Currin ;— Leominster ;— Morley ;— 
Kilburn ;— Hinton ;—Carrickfergus ;— Rich Hill ; 
—Loughinisland ;— Prestbury ;— Warford ;— Mac- 
clesfield (two Petitions) ;— Bollington ;— Edmonton ; 
— Exeter ; — Pen-y-graig ; — Weymouth ; — Llan- 
dogo ;— Uxbridge ;— Trelleck ;— Lydford ;— Ketter- 
ing ;— Swansea ;—Launceston ;—Sidbury ;— Bally- 
black ;— Alford ;— Rothwell (two Petitions) ;—Mum-_ 
by ;--Barton-upon-Humber;— Stow ;— Ballydown ; 
— Pennycuich ;—Sandal Magna ;—Great Carlton 
and Legbourn ; — Horbury ;— Perth ;— Liverpool 
two Petitions) ;—Allanton ;—Goole ;— Staincross ; 
—Worsbro’ Dale ;— Brierley ;-- Royston ;—Helms- 
worth ; — Snaith ; — Birstal; -- Warrenpoint ; — 
—Campden ;-- Dromore ;—West Bromwich (three 
Petitions) ;— Pensnett ;— Rowley Regis ;-—Tipton 

Green ;— Tipton (two Petitions) ;-—Sedgley (two Pe- 





3c3 titions) ; 








Registration 
of Electors 


(Ireland) Bill. 


382 


titions) ; —Gornal Wood ; -- Wednesbury ;— Smeth- 
wich;— Handsworth ;-— Ottery Saint Mary ;—Ports- 
mouth ;— York ;-- Glasgow ;-- Bromsgrove; --Bourn- 
heath ; — Manorhamilton ;-- Bishops Stortford ; — 
Monaghan ;— Gosport ;-- Axminster ;--Metropolitan 
Tradesmen and Operatives’ Protestant Association, 
meeting at Exeter Hall, Strand, London ;—Mount- 
nessing ;— Macclesfield ;— Gorey ;—Coseley (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Wark ;— Drumgooland ; — Crumlin ;— 
Rosstrevor ;—Roundstone ;— Dundrum ;—Edender- 
ry ;—Newry ;-— Naseby ;—Kilbroney ;---Portlaw ;—- 
C lapham (York) ;—Bodmin ;—Carnew ;—Hillsbo- 
rough ;— Eddertown ; — Clonallan ; — Lisburn ;— 
Ashampstead ;— Moira ;— Glasgow ;— Dromore ;— 
Panbride ;—Aberdeen ; — Leicester ;— North Sum- 
mercote ;— Croaghmore ; — Leitrim ;— Berwick ;— 
Bothwell ;—Millisle (two Petitions) ;— Langley ;— 
Rutland ; — Chatham ; — Calford ; — East Stone- 
house ;—Ipswich ; — Chester ;— Thirsk ;—Comber ; 
— Warren Point (two Petitions) ;— Hilltown ;— 








and, Shineshead ; praying that the Dissenters’ Cha- 
pels Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Ki/more ;—Newmarket-on-Fergus ; 
— Killreehillin ; — Carlow ; — Newport, (Isle of 
Wight) ; — Kilfean ; — York ; — Newcastle-under- 
Lyme ;—Bedstreet ;—Killmessan ;—Kidderminster ; 
— Southport ;— Waul ;— Mount melick ;—Loughrea ; 
— Thomas Cooke ;—James Charles Mulligan ;—and, 
Newtownards ; praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Navan ;—Caggahutule;—Augha- 
boe ;— Newry ;— Crookstown ;—Belfast ;— Tarmon- 
barry ;—Killeagh and Ardagh (two Petitions) ; — 
Magheracloone ; — Donecavy ; — Whitechurch and 
Aglish; —Donagh;—Enniscorthy ;—Killarney ;— 
Tissameffy;—Donore and Rosnara ;—Ballinaha- 
glish and Kilbefad ;—Granard ;— Thomastown ;— 
Baliincolly ;— Magheradrole ; — Castlejordan and 
Ballyboggan ; —Kilrenny ; —Urlingford ; — Bally- 
hea ;—Carrigeen ; — Lurgan ;—Cashel ;—Cahirlog 
and Little Island; — Drumgath ; — Drumcolloher 
and Broadford;—Saint Mary's New Ross ;—Tomo- 
cork Carnew; — Lissan; — Ratheline; — Callan ;— 
Taanagh and other places ;—Lanistymon and Clon- 
ny ; — Killamorry ; — Boyle ; — Ballinascreen ; — 
Johnstown Bridge ; — Columbhill ; —Mullingar ;— 
Mullabrack ;—Glynnin; — Abbeyfeale ; —Raddin- 


stown ;— Toomevara ; — Loughmore ; — Killyon ; — 





10° Junzz. 


A. 1844. 





Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Croydon ana 


mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Copy of so much of the Minutes ofthe Evidence 


psom Rail. 


way ; and, 
Epsom and 


taken before the Committee on the Croydon and South Westeru 
Epsom; and, Epsom and South Western Railway Railway Bills 


Bills, as includes the Evidence of the Engineers 
examined before the Committee, with reference to 
the working of Railways upon the atmospheric 
principle. 

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


No. 358, 


Petitions from Berriew ;—Llanlyristiolus and Cer- Saint Asaph 
rig Ceinwen;—There-undersigned ;—Eglwys Rhos; lhe 


— Llanwddyn ;—Llangerstenyn ; — Hawkesbury ;— 
Cilian Ayron ;—and, Stoke Edith and other places ; 


| praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 
7 Will. 4, c.77, as relates to the union of the Sees 
| of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time 
| that speedy and strenuous endeavours 7 

Donard ;—Oban ;— Benburb ;—Louth ;--Ballywal- | 

ter;—Bovey Tracey;—Irvine (two Petitions) ;— | 


be made 
for the establishment of a Bishopric at Manchester, 
by other means,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Labouring Classes, for leave to present a Petition 
for leave to bring ina Bill for incorporating the 
Members of the said Society, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Sir George Grey reported from the Committee 
on the North Wales Mineral Railway Bill; and to 
whom several Petitions against the said Bill were 
referred ; That no person appeared in support of 
the said Petitions, and that they had heard counsel 
in favour of the Bill; That the Committee had in- 
quired into the several matters required by the 
Standing Orders on Railway Bills; That the Order 
of the House of the 4th day of June instant, had 
been complied with; and that they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and had amended the same by striking out so 
much thereof as related to the making a Branch 
Railway from Wrexham to the township of Brymbo, 
no evidence being adduced to prove its necessity, 
and had found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and that they had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and had introduced the 
additional Provision pursuant to the leave granted 
by the House on the said 4th day of June. 

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





Comerice ;— Tipperary ;—Anna West ;—Drangan ; 





—Stamullen, Moorechurch and Julianstown ;—Kil-| Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 


gobinet and other places ;—A bbeyleix and Ballywan; | Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom 
—Monnanimmy and other places ;—Lissanuffy ;— | several Petitions complaining of non-compliance 
Collinstown and Fore; — Kilcloon;-— Carrick-on- | with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
Suir ; — Abbeynockmoy ;— Ballymakenny ; — Kil- | for the Great Southern and Western Railway (Jre- 
beaconty ; —Johnstown ; — Magherafelt ;— Palmer- | jand) Bill, were severally referred ; That in the case 
ston; — Ballyhaums ;— Clones ;— Rush; — Clough-| of the Petition for the said Bill, the Standing Orders 
well, &amp;c.;—Lisgoold;—Inchicronan;— Saint Mary’s | had not been complied with, except so far as that the 
(Kilkenny) ;—Hillbarron ;—Faughanvale ;— Balli-| Estimate had been made and the Subscription Con- 
duff ; — Galtrim; — Kilmokea; — Bright ;—Dur- | tract duly entered into and deposited in the Private 
row ; —Killoe ;—Lady’s Island ;—Carne and Saint | Bill Office, prior to the presentation of the Petition. 
Iberius ;— Grange Geeth and Monksnewtown;—| Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
Cappaghwhite ; — Drumaul ;— Aughagour ;-- Bal- | ject Committee on Standing Orders. 

lyclough and Kilbrin;— Tullamore ; — Kilkeedy ; | ‘ 

— Ardbraccan ; — Powerstown and Lisronagh;—\| A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Mountrath ;— Newmarket (Cork) ; —Dunboyne ;—| Councillors of the royal burgh of Ayr, praying that 
imlafad and Kilmorgan ;—Scrabby and Collumb- | no newlaw may be passed which willhave the effect 








hille East ;—Ahascragh ;—Freshford ;—Cahir and 
Killinane; — Derryloran and Desertcreat ;—Fan- 


lobus ;— Magheracoolmoney ;— Maglass and Bally- | 


more ;— Kilmore ;— Templecrone; — Maryboro’; — 


of changing the Banking and monetary system of 
Scotland, or interrupting free and wholesome com- 
petition, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Kilmuchridge and other places ;—Kanturk ;—Bal- | 
lymakenny and Drumshallon;—and, Dononought;; A Petition of Cot-fishermen of the barony of 
praying that the Registration of Electors (Jreland)| Iverk, residing adjacent to the River Suir, in the 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and county of Kilkenny, complaining of the erection of 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | Scotch weirs in the Suir and in the estuary of the 

harbour 


oceses, 


(I 


A Petition of John Wood, Secretary to the So- Labouring 


ciety for the Improvement of the Condition of the Classes Im. 
provement So- 
ciety (No. 2.) 


North Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


cord 


Tne 


Great Southern 

and Western 
uilway 

(Ireland.) 


Banking 
(Scotland. } 













Fisheries 
(Ireland) 









Marriages 


(Ireland. ) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland. ) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


Corn Laws. 





7 VicToriz. 


harbour of Waterford, and stating that they are 
illegally deprived of their common rights by parties 
who have erected stake weirs in the said river and 
estuary; that prosecutions have been instituted by 
the Crown against the owners of those weirs, and 
that although convictions were had, they still con- 
tinue to be used and are still maintained ; that the 
Petitioners have prostrated several of those weirs, 
but they have been again erected under the protec- 
tion of a war-steamer placed in the river; and pray- 
ing the House to take their case into consideration, 
and to prevent an armed vessel of war being em- 
ployed to intimidate them, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Marsh ;—Hilltown ;—Lyle Hill; 
— Ryan ;—Legacurry ; — Portadown ;— Newtown- 
ards ;—Ballycarry ;—-Edderton ;—Magherahamlet ; 
—and, Anaghlone ; praying the House to introduce, 
without delay, into Parliament, a Bill to declare 
valid, to all intents and purposes, in law, all Mar- 
riages heretofore solemnized, or hereafter to be 
solemnized, by Presbyterian ministers in Zreland, 
between parties not within the prohibited degrees 
of consanguinity or affinity, and who have the con- 
sent of parents or guardians, and provided that all 
such Marriages shall be solemnized and registered 
agreeably to the published laws of the Irish Pres- 
byterian Church,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dursley ;—and, Caistor ; praying 
the House not to sanction the introduction into the 
Poor Law Amendment Bill of any clause for ex- 
empting union workhouses from parochial charges, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of Schoolmasters of the Presbytery of 


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Lochmaben ;—Parochial Schoolmasters in the Pres- 
bytery at Penpont ;—and, Presbytery of Dalkeith 
(Moderator); praying the House to adopt measures 
for ameliorating the condition of the Burgh and Pa- 
rochial Schoolmasters of Scotland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Mountmellick 
Union, praying for inquiry into the circumstances 
attending the erection of the workhouse of that 
union, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Union Workhouses (Ireland). 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Sligo Poor Law Union, praying 
the House to relieve them from the payment of the 
loan chargeable upon the union, for advances made 
by Government for building the workhouse, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


Petitions from Charlton (Worcester) ;—Bretfer- 
ton ;—-Echington; —Wyre Piddle ;—Sedgeberrow ; 
— Alvechurch ;—Beoley ;--Northfield ;—Pedmore ; 
—Churchhill ; —-Blockley ;—Stoke Prior ;—Sand- 
ford; — Lanark County ; —North Bovey ;—Dod- 
discombesleigh ; —Branscombe ;—North Leigh and 
South Leigh ;—South Littleton ;—South Leigh ;— 
Cofton Hackett ; — Hagley ; — Aldington ; — Bes- 
Sord ;— Droitwich ;— Bromsgrove ;—Hampton Lo- 
vett ; -—Dodderhill ;— Broadway ; —Halesowen ; — 
Hanbury ;— Yardley (Worcester); —Hartlebury ;— 

Wickhamford ; —Bellbroughton ; — Kingsnorton ;— 
Tardebigg ;— Heavitree; — Godleigh and Throw- 
leigh ;—Stoke Cannon ;—Seaton and Beer ;—Lymp- 
stone ;-— Bickleigh and Butterleigh, &amp;c. ; — Upton 
Pyre ;—Kenn ;— Tallaton ;—Brampford Speke ;— 
Cotleigh ;—and, Alphington ; praying the House to 
resist the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law 
League, and that no alteration whatever may be 
made in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
VoL. 99, 








_ A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Ecclesiastical 
in the town of Kingsbridge, in the county of Devon, Courts Bill. 
praying that the Ecclesiastical Courts 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 Churchwardens and Representative Poor Law 
Vestrymen of the parish of Saint George, Hanover- Amendment 
square, in the liberty of the city of Westminster, ®""- 
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. 

Four Petitions from Liverpool, praying the House 
not to sanction the introduction of a clause into the 
said Bill, for rating the owners of small tenements to 
the poor’s rate, in lieu of the occupiers,—were also 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on Middle Level 
the Middle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill to hare « 
make their Report, be further enlarged till Tuesday“ """"” 
the 18th day of this instant June. 


A Petition of Manufacturers and Owners of Smoke Prohi- 
Steam-engines in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gates- bition Bill. 
head, and their vicinities, praying that the Smoke 
Prohibition 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 Churchwardensand Representative Damage by Fire 
Vestrymen of the parish of Saint George, Hanover- (Metropolis) 
: =. . oa, (Nov 2.) Bill. 
square, in the liberty of the city of Westminster, 
praying that the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) 
(No. 2.) 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 Honourable Alexander Leslie Bank of Eng- 
Melville, taking notice of the Bank of England \and Charter 
Charter Bill ; and praying that the maximum cir- °'" 
culation of past years be taken to regulate the fu- 
ture maximum of issues ; that the period from which 
it is taken be extended to five or more years ; that 
the penalties for over issue be reduced, and that the 
return of circulation continue to be made monthly, 
as at present, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lisdowney, in the Bank of Ire- 

parish of Lisdowney, and county of Kilkenny, pray- laud Charter, 
ing the House to refuse a renewal of the Bank of 
Treland Charter, and to pass an Act extending the 
Banking privileges guaranteed by the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 42, to the city of Dublin, and the circle of fifty 
Trish miles around it, with such amendments as to 
the House shall seem meet, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Workers with Silk, in the district of Currency. 
Spitalfields, praying the House to repeal the Cur- 
rency Bill of 1819, commonly called Pee/’s Bill, 
and the Small Note Abolition Act of 1826, abolish- 
ing the small note circulation of England and 
Wales, and to authorize the issue from the Mint of 
one-pound notes, and that to the necessary extent 
or amount to constitute a sound or sufficient Cur- 
rency for the tax-included prices of commodities 
in this country, and that the House will not renew 
to the Bank of England any Charter that will allow 
the directors of that establishment, or any such in- 
terested parties, in any way to interfere with such 
legal domestic Currency when so established, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the united Church of Convocation of 
England and Ireland, praying fer the revival of the '"« Clerey- 
powers of the Convocation of the Clergy, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition 


3C4 





Church Rates. 


Vestries in 
Churches Bill. 


Manchester 
Bishopric. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Lime Toll 
Exemption 


(Wales) Bill. 


Union with 
Ireland. 


Savings Bai.ks 


Monasteries, 


&amp;c. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 





384 


A Petition of Members of the Shepton Mallett 
Church of England Lay Society, praying the House 
to resist all attempts to deprive the Established 
Church of the full benefit and amount of Church 
Rates, and that should any alteration in the mode of 
collection or enforcing their payment take place, the 
same may not in any degree weaken the sound 
principles of right and justice on which they are 
founded, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Ket- 
tering, in the county of Vorthampton, praying that 
the Vestries in Churches Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Minister, Churchwardens and 
Inhabitants of Yate;—and, Members of the Shep- 
ton Mallet Church of England Lay Association ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for the imme- 
diate formation of a new and independent Bishopric 
for the town of Manchester,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Officers to the Sheriff of Somerset- 
shire, praying that in case the County Courts Bill 
should pass into a law, the House will either cause 
the Petitioners to receive compensation for the loss 
which they must necessarily sustain, or appoint 
the Petitioners to such offices in the newly-formed 
courts as their previous duties may have enabled 
them competently to fill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brimscombe ; —and, Chalford ; 
stating that there are large classes of persons in the 
principal towns of the United Kingdom who make 
a trade of and live by promoting promiscuous inter- 
course between the sexes; and praying the House 
to enact that trading in vice in the manner referred 
to shall be a highly penal offence, and that this 
shall be more particularly the case when pursued in 
relation to infants under twenty-one years of age, 
and that magistrates and officers of police shall be 
invested with summary powers of proceeding in 
cases of suspected delinquency,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lic upon the Table. 


10° Junzz. 


A. 1844. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented,—Return to Gamekeepers, 


an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of 
April last, for a Return of all Inquests held by 
the Coroners of England and Wales, since the year 
1833, upon the bodies of Gamekeepers ; and the 
Verdicts of the Juries. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Church of 
Orders,—Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of *eland. 


March last, for Summaries of the Revenues and 
Condition of the Established Church in Jreland, 
classified in the following manner :—1. Total of the 
gross and the net Income of the Archbishops and 
Bishops; 2. Total of the gross and net Income of 
the Beneficed Clergy; 3. Total of the gross and 
the net Income of the Deans and Chapters, and all 
subordinate Corporations, such as Minor Canons, 
Vicars Choral, &amp;c., and of all Dignities and Pre- 
bends, exclusive of the Incomes of Benefices with 
Cure of Souls, forming the Corps of such Dignities 
and Prebends; 4. Total of the gross and the net Va- 
lue of the Economy Estates of Cathedral Churches : 
—And, of the gross and net Revenues of the Ec- 
clesiastical Commissioners; specifying the sources 
from whence derived :—An Estimate of the Reve- 
nues which will belong to each of the foregoing, 
when the provisions of the Church Temporalities 
Act 8 and 4 Will. 4, c. 37, shall have come into full 
operation :—Accounts of the Amount of the several 
Annual Payments made by the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners, in lieu of the compulsory Assessments 
by Vestries, abolished by the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c. 37, (to be obtained from each Diocese) :—Of 
the Number of Spiritual Persons officiating in the 
Established Church in Ireland, classified in the 
following manner:—1. Archbishops and Bishops ; 
2. Dignitaries, Prebendaries, Canons, Minor Canons 
and Vicars Cheral; 3. Beneficed Clergy; 4. Sti- 
endiary Curates ; 5. Additional Curates supported 
y Private Contributions :—And, of the Number of 
Lay Vicars Choral, Organists, Stipendaries and 
Choristers of Cathedrals ; of Sinecures abolished 
since the passing of said Act 3and 4 Will. 4, c.37, 
the 14th day of August 1833; of Faculties for 
holding a Plurality of Benefices granted since the 
passing of the aforesaid Act, the 14th day of Au- 
gust 1833, and when the last such Faculty was 
granted ; of cases in which Incumbents have ceased 
to hold more than one Benefice, since the passing of 





the aforesaid Act, the 14th day of August 1833 ; 


A Petition of Occupiers and Owners of land in| of Unions of Parishes dissolved since the passing 


the county of Radnor, praying that the Lime Toll | 


Exemption (Wales) Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes 
of Ballynahaglish and Kilbelfad, in the county of 
Mayo, praying for the repeal of the Legislative Union 
between Great Britain and Ireland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Vice Presidents, Directors and Trus- 
tees of the Tamworth Bank for Savings, praying 
that the Savings Banks Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘l'able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Watton, 
‘n the county of Hertford, praying for the suppres- 
sion of Monasteries and for the final prohibition and 
banishment from the United Kingdom of Jesuits 
and members of other religious orders, communities 
or societies of the Church of Rome, bound by monas- 
tic or religious vows, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—A Copy of the Appendix to the Report 
of Her Majesty’s Commissioners 6n the Poor Law 
Inquiry, Scotland—Parts I., II. and IIT. 





of the aforesaid Act, the 14th day of August 1833 ; 
|of the Beneficed Clergy who are resident within 
| their Benefices, and of those who reside sufficiently 
| near to them to perform their own duties; of ‘the 
| Beneficed Clergy who are non-resident, and the oc- 
/ casion of their non-residence ; of Benefices wherein 
, the Incumbents did not reside or perferm the duty 
| personally previously to the passing of the Act 
3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 37, the 14th day of August 1833, 
\in which the Incumbents are now resident or per- 
forming the duty in person; of Churches in Jre- 
\dand; of Schoolhouses and other Buildings used 
for the performance of Divine Service by License or 
permission of the Diocesans; of Churches built, 
,rebuilt and enlarged, since the passing of the Act 
3and 4 Will. 4, c. 37, the 14th day of August 1838 ; 
distinguishing the Number built, rebuilt and en- 
larged, by means of Private Subscriptions, by Grants 
from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and partly 
by both, with the Total Amount of such Grants, 
and the amount of increased accommodation for 
attendants on Divine Worship provided thereby ; of 
Schools for the instruction of the Poor, and Dio- 
cesan Classical Schools, supported by or under the 
superintendence of the Bishops and Clergy of the 
Established Church in Jreland. 


in circulation, distinguishing those of the Branches 
from those in Dublin :—Of the Amount of all De- 
posits, distinguishing Public from Private :—And, 
of 





Accounts of the Notes of the Bank of Ireland, &gt; . 
reianc.. 








Lighthouses 
(Ireland. ) 


Vinegar and 
Glass Duties 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Bank of Eng- 
land Charter 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Gold and Silver 


Wares Bill. 


Assaults 


(freland) Bill. 


Cwm Celyn 


and Blaina Iron 
Company Bill. 


Sheffield United 


Gas Bill. 


Manchester 
Royal Infirm- 


ary, &amp;c., Bill. 


Necton 


Tithes Bill. 


Far! of Guil- 
ford’s Estate 
Biil. 


Irvine’s 


Estate Bill. 


7 VicrorizZ. 


of the Amount of Securities held by the Bank, dis- 
tinguishing Public from Private, and distinguishing 
Private under the heads of Bills and Notes dis- 
counted ; and of the Amount of Bullion in the Bank 
at the close of every week, from the 6th day of 
March 1832 up to the present time. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of all Monies received and applied by the 
Corporation for preserving and improving the Port 
of Dublin, on account of Lighthouses, for the year 
ended 31 December 1843. 

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


The ingrossed Bill to repeal the Duty of Excise 
on Vinegar, and to make the Duties and Drawbacks 
now payable on Flint Glass the same as on Bottle 
Glass, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Clerk 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 Means; 

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 Supply ; 

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 Bank of England Charter Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second sens 


upon Thursday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and 
Mr. Lynch: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws now 
in force for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the 
marking of Gold and Silver Wares in England : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue for Five years 
an Act of the second and third years of Her present 
Majesty, for the better Prevention and Punishment 
of Assaults in Lre/and: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enlarge the Powers 
granted by an Act passed in the second Session of 
the fifth year of Her present Majesty, intituled, An 
Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against 
the Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Company, and for 
granting certain Powers thereto : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for uniting the Sheffield 
Gas Light Companies : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the President, 
Treasurers, Deputy Treasurers, Benefactors and 
Subscribers of and to the Manchester Royal Infirm- 
ary, Dispensary and Lunatic Hospital or Asylum 
to enlarge the said Infirmary, and to purchase and 
hold Land for the Erection of a new Lunatic Hos- 
pital or Asylum: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to remedy certain Defects in the Apportionment of 
the Rent-charge in lieu of Tithes, in the Parish of 
Necton, in the County of Norfolk; to which the 

— desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the Sale of a certain Leasehold Estate, 
in the County of Kent, Part of the settled Estate 

of the Earl of Guilford; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituied, An Act 
for selling the entailed Estate of Schwas, in the 
County of Aberdeen, belonging to Alerander Forbes 
Irvine, Esquire, and for investing the Price thereof 


in the Purchase of other Lands to be entailed in 
Vou. 99. 


10°—11° Junie. 





385 


lieu of the said Estate ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House:—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sugar Duties 
mittee on the Sugar Duties 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 
“ it is expedient that the Duties on Foreign and 
“ Colonial Sugar should be equalized,” 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 aga 

fMr. Young, 

Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. He a Baring : 
Mr. Ewart, 
Mr. Milner Gibson: 
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 re- 
ported, That the Committee had made progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


9. 


}26 
e 


Tellersfor the Noes, 56. 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Electors (Ireland) of Electors 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill ; Corporations 

Resolved, Vhat this House will, To-morrow, re- (1telan¢) Bill. 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Vestries in 
into a Committee upon the Vestries in Churches Churches Bill. 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Bill be read 2°, paragraph by paragraph. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again put, and agreed to. 





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


Martis, 11° die Junii, 1844: 


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 19th day of this instant June, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Rates, 
mittee on the County Rates, &amp;c., Bill ; &amp;e., Bill. 
Resolved, Yhat this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dissenters’ 
into a Committee upon the Dissenters’ Chapels ©pels Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 359. 





3D resumed 





Savings Banks 
Bill. 


No, 360. 


Courts of 
Common Law 


Process Bill. 


Courts of Com- 
mon Law Pro- 
cess (Ireland) 

Bill. 


Parishes 
(Scotland ) Bill 


No. 361. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Registration 


and Regulation 


Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Remedies at 
Law and in 
Equity Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


Damage by Fire 


(Metropolis) 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Charitable 
Loan Societies 


(Treland) Bill. 


Postmasters 
General. 


No. 362. 


Postage. 
No. 362. 


Hibernian Mili- 


tary School, 


No. 363, 


386 


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. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Savings Banks 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
24th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process 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 Courts of Common Law Process (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

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


Mr. Greene reported the Parishes (Scotland) 


10°—11° Junzz. 





A, 1844, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Public Depart- Public Depart. 
ments, which was presented upon Friday last, be «nts. 
printed. No. 364. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Wool, Wool. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No.365, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Poor Relies 
That Mr. Beckett Denison be discharged from fur- (Gilbert's 
ther attendance on the Select Committee on Poor 4c) 
Relief (Gilbert’s Act) ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the {Captain Pechell, 1 


Yeas, Mr. Redhead Yorke: | Hi 
Tellers for the io Young, } 18 
Noes, Mr. Pringle: . 


And it appearing, upon the report of the division 
by the Tellers, that Forty Members were not present, 
and it being then one of the clock on Tuesday 
morning: — The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till this 








day. 
Martis, 11° die Junii ; 
Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Relief 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the (treland) Act. 
bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 30th 

day of April last, for Returns of the Names of 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 upon Monday 
next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Joint Stock Companies Registration and 
Regulation Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 


The Joint Stock Companies Remedies at Law 
and in Equity Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings 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 Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (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 Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Loan Societies (Zreland) 
Bill ; 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Postmasters 
General, which was presented upon the 20th day 
of May last, be printed. 


different Union Workhouses in Jreland, not having 
been visited by an Assistant Commissioner, from 
the 1st day of November 1843 to the 1st day of 
April 1844 :-——Of the Salary and Allowances of the 
Architect to the Poor Law Commission in Jreland, 
and his Assistants, for the last year; specifying 
the Duties performed by him during that period : 
—Of the Names of those Persons lately appointed 
Poor Law Auditors in Ireland :—Of the Medical 
Qualifications of the District Vaccinators appointed 
for the Newtownards Union, with Copies of any 
Remonstrances addressed to the Poor Law Com- 
missioners against such Appointments :—And, of 
the Number of the Jvish Poor who have been re- 
moved from any Parish, Township or Place in Eng- 
land to Ireland, under the Provisions of the Act 3 
and 4 Will 4, c. 40, between the 1st day of April 
1843 and the ist day of April 1844 :—And, Copy 
of the Resolutions addressed by the Guardians of 
the Ballinrobe Union to the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, dated the 4th day of April 1844, as to the 
impossibility of collecting the Poor Rates without 
the Assistance of a Stipendiary Magistrate and a 
Military Force :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Rochdale Rochdale 
Improvement Bill have leave to sit this day, till five ~ cre 
. =the ill. 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Earl Jermyn reported from the Committee on the Paisley General 
Paisley General Gas Bill; That, at the expiration of Gas Bill. 
one hour from the time fixed for the meeting of the 
Committee this day, a Quorum of selected Members 
not being present, he had adjourned the Committee 
until Friday next, at twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 











Ordered, That the Return relative to Postage, 


which was presented upon the 20th day of May 
last, be printed. " 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Hiber- 
nian Military School, which was presented upon 
the 24th day of May last, be printed. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Brighton,Lewes 
|the Report on the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings a. 
| Railway Bill; and the Amendments were read, and“ 
agreed to. 

_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

_ be ingrossed. 

| A Motion . 





7 Vicroriz. 


South Eastern 
and nen 

— way Bill be re-committed to the former Committee : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 


House, withdrawn. 


South Eastern 
and Hastings 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions from Tenterden ;—and, Rye; praying 
that leave may be given to proceed during the pre- 
sent session with the Bill for making a Railway 


from the South Eastern Railway to Rye and Hast- | 


ings, so far as relates to that portion of it only which 
lies between Headcorn and Rye,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Coventry Im- 
provement and 
Cemetery Bill. 


Viscount Clive reported from the Committee on 
the Coventry Improvement and Cemetery Bill; and 
to whom two 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 that they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Tuesday next. 


North Wales A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
Mineral Rail- bourhood of Welshpool, praying that the North 
way Bill. = 


Wales Mineral Railway Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


11° Junie. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | 
posed, That the South Eastern and Hastings Rail- | 


Petitions from the Rural Deanery of [ping ;—Ash- 
bourn ;—North Stoneham ;— Bradford (York) ;— 
and, Saint Dogmells; praying for the repeal of so 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates 





387 


Petitions from Wymering, Widley and Porchester ; Corn Laws. 
—Fareham ;— Upham and Durley ;— Wickham ;— 
Westmeon and Warnford ;—Titchfield ;—Soberton ; 
— Hambledon ;— Portsea ;— Farlington and Bed- 
hampton ;—Alverstoke and Rowner ;—Droxford ;— 
Havant and Emsworth ;—I\sland of Hayling ;—Bi- 
shops Waltham ;-—and, Meonstohe, Corhampton and 
Exton; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no 
alteration whatever may be made in the existing Corn 
| Laws,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Wear- poor Law. 
| dale Union, in the county of Durham, praying for 
alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, by 
confiding to boards of guardians the power of fixing 
the measure of remuneration to be given to medical 
officers of unions, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Poor Law 
Amendment Act (Medical Relief). 


A Petition of Roman Catholics of the parish of Juries(Ireland.) 
Kilbroney, in the county of Down, complaining of 
the exclusion of Roman Catholics from Juries in 
Ireland; and praying the House to afford them re- 
‘dress by dismissing the present Ministry, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the parochial 
archdeaconry of Suffolk, taking notice of the Paro- Assessments 
chial Assessments Act; and praying that in any 4° 
measure the House may be pleased to take for im- 
proving the system of local taxation, other parties 
may not be relieved at their expense, and that no 
heavier burthen may be thrown upon them than 
they have been hitherto by law called upon to bear, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


| 


to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, | 


and at the same time that speedy and strenuous 

endeavours may be made for the establishment of 

a Bishopric at Manchester, by other means,—were 

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


Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill 


Fahan (two Petitions) ;— Derby ; — Brailsford 


—Shotley Bridge; — Whitburn ; — Easington ; — 
Hitchin ; —Crossroads ;—Shepton Mallet ; —Wick- 
ham Market ;—Stranorlar ;—-Pettigo ;— East Stone- 
house ; — Lancaster ; —Leegrave ; — Dunstable ; — 
Dagnalland Hudnall ;— Toddington ;—Crendon ;— 
Chalgrave ;—Hockliffe (two Petitions) ;—Moncton ; 
— Wellingborough ;—Christchurch (Hants) ;— Bar- 
nard Castle ;— Hertford, and other places ;—WVorth 
Molton ;—Saint Athan’s ;—Dumbarton ; —North- 
ampton ; —~ Newport Pagnell ;— Welford ;— Malpas ; 
—Finedon ;— Whittlebury and Silverstone ;— Wol- 
laston;—Wellingborough, and other places ;—Ol- 
ney ;— Towcester ;— Heighington ; — Tetworth ;— 
Tewkesbury ; — Clerkenwell (two Petitions) ; —- 
Bethnal Green ; — Hackney ;—Spafields ;— Spital- 
Jields ;—and, Believers in the doctrine of the Holy 
Trinity ; praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 


I 
‘ and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Killyleagh ;— Milnthorp ;— and, 
Dromara; praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


Public Petitions 


Petitions from the County of Rutland ;— Ply- 
mouth ;—Axminster ; — Sydenham ; — Morpeth ;— 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 


A Petition of the Reverend James Smith, the Marriages 
Office Bearers and Congregation of the Free (Ireland.) 
Church, Dumbarton, praying that all Marriages 
solemnized by Presbyterian ministers in Jreland 
be good and valid to all intents and purposes, pro- 
vided they shall have been solemnized and regis- 
tered according to the published regulations of the 
Presbyterian Church, was presented, and read; and 
; | ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which Orderss 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh Edinburgh 
and Glasgow Railway Bill, proposed Amendments -vechaman 
on third reading, the said Amendments are of such “” "“Y © 
a nature as may be adopted by the House at that 
stage, if it shall think fit. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Canterbury Canterbury 
Pavement Bill, proposed Clause and Amendments Pavement Bill. 
on consideration of Report, the said Clause and 
Amendments are of such a nature as to justify the 
House in entertaining them, without the re-com- 
mitment of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Wells Har- Wells Harbour 
bour and Quay Bill, proposed Amendments on con- #4 Quay Bill. 
sideration of Report, the said Amendments are of 
such a nature as to justify the House in entertaining 
them, without the re-commitment of the Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester Manchester 
Bonding Bill, proposed Amendment on considera- Bonding Bill. 
tion of Report, the said Amendment is of such a 
nature as to justify the House in entertaining it, 
without the re-commitment of the Bill. 


- — on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 5. Resolved, That in the case of the Garnkirk, Garnkirk, 
| ; Petitions presented upon the 5th, 6th and 7th days | Glasgow and Coatbridge Railway Bill, proposed ee oe and 
of this instant June; and had directed him to make | Clause and Amendments on third reading, the said poiiway B 


a Report thereof to the House. 

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

VoL. 99. 





‘ Railway Bill. 
Clause and Amendments are of such a nature as 


may be adopted by the House at that stage, if it 
shall think fit. 








3D2 6. Resolved, 


Labvuring 
Classes 
Improvement 
Society 

(No. 2.) 


Canterbury 


Pavement Bill, 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Ness Fisheries 


Bill. 


Manchester 
Bonding Bill, 


Necton 
Tithes Bill. 


Statute Labour 


Assessments 


(Ceithness.) 


Shipping. 
N oO. 366, 


388 


6. Resolved, That in the case of the Labouring 
Classes Improvement Society (No. 2.), Petition for 
leave to present a Petition for a Bill, the Sessional 
Order be dispensed with ; That the Parties be per- 
mitted to present a Petition accordingly. 

The sixth Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
consideration of the Report on the Canterbury Pave- 
ment Bill be resumed To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Bill be resumed To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the ingrossed Bill for the more effectual 
Preservation and Increase of the Breed of Salmon, 
and for better regulating the Salmon Fisheries in 
the River Ness, and the Lochs, Streams and Waters 
flowing into the same, 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 new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Henry Baillie, } 59 

Yeas, Mr. Edward Ellice: — 

Tellers for thef Mr. Wallace, l 50 

Noes, Mr. Forbes Machenzie: 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. Henry Baillie do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the consideration of 
the Report on the Manchester Bonding Bill:—The 
House resumed the said further Proceeding ; and 
the Amendment proposed on the 7th day of this 
instant June, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Necton Tithes Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of Mark Napier, Esquire, 
Advocate Depute to the Lord Advocate, relative to 
the recent Disturbances in Caithness-shire, connected 
with the Statute Labour Assessments upon the In- 
habitants of that County. 


Ordered, That the Return to an Order, dated the 
12th day of May, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for Returns of all Tolls, Dues, Fees and other Charges 
imposed by public authority on Foreign Shipping in 
each of the Ports of London, Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, 
Newcastle, Leith, Greenock, Dundee, Dublin, Belfast 
and Waterford, respectively ; stating the Particulars 
sn each case ; and distinguishing the cases in which 
Official Vouchers are given for such Payments, and 
in which they are not given :—Also, an Account of 
all Charges which are levied in the above Ports on 
Foreign Vessels, and not levied on British Vessels ; 
togetier with a Statement of any Commercial, Fis- 
cal or other advantages enjoyed in such Ports by 
British Vessels, from which Foreign Vessels are 
excluded :—And, of all Tolls, Dues, Fees and other 
Charges imposed by Public Authority on British 
Shipping in each of the Principal Ports of those 


11° Junzz. 


A. 1844, 


Countries which have entered into Treaties of Re- 
ciprocity with Great Britain ; stating the Particulars 
in each case, and distinguishing the cases in which 
Official Vouchers are given for these Payments, and 
in which they are not given :—Also, an Account of 
all the Charges which are levied on British Vessels 
in any such Country, and which are not levied on 
Vessels under its own Flag, together with a State- 
ment of any Commercial, Fiscal or other Advan- 
tages enjoyed by such Foreign Vessels from which 
British Vessels are excluded, which was presented 
upon the 9th day of June, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, be printed. 


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


Courts of Law in Ireland, of Copies of the several 
Quarterly Accounts submitted to and certified by 
the Judges of the said Courts respectively, in the 
years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, of Sums incurred 
for Clerks employed in the Offices of the said 
Courts, and as and for the Expenses of Coals, 
Candles, and all other Expenses of the said several 
Offices, and in the several Chambers of the said 
Courts, including the Remuneration of the Court 
Keeper, and Stationery ; and for additional Clerks 
employed in the said Offices respectively ; and for 
further or increased Payment to any Clerks em- 
ployed in the said Offices respectively ; and (in the 
Civil Side of the Court of Queen's Bench) for the 
Salary of the Clerk in the Office of the Taxing Of- 
ficers:—From the Paymaster of Civil Services in 
freland, of the Sums paid through his Office in each 
quarter of the vears 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, to 
the several Officers and Clerks of the Superior 
Courts of Common Law in Jreland; and also of 
the Sums paid upon the Certificates of the Judges 
of said Courts, for Incidental and other Expenses ; 
specifying the Names of the Persons to whom paid, 
and the Amount paid to each:—And, from the 
Commissioners of Stamps, or the proper Officers of 
the Stamp Office, Dublin, of all Sums received by 
the Commissioners of Stamps, by, from, or under 
the Duties made payable by the Act 1 and 2 Geo. 4, 
¢. 112, called the Law Fund Duties, in each of the 
years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, distinguishing so 
much of the said Duties as was paid in by the se- 
veral Officers of the Superior Courts of Law in 
Ireland, from time to time, in each such year. 


diture for Army and Militia Services, compared 
with the Sums estimated, for the year ended the 
31st day of March 1843; and Balance Sheet, show- 
ing the Ledger Balances on the 31st day of March 
1844, the Date on which the preceding Account 
was closed. 

Sir Thomas Fremantle accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

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


Mr. Lynch: 
Mr. Speaker, 


several Acts for the Improvement of the Harbour 
of Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan, without 
any Amendment: And also, 


George the Fourth, for the more effectual Preven- 
tion of Persons going armed by Night for the De- 








struction 


Mr. Godson presented a Bill to provide an Appeal Appeal in 
in Criminal Cases: And the same was read the first Criminal Cases 


ill. 


No. 367. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Courts of Law 
Returns from the principal Officers of the several (1reland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Army and Mi- 
Account of the finally audited Receipt and Expen- litia Services. 


No. 368. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and Message from 


the Lords. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill intituled, An swansea ; 
Act to amend an Act for altering and amending Harbour Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Night Poaching 
Act to extend an Act of the ninth year of King Prevention pa 





teed teed beet 


PK 


Leeds and 
Bradford ‘ 
Railway Bill. 


Anatomy Act. 


Anatomy Act. 


Church 
Temporalities 
(Treland.) 


Registration 
of Electors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


County Rates, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


State Trial 
(Dublin. ) 


Saint Asaph, 
&amp;c., Bishoprics. 


7 VicToriz. 


struction of Game, 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 making a Railway from Leeds to Bradford, 
with a Branch to the North Midland Railway, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Petitions from Dewsbury ;— Barnsley ; — Brig- 
house ; — Thornell ;— Wakefield ;— Huddersfield ;— 
and, Mirfield; praying the House to institute an 
impartial, searching and open inquiry into the 
operation of the Anatomy Act,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That a Select Committee be appointed, to in- 
quire into the operation of the Anatomy Act ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Borthwick, 
Mr. French : 
Mr. Young, 
Mr. Pringle: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


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1 a 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House do resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the present state of the Tempo- 
ralities of the Church of Ireland:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, 'That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration of Electors (Zreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 1st day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Irelund) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


the 1st day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


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


Mercurii, 12° die Junii, 1844: 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the County Rates, &amp;c., 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-mor- 
row. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 16th day of May last, for Returns 
of all Monies paid, or due, to Mr. Hodges or any 
Shorthand Writer or Writers for Notes taken of the 
Proceedings in the Court of Queen’s Bench, Dub- 


se to and during or since the Trial of 
the 


Proceedings at Conciliation Hall between the 1st 
day of August 1843 and the present time. 


Ordered, That the said Return do 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, an Account of the Revenues of the Bishop- | 


9. | 


11°—12° Juniz. 


Yueen v. O’Connell and others :—And, of all ! 
Monies paid, or due, for any Notes taken of the | 


389 


sion of Ecclesiastical Revenues, stating the Sources 
from which such Revenues are derived ; and Esti- 
|mate of the Revenues of the Bishoprics of Bangor, 
Llandaff and Saint David's, as proposed by the 
Ecclesiastical Commission, and sanctioned by his 
late Majesty, or Her present Majesty, in Orders of 
Council. 

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


to give leave to the Lord Ponsonby to attend the 
Select Committee appointed by this House to in- 
quire into the present state of the building of the 
New Houses of Parliament, and to report thereon 


carry the said Message. 


Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, 
Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, in Jredand, 
in the Two years ended the 5th day of January 
1844 :—And, of the Sums expended by the same 
Commissioners in Jreland during the same gp ; 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 242, 
of Session 1842). 

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








his late Majesty, for regulating the Fees of Coroners 
in Ireland, upon holding Inquisitions, and to make 
other Provisions for that purpose, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 3 Geo. 4, 
c. 115, to regulate the Qualification of Persons 
holding the Office of Coroner in Jreland, might be 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 Geo. 4, 
c. 43, to regulate the Amount of Presentments by 
Grand Juries, for Payment of the Public Officers 
of the several Counties in Jreland, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 5 Geo. 4, 
c. 98, to amend the Acts of the last Session of Par- 
liament relating to Presentments by Grand Juries, 
for Payment of the Salaries of Public Officers of 
the several Counties in Ireland, might be read; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 52, to amend an Act of the last Session of Par- 
liament, for amending former Acts relating to Pre- 
sentments by Grand Juries, for Payment of the Sa- 
laries of Treasurers and Public Officers of the se- 
veral Counties in Jreland, might be read ; and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 10 Geo.4, 
ce. 37, to amend the Laws relating to Coroners in 
Ireland, might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 116, to consolidate and amend the Laws 
relating to the Presentment of Public Money by 
Grand Juries in Ireland, might be read; and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 7 Will. 4, 
'c. 2, to amend an Act passed in the seventh year of 
| His present Majesty, for consolidating and amending 
‘the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public 
| Money by Grand Juries in Ireland, might be read ; 
{and the same being read ; 
| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
'to amend the said Acts: And that Mr. Grrogan and 
Mr. Serjeant Murphy do prepare, and bring it in. 











to the House: And that the Earl of Lincoln do — 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, frouses of 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased Parliament. 


The Earl of Zincoln presented, pursuant to Order, Woods and Fo- 
—Accounts of all Sums of Money received by the rests (Ireland.) 


No. 369. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Geo. 4, Coroners 
c. 28, to repeal an Act made in the Fiftieth year of (Ireland) Bill. 


: eo A Petition of John Williams, late of Cornhill, in Subways _ 

rics of Saint Asaph, Bangor, Llandaff and Saint the city of London, and now of Stoke Damerel, in Metropolis.) 

ae — to the Reports of the Commis- the county of Devon, praying that a Bill may be 
OL. ¢ | 


3D3 brought 





390 


17°—12° Juniz. 


A. 1844. 


brought into the House, to authorize the building tax upon Wood cut by machinery, was presented, 
of Subways in the Metropolis, to place water, gas and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and other pipes in, and give access to the sewers | 
without disturbing the paving, was presented, and | 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| 
| 


Coroners Mr. Grogan presented a Bill to amend the Law| 
(Ireland) Bill. relating to the Office of Coroner, and the Expenses | 
No.370. of Inquests in Jreland: And the same was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday the 20th day of this instant 
June; and to be printed. 
Bank of Ireland. Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank 
No.371. of Ireland, which were presented yesterday, be 


printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Light- 
houses (Jreland), which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Lighthouses 
CIreland.) 


No.372. 


And then the House, having continued to sit, 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Mercurii, 12° die Juni; 
Anno, 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 
Earl of Guil- HE Earl of Guwilford’s Estate Bill was read 
as s Estate the first time. 
; Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
eae The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Mavistrate Bill the Report on the Manchester Stipendiary Magis- 
trate Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed, 
Irvine’s Trvine’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Estate Bill. 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
Dissenters’ 


Chapels Bill. 


teigne ; — Rostherne ; 





lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Middleton (Cork) ;— Limerick 
(eight Petitions) ;—Ballincollig ;—and, Plymouth ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Currency. 





A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Council Municipal 


| of the borough of Cork, praying that the Municipal Corporations 


Corporations (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law (7elend) Bill 


as it now stands, was — and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Wick, Marriages 
in the county of Caithness, praying the House to (land.) 
introduce, without delay, into Parliament, a Bill to 
declare valid, to all intents and purposes in law, all 
Marriages heretofore solemnized or hereafter to be 
solemnized, by Presbyterian ministers in Jreland, 
between parties not within the prohibited degrees of 
consanguinity or affinity, and who have the consent 
of parents or guardians, and provided that all such 
Marriages shall be solemnized and registered agree- 
ably to the published laws ofthe Jrish Presbyterian 
Church, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Caerwys ;—and, Holywell ; pray- County Courts 
ing that the County Courts Bill may pass into a Bill. 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Canterbury 
the further Proceeding upon consideration of the Pavement Bill 
Report of the Canterbury Pavement Bill :—The 
House resumed the said further Proceeding. 

A Clause (Imprisonment in default of distress), 
offered and brought up on the 7th day of this instant 
June, was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

And the Amendments, proposed at the same time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Controverted 
to consider the Acts in force with respect to the Elections. 





Petitions from Eastwood ;—Asfordby ;—Truro ; | 
— Melton Mowbray (two Petitions) ;—Hickling ;— 
Ab-Ketileby ;— Broughton ;—Kinoulton ;—Wysall ; 
— Belfast ;—Penley ;—Walsall ;— West Bromwich ; 
— Bloxwich ;— Willenhall ; — Cannock ; — Pres- 
and, Plymouth; praying | 
that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 


A Petition of Thomas Clutton Salt, of the bo- 
rough of Birmingham, praying the House to insti- 


Trial of Controverted Elections, and to report their No. 373. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select | Opinion, whether any and what Amendments can 


be made, calculated to improve the provisions of 
the said Acts, have Power to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Lord Granville Somerset 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 Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


| 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming Edinburgh 
|the further Proceeding upon the third reading of and Glog 
| the ingrossed Bill to authorize an Extension of the si cla 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and to amend 

and enlarge the Provisions of the Acts relating to 
| such Railway :—The House resumed the said fur- 
| ther Proceeding. 


tute an inquiry into the operation of the Act gh ge ng so ae ye a 


1819, commonly called Peel’s Bill, and that the 
House will then proceed to establish a just and 
fixed standard of value, and a monetary system, on 


of this instant June, being read ; 
Lord Granville Somerset, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 





a broad and secure basis adapted to the obligations | yom. ee ee of h prepert = the said 
and to the industry both of England and her vast | Maiest ne See wee a th i. as Her 
possessions, was presented, and read ; and ordered | /4esty s interest 1s concerned, that the House may 


to lie upon the Table. 


Corn Laws. 


ing the House to resist the efforts now making by | 


Petitions from Waltham ;—and, Stafford ; pray- | 


do therein as they shall think fit. 
Then the said Amendments were agreed to. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Macaulay do carry the Bill 


the Anti-Corn Law League, and that no alteration | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
whatever may be made in the existing Corn Laws, | 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie | 


upon the Table. 


Wood, 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
| their several Addresses of the 7th and 11th days of 4¢4e*** 
| this instant June (That Her Majesty would be gra- 


A Petition of Operative Wood-sawyers of Edin- | ciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 


burgh and Leith, praying the House to impose a | therein mentioned might be laid before this House), 





had . 








7 Vicroriz: 


had been presented to Her Majesty, and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this House 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


Gaspé Fishery 
and Coal Mining 
Company Act. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant 
to an Address to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Act 
passed in the Canadian Parliament, intituled, An 
Act for incorporating the Gaspé Fishery and Coal 
Mining Company. 


12°—13° Juniz. 


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


Appeal in The Order of the day being read, for the second 
— Cases yeading of the Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 26th day of this instant June. 


Detached Parts 
of Counties 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Detached Parts of Counties Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
* this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
‘“* itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That, 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

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 “ the Bill be committed to a Select | 
*“ Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

And the Question being put, That the words “the 
** Bill be committed to a Select Committee,” be 
added, instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Af- 
firmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 





lities of the 


House resumed the said adjourned 





391 


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 Church 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed compen 
yesterday, That this House do resolve itself into ~—— 
Committee upon the present state of the Tempora- 
hurch of Ireland; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
ebate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 


twelve of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 13° die Junii, 1844: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
be Mr. Ward 
Tellers for the Yeas, Sed Memes Be. 
J Mr Young, 
Ll Mr Henry Baring: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


} 179. 
} 274. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws for the regula- 
tion of Grand Jury Presentments in the county o 
Dublin: And that Mr. Edward Taylor and Mr. 
Hans Hamilton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 


(Dublin) Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hawkers and 
Returns, showing the different Rates of License Pedlars. 
granted to Hawkers, the Number of Licenses issued 
according to each Rate, and the Total Amount re- 
ceived for such Licenses, during each of the last 
Ten years :—And, of the Number of Persons con- 
victed under the Hawkers and Pedlars Act, at Ge- 
neral or Petty Sessions in England and Wales, dur- 
ing the year ending the 5th day of January 1844 ; 
and also the Number imprisoned during the same 
period for Non-payment of the Penalties imposed. 





Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 
Aliens Bill, The Aliens Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Wednesday the 26th day of 
this instant June. 


Smoke Prohi- 
bition Bill, 


No. 374. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Smoke Prohibition 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
26th day of this instant June. 


County 


Coroners Bill. and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


A Clause was offered (Expenses arising from in- 
quests in detached parts of counties to be repaid by 
the county to which they belong): And the said | 
Clause was brought up, and twice read ; and made 


part.of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be | printed. 


ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Ways and 
Means, 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Frida 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 99. 


y next 





Mr. Greene reported the County Coroners Bill ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 





Mr. Edward Taylor presented a Bill to consoli- Grand Jury 
'date and amend the Laws for the Regulation of (Dublin) Bill 
Grand Jury Presentments in the County of Dublin: . No. 375 ° 
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. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Order,— Custom House 
A Copy of the Evidence appended to the Report Frauds. 
presented to this House in the last Session of Par- 
liament, respecting the Frauds which have been 
practised on the Custom House Department in 
London. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
| Table. 
| Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor Poor Relief 
| Relief (Ireland) Act, which was presented yester-('reland) Act. 
| day, be printed. No. 376. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the State State Trial 


mo: « sedated i a I 2] d. 
l'rial (Zreland), which was presented yesterday, be‘ a a 








| 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
| Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 
7 


3D4 


i 


Jovis, 13° die Junii ; | 
Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the | 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Copy of the 
bilan taken by Mr. Austin in the cases of Post- 
mortem Examination of Paupers who died in Work- | 
houses belonging to the Dudley Union; together 
with his Report, and the Proceedings of the Poor | 
Law Commissioners thereon :—And then he with- 
drew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


| 
| 
{ 
| 


Poor Law. 


Mr. Moore, from the Trustees of the Liverpool| 
Docks, 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 1842 to the 24th June 1843 :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Liverpool Port, 


Rochdale 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Viscount Mahon reported from the Committee on 
the Rochdale Improvement Bill; and to whom se- 
veral 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 


13° Juniz. 


A. 1844. 


a field in the said township adjoining to Nos. 28, 
and 29 on the said plans, of which John Foster 
is owner, and John Can occupier; a field in the 


| ¢ township of Jd/e, adjoinmg Nos. 167, 175% and 


176 on the said plans, in that township, the pro- 
“ perty of William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, 
“ Esquire, and occupied by John Wright, as sub- 
“ tenant of Thomas Oddy; a certain field adjoining 
“ to Nos. 29, 30 and 31, on the said plans, in the 
“ township ot Manningham, the property of Ellis 
“ Cunliffe Lister Kay, Esquire, and in the occu- 
“ pation of John Crabtree; a certain field in the 
township of Bradford, adjoining to and at the 
west oa of No. 32, on the said plans, the property 
of the Trustees of Bowcock’s Charity, in the occu- 
pation of Thomas Craven.” 

Pr. 202. 1.7. Leave out “ Kenton’’ and insert 
“ Heaton.” 


In the Schedules to the Bill: 
Pr. 344. 1. 21. Leave out from 
- | ditto - 


“cc 


“cc 


se 


| Garden - | himself.” 


to 
as | Carriage -J]ditto - - -| ditto.” 

in Pr, 345. 1. 6., and in Pr. 345. 1. 6. in the second 
column, leave out “ ditto” and insert 


” - - Trustees of Wood- 
house Grove Academy ; 
namely, Reverend 
Henry Moore, George 
Highfield, Richard 
Reece, George Mars- 
den, Jabez Bunting, 
and Robert Newton. ” 











through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Wells Harbour 


Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
and Quay Bill. 


consideration of the Report on the Wel/s Harbour 
and Quay Bill be resumed To-morrow. 


Kingston-upon- |The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Hull Docks Bill. the Report on the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill ; 


Ordered, ‘That the Bill be re-committed for the | 
purpose of enabling the Committee to alter some of | 


the Clauses relative to Rates and Duties ; and to 
insert Clauses relative to the Ordnance Property. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Tuesday next. 


Monkland 
Railways 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Mr. William Collett reported from the Committee 
on the Monkland Railways (No. 2.) Bill; That at 
the expiration of one hour from the time fixed for 
the meeting of the Committee this day, a quorum 
of Selected Members not being present, he had ad- 
journed the Committee until Monday next, at Twelve 
of the clock. 

Ordered, 'Yhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Leeds and 
Bradford hail- 
way Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords tothe Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for making a Railway from Leeds 
to Bradford, with a Branch to the North Midland 
Railway ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 147.1. 33. After “reference” insert Clause (A.) 

Criaust (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the Company 
** to take or use for the purposes of this Act any of 
the following properties, without the consent in 
writing of the owners and occupiers thereof re- 
* spectively, fur that purpose first had and obtained ; 


“ 


_ 
n 


No. 7, on the said plans, in the township of Arm- 


wn“ 
. 





\ 6 | | 


that is to say, a house and workshop adjoining | 


ley, and on the south side of the Wortley, Armley | 
“and Bramley Turnpike-road, of which David | 
Porritt is owner, and Thomas Wade occupier ; 
land or frontage to a cottage in the said township, 
** at or near the west end of field, No. 14, on the said 
“ plans, and south of field No. 13, of which Joseph 
** Jackson is owner, and John Chaffer occupier ; 


and also in Pr. 345. 1. 6., in the fourth column, leave 
out “ ditto” and insert 

Reverend Wii- 
liam Lord.” 

| Pr. 344. 1.17. Leave out from “ yard” to “ town- 
|“ ship” in Pr. 346. |. 12. 

| The said Amendments, being read a second 
| time, were agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett do carry the Biil to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Brighton,Lewes 
London and Brighton Railway to Lewes and Has- and Hastings 
| tings, with a Branch therefrom, all in the County of Bway Bil. 
Sussex, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Darby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the warehousing of Foreign yianchester 
Goods for Home Consumption at the Borough of Bonding Bill. 
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, 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. 








| 
| The Order of the day being read, for resuming Garnkirk, 
| the further Proceeding upon the third reading of Glasgow and 
‘the ingrossed Bill to extend the Line of the Garn- ——. 
ee : : ailway Bill. 
| kirk and Glasgow Railway ; to enable the Company 
to raise a further Sum of Money; and to alter and 
amend the Acts relating to the said Railway :—The 
House resumed the said further Proceeding. 
An ingrossed Clause (Sheriff empowered to appoint 
Constables within the limits of the Railway during 
| the progress of the works), offered and brought up 
on the 10th day of this instant June, was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 
__ And the Amendments proposed at the same time, 
| were agreed to. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








Sir 





—— 


res 





London and 
South-Western 


il 
{No 1) Bill. 


Arson. 


Dissenters’ 


Chapels Bill. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Bank of Eng- 
Jand Charter 
Bill. 


Poor Law 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Currency. 


Bleaching 
Works. 


7 Vicroriz. 


Sir Edward Colebrooke reported from the Com- | 
mittee on the London and South Western Railway | 
(No. 1.) Bill; and to whom several Petitions against | 
the said Bill were referred; That they had con-| 
sidered such Petitions ; That they had inquired into 
the several matters required by the Standing Orders | 
on Railway Bills, so far as the same relate to the’ 

resent application; and that they had altered the 
Preamble of the Bill, in order to troduce therein 
a reference to a Bill now pending in Parliament, for | 
making a Branch Railway to Salisbury, so as to , 
connect the said Bill, and the provisions thereof, 
with the present Bill; and also for the purpose of | 


expressing more accurately the objects 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 thereunto. 

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


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands 
residing in the neighbourhood of Saffron Walden, 
stating that the late alteration in the punishment of 
Arson does not tend to check that crime, but that 
it has a contrary effect ; and praying that the said 
crime may be punished with death, as formerly, and 
suggesting that any person found guilty of that 
offence shall be executed in the parish in which he 
committed the crime, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Botesdale ;—Donaghmore ;— Put- 
ney ; — Barnet ; — Walsham ; — Bedford ; — Saint 
Luke, Old-street (Middlesex) ;—Stoke Ash ;—Den- 
ton, and other places ;—York (two Petitions) ;— 
Breadsall ;— Ticknall;—-Cheltenham (two Petitions) ; 
—Cranfield ;—Carnew ;—South Molton and Chulm- 
leigh ; — Hastings ; — Islandmagee ; — Fermoy ; — 
Moy ;— Haverfordwest (two Petitions) ; —Peters- 
field ;—Saint David's (Pembroke) ;—Pocklington ; 
-—-Long Buckley ;— Little Bromley (Essex) ;—Shaf- 
tesbury ;—Lyme Regis ;—Reverend Edward Bates ; 
—and, Cheetham; praying that the Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Narberth, 
and its vicinity, in the county of Pembroke, praying 
that the County Courts Bill may pass into a law, 
and that a knowledge of the Welsh language may 
be required on the part of the Judges who may be 
selected to decide small causes in the Principality, 


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


Petitions from the County of Cambridge ;—The 
Metropolis ;—and, Spalding ; praying that the Bank 
of England Charter 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 Attornies and Solicitors practising 
in the city 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 


13° Juniz. 


393 


Petitions from Abbeyleix Union;—and, Belfast 
Union (Chairman); praying for amendment of the 
Poor Relief (Ireland) Act,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens and Pa- Lord’s Day. 


rishioners of the parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn, 
complaining of the public exposure of articles for sale 
on the Lord’s Day, whether in shops and markets, 
or otherwise; and praying the House to carry out 
the principles of existing laws on this subject, was 


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


Petitions from Okeover ;-- Yieldersley ;—-Osmaston ; Poct Relief 


—Wormhill ;--Shirley ;—Yeaveley ;-—Alstonejield ; (Silber"’s Act.) 


— Ellerstone ;—Grindon ;— Stanton ; — Snelstone ; 
— Waterfall ;—Ible ; — Mappleton ; — Rodsley ; — 
Bradborne ;—Calton;—There-undersigned ;— Hog- 
naston and other places (two Petitions) ;—Callow ; 
— Bradley (Derby); — Carsington ; — Sturston ;— 
Kirk Ireton ;—Middleton-by-Werksworth ;— Knive- 
ton ;— Hopton ;— Brassington ; — Hulland Ward 
(Derby); —Bradley (Derby); — and, Hollington ; 
praying the House not to pass any Act by which 
the Act called Gilbert’s Act, and the incorporations 
formed in pursuance thereof, may be in any way re- 
pealed, dissolved or interfered with, or without a 
previous inquiry and investigation as to the manner 
in which the poor law has been administered in the 
several incorporations formed under that Act, and 
that the present powers and authority of the Poor 
Law Commissioners may in no respect be enlarged 
or extended,—were presented, and read; and re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Poor Relief (Gil- 
bert’s Act.) 


Cropthorne;—Church Honeybourne ;— Evenload and 
other places; — Elmley Castle; — Bossington; — 
Broughton ; — Longstock ; — Highclere ;— Wootton 
Saint Lawrence ;— Hannington;— Worting ;—Pam- 
ber ;—Alresford (four Petitions) ;—Nether Wallop ; 
—East Tytherley ;—Stockbridge ;— Pershore (two 
Petitions) ; — Tidmington ; — Bricklehampton ; -- 
Little Comberton ;— Pensham ; — Badsey ;— Bree- 
don ;— Great Comberton ;--Great and Little Hamp- 
ton ;—Birlingham;— North and Middle Littleton ; 
—and, Wick (Worcester); praying the House to 
resist the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law 
League, and that no alteration whatever may be 
made in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harrington ; — Tredington ; — Com Laws. 


A Petition of Henry Thoby Prinsep, of Hyde Kilmarnock, 


Park Gardens, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, 
a Candidate at the last Election of a Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the District of 
Burghs of Renfrew, Rutherglen, Dumbarton, Kil- 
marnock and Port Glasgow, was delivered in, and 
read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
District of Burghs after named, videlicet, Renfrew, 
Rutherglen, Dumbarton, Kilmarnock and Port Glas- 





lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zondon and West- 
minster, praying the House to repeal the Act of the 
59 George the Third (1819), so that the price of 
Gold may be allowed to rise in exchange against 
Bank Notes to its market value, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operative Bleachers employed in 
Bleaching Works in the parishes of Cathcart and 
Eastwood, praying the House to extend to them 
such protection by legislative measures as will re- 
gulate their hours and places of labour, and remove 
their other causes of complaint against the system 
of labour now in operation in the Bleaching Works 
in Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Vor. 99. 


gow, the Petitioner, the Honourable Edward Pley- 
dell Bouverie and Henry Vincent, Esquire, were 
Candidates ; that a poll having been taken at the 
said Election, the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie 
was declared to have a majority of votes, and was 
returned as Member duly elected to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Burghs; that the 
names of divers persons were illegally inserted in 
the alphabetical lists of voters for the said District 
of Burghs, who were admitted to vote, and did vote 
for the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie, whose votes 
ought now to be struck from the poll; that at the 
various registration courts, when the claims of per- 
sons to be registered as voters in the said respective 
Burghs were taken into consideration by the respec- 
tive Sheriffs presiding in such courts, the said She- 
riffs illegally and erroneously admitted to registra- 











3 E tion 


&amp;e., 


Election. 


Burghs 








394. 13° Junie. A. 1844, 


tion and registered divers persons as voters whose | tion in favour of the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie, 
claims were bad, informal, erroneous and null, and | who did, by themselves, and by persons employed 
who were not qualified or entitled to be registered | by them, by gifts and rewards, and by promises, 
as voters, or to vote at such Election, and who voted | agreements and securities for gifts and rewards, 
for the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie, and whose | compel or procure persons having votes at the said 


votes ought to be struck from the poll; that the Election to give their votes in favour of the said 


Sheriffs who formed the courts of appeal from the 
judgments of the several Sheriffs presiding in the | 
said several registration courts illegally and errone- | 
ously admitted to registration various persons as | 
voters in the said Burghs, whose claims were bad, | 
erroneous and null, and who were not qualitied or 
entitled to be registered as such voters, or to vote 
as such at such Election, and whose votes were ad- 
mitted at the said Election in favour of the said 
Edward Pleydell Bouverie, and whose votes ought 
to be struck from the poll; that the said Sheriffs 
and Appeal Sheriffs respectively did also illegally 
and erroneously refuse to expunge from the register 
the names of divers persons who were not legally 
entitled to continue on the registers, and to whom 
valid objections had been duly lodged and intimated, 
which said last-mentioned persons were allowed to 
vote for the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie at the 
said Election, but whose votes ought to be struck 





Edward Pleydell Bouverie, and to forbear to give 
their votes for the Petitioner, and the votes so ad- 
mitted ought to be struck from the poll; that divers 
persons having votes at the said Election, who both 
before and after the teste of the writ for the said 
Election, received money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment or provisions, or presents, gifts, rewards or en- 
tertainments, or promises, agreements, engagements, 
or obligations of or for money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment or provisions in respect of their votes at 
the said Election, were nevertheless admitted to 
vote, and did vote thereat, in favour of the said Ed- 
ward Pleydell Bouverie, whose votes ought to be 
struck from the poll; that divers persons who before 
and after the teste of the said writ, gave to persons 
having votes at the said Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment or provision, or promises, agree- 
ments, engagements or obligations for money, meat, 
drink, entertainment or provision, to or for the use 


from the poll; that various persons were illegally of such persons, in order to the Election of the said 
and improperly, by the said several Sheriffs and Edward Pleydell Bouverie, were nevertheless ad- 
Appeal Sheriffs, admitted and put upon the registers | mitted to vote for the said Edward Pleydell Bou- 
for the said Burghs, according to certain characters, | verte at the said Election, whose votes ought to be 
titles and descriptions of qualifications in such re- | struck from the poll; that divers other persons who 
sisters contained, although such persons did not | were unqualified for other and different reasons, and 


| 


truly possess the characters, titles or descriptions of | who laboured under statutory, legal, personal or 


qualifications for or in respect of which they were 
so registered ; and such persons, although bern 
no right to vote, were unduly and illegally allowed | 
to vote, and the votes of such persons were unduly 
and illegally counted upon the poll at the said | 
Election for the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie, | 
but ought to be struck from the poll; that various 
other persons not legally qualified or entitled to be 
recistered or to vote, were admitted to be registered 
as voters, or were continued upon the register of 
voters, and did unlawfully vote for the said Edward 
Pleydell Bouverie at the said Election, whose votes 
ought to be struck from the poll; that several per- 
sons who had claimed and been admitted to regis- 
tration upon the registers in force at the time of the 
said Election as voters for the said Burghs, had, 
subsequently to such their claiming, admission and 
registration upon the said registers, ceased to be 
possessed, and at the time of the said Election were 
not still possessed, but had been divested wholly or 
partially of the qualifications in respect of which 
they had so claimed, been admitted, and registered, 
or such qualifications had, since such admission and 
registration, undergone such alterations as rendered 
them inadequate, null and bad, and such persons 
ought not to have been allowed to remain upon the 
said registers, and ought not to have been admitted 
to vote, yet such persons were admitted to vote, and 
did unlawfully vote for the said Edward Pleydell 
Bouverie, whose votes ought to be struck from the 
poll; that various other persons who were not qua- 
lified to vote at such Election, but were absolutely 
disqualified to vote at elections of Members of Par- 
liament, were unlawfully admitted to vote, and did 
unlawfully vote at such Election, for the said Ed- 
ward Pleydell Bouverie, and whose votes ought to 
be struck from the poll; that divers persons were 


other disabilities different from those hereinbefore 
stated, were admitted to voie and did vote at the 
said Election for the said Edward Pleydell Bouve- 
rie, whose votes ought to be struck from the poll ; 
that the majority obtained by means of the premises, 
or some of them, by the said Edward Pleydell Bou- 
verie at the said Election, was apparent and colour- 
able only,and that the majority of good and legal 
votes polled at the Election was in favour of the 
Petitioner ; that after the teste of the writ, and be- 
fore the date of the said Election, the said Edward 
Pleydell Bouverie entered into a corrupt agreement 
with another person, then also being or proposing 
to become a candidate at the said Election, to pay 
to such person a sum of money to induce him to 
cease or forbear from being or becoming a candidate 
at such Election, and such person did, in conse- 
quence of such corrupt agreement, cease to be or 
forbear from becoming a candidate accordingly ; 
that the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie, by himself, 
his agents, friends, managers and supporters, and 
others acting and employed by and for him, and on 
his behalf, as well before as after the teste of the 
writ for the said Election, and before, and at, and 
during the said Election, gave presents to, and al- 
lowed to various persons having or claiming to have 
votes for the said Burghs, money, meat, drink and 
entertainment, and made and entered into promises 
and agreements to give and allow presents, money, 
meat, drink and entertainment, in order to be elected, 
or for being elected to serve in Parliament for the 
said Burghs; that the said Edward Pleydell Bou- 
verie, by himself, his agents, friends, managers and 
supporters, and others acting and employed by and 
for him, and on his behalf, did give and provide, 
and cause and knowingly allow to be given and 
provided, wholly or partly at his expense, and pay 








admitted to vote, and did vote at the said Election 


wholly or in part certain expenses incurred for meat, 





in favour of the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie, | drink, entertainment and provision to and for certain 
who had asked, received, or taken money, gifts, | persons before, during and after such Election, for 
employments, offices, or rewards, or promises, or| the purpose of compelling or influencing such per- 
agreements and securities for money, gifts, employ- | sons, and certain other persons, to give or refrain 
ments, offices or rewards, or who were otherwise | from giving their votes at such Election, and for the 
bribed in order to vote at the said Election in favour | purpose of corruptly rewarding such persons, and 
of the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie, or to forbear | certain other persons, for having given or refrained 
to vote for the Petitioner, whose votes ought to be | from giving their votes at such Election; that the 
struck from the poll; that divers other persons | said Edward Pleydell Bouverie, by himself, his 
were admitted to vote and did vote at the said Elec- | agents, friends, managers, supporters and others 


acting - 





aR 


is Pgs 


Paper. 
od ee 


Union with 
Ireland. 


Absenteeism 
ireland.) 


Freedom of 
Opinion. 


Thomas Cooper. 


Tailors’ Trade. 


Customs Duties 
Bill. 


7 Vicroriz. 


acting on his behalf, before and at and during the 
said Election, were guilty of divers acts of bribery and 
corruption, and did, by himself or his agents, friends 
and managers, and by others on his behalf, by gifts, 
rewards, offices or employments, and by promises, 
agreements and securities for offices, gifts and em- 
ployments, and other advantages and emoluments, 
attempt to corrupt and procure, and did in fact cor- 
rupt and procure persons having votes at the said 
Election, to vote for him the said Edward Pleydell 
Bouverie, and to forbear to vote for the Petitioner ; 
that by reason of the said corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie became, 
before and at the time of the said Election, wholly 
incapacitated to be elected, and still is ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Burghs, 
and the said Election and Return of the said Ed- 
ward Pleydell Bouverie were and are wholly null 
and void; and praying that the House will be pleased 
to take the premises into consideration, and to find 
and declare that the said Election and Return were 
and are null and void, and that the said Edward 
Pleydell Bouverie was not duly elected, and that 
the Petitioner was duly elected, and ought to have 
been returned the Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said District Burghs, and to order the said 
Return to be amended accordingly, by directing the 
name of the said Edward Pleydell Bouverie to be 
erased therefrom, and the name of the Petitioner to 
be inserted in the place of the said Edward Pleydell 
Bouverie, and to grant to the Petitioner such further 
or 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. 


Petitions from Lavey ;—and, Lara; praying for 
the repeal of the Legislative Union between Great 
Britain and Ireland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Grand Jury of the county of the 
town of Galway ;—and, Gentry, Clergy and Inha- 
bitants of Lisdowney ; praying the House to impose 
a heavy tax on Absenteeism in Ireland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leicester, praying the 
House to pass such a measure as shall have the 
effect of abrogating all laws which prohibit the free 
publication of opinions, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Somers Town, in the parish of Saint 
Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, praying the 
House to adopt measures by which the remainder 
of the sentence passed on Thomas Cooper may be 
remitted, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Warrington ;— Taunton ;— Yeovil 
and Sherborne ; — Finsbury ;— Wigan ;— Leeds ; 
— Wolverhampton ; —- London ; — Greenwich and 
Woolwich ;— Huddersfield ;— Oxford ; —Greenock ; 
—Colchester ;—Stockport ;— Dunfermline ;— South- 
wark and Lambeth ;-—Stoke-upon-Trent and New- 
castle-under- Lyme ;—- Westminster and Mary-le-bone ; 
—-and, Norwich; alleging grievances connected 
with their trade ; and praying for an inquiry,—were 
gg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


_ A Petition of Legal Quay and other Wharfingers 
in the port of London, praying that the Customs 


Duties Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
Vou. 99. 


13° Junie. 














395 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of MojAili, 
in the county of Leitrim, praying that the Registra- 
tion of Electors (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a 


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


Petitions of Dairy Farmers of Uttoxeter ;—and, 
Dairy Farmers of Ashbourn ; praying that the same 
principle of a protective duty may be extended to- 
wards the Petitioners as is afforded to the Corn 
Farmer by the Corn Laws, and likewise, that an 
official return may be made public, respecting the 
quantities of Cheese and Butter imported from fo- 
reign countries,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Ruling Elders and other 
Members of the Congregation of Cavan, in connection 
with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian 
Church in Ireland, praying the House to introduce 
without delay, into Parliament, a Bill to declare 
valid, to all intents and purposes in law, all Mar- 
riages heretofore solemnized or hereafter to be so- 
lemnized by Presbyterian ministers in reland, pro- 
vided that all such Marriages shall be solemnized 
and registered agreeably to the published laws of 
the Irish Presbyterian Church, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Notice being taken, that the Returns relating to 
the Harbour Duties in the Jsle of Man, which were 
presented upon the 13th day of May last, were not 
prepared in conformity with the Act of Parliament, 
and the Address of this House of the 16th day of 
April last ; 

Ordered, That the said Returns 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, Returns of the Amounts collected in the 
Isle of Man, by the authority of the Act 54 Geo. 3, 
c. 143, s. 1, for Harbour Dues in each year, from 
the year 1833 to 1843, under the several heads 
stated by the Schedule of that Act :—Of the Ex- 
penditure of the Amounts so received, under the 
various heads to which appropriated, and of the 
Balance in hand of the said Funds on the 1st day 
of January 1844:—Of the Commissioners now 
qualified, and who execute the said Act: —And, 
of the Amount of Fines levied under its authority, 
in an amended form, and in conformity with the 
said Act. 

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


Registration 
of Electors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Cheese and 
Butter. 


Marriages 
(Ireland.) 


Isle of Man. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bank of Eng« 


reading of the Bank of England Charter Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ;-—- 


land Charter 


ill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and Message from 


Mr. Lynch : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to explain and amend 
the Acts incorporating the British Society, for ex- 
tending the Fisheries and improving the Sea-Coasts 
of the Kingdom, for enlarging and improving the 
Harbour of Pulteney Town, in the County of Caith- 
ness, and for lighting, cleansing and improving the 
said ‘Town, and better supplying the same with 
Water: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and main- 
taining a Turnpike-road from Sidmouth to Collump- 
ton, and also to or near to Hele Mill, in the Parish of 
Bradninch, all in the County of Devon: And also, 

3E2 The 


the Lords. 


Pulteney Town 
Harbour and 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Sidmouth and 
Collumpton 
Road Biil, 








Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
meat Bill, 


Stone’s 
Estate Bill, 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Bank of Eng- 
land Charter 
Bill. 


Prisons 


(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 


396 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend and explain the Acts for the Commutation 
of certain Manorial Rights in respect of Lands of 
Copyhold and Customary Tenure, and in respect of 
other Lands subject to such Rights, and for facili- 
tating the Enfranchisement of such Lands, and for 
the Improvement of such Tenure; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for carrying into effect a Contract between Edward 
Bresley Stone and Thomas Fulljames, Esquires, for 
the Sale to the said T’homas Fulljames of an Estate 
in the Parishes of Hasfield, Ashleworth and Corse, 
in the County of Gloucester, part of the Estates de- 
vised by the Will of John Stone, Esquire, deceased, 
and for investing the Purchase-money in other 
Estates to be settled to the same Uses, and for vest- 
ing certain other detached Estates in the Counties 
of Gloucester and Worcester, devised by the same 
Will, in Trustees for Sale, and for investing the 
Monies arising therefrom in the Purchase of more 
convenient Estates, to be settled to the same Uses; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of Report from 
the Select Committee of the House of Lords, ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Progress of the Building 
of the Houses of Parliament, with the Minutes of 
Evidence, Session 1843 :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ no sufficient Evidence has been laid before this 
House to justify the proposed interference with 
‘ Banks of Issue in the management of their Cir- 
‘“« culation,” 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 Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 14° die Junii, 1844: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Young, hiss. 


Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 
Tellers for the § Mr. Hawes, \ 30 
Noes, Mr. Charles Buller : F 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


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


13°—14° Junit. 





A. 1844. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 
mittee on the Charitable Loan Societies (Ireland) 104 Societies 
Bill - (Lreland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. Greene reported the County Rates, &amp;c., Bill ; County Rates, 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. &amp;c., Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 

next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third County 
reading of the County Coroners Bill; Coroners Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Wednesday next. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to Duchy of Com- 
bring in a Bill to confirm and enfranchise the Estates wall Assession- 
of the Conventionary Tenants of the ancient As- = anes 
sessionable Manors of the Duchy of Cornwall, and ~ 

to quiet Titles as against the Duchy, and for other 

Purposes ; 

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. 

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

And that Sir Robert Peel and the Earl of Lincoln 

do prepare, and bring it in. 


} 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to Duchy of Com- 
bring in a Bill to enable the Council of His Royal wall Lands Bill, 
Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales, to sell 
and exchange Lands, and enfranchise Copyholds, 
Parcel of the Possessions of the Duchy of Cornwall, 
to purchase other Lands, and for other Purposes ; 
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. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Sir Robert Peel and the Earl of Lincoln 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Commercial 
the 4th day of this instant June, that a Select Com- Marine. 
mittee be appointed to inquire into the state and 
condition of the Commercial Marine of this country, 
and to take into consideration and report on the 
best mode of encouraging and extending the em- 
ployment of British Shipping, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Lyall be a Member of the 
said Committee :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Evidence appended Custom House 
to the Report presented to this House in the last Frauds. 
Session of Parliament, respecting the Frauds which 
have been practised on the Custom House Depart- 
ment in London, which was presented upon the 12th 
day of this instant June, be referred to a Select 
Committee to examine the same, and to report their 
Opinion to the House as to the Parts thereof which 
it may be expedient to print. 


Sir Robert Peel presented a Bill to confirm and Duchy of Com 
enfrauchise the Estates of the Conventionary Tenants wall Assession- 





Dissenters’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Chapels Bill. mittee on the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Metropolitan The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Buildings Bill. yittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Damage by Fire The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(M etropolis) 


(No, 2.) Bill. 


mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) 
Bill; 

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





of the ancient Assessionable Manors of the Duchy ¢pi¢ Mave 
of Cornwall, and to quiet Titles as against the N 398 
Duchy, and for other Purposes: And the same was “°°! 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir Robert Peel presented a Bill to enable the Duchy of Com 
Council of his Royal Highness Albert Edward, ¥#' Lavs&gt; Bil- 
Prince of Wales, to sell and exchange Lands and No.37% 
enfranchise 





7 Vicroriz. 15°—14° Junez. 397 


enfranchise Copyholds, Parcel of the Possessions Ordered, That the Committee on the Monkland yfonklana 
of the Duchy of Cornwall, to purchase other Lands, Railways (No. 2.) Bill, have leave to sit, and proceed, Ruilways 


and for other Purposes: And the same was read | upon Monday next, with Two Selected Members. N° 2+) Bill. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee granding 


on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, Orders; 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Great Southern Great Southern 
and Western Railway (Jreland) Petition, the Stand- and Westem 


Stone's Stone’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. 


a 


perary), which was presented upon the 4th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till two of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 








Veneris, 14° die Junii ; 


Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


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 
several Acts of Parliament,—1. An Account of the 
Receipts and Disbursements of the Home Treasury 
ofthe East India Company, from the 1st May 1843 
to the 30th April 1844:—2. Estimate of the Receipts 
and Disbursements of the Home Treasury of the East 
India Company, from the 1st May 1844 to the 30th 
April 1845 :—3. An Account of the Debts and Credits 
in England of the Government of India on the 1st 
May 1844:—4. A List of the several Establishments 
of the East India Company in England, and the 
Salaries and Allowances payable by the Court of 














Directors in respect thereof, on the 1st May 1844: 
—5. An Account of new or increased Salaries, Esta- 
blishments or Pensions payable in Great Britain, 
granted or created between 1st May 1843 and Ist 
May 1844:—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 1843 and 1 May 1844:—7,8 and 9. Com- 
pensations granted between the 1st May 1843 and 
ist May 1844, under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85, 
s. 7:—And then he withdrew. 


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


Ordered, That the Petition of Ship-owners of 
South Shields, in the Port of Newcastle, taking 
notice of the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, and 
praying the House to cause the Dock Rates to be 
equitably assimilated to the charges made for si- 
milar accommodation in other ports, before any ad- 
ditional powers are granted to the Hull Dock Com- 








ing Ord ht to be di ith ; Railway 
Jurors Ordered, That the Paper relative to Jurors ( Tip- Posties a pln to pi 20 ge aes Bin = (Ireland. ) 


that after the first reading thereof, the Bill be re- 
ferred, as in the case of Estate Bills brought from 
the House of Lords, to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, who shall examine and 
report to the House whether the Standing Orders 
applicable to Railway Bills of the second class 
have been complied with, substituting in the said 
Standing Orders, in the case of the Notices in the 
Newspapers and Gazette, the months of March and 
April, for the months of October and November ; in 
the case of application to Owners, Lessees and Occu- 
piers, the date of the 31st May for that of the 31st 
December ; in the case of the ety &amp;c., deposited 
with the Clerks of the Peace, the date of the 10th 
May for that of the 30th November ; in that of the 
Plans, &amp;c., deposited with the Post-masters, the date 
of the 10th of May for that of the 31st December ; 
and in that of the Plans, &amp;c. deposited in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office, the date of the 11th of May for 
that of the 31st December; and that the Petitions 
which have been presented complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders, be referred to 
the said Committee. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend an Act of Manchester 
fifty-third George Third, for the Appointment of a se oss 
Stipendiary Magistrate to act within the Townships M*s't"¢ ¥" 


of Manchester and Salford, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to alter and amend an Act of the 
fifty-third year of King George the Third, for the 
Appointment of a Stipendiary Magistrate to act 
within the Townships of Manchester and Salford. 
Ordered, That Mr. Milner Gibson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Great Southern 
of the Petition for the Great Southern and Western and Western 


Railway (Jreland) Bill, which was this day made (j 
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 making and maintaining a Railway from the city 
of Dublin to the town of Cashel, with a Branch to 
the town of Carlow: And that Lord Eliot, Mr. 


2 pany, which was presented upon the 26th day of | S#aw, Mr. Vesey and Mr. Wyse do prepare, and 
April last, be referred to the Committee on the Bill. bring it in. 
Earl of Guil- Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee | An ingrossed Bill for amending certain Acts for Canterbury 
gy Estate on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of | paving, cleansing and lighting the Streets and other Pavement Bill. 
= the Earl of Guilford’s Estate Bill, no Standing | Public Passages and Places within the City and 
Orders were applicable. | Borough of Canterbury, was read the third time. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bradshaw do carry the Bill 
Wells Harbour The Order of the day being read, for resuming the to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
-_ and Quay Bill. further Proceeding ne the consideration of the | 
on- Report on the Wells Harbour and Quay Bill:—The: Mr. Vesey presented a Bill for making and main- Great Southern 


House resumed the said further Proceeding ; and 
the Amendments proposed on the 7th day of this 
e instant June, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


taining a Railway from the City of Dublin to the and Western 
Town of Cashel, with a Branch to the Town of Geen) Bill. 
Carlow: 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 the Report in respect of the Peti- 
“ome Ayr Bridge 


a Bil Ordered, That the Committee on the Ayr Bridge 


tion for the said Bill, which was this day made from 
Bill be revived :—And that they have leave to sit,| the Select Committee on Standing Orders, be re- 
“= — upon Monday next. ferred to the said Select Committee. 

ou. 99. 


3E3 A Petition 



































































ap 





















































338 14° Junie. 


Labouring A Petition of John Bridges and others, for leave 

on to bring in a Bill for incorporating the Members of 

Society (No. 2.) 2 Society called the Society for the Improvement 
of the Condition of the Labouring Classes, and for 
the better enabling them to carry on the beneficial 
designs of the said Society, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Delabole and 
Rock Railwey 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill for 
making a Railway from Mellorn, in the Parish of 
Minster, to Black Rock, in the Parish of Saint 
Michael, in Saint Minver Lowlands, m the County 
of Cornwall, be now read the third time ; 

Sir James Graham, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest isconcerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Public Petitions Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
(Thirtieth Re- on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
ames Petitions presented upon the 10th and 11th days of 
this instant June ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do Jie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Corn Laws. Petitions from Hastings ;— Yalding ;— North 


Cray ;— Trotters-cliffe;—Shoreham( Kent);—Plais- 
tow (Kent) ;—Cuxtone ;— East Malling ;—Farning- 
ham ;—Aylesford ;—Cobham ( Kent) ;—Kemsing ;— 
Biddenden ; — Gillingham ; — Chevening ; — Ship- 
borne ;—Igtham ;—Allhallows (Kent) ;—High Hal- | 
stow ;— Cooling ;— Edenbridge ;--Cliffe ;—Ryarsh ; | 
—Fawkham ;—Nursted ;—Stoke (Kent) ;—Frinds- | 
bury ;— Marden ( Kent);— Teston ;—Luddesdown ;— | 
Cranbrook ;—Ash-next-Ridley ;— Stone (Kent) ;— 
Halling ;— Rochester (three Petitions) ;—Lidsing ; 
— Bexley ;—Leeds (Kent);—Offham ;— Wouldham ; 
— Chatham (two Petitions) ; — Grange ;—Seal ;— 
Burham ; — Wickling ; — Stanstead ; — Addington 
(Kent) ;-- Bromley ;—-Otford ;-- Tudeley and Capell ; | 
— West Peckham (Kent) ; — Bredhurst ; — Hawh- | 
hurst ;— Saint James’s, Isle of Grain ;— Bexley ;— | 
Kingsdown ;— Pembury ;— Wrotham;— East Sut- | 
ton; —and, West Farleigh; praying the House to | 
resist the etforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law | 
League, and that no alteration whatever may be 
made in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Dissenters’ Petitions from the Presbytery of Dumfries (Mode- 
Chapels Bilt ator and Clerk) ; —Berriedale ;—Terns and Kil- 
bride ;—Ennishillen ;— Aberdeen (three Petitions) ; 
—-Rowington ;-- Bethnal-green-road (two Petitions) ; 





— Deanery of East and West Flegg ;—Glasgow ;— 
Auchterarder Free Presbytery (Moderator) ;—Aln- 
wick ;— Darley Abbey ; — Billestone ; — Bridgeton 
( Glasgow) ;— Branscombe ;--Rothbury ;— Oswestry ; 
— Balinamallard ;--Ilderton ;-- Hatton ;--Stamford 
(two Petitions) ; — Llanfihangel-fechan ; — Ystrad- 
gurlais ;—Llanelly ;— Crickhowell ; — Trecastle ;— 
Devymock ;-—Leamington Priors ; — Clavering ;— 
Pershore ;—Hachney ;— Newport (Essex) ;—— Bris- 
ton;— Ryburgh ;--Diss (two Petitions) ;--Clay ;— 


Holt ;—£mbleton ;—and, Rayleigh ; praying that | 


the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bristol ;—and, Saint Ives (Hunt- 
ingdon); praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Marine A Petition of Mariners of South Shields, in the | 


Ansurancee ~~ county of Durham, and other Inhabitants, praying 





A. 1844, 


the House to pass a law exempting Insurances upon 
|seamen’s wearing apparel and sea stock, to an 
|amount not exceeding £.30, from the payment of 
duty, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens, Overseers Lord’s Day. 
and Inhabitants of Saimt Mary-le-Strand, Westmin- 
ster, complaining of the public exposure of articles 
for sale on the Lord’s Day, whether in shops and 
markets or otherwise ; and praying the House to 
adopt such measures as shall efficiently carry out the 
principles of existing laws on this subject, was 


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


A Petition of William Beeson, of Rearsby, in the Property Tax 
county of Leicester, Tenant Farmer and Maltster, 4‘ 
stating that he is assessed to the Income Tax on 
account of his farm, to the amount of half the sum 

of his yearly rent, under the Property and Income 
Tax Act; and praying for repeal of so much of the 
said Act as makes it imperative on him to pay 

on an income to half the amount of his rent, whe- 
ther he actually gains any amount of profit or not 

by his occupation, and that the House will place 
him in the same situation as all other of Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects, and give him the right of appeal, 

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

| the Table. 





| A Petition of Parochial Schooimasters of the gschooimasters 
| Presbytery of Dunkeld, in the county of Perth, (Scotland.) 
| praying the House to adopt measures for ameliorat- 
| ng the condition of the Burgh and Parochial School- 
masters of Scotland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aberdeen (two Petitions) ;-— Perth; Marriages 
— Bridgeton (Glasgow) ; —and, Yetholm (Minister (!te!«n¢.) 
and Chairman); praying the House to introduce, 
| without delay, into Parliament, a Bill to declare 
| valid, to all intents and purposes in law, all Mar- 
|riages heretofore solemnized or hereafter to be 
| solemnized by Presbyterian ministers in Ireland, 
| between parties not within the prohibited degrees of 
consanguinity or affinity, and who have the consent 
of parents or guardians, and provided that all such 
Marriages shall be solemnized and registered agree- 
ably to the published laws of the Irish Presbyterian 
Churech,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Serafino Calderara, and others, Post-offce. 
stating that the Petitioners have during the past 
month sent a number of letters through Her Ma- 
jesty’s Post-office ; that the said letters have been 
posted at various times and at different receiving- 
houses ; that the said letters have been regularly 
detained by the Post-office authorities beyond the 
proper and usual times for delivery; that the seals 
of the said letters have been broken, and the said 
letters opened and read by certain of the authorities 
at Her Majesty’s Post-office; and praying the 
House to appoint, without delay, a Committee of 
Inquiry, and give immediate redress to the Peti- 
tioners, was brought up, and read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Petition do lie upon 
the Table ; 
| Anda Member having proceeded to address the 
| House on the Complaint contained in the Petition, 
| as a matter for which there was an urgent necessity 
|for providing an immediate remedy:— And Mr. 
Speaker having been desired to give his opinion 
upon the construction of the Standing Order, No. 4, 
relating to the Presentation of Public Petitions, as 
applicable to this Petition, stated, that he did not 
consider that Order applicable to this case, and that 
the consideration of this Petition ought to be brought 
before 











7 VicrorizZ. 14°—15° 


before the House upon a Notice of a Motion there- 
upon previously given. 


Junie. 


399 


* Sugar Duties—continued. 








, And on Sugar which shall be certified, as ae 
a F : i lereinafter is mentioned, to be the growth of pee sare ers 
. Wher —- oe “He — and = Ques China, Java or Manilla, or of any other Fo- 
tion being put, iat this House do now adjourn :— reign Country, the Sugar of which Her Majesty 
It passed in the Negative. in Council shall have declared,in manner here- 
Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. a sucettones, tte regen er ye 
ne proauce 0 ave Labour, and which sha 
Adjournment. § Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of posts agen i hegnen &amp; lek vale 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. British Possession, having first been imported 
into such British Possession from the country 
. of its growth, the following Duties ; namely 
Message from ae a from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and Brown, Muscovado, “s Chane, dhe owt. Yo 110 
a steschantis r. Lynch: White Clayed, or Sugar otherwise prepared 
Mr Sp eaker, ae equivalent to White Clayed, the ewt.| 114 - 
: ie eas Molasses, the cwt. - - - - -; 1 $$ 9 
Rother —— The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An The produce of and imported from any 
Drainage 5. Act to amend Three Acts for more effectually drain- British Possession, the ewt. - -| -7 - 
ing and preserving certain Marsh Lands or Low Sugar refined, theewt. - - - -| 8 8 - 
Grounds in the Counties of Kent and Sussex, drain- Candy, vo a paint i a: ; a ad 
ing into the River Rother, and Channel of Apple- iapastiig : 


nx 


dore, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for making a Railway from the Town and Port 
of Whitehaven to the Town and Port of Maryport, 
in the County of Cumberland, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


Whitehaven 
and Maryport 
Railway Bill. 


And so in proportion for any greater or less quan- 
tity than a hundred weight, together with an ad- 
ditional Duty of five per centum on such aforesaid 
rates of Duty,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 


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n 


n 
n 


Bleddfa and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled,An| Tellers for the f Mr. Young, = 
plangontle yn, Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Bleddfa Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: f 221. 
‘ and Llangunllo, in the County of Radnor, with| Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Philip Miles, Je 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords Noes, Mr. Henry Baillie : J aes. 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Southampton 
Marsh Iinprove- 








To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





ment Bill. Act for improving ~ Marsh and other Common ' And the House having continued to sit till after 
Lands, and extending Rights of Common and of | ieee cdl Win deci: ay Selina namin: 
Recreation within the Town and County of the | no ae wee eee 5 y 5? 
Town of Southampton, with Amendments ; to which | Sabbati, 15° die Junii, 1844: 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of | 


this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


i 
\ 


| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
| reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 


- ‘gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
ofee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
an Account of the Quantities of Coffee retained for | Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
Home Consumption in the United Kingdom in the | next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 
years 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843; distinguishing | 
the Countries from which the same was imported. | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 

Viscount Sandon accordingly presented the said | mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill; 


Courts Bill. 
Account. ; ; Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
- — ed, That the said Account do lie upon the | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Limitation 
reading of the Limitation of Actions (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time ‘ 
upon Monday next. 


Sugar Duties 
Bill 


$ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Sugar Duties Bill. 


(In the Committee). 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Criause, N° 1 (Duties imposed by Acts 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c.26, and 3 and 4 Vic. c. 17, continued till 
the 5th day of July 1845). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 1.1. 21: To leave out 
from the words “ continued until the” to the end of 
the Clause, in order to add the words “ 10th day of 
‘“* November 1844, and that from and after that 
‘ date, until the 5th day of July 1845, in lieu of the 
Duties now payable and hereby continued thereon, 
there shall be charged the Duties of Customs fol- 
lowing ; that is to say, 


** Sugar ; videlicet, 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved lt ee 
ron , oe upon the Salmon Fisheries (Sco¢- (Scotland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°; paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Crause N° 1, (Persons not having a legal right, 
not to fish for Salmon within of the 
shore). 

Amendments made. 

Proposed to fill the blank, P. 1. 1. 16., with 
“ half a mile.” 


Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ one 
mile.” 


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Brown, or Muscovado or Clayed Sugar, not £. &amp; d. Question, That the blank be filled with “ half 
= —- _ an RE 3 - | a mile” put, and Negatived. 
1e growth of any British Possession in : T lwith “ 
Austin, mal petal Go, dante v Question, That the blank be filled with “ one 
a. &lt; . e Xm mile put, and agreed to. 
The growth of any British Possession Other Amendments made. 
within the limits of the East India Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Company’s Charter, into which the im- 10 
portation of Foreign Sugar is prohibited, CrauseE, N° 2, agreed to. 
and imported from thence, the ewt. -]| 1 - - Preamble read, and agreed to. 
The growth of any other British Posses- . . = 
sion within those limits, and imported Bill, as amended, to be reported. 
from thence, the cwt. - -{ 110 - 








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Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Commercial 
Marine, 


Linen, &amp;c., 
Manufactures 


(Ireland) Bill. 


400 14°—15° Junie. 


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 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That Mr. Lyall be a Member of the said 
Committee (Commercial Marine) ; 

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 Mr. Gladstone, Viscount Sandon, 
Mr. Aaron Chapman, Sir William Clay, Mr. Lid- 











A. 1844. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Greene and Mr. Gladstone do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Canal Com. 
to empower Canal Companies to vary their Tolls, Paes Bill. 
Rates and Charges on different Parts of their Navi- 
gations: And that Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Greene 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sugar. 
Return of the Quantity of Home-made Sugar from 
Potatoes or other things upon which an Excise 
Duty has been paid in 1841, 1842 and 1843 respec- 
tively, together with the Amount of Duty paid 
thereon, and in what manner that Duty was ascet- 
tained. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ecclesiastical 
Returns from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Commissioners 
Ireland, of the several Lands in the County of Zi- 4.) 
merick held previously by the Representatives of 
Reyland or by Mr. Nash, which lately devolved 
upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by the ina- 
bility of the Tenant to renew same; together with 
the several Denominations, and Number of Acres 


dell, Mr. Bingham Baring, Mr. Stuart Wortley, | contained in each Denomination, with the respective 
Captain Gladstone, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Thomas Baring, | Distances of each Denomination from the others : 
Mr. Ross, Mr. Dennistoun, Mr. Wawn and Mr. | —Of the Advertisement for.the letting of said Lands 
David Barclay be other Members of the said Com- | by the Commissioners :—And, of the several Pro- 
mittee. | posals to them for said Lands, and the manner in 


Ordered, That the Committee have Power to | which they let same; and to whom, and through 


send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 
Will. 4, c. 27, tocontinue and amend certain Regu- 
lations for the Linen and Hempen Manufactures in 
Ireland, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 3 and 
4 Vic. c. 91, 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 Manufactures in 
Ireland, and for the better Payment of their Wages, 
for one year, and from thence to the end of the 
next Session of Parliament, might be read ; and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 5 and 
6 Vic. c. 68, to amend and continue to the Twenty- 
seventh day of July One thousand eight hundred 
and Vorty-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 Pre- 
vention of Frauds and Abuses committed by Wea- 
vers, 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, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider the said 
Acts :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 


the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 


amend and continue certain Acts relating to Linen, 
Hempen and other Manufactures in Ireland. 
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 ; 
which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and continue certain Acts relating to Linen, 
Hempen and other Manufactures in Ireland :—And 
he moved the House accordingly. 


whose Influence or Recommendation said Lands 


were so let ; whether such new Tenant held any 
|and what Part of said Lands previously, and what 
| was the Inducement of the Board in letting the en- 


tire of said Lands to one Stranger, in place of sepa- 
rate Lettings to solvent Tenants in possession ; 
whether any and what Legal Proceedings were sub- 
sequently taken by orin the Names of the Commis- 
sioners, or any other Person, and whom, to evict 
the Tenants theretofore in possession for any and 
what length of Time, in order to give possession to 1 
said new Tenant; and whether such new Tenant 

originally or at all proposed for the entire of said 

Lands, or was induced to do so by or on part of said 

Commissioners at the day of declaring the Tenant. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- Custom House 
terday, That the Copy of the Evidence appended to Frauds. 


| the Report presented to this House in the last Ses- 


sion of Parliament, respecting the Frauds which have 
been practised on the Custom House Department in 
London, which was presented upon the 12th day of 
this instant June, be referred to a Select Committee 
to examine the same, and to report their Opinion to 
the House, as to the Parts thereof which it may be 
expedient to print, might be read; and the same 
| being read ; 
| A Committee was nominated of Mr. Pringle, Mr. 
| Wallace, Mr. Trotter, Colonel Rolleston, Mr. Hume, 
| Mr. Henley and Mr. Tufnell. é 
| Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the Detached Parts of Detached Parts 

Counties Bill was nominated of Mr. Robert Scott, ° Comes! 
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Manners Sutton, Lord Harry 
| Vane, Mr. Barneby, Colonel Anson, Mr. Sotheron, 
Mr. Liddel/, Viscount Ingestre, Mr. Godson, Mr. 
Robert Clive, Mr. Colvile, Mr. Charles Howard, 
Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Dugdale. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill was read Copyholds 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time net gl 
| upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. No. 382. 

Mr. Greene presented a Bill to empower Canal Canal — 
Companies to vary their Tolls, Rates and Charges OND on 
on different Parts of their Navigations: And the *Y°-°°"" 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
| read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
| printed. 


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The 


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Parts 
s Bill- 


7 Vicroriz. 


Commons The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Inclosure Bill. Committee, upon Wednesday next, upon the Com- 
mons Inclosure Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 26th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Lunatic Asy- Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s 

jums (Ireland-) Command,—Copy of Report of the Inspectors Ge- 
neral on the District, Local and Private Lunatic 
Asylums in Ireland, 1843, with Appendices. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of 
the Number of Persons convicted of any Offences 
against the Game Laws at any Petty Sessions, Quar- 
ter Sessions or Assizes, during the year 1843; spe- 
cifying the Penalties or Punishments inflicted, and 
in which County and upon whose Property the Of- 
fences were committed. 

A Return of the Number of Causes or Petitions 
heard on Appeal before the Lord Chancellor and 
Her Majesty’s Privy Council, during the last Two 
years, with the Date of such Hearing ; distinguishing 
those upon which Judgment has been given from 
those upon which Judgment has not been given. 


Copies of all Affidavits and Pleadings filed in the 
Cause of The Queen v. Daniel O’ Connell and others, 
in the Queen’s Bench, in Ireland, from the 10th day 
of October to the 1st day of December 1843; and 
also, from the 1st day of April 1844 to the 7th June 
1844; together with Copies of all Endorsements 
made thereon. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—The An- 
nual Report of the Commissioners of National Edu- 
cation in Jreland to his Excellency the Lord Lieu- 
tenant, for the year ending 25th March 1844. 


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


Game Laws. 


Appeals. 


State Trial 
(Ireland.) 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Night Poaching Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Prevention Bill. Lords to the Night Poaching Prevention Bill, be 
No.384. taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


Poor Law. Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Law, 
No.385. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Houses of Ordered, That the Copy of the Report from the 
“a Select Committee of the House of Lords appointed 
0. . 


to inquire into the Progress of the building of the 
Houses of Parliament, which was communicated 
from the Lords yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mrs. Gil- 


mour, which was presented upon the 22d day of 
April last, be printed. 


Mrs, Gilmour. 


No. 386. 


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, 17° die Junii; 


Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


I ‘HE House proceeded to take into considera- 
an tion the Report on the Swansea Improvement 
ill. 


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, 


i proceed, To-morrow, with Two Selected Mem- 
ers. 


Vot. 99. 


Swansea 
Improvement 
Bill, 


14°—15°—-17° Juniz. 























401 
The Market Harborough and Coventry Road Bill Market Har- 
was read a second time; and committed. borough and 


: C 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Reed Bil. 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of the Board of Surveyors of the High- Pendleton, &amp;c., 
ways for the township of ‘ge in the county Roads Bill. 
palatine of Lancaster ;—and, Boroughreeve, Con- 
stables and Burgesses of the town of Salford, in 
the county palatine of Lancaster; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Pendleton, &amp;c., 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Rigby’s 
Rigby’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the Pstate 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 Campbell's 
Campbell’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 Marquess of 
Marquess of Ailsa’s Estate Bill; That they had Silss’s Estate 
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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Kingston-upon- 
posed, That the Committee on the Kingston-upon- Hull Docks Bill, 
Hull Docks Bill have leave to sit, and proceed, with 
Two Selected Members :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Petitions from Meopham ;—Darenth ;— Rolven- Corn Laws, 


den ; —Linton; — Horton Kirby ;—Wormshill ;— 


Speldhurst ; — Nettlestead ; — Headcorn ; —Foot’s 
Cray ; — Hunton ; —Saint Mary’s Cray ;— Leigh 
(Kent) ;—Bearsted ;—I field ;— Westerham;— Dart- 


ford ;—Lullingstone ;— Otham ;— Capel (Kent) ; — 


Longfield ;— Hollingbourne ;— Debtling ; —Brench- 
ley ;—Frittenden ;— Ridley ;— Keston ;— Benenden; 
—Strood ;—Hoo, Saint Mary ; — Chalk ; — Hal- 
stead ;-— Shorne ;— Higham (Kent) ;— Farnborough; 
— Crayford ; — Hoo ; — East Peckham (Kent); — 
Lee (Kent) ;— Hadlow ;— Down (Kent) ;— Wilming- 
ton ;— Swanscombe ;—Cudham ;—Eltham; —Saint 
Pauil’s Cray ;— Durham (County) ;—A ylton;—Cod- 
dington ;—Castle Frome ; —Munsley ; —Putley ;— 
Pixley ;— Bosbury ;—Stretton (Hereford) ; —Ma- 
thon;—Ashperton;—Colwall ;— Parkhold;-- Eggle- 
ton ;—Little Marcle ;— Canon Frome ;— Leybourne; 
— Lewisham ; —Sevenoaks ; —Ditton (Kent) ;—Sy- 
denham ; — Chelsfield ; — Sutton-at-Hone ; — West 
Malling ;— Penshurst ; —Chiselhurst ;— Tonbridge ; 
—Northfleet ; —West Wickham ; —Staplehurst ;— 
Bedborough .—Knockholt ; —Greenhithe ;— Hayes 
(Kent); — Erith ; — Sandhurst ;— Newenden ; — 
Birling ;-—Kington District ( Hereford) ;--Radclive- 

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Ona ran AR 


Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill. 


Art-Unions. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Port Philip. 


Bank of Eng. 
land Charter 
Rill. 


402 17° Junie. 


cum-Chachmore ; — Hereford District ; — Leomin- 
ster District ; — Maidsmorton ; — Padbury ;—Tur- 
weston; — Lillingstone Lovell; — Water Strat- 
ford ;—Little Horwood ;— Haddenham ;—Ely Saint 
Mary;— Littleport ;— Wilburton ;—~and, Hartburn; 
praying the House to resist the efforts now making 
by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no altera- 
tion whatever may be made in the existing Corn 
Laws,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ayr Newton and Wallacetown ;— 
Stepney (three Petitions) ; —King’s Lynn; — Grim- 
stone; — Devonport ;— Tilney ;—- Bradninch ;— Wem ; 
— Norwich ;— Ely ;—Sittingbourn ;— Blackfriars- 
road ; — Star-street ; — Whitehaven ;— Rainham ;— 
Clapham ;--Southwark (two Petitions) ;-- Witchamp- 
ton ;— Poplar (two Petitions) ;—Hunstanworth ;— 
Cloydah ;—Students of Hackney College ;—Little 
Wilde-street, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields';—Barbican ;— 
Edgware ; — Robert-street, Grosvenor-square ; — 
Cashel (two Petitions); — Wandsworth-road ; — 
Southwark ;—Mile End, Middlesex ;— Dundee ;— 
Ayr ;-——Castle Hedingham; —Brimington ;— Rath- 
villy ;—Littleport ;—Baslow ;— Bodney ;—Clonbro- 
ney ;—Llandilo ;-—-Clonmulske ;— Bristol ;-- Brixton 
Hill ;— Hayes ( Middlesex) ;— Barking ;—Billings- 
gate ;—Saint Mary-le-bone ;—Great Cressingham ; 
— Camberwell ; —Macclesfield ;—Hachney-road ;— 
Watton ; —Crieve ; —Ballybay ; —Drumachose ;— 
Wiggenhall, Saint Germain’s ;—Rookhope ;—Run- 
corn; — Largy ; — Aughnamullen ; —Clontibret ;— 
Watlington ;— Terrington, Saint Clement’s;— Great 
Horwood and Whadden;—Cambridge-road ;--Fel- 
sted ;— Nebo ; — Kenilworth ; — Tower Hamlets ;— 
Shadwell;— Petersfield ;— Bluntisham-cum-Earith ; 
—Coynham ;—Saffron Walden ;—Castle Blayney ; 
—Uffculme ;—Sible Hedingham ;—West Schull ;— 
Bromfield; — and, Harlington; praying that the 
Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Manchester New College (Senior 
Student) ;--Armoy ;--Upper and Lower Ballinderry ; 
— King’s Lynn ;--Ballycarry ;--and, Prestonpans ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 





A. 1844, 


Charter Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Aghadoey;—and, Dundee; pray- Marriages 
ing that all Marriages solemnized by Presbyterian (Ireland.) 
Ministers in Ireland, be good aad valid, to all in- 

tents and purposes, provided they shall have been 
solemnized and registered according to the published 
regulations of the Presbyterian Church,—were pre- 

sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Farmers and Occupiers of land in Arson, 
the county of Cambridge, stating that Incendiary 
Fires have increased to an extent so alarming, as to 
call for the interference of the Legislature upon the 
subject, and that to the relaxation of the law the 
frequency of this crime may be in some degree owing, 
and that nothing but a return to capital punishment 
will check its progress; and praying the House to 
take this matter into consideration, with the view to 
an alteration in the law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Officers to the Sheriff of the coun- County Courts 
ties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, praying that if 8i!!- 
the County Courts Bill should pass into a law, the 
Petitioners may either receive compensation for the 
loss which they must necessarily sustain, or that 
the House will appoint them to such offices in the 
newly-formed courts as their previous duties may 
have enabled them competently to fill, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Norfolk and 
Norwich Law Society, 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. 


A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the Sa- Savings Banks 
vings Bank established at Abbeyleiz, in the Queen’s Bill. 
County, praying that the Savings Banks 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 of the Sain Rating of 
Austell Union, in the county of Cornwall, praying Tenements 
that so much of the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 12, as trans- 





upon the Table. 


A Petition of Print-sellers of Norwich, praying 
that while legislating on the claims of Art-Unions, 
the House will in every instance suppress the issuing 
of engravings by such Societies, as being highly in- 
jurious to their trade as Print-sellers, and very pre- 
judicial to the advancement of Art, and that unless 
the House afford them protection in their business, 
by abolishing the sale of Prints by Art-Union Lot- 
teries, the Petitioners’ trade will be entirely ruined, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Art-Unions. 


Petitions from Templemartin ;—and, Clonakilty ; 
praying the House to devise means for extending 
Scriptural Education in Ire/and,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the district of Port 
Philip, in the colony of New South Wales, praying 
the House to cause inquiry to be made into the 
circumstances attendant on the removal of the ho- 
nourable John Walpole Willis from his office of a 
resident Judge of that Province and Judge of the 
Supreme Court of New South Wales, and adopt 
such measures thereon as to the House may seem 
meet, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


fers the payment of rates from occupiers to owners 
of divided houses, be adopted in cases of cottages 
and small tenements, the rent of which is five pounds 
and under, or that the occupiers at or under such 
rental, paying the poor rates, be empowered to make 
deductions of such payments from their rents, and 
the value of goods and chattels distrained for such 
payments, and of costs attendant on the process, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Trades- Railways. 
men, Common Carriers and others, at Macclesfield, 
interested in the conveyance of goods by Railway, 
praying the House to secure to them and the public 
the same benefit of a free competition in the inland 
carriage of goods as they enjoyed previously to the 
formation of Railways, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Southampton, praying that the saint Asaph 
House will take into its earliest consideration, with and Bangor 
a view to its enactment, any Bill that may be intro- a 
duced for preventing the union of the Sees of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time providing 
for the immediate appointment of a Bishop to the 
newly-erected See of eile, nen presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had a 


received a Letter, signed “ Spottiswoode and Ro- picction. 


Petitions of Bankers of England and Wales ;— | bertson,” Agents for the Petitioner against the Re- 
and, Owners and Occupiers of land and others, of | turn of the Honourable Edward Pleydell Bouverie, 
Saffron Walden; praying that the Bank of England | for the District of Burghs of Kilmarnock, &amp;c., stating 





that 


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7 VicrToriz. 


that it was not intended to proceed with the Peti- 
tion ; and the said Letter was read, as followeth : 
Great George-street, Westminster, 
“ Sir, 17th June 1844. 

“ As Agents for Henry Thoby Prinsep, Esquire, 
who presented a Petition to the Honourable the 
House of Commons, on the 13th day of June in- 
stant, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the District of Burghs of Renfrew, Rutherglen, 
Dumbarton, Kilmarnock and Port Glasgow, we have 
the honour to give you notice, that it 1s not the in- 
tention of the Petitioner to proceed with such Pe- 


tition. “ We have the honour to be, Sir, 
“ Your most obedient Servants, 


“ Spottiswoode and Robertson. 


“ To the Right Honourable The Speaker 
of the House of Commons.” 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Thursday 


17° Junii. 


403 


_to withdraw their names from the second Petition, 
which they were unfairly induced to sign, praying 
that the Standing Orders might not be suspended 
in favour of the Great Southern and Western Rail- 
way (Ireland) Bill, and that the House will be 
pleased to suspend the Standing Orders, as prayed 
for by the Petitioners in the first Petition, to which 
they voluntarily affixed their signatures, as they feel 
confident that such proposed undertaking will be 
of the greatest benefit to the country at large, as 
well as to themselves, and that it is important to 
commence same at the earliest period of time, was 


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


| _A Petition of Simon Foot, Esquire, of the city of 
| Dublin, complaining that the Standing Orders of 
| the House, in respect to the application for the said 
| Bill, had not been complied with; and praying that 
he may be heard, by his agent, against the same, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 


last, for referring the Petition of Henry Thoby | Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Prinsep, of Hyde Park Gardens, in the county of 
Middlesex, Esquire, a Candidate at the last Election 
of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the District of Burghs of Renfrew, Rutherglen, 
Dumbarton, Kilmarnock and Port Glasgow, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said District of Burghs, to the General Committee 
of Elections, be discharged. 


State Trial 


Petitions from Macclesfield ;—and, William Ford, 
(Ireland.) 


and others ; praying that an inquiry may be insti- 
tuted into the proceedings on the late State Trial 
in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law. A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Mart- 


ley Union, in the county of Worcester, praying for 
alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, by 
confiding to boards of guardians the power of fixing 
the measure of remuneration to be given to medical 
officers of unions, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act (Medical Relief). 
Poor Law Lord Ashley reported from the Select Committee 
a | appointed to inquire into the mode of administering 
Ral einen Medical Relief to the sick Poor, under the provisions 
Report] of the Poor Law Amendment Act, and to report 
No. 387. their Opinion thereupon, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them ; and to whom 
the Petition of John Bromfield Ryder, of Sloane- 
street, Chelsea, was referred; and who were em- 
powered to report from time to time; That they 
had considered the allegations of the said Petition, 
and had directed him to make a Report thereon to 
the House, together with the Minutes of Evidence, 
taken before them, and an Appendix. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Poor Law A Petition of Solicitors practising in the borough 
ae" of Beverley, in the East 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. 


Shannon 


hannon A Petition of Inhabitants of Jamestown, Drumsna, 
Navigation. 


and their vicinity, in the counties of Leitrim and Ros- 
common, praying the House to protect and preserve 
their capital and property, by obliging the Commis- 
sioners for the Improvement of the River Shannon 
to respect the vested and natural rights of the Peti- 
tioners, by strictly adhering to the original principle 


| A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Green- Greenwich 
wich, in the county of Kent, stating that the Peti- Park. 
|tioners have learned, with much concern, that the 
|Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, or other 

| public authorities, have it in contemplation to obtain 
permission to erect houses and buildings inside the 
Park, on the northern and eastern sides, whereby 

the Petitioners will be not only deprived of the ad- 
vantage for which they have become residents in 
their present houses, but will be considerably injured 

in a pecuniary point of view, by the reduction in 
value of their property ; and praying that the House 

will not allow the erection of any private residences 

or other buildings in Greenwich Park, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








The House proceeded to take into consideration Newport 
\the Report on the Newport Dock Bill; and the Dock Bill 
, Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

And Amendments being proposed to be made to 
the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


| 
| The Order of the day being read, for the third County Rates, 
‘reading of the County Rates, &amp;c., Bill ; &amp;e., Bill. 


| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Jury List 
Copies of the Long Panel or Jury List of the King’s (King’s 
County for the last Four years. County ). 





A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Ecclesiastical 
in the town of Beverley, in the East Riding of the Courts Bill. 
county of York, praying that the Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- Poor Relief 
dians of the Monaghan Union, praying that the rate- (Ireland) Act. 
payers of the union may be relieved from the pay- 
ment of the original building loan for their ak 


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


A Petition of Licensed Proprietors of Hackney Hackney 
Carriages, in the Metropolis, stating that they are Cartisses 





greatly injured in their business, by a monopoly iia 
adopted by some of the Railway Companies, at their 
stations in the metropolis; that the monopoly they 


of making that part of the River Shannon navigabie | have to complain of, is the practice resorted to by 
by steam, was presented, and read ; and ordered to | some of the existing Railway Companies in the me- 


lie upon the Table. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
ailway 


(Ireland) Bill, 


A Petition of Land-holders of the counties of Kil- 
dare and Dublin 


Von. 99. 


tropolis, selecting a few proprietors of Hackney 
Carriages, from whom a certain sum of money is 
exacted, for the exclusive privilege of entering their 


» praying that they may be allowed | premises, to convey the passengers who arrive by 


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Universities 
(Scotland.) 


Mortmain. 


Jury Causes 
(Glasgow. ) 


Alexander 
Walker, &amp;c. 


404. 


17° Junie. 





A. 1844, 


the different trains to their destination, thereby ex- | the Names of the Parties to each cause, and the 
cluding the whole of the carriages belonging to the | date of its commencement, and the Name of the 


Petitioners, by which means they are most seriously 
injured in their business, and unjustly deprived of 


Court in which it was originally instituted. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


the opportunity of conveying a very great portion of | Table. 


the public, for which they are especially licensed, 
and pay so large a duty, and which they could 
otherwise reap the benefit of; and praying the House 
to take their case into consideration, and that their 
grievances may be redressed, either by a reduction 
of duty, as in the case of Stage Coaches, which 
duty has been reduced one half, in consequence of 
passengers travelling principally by the Railways, 
or by such other means as may be deemed expedient, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chancellor, Rector, Dean of Fa- 
culty, Principal and Professors of Marischal College 
and University, in Aberdeen, praying the House to 
pass a Bill enacting that, (except in the case of pro- 
fessors of theology), the religious tests at present 
required of professors and other office-bearers in the 
Colleges and Universities of Scotland, be abrogated, 
but under such provisions as to leave no professor 
or lecturer at liberty to mix up with his proper de- 
partment of instruction any matter contrary to the 
doctrines of the Westminster confession, was pre- 


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


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 or- 
der to his being examined as a witness before the 
Select Committee appointed by this House to inquire 
into the operation of the laws of Mortmain, and of 
the restrictions which limit the power of making 
Gifts and Bequests for charitable and religious uses : 
And that Lord John Manners 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, 
a List of the Civil Causes set down for Trial with a 
Jury in Glasgow, in the year 1843, at the Spring 
and Autumn Circuits respectively, and the Names 
of the Judges — to try said Causes; dis- 
tinguishing the Causes which were tried from the 
Causes which were not tried at said Circuits, and 
stating the Reasons, so far as known, why any of 
such Causes were not tried. 

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. Manners Sutton presented,—Returns to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this 
instant June, for Copies of the Protest, with the Sig- 
natures attached thereto, as delivered to the Judges 
or the Clerk of Assizes, by ten of the Jury who 
were impannelled to try Alexander Walker on the 
3d day of May last, at the Assizes held in the City 
of Glasgow on that and other days of the said 
month, “for an Assault with intent to Ravish;” 
also, the Names of the Judges before whom the said 
Case was called and tried, on the said 3d day of 
May, and the Name or Names of the Advocate 
Depute or Deputes, Assistant or Assistants, who 
appeared or acted as Public Prosecutor in the afore- 
said Case:—And, of any Entry or Entries in the 
Records of Assizes, or in the Records of the Court 
of Justiciary or Books of Adjournal referrible to 
the said Case :—And, a Return of the Number of 
Civil Cases which were intimated or put down for 
Trial with a Jury at the time the aforesaid Assizes 
were held in Glasgow, but which were not then 
tried, with the reason why they were not tried ; also, 


into a Committee upon the Sugar Duties Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Clause (No. 1): Question proposed, That the 
following words be added instead of the words 
left out, “10th day of November 1844, and that 
“ from and after that date, until the 5th day of 
“ July 1845, in lieu of the Duties now = ge 

and hereby continued thereon, there shall be 
charged the Duties of Customs following ; that 
is to say, 


ii 
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“ 


Sugar ; videlicet, é d 
Brown, or Muscovado or Clayed Sugar, not aidies 
being refined, theewt. - - - -| 38 8 = 
The growth of any British Possession in 
America, and imported from thence, 
the ewt. - - - - - - 
The growth of any British Possession 
within the limits of the East India 
Company’s Charter, into which the 
importation of Foreign Sugar is pro- 
hibited, and imported from thence, 
the cwt. - - - - -j| l- - 
The growth of any other British Posses- 
sion within those limits, and imported 
from thence, the cwt. - - -} 110 - 
And on Sugar which shall be certified, as 
hereinafter is mentioned, to be the growth of 
China, Java or Manilla, or of any other Fo- 
reignCountry,the Sugar of which Her Majesty 
in Council shall have declared in manner here- 
inafter mentioned to be admissible, as not bein 
the produce of Slave Labour, and which shal 
be imported into the United Kingdom, either 
from the country of its growth or from some 
British Possession, having first been imported 
into such British Possession from the country 
of its growth, the following Duties ; namely, 
Brown, Muscovado, or Clayed, the ewt. - 
White Clayed, or Sugar otherwise prepared, 
and equivalent to White Clayed, the ewt. 
Molasses, the cwt. - - - - - 
The Produce of, and imported from any 
British Possession, the ewt. - - 
Sugar refined, thecwt. - = - 
Candy, Brown, the ewt. - 
White, the ewt. - - 


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“« And so in proportion for any greater or less quan- 
“ tity than a hundred weight, together with an ad- 
“¢ ditional Duty of Five per centum on such afore- 
“ said Rates of Duty.” 


Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment: To leave out “ the cwt. £.1” (in respect 
of Sugar the growth of any British Possession in 
America, and imported from thence), in order to 
insert “ the cwt. £.1. 4s.” instead thereof : 


Question put, That the words “ the cwt. £.1,” 
proposed to be left out stand part of the said pro- 
posed Amendment ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Philip Miles, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Patrick Stewart : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Young, 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: 

The cwt. £.1. 4s. inserted. 


The Amendment further amended, by leaving out 
“ £.1” (in respect of East India Sugar), and insert- 
ing “ £.1. 4s.”; and by leaving out “ £.1. 10” (in 
respect of Sugar from other British Possessions), 
and inserting “£.1. 12s.”; and by leaving out 
“ £.1. 10s.” (in respect of China, &amp;c., Sugar), and 
inserting “ £.1. 14s.”; and by leaving out “ White 
“ Clayed or Sugar otherwise prepared and equiva- 
“ lent to White Clayed, the cwt. £.1. 14s.”; and 
by leaving out “ 7s.” (in respect of Molasses from 
any British Possession, the cwé.), and inserting 
“* 9s.” 





Motion 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sugar Duties 











7 Vicroriz. 


Motion made and Question, That the said pro- 
posed Amendment, as amended, be added put, 
and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuavse, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Mart?s, 18° die Junii, 1844: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this im will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Land Tax = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ene mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 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 
further consideration the Report on the County 
Courts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Superior Courts 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


17°—18° Juniz. 


405 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bank of Eng- 
mittee on the Bank of Enyland Charter Bill ; land Charter 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, _ 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dissenters’ 
mittee on the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill ; Chapels 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- Charitable 
mittee on the Charitable Loan Societies (Zreland) Loan Societies 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; Courts Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to ex- Limitation 
plain and amend an Act of the last Session of Par- of Actions _ 
liament, intituled, An Act for extending to Jreland (ireland) Bill. 
the Provisions not already in force there, of an Act 
of the third and fourth years of the reign of the late 
King William the Fourth, intituled, An Act for the 
Limitation of Actions and Suits relating to Real 
Property, and for simplifying the Remedies for try- 
ing the Right thereto, and to explain and amend 
the said Act, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 





— Law) mittee on the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill ; 
. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Seal Debts. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ill, 


reading of the Small Debts Bull; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


Unlawful Oaths 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Unlawful Oaths (Jreland) Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Chaplains to 
Hospitals, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday 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, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Courts of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
oe mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process Bill ; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Courts of Com- 
mon Law Pro- 
cess (Ireland) 


Bill. land) Bill 3 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Parishes The Order of the day being read, for the third 


(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Parishes (Scotland) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Thursday next. 


Joint Stock The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
yo eho mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Registration 


Regulation Bill. and Regulation Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


+ done The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Remedies at Mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Remedies at 
Law and in Law and in E uity Bill ; 

Equity Bill, 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vot. 99, 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Chaplains to Hospitals, &amp;c., (Ireland) 
Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process (Jre- 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 











Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Duncombe do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Greene reported the Salmon Fisheries (Scot- salmon 
| land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Fisheries 
agreed to. (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for 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 second Canal Com- 
reading of the Canal Companies Bill ; panies Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Night Poaching 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Prevention Bill, 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to extend an 
Act of the ninth year of King George the Fourth, 
for the more effectual Prevention of Persons going 
armed by Night for the Destruction of Game; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 13. Leave out from “ enclosed” to “ such” 
in |, 18. 

Pr. 1, 1. 29. After “ thereof” insert “ before two 
“ Justices of the Peace.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 22. Leave out from “ behaviour” to 
“ in” in 1. 23., and insert “ as.” 

Pr. 1. 1.24. Leave out “ and directed.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 28. Leave out “ therein”? and insert 
“ herein.” 

Pr, 2. Is. 1. and 2. Leave out “ and directed.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 3. Leave out “ recited.” 

Pr. 2. 1.15. Leave out from “ paths” to “so” 
in 1. 18. 

Pr. 2. 1, 28. Leave out “ recited.” 

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Pr. 2. 1. 29. Leave out “ aforesaid” and insert | 
‘* therein mentioned.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 33. Leave out from “ paths ” to “ be ” 
in 1. 35., and inl. 35. after “ it”’ insert “ thereof.” 

Pr. 3.1]. 5. Leave out “ of every description.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 6. Leave out “ recited.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 7. Leave out “ going armed,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ night” to “ taking” | 
in 1. 10., and insert “ unlawfully,” and in ls. 10. and 
11. after “ destroying” insert “ any.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 14. Leave out from “ any” to “ any” 
in 1. 18., and insert “ person unlawfully taking or 
““ destroying any game or rabbits on.” 

Pr. 3.1.19. Leave out “ road.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 21. Leave out “ lands” and insert 
** land.” 

Pr. 3.1. 22. Leave out the second “ road.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 23. Leave out from “ path” to “ in” 
in |, 30. 

Pr. 3. 1. 32. Leave out “lands” and insert 
“ Jand.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 33. Leave out “ to” and insert “ for the 
owner or occupier of any land adjoining either 
side of that part of such road, highway or path, 
“ where the offender shall be, and the gamekeeper 
“ or servant of such owner or occupier, and any 
“ person assisting such gamekeeper or servant, and 





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. 


“ for.” 

Pr. 3.1. 34. Leave out “ recited.” 

Pr. 3. 1. penult. Leave out “ as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 3. 1. ult. Leave out “ recited.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 4. Leave out “ to and efficient.” 

Pr. 4.1. 7. Leave out from “ forth” to “ and ” 
in 1. 8. 


Pr, 4. 1. penult. Leave out “ present.” 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Amendments be now 
read a second time ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ now read a 
“ second time,” in order to add the words “ taken 
** into further consideration this day,” 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 ; 


A. 1844. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s Workhouses 
Command,—A Copy of the Appendix to the Report (Treland.) 
of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 
execution of the Contracts for certain Union Work- 
houses in Ireland. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to State Trial 
Orders,—A Copy of the Judgment and the Com- (Iteland.) 
mitment in the case of the Queen against O’ Connell 

and others. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 20th day Literary ana 
of May last, for a Return of all Applications to the Scientilic 
certifying Barrister, under the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 36, Institutions, 
for Certificates of Exemption from Parochial Rates 

by Literary and Scientific Institutions; stating the 

Name and Locality of each Society, and whether 

the Certificates were granted or refused, and speci- 

fying the grounds of refusal in each case (so far as 

relates to Scotland). 

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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Gamekeepers, 
to Gamekeepers, which was presented upon Mon- No.390. 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Home Accounts of the East East India, 
India Company, which were presented upon Friday No. 391, 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Coffee, Coffee. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No.392. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Game Laws. 
to the Game Laws, which was presented upon Fri- No.390. 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Appeals, Appeals, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No, 393. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Annual Report Education 
of the Commissioners of Education (Zreland), which (Ireland. ) 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 394. 


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, 18° die Junii ; 





The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Wallace, 37 
Yeas, Mr. Grantley Berkeley : } : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Warburton, . 
Noes, Mr. Brotherton : \ = 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 








Anno 7° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


: t‘e~ 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 :— 


said Amendments be now read a second time :— The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into further consideration this day. 


a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 19° die Junii ; 





Anno 7° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


geons, was called in; and at the bar pre- Surgeons. 
y of the New 
Charter granted to the Royal College of Surgeons 
of London :—And, a Return of the Persons who 
have received Appointments, pursuant to the said 


Railways Bill. Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to attach certain Conditions to the construction of | PRAYERS. 
future Railways authorized or to be authorized by | M® Balfour, Secretary of the College of Sur- College of 
any Act of the present or succeeding Sessions of 
Parliament, and for other Purposes in relation to| sented, pursuant to Order,—A Co 
Railways: And that Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Greene | 
do prepare, and bring it in. 
Gaspé Fishery Ordered, That the Copy of the Act passed in the | Charter, to any Office or Station in the said College ; 
and Coal Mining C¢nadian Parliament for incorporating the Gaspé | together with the Medical Office or Station, if any, 
ye Fishery and Coal Mining Company, which was | previously held by the several Persons so appointe 


presented upon Wednesday last, be printed. 


| —And then he withdrew. 
| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


| 
Linen, &amp;c., Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill to amend and | Table. 
Vineland) Bill continue certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempenand| Ordered, That Sub-Committee No. 1. of the Se- petitions for 
Ne ae * other Manufactures in Ireland: And the same was | lect Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, have Private Bitls. 
iNO. we 


time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, during 


| the sitting of the House. 
Ordered, 








7 VicToriz. 


Market Har- Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the! 

borough and | Market Harborough and Coventry Road Bill to 

_— Road make their Report be enlarged till Monday the 1st 
day of July next. 

Rigby’s A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au- 

Estate Bill.  thorize the Sale of the Fee Simple of the Estates 


of Francis Hale Rigby, of Mistley, in the County 
of Essex, Esquire, deceased, as devised by his Will, 
and for laying out the Monies to arise by such Sale, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bruges do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 





A Petition of Daniel Edward Stephens, of Ching- 
ford, in the county of Essex, Gentleman, praying 
that the Great Southern and Western Railway 
(Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway 
(Ireland) Bill. 


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 the 
Town and Port of Whitehaven to the Town and 
Port of Maryport, in the County of Cumberland ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 165.1. 30. Leave out from “ compensation” 
to “ And” in Pr. 166. 1. 11., and in Pr. 166. 1. 11. 
leave out from “ That” to “if” in Pr. 166.1. 15. 

Pr. 166.1. 30. Leave out “any” and in the same 
line leave out from “ mines” to “ the” in 1. 33. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Stanley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of Stone’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 
were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Whitehaven 
and Maryport 
Railway Bill. 








Stone’s 
Estate Bill. 


Irvine's _ Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Estate Bill © Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of Irvine’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 

were applicable. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
London and Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Croydon Rail- Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 


eae &gt;) the case of the Petition for the London and Croy- 


don Railway (No. 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders 
had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue and extend the Powers of the London 
and Croydon Railway Company: And that Mr. 
Kemble and Mr. Antrobus do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Middle Level 


Drainage and 
Navigation Bill. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Middle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill to make 
their Report, be further enlarged till Monday next. 


Wells Harbour 


An ingrossed Bill for improving the Harbour and 
and Quay Bill, 


Quay of Wells, in the County of Norfolk, and for 
extending and altering some of the Provisions of 
the Act relating to the said Harbour and Quay, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chute do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Paisley General Gas Bill to make their Report be 
further enlarged till Thursday the 27th day of this 
instant June. 


Vou. 99. 


Paisley General 
Gas Bill, 


19° Junie. 





407 


The Earl of Guilford’s Estate Bill was read a Earl of Guil- 
second time; and committed. ford’s Estate 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 2! 
mittee of Selection, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Report on the London and South Western Rail- South-Western 
way (No. 1.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, le Bill 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Market Har- 
borough and 
Coventry Road 
Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Owners of property 
in the town and parish of Brinklow, in the county 
of Warwick, praying that they may be heard, by 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Market Harborough and Coventry 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bleddfa and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Langunllo | 
tituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes ["“s""¢ Bi! 
of Bleddfa and Llangunilo, in the County of Rad- 
nor; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 40. 1.19. After “ are” insert “ sufficient.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 22. After “ peats” insert “ or turfs.” 

Pr. 40.1. 30. After “ peats” insert “ or turfs.” 

Pr. 75. Is. 24. and 25. Leave out from “ en- 
“ croachments” to “ within” in |. 27. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Price 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 Petition of Operative Bleachers Bleaching 
employed in Bleaching Works in the parishes of Wer 
Cathcart and Eastwood, praying the House to ex- 
tend to them such protection by legislative measures 
as will regulate their hours and places of labour, 
and remove their other just causes of complaint 
against the system of labour now in operation in 
the Bleaching Works in Scotland, which was pre- 
sented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Petitions from Hatfield (Essex) ;—Blakeney ;— Dissenters’ 
Ash District ;—Souhwark (two Petitions);— Olrig ; Chapels Bill. 
— Brixham ;— Bratton ; — Westbury ; — Latheron 
(two Petitions) ;— Turlough ;—Maragall (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Boching ;— Chelmsford ;— Rochford ;— 
Darlington ;—Leigh (Essex) ;—Malton (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Greenacres ;—and, Kentisbere ; praying 
that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from East Cumberland ;—and, Great Corn Laws. 
Torrington; praying the House to resist the efforts 
now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that 
no alteration whatever may be made in the existing 
Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the (Thirty-first 
Petitions presented upon the i2th, 13th and 14th Report) 
days of this instant June; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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





Ordered, That the Petition of William Ford, and State Trial 
others, relative to the late State Trial in Zreland, (teland.) 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 
3r4 A Petition 
































































































































































in ea aE: 


gat Stacia ane 
- ea Es 


Tea. 


County Courts 
(County Pala- 
tine of Lan- 
easter) Bill; 
and, County 
Courts Bill, 


Monkland 
Railways 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Post-office, 


Art-Unions. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland. ) 


Bank of Eng- 
land Charter 
Bill. 


State Trial 
({reland.) 


408 
A Petition of Tea Dealers of Oldham, praying 


the House to make such a reduction in the duty | 


upon Tea, as may be deemed expedient in promoting 
its greater consumption in this country, and the in- 
crease of our trade with China, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oldham ;—and, Warrington; pray- 
ing that the County Courts (County Palatine of 
Lancaster) Bill may not pass into a law; and, that 
the County Courts Bill may pass into a law,—were 
e-agging and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Monkland Railways (No. 2.) Bill to make their Re- 
port be further enlarged till Monday next. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Westminster ;—and, 
Chairman of the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting of 
the National Charter Association ; complaining of 
the opening and taking copies of letters and other 
documents sent through the Post-office ; and pray- 
ing for repeal of the law which vests the power of 
so doing in Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Home Department,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Engravers, of London, praying that 
the House, while considering and discussing the 
claims put forth by the Art-Unions in various parts 
of the country, will provide and adopt such measures 


as may seem just and fitting for the protection of 


the Petitioners from that tendency to a monopoly in 
the publication and sale of prints, which the said 
Art-Unions have hitherto created and fostered, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Art-Unions. 

A Petition of the President, Secretary and Trea- 


19° Juniz. 


A. 1844. 


titioners, the jury panel was fraudulently manufac- 
tured to prejudice the prisoners upon their trial ; 
that one of the judges who tried the prisoners, stated 
that the dealing with the jury panel was a matter 
of grave suspicion ; that, when a challenge was put 
in by the prisoners to the jury panel, the same judge 
was of opinion that the jury panel was so constructed 
to the prejudice of the prisoners, that it ought to 
be quashed ; and that afterwards, in a subsequent 
stage of the proceedings, that judge re vaed the 
same opinion ; that the same learned judge, upon a 
motion for a new trial in this case, has declared his 
opinion that there ought to be a new trial, inasmuch 
as illegal evidence was admitted during the trial 
against the prisoners ; that the proceedings in this 
prosecution, and the mode adopted to obtain a con- 
viction, have been harsh and unfair to the prisoners, 
and highly detrimental to the administration of jus- 
tice ; that the Petitioners feel themselves called upon 
respectfully to lay these facts before the House, 
and at once, with all respect and with the utmost 
earnestness, to call upon them, as the representatives 
of the people, and the constitutional guardians of 
their liberties, to preserve the right of free discussion 
to the inhabitants of that part of the empire, on po- 
litical subjects, which is in danger of being anmihi- 
lated by proceedings such as this case has deve- 
loped ; and praying the House to take the subject 
matter of this Petition into their consideration, and, 
|in order to preserve the constitutional rights of the 
people of these countries to discuss political sub- 
jects, and obtain, by discussions, changes and alter- 
ations in the laws and government of the country, 
| that time may render necessary, that the House will 
| please to define by statute, the law of conspiracy, 
_and take such measures in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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





surer of the Royal Institute of the Architects of | 


Ireland, established for the improvement of Archi- 
tecture in that country, praying the House to take 
steps for placing Art-Unions on a sound and per- 
manent basis, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Dundee ;—and, 
Presbytery of Wick (Preses and Clerk); praying 
the House to adopt measures for ameliorating the 
condition of the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters 
of Scotland, — were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Grantham ;—Chelmsford (Chair- | 
man) ;—and, Stamford; praying that the Bank of 


England Charter Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, —were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House being informed, That the Lord Mayor 


of the city of Dublin attended at the door, he was! 


called in ; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Right honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of Dublin :—And then he withdrew. 
And the said Petition was read; setting forth, 
That Daniel O’ Connell, a Member of the House, and 
John O’ Connell, another Member of the House, and 
five other Gentlemen, are at present in prison in 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Bun- Monasteries. 


bury, in the county of Chester, praying that measures 
_may be devised and taken for the suppression of 
| Monasteries, and the final prohibition and banish- 
‘ment from the United Kingdom of Jesuits and mem- 
| bers of other religious orders, communities or socie- 
ties of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or 
religious vows, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to he upon the Table. 
_ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
\the Report on the North Wales Mineral Railway 
| Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
| And a Clause being offered, and Amendments 
being proposed to be made to the Bill; 
| Ordered, That the said Clause and Amendments 
be referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
consideration of the Report on the said Bill be ad- 
journed till Friday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and 
Mr. Duckworth: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the Duty of 





North Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Vinegar and 


that city, under a conviction for the crime of con-! Excise on Vinegar, and to make the Duties and Glass Duties 


spiracy ; that the conviction upon which they have 
beer imprisoned, appears to the Petitioners to 
be opposed to constitutional principles ; that the 


| Drawbacks now payable on Flint Glass the same as 


‘on Bottle Glass : 
| A Bill, intituled, An Act for authorizing Her Ma- 


Slave Trade 


Petitioners are convinced that the said prisoners | jesty to carry into immediate execution, by Orders Sree Oe. 


have not had a fair trial; that the law of con-| 


spiracy, as it has been applied in the case of these 
persons, is a novel introduction into this country, 


and subversive of the constitutional liberties of the | ing an Act passed in the third year of the reign of 


people ; that, even with the law of conspiracy as in 
this case laid down, the trial was not conducted on 
just principles ; that, in the opinion of the Pe- 


in Council, any Treaties for the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for altering and amend- 


‘Her present Majesty, for inclosing certain Lands in 
the Sean and County of the Town of Nottingham: 


And also, 


The 


West Croft 
(Nottingham) 
Inclosure 
(No. 2.) Bill. 






a het FA 


North British 


Railway Bill. 


Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Salisbury _ 
Branch Raile 
wey Bill. 


Nottingham 
(West Croft 
Canal) Im- 


provement 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 


Railway Bill. 


Education 
Bill. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Scethampton 


Marsh lmprove- 


ment Bill, 


7 Vicroriz. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for making a Railway from the City of Edin- 
burgh to the Town of Berwick-upon- Tweed, with a 
Branch to the Town of Haddington, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desi re the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the Improvement of the Town of Manches- 
ter, 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 make a Branch Railway from the London 
and South Western Railway to Salisbury, 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 amending the Provisions of an Act for form- 
ing a Canal and other Works within and near cer- 
tain Lands, called The West Croft, in the Parish of 
Saint Mary, in the Town and County of the Town 
of Nottingham, and for making certain Improve- 
ments in the said Town, 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 making a Railway from Chester to Holy- 
head, 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 secure the Terms on which Grants are made by 
Her Majesty out of the Parliamentary Grant for 
the Education of the Poor, and to explain the Act 
of the fifth year of the reign of Her present Majesty 
for the Conveyance of Sites for Schools ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Lord Ponsonby to 
attend the Select Committee appointed by this House 
on the Houses of Parliament, pursuant to the Mes- 
sage of this House of Thursday last, (his Lordship 


in his place consenting) :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of Bideford 
Union, in the county of Devon, praying for alteration 
of the Poor Law Amendment Act, by confiding to 
boards of guardians the power of fixing the measure 
of remuneration to be given to medical officers of 
unions, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Poor Law Amendment 
Act (Medical Relief). 


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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for improving the Marsh and other 
Common Lands, and extending Rights of Common 
and of Recreation within the Town and County of 
the Town of Southampton ; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. ult. Leave out “ said.” 
Pr. 3. 1. 6. Leave out “ said.” 
Pr. 5. 1. 5. After “ burgesses” insert “ and the 
“ other Parties thereto respectively.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 18. Leave out “ opinion.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 36. Leave out “ opinion.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 37. Leave out “ such.” 
Pr. 9. 1.1. Leave out “ said.” 
Pr. 9. 1. 16. Leave out “ or discharge.” 
Pr. 14. 1. 11. Leave out “ said.” 
Pr. 16. 1. 20. After “ establishing” insert “ of.” 
Pr. 20. 1. 14. After “ thereof” insert “ except 


only the said north western portion thereof, con- 
Vou. 99, 


“ 


19° Junie. 


409 


taining four acres, one rood and seventeen perches, 
or thereabouts.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 23. After “That” insert “ notwith- 
standing any thing hereinbefore contained.” 

Pr. 24, |. 33. Leave out “ roadway” and insert 
road, way.” 

Pr. 25. 1.17. After “ or” insert “ if the mayor, 
aldermen and burgesses shall so think fit.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 9. Leave out “ they” and insert “ the 
mayor, aldermen and burgesses.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 11. After “ reversionary” insert “ or 
“ other.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 24. After “ justices” insert “ of the 
county of Southampton.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 4. After “ disability” insert “ or of 
“* the said fair field.” 

Pr. 47.1.7. After “lands” insert “ respectively.” 

Pr. 52.1. 7. After “to” insert “ or hereby di- 
rected to be accepted by.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 2. After “ justices” insert “ of the 
county of Southampton.” 

Pr. 53. 1.27. Leave out “ a deposit” and insert 
or deposited.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 29. After ‘ paid ” insert “ or hereby 
directed to be accepted.” 

Pr. 58. 1. ult. After “ Schedule” insert “ (D.) 
“ to this Act.” 

Pr. 60. 1. ult. Leave out from “ county” to 
And” in Pr. 61. 1. 2., and insert “ of Southamp- 
ton.” 


Pr. 62. 1. penult. Leave out “ for” and insert 
“ b Tics 
r, 64. 1. 18. After “ of” insert “the town and 
county of the town of.” 
Pr. 64. 1. 20. Leave out “ Southampton” and 
insert “ the same town and county.” 
Pr. 82. 1. 6. After “ justices” insert “ of the 
county of Southampton.” 
Pr. 84. 1. 9. After “ justices” insert “ of the 
county of Southampton.” 
Pr. 86. 1. 2. Leave out “ person” and insert 


“ 
‘ 


“a 


wn 
wn 





it 


“ 


ée 


“&lt; persons.” 
Pr. 86. 1. 5. After “ made” insert “ or any of 
“ them.” 
Pr. 87. 1. 22. After “ enacted’ insert “ That.” 
Pr. 87. 1. 24. Leave out “ That.” 
Pr. 87. 1. 32. After “ now’’ insert “ claimed.” 
Pr. 87. 1. 35. After “‘ same” insert “ or like.” 
Pr. 88. 1. 4. After “to” insert “ the same or.” 
Pr. 88. 1. 11. Leave out “ described” and insert 
* mentioned.” 


Pr. 88. 1. 29. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 
Pr. 89. 1. 34, Leave out “ required ” and insert 
acquired.” 
Pr. 90. 1. 7. Leave out “ private.” 
Pr. 90. 1, 21. After ‘ purchased” insert “ taken 
or,” and in the same line leave out “ or taken.” 
Pr. 91. 1. 10. Leave out “ said.” 
Pr. 91. 1.15. Leave out “ said.” 
Pr. 91. 1. 20. After “ purchased” insert “ taken 
or.” 
Pr. 91. 1. 21. Leave out “ or taken.” 
Pr. 95. 1.1. Leave out “ and” and insert “ such.” 
Pr. 100. 1. 25. Leave out “ said recited” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Acts” to “ And” in 
1. 28., and insert “ for the time being in force for 
“ paving, lighting and improving the town of South- 
““ ampton.” 
Pr. 102. 1. 17. After “ take” insert “ and to ap- 
“* propriate for the purposes of this Act.” 
Pr. 102. 1. 25. Leave out “ of.” 
Pr. 107. 1. 31. After “ the” insert “ said.” 
Pr. 116. }. 27. After “ reasonable” insert Clause 
(A.) 
Cuause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
extend to prejudice, diminish, alter or take away 
any of the rights, privileges, powers or authorities 
vested in the London and South Western Railway 
\“ Company.” 


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Tnterments in 
Towns, 


Lord’s Day. 


Maynooth 
College. 


State Trial 
&lt; lreland.) 


No. 395. 


State Trial 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 395. 


Literary and 
Scientific 
Institutions. 


No. 396. 


Literary and 
Scientific 
Institutions. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill, 


County Rates, 
&amp;c., Bill, 


Night Poaching 
Prevention Bill. Lords to the Night Poaching Prevention Bill be 


County Court 
(County Pala- 
tine of Lan- 
custer) Bill. 


410 


Pr. 117. 1. 29. Leave out “said recited” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Acts” to “ the” in 
1. 35., and insert “ for the time being in force for 
“« paving, lighting and improving the town of South- 
“* ampton.” 


In the Schedules to the Bill: 


Pr. 124. 1. 10. In the second column leave out 
“ East” and insert ‘ West.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. George William Hope 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 Inhabitant Householders of Chelsea 
and Vauxhall, complaining of the practice of Inter- 
ments amidst the habitations of the living, and in 
places which are often common thoroughfares ; and 
praying the House to remove all cause of apprehen- 
sion of premature Interment, by providing for all 
classes of society who may wish it, or who may not 
have proper means themselves, respectable and well- 
appointed places for the respectful care of the dead, 
where they may be visited and viewed by their 
friends, until all signs of life are extinct, and the 
Interment has become absolutely necessary, was 


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


A Petition of Clergy, Wardens and Congrega- 
tion of Stepney Old Church, complaining of the 
public exposure of articles for sale on the Lord’s 
Day, whether in shops, markets or otherwise ; and 
praying the House to adopt measures efficiently to 
carry out the existing laws on that subject, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Bun- 
bury, in the county of Chester, 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. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the State Trial 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the State Trial 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Literary 
and Scientific Institutions, which was presented 
upon Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of the Societies which have 
been refused Certificates by the Certifying Barrister, 
under the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 36, specifying the 
grounds of refusal in each case. 


Ordered, That the Copyholds Enfranchisement 
Bill be now read a second time :—The Bill was ac- 
cordingly read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the County Rates, &amp;c., Bill be 
read the third time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
taken into further consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Court (County Palatine of 
Lancaster) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 3d day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


19°—20° Juniz. 


A, 1844. 


Mr. Greene reported the Court of Chancery Court of 
(County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill; and the Amend- Chancery 
(County Pala. 
ments were read, and agreed to. dan ef ten. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, caster) Bill, 


be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vestries in 
mittee on the Vestries in Churches Bill ; Churches Bill, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Stafford O'Brien, 
Yeas, Mr. Beckett Denison: 
Tellers for they Mr. Hume, \ a3 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: § ™ 
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 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. Hume, 


} 87. 


Yeas, Mr. Roebuck: } % 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Stafford O’Brien, 83 
Noes, Mr. Beckett Denison:  £ °°" 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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 ; 

A Motion was 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. 








Jovis, 20° die Junii ; 


Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Jones, Master on the Crown Side of the pfisdemeanors 
Court of Queen’s Bench, was called in; and (Queen’s 
at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated Bene") 
the 3d day of this instant June, for a Return of the 
Number and Names of Parties to all Informations 
and {ndictments for Misdemeanors preferred in the 
Court of Queen’s Bench, or removed thither by 
Certiorari or otherwise, and tried since the 1st day 
of January 1824, and of the Verdicts and Judg- 
ments thereon; and of all Motions therein for a 
new Trial, or that a Verdict be entered for one or 
more Defendant or Defendants, or that Judgment 
be arrested; and of substance of the Rules pro- 
nounced upon such Motions ; and where a new trial 
has been ordered, of the further Proceedings thereon: 
—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the [Holmfirth Holmfirth and 
and Dunford Roads Bill have leave to sit this day Dunford Roads 
till five of the clock, during the &lt;icting of the House. _ 

Ordered, 'Vhat the time for the Committee on the 
said Bill to make their Report be eniarged till 
Tuesday next. 





Mr. 











Ayr Bridge 
Bill. 


Ayr Bridge 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Kingston-upon- 


Hull Docks Bill. 


Corn Laws, 


8 VicToRIz. 


Mr. Greene, the Chairman of the Committees on 
unopposed Private Bills, informed the House, That 
in the case of the Ayr Bridge Bill, when the Parties 
appeared before him previously to going into Com- 
mittee they proposed to insert many new Clauses 
which did not appear in the copy of the Bill annexed 
to the Petition for the Bill; 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 25th day 
of March last, for committing the said Bill, be dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Ayr Bridge Bill, which, 
upon the 13th 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 widening, repairing and maintaining the Bridge 
of Ayr, commonly called the New Bridge, leading 
across the River of Ayr, at the royal burgh or 
town of Ayr, in the county of Ayr, and for other 
purposes in relation thereto: And that Lord James 
Stuart and Mr. Alexander Oswald do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Long reported from the Committee on the 
Kingston-upon-Hull Docks (re-committed) Bill; 
and to whom a Petition against the said Bill was 
referred ; That no person appeared in support of 
such Petition; and that they had made other Amend- 
ments to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Morchard Bishop ;—Woodbury ; 
— Silverton ; — Collumpton ; — Broadclist ; — Ohe- 
hampton (two Petitions) ;—Calverleigh, &amp;c. ;— Lust- 
leigh ;—Colyton;—- Whimple ;—Uplime ;— Topsham; 
— Whitsione ;-- Tedburn;—Dunsford ;— Chagford; 
—Cheriton Bishop, &amp;c.;— Holcombe Baruch ;— 
Huntsham ;—Loxbear ;—Shotrook ;—Aaminster ;— 
Struteby ; --Ulceby ; —Bilsby; —Gate Burton ;— 
Belleau ;—Withern ;-—Maltby ;—Anderby ;— Maid- 
stone ;—Caistor ; —Ystradfelltey ;—-~ Ystradgunlais ; 
—Llanspythid ;— Devynnoch ;—Llywell ;— Pender- 
rin ;—Street ; — Fenton ; — Swaby;— East Stock- 
with ;—Lea( Lincoln) ;—Hemswell ;-— Harpswell ;— 
Wareham and Isle of Purbeck; — Laughton ;--- 
Hardwick (Lincoln) ;-- Ormsby-cum-Ketsby ;— Cor- 
ringham ; — Knaith ; -—- Blyborough ; -—— Blyton ;— 
Markby ;--Mablethorpe ;-- Brampton (Lincoln) ;— 
Hannah-cum- Hagnaby ; --Cumberworth ;— Coates ; 
—Kexby ; — Heapham ; — Glentworth ; — Kentis- 
beare ;—Chester (County) ; —Brecon (County) ;— 
Moreton ;—Membury ;—Sidbury ;—Collumpton ;— 
Ide (two Petitions) ;—Tiberton ;—Awliscombe ;— 
Uploman ;—Crediton ;—Culmstoch, &amp;ce.;—Up Ot- 
tery ;—Ottery Saint Mary; — Ashton ;—Dunchi- 
deock ; — Bishops Teignton ;— Saint Thomas ;— 
Spryton [ittesleigh ; — Farway ;—Exeter ;—Not- 
tingham County ;—Church Stanton ;—Chrickhowell; 
—Llanheder ;— Llangenny ;—Llangunnider ;—Llan- 
elly :--Llangattock ;-- Partrishow :-—Saint Michael 
Cwmdu ; -- Talgarth ;—Llandefalley ;-—Cathedine ; 
— Gwenddwr ;— Glasbury ;—Llyswen;-—Llangorse ; 
—Aberllunney ; — Hay ;—Llanigon ;— Broynllis ;— 
Llanelien ; —Llanthetty ; —Cantriff ;—Llanthew ;— 
Nantddu-in- Cantriff ;—Llanhamlach ;—Gelly Vay- 
nor ;— Duffryn Vaynor ;— Llangastytallyllyn ; — 
Llanvilio;—Llanfrynach ;— Llansaintfread ;— Glyn- 
in- Llanvigan ;— Penkelly-in-Llanvighan ;— Talach- 
ddu;— Llandevailog Trefgraig ;—Altmawr ;—Llan- 
wrted ; —Llanfechan ; — Llangammarch ; -- Lland- 
dewr Abergwessin ;—Llanvihangel Abergwessin ;— 
Llanddewircwm ; — Llanfair-in- Builth ; — Llanvi- 
hangel Brynpabean ; — Llanynis ;—Maesmynis ; — 
Llanlleonfel ; — Llanafanfawr ; — Llanwithwl; — 
Llangunnog ;—Llanganten ;—Rhosferrig ;—Abery- 

VoL. 99. 


90° Junie. 





411, 


sher ;—Llanvihangel Nantbrane ;—Llandelorvane 
—Llandefarlog-fach;-- Trallong ;— Battle ;--Garth- 
brengy ;—Merthyr Cynog ;—Llanvihangel Vechan ; 
—East Ferry;— Grayingham ;— Beesby ; — and, 
County of Fife; praying the House to resist the 
efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law League ; 
and that no alteration whatever may be made in the 
existing Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vice Chairman of the Board of Poor Relief 
Guardians of Castle Blaney Poor Law Union, pray- (Island) Act- 


ing that the rate-payers of that union may be re- 
lieved from the payment of the original building 
loan for erecting their workhouse, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Rate-payers of the Kinsale Electoral 
Division of Kinsale Union ;—and, High Sheriff of 
the county of Donegal; praying for alteration of 
the Poor Relief (Zreland) Act,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Kin- 
sale Union, praying the House to make no further 
alteration in that part of the said Act, which imposes 
on each electoral division the burthen of maintain- 
ing its own poor, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birmingham ; — Killeenavarra, Union with 
Drimacoo and Kilcolgan ; — Rutherglen ; — Kan- Ireland. 


turk ;—Ratterstown ;— Ardara ;— Ballyloughloe ;— 
Collon ; —Kingscourt ; —Drumglass;—Lisdowney ; 
—Lisgoold ;— Kilmore ;—Hantwell ;— Youghal ;— 
Camuss ;— Newcastle ; —Cumberclady; —Gormans- 
town ;—Drumshallon and Ballymakenny (Limerick) ; 
— Maglass, Howth and Kingshealy;— Baldoyle and 
Ballymore ; — Rashakin ; —Kilfeenaughty ; — Tal- 
lonstown ; — Aglish ; —Rathcline ;—Mullabrack ;— 
Butlerstown ;—Craughwell and Ballimana ;— Arles; 
— Rathangan ;— Kilmore and Drumsnal ; — Mo- 
nag han ;—.Donamoine ;— Clonuff ;—Louth ;—Cork ; 
— Wheary and Tissarn ;—Loughrea ;—Knockanore; 
— Moycullen ;—Arclard ;—Aughavoe ;—Amagh ;— 
Lissanuffy ;—Kilcullen ;—Killiaconty ;—Glynn -— 
Ennishiltin ;— Borris ;—and, Templetown ; praying 
for the repeal of the Legislative Union between 
Great Britain and Ireland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Fishguard;—Barton-upon-Hum- pissenters’ 
ber ;— Brigg ;—Toynton Saint Peter’s;— Barton ; Chapels Bilt. 


—Lusby and Raithby ; —Lybster ;—Greenlaw ;— 
Carnoustie ; —Shrewsbury ;—Locherby ;—Leven ;— 
Fodderty and Conton ;—New Alresford ;— Boston ; 
— Dunkeld ;—Spilsby ;— West Ham ;—Stepney ;— 
Spitalfields ; —Heage ; — Maghera ;—Bedwelty ;— 
Shoreditch ; — Bolsover ;— Forfar ;—Leigh ;— Tan- 
nadice ;— Nether ;— Glasgow ;— Rawmarsh ;--J ubi- 
lee-street, Mile End ;—Stroud ;— Thorne;—Theydon 
Bois ; — Edinburgh ;— Tilstock ;—Felton ;—Alhes- 
ton ;— Hatfield ;— Kcclesfield ;— Sheffield (two Peti- 
tions) ; -— Astley ;—Broseley ;— Wolverhampton ;— 
Kepton ;— Duffield ; — Edlaston ;— Poplar ;— Old 
Gravel-lane, Saint George-in-the-East, London ;— 
Trallony ; —TValgarth ;—Islington ;—Stratford ;— 
Melbourne ;— Warwick ;—Ruyton and Dovaston ;— 
Ticknall; — Northington and Swarrington ;—As- 
patria ;— Whitby ; — Greasbro ; —Weymouth and 
Melcombe Regis ;—Coventry ;— Vauxhall ;—Staple- 
ford ; — Coven ; — Wednesfield and Wednesfield 
Heath ;— Ettingshall ;--—Castlederg ;—Stumpton ;— 
Aughagour ;—and, Rush; praying that the Dis- 
senters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Rathconnell ;—Carrick-on-Suir ; 
— Kells ;— Rush ;—and, dughagour ; praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Tavle. 








3G2 the 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;—Latheron ;—Forfar ; Marriages 
—Carnoustie ;— Tannadice ;—and, Brigh; praying (Ireland.) 





















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412 20° Junie. 


the House to introduce, without delay, into Parlia- 
ment, a Bill to declare valid, to all intents and pur- 
poses in law, all Marriages heretofore solemnized or 
hereafter to be solemnized by Presbyterian ministers 


in Ireland, provided that all such Marriages shall 
be solemnized and registered agreeably to the pub- 








A. 1844. 


in Ireland; and praying the House to institute an 
inquiry into the facts in his Petition relative to the 
state of Ireland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hughes presented a Bill to continue and ex- London aud 


lished laws of the Jrish Presbyterian Church,—were | tend the Powers of the London and Croydon Rail- a Rail. 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the | way Company: And the same was read the first 7) N° &gt;) 


able. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Trustees and 
Managers of the Savings Bank established in the 
city of Hereford, praying that the Savings Banks 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Free Labour Petitions from Alford ;— Welton ;—Great Steep- 
Produce. ing ;—Bag Enderby ;— West Keal ;—Sausthorpe ;— 
Lusby;—Candlesby and Scremby ;—Little Steeping ; 
— Brinkhill; — Raithby ; — Bolingbroke; — and, 
Hogsthorpe; praying the House to pass a law which 
shall admit the produce of Free Labour of eman- 
cipated slavery of all kinds in foreign countries 
into the British market, on the same terms as the 
produce of British Possessions, and which shall 
also prevent any increased introduction into the 
British market of the produce of Slave Labour,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Sheffield ;— Stowmarket ;—and, 
There-undersigned Bankers ; praying that the Bank 
of England Charter Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Bank of Eng- 
land Charter 
Bill. 





Arson. A Petition of Inhabitants, Owners and Occupiers 
of land, resident in the hundred of Stow, in the 
county of Suffolk, praying for a Commission of In- 
quiry, or otherwise, to ascertain the cause of the in- 
creasing crime of Arson, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Poor Law. A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Uz- 

bridge Union, praying for alteration of the Poor Law 

Amendment Act, by confiding to boards of guar- 

dians the power of fixing the measure of remunera- 

tion to be given to medical officers of unions, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 

Committee on Poor Law Amendment Act (Medical 

Relief). 


Poor Relief Petitions from Brailsford ;— Wootton ;— Bonsall; 
(Gilbert’s Act.) __ Mayfield ; -- Biggin ;— Hartington ;—Panurch ; 
— Tissington ;— Elton ;— Rowland ;—- Norbury and 
Roston ;— Marston Montgomery ;— Butterton ;— 
Fenny Bentley ;—A lverstoke;— Blackwell ;—Thorpe 
(Derby) ;—and, Parishes in the Alstonfield Incor- 
poration ; praying the House not to pass any Act by 
which the Act called Giibert’s Act, and the incor- 
porations formed in pursuance thereof, may be in 
any manner repealed, dissolved or interfered with, 
without a previous inquiry and investigation as to 
the manner in which the Poor Law has been ad- 


&gt; 2 Bill. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Committee on Coventry Im 

the Coventry Improvement and Cemetery (re-com~ frovement and 
; : emetery Bill, 

mitted) Bill; That they had made other Amendments 

thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stepney ;— Whitechapel (two Peti- Lord’s Day. 
tions) ;—-and, Hoxton; complaining of the public 
exposure of articles for sale on the Lord’s Day, 

whether in shops and markets or otherwise; and 

praying the House to adopt such measures as will 
efficiently carry out the principles of existing laws 

on this subject,—were presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Maid- Saint Asaph 
stone and its vicinity, praying for the repeal of so and Bangor 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates Dieese* 
to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, 

was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Maldon ;—and, Beverley ; praying County Courts 
that the County Courts Bill may not pass into a law, Bill 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish and neigh- 
bourhood of Henllan, in the county of Denbigh, 
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 Inhabitants of the parish of Hol- Detached Parts 
well, in the county of Somerset, praying that the of Counties 
Detached Parts of Counties Bill may pass into a - 
law, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters Schoolmasters 
of the Presbytery of Dunfermline, praying the House (Scotland.) 
to adopt measures for ameliorating their condition, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of Prisons 
the royal burgh of Newburgh, in Fife, praying that (Scotland.) 
the Prisons (Scot/and) Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. John Henry Vivian reported from the Com- Swansea 
mittee on the Swansea Improvement (re-committed) Imprevemt 
Bill; That they had made other Amendments ~ 
thereunto. 











ministered in the several incorporations formed under 
that Act, and that the present powers of the Poor 
Law Commissioners may in no respect be enlarged 
or extended,—were presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Poor Relief 


(Gilbert's Act). 
Poor Law Petitions of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint 
— Mary Abbotts, Kensington ;—and, Chairman of the 


Great Boughton Union ; praying that the Poor Law 
Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Villiers Stuart reported from the Select Com- Great Southem 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the oo Mio 
Great Southern and Western Railway (Zreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Bill; also the Report from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, made upon the 14th day of 
this instant June, in respect to the Petition for the 
said Bill; and also, a Petition complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case 
of the said Bill, were referred ; That the Standing 


stands,—were presented, and read; and ordered to | Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as the 


lie upon the Table. 


parish of Kildelleg, through part of which the pro- 
posed Railway is intended to pass, is omitted in 


StateofIreland. A Petition of Edward O’ Farrell, of Hanover-\the Notices published in the Dublin Gazette and 
street, East, in the city of Dublin, Householder, | County Newspapers; and inasmuch as that the 
complaining of the appointments to official stations | change of gradient between the 17th and 18th mile 








as 


Necton Tithes 


8 VicToRIz. 


as marked on the sections, the height figured from 
the datum horizontal line which is marked 263 feet 
on the copy lodged in the Private Bill Office, does 
not at all appear in the copy of the Plan deposited 
with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Car- 
low; and inasmuch as that the public road next 
beyond the 13th mile referred to by cross section 
No. 16, is stated on the copy of the section depo- 
sited with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of 
Dublin, to be raised 21 feet, whereas in the copy 
of the section deposited with the Clerk of the 
Peace for the county of Kildare, the same road is 
stated to be lowered 16 feet 3 inches; and inas- 
much as that the public road near the 16th mile 
referred to by cross section No. 18, is stated on the 
copy of the section deposited with the Clerk of the 
Peace for the county of Dublin to be raised 25 feet, 
whereas on the copy of the section deposited with 
the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Kildare, 
the same road is stated to be lowered 12 feet 
3 inches. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


20° Junez. 


413 


that the said Church is at present very much in 
want of certain repairs to preserve the fabric from 
injury, and the whole requires painting, cleansing 
and refitting, as well for the due accommodation of 
the House as for the parishioners; that since 1814 
the expense having fallen solely upon that part of 
the parish which is not Crown property, the pa- 
rishioners being now called upon by the Archdeacon 
of Middlesex to repair the said Church, pray the 
House to grant them assistance; that the Petitioners 
have caused an estimate of the probable expense 
of such repairs to be prepared by a competent sur- 
veyor, by which it appears the sum of 1,500/. will 
be required for the purposes hereinbefore men- 
tioned ; and praying the House that as the pa- 
rishioners have for the last thirty years borne the 
entire expense of repairing and painting the said 
Church, the House will, on the present occasion, 
take the Petitioners’ case into consideration, and 
afford them such grant as to the House may seem 
meet. 


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


Mr. Villiers Stuart reported from the Select Com-| Ordered, That the County Coroners Bill be read County 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the| the third time To-morrow. Coroners Bill. 
case of the Wecton Tithes Bill, the Standing Orders 
had been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Ways and 
solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 





Warren Hast- 
ings Leslie 


A Petition of Warren Hastings Leslie Frith,Co-| Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Supply. 


then 
em 


Bill. 


Frith. 


Railways Bill. 
No. 397. 


Saint Mar- 
garet’s Church, 
Westminster. 


lonel in the Bengal Artillery, in the service of the 
East India Company, praying for the appointment 
of a Select Committee to inquire into his claims 





for restitution of a sum of money advanced by his 
late father for the public service in Oude, was pre- 


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


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill to attach certain 
Conditions to the Construction of future Railways, 
authorized or to be authorized by any Act of the 
present or succeeding Sessions of Parliament, and 
for other Purposes in relation to Railways: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday the 1st day of 
July next; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens and 
others, Vestrymen of the parish of Saint Margaret, 
in the city of Westminster, in vestry assembled, being 
offered to be presented ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the contents of 
the said Petition, reeommends it to the considera- 
tion of the House. 

Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That the parish church of Saint Mar- 
garet, Westminster, is a very ancient one, and for 
nearly two hundred years has been and now is con- 
sidered the Church of the House and applicable to 
its religious purposes ; that certain parts of the said 
Church have always been set apart for the use of 
Mr. Speaker and the other Members of the House, 
and also for the use of the several Officers of the 
House, as well as for that of the Speaker’s family, 
who require seats therein; that the House has been 
in the habit of granting sums of money for the re- 
pairs of the said Church from time to time, parti- 
cularly in the years 1734, 1737, 1739, 1758, 1799 
and 1813, but that since the year 1814 the pa- 
rishioners have sustained the whole expense there- 
of ; that a very large portion of the parish of Saint 
Margaret is Crown property and occupied by pub- 
lic offices, and is not therefore rated for parochial 
purposes, as would be the case if it were the pro- 
perty of individuals ; that since the year 1814 the 
parishioners have expended upwards of 15,0001. 


in the repairing and upholding the said Church; 
Vou. 99. 


solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


A Petition of Catholics of the United Parishes Arms (Ireland) 


of Drumconra and Ardagh, in the county Meath, Act. 
praying for alteration of the Arms (Jreland) Act, was 


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


Duties of Customs, under the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 54, 
and subsequent Orders of the Right honourable the 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
in each year since the passing of the said Act 59 
Geo. 3, c. 54, for the Difference of Rates and 
Charges due to rn Companies or Indivi- 
duals, for Foreign Vessels which, under Treaties of 
Reciprocity or otherwise, are admitted into the Ports 
of the United Kingdom at the same Rates of Charge 
as British Vessels ; specifying each of the several 
Rates, on what account the same was paid, whether 
for Light Dues, Dock Dues on Ships or Merchan- 
dize, Pilotage or otherwise. 


rections of an Act of Parliament,—Report by the 
Commissioners for the British Fisheries of their 
Proceedings, year ended 5th April 1843, being Fish- 
ing 1842. 


Paper and for Printing the 588 Papers for the 
House of Commons in the Session 1842 (the Charge 
for printing Bills excluded); stating the Title of 
each Paper, the Name of the Member moving the 
Paper, the Number of Copies printed, the Number 
of Sheets of each Paper, and the Charge for the 
same ; with the Aggregate Amount for the whole 
Papers in the year :—A similar Return of the Charge 
for Bills, included in the 588 Papers printed for the 
House of Commons:—A similar Return of the 
Charge for Reports and Papers printed under the 
Superintendence of the Stationery Office :—And, a 
similar Return of the Charge for Papers presented 


by Command of Her Majesty, and not included in 
the foregoing. 


years ending the 5th day of April 1843 and 1844, 








3a3 and 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign 
an Account of Sums paid out of the Consolidated S™pps- 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to the di- Fisheries. 


Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to Or- Parliamentary 
ders,—A Return of the Total Expense incurred for Pepers. 


Accounts of the Produce of the Excise Duties Spirits 
received on Spirits in Zreland, during each of the (ireland.) 






















































pete = 


0 A ST EE 


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pers = 


ne SEIS CO ATES 


ae SEIS 


paparere 


Sn ei a nA ES MORAN me pon 




















Sinking Fund. 


Customs, 


Excise. 


Public Salaries. 


414, 20°—21 


and the Number of Gailons brought to charge ; 
showing the Increase or Decrease in Gallons and 
in Duty:—Of the Number of Gallons of Spirits | 
brought to charge in Jreland, and the Duty paid 
thereon, in the Quarters ending the 5th day of April | 
1843 and 1844, showing the Increase or Decrease : 
—Of the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (dis- | 
tinguishing the Quantities produced from Malt, and 
from a mixture of Malt and unmalted Grain) on 
which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in 
Ireland, in each Quarter of the years ending respect- 


© Junii. A. 1844. 


to be admissible, as not being the produce of slave 
labour). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be postponed : — Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn, 

Clause amended, and agreed to. 


Cratuse N° 4, (Certificates and declarations re- 
quired). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 


ively the 5th day of April 1843 and 1844, and in 

each of the years :—Of the Number of Detections 

and of the Number of Persons prosecuted for Of- 

fences in Ireland, against the Laws for the Sup- 

pression of Illicit Distillation, in each Quarter of nn 

the years ending respectively the 5th day of April Noes, . one Vernon Smith : J 

1843 and 1844, distinguishing those convicted :— Cravsss, N° 5 to N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

And, of the Number of Persons confined in each! Cxauses, N° 8 to N° 12, agreed to. 

Gaol in Ireland, for Offences against the Laws for Cravse, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 

the Suppression of [llicit Distillation, on the Sth C Ne 5 

day of January, the 5th day of March and the 5th LAUSE, N° 14, agreed to. 

day of April 1844. Crause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 
A Return of the several Amounts which were ap-|  Crause, N° 16, agreed to. 

propriated in each year since t 7 


The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Young: 
Yeas, LLord Arthur Lennox : } 114. 

Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, 


he passing of the Act i. ~ 
of 1786 (Mr. Pitt’s Act), to the rn in Support to Crauses, N° 17 and N° 18, amended, and agreed! 
of a Sinking Fund, with the authority for creating | “* ; . a 

and appropriating the same ; exhibiting from year to Causes, N° 19 and N° 20, agreed to. 

year the Capital and Interest thereon; also,a State-| Cxiause, N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 


ment of the Amounts of Capital and Interest which | Crauses, N° 22 to N° 25, agreed to 
- &gt; = — &gt; . 
Preamble read. 


from year to year were applied out of the said Sink- 

ing Fund to the Public Service ; stating for what p ese . , 

Particular Service, with the authorities for applying | nepen rene proposed, in P. 1. Is. 4. and 5, to 

the same, up to the period of the final extinction of | '€2¥e Out freely and voluntarily. 

the Sinkine Fund. | Question proposed, That the words proposed tu 
A Statement of the Consumption of Imported | be left out stand = of the Preamble :—Amend- 

Commodities, and of the Receipt of Customs Duties ~— by leave, withdrawn. 

thereon, within the United Kingdom, in the Three | reamble agreed to. 

years ended the Sth day of January 1842, 1843 and, Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

1844. 
A Return of the Quantities of, and the Amount} Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 

of Duty received on the severai Articles liable to | reported, That the Committee had gone through 

Excise Duty in the United Kingdom, during the , the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

years ending the 5th day of January 1842, 1843 and) Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

1844; distinguishing England, Scotland and Ireland. | 








Sir George Clerk also presented,—Return to an! The Order of the day being read, for the third Parishes 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of | reading of the ingrossed Bill to facilitate the dis- (Scotland) Bill. 


February last, for an Account of all Salaries, Pen-| joining or dividing of Extensive or Populous Pa- 
sions, Profits, Pay, Fees, Emoluments, Grants or | rishes, and the erecting of new Parishes, in that 
Allowance of Public Money, held and enjoyed by | part of the United Kingdom called Scotland ; 
all Persons, between the 5th day of January 1842) And a Motion being made, That the said Bill be 
and the 5th day of January 1843, the Total Amount | now read the third time; 
of which shall exceed One thousand pounds; spe-| Sir James Graham, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
cifying, with each Name, the Total Amount received acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
by each Individual, and distinguishing the various | been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
sources from whence the same are derived. | consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Table. | Then the Bill was read the third time. 

| An ingrossed Clause (For granting Sites for 


Public Salaries. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had | Churches, Chapels, &amp;c., in districts where it is im- 


Sugar Duties 
Bill. 


caused to be prepared and laid upon the Table,— | possible that a permanent endowment can be pro- 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the vided of such amount as to entitle the district to be 
21st day of February last, for an Account of all Sa- | erected into a parish quoad sacra,) was brought up, 
laries, Pensions, Profits, Pay, Fees, Emoluments, | and read the first time. 
Grants or Allowance of Public Money, held and | And a Motion being made, and the Question 
enjoyed by all Persons, between the 5th day of Ja-| bemg proposed, That the said Clause be now read 
nuary 1842 and the 5th day of January 1843, the | a second time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Total Amount of which shall exceed One thousand 
pounds ; specifying, with each Name, the Total | 
Amount received by each Individual, and distin- | 
guishing the various sources from whence the same | 
are derived (so far as relates to the House of Com- | ’ 
mons). | A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
: posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself into the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
a Committee upon the Sugar Duties Bill. | drawn. : : : 
| And the Question being again proposed, That 
(in the Committee). the said Clause be now read a second time :—The 
CrauseE N° 3, (Power to Her Majesty, by order said Motion and Clause were, severally, with leave 
in Council, to declare the Sugars of other eountries of the House, withdrawn. 


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


Veneris, 21° die Junii, 18 44: 


Resolved, 





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8 VicroRIz. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Coroners The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill. yeading of the Coroners (Ireland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Prisons ‘The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Scotland) Bills into a Committee upon the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 
No.398. 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. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Metropolitan The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Buildings Bill. mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Damage by Fire 
( Metropolis) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) 
Bill; 

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


Dechy of Com- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
wall Assession- reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Assessionable 
able Manors &gt; D1). 
Bill. Manors Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Duchy of Com- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
wall Lands Bul. }eading of the Duchy of Cornwall Lands Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Joint Stock 
Companies Re- 
gistration and 
Regulation Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Registration 
and Regulation Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 


28th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Joint Stock 
Companies Ree 
medies at Law 
and in Equity 
Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Remedies at 
Law and in Equity Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
28th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Dissenters” The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Chapels Bill. mittee on the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Seinen The Order of the day being read, for the third 
isheries 


(Scotland) Bill reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; 
“Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Canal Com- The Canal Companies Bill was, according to Or- 


panes Bill, der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday the 28th day 
of this instant June. 

Linen, &amp;c., 


The Linen, &amp;c., Manufactures (Jreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 


Manatactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 


day. 
Lopsholds The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
act bin’ -‘Mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; 


_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Vo. 99. 


20°—21° Junie. 





415 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Night Poaching 
into further consideration the Amendments made by Prevention Bill, 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to extend an 
Act of the ninth year of King George the Fourth, 
for the more effectual Prevention of Persons going 
armed by Night for the Destruction of Game. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Amendments be now 
read a second time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ now read a 
““ second time,” in order to add the words “ 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 they Mr. Wallace, 1 63 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Berkeley: Jf “* 
Tellers for thes Mr. Escott, 12 


Noes, Mr. Bouverie: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be now read 
a second time :—The said Amendments, as far as 
the Amendment in Pr. 2. 1.29. being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Pr. 2. 1. 29, the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving 
out the word “ therein” and inserting the word 
“ hereinbefore” instead thereof. 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

The Amendments, as far the Amendment in Pr. 3. 
1. 14. being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Pr. 3.1.14. the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by inserting, 
after the word “ person,” the words “ by night.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was agreed 
to. 
Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

-Ordered, That Mr. Wallace 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Court of 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to enlarge the Juris- ona , 
diction and improve the Practice and Proceedings tine of Lane 


‘ tine of Lan- 
of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of caster) Bill. 


Lancaster ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the purport. of 
the Bill, gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

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. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Lord Mayor, state Triat 
Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, relative to the (Ireland. 
late State Trial in Zreland, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


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

for Disfranchisement of the Borough of Sudbury ; Vistranchise~ 

And that Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Attorney 

General do prepare, and bring it in. 
3G4 


ment Bill. 


Resolved, 





416 90°—21° Juniz. 


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 Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 

House, a Return of all Fees taken or demanded | nn 

Assize and Clerks of the Peace’in’ England and , Mf ®.,Goodbody, from the Lunacy Office, was Lane 
eae wong called in; and at the bar presented,—Re- 

pi aun Eee See eee , turns, from the sth day of January 1839 to the 

Ordered That the said Address be presented to present time, of the Number of Lunatics against 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as | whom Commissions of Lunacy are al Ine force, and 
are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | of the Total Amount of their annual Incomes, and 

|the Total Amount of the Sums allowed for their 
, . | Maintenance ; distinguishing the Number of Per- 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | seit, cad deca a tea a. aia Minieieiins 


a ee oq oe vg for the Maintenance of those who individually have 
pps : less than £.100. per annum; a similar Return, and 


Cossk im the United Kingdom; stating the Kates distinguishing in like manner, of those who have 


of the several Dues levied per Ton on each Vessel, 
: . . more than £.100. and less than £.200. per annum; a 
and whether under authority of Acts of Parliament, | similar Return, and distinguishing in like manner, 


« _ ow F f M ni i 1 
at Senge Bg yo p amggeligy ns &gt; of those who have more than £.200. and less than 
, , agp “On he 
Charter, Consent, Prescription or any other Autho- —— aed a Pow ype gsc A oo 
rity, so as to exhibit the entire Charges of every 1 yi oe Pt tn ae ci aie &gt; a 
kind on Vessels at each of the Harbours, Ports and wail * ok te od di vente ie ie aa 
Creeks of the United Kingdom ; distinguishing the py ee toe ste ~~ | a1 wg 
several Charges upon Vessels taking refuge in the : _ ae penance age wae a a . er: 
Harbour only, from those upon Vessels delivering |9:.?.*. es on oe a, Oe 
° | distinguishing in like manner, of those who have 


the Cargo, in whole or in part; and also, on Vessels ght 
in the Coasting or in the Foreign Trade ; distin- more than £.1,000. per annum ; with the Amount of 


A. 1844. 


Veneris, 21° die Junii ; 


Fees in Mis- 
demeanors, 


Shipping Dues. 





Tralee Navi- 
gation and 


Harbour Bill. 


Statute Labour 
Assessments 
(Caithness. ) 


Education Bill. 
No. 399. 


Tralee Navi- 
gation and 
Harbour Bill. 


No. 400. 


guishing also the Charges levied for Local Lights 
and Beacons in each Port (exclusive of those of the 
Trinity House, the Jrisk Ballast Board and the 
Commissioners of Northern Lights), the Charges 
for Pilotage into and out of each Harbour, and the 
Charge for Ballast; and whether under any and 


nuary 1839 and the 8th day of January 1844, on 


he withdrew. 


| their Income :—And, of the Amounts of Per-cent- 
age paid in each year, between the 8th day of Ja- 


Lunatics’ Incomes, and of the Payments made 
thereout in each of those years, under the Provi- 
sions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 36 :—And then 





what Board the same are levied. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Time limited by an Act passed in the 
fourth and fifth years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, for improving the Navigation and 
of Tralee, in the county of Kerry: And that Sir 
George Clerk and Mr. Young do prepare, and bring 
it in. 





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Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or-| ‘ 
der,—A Copy of the Report of Mark Napier, |‘ 
Esquire, Advocate Depute to the Lord Advocate, | 
relative to the recent Disturbances in Caithness- | “ 
shire, connected with the Statute Labour Assess- | ” 
ments upon the Inhabitants of that County. " 


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


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The Education Bill was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


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‘ 
Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to extend the | “ 
Time limited by an Act passed in the fourth and fifth | “ 
years of the reign of Her present Majesty, for im- | “ 
proving the Navigation and Harbour of T’ralee, in | “ 
the County of Kerry: 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. | - 
| 
And then the House, having continued to sit . 
till half an hour after one of the clock on | ;, 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 


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(A.) 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


| Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


_the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
arbour | intituled, An Act for making a Railway from Ches- 
ter to Holyhead; and the same were read, as follow : 


Pr. 81.1. penult. After “ purpose” insert Clause 


CrausE (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
sums of money which may be payable in respect 
of the taking, using or interference with any lands 
under a contract or agreement with any person 
beneficially interested therein as tenant for life, 
or for any other partial or qualified estate, and 
made for and on behalf of himself and of any 
parties interested in reversion, remainder or ex- 
pectancy after him, shall be paid into the Bank 
or to trustees in manner aforesaid ; and it shall 
not be lawful for any such tenant for life, or for 
any other partial or qualified estate, to retain to 
his own use any portion of the sums so agreed 
or contracted to be paid for or in respect of the 
taking, using or interfering with any such lands, 
but all such monies shall be deemed to have been 
contracted to be paid for and on account of the se- 
veral parties interested in such lands as well in pos- 
session as in remainder, reversion or expectancy: 
Provided always, That it shall be in the discretion 
of the said Court of Chancery, or trustees, as the 
case may be, to allot to any tenant for life, or for 
any other partial or qualified estate, for his own 
use, a portion of the sum so paid into the Bank, 
as compensation for any injury, inconvenience or 
annoyance which he may be considered to sus- 
tain, by reason of the taking or interference with 
such lands, independently of the actual value of 
the lands to be taken, and of the damage occa- 
sioned to the remainder of the estate, by reason of 
the taking thereof, and making of the Railway.” 

Pr. 146. 1. 9. Leave out from “ reference” to 
And” in 1. 19. 


Pr. 147. 1. 29. After “ thereon,” insert Clause 


B.) 


“ 


| 


Cravse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in mak- 
ing the Railway through or immediately ae 
the 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill.. 





8 VicToRIz. 


“ the estate of the Honourable Edward Mostyn 
“ Lloyd Mostyn, in the county of Flint, the Com- 
&lt;&lt; pany shall and they are hereby required to make 
and construct the same in the amended line or 
course, laid down upon a certain Plan, which has 
been agreed upon between the parties, and signed 
by Robert Stephenson, the principal engineer of 
the Company, and John Wiggins, the authorized 
agent of the said Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, 
and not according to the line delineated on the 
Maps or Plans hereinbefore mentioned to have 
been already deposited with the said Clerks of 
the Peace, such amended line being within the 
limits of deviation marked on the said last-men- 
tioned Plans, and the Company shall not deviate 
at all from the said amended line; and the Com- 
pany shall also make and construct the Railway 
through or immediately adjoining the said estate 
“ of the said Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, in 
“ such manner, and shall execute such other works 
in connection therewith, or in reference thereto, 
and shall do all such other acts, matters and 
things as is or are mentioned in a certain Specifi- 
cation, which has been also signed by the said 
Robert Stephenson and John Wiggins.” 

Pr. 168. 1.4. Leave out “ those” and insert 
the last-mentioned.” 

Pr. 168. 1. 6. After “ Railway” insert “ until 
the whole line between Chester and the city of 
Bangor shall be completed and opened for use.” 

Pr. 178. 1. 29. Leave out from “ receivable” to 
“ for” in |. 30. 

Pr, 188. ls. 31. and 32. After “aforesaid” insert 
Clause (C.) 

Cravse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the Company to enter upon any 
“ Jand of the said Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, 
“* for any of the purposes mentioned in the preced- 
ing enactment, without the consent in writing of 
the said Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, or other 
the owner or proprietor for the time being of such 
land, for that purpose first had and obtained.” 

Pr. 188. 1. 33. Leave out “ such.” 

Pr. 205. 1.12. Leave out “ 39” and insert “ 40.” 

Pr. 222. 1. 32. After “‘ made” insert Clause (D.) 
Cuiause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That the Com- 
pany, in the construction of the Railway through 
the hundred of Coleshill, in the county of Flint, 
shall, and they are hereby required, on the request 
in writing of Sir John Hanmer, Baronet, or other 


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coal situate within the said hundred, to make 
and leave at such places as shall be pointed out 
and described in such request, four arched open- 
ings under the Railway, of at least fifteen feet in 
width and nine feet in height, and for ever after 
to maintain the same, for the purpose of enabling 
the said Sir John Hanmer, or other the owner, 
lessee or occupier of such mines, from time to 
time, and at any time, to make, construct, maintain 
and use Railways or other roads through and along 
such openings, as he or they shall require, without 
payment of any toll or other charge, and without 
any impediment or obstruction whatsoever.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Owen Stanley 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 Report on the Rochdale Improvement Bili; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


21° Juniz. 





the owner for the time being of certain mines of 


417 


Pr. 84. Is. 28. and 29. After “ successors” insert 
executors.” 


Pr. 99. 1.16. Leave out “or” and insert “ and.” 


{n the Schedules to the Bill : 


Pr. 155. 1. 30. In the fifth column leave out 
Hatton” and insert “ Halton.” 

Pr. 156. 1. 29. In the fifth column leave out 
Livengley” and insert “ Swengley.” 

Pr. 161. 1. 22. In the fifth column leave out 
“ Galesby” and insert “ Gadsby.” 

Pr. 164. 1. 26. In the fifth column leave out 
Zebulon” and insert “ Zebula.”’ 

Pr. 164. 1. 31. In the fourth column leave out 
“ Zebulon” and insert “* Zebula.”’ 

Pr. 168. ]. 10. In the third column leave out 
“ Ashton” and insert “ Aston.” 

Pr. 172. ls. 31. and 32. In the third column 
leave out “‘ Daniel Sandbach” and insert “ ditto.” 

Pr. 172. 1. 35. In the third column leave out 
“* ditto” and insert “ Daniel Sandbach.” 

Pr. 175. 1. 29. In the fifth column leave out 
“© Jane”’ and insert “ James.” 

Pr. 178. ls. 35. and 36. In the second column 
leave out “‘ beerhouse” and insert “ brewhouse.”’ 

Pr. 182. ls. 21. and 22. In the fourth column 
leave out “ James Mottram.” 

Pr. 182. ls. 23. and 24. In the second column 
leave out “ cellar,” and in the fifth column leave out 
“ James Mottram.” 

Pr. 182. 1. 32. After “ 


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te 


“ 


n 
a 


| Esquire | | 

insert 

“ Ditto -| cellar -j| ditto - James James 
| Mottram | Mottram.” 


Pr. 187. ls. 1.,2. and 8. In the fifth column 
leave out “ John Balieff and.” 

Pr. 189. 1. 1. In the third column leave out 
“ Francis” and insert “ Frances.” 

Pr. 189. 1. 27. In the fourth column fill up the 
blank with “ ditto,” and in the fifth column fill up 
the blank with “ ditto.” 

Pr. 191. 1. 6. In the fifth column fill up the 
blank with “ ditto.” 

Pr. 192. 1. 16. In the fifth column leave out 
“ Bairns” and insert “ Banes.” 

Pr. 203. 1. 3. In the fifth column fill up the 
blank with “ ditto.” 

Pr. 205. 1. 34. In the third column leave out 
“ Samuel” and insert “ Robert Hyde.” 

Pr. 153. 1. 13. Leave out “ June” and insert 
“« July.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for au- Campbell's 
thorizing a new Entail to be made of those Parts ste Bill 


of the Lands and Estate of Blythswood, which lie 
in the County of Lanark, and for enabling Archibald 
Campbell, Esquire, of Blythswood, the Heir in Pos- 
session of the said Estate, and his Successors, with 
consent of Trustees, to sell or grant Feus of certain 
Parts thereof, and for other anti therein ex- 
pressed, 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the consideration of the 
Report on the North Wales Mineral Railway Bill ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
consideration of the Report on the said Bill be 
further adjourned till Monday next. 

3H 


North Wales 
Minera! Rail- 
way Bil. 


be ingrossed. 


Manchester The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Improvement the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
. intituled, An Act for the Improvement of the Town 


of Manchester, and the same were read, as follow: 
Von. 99, 





Ordered, 





Paisley General 


Gas Bill. 


Middle Level 
Drainage and 
Navigation Bi 


Nottingham 
(West Croft 


Bill. 


418 


21° Juniz. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Paisley Ge- | 








A, 1844, 


Pr. 54. 1. 15. Leave out “ can” and insert 


neral Gas Bill have leave to sit To-morrow, not- |“ shall.” 


withstanding any adjournment of the Flouse. 


y,now sitting in Committee on the Middle Level | 


i 


Mr. Pusey reported, That a Member of the House | 


| 


Drainage and Navigation Bill, namely, the Honour- | 
able Eliot Yorke, one of the Members for Cam- | 


bridgeshire, had received an intimation that he, 
ought not to vote on questions arising thereon, by | 
reason of his interest in the said Bill; That the said , 


Member has voted on all questions coming before | . me on * 
the Committee up to the 19th day of this instant 1 47: 99: * °- 
June; That the said Member has placed his situa- | 


tion before the Committee; and at his request, the | 
Committee desire the decision of the House on the | 
following question, which fully declares the facts of | 
Whether a Member of the House of 
Commons, having property within the limits of 
an Improvement Bill, which property may 


the case: 


'€ 
&lt; 


“ 
be af- 


fected by the passing of the Bill, has such an in- 


terest as, in the judgment of the House, disqualifies 
-him as a Member of the House, and the repre- 
sentative of general local interest, from voting on 
all questions affecting the Preamble or Clauses of 
the said Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
deration upon Monday next. 





mis 


and in the same line after “ money’ 
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‘ 


Pr. 54. 1. 34. Leave out from “ that” to “ the” 
n 1. 36. 
Pr. 54. 1. 37. After “ the” insert “ purchase,” 


and in the same line after “ money” insert “ or 


. compensation.” 
Pr. 54. 1. 38. Leave out “ to him” and in the 


same line after “ aforesaid” insert “‘ cannot con- 


‘ veniently or advantageously be invested in such 
‘ purchase.” 

= 

Pr. 54. 1. penult. Leave out from “ that’ to “in” 


Pr. 55. 1. 6. Leave out “ to him.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 14. Leave out from “ Plumptre’” to 
‘ for” in 1. 16., and insert ‘ may be applied under 
‘ the direction of the said Court of Chancery.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 18. After “ purchase” insert “ and 
which stock it is hereby enacted may be sold if 
required, for the purpose aforesaid.” 

r. 55. 1. 21. After “ the” insert “ purchase,” 
insert “ or 
compensation.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 22. Leave out “ to such master or 
« guardian.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 


‘the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


" ’ _ hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
Ihe House proceeded to take into consideration ships. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill,’ 
Canal) I mprove- ; 


waatic 63 intituled, An Act for amending the Provisions of | 


an Act for forming a Canal and other Works within 
and near certain Lands, called The West Croft, in | 


| 


Petitions from Bidford; — Wooburn (Bucks) ; Dissenters’ 


— Olney ;—Stoke Godlington ;— Reigate ;— Llanvi- Chapels Bil. 
hangel ; — Broughton ;—Rural Deanery of South- 


the Parish of Saint Mary, in the Town and County | @"plon 5 — Eastwood; — Tain ; — Cotherstone ; — 


of the Town of Nottingham, and for making certain 
Improvements within the said Town ; and the same | 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 51. 1.15. After “ and” insert “ the said.” 
2. 1. 12. Leave out “ to” and insert “ in.” 
3. 1.9. After “of” msert “ any.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 30. After “inquiry ” 
(A.) and (B.) 


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6 


_ 


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Pr. 5 
5 


Pr. 


Attorney General v. Solicitor General and John 
Pemberton Plumptre, to be placed to the credit 
of the said cause, pursuant to the method pre- 


| 
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! 


Babraham ; — Bowes ; —Islington ; — Hackney ; — 
Dover-road (Surrey) ;—-Dane-en-Shaw ;— Edwari- 
| street, Portman-square ; — Pollockshaws ; — Tully- 

lish ; — Renfrew ;— Bathead ; — National Scotch 


Church Regent-square ;— Dunsford ;— Branton ;— 
Mauchline and Catrine;—Free Church Presbytery 


of Penpont (Moderator and Clerk) ;—and, Cardross ; 


insert Clauses | praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not 


| pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
Cause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the pur- | ordered to lie upon the Table. 

chase-money or compensation to be agreed upon | 
or awarded as aforesaid, for the lands belonging | well ;—Hoaton ;—and, Kendal; praying that the 
to the said Plumptre Hospital, shall be paid into | said Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, 


the Bank of England, in the name and with the | and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
privity of the Accountant General of the said 


Court of Chancery, in trust, in the said cause of 


Petitions from Brixton, Clapham and Camber- 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee public Petitions 


‘on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Thirty-second 
| Petitions presented upon the 17th day of this instant Repo") 
|June; and had directed him to make a Report 


scribed by the Act of Parliament in that behalf, | thereof to the House. 


© d tl 4 ] 4 ] a i | . 
and the general rules and orders of the sand and be printed. 


Court, without any fee or reward.” 


Cravuse (B.) “And be it Enacted, That the! ; ; ' 
certificate of the said Accountant General for the | and Dealers, attending and frequenting the market land Charter 
time being under his hand, together with the re- of Busingstohe ;—and, Members of the Buckingham 
ceipt of some or one of the cashiers of the Bank | Agricultural Protection Society; praying that the 
of England, to be thereunto annexed, and there- , Bank of England Charter Bill may not pass into 
with filed in the Register Office of the said Court, 2 /aw, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
of the payment of such monies into the Bank of 2d ordered to lie upon the Table, 

England, shall, from time to time, and at all 
times, be and be considered a good and sufficient | 


and effectual receipt and discharge to the mayor, | Mary-the- Virgin;—Pulham Saint Mary Magdalen; 
aldermen and burgesses for such money, or so! 

much thereof for which such certificate and re- 
ceipt shall be given, and that after filing as afore- | 


said such certificate and receipt, the said mayor, | 


aldermen and burgesses shall be absolutely freed, | 
acquitted and discharged of and from the same 
money, and shall not be answerable for the “sg 


misapplication or non-a 
any part thereof.” 


Pr. 53. |. 35. Leave out from “ hospital” to 


pr Pr. 54. 1. 6., and insert “ may be| 
applied. 








Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land, Millers Bank of Eng- 


Petitions from the District of Aylesbury ;—Rap- Com Laws. 
ham-with-Kerdiston ; —Earsham;—Pulham Saint 


— Hundred of South Erpingham ; — Laugmere ; — 
Brockdish ; — Redenhall-with-Harleston ; — Need- 
ham ; — Mendham ; -— Rushall; — Billingford ; — 
Wortwell ;—Starston; — Thorpe Abbotts ;—West- 
beer ;—Capel ;—Saint Stephen’s ;—Sarr;—Snave : 
— Sellinge-with-Hythe ;-— Queenborough ;--Charing; 
—Canterbury (eighteen Petitions) ;—-Bapchild ;— 


pplication thereof, or of| Little Chart ;— Tong ; — Kingsdown ;—Miuster-in- 


Shippey ; — Ospringe;—Dover (two Petitions) ;— 
Newnham ; —Luddenham ; — Elmstone ;—Willesbo- 
rough ; — Boughton-under-Blean ; —Goodneston ;— 
Statisfield ;—Leaveland ;—Guston ;—Great Chart; 
—Taversham ; 





8 VicTroriz. 


— Faversham ;— Wye ;— Newington (Kent) ;—- Wal- 
tham ;—Deal ; —Teynham ; —Elham ; —Acrise ;— 
Egerton ;— Hernhill ; —Godmersham ;—Elmley ;— 
Northbourne ; — Tunstall ;—Seasalter ;— Dunkirk ; 
— Orgarswich ; — Upchurch ;— Great Mongeham ; 
—Hastingleigh ;—Kythorne ;—Hinxhill;—Romney 
Marsh; — Midley ; — Hawhinge ; — Kennington 
(Kent); — Stone (Kent) ; —Westwell ;—W arden ;— 
Adisham ;—Litile Mongeham ; —Barham ;—Bur- 
marsh;—Word, otherwise Worth ; —Hougham ; — 
Preston-next-Faversham ;—Chartham ; — Pluchley 
(two Petitions) ;—Acol ;—Monkton;—East Lang- 
don;— Denton (two Petitions) ; — Swalecliffe ; — 
Ringwould ;— Woodnesborough ; — Bishopshourne ; 
—Whitstable;— Fordwich ;— West Langdon ;—Fair- 
field ;—Stonar ; —Herne ;—Chislett ;—Saint Law- 
rence, Isle of Thanet ; — Bilsington ; — Buckland 
near Dover ;—West Hythe ; — Brabourne ;—Bon- 
nington ;—Lydd ;— Hurst ;— Chariton near Dover ; 
— Bircholt ;--Hickham ; — Lympne ;—Mersham ;-- 
New Romney ;-- Cheriton ;—-Old Romney ;-—Post- 
ling ;--Elmsted ;— Bridge;— Westcliffe ;--Shoulden ; 
— Paddlesworth ; -— Aldington ; -- Buckland near 
Faversham ; —— Saltwood ; — Elvetham ; —Farleigh 
Wallop ; — Oakley (Hants) ; -- Atherstone ;-- Bax- 
terley ;-—Merevale ;-—- Caldecote ;-- Bentley ;— Bad- 
desley Ensor ;-- Weddington ;— Hurley ;-—Sedbergh ; 
——Reedness ; —Hooke ;— Goole (two Petitions) ; — 
Garthorpe ; — Whitgift ;— Rancliffe ;— Swineficet ; 
—-Eastoft ;--Fockerby ;--Armin ;--Addle-cum-Eccup 
and Alwoodley ;—Anston ;--Ardsley ;—Arkendale ; 
—Aston-cum-Aughton;—Austhorpe, Temple New- 
sam and Thorpe Stapleton ;—Austonley ;—-Barugh ; 
— Batley ;— Beverley; —Billingley ; —Bilton-with- 
Harrogate ;— Bilton ;— Birstwith ;— High and Low 
Bishopside ; —Bolton-upon-Dearne ; -~ Bowling ;-- 
Brampton Bierlow ;—Brampton-en-le-Morthen ;— 
Tinsley and Brinsworth; — Brearton ; — Burton 
Leonard ;—Carlton( York) (two Petitions) ;— Chapel 
Allerton and Potternewton ; --Carlworth ;—Chur- 
well ; —Cleckheaton ; —Clint-cum-Hamlets ; —Col- 
lingham ; — Coneythorpe ; —Copgrove ; —Bicherton 
and Cowthorpe ; — Cudworth ; —Darfield ; —Din- 
nington ;—Dodworth ;—Drighlington ;—Dun Kes- 
wick ;—Dunsforth Upper with-Branton Green ; — 
Farnham (York) ;—arnley ;—Felliscliffe ;—Fer- 
rensby ; —Virbeck; — Flaxby ; —Follifoot ;—Fool- 
stone ;—Fountains Earth ;— Gildersome ;—Gilding- 
wells and Letwell ;—Goldsbrough ;—Gomersal ;-- 
Great Ouseburn; — Green Hammerton ; — Gun- 
thwaite ; --Hampsthwaite ; --Handsworth ;-- Hare- 
wood; — Harthill; -- Hartwith-cum-Winsley ; —- 
Headingley-cum-Burley ; — Hechkmondwihe ;— Hep- 
worth ; — Hooton Levitt ;— Houghton Magna ;-— 
Houghton Parva ; — Hunshelf ; — Hunsworth ; -- 
Hutton ;—Kearby-cum-Netherby ;— Killinghall ;— 
Kimberworth ;— Kirby Hall;--Kirby Overblow ;— 
Kirk Deighton ;—Kirk Hammerton ;--Langsett ;— 
Laughton-en-le-Morthem ;—Linton ( York);—Liver- 
sedge ;— Maltby ;—Marton-with-Grafton ; —Mars- 
ton ;--Monk Bretton ;—Morley ;-- Newton Kyme; 
--Nidd;— North Bierley;— Nun Monckton ;-- 
Little Ouseburn ;—Pannal ; -—- Plompton ; — Swil- 
lington and Great and Little Preston ;—Quick ;— 
Ravenfield ;—Little Ribston and Great Ribston- 
cum-IWalshford ;—Ripley (York) ;— Rotherham ;— 
Roundhay and Shadwell ;—Roystone ;—Scarcroft ; 
—Scotton ; — Scriven-with-Tentergate ;—Seacroft ; 
— Sicklinghall ; — Soothill; — Spofforth ; — Stain- 
brough ; — Stainley-cum-Cayton ; — Stainton-with- 
Hellaby ;—Staveley ;—Stone Beck Down ;--Stone 
Beck Up ;—Thornville ;— Thorp Salvin ;--Thorp 
Arch ;— Thorp Underwoods ;— Thruscross ;-— Thry- 
bergh ;-- Thurgoland ;— Thurnscoe;— Thurstonland; 
—Tochwith and Wilstrop ;—Todwick ; -— Tong ;-- 
Lreeton and Ulley ;-—Upperthong ;— Weddington ; 
-— Wales and Wales Wood ;--Walkingham Hill-with- 
Ochaney ;-—- Walton (York) (two Petitions) ;--We- 
therby ; -- Whiston ; -- Whixley ;-- Wichersley ; — 
Wighill; — Wike ;— Wombwell ; — Woodsetts ;— 
Vou. 99. 


21° Junie. 


419 


Worsbrough ;— Wortley ;— Wooldale ;—Wooiley ;— 
Womersley ; — Wistow ; — Wintersett ; — Whittey 
Lower ; —Whitwood ;— Wilsden ;— Whitcliffe-with- 
Thorpe ;— West Hardwick ;-- Warmsworth ;—Warm- 
field-cum- Heath ; — Warley ;— Wakefield ;—Upton ; 
— Wadworth ;—Ulleskelf ;— Towton ;— Tickhill ;— 
Thorpe-in-Balne ;-- Thorp Audlin ;—Thornton-in- 
Craven ; — Thornton ;— Thornhill ; — Thorner ;— 
Tanshelf ; — Tadcaster ; — Sutton (York) ;—Stubbs 
Walden ; — Steeton-with-Eastburn ; —Stanley-cum- 
Wrenthorpe ;—Stancil-with-Wilsick and Wellingley ; 
—Stainland ;—Sowerby ;-—South Milford ;— South 
Kirby ;—Snydale;—Shircoat;—Shipton-in- Craven ; 
—Shellow ;—Shelbrooke ;-—Shittington ;—Shipley ; 
—Sherburn ; — Shelf’; — Sharision ;—Saxton-cum 
Scarthingwell ; — Sandal Magna; — Ryther-cum- 
Ossendyhke ; — Ryhill ; — Rossington ; — Rothwell- 
with-Rothwell Haigh and Royd Green ;—Purston 
Jackling ;— Pudsey ;— Pontefract Park District ;— 
Stourton and Parlington ;— Owston ;— Oulton-with- 
Woodlesford ; — Ossett-cum-Gawthorpe ;—Notton ; 
— orton (York) ;— North Elmsall;— Normanton ; 





— Newall-with- Clifton ;— Moss ;— Morton East and 
West ;—Monkfrystone;— Misson ;--Middleton-with- 
Thorpe ; — Micklefield-with-Newthorpe ; — Mex- 
brough ; — Methley ; — Melton ;— Martons-both-in- 
Craven ; — Marr ; — Manningham ;— Loversall ;— 
Lotherton-cum-A berford ;—Wheatley-cum-Sandali ; 
— Lofthouse-with-Carlton ; — Little Smeaton; — 
Aberford ;—Ackton ;—Ackhworth ;—Addingham ;— 
Adwich-le-Street ;— Studley Parva and other places 

—Allerton Bywater ;—Altofts ;--Alverthorpe-with- 
Thornes ;—Ardsley East ;—Ardsley West ;—Arn- 
cliffe-in-Craven ;—Arthington and other places ;— 
Ashern ;— Denton and other places ;—Azerley ;— 
Austerfield ; —Badsworth ;— Bardsey-cum-Rigton ; 
Barkstone ; —Barmbro ; — Barmby Dunn ;—Bar- 
noldswich ;— Barwich-in- Elmet ;— Bawtry ;— Beag- 
hall ; — Bentley-with-Arksey ;—Little 'enton-with- 
Biggin;— Bingley ;—Birkin ;— Bishop Monkton ;— 
Markington and other places ;— Bolton ;— Bram- 
ham-cum-Oglethorpe ;—Bramhope and Carlton ;— 
Bridge, Hawick and other places ;—Brierley ;— 
Brodsworth ; — Brotherton ;—Broughton-cum-Els- 
rack ;—Brumsall ;— Burton Salmon ;—Byram-cum- 
Poole;— Cadeby ;—Calverley-cum- Farsley ;—Camp- 
sall;— Cantley ;— Carleton ;-- Castleford ;-- Cawood ; 
— Chevitt;—Church Fenton ;— Clayton ;— Claytone ; 
—Clifford-cum- Boston ;— Clifton and other _ ; 
—Conisborough ;—Cridling Stubbs ;—Crigglestone ; 
—Crofton ;— Darrington ; -- East Hardwick ;— 
East Keswick ;--Sawley and other places ;— Eccles- 
hill; — Fairburn ; — Featherstone ; -— Fenwich ; — 
Finningley ;—Fishlake ;— Fixby ; —Flockton Over 
and Nether;—Fontby and other places ;— Garforth ; 
—Shkelton and other places ;—Glass Houghton ;-- 
Grewelthorpe ; — Halifax ; — Hambleton ; —Ham- 
pole ;—Harworth ; — Havercroft-with-Cold Hand- 
ley ;— Horworth ;— Heaton ;— Hemsworth ;— Hessle ; 
—AHillam ;— Hill Top ;—Uipperholne-cum-Brig- 
house ;— Hooton Pagnell ;— Horbury ;— Horton ;— 
Idle ;— Keighley ; -— Kettlewell-with-Harbotton ;— 
Kildwich ; — Kippax ;— Kirkby Malzard and La- 
verton ; — Kirk Sandall;—Kirk Smeaton ;---Led- 
sham ;—Ledstone;—and, Linton-in-Craven; praying 
the House to resist the efforts now making by the 
Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no alteration what- 
ever may be made in the existing Com Laws,—were 


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














folk, praying that the Act of the fifty-fourth of 
George the Third, c. 141, intituled, An Act to 
alter so much of an Act made in the fifty-second 
year of his present Majesty, as relates to the Duties 
payable in respect of killing of Game, may be ex- 
plained or amended and altered, so that persons 
assisting in tlie taking or killing of any Game, or any 
woodcock, snipe, quail or landrail, in the company 





3H 2 or 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Nor- Game. 








4.20 


or presence, and for the use of another person, 
who shall have duly obtained his certificate in his 
own right, according to the directions of the said 
first-mentioned Act, and who shall not act therein 
by virtue of any deputation or appointment, shall 
be exempt from the stamp duty and penalty, not- 
withstanding there may be used on the occasion 
any dog, gun or engine of a person not then present, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Prisons Petitions from Greenock ;—and, Hamilton (Pro- 
(Scotland) Bill. vost) ; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 


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


Customs Duties A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and others 

(Isle of Man.) resident in the town of Douglas, in the Isle of Man, 
stating that the Petitioners observe with deep re- 
gret that it is the intention, as expressed in the se- 
cond part of the Resolutions passed by the House, 
with reference to the proposed alterations in the 
fiscal duties of the Isle of Man, that the license 
system as regards the articles of spirits, tobacco 
and liqueurs, is about to be continued ; and praying 
that the license system may be abolished, and that 
as respects the harbour dues of the island, the 
House will be pleased to repeal those clauses of 
the Act 54 Geo. 3, c. 143, which authorize the col- 
lection of Harbour Dues as mentioned in the schedule 
thereof, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


posse | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Branch 
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allway the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to make a Branch Railway from 
the London and South Western Railway to Salis- 
bury ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5. 1. 31. After “ sections” insert “ to be 
deposited as.” 

Pr. 75.1. 37. After “ the” insert “ altered.” 

Pr. 76. 1.10. Leave out “ alteration” and insert 
altered line.”’ 

Pr. 76. 1.14. After “ with” insert “ each of.” 

Pr. 77. 1. 13. Leave out “ or” and insert “ so 
to be deposited as aforesaid or in.” 

Pr. 79. 1. 30. After “ plans” insert “ to be de- 
posited as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 80. 1. 33. After “ sections” insert “ to be 
so deposited as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 83. 1.19. After “plans” insert “ to be so.” 
Pr, 88.1. 4. After “ said” insert “ deposited.” 

Pr. 89. 1. 5. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 101. 1. penult. Leave out “ original” and 
insert “ altered.” 

Pr. 101. l. ult. After “ Railway” insert “ to be 
“‘ so deposited as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 102. 1. 9. Leave out “ said’”’ and insert 
same. 

Pr. 102. 1. 11. Leave out from “ eight” to 
forty-five” in 1, 12. 

Pr. 102. !. 13. Leave out “ said” and insert 
same,” and in the same line leave out from 
plan” to “ and” in 1. 14.” 

Pr. 102. 1. 16. Leave out “ said” and insert 
“* same.”’ 


Pr. 102. 1. 17. Leave out “ of the said altera- 
tion.”’ 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote do carry 

the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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London and An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to 
—— the London and South Western Railway, and to 
(No, 1) Bill authorize an Extension of the said Railway and 


21° Junii. 








A. 1844. 


other Works, at or near the Vine Elms Station, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Trotter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from the Liberty of the Rolls, in the Lord’s Day. 
county of Middlesex ;— Saint Clement Danes (two 
Petitions); — and, Reverend Edward Amiot, and 
others, complaining of the public exposure of articles 
for sale on the Lord’s Day, whether in shops and 
markets, or otherwise; and praying the House to 
adopt such measures as shall efficiently carry out the 
principles of existing laws on this subject, were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the several parishes County Courts 
of Machynlleth, Penegoes, Darowen, Llanbrynmair, Bill. 
Cemmes and Llanwirn, in the county of Montgomery 
and Pennal, in the County of Merioneth, praying 
that the County Courts Bill may pass into a law, 


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


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable Marquess of 
Archibald Marquess of Ailsa to borrow a certain Ailsa’s Estate 
Sum of Money upon the Security of his Entailed _ 
Estates of Cassillis and Culzean, for Repayment to 
him of a Portion of the Monies laid out by him in 
the Improvement of these Estates, 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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Mines (Siberia, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &amp;c.) 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
an Account, through the medium of Her Majesty’s 
Ambassador or other Diplomatic Agent at the Court 
of Russia, of the Produce in Gold of the Washings 
of the Mines in Siberia and other Parts, carried on 
upon account of the Crown and of Individuals, from 
1830 to 1842, inclusive. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Westminster 
Returns from the High Bailiff and Court of Bur- Court of Bur- 
gesses of Westminster, of the Gross Amount of the 8**** 
Amerciaments and Fines levied by the Annoyance 
Juries and Court of Burgesses, under the Act 29 
Geo. 2, c. 25, since the year 1830; distinguishing 
the Amount levied in each year, and how the Sums 
levied were appropriated :—Of the Amounts and 
Particulars, as set forth in the Presentments, of the 
Amerciaments levied by each Annoyance Jury dur- 
ing the years 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844; and of 
the Number and Amount of the Amerciaments re- 
mitted or mitigated during those years ; distinguish- 
ing those remitted from those mitigated, and stating 
to what Amounts the same were mitigated :—And, 
of the Names, Addresses and Descriptions of the 
Parties who served on such last-mentioned Juries. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- zinen, xc, 
mittee on the Linen, &amp;c., Manufactures (Jreland) Manufactures 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

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








The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Customs Duties 
a Committee upon the Customs Duties (Isle of Man) (1sle of Man) 
Bill; and, after sometime spent therein, Mr. Speaker — 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That No. 402. 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, 





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8 VicToRIz. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Q1° Juniz. 


491 


Amendment proposed in P. 2. 1. 11. After “ re- 
spectively” to insert “ being Unitarian Dissent- 
ers.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 


if 
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Copyholds The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Enfranchise- mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; Clause acreed to. 
ment Bill Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday C “Ne Th f ‘ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. lic LAUsE, N° 2, (That so far as no particular re- 
igious doctrines or opinions, or mode of regulating 
Adjournment, Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of | worship, shall, on the face of the deeds or instru- 


Sugar Duties 
Bill. 


No. 401 e 


Message from 
the Lords. 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Sugar Duties 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 “ distinction sought to be established between 
** Free Labour and Slave Labour Sugar not being 
supported by any adequate definition in the Bill, 
and such absence of definition (while it devolves 
an unusual and objectionable amount of discre- 
tionary power on the Government), leaving the 
British and Foreign Merchant in a state of un- 
certainty aso the Import of Sugar, it is expedient, 


ment declaring the Trusts of any such Meeting- 
house, be required to be taught or forbidden to be 
taught therein, the usage of Twenty-five years shall 
be conclusive evidence of the religious doctrines 
which may properly be taught in such Meeting- 
house.) 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed in P. 2. 1. 22. 
After “therein” to insert “ or where no particular 
“ religious doctrines or opinions are contained in 
any book or other document preserved amongst 
the authentic records of any recognized Synod 
or religious body, concerning the congregation 
frequenting such Meeting-house.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Shaw, 


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“ either clearly to define the limits within which Yeas, { Finnie Jocelyn : } — 
“ the Merchant is to act, or to admit Free Labour| Tellers for the f Mr. Young, 161 
“ and Slave Labour Sugar at the same rate of Duty,” Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : } ' 


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 ey 

; r. Young, 

Tellers for the Yeas,/ wy ewe 

Mr. Ewart, 
Dr. Bowring : 

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; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Baring: } ee 


Tellers forthe Noes, 65. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 
and Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 





Another Amendment proposed in I. 22. To leave 
out “ Twenty-five” in order to insert “ Sixty ” in- 
stead thereof. 

Question, That “ Twenty-five” stand part of the 
Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed in 1. 23. To leave 
out “any suits relating to such Meeting-house,” 
in order to insert “ the passing of this Act,” instead 
thereof. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed in 1. 31. To leave 
out from “ Minister” to the end of the Clause, 
in order to add “ shall nevertheless be applied for 
“ such purposes, and provided such doctrines only 
as are expressed in the deed or instrument or in 
some document referred to by such deed or in- 
strument,” instead thereof. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided : 











British Tron The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An a si peg I Lennox: |ise. 
Company Bill. Act to facilitate the Settlement of the Affairs of the ms : 
British [ron C th A Tellers for the § Mr. Plumptre, } 62 
pee ron Company, without any Amendment : Noes, Mr. Hardy : 2. 
nd also, . 
Brighton and © ‘The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An| CAUSE, N° 3, agreed to. 
eng Act for making a Railway from the Shoreham Branch | Preamble read, and agreed to. 
ye of the London and Brighton Railway to Chichester,| Bill, as amended, to be reported. 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords . 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
South Devon The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An reported, That the Committee had gone through 
Railway Bill. Act for making a Railway from Exeter to Plymouth, the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
te the: called “The Geuth Deven Railway,” with Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- day next. 
— a this House:—And then the The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Unlawful Oaths 
Messeng . mittee on the Unlawful Oaths (Zreland) Bill ; 
di . Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
Goa The House, according to Order, resolved itself next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


into a Committee upon the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill. 








(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
CriausE, N° 1, (The recited Acts to be construed, 
as well as all Deeds relating to such Meeting-houses, 
&amp;e., as if the Acts had been in force at the time of 


the foundation of the Meeting-houses, &amp;c.) 
Vot. 99. 


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 Friday next, ®*"'- 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bank of Eng- 
mittee on the Bank of England Charter Bill ; 4 Charter 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~"* 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
3H3 





The 








Charitable 
Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


County Rates, 
&amp;c., Bill, 


County 
Coroners Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Werren Hast- 
ings Leslie 
Frith, 


422 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Loan Societies (Ireland) 
Bill; 

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


The ingrossed Bill for facilitating the Collection 
of County Rates, and for relieving High Constables 
from attendance at Quarter Sessions in certain Cases, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Parishes not in arrear with 
contributions to be reimbursed by those which are 
in arrear), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by 
way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Notices of the holding 
of Special Sessions may be sent by post), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered (That in 


21°—92° Juniz. 





any case in which any reference shall have been 
made toa Barrister under the Municipal Corpora- | 





A. 1844, 


appointment of a Select Committee t¢ inquire into z 

his claims for restitution of a sumo money ad- 

vanced by his late father for the Public Service in 

Oude, which was presented yesterday, be printed. e 
' 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Protection of 
for the Protection of Purchasers against Judgments, Purchasers, &amp;c., si 
Crown Debts, Lis pendens and Commissions of (!"!¢) Bill. | 
Bankruptcy; and for providing one Office for the 
registering of all Judgments in Ireland; and for 
amending the Laws in /reland respecting Bankrupts 


and the Limitation of Actions: And that Mr. At- Ci 
torney General for Ireland and Lord Eliot do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Order, Navy, 


—A Return of the Sailing Qualities of Her Ma- P 
jesty’s Ships “ Queen,” “ Formidable,” “ Vernon,” 
“ Lurydice” and “ Spartan” ; and of the different 
Trials of Sailing between those Ships; specifying 


tions Act or Prisons Regulation Act, on requisition | the State of the Sea, Wind, Weather and Period of 


in writing, 
the opinion of a superior Court, and such Court to 
hear and determine the matter, and by whom costs 
are to be paid): And the said Clause was brought | 
up and read the first time. | 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 





the Barrister to state a special case for|'Time each Trial occupied :—And, a Copy of the 
Weekly Account of Her Majesty’s Ships “ Queen,” 
“ Formidable,” “ Vernon,” “‘ Eurydice” and “ Spar- 
tan, 
October, during the years 1842, 1843 and 1844. 


&gt;? 


on the Sth day of April and the 5th day of 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


posed, That the said Clause be now read a second | Table. 


time :—And the said Motion and Clause were se-| 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. | 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 


| for the Protection of Purchasers against Judgments, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Crown Debts, Lis pendens and Commissions of Bank- 
Title be, An Act for facilitating the Collection of ruptey ; and for providing one Office for the regis- 


Mr. Attorney General for Zreland presented a Bill Protection of 
Purchasers, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill, 


No. 403. . 


County Rates, and for relieving High Constables tering of all Judgments in Zreland; and for amend- 
from attendance at Quarter Sessions in certain Cases, ing the Laws in Jreland respecting Baukrupts and 
and from certain other Duties. | the Limitation of Actions: And the same was read 


Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote do carry | the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law respecting 
the Appointment and Office of County Coroner, and 
the Expenses of Inquests, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in Pr. 18, 1. 24., by leaving out from the word 
“« holden” to the word “ And” in Pr, 21, 1. 15. 

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


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


Sabbati, 22° die Junii, 1844: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Darby, la 
Yeas, t Viscount Sandon: J ‘ 

Tellers for the [ Mr. Hume, } 93 


Noes, L Mr. Owen Stanley : 

So it was resolved in the Aflirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the Law respecting the 
Office of County Coroner. 

Ordered, That Mr. Darby do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
miitee 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, Yhat this House wil, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Warren Hastings 
Leslie Frith, Colonel in the Bengal Artillery, in the 
service ofthe East India Company, praying for the 


for providing Houses of Refuge for the Reception 





upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


of Juvenile Offenders in England: And that Mr. 
Hawes, Mr. William Denison, Mr. Kemble and Sir B 
John Easthope do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Norti British 
Lords to the North British Railway Bill be referred Railway Bil.. 


| to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill for providing Houses Juvenile _ 
of Refuge for the Reception of Juvenile Offenders O%n4e's Bill. 
in England: And the same was read the first time; No. 404. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day next ; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 Vic. Customs Duties 

c. 60, for regulating the Trade of the Zsle of Man, - — 

might be read ; and the same being read ; catia 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 

the said Act. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Police Re- Police Reward 
ward and Superannuation Funds (Ireland), which 24 a 
were presented upon the 4th day of this instant June, (peiaaa.) 


; (Ireland.)} 
be printed. No. 405. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Alexander Alexander 
Walker, &amp;c., which was presented upon Monday Walker, &amp;c. 
last, be printed. No. 406. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the College College of 
of Surgeons, which was presented upon Wednesday S”™¢e"s 
last, be printed. No. 407. 











Ordered, That the Return relative to Misdemean- Misdemeanors 


7 A re : = (Queen’s 
“tay aah gua which was presented yester Bench.) 
day, be p . No. 408. 


Ordered, That the Report of the Commissioners British 
ofthe British Fisheries, which was presented yester- peerage 
day, be printed. No. 469. 





Ordered, 





Parliamentary 
Papers. 


No. 410. 
Spirits 
(Ireland.) 

No.411. 
Sinking Fund. 

No. 412. 


Public Salaries. 


No. 413. 


Customs. 


No. 414. 


Excise. 


No. 414. 


Public Salaries. 


No. 4 13. 


Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


Rochdale 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Stone’s 


Estate Bill, 


Standing 
Orders; 


Great Southern 
aud Westera 
Railway 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Newport 
Dock Bill. 


North Wales 
Mineral Ruil- 
way Bill, 


North British 
Raila ay Bill. 


8 VicTrorRIzZ. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Parlia- 
mentary Papers, which were presented yesterday, 


be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Spirit§ 
(Ireland), which were presented yesterday, be printed 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sinking | 


Fund, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Sa- 
laries, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Excise, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Sa- 
laries, which was laid upon the Table yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next, 








Lune, 24° die Junii ; 


Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. 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 Expenditure of the Royal Harbour of Rams- 

gate Trust, for the year ending 24th June 1843 :— | 


And then he withdrew. 


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


An ingrossed Bill for better lighting, paving, 
cleansing, watching, regulating and improving the 
Town of Rochdale and the Environs thereof, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Stone’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


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 Great South- 
ern and Western Railway (Zreland) Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Newport 
Dock Bill, Amendments proposed on consideration 
of Report, the suid Amendments are of such a na- 
ture as to justify the House in entertaining them 
without the re-commitment of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the North Wales 
Mineral Railway Bill, Clause and Amendments pro- 
posed on consideration of the Report, the said Clause 
and Amendments are of such a nature as to justify 
the House in entertaining them, without the re- 
commitment of the Bill, provided that after the 
word “fit” in the words proposed to be introduced 
in Clause 87, the following words be inserted “ one 
of the said directors to be.” 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the North British 


Railway Bill, Lords’ Amendments, the said Amend- | 


ments are of such a nature as may be adopted by 
the House, if they shall think fit. 
Vor. 99, 


21°—22°.— 


24° Junie. 493 


| The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
| was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


| _ The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingston-upon- 
| the Report on the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill ; #!! Docks Bill. 
‘and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


| 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Marianski’s 
Marianski’s Naturalization Bill; That they had Nat. Bil. 
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 the Holmfirth and 
Holmfirth and Dunford Roads Bill; That they had — Reads 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the sos 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The London and Croydon Railway (No. 2.) Bill London and 


was read a second time ; and committed. won (Ne 7 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pi. 


mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Banstead ;—Osgodby ;— Doncas- Com Laws. 
ter ;—Polesworth ;—Tatsfield ;—London and West- 
minster ;—South Duffield ;—Barlow ;—Gateforth ; 
—Barlby ;— Hirst Courtney and Hirst Temple ;— 





| North Duffield ;—Kelfield ;—-Brayton and Thorp 
| Willoughby ;—Croydon ;—Newdigate ;— Burstow ; 
| — Titsey ;—Oxted;— Tandridge ;— Warlingham ;— 

Buckland (Surrey); — Morden; — Paaieas = 

Mitcham ; — Horne ; — Coulsdon ; — Godstone ; 
— Caterham ; — Limpsfield ; — Cheam ; — Sutton 
(Surrey) ;— Carshalton ;— Woodmansterne ;—Ling- 
| field — Shipston-upon-Stour ; — and, Nuneaton ; 
| praying the House to resist the efforts now making 
by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no altera- 

tion whatever may be made in the existing Corn 
, Laws,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
| lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Middle Level 
consideration the Report which, upon Friday last, Sees and 
was made from the Committee on the Middle Swen Bile 
Level Drainage and Navigation Bill:—The House 
proceeded to take the Report into consideration ; 
and the same was again read, as followeth : 

“ Mr. Pusey reported, That a Member of the 
House now sitting in Committee on the Middle 
Level Drainage and Navigation Bill, namely, the 
Honourable Eliot Yorke, one of the Members for 
Cambridgeshire, had received an intimation that he 
ought not to vote on questions arising thereon, by 
reason of his interest in the said Bill: That the 
said Member has voted on all questions coming 
before the Committee up to the 19th day of this 
instant June: That the said Member has placed 
his situation before the Committee; and, at his re- 
quest, the Committee desire the decision of the 
House on the following question, which fully de- 
clares the facts of the case: Whether a Member of 
the House of Commons, having property within the 
limits of an Improvement Bill, which property may 
be affected by the passing of the Bill, has such an 
interest as, in the judgment of the House, disqua- 
lifies him as a Member of the House, and the re- 
presentative of general local interests, from voting 
/on all questions affecting the Preamble or Clauses 
of the said Bill.” 
| &lt;A Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of 
land in the Middle Level of the Fens, part of the 

Great Bedford Level, concerning the votes of Ed- 
ward Fellowes, Esquire, another Member of the 
/Committee, was brought up, and read. 
| Whereupon Mr. Speaker stated, that there being 
‘no Report from the Committee on the subject, the 
House could not take notice of what had passed in 

3H4 the 














North Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


Ayr Bridge 
(N&gt;. 2.) Bill. 


Swansea 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Newport 
Dock Bill. 


Great Southern 
and Wester 
Railway 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Monkland 
Railways 
(No. 2.) Bill; 
and, Wishaw 
and Coltness 


Railway Bill. 


424, 


the Committee :—And the said Petition was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the vote of Mr. Eliot Yorke on the 
Middle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill, is a 
good vote ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
the”? to end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “rule and practice of this House is, that 
“* no Member shall vote upon any question in which 
he has a direct pecuniary interest: That where 
any Member has voted in violation of this rule, 
such vote, when challenged in the House, has been 
disallowed : That every rule of the House, applies 
equally to all Committees of the House: That a 
Member of the House of Commons having pro- 
perty within the limits of an Improvement Bill, 
which property will be affected by the passing of 
the Bill, has such an interest as disqualifies him 
as a Member of the House, and the representative 
of general local interest, from voting on all ques- 
tions affecting the Preamble or Clauses of such 
Bill,” 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 Thurs- 

day next. 


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The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the consideration of the 
Report of the North Wales Mineral Railway Bill: 
—The House resumed the said further Proceeding. 

A Clause (Private road belonging to Samuel Ken- 
rich, Esquire, to be carried over or under the Rail- 
way), offered and brought up on the 19th day of this 
— June, was twice read ; and made part of the 

ill. 

And the Amendments proposed at the same time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Alexander Oswald presented a Bill for widen- 
ing, repairing, and maintaining the Bridge of Ayr, 
commonly called the New Bridge, leading across 
the River of Ayr, at the Royal Burgh or Town of 
Ayr, in the County of Ayr, and for other Purposes 
in relation thereto; And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Swansea Improvement Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
consideration of the Report on the Newport Dock 
Bill be resumed To-morrow. 


The Great Southern and Western Railway (Jre- 
land) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Home Drummond reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Monkland Railways (No. 2.) Bill; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred ; and who were empowered to divide 
the said Bill into two Bills; That they had heard 
counsel in support of several of the said Petitions, 
ard had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; 
That the Bill being solely for the purpose of 
enabling the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway 
Company, the Ballochney Railway Company, and 
the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Company, to 
open their lines to the locomotive engines, waggons 
and other carriages of each other, and of all other 
Companies or persons who may choose to use the 
same, and for otherwise altering some of the pro- 
visions of the Acts relating to the said Railway, it 


Q4° Junie. 





A. 1844. 


did not appear to the Committee that any of the 
matters required by the Standing Orders to be in- 
quired toe 98 Committees on Railway Bills, applied 
to the present Bill ; That they had, pursuant to the 
— granted to them by the House, divided the 

ill into two Bills, and had amended the Pream- 
bles of such Bills accordingly, and had made fur- 
ther Amendments in the same, in consequence of 
an exclusive power to certain Railway Companies 
to use the said Railways with locomotive engines 
having been withdrawn by the Promoters; and 
that they had examined the allegations of the first 
of the said Bills “ to alter, amend, enlarge and in 
part repeal the Acts relating to the Monkland and 
Kirkintilloch Railway,and the Ballochney Railway,” 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Mr. Home Drummond also reported from the 
Committee; That they had examined the allega- 
tions of the other of the said Bills, “ to alter, 
amend, enlarge and in part repeal the Acts relating 
to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway,” 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, 
intituled, An Act for making a Railway from the 
City of Edinburgh to the Town of Berwick-upon- 
Tweed, with a Branch to the Town of Haddington ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 26. 1.10. After “ factor ” insert “ or re- 

“ ceiver.” 
Pr. 26. 
ceiver.” 
Pr. 26. 
ceiver.’ 
Pr. 26. 1. 37. After “ session ” insert “ in re- 
spect of so much of the Railway and the tolls 
arising therefrom, as shall be in Scotland, and to 
Two Justices in respect of so much thereof as 
shall be in England.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 2. After “ court ” insert “ or for the 
said Justices, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 27. After “* factor” insert “ or re- 
ceiver.” 

Pr. 3%. 
ceiver.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 33. Leave out from “ bound ” to the 
first “ to” in 1. 34. 

Pr. 27. 1. 35. After “ intromissions ”’ insert “ or 

“ the sums received by him.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 8. Leave out “ and bond creditors.” 
Pr. 35. 1. 34. Leave out ‘“‘ a share” and insert 
shares or stock of the value of Fifty pounds.” 
Pr. 35. 1. 37. Leave out “ share” and insert 
shares or stock.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 5. Leave out “ share ” and insert 
shares or stock.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 11. After “ his” insert “ Committee.” 
Pr. 57. 1. 5. After “ sale” insert “ or distress.” 

Pr. 63. ls. 5. and 6. After “ Berwick” insert 
and to the Clerk of the Peace of the county of 
the borough and town of Berwick-upon- Tweed.” 

Pr. 68. 1. 9. After “land ”’ insert “ in Scotland.” 
Pr. 68. 1. 35. After “ and ” insert “ when the 
subject-matter in dispute arises in Scotland and 
the arbitration takes place in Scotland.” 
Pr. 71. 1. 37. After “‘ defender ” insert “ or de- 
fendant.” 
Pr. 71. l. ult. After “ closed” insert “ if in 
Scotland, or issue joined if in England.” 
Pr. 72. 1. 5. After “ defenders” insert “ or de- 
fendants.” 
Pr. 72. 1. 15. Leave out from “ money ” to “ of” 
in 1. 16. 
Pr. 72. 1. 22. After “ annuities ” insert “ rent- 

“ charges, mortgages.” 


1. 31. After “ factor ” insert “ or re- 


“ec 


1.35. After “ factor ” insert “ or re- 


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1. 32. After “ factor” insert “ or re- 
ce 


Pr. 72. 


North British 
Railway Bill, 


8 


“ 


VicrToRiz. 


Pr. 72. 1 24. After “ thereon” insert “ or affect- 
ing the same,” and in the same line after “ all” 


insert “ commonable rights or.” 


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Pr. 72. 1. 29. After “ proper” insert “ and if 
such lands be in Scotland to agree for such pur- 
chase if they think fit, in consideration of an 
annual feu duty.” 

Pr. 72. 1.30. Leave out from “ that ” to “ no- 
thing ” in 1. 36. 

Pr. 73. 1. 8. After “ made” insert “ save for the 
purpose of communicating with the Road leading 
from Market-street to South Canal-street, or the 
street hereinafter mentioned, to be made in lieu 
thereof, nor.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 14. Leave out from “ completed” to 
the ” in 1. 15. and insert “ in terms of their agree- 
ment with.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 38. Leave out “ feu” and insert “ or 
dispose of.” 

Pr. 73. 1. penult. After “ release” insert “ and 
if the lands be in Scotland to feu.” 

Pr. 74. 1. 4. After “ life ” insert “ or in tail.” 

Pr. 74. 1. 8. After “ terce ” insert “ or dower.” 

Pr. 74. 1.9. After “ husbands” insert “ com- 
mittees of lunatics and idiots.” 

Pr. 74. 1.27. After “ such ” insert “ commit- 
tees.” 

Pr. 75. 1.5. After “ lands ” insert “ in Scot- 
land.” 

Pr. 75. 1. 8. After “ exercised ” insert “ by the 
lord of any manor in England, or,” and in the 


same line after “ superior” insert “ in Scotland.” 


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Pr. 75. 1. 21. After “ dispone ” insert “ or dis- 
pose of.”’ 

Pr. 75. 1. 33. After “ dispone ” insert “ or dis- 
pose of.” 

Pr. 75. 1. 38. Leave out “and ” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 77. 1. 4. After “ being ”’ insert “ if in Scot- 


‘ land, or any Two Justices.” 


Pr. 77. 1. 5. After “ county ” insert “ if in Eng- 
land.” 


Pr. 77. 1. 10. After “ sheriff ” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 77. 1. 30. After “ being ” insert “ if in Scot- 
land or if in England as Two Justices.” 


_Pr. 77. 1.37. After “ person” insert “ seised 
in fee of or.” 


Pr. 68. 1. penult, After “by ” insert “ poinding 
and sale or.” 


Pr. 79. 1. 3. After “ aforesaid ’’ insert “ and 
which are situate in Scotland.” 


Pr. 80. ls. 13.and 14. After “ Company ”’ insert 


Clause (A.) 


Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
conveyances of land situate in England so to be 
purchased as aforesaid, may, if the Company shall 
think fit, be according to the form in the Sche- 
dules (F.) and (G.) respectively to this Act an- 
nexed ; and all such conveyances shall be effectual 
to vest the lands thereby conveyed in the Com- 
pany, and shall operate to merge all terms of 
years attendant by express declaration or by con- 
struction of law on the estate or interest so 
thereby conveyed, and to bar and destroy all such 
estates tail and other estates, rights, titles, re- 
mainders, reversions, limitations, trusts and in- 
terests whatsoever, of and in the lands comprised 
in such conveyances as shall have been purchased 
or compensated for by the consideration therein 
mentioned, but although terms of years may be 
thereby merged they shall in equity afford the 
same protection as if they had been kept on foot 
and assigned to a trustee for the Company, to 
attend the reversion and inheritance.” 

Pr. 81. 1. 13. After “ amount” insert “ if the 
lands in respect of which the same have been 
incurred are situate in Scotland.” 

Pr. 81. 1. 18. After “same” insert “ and if such 
lands are situate in England, then such costs 


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on petition presented as aforesaid; and the said 
Court, on presentation of such petition, shall 
order such costs to be referred to one of the 
Masters, to be taxed in the usual manner.” 

Pr. 81. 1. 20. After “ decerned ” insert “ or 
taxed.” 

Pr. 81. 1.31. After “ ordinary ” insert “ or by 
such Masters as aforesaid as the case may be.” 

Pr. 82. Is. 6. and 7. After “ corporation ” insert 
tenant for life.” 

Pr. 82. 1. 13. After “ terce”’ insert “or dower.” 

Pr. 82. 1,15. After “ curator ” insert “ or com- 
mittee.” 

Pr. 82. 1. penult. After “ same” insert “ if the 
lands in respect of which such purchase-money 
is payable are situate in Scotland.” 

Pr. 83. 1. 4. After “‘ Scotland” insert “ and if 
such lands are situate in England, then such 
purchase-money shall be paid into the Bank of 
England in manner hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr. 83. 1. 8. After “ session” insert “ if such 
lands are in Scotland, and of the Court of Chan- 
cery if such lands be in England.” 

Pr. 83. 1. 14. After “ other” insert “ debt.” 

Pr. 84. 1. 2. After “ money ” insert “ Provided 
always, That where any such monies as aforesaid 
are paid into the Bank of England, the same 
shall be so paid in the name and with the privity 
of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chan- 
cery, to be placed to his account there ex-parte 
‘The North British Railway Company,’ pursuant 
to the method prescribed by an Act of the twelfth 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
the First, intituled, ‘ An Act for the better se- 
curing the Monies and Effects of the Suitors of 
the Court of Chancery, and to prevent the coun- 
terfeiting of East India Bonds and Indorsements 
thereon, as likewise Indorsements on South Sea 
Bonds,’ and pursuant to the general rules and 
orders of the said Court, and without fee or re- 
ward, according to the Act of the twelfth year of 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Second, intituled, ‘ An Act to empower the High 
Court of Chancery to lay out in proper Securities 
any Monies, not exceeding a Sum therein limited, 
out of the common and general Cash in the Bank 
of England, belonging to the Suitors of the said 
Court, for the ease of the said Suitors, by apply- 
ing the Interest therefrom for answering the 
Charges of the Office of the Accountant-General 
of the said Court.’ ” 

Pr. 84. 1. 4. After “‘ money ” insert “ where 
paid in respect of any lands situate in Scotland.” 

Pr. 84. 1. 21. After “lands” insert “ and where 
such money is paid in respect of lands situated 
in England, the same may be so applied upon 
an order of the Court of Chancery made on a 
like petition, and until the same can be so applied, 
the same may, upon an order of the said Court, 
be invested by the Accountant-General of the 
said Court in the purchase of Three per centum 
Consolidated or Three per centum Reduced Bank 
Annuities, or in Government or Real Securities, 
and until such annuities or securities shall be 
ordered to be sold or converted into money for 
the purposes aforesaid, the interest, dividends and 
annual proceeds thereof shall from time to time 
be paid to the party who would for the time 
being have been entitled to the rents and profits 
of the lands, and the order for such investment 
and application of the interest, dividends and 
annual proceeds thereof may be made on the like 
petition.” 

Pr. 84. 1.28. After “same” insert “if the lands 
in respect of which such purchase-money shall 
be paid are situate in Scotland.” 

Pr. 84. 1. 29. Leave out “ either.” 

Pr. 84. 1. 32. Leave out “ and” and insert “ or 
if such lands are situate in England, then into 
the Bank of England, and the same shall be.” 

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«* mittees.” 


line leave out “ of session.” 


(B.) 


and insert “ in more than one sum.” 


Pr. 84. 1. 37. Leave out “ the same” and insert; “ 
Pr. 85. 1. 14. After “* curators ” insert “ com- 


Pr. 85. 1. 33. After “ Scotland” insert “ or into 
the Bank of England, as the case may be.” 
Pr. 85. 1. 35. Leave out “ the ” and in the same 


Pr. 85. 1. 36. After “ purpose” insert Clause 


Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
sams of money which may be payable in respect 
of the taking, using or interference with any 
lands, under a contract or agreement with any 
person beneficially interested therein as heir of 
entail, life-renter, tenant for life or for any other 
partial or qualified estate, and made for and on 
behalf of himself and of any parties interested in | 
reversion, remainder or expectancy after him, shall | 
be paid into one of the chartered banks of Scot- 
land, or into the Bank of England, or to trustees, 
as the case may be, in manner aforesaid ; and it | 
shall not be lawful for any such heir of entail, 
life-renter, tenant for life, or for any other partial | 
or qualified estate, to retain to his own use any 
portion of the sums so agreed or contracted to 
be paid for or in respect of the taking, using or 
interfering with any such lands, but all such 
monies shall be deemed to have been contracted | 
to be paid for and on account of the several parties 
interested in such lands, as well in possession as 
in remainder, reversion or expectancy ; Provided 
always, That it shall be in the discretion of the | 
said Court of Session and of the Court of Chan- , 
cery, or of the said trustees, as the case may be, | “ 
to allot to any heir of entail, life-renter, tenant for | “ 
life or for any other partial or qualified estate, for | “ 
his own use, a portion of the sum so paid into |“ 
such Bank, as compensation for any injury, incon- | “ 
venience or annoyance which he may be consi- | “ 
dered to sustain by reason of the taking or inter- | “ 
ference with such lands, independently of the | “ 
actual value of the lands to be taken and of the | “ 
damage occasioned to the remainder of the estate |‘ 
by reason of the taking thereof and making of |“ 
the Railway.” % 

Pr. 85. 1. ult. After “ same ”’ insert “ except as 
hereinafter otherwise provided.” 
Pr. 86. 1.15. After “ curators” insert “ com-. 
mittees.”” he 
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in 1. 35. and insert “ And whereas the lands and |“ 


hereditaments described in the third and fourth | “ 


Schedules of the said last-mentioned Act, or some | 
of them, will be required for the purposes of this | 
Act: And whereas the lands and hereditaments | “ 
described in the first and second parts of the | 
fourth Schedule to the said Act annexed, are | “ 
insufficient to defray the expenses chargeable | 
upon them under the said Act, and the lands and | “‘ 
hereditaments described in the third Schedule | “ 
are by the said Act liable to supply such defi-| “ 
ciency: And whereas it is expedient that any | “ 
sums arising from the purchase of lands and | “ 
hereditaments described in either of the said third | “‘ 
or fourth Schedules should be applied to the 
same purposes as the sums arising from the sale 
of lands and hereditaments described in the first 
part of the said fourth Schedule would have been 
applicable to if such sale had taken place.” 

Pr. 88. 1. ult. Leave out “ or future disposal ” 


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Pr. 89. 1. 2. After “thereof” insert Clause (C.) 

Cravuse (C.) “ And whereas by the said last- 
recited Act it was enacted, that the lands and 
hereditaments described in the first Schedule 
annexed thereto should be vested in the said 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough 
ot Berwick-upon- Tweed, wpon trust, to permit the | 
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between and amongst freemen and widows of 
freemen of the said borough, who might for the 
time being be resident within the said borough 
respectively and successively, in certain shares 
and proportions, and with certain priorities and 
powers and rights of choosing and exchanging 
the same: And whereas the value of the portion 
of the said lands to be purchased by the Com- 
pany from the said freemen and widows of free- 
men respectively may be of the respective value 
of less than Twenty pounds, and it would be 
injurious to those freemen and widows of freemen 
who may hereafter become entitled to succeed to 
the possession of such lands and hereditaments, 
if the present holders thereof should receive the 
whole of the sum to be paid by the Company in 
respect of the same; BE it therefore Enacted, 
That all sums agreed or awarded to be paid in 
respect of the said lands and hereditaments de- 
scribed in Schedule 1. of the said recited Act, 
shall be paid into the Bank of England, in the 
name and with the privity of the Accountant- 
General of the Court of Chancery, in like manner 
as other sums above Two hundred pounds, pay- 
able to parties under legal disability are by this 
Act directed to be paid; and such money shall 
remain so deposited until the same shall be ap- 
plied, under the direction of the said Court on 
the petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed, 
in the purchase of other lands situate within the 
¢ounty of the borough town of Berwick-upon- 
Tweed, or in the counties of Northumberland and 
Durham, or one of them, and to be conveyed to 
the said Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses, and 
held by them for ever thereafter, upon trust, to 
let the same for the best annual rent or sum that 
can be got for the same from time to time, and 
without premium or foregift, and to pay and ap- 
ply the annual rents and proceeds thereof among 
the several freemen and widows of freemen who 
for the time being would or might have been re- 
spectively entitled to the possession of the several 
portions of the said land purchased by the Com- 
pany, and in respect of which such sum was so 
paid, or who may be in possession of the par- 
ticular shares or portions of the lands comprised 
in the said first Schedule of which the same 
originally formed part, and in proportion to the 
amount of which the purchase-money paid in 
respect of the particular portion of land purchased 
from each of them or their predecessors respec- 
tively, shall bear to the aggregate purchase-money 
for the whole of such land.” 

Pr. 89. 1. 28. Leave out “ Scotland” and insert 
the United Kingdom.” 

Pr. 89. 1. 87. After “ therein” insert “ if such 
lands be situate in Scotland.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 9. After “ court ” insert “ and if such 
lands be situate in England then into the Bank 
of England, in the name and with the privity of 
the Accountant-General of the Court of Chan- 
cery, to be placed to his account there, to the 
credit of the parties interested in such lands, 
subject to the control and disposition of the said 
Court.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 11. Leave out “ such” and insert 
the,” and in the same line, after “ bank” insert 
in which such money shall be lodged.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 37. After “ session” insert “ or Court 
of Chancery, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 91. 1.15. Leave out from “ into” to “ under,” 


in ]. i6., and insert “ one of the chartered banks, or 


into the Bank of England.” 

Pr. 91. 1. 25. After ‘“ session” insert “ or the 

sourt of Chancery, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 92. 1. 25. After “ session” insert “ or the 
Court of Chancery, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 94. 1.29. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if in Scot- - 
land, or if in England two Justices.” 

Pr. 95. 





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Pr. 95. 1. 25. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
** tices.” 

Pr. 98.1. 23. After “ Sheriff” insert “if in Scot- 
“ land, and if in England by two Justices,” and in 
the same line, after “ county” insert “ in which the 
“ Jands in respect of which such compensation is 
“ claimed are situate.” 

Pr. 100. 1. 6. After “ Petition” insert “ if the 
lands are situate in Scotland, or if in England 
shall issue their warrant.” 

Pr. 100. 1. 7. Leave out from “ county” to 
him” in]. 10., and insert “ requiring.” 

Pr. 100. 1. 31. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if the 
inquiry is to be had in Scotland.” 

Pr. 100.1. 34. After “court” insert “ and if the 
inquiry is to be held in England shall summon a 
jury of twenty-four indifferent persons qualified 
to act as common jurymen in any of the superior 
courts.” 

Pr. 100. 1. 35. Leave out from “ Sheriff” to 
may” in 1. 37. 

Pr. 100. 1. ult. After “‘ Petition” insert “ or war- 
rant, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 3. After “ persons” insert “ if the 
inquiry is held in Scotland.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 5. After “ way” insert “ or if in Eng- 
land then a jury of twelve persons shall be drawn 
by the Sheriff, in such manner as juries for trials 
of issues at law in the superior courts are required 
to be drawn.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 21. Leave out from “ party” to “ or” 
in ], 24. 

ho 101. 1, 29. After “ pursuer” insert “ or plain- 
“ -." 

Pr.101.1.31. After “ pursuer” insert “ or plain- 
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Pr. 101. 1. 34. After “ trials” insert “ if held in 
“€ Scotland.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 36. After “ courts” insert “ there.” 

Pr. 102.1.8. After “ court” insert “ of Scotland 
or the superior courts in England.” 

Pr, 102.1. 26. After “jury” insert “ where the 
inquiry is held in Scotland.” 

Pr. 102. 1. 28. After “ member” insert “ and 
where such inquiry is held in England, shall de- 
liver such verdict unanimously.” 

Pr. 104. 1. 2. After “ court” insert “ if the in- 
quiry be held in Scotland, and if in England 
then by the clerk of the peace of the county in 
which the lands which are the subject of the in- 
quiry shall be situate, among the records of the 
** quarter sessions of such county.” 

Pr. 104.1. 6. Leave out from “ authenticated” 
to “ shall” in 1. 8. 

Pr. 105. 1.24. After “ sale” insert “ or distress.” 

Pr. 106. 1. 22. After “ juryman”’ insert “ if the 
“ inquiry be held in Scoé¢land.” 

Pr. 106. 1. 27. After “‘ Scotland” insert “ or if 
“* such inquiry be held in England then shali be 
subject to the same regulations, pains and penal- 
ties as if such jury had been returned for the trial 
of any issue joined in any of the superior courts.” 

Pr. 107. 1.9. After “ Petition” insert “ or issued 
their warrant.” 

Pr. 107.1. 14. After “ Petition” insert “ or by 
their warrant.” 

Pr. 107. 1. 36. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if the 
“ inquiry is to be held in Scotland, and if in Eng- 
“‘ land in the manner in which special juries are 
struck in any of the superior courts,” and in the 
same line leave out from “ struck” to “and” in 
1. 38. 

Pr. 108. 1. 10. After “said” insert “ Sheriffs,” 
and in the same line, after “ court” insert “ or su- 
* perior courts, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 108. 1. 12. After “ inquiry” insert “ in case 
“* the same be held in Scotland.” 

Pr. 108.1]. 13. After “twenty” insert “ and if 
“ such inquiry be held in England then of twelve 
“« of the said twenty.” 

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Pr. 109. 1.11. Leave out “such” and insert 
any.” 
Pr. 109. 1. 15. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or of 
two Justices if in England.” 
Pr. 109. 1. 17. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices, as the case may be. 
Pr. 109. 1. 19. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
“ tices.” 
Pr. 109. 1. 27. After “ him” insert “ or them.” 
Pr. 109. ]. 28. After “ him” insert “ or them.” 
Pr. 109. 1. 31. After “ Sheriff”? insert “‘ or Jus- 
tices, as the case may be,” and in the same line, 
after “ he” insert “ or they.” 
Pr. 109. 1. 34. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
“ tices.” 
Pr. 109.1.36. After “ sale” insert “ or distress.” 
Pr. 109. 1. 38. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 
Pr. 109.1. penult. After “his” insert “ or their.” 
Pr, 112. 1. 20. Leave out “ the” and insert 
“ any.” 
Pr. 112. 1. 29. After “ Petition” insert “ if in 
Scotland or if in England to issue their precept.” 
Pr. 112. 1. 32. After “ Petition” insert “ or pre- 
“ cept.” 
r. 113.1. 4. After “ sale” insert “ or distress.” 
Pr. 115. 1. 29. After “any” insert “ mortgage 
“ or to any.” 
Pr. 115. 1. 36. After “such” insert ‘ mortgage 
« on” 
Pr. 115. 1. penult. After “right” insert “ or 
“ equity.” 
Pr. 116. 1. 1. After “ such” insert “ mortgage 
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Pr. 116. 1. 6. After “ such” insert ‘‘ mortgage 
* “2. 
Pr. 116.1. 7. After “ such” insert “‘ mortgage 
«© or.” 
Pr. 116.1. 13. After “such” insert “ mortgage 
* os.” 
Pr. 116. 1. 21.. After “such” insert ‘ mortgage 
* or.” 
Pr. 116. 1. 27. After “such” insert “ mortgage 
“ ov. 
Pr. 116. 1.33. After “ right” insert “ or equity.” 
Pr. 117. 1. 1. After “ such” insert “ mortgage 


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“ of. 
Pr. 117. 1. 24. After “ failure” insert “ if the 
“ lands be situate in Scotland.” 

Pr. 117. 1. 25. After “ the” insert “ chartered,” 
and in the same line, after “ aforesaid” insert “ and 
“ if such lands be situate in England to pay into 
“ the Bank of England.” 

Pr. 117.1. 28. After “in” insert “ any.” 

Pr. 118. 1.7. Leave out from “ case” to “ were” 
in ]. 8., and insert “ the holder of any such secu- 
* sty.” 

Pr. 119.1. 11. After “ aforesaid” insert “ char- 
“ tered.” 

Pr. 119.1. 12. After “ banks” insert ‘‘ or Bank 
“ of England, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 14. After “im” insert “ any.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 20. Leave out from “ of” to “ lands” 
in 1. 21., and insert “ the,” and in |. 21., after 
“ lands” insert “ subject to such security.” 

Pr. 121. 1. 38. After “ the” insert “ chartered,” 
and in the same line and line penult., after “ afore- 
“ said” insert “ or into the Bank of England, as 
“ the case may be.” 

Pr. 122. 1. 31. Leave out “ such mortgaged” 
and insert “ the,” and in the same line, after “lands” 
insert “‘ subject to such security.” 

Pr. 123. 1. 3. After “lands” insert “ situate in 
“ Scotland which may be.” 

Pr. 124.1. 2. After “ any” insert “ rent-service, 
“ rent-charge, chief or other rent.” 

Pr. 124. 1.7. After “ such” insert “ rent.” 
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Pr. 124. 1. 18. After “‘ such” insert “ rent-ser- 
“* vice, rent-charge, chief or other rent.” 

Pr. 124. 1. 24. Leave out “ charge” and insert 
rent, burden or incumbrance.” 

Pr. 124. 1. 32. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if the 
lands be situate in Scotland, and if in England 
by two Justices,” and in the same line, after 
county” insert “in which the same are situate.” 

Pr, 124. 1. 36. Leave out “ charge” and insert 
rent, burden or incumbrance.” 

Pr. 125. 1. 2. Leave out “ charge” and insert 
rent, burden or incumbrance.” 

Pr. 125. ]. 11. Leave out “ charge” and insert 
rent, burden or incumbrance.” 

Pr, 125. 1.13. Leave out “ charge” and insert 
rent, burden or incumbrance.” 

Pr. 125.1. 16. Leave out “ charge” and insert 
“ rent, burden or incumbrance.” 

Pr. 125, 1. 19. After “‘ the” insert “ chartered,” 
and in the same line, after “‘ aforesaid” insert “ or 
* into the Bank of England, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 125. 1. 23. After “‘ the” insert “ rent-service, 
rent-charge, chief or other rent.” re 

Pr. 127. 1. 5. After “lease” insert “ or missive 
of lease.” 

Pr. 127. 1. 16. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if in 
Scotland, and if in England by two Justices.” — 

Pr. 127. 1. 33. After “lease” insert “ or missive 
of lease.” 

Pr. 128. 1.2. After “ lease” insert “ or missive 
of lease.” 

Pr. 128. |. 31. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if the 
lands be situate in Scotland, and if in England 
by two Justices of the county in which the same 
are situate.” 

Pr. 128.1. 33, Leave out from “same” to “ and” 
in Pr. 129. 1. 18., and insert “and upon payment or 
“ tender of such compensation, the Company shall 
“ be authorized to enter upon and take possession 
“ of such lands.” 

Pr. 132. 1.15. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or any 
“« Justice of the peace.” 

Pr. 137. 1.2. After “works” insert Clauses (D.) 
and (E.) 

Crause (D.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That in constructing the said Railway and 
works past the Piers Hill Barracks, in the parish 
of South Leith, nothing in this Act contained 
shall authorize the said Company to take or use 
the lands belonging to Her Majesty, and under 
the charge of Her Majesty’s Board of Ordnance, 
and numbered respectively %, 9° and *° upon the 
Plans of the said Railway deposited with the 
schoolmaster of such last-mentioned parish, and 
which lands now form the site of the said Bar- 
racks, or of a portion thereof, or to construct the 
said Railway, or any of the works connected 
therewith, on the said lands, or any vart thereof, 
without the consent in writing of the principal 
officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance for the time 
being first obtained for the purpose.” 

Criause (E.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
That if the consent of Her Majesty’s Board of 
Ordnance be first obtained to the taking of such 
lands belonging to them as may be necessary for 
the purposes hereinafter mentioned, the said Com- 
pany, in making the Railway through the pro- 
perty of the said William Henry Miller, of Craig- 
entinny, Esquire, in the parish of South Leith, in 
the county of Edinburgh, shall, and they are 
hereby required to deviate and carry the line of 
the said Railway at the south-west point of the 
lands of Wheatfield, belonging to the said William 
Henry Miller, to the full extent of one hundred 
yards to the south of the line of Railway, deline- 
ated on the said Plan, provided the radius of any 
curve of the said line of Railway be not dimin- 
ished, by means of such deviation, to a greater 
extent than the same might, under the provisions 
of this Act, be diminished.” 


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Pr.137. 1.11. After “respectively” insert “ and 
with the clerk of the peace of the county of the 
borough and town of “ Berwich-upon- Tweed.” 

Pr. 138. 1. 2. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if in Scot- 
land, and if in England to a Justice.” 

Pr. 138.1. 14. After “clerk” insert “ if in Scot- 
land, and if in England with the clerk of the 

eace.” 

Pr. 138. 1.16. After “schoolmasters” insert “ if 
in Scotland, or parish clerks if in England.” 

Pr. 138. 1. 21. Leave out “ and” and insert 
clerk of the peace,” and in the same line, after 
schoolmasters” insert “ and parish clerks.” 

Pr, 138. 1. 34. After “ clerk” insert “ or clerk 
of the peace, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 140. Is. 17. and 18. After “ being” insert 
Clauses (F.), (G.), (H.) and (I.) 

Ciavuse (F.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Company or any person acting under their au- 
thority or on their behalf, to make, construct or 
carry on any work below the line of high water- 
mark at ordinary spring tides without the previous 
consent of the Lord High Admiral of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the 
Commissioners for executing the office of Lord 
High Admiral aforesaid for the time being, to be 
signified in writing under the hand of the Secre- 
tary of the Admiralty.” 

Ciavuse (G.) “ AND whereas it is expedient 
that the amenity of Her Majesty’s Palace of 
Holyrood House should be protected as herein- 
after mentioned: BE it Enacted, That the said 
Company shall and they are hereby required, at 
their own proper costs, to continue the proposed 
tunnel shown on the Plan hereinbefore mentioned 
or referred to, by extending such tunnel further 
eastwards three hundred and twenty feet at the 
least, commencing such extension from the point 
shown on such Plan as the proposed eastern ter- 
mination of the said tunnel in the parish of South 
Leith and county of Edinburgh, and such tunnel 
so extended shall for ever after be maintained and 
kept in good order and repair by and at the ex- 
pense of the said Company, and to the satisfac- 
tion of the Commissioners for the time being of 
Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
Works and Buildings in all respects, any thing 
shown on the said Plan and indicating open cut- 
ting instead of tunnelling, or otherwise, to the con- 
trary notwithstanding.” 

CuiavseE (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Company shall, and they are hereby required, 
at their own cost, and when thereunto required by 
or on behalf of the said Commissioners for the 
time being of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, 
Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, and within 
such reasonable time as such Commissioners may 
direct, to roof and effectually cover over with 
timber or other sufficient materials to be approved 
of by the said Commissioners, all that part or 
portion of the said Railway and the works con- 
nected therewith near the palace of Holyrood 
House aforesaid, commencing at the point where 
such extended tunnel as aforesaid shall terminate, 
and extending from thence eastwards nine hun- 
dred feet or thereabouts to a plot or parcel of 
land situate in the parish of Saint Cuthberts, in 
the said county of Edinburgh, and numbered 22 
on the plan hereinbefore mentioned or referred to, 
such last-mentioned works to be done and exe- 
cuted and kept in good order and repair by and 
at the expense of the said Company, and to the 
satisfaction in all respects of the said Commis- 
sioners for the time being of Her Majesty’s Woods, 
Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings.” 

Cravse (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Company shail and they are hereby required, at 
their own cost, when thereunto required by or on 
behalf of the said Commissioners for the time 

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reasonable time as the said 


part of the slopes, cuttings or embankments of 
the said Railway near the palace of Holyrood 
House aforesaid, commencing at the point where 
the covered portion of the Railway hereinbefore 
mentioned shall or would terminate as aforesaid, 
and extending from thence eastwards a length of 
seven hundred and sixty feet or thereabouts, and 
terminating at the point where the Railway 
crosses or is intended to cross the old post road 
leading from Abbey-hill to Meadow-bank, in the 
county of Edinburgh aforesaid; and the said Com- 
pany shall and they are hereby required from time 
to time, and at all times (after the said slopes, 
cuttings or embankments shall be so planted as 
aforesaid), to fence and protect the same from 
injury, and from time to time to fill up, prune, 
lop, top, dress, cultivate and improve the same, 
as the said Commissioners for the time being of 
Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
Works and Buildings shall direct, and not other- 
wise.” 


Pr. 141. 1. 13. After “court” insert Clauses (J.) 


and (K.) 


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Cuavuse (J.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company to use or con- 
sume any other fuel than good coke for propelling 
the engines or other carriages or waggons of the 
said Company, upon or along the said Railway 
between the town of Portobello and the terminus 
of the said Railway at Edinburgh aforesaid, and 
if the said Company shall use or consume any 








other fuel than good coke for the purposes afore- 
said between Portobelloand Edinburgh aforesaid, 
they shall forfeit Fifty pounds for every day on 
which any such fuel other than coke shall be so 
used or consumed by them as aforesaid, and such 
penalty shall and may be recoverable and reco- 
vered by or on behalf of Her Majesty, Her heirs 
and successors in any competent court.” 

Crause (K.) “ AND whereas the Abbey or 
Easter-road is one of the chief approaches to Her 
Majesty’s palace and park of Holyrood House : 
BE it Enacted, That the said Company shall, and 
they are hereby required, at their own costs and 
charges, to make and construct for the purpose 
of carrying the said Railway over the Abbey or 
Easter-road, in the parishes of South Leith and 
Saint Cuthberts, or one of them, in the county of 
Edinburgh, a convenient bridge, archway or open- 
ing by means of piers built parallel to the pre- 
sent line of the said road, the opening being in 
the centre of the road at least twenty-five feet 
clear between the piers; and the height of the 
arch of such bridge shall not be less than fifteen 
feet from the surface of the centre of the road; 
and before the Railway over the said bridge shall 
be opened to the public, the said Company shall 
and they are hereby required, at their own costs 
and charges, to erect and construct a substantial 
and permanent close fence or screen, seven feet 
high at the least, for the space of fifty yards in 
length at the least each way, measured from the 
centre of the said bridge ; Provided always, that 
plans and specifications of such bridge, archway 
and screen shall be submitted by the said Com- 
pany to the Commissioners for the time being of 
Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
Works and Buildings, on behalf of Her Majesty, 
and shall be approved of under their hands before 
the commencement of the erection of such bridge, 
archway or screen or any part thereof respectively, 
and such bridge, archway and screen shall be 
erected according to plans so approved of by the 
said Commissioners as aforesaid, and not other- 
wise.” 


Pr. 141. ls. 34. and 35. After “ county” insert 
Vox. 99, 











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“ Revenues, Works and Buildings, and within such “ Justices in petty sessions assembled for that pur- 


mmissioners may “ pose, and acting for the district in which such 
« direct, to plant with trees and shrubs all or any | “ street or carriage-road may be situate.” 


Pr. 142.1. 34. After “ application” insert “ to 
the Sheriff or of such petty sessions to be holden.” 

Pr. 142. 1. 37. After “ application” insert “ or 
the holding of such petty sessions.” 

Pr. 143. 1. 29. After “ clerk” insert “or clerk 
of the peace.” 

Pr. 146. 1. 19. After “ be” insert “ and shall 
not diminish the supply of water in any river or 
watercourse heretofore used for purposes of irri- 
gation, nor obstruct or ee any person occu- 
pying lands adjacent to the Railway heretotore 
in use to be irrigated from irrigating such lands, 
except so far as may be necessary for the making 
and efficient working of the Railway.” 

Pr. 150. 1. 25. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if the 
lands be situate in Scotland, and if in England 
then by two Justices.” 

Pr. 150. 1. 30. After “him” insert “ or them.” 

Pr. 150.1. 37. After “ Sheriff” insert ‘ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 151. 1. 5. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 151. 1. 6. After “ him” insert “ or them.” 

Pr. 151. 1. 8. After “ him ” insert “ or them.” 

Pr. 151. 1. 18. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 151. 1. 21. After “ him” insert “ or them.” 

Pr. 152. 1. 3. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if the 
land be situate in Scotland, and if in England by 
a Justice.” 


Pr. 156.1. 24. Leave out from “ direct” to “ And”’ 


in Pr, 159. 1. penult., and insert Clauses (L.), (M.), 
(N.), (O.), (P-), (Q.), (R.), (S.), (T.) and (U.) 


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Cravss (L.) “ And for the purpose of protecting 
the Railway and works from danger to be appre- 
hended from the working of any mines, either 
under or closely adjoining the Railway, which 
have not hitherto been worked ; Be it Enacted, 
That if the owner, lessee or occupier of any such 
mines or of any minerals lying under the Railway, 
or any of the works connected therewith, or 
within forty yards therefrom, be desirous of work- 
ing and getting the same, such owner, lessee or 
occupier shall give to the Company notice in 
writing of his intention so to do, thirty days be- 
fore the commencement of working, and upon the 
receipt of such notice it shall be lawful for the 
Company to cause such mines to be inspected by 
any person appointed by them for the purpose ; 
and if it appear to the Company that the working 
of such mines or minerals would be likely to 
damage the works of the Railway, and if they be 
willing to make compensation to the owner, lessee 
and occupier of such mines and minerals in pro- 
portion to their respective interests for the same, 
or such portion thereof as such owner, lessee or 
occupier may be prevented by them from working, 
then such owner, lessee or occupier shall not get 
or work the same ; and if the Company and such 
owner and lessee or occupier do not agree as to 
the amount of such compensation, the same shall 
be settled as in other cases of disputed compen- 
sation, and shall include as well the value of the 
mines or minerals purchased by the Company as 
a fair compensation in respect of the loss and in- 
convenience which may be sustained by such 
owner, lessee and occupier by reason of the pur- 
chase by the Company of such mines or minerals 
lying under or near the Railway as aforesaid, and 
the severance occasioned thereby of the mines 
belonging to or occupied by such owner, lessee 
or occupier and lying on one side of the Railway, 
from mines belonging to or occupied by the same 
owner, lessee or occupier, and lying on the other 
side of the Railway.’ 


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Cravuse (M.) “ And be it Enacted, That if before | “ 
the expiration of such thirty days the Company , “ 
do not state their willingness to treat with such | “ 
owner and the lessee or occupier for the payment , “ 
of such compensation, it shall be lawful for him 
to work such mines, so that the same be done in 
manner proper and necessary for the beneficial “ 
working thereof, that is, according to the rules “ 
of mining practised within the district, and ifany “ 
damage or obstruction be occasioned to the Rail- “ 
way or works by improper working of such mines, | “ 
the same shall be forthwith repaired or removed, “ 
as the case may require, by the owner or the 
lessee or occupier of such mines or minerals who | “ 
shall have improperly worked such mines or | “ 
minerals, and at his own expense, and if such | “ 
repair or removal be not forthwith done, it shall | “ 
be lawful for the Company to execute the same | “ 
and recover from such owner, lessee or occupier | “ 
the expense occasioned thereby, by action in any | 


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the working of such mines shall have been car- 
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A. 1844. 


cording to the rules of mining practised in the 
district, the whole expense of the reference and 
of the necessary works for making safe the Rail- 
way and works shall be defrayed by the Com- 
pany, and may be recovered from the Company 
by action in any competent court; but in case 


such workings shall be found by such engineers 


or umpire not to have been carried on according 


to the rules of mining practised in the district, 
the whole of such expense shall be borne by the 
owner, lessee or occupier of the mine with whom 
the dispute shall have arisen.” 

Crause (P.) “ And be it Enacted, That if the 
working of any such mines under the Railway or 
works, or within the above-mentioned distance 
therefrom, be prevented by the Company in man- 
ner aforesaid, on account of apprehended injury 
to the Railway, it shall nevertheless be lawful for 
the respective owners, lessees and occupiers of 
such mines, upon giving thirty days’ previous no- 
tice to the Company of their desire and intention 
so to do, to cut and make such and so many air- 
ways, headways, gateways, communications or 
water levels through the mines, measures or strata, 
the working whereof shall be so prevented, as may 





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Criause (N.) “ And for the better ascertaining 
whether any such mines are being worked or 
about to be worked so as to damage the Railway 
or works; Be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful 
for the Company, after giving twenty-four hours, 
notice in writing, to enter upon any lands through 
or near which the Railway passes, wherein any 
such mines are being worked or are supposed so 
to be, and to enter into or return from any such 
mines or other works connected therewith, and 
for that purpose it shall be lawful for them to 
make use of any apparatus or machinery con- 
nected with such mines, belonging to the owners, 
lessees or occupiers of such mines, upon payment 
of the reasonable cost of using and working the 
same, and of any loss thereby occasioned by 
delay of the working of the mines or otherwise, 
and to use all necessary means for discovering 
the distance from the Bailway to the parts of 
such mines which may be bemg worked or be 
about so to be.” 

CiauseE (O.) “ And be it Enacted, That if it 
appear to the Company that any such mines have 
been worked contrary to the rules of mining prac- 
tised in the district, so as to cause danger to the 
Railway or any works connected therewith, the 
Company may give notice to such owners or to 
the lessees or occupiers then working such mines, 
to adopt the necessary means and to construct 
the requisite supports for making safe the Rail- 
way and other works, and preventing any injury 
thereto, and if after such notice, any such owner, 
lessee or occupier do not forthwith proceed to 
construct the necessary works for making safe 
the Railway and works, the Company may them- 
selves construct such works and recover the ex- 
"age thereof from such owner, lessee or occupier 

y action in any competent court: Provided 
always, That if the owner, lessee or occupier of 
any such mines shall deny that such mines have 
been worked contrary to the rules of mining prac- 
tised in the district, such owner, lessee or occu- 
pier may give notice thereof to the Company, and 
thereupon the matter in dispute shall be referred 
to two engineers to be appointed as hereinafter 
mentioned, or to their umpire, in case of difference 
between them, and the decision of such engineers 
or of their umpire as to the nature of the work- 


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be requisite to enable them to ventilate, drain and 
work the said mines on each side of the Railway, 
and to maintain a sufficient number of communi- 
cations between the same; and the number of 
such air-ways, headways, gateways, communica- 
tions and water-levels, and the kind and dimen- 
sions of the same, and the manner of executing: 
them, and the time within which the same shall 
be executed, shall be settled and arranged between 
the Company and the owner, lessee or occupier 
of such mines, or in case of their differing in regard 
thereto, then by engineers to be mutually chosen 
in manner hereinafter provided; but no such air- 
way, headway, gateway, communication or water- 
level shall be of greater dimensions or section than 
eight feet wide and eight feet high, nor shall the 
same be cut or made upon any part of the Railway 
or works or so as to injure the same or to impede 
the passage thereon, and in all such cases the ex- 
pense of making such requisite air-ways, headways, 
gateways, communications and water-levels, and 
thereafter maintaining the same so long as the 
same shall be necessary for working the mines 
on each side of the Railway, or so far as the Com- 
pany may require them to be maintained for pro- 
tection of the Railway, shall be defrayed by the 
Company, who shall have power from time to time 
to enter and inspect the state and condition 
thereof for such purpose: Provided always, That 
in ascertaining such expense as aforesaid, the 
value of the minerals worked out from under the 
Railway or works connected therewith, or within 
forty yards therefrom, for which compensation 
shall have been made by the Company as afore- 
said, shall be allowed to the Company in dimi- 
nution theroof.”’ 

Cuiause (Q.) “ AND in regard to any mines or 
minerals under or closely adjoining the Railway 
which shall be working or shall have been worked 
previous to the formation of the Railway: BE it 
Enacted, That where the owner, lessee or occupier 
of such mines or minerals lying under the Rail- 
way or any of the works connected therewith, or 
within forty yards therefrom, shall be desirous of 
proceeding with the working thereof or of re- 
suming such working, or of draining off the water 
from any such mines the working whereof may 
have been discontinued, such owner, lessee or oc- 
cupier shall give to the Company notice in writing 
of his intention so to do thirty days before pro- 
ceeding with or resuming such working or draw- 
ing off such water as aforesaid, and thereupon 


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making compensation for all mines and minerals 
the working whereof shall be prevented by the 
water not being allowed to be drawn off as afore- 
said, wherever the same may be situated, whether 
under or adjoining the Railway or at any distance 
therefrom, in the same manner as is hereinbefore 
directed with regard to mines and minerals which 
had not been hitherto worked and the working 
whereof may be prevented by the Company ; and 
in case the Company shall not before the expira- 
tion of such thirty days state their willingness to 
treat with the owner and with the lessee or occu- 
pier for the payment of such compensation, it 
shall be lawful for him to work such mines in the 
same manner, and under and subject to such and 
the same conditions and provisions as are herein- 
before contained in regard to mines and minerals 
not hitherto worked, under or near to the line of 
the Railway ; Provided always, That in case the 
Company refuse or decline to treat and make 
compensation as aforesaid, such owner, lessee or 
occupier shall not be liable for any damage that 
may arise in consequence of any workings of 
such mines or minerals which may have taken 
place prior to the passing of this Act; nor if the 
said Company fail to treat and make compensa- 
tion as aforesaid shall such owner, lessee or oc- 
cupier be liable for any damage that may arise, 
from continuing or resuming the working thereof, 
or in consequence of drawing off the water there- 
from.” 

Cravse (R.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
difference shall arise under the provisions herein- 
before contained respecting the mode of working 
or getting the mines or minerals under or adjoin- 
ing the Railway, or in regard to any air-way, 
headway, gateway, communication or water-level, 
or any other matter in relation to such mines or 
connected therewith, the same shall be settled 
and determined by two competent engineers, one 
to be appointed by each party ; and such engineers 
so appointed shall appomt another competent en- 
gineer to act as umpire before proceeding on their 
reference, or if they differ as to the appointment 
of such umpire, he shall be appointed by the 
Sheriff on the application of either of the parties 
after due notice to the other of them, and the 
decision of such engineers or their umpire shall 
be final and conclusive on the matter in dispute.” 

Crause (S.) “ And be it Enacted, That in re- 
gard to any matter which may be so referred to 
the determination of engineers to be mutually 
chosen, or their umpire as aforesaid, if either party 
shall for the space of seven days after receiving 
notice from the other party to appoint an engineer 
to act on his behalf fai! to appoint such engineer, 
the Sheriff of the county shall, on application by 
the other party, appoint such engineer, who shall 
proceed in the matter referred to him in manner 
hereinbefore provided, as if he had been ap- 
pointed by the party failing to appoint; and in all 
such cases the Sheriff shall order the costs of any 
such application to be paid by the party failing 
to appoint an engineer as aforesaid.” 

Cravse (T.) “ AND with respect to the crossing 
of roads by the Railway: BE it Enacted, That 
if the line of the Railway cross any turnpike- 
road or public carriage-way, except as hereinafter 
mentioned, either such turnpike-road or public 
carriage-way shall be carried over the Railway, 
or the Railway shall be carried over such road 
by means of a bridge, of the height and width, 
and with the ascent or descent by this Act in that 
behalf provided ; and such bridge and other ne- 
cessary works connected therewith shall be exe- 
cuted at the expense of the Company.” 

Cravse (U.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall be lawful for the Company, if 
they think fit, to construct the said Railway across 
and on the level of the following turnpike-roads 


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431 


and highways numbered respectively on the Plans 
deposited as hereinbefore mentioned, (that is to 
say); in the parish of Tranent, the roads num- 
bered respectively 36 and 39; in the parish of 
Gladsmuir, the road numbered 5; in the parish 
of Preston Pans, the road numbered 8; in the 
parish of Preston Kirk, the road numbered 41; 
in the parish of Dunbar, the road numbered 123 ; 
in the parish of Innerwickh, the roads numbered 
respectively 4 and 9; in the parish of Oldham- 
stocks, the road numbered 4.” - 

Pr. 167. 1. 36. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if the 
road be situate in Scotland, and if in England 
then to two Justices.” 

Pr. 167. 1. 37, After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 168. 1.1. After “ he” insert ‘ or they.” 

Pr. 168.1. 8. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 168. 1. 23. After “ being” insert “if such 
road be situate in Scotland, and if in England to 
two Justices.” 

Pr. 168.1. 28. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 168. 1. 

Pr. 168. 1. 
tices.” 

Pr. 169. I. 

Pr. 169. 1. 
as” in 1, 26. 

Pr. 173. 1. 28. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if in 
Scotland, and if in England by two Justices.” 

Pr: 173. 1. 30. After ‘ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 173. 1. 36. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 174. 1. 16. After “ Sheriff” insert “ if in 
Scotland, and if in England by two Justices.” 

Pr. 174. |. 20, After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 174. 1. 26. After “sale” insert “ or dis- 


34. After “him” insert “ or them.” 
38. After * Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 


7. Leave out “ by the Sheriff.” 
25. Leave out from “ appointed”’ to 


* tress.” 


Pr. 174. 1.27. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices, as the case may be.” 
- Pr. 174. 1, 28. After “ his” insert “ or their.” 

Pr. 175. 1. 5. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 175.1. 15. After “‘ Sheriff” insert “ or two 
Justices, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 175. 1. 25. After “‘ Sheriff’ 
tices.” 

Pr. 175. 1. 30. After * Sheriff” insert *“ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 176. 1. 17. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices,-as the case may be.” 

Pr. 176.1. 19. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 176. 1.21. After “ he” insert “or they.” 

Pr. 176. |. 26. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 


Pr. 179. 1. 35. After “ period” insert Clause 


insert “ or Jus- 


Cuiause (V.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Sheriff of any county in which 
the works of the said Railway shall be in progress 
of construction, and he is hereby required, upon 
the application of the said Company, or of any 
two Justices of the peace of the district in or 
through which the Railway may be in course of 
construction as aforesaid, to appoint from time to 
time such fit and proper persons as he shall think 
proper, or as the said Company or any three of 
the directors thereof may nominate to him for 
that purpose, to be special constables within the 
limits of the said Railway and other works, and 
within half a mile therefrom, during the construc- 
tion of the said Railway and works, and every 
person so appointed shall make a solemn decla- 
ration, to be administered by the Sheriff, duly to 
execute the office of a constable as hereinafter 
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mentioned ; and every person so appointed, and 
having made such declaration, shall have full 
power to act as constable for the preservation of 
the peace, and for the security of persons and pro- 
perty against felonies and other unlawful acts 
within the limits aforesaid, and in the county or 
district in which he shall be so appointed, and 





shall have, use, exercise and enjoy all such powers, 
authorities, protections and privileges in the exe- 


cution of his office, as belong by law to the office | 
of constable in the district ‘for which he is ap-' 
— to act; and it shall be lawful for the | « 


heriff to dismiss or remove any such constable 
as may have been so appointed by him, from the 
office of constable, and to appoint another fit and 
proper person in his stead; and upon every such 
dismissal or removal all the powers, authorities, 
protections and privileges vested by virtue of such 


appointment in any person so dismissed or re- | 
moved shall wholly cease ; and every person so | 


appointed by the Sheriff shall, during such time 
as he shall act as constable, receive from the 
Company such reasonable remuneration as is in 
use to be given to constables on duty within the 
county, payable at such times and in such manner 
as the Sheriff shall appoint.” 


Pr. 202. 1. 38. After “ burgh” insert Clauses 


(W.) and (X.) 


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Ciause (W.) “ And for the purpose of providing 
for the contingency of the market revenues of the 
city of Edinburgh being diminished by or in con- 
sequence of certain alterations and operations of 
the said Railway Company, contemplated to be 
made upon the market-places of the said city: 
Be it Enacted, That in the event of such altera- 
tions and operations being made, the said Com- 
pany shall be bound and obliged to guarantee to 
the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council of 
the city of Edinburgh that the gross amount of 
the stand, stall and craeme dues levied by the 
said Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council in 
the whole of the markets adjoining the site of the 
said alterations and operations, namely, the fish, 
green or vegetable, fruit, flesh, veal and poultry 
markets, (but exclusive of the wholesale poultry, 
egg and butter markets) held in the streets of 
the said city, shall, during the year in which the 


said alterations and operations on the markets | 


are commenced, and for fourteen years immedi- 
ately and subsequent thereto, being altogether a 
mses of fifteen years, each year running from 
Martinmas to Martinmas, being not less than fif- 
teen years, the sum of one thousand three hundred 
and fifty-eight pounds two shillings and eight 
pence half-penny sterling, which has been the 
average annual amount thereof for the two years 
preceding the term of Martinmas last; and if in 
any one year during the said period of fifteen 
years, the gross amount of the said stand, stall 
and craeme dues shall be less than the aforesaid 
sum of one thousand three hundred and fifty-eight 
pounds two shillings and eight pence half-penny, 
the said Company shall be bound and obliged to 
make good, content and pay to the said Lord 
Provost, Magistrates and Council such sum of 
money as shall be required to make up the defi- 
ciency ; but if in any one of the said fifteen years 
prior to the occurrence of such deficiency, there 
shall have been an excess of these revenues over 
end above the aforesaid annual amount, such ex- 
cess shall be attributed pro ¢anto to make up the 
said deficiency before the said Company shall be 
called upon to do so; and all excess of the said 
revenues in any subsequent years, during the said 
period of fifteen years, shall be applicable to the 
purpose of repaying to the said Company what- 
ever sum or sums they may have paid in previous 
years to the said Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council, till their loss shall be fully compensated, 





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if the same may be so compensated within the 
said period of fifteen years.” 


Crause (X.) “ And be it Enacted, That on the 
expiration of the said period of fifteen years, the 
average annual amount of the gross proceeds of 
the said stand, stall and craeme dues of the said 
markets, during the last five years of the said 

riod of fifteen years, shall be ascertained, and 
if such average annual amount shall be less than 
the said sum of One thousand three hundred and 
fifty-eight pounds two shillings and eight-pence 
half-penny, then a sum of money equal in amount 
to such average deficiency, so ascertained as afore- 
said, shall be paid by the said Company annually 
thereafter, in all time coming, to the said Lord 
Provost, Magistrates and Council, for the use of 
the community and common good of the said city: 
Provided always, That if a Bill now before Par- 
liament, intituled, A Bill to authorize an extension 
of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and to 
amend and enlarge the Provisions of the Acts re- 
lating to such Railway, or any other Bill relating 
to the said Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 
shall pass into a law in the present or any future 
Session of Parliament, containing any obligation 
on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Com- 
pany to pay a moiety of the said annual sum, 
then the remaining moiety only shall be payable 
by the Company by this Act aonpeneek 


Pr. 214. ls. 15. and 16. After “ Justice” insert 
in Scotland, or any Justice in England.” 

Pr. 216.1.15. After “for” insert “ in Scotland.” 

Pr. 216.1. 16. After “ Sheriff” insert “and in 
England shall be ascertained and determined by 
one or more justices.” 

Pr. 216. ls. 25. and 26. After “ Sheriff”’ insert 
or by any such Justice or Justices, as the case 
may be.” 

Pr. 216.1. 32. After “sale” insert “ or distress.” 

Pr. 216. 1. 34. After “‘ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 216. 1. 35. After “ his” insert “ or their.” 

Pr. 216. 1. ult. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or any 
such Justice.” 

Pr. 217. 1.16. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tice.” 

Pr. 217. 1.17. After “‘ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tice.” 

Pr. 217. 1. 24. After “‘ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tice. 

Pr. 217. 1. 27. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tice.” 

Pr. 217. 1. 30. After “‘ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tice.” 

Pr. 217. 1. 34. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tice.” 

Pr. 217. 1. penult. After “ proceedings” insert 
in Scotland.” 

Pr. 219. 1. 5. After “‘ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 219. 1.15. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tices.” 

Pr. 219.1.18. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 219. 1. 19. After “ sale” insert “ or dis- 
tress.” 

Pr. 219. 1. 21. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tice.” 

Pr. 219. 1. 24. After “ Sheriff” insert “ or Jus- 
tice.” 

Pr. 221. 1. 10. After “ recovered” insert “ in 
Scotland.” 

Pr. 221. 1. 12. Leave out from “or” to “Jus- 
tice” in 1. 13., andin 1. 13., after “ Justice” insert 
and in England before any Justice.” 

Pr. 221. l. 38. Leave out from “ Justices” to 
to” in Pr. 222. 1. 1. 

Pr. 222. 1.7. After “ fit’ insert “ and without 
any written pleadings or closed record or minutes 
of evidence in Scotland, and in England although 
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Tivine’s 
Estate Bill. 


Muni pal 
Districts 
{lreland) Act, 


8 VicToRIz£. 


“ no information in writing or in print shall have 


“ been exhibited.” 





Pr. 222. 1. 16. After “ sale”? insert “ or dis- 
“ tress.” 

Pr. 223. 1. 11. After “ sale” insert “or dis- 
“ tress.” 


Pr. 226. 1.14. After “ by” insert “ certiorari.” | 

Pr. 226. 1. 15. After “ otherwise” insert “ into.” | 

Pr. 226. 1. 23. After “ sale” insert “ or dis- | 
tress.” | 

Pr. 226. 1. 25. After “ sale” insert “ or dis- | 
tress and sale.” 

Pr. 227. 1. 16. After “ Sheriff substitute” insert 
in Scotland.” 

Pr. 228. 1. 26. After “ caution ” insert “ or re- 
cognizance.” 

Pr, 229. 1. 5. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and,” 
and in the same line after “sale” insert “ or dis- 
“ tress.” 

Pr. 231. 1.17. After “ case” insert ‘ unless in 
cases relating to the reference to a jury.” 

Pr. 231. |. 28. After “ aforesaid” insert ‘* the 
expression ‘ superior court’ or ‘ competent court’ 
shall mean the Court of Session in Scotland or 
one of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record at West- 
minster, having jurisdiction in relation to the 
matters in question.” 

Pr. 231. 1. 30. After “ ordinary” insert “ of the 
Court of Session in Scotland.” 

Pr. 232. 1. 20. After “ Company” insert Clause 
(Y.) 

Crausse (Y.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
extend or be deemed or construed to extend to 
alienate, lessen, alter, vary, defeat, abrogate or 
prejudice any estate, right, title, interest, franchise, 
royalty, authority or jurisdiction of or appertain- 
ing to the Queen’s most excellent Majesty, Her 
heirs or successors, in right of Her Crown, or 
otherwise howsoever.” 


In the Schedules to the Bill: 


Pr, 234. 1. 6. After “ Scotland” insert “ if ex- 
ecuted in Scotland, and if executed in England 
the form of attestation usual in England.” 

Pr. 235. 1. 8. After “ Clause” insert “ if exe- 


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cuted in Scotland.” 
Pr. 235. 1. ult. After “ Clause” insert “ if exe- 
“ cuted in Scotland.” 
Pr. 237. Js. 19. and 20. After “ conveyance” 
insert “ and if the lands be situate in Scotland.” 
Pr. 237. 1. 27. After “ duty” insert “ or rent- 
** charge.” 
Pr, 238. 1. 15. After “ duty” insert “ or rent.” 
Pr. 238. 1. 20. After “ and” insert “if the lands | 
“ be situate in Scotland.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second | 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Macaulay do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Irvine’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 Justices of the Peace assembled at | 


Road Sessions for the upper and lower baronies of | 
Duleeh, at Dulech, in the county of Meath, and of 
other Justices of Counties, and of Drogheda Cess- 
payers, praying the House to pass an Act to divide 
the district of the ancient county of the town of, 
Drogheda, cut off from the present borough of) 
Drogheda, into two portions, and attach that portion | 
on the north side of the River Boyne to the barony 
of Ferrard, in the county of Louth, and that on the 
south side to the lower barony of Duleek, in the 


county of Meath, by which baronies in each respec- 
Vou. 99, 


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433 


tive counties these portions are respectively en- 
closed, by making the River Boyne the common 


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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Municipal 
of the town of Drogheda, praying for the repeal of Corporations 
the tax-paying clauses of the Mantei pal Corporations 1#!and) Act. 
(Ireland) Act, and also for an equally extensive 


/measure of Municipal Reform as that obtained by 


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


Petitions from Shrewsbury ;--Whitchurch (Salop) ; Saint Asapt 

— Meifod ;— Bettws Garmon ;—Carnarvon ;—Llan-2"4 Bangor 
. : Dioceses, 

gyniew ;—and, Navant; praying for the repeal of so 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. '77,as relates to 
the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, 
and at the same time that speedy and strenuous 
endeavours may be made for the establishment of a 
bishopric at Manchester, by other means,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Banchory, in the Marriages 
county of Kincardine, in connection with the Free (Iretand.) 
Church of Scotland, praying the House to pass a 
law, for legalizing Marriages solemnized in Ireland, 
by Presbyterian Ministers, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Chairman of the Agricultural Bank of Eng- 
Protection Society, established in the county of gi" 
Worcester ;— Members of the Committee of the 
Herts Agricultural Protection Society ;—- Nuneaton ; 
—Owners and Occupiers of land forming the Com- 
mittee of the Exeter District Agricultural Protec- 
tion Society ;—and, Members of the Committee of 
the Bourn Agricultural Protection Society; praying 
that the Bank of England Charter Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Comber ;— Burton Lazars ;— Bar- Dissenters’ 
by ;—Totnes ;— I'reeby ;— Ryde ;— Hipperholme ;— Chapels Bill. 
Warwick ;—Ventnor and other places ;—and, Sy- 
sonby ; praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from = ae en Tyne;—and, Man- 
chester ; 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 Print-sellers of Bath, praying the Art Unions, 
House to abolish the sale of Prints by Art-Union 
Lotteries, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Art-Unions. 


Mr. Robert Scott reported from the Select Com- Detached Parts 
mittee on the Detached Parts of Counties Bill ; of Counties Bill, 
That they 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. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Thorne Poor Law. 

Union, in the counties of York and Lincoln, pray- 
ing for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act, by confiding to boards of guardians the power 
of fixing the measure of remuneration to be given 
to medical officers of unions, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Poor 
Law Amendment Act (Medical Relief). 


A Petition of Attorneys and Solicitors practising Poor Law 


at the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying Amendment 


that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may not pass ®"" 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; aud ordered to lie upon the Table. 


3K Petitions 

















































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Tailors’ Trade. 


Factories. 


Bleaching 
Works, 


Post-office. 


Westminster 
Court of 
Burgesses. 


Annoyance 


Juries (West- 


minster.) 


43 4 


Petitions from Bolton ;—Leamington ;—Dundee ; 


nected with the Tailors’ trade; and praying for an 
inquiry,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Thompson and Mary 
Ann Thompson, praying the House to limit the hours 
of labour in Factories to ten in the day, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Petitions from Eastwood and Cathcart ;—WNeil- 
ston;—and, Glasgow ; praying the House to extend 
the provisions of the Factory Act to Bleaching 
Works in Scotland, —were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Stolzman, alleging that 
Letters addressed to him are secretly detained and 
opened at the General Post-office ; and praying for 
inquiry, was brought up, and read. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Petition be referred to a 
Select Committee, for the purpose of inquiring into 
the circumstances under which Letters have been 
secretly opened, delayed or detained, at the General 
Post-office, since the 1st of January last; also, into 
the form in which warrants for that purpose have 
been issued, and the mode in which they have been 
executed and obeyed ; the said Committee to report 
thereupon to the House, together with their Opinion 
as to the expediency of making any alterations in 
the law under which the secret opening, delaying or 
detaining of Post Letters is conducted ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, \ 





24°—25° Juniz. 





A. 1844, 


_A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and Message from 
—and, Manchester; stating certain grievances con- |Sir George Rose: the Lords, 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Manchester 
Act for the good Government and Police Regulation Police Bill, 


of the Borough of Manchester, with an Amendment ; 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 


Parish Clerks ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 


don to attend the Select Committee appointed by 
this House to inquire into the Operation of the Laws 
of Mortmain, and of the Restrictions which limit 
the Power of making Gifts and Bequests for Cha- 
ritable and Religious Uses, pursuant to Message of 
Friday last (his Lordship, in his place, consenting): 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. - 


mittee on the Bank of England Charter Bill; 


— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
ar ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“« itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new ag 


: Mr. Young, " 
Tellers for the Yeast To, pe ome 205. 
. Mr. Muntz 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Wallace , } 18, 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





Yeas, \ Dr. Bowring : p=. 
Tellers forthe f Mr. Young, 906 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: b . 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday last, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the High Bailiff and Court of Bur- 
gesses of Westminster, of the Gross Amount of the 
Amerciaments and Fines levied by the Annoyance 
Juries and Court of Burgesses, under the Act 
29 Geo. 2, c. 25, since the year 1830; distinguish- 
ing the Amount levied in each year, and how the 
Sums levied were appropriated :—Of the Amounts 
and Particulars, as set forth in the Presentments, 
of the Amerciaments levied by each Annoyance 
Jury during the years 1841, 1842, 1848 and 1844; 
and of the Number and Amount of the Amercia- 
ments remitted or mitigated during those years; 
distinguishing those remitted from those mitigated, 
and stating to what Amounts the same were miti- 
gated :—And, of the Names, Addresses and De- 
scriptions of the Parties who served on such last- 
mentioned Juries, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Amounts and Particulars, as set 


forth in the Presentments, of the Amerciaments | 


levied by each Annoyance Jury of the City of Wes¢- | 


minster during the years 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844; 


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. 

CravusE, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 


CravseE, N° 2 (That upon the Thirty-first August 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four, there 
shall be transferred, appropriated and set apart by 
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England 
Securities to the value of whereof 
the debt due by the public to the said Governor 
and Company shall be and be deemed a part): 

Amendment made. 

P. 2. 1,18. Proposed to fill the blank with 
“ Fourteen million pounds.” 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with 
“* Twenty-two million pounds.” 

Question, That the blank be filled with “ Four- 
“ teen million pounds,” put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Ciause, N°3, amended, and agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











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twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 25° die Junii, 1844: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 


and of the Number and Amount of the Amercia- reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
ments remitted or mitigated during those years; in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
distinguishing those remitted from those mitigated, the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

and stating to what Amounts the same were miti-| Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


gated. 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 
\ The 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lecturers and 
for better regulating the Offices of Lecturers and Parish Clerks 


The Lords give leave to the Lord Bishop of Zon- Mortmain. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bank of Eng- 
—_ Charter 
ill. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question * 





| And the House having continued to sit till after 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Savings Banks Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Savings Banks 
Bill. 


IandTax | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Commissioners’ mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 
Names Bill. Bill &amp; 
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Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


County Courts 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Bill. 


further consideration the Report on the County 
Courts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Superior Courts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Common Law) mittee on the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill; 


Bal. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Small Debts The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill. reading of the Small Debts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Chaplains to The Order of the day — read, for the second 
Hospitals, &amp;c., reading of the Chaplains to Hospitals, &amp;c. (Ireland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Courts of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—_ mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process 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 Courts of Common Law Process (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

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


Courts of Com- 
mon Law Pro- 
cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Courts Bill. 


mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. 


mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 


(Scotland) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the ninth 
year of King George the Fourth, for the Preservation 
of the Salmon Fisheries in Scotland, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Saving the rights of the 
Crown and Proprietors of Salmon Fishery) was 
thrice read, and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Home Drummond do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Education Bill. The Education Bill was, according to Order, read 


a second time; and committed to a Committee of 


the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Copyholds 
Enfrunchise- 
meut Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Copyholds Enfranchisement 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


No. 416. 


reading of the Sugar Duties Bill ; 


° Juni. 435 
Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill 
and the Amendments were read, as follow : 


Pr. 3. Is.3. and 4. Leave out from “ aforesaid’’ 
to “ provided” in ]. 22., and insert Clause (A.) 


Curause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That so far 
as no particular religious doctrines or opinions, 
or mode of regulating worship, shall, on the face 
of the will, deed or other instrument declaring 
the trusts of any Meeting House for the worship 
of God by persons dissenting as aforesaid, either 
in express terms, or by reference to some book 
or other document as containing such doctrines 
or opinions or mode of regulating worship, be 
required to be taught or observed, or be forbidden 
to be taught or observed therein, the usage for 
twenty-five years immediately preceding any suit 
relating to such Meeting House, of the congre-~ 
gation frequenting the same, shall be taken as 
conclusive evidence that such religious doctrines 
or opinions or mode of worship as have for such 
a been taught or observed in such Meeting 

ouse may properly be taught or observed in 
such Meeting House; and the right or title of the 
congregation to hold such Meeting House, to- 
gether with any burial-ground, Sunday or day 
school, or minister’s house attached thereto, and 
any fund for the benefit of such congregation, or 
of the minister or other officer of such congrega- 
tion, or of the widow of any such minister, shall 
not be called in question on account of the doc- 
trines or opinions or mode of worship so taught 
or observed in such Meeting House: Provided 
nevertheless, that where any such minister’s house, 
school or fund as aforesaid shall be given or 
created by any will, deed or other instrument, 
which shall declare in express terms, or by such 
reference as aforesaid, the particular religious 
doctrines or opinions for the promotion of which 
such minister’s house, school or fund is intended, 
then and in every such case such minister’s house, 
school or fund shall be applied to the promoting 
of the doctrines or opinions so specified, any 
usage of the congregation to the contrary not- 
withstanding.” 


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ment” in I, 26. 


In the Interlineation in Pr. 3.1. 28.: 


L. 1. Leave out from “ that” to “in” in |. 2. 
Ls. 2. and 3. Leave out “ other action or,” and 
after “ which” in 1. 3. insert “‘ shall be a suit for 
“ information only and not by Bill, and wherein no 
** decree shall have been pronounced, and which.” 
L. 5. After “ Act” insert “ it shall be lawful 
“ for any defendant or defendants.” 
L. 7. Leave out “ action or.” 
L, 10. Leave out “ action or.” 
L. 15. Leave out “ action or.” 
L. 20. Leave out “ action or.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Unlawful Oaths (Jreland) Bill ; 

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














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The 





Sugar Duties 
Bill. 


- Dissenters’ 
” Chapels Bill. 


No. 415. 


Unlawfu! Oaths 
(Ireland) Bill. 





Charitable 
Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Mears. 


Supply. 


Customs Duties 


(Isle of Man) 
(No. 2.) 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


New South 
pie 
Wales, 


Navy. 
No. 417. 


Coventry Im- 


@rovement and 


Cemetery Bill, 


New port 
Dock Bil. 


436 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Loan Societies (Zreland) 


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. 


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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider the Act 3 and 4 Vic. 
ce. 60, for regulating the Trade of the Isle of Man. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties now payable 
upon the Importation of Foreign Brandy and Fo- 
reign Geneva into the Isle of Man, there be raised 
and levied the following Duties ; viz. 


1th 


Foreign Brandy, the gallon - 
Foreign Geneva, the gallon - - 


Resolution to be reported. 


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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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Barristers appointed under the Act 5 and 
6 Will. 4, to arbitrate between Counties and Muni- 
cipal Corporations, to submit a special case to the 
Superior Courts: And that Viscount Sandon and 
Mr. Mark Philips do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extract of a Despatch from the 
Governor of New South Wales, transmitting the last 
Annual Report of the Legislative Council of that 
Colony on Riekostion. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
one of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 





Q4°—25° Juniz. 





A. 1844, 


tituled, An Act for making a Railway from Exeter 
to Plymouth, to be called ‘‘ The South Devon Rail- 
way ;” and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 93. 1. 32. After “ purpose” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
sums of money which may be payable in respect 
of the taking, using or interference with any lands 
under a contract or agreement with any person 
beneficially interested therein as tenant for life, 
or for any partial or qualified estate, and made 
for and on behalf of himself and of any parties 
interested in reversion, remainder or expectancy 
after him, shall be paid into the Bank, or to trus- 
tees in manner aforesaid ; and it shall not be law- 
ful for any such tenant for life, or for any other 
partial or qualified estate, to retain to his own 
use any portion of the sums so agreed or con- 
tracted to be paid for or in respect of the taking, 
using or interfering with any such lands ; but all 
such monies shall be deemed to have been con- 
tracted to be paid for and on account of the se- 
veral parties interested in such lands, as well in 
possession as in remainder, reversion or expect- 
ancy: Provided always, That it shall be in the 
discretion of the said Court of Chancery, or trus- 
tees, as the case may be, to allot to any tenant 
for life, or for any other partial or qualified estate 
for his own use, a portion of the sum so paid into 
the Bank, as compensation for any injury, Incon- 
venience or annoyance, which he may be consi- 
dered to sustain by the reason of the taking or 
interference of such lands, independently of the 
actual value of the lands to be taken, and of the 
damage occasioned to the remainder of the estate, 
by reason of the taking thereof and making of 
the Railway.” 

Pr. 160. 1.37. After “aforesaid” insert “so that 
the same shall cross the three highways next 
hereinafter mentioned, or any of them, on the 
level.” 

Pr. 161. 1. 7 Leave out “ President” and insert 
“€ Inspector-general of Railways.” 

Pr. 161. 1. 8. Leave out from “ being” to “ for’ 
in}. 11. 

Pr. 161. 1. 16. After “ lane” insert “ if the said 
road or lane be so crossed on the level: Provided 
also, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Company to carry the said branch on the level 
across the public highways, called Stonehouse- 
lane, Millbay-road or Union-street, or any of them, 
unless such mode of crossing shall have been pre- 
viously approved by the said Inspector-general ; 
but in case the said Inspector-general shall require 
that the said Branch Railway shall be carried 
across the said highways, or any of them, other- 
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Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS, 


T ILE House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Coventry Improvement and 
Cemetery 
agveed to. 

Urdered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


the further Proceeding upon the consideration of 


the Report cn the Newport Dock Bill:—The House 
resumed the said further Proceeding ; and the 
Amendments proposed upon the 17th day of this 
instant June were agreed to. 

Oi; ered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
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Bill; aud the Amendments were read, and ‘s 


nothing herein contained shall prevent the Com- 
pany from constructing the same in such altered 
manner as he may require.” 

Pr. 163. 1.11. After “extensions” insert “ or 
shall fail so to do in manner aforesaid.” 

Pr. 166. 1. 12. After “ assigns” insert “ by and 
' with the consent of the P/ymouth and Dartmoor 
| « Railway Company, signified by a majority of the 

‘ votes of the proprietors present, personally or by 
proxy, at some meeting of the said Company spe- 
cially convened for the purpose.” 

Pr. 169. 1. 34. After “ Railway” insert Clause 


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Crause (B.) “ And whereas the mayor, alder- 
men and burgesses of the city and borough of 
Exeter are the owners of a certain ancient ferry, 
from Eamouth to the Warren, both in the county 
of Devon, which ferry might be conveniently, and 
for the advantage of the public, worked in con- 
nection with the said Railway; and the said 
“ mayor, aldermen and burgesses are willing to 
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The House proceeded to take into consideration South Devon 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Railway Bin. 


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dispose of the same to the said Company, with 
all the rights and privileges thereto belonging : 
Be it therefore Enacted, That it shall be lawful 
for the said Company to purchase the said ferry, 
rights and privileges, and to hold, use and enjoy 
the same; and it shall be lawful for the said 
mayor, aldermen and burgesses, with such pre- 
vious consent as is required with reference to the 
disposal of property belonging to municipal cor- 
porations by the Act passed in the fifth and sixth 
years of the reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act to provide for the 
Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England 
and Wales,’ to sell and transfer the said ferry, rights 
and privileges to the said Company, for such sum 
as may be or may have been agreed to be paid for 
the same, by or on behalf of the said Company.” 

Pr. 175, Is. 24. and 25. After “ inspecting” in- 
‘sert “ of.” 

Pr. 175. 1. 31. After “ Company” insert “ and 
in case of any difference arising between the said 
Company and the said Commissioners, as regards 
the making or maintaining such works, ever 
such difference shall be settled and adjusted by 
the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, or by the Com- | 
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thority or on their behalf, to make, construct or 
carry on any work below the line of high-water 
mark at ordinary spring tides, for which specific 
provision is not made by this Act, without the 
previous consent of the Lord High Admiral of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, or the Commissioners for executing the of- 
fice of the Lord High Admiral aforesaid for the 
time being, to be signified in writing under the 
hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty.” 

Pr. 201. 1. 13. After “ Company” insert “ if 
they think fit,” and in the same line, after “ said” 
insert “ main line of.” 

Pr. 205. 1.21. After “ mentioned” insert “ in 
“ the parish of Harford, the road numbered 17.” 

Pr. 205. |. 23. After “ 16” insert “ 32, 50, 97.” 

Pr. 205. 1. 24. After “ Plans” insert “in the 
* parish of South Brent, the roads numbered re- 
“ spectively 28 and 55 on the said Plans.” 

Pr. 205. 1. 27. After “ Plans” insert “ in the 
“ parish of Little Hempstone, the roads numbered 
“ 3 and 14 respectively on the said Plans, and in 
“ the parish of Alphington, the road numbered 18 
“ on the said Plans.” 

Pr. 206. 1. 2. Leave out “ or public highway.” 

Pr. 215. Is. 15. and 16. After “ drawbridge ” 
insert “ and ten yards therefrom, as that the same 


High Admiral, if he or they shall think proper | “ 
to adjudicate thereupon, but the costs, charges | “ 
and expenses (if any) of the Teignmouth Harbour | “ 
and Teign Improvement Commissioners attending | 

the settling and adjusting any such difference by | 

the said Lord High Admiral, or by the Commis- | “ 
sioners for executing the said office of Lord High | “ 
Admiral, or in any way incident thereto, shall , “ 
from time to time be likewise borne and paid by | “ 


shall be on a greater ascent in any part thereof 
than one foot in sixty feet, and between the said 
ten yards from the drawbridge.” 

Pr. 215. 1. 22. After “ feet ” insert Clause (D.) 

Crause (D.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That, save as by this Act is provided, 
nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be 
construed to extend, to prejudice, defeat, alter or 
diminish all, any or either of the rights, powers, 


the said Company in manner aforesaid.” 


Pr. 175. 1. penult. Leave out from “ Plymouth” | 
to “and” in Pr. 176. 1. 4. 

Pr. 176. 1. 6. Leave out “ said lords” and in the | 
same line, after “‘Commissioners”’ insert “ for exe- | 
“ cuting the office of Lord High Admiral.” | 

Pr. 176.1. 13. After “the” insert “ ways, pro- | 
“ perty,” and in the same line, after “ rights” insert 
“ communications.” 

Pr. 176. 1.17. Leave out from “ interfere” to | 
the first “as” in 1. 19., and in 1. 19. leave out from | 
the second “as” to “which” in 1. 20., and insert | 
“ possible therewith.” 

Pr. 176. 1. 32. Leave out from “as” to “be” | 
in 1. 37., and insert “ affect the line of Railway | 
“‘ along the shores, coast and estuary aforesaid, | 
“* should, so far as is practicable, and may be con- | 
“ sistent with the powers or provisions of this Act.” | 

Pr. 176.1. 38. After “ Railway” insert “be.” | 

Pr. 176. |. penult. Leave out from ‘‘ conformity” 
to “under” in Pr. 177. |. 2., and insert “ with the 
** said recommendations.” 

Pr. 177. 1. 3. Leave out “ lords.” 

Pr. 177.1. 5. After “ said” insert “ Company 
“« shall, and they are hereby required to construct 
“« the said.” 

Pr. 177. 1. 7. After “shores” insert “ coast,” 
and in the same line and |. 8., leave out from 
“« aforesaid” to “to” in I. 10. 

Pr. 177. 1. 11. Leave out “ an 
* os,” 

Pe. 277. 1. 22%. 

Pr. 177. 1.14. 

Pr. 177. 1. 17. 


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Leave out “ lords.” 
After “such” insert “ previous.” 
Leave out “lords.” 
Pr. 177.1. 19. Leave out “as far as possible.” 
Pr. 177. 1. 21. After “ Report” insert “ so far 
as the same may be practicable and consistent 
with the powers and provisions of this Act, and 
the costs, charges and expenses of and relating 
to such engineer shall be borne and defrayed by 
the said Company,” and also insert Clause (C.) 
Cravse (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Company, or any person acting under their au- 
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|“ privileges and authorities of the Teignmouth and 


“ Shaldon Bridge Company, their successors and 


assigns, under and by virtue of an Act passed in 
the fifth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act for build- 
ing a Bridge over the River Teign,at Teignmouth, 
in the County of Devon, and for making Ap- 
proaches to the same,’ or as the proprietors or 
owners of the franchise of the Teignmouth and 
Shaldon Ferry.” 

Pr. 254. 1.19. After “ Bishopsteignton ” insert 
and also of the manor of Efford, in the parish of 
Egg Buckland.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Lord Seymour 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 Wecton Tithes Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, Vhat 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, 
intituled, An Act for making a Railway from the 
Shoreham Branch of the London and Brighton Rail- 
way to Chichester; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 80. 1. 22. Leave out the first “ to” and in- 
sert “ for.” 

Pr. 86, 1. 7. Leave out from “ fail” to “ to” in 
l. 8. 
Pr. 91. 1.4. Leave out from “ contractors ” 
shall” in 1. 6. 

Pr. 146. 1. 18. Leave out “ any.” 

Pr. 147. 1.17. Leave out “ clerks” and insert 
clerk.” 

Pr. 156. 1. 9. Leave out from “ passed ” to 
And” in |. 27. and insert Clause (A.) 

Cuavse A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the piers 
of the Bridge to be built for carrying the said 
3K 3 * Railway 


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wholly of piles, or the same shall be so otherwise | 
constructed as to present the least possible ob- | 
struction to the ebb and flow of the tide, or to, 
the free outfall to the sea of the upland waters of 

the said river; and also that the said Bridge | 
shall have a clear opening between the piers | 
thereof of sixty feet at the least, which opening | 
shall be situate and be formed as near as may | 
be in the middle of the present tide or water-way 

of the said river at the point of transit, and shall | 
be constructed with a swinging, drawing or sliding | 


part or parts, so formed as not in any way to | « 


diminish the extent of the aforesaid opening ; and 
further that oblique lines of guiding piles shall 
be erected by the said Company on each side of 
the said Bridge, connecting the piers of the said 
Bridge with both banks of the said river; and | 
that a proper towing-path shall be formed, and | 





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for ever maintained and kept in good repair by |“ 
the said Railway Company, on the west side of |“ 


the said river, upon the guiding piles so to be | 
erected as aforesaid, so as to afford convenience | 
to tracking of vessels through the opening of the | 
said Bridge.” | 
Pr. 156. 1.28. After “ that” insert ‘‘ a plan, | 
section and specification of the said Bridge, and | 
of the works connected therewith, within the line | 
of high-water mark at ordinary spring-tides, shall | 
before the commencement thereof be deposited | 
with the Secretary of the Admiralty, and that.” | 
Pr. 157. 1.10. After “ aforesaid ” insert Clause | 

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Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the | 
swinging, drawing or sliding part or parts of the | 
said Bridge over the said River Arun shall at all | 
times when required be opened by some person | 


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by and at the expense of the said Railway Com- | 
pany or their successors, in such manner that | 
vessels may be as little interrupted as possible in | 
passing through the said Bridge; and that no. 
vessel, barge or boat navigating the said river 
shall, under any pretence whatsoever, be detained 
by the said Railway Company or by any person 
acting on their behalf at the said Bridge for a| 
longer period of time than twenty minutes before 
the opening of the said Bridge for the passage of | 
such vessel, barge or boat through the same, such | 
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one hour and a half after high water, excepting 
for ten minutes before and four minutes after 
train time, as shown by the published bills for 
the time being of the Company, and that if deemed 
necessary and it shall be so signified as aforesaid, 
the surface of the banks of the said River Arun 
for not exceeding one hundred feet above and one 
hundred feet below the said bridge shall be faced 
with stone, and the said stone-work, if so made as 
aforesaid, shall be always kept in efficient repair 
by and at the cost of the said Company.” 

Pr. 167. 1. 22. Leave out ‘‘ manor” and insert 
manors.” 

Pr. 168. 1. 9. After “ said” insert “ intended.” 

Pr. 178.1.2. Leave out “ or” and insert ‘‘ and.” 


Pr. 184. 1. 8. After “ condition’’ insert Clause 


(D.) 


Cuause (D.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That the said Company shall, at their own 
expense, build a Bridge with proper approaches 
thereto, for carrying the public carriage-road 
called the London and Worthing Road, (late a 
turnpike-road), and the public foot-way thereto 
adjoming, leading from the town of Worthing to 
Broadwater, over the Railway, and shall for ever 
thereafter, at their own expense, keep the said 
Bridge and approaches in good repair and condi- 
tion, and that such Bridge and approaches shall 
be built in conformity with the following regula- 
tions (that is to say); there shall be a good and 
sufficient fence on each side of the Bridge of not 
less height than four feet from the level of the 
centre of the road over the said Bridge; the road 
over the Bridge shall have a clear space between 
the fences thereof of thirty feet, of which six 
feet shall be raised one foot above the level of 
the carriage-road for the purpose of a foot-path ; 
the ascent oneach side of the Bridge shall not 
be more than one foot in twenty feet; any thing 
herein contained to the contrary thereof in any 
wise notwithstanding.” 

Pr. 184. 1. 29. Leave out “ five” and insert 
two,” and in the same line, and |. 30., after 
hundred” insert “ and fifty.” 

Pr. 185. 1. 33. Leave out “ fourteen days” and 


le . 
|insert “ six weeks.” 


Pr. 
ten.” 
Pr. 186. 1. 17. Leave out from the second “ of” 


186. l. 3. Leave out “ five” 


and insert 


arrive, and not being guilty of any neglect or | to “is” in J. 18., and insert “ six weeks.” 


unnecessary delay, so as to keep the said Bridge | 


open longer than is proper and necessary; and |« ten,” 


that from sunset to sunrise a sufficient light or | 
lights shall be hung out and exhibited and kept | 
burning, at the Railway Company’s expense, in | 
a conspicuous situation on each side of the open- | 
ing of the said Bridge in such places and in such | 
manner as shall be found most convenient and 
best adapted for guiding vessels through the said 
opening, and indicating when the said Bridge 
shall be open and when shut, and for insuring 
the safe navigation of vessels on the said River | 
Arun, and that the said Bridge and the works 
connected therewith shall be always kept in 
efficient repair by and at the cost of the said 
Company.” 

Pr. 161.1. 1. Leave out from “ successors” to | 
and” in Pr. 162. 1. 4., and insert Clause (C.) 

CLAUSE (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
tice or water-way of the said River Arun shall be 
widened and deepened to the extent of the ob- 
struction occasioned by the pilesand other works 
of the said bridge, and that if deemed necessary | 
by the Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners | 
for executing the said office, and he or they shall 
so signify in writing under the hand of the Secre- 
tary of the Admiralty, the said bridge shall be kept | 
open for the passage of vessels from not exceed- | 
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Pr. 186. 1. 21. Leave out “ five’ and insert 

Pr. 194. 1.25. After ‘“‘ Angmering” insert “ the 
public road leading from Littlehampton to Worth- 
ing, at Roundstone, near Preston-corner.” 

P. 194. 1. 29. Leave out “ the” and insert 
two.” 

Pr. 194. 1. 50. Leave out “ road” 
roads.” 

Pr. 194.1. 35. After “ road” insert “ by South 
Farm” and in the same line leave out from 
Worthing” to “ the” in 1. 36. 

Pr. 197. 1. 2. After “ road” insert “ but with 
respect to the gates at the public road leading 
from Leominster to Littlehampton, the same shall, 
without any such order or direction as aforesaid, 
be placed across the said Railway and not across 
such last-mentioned road.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


and insert 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Captain Pechell do carry the Bill 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Middle Level 


Middle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill to make 


their Report, be further enlarged till Tuesday next. 


A Petition 


Arrestment 
of Wages 
(Scotland. ) 


Corn Laws. 


8 VicToRIz. 


A Petition of Workmen in the Foundry of Mur- 
doch, Aithen and Company, Hiil-street, Glasgow, 
praying the House to pass a Bill to protect and 
exempt Wages from the diligence of Arrestment 
in Scotland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Halton Holgate ;— Driby and Sut- 
taby ;—Stickford ; —Wainfleet All Saints ; —East 
Kirkby ;—Welton; — Little Steeping ;— Wainfleet 
Saint Mary’s ;— Orby ;— East Keal;—Braytoft 
and Gunby ;—Brinkhill ;—Shkendleby ;—Candlesby ; 
—Great Steeping ; — Langton ; —Addlethorpe and 
Ingoldmells ;— Bolingbroke;— Pointington and other 
places ; —Glastonbury ; —Berrow ;—Croscombe ;— 
Yatton ;—Sellack ;—Aston Ingham ;—Garway ;— 
Goodrich ; — Bridstow ; — Foy ; — Weston-under- 
Penyard ;—Linton (two Petitions) ;—Marstow ;— 
Ross (Hereford) ;—Upton Bishop ;—Peterstow ;— 
King’s Caple ;—Whitchurch (Hereford) ;—Shepton 
Mallet ;—Stow Easton and Emberrow ;—Foston ;— 
Aslackby ;—Hough-on-the-Hill, Brandon, and Gil- 
ston ;—Dembleby and Newton ;— North and South 
Witham ; — Easton (two Petitions); —Pointon ;— 
Braceby and Sapperton;— Newton (Lincoln) ;— 
North and South Stoke ;—Bitchfield and Basing- 
thorpe-with- Westby ; —- Dowsby ; — Kirkby Under- 
wood ;—Ingoldsby and Lenton-cum-Hanby ;—Wor- 
bling ;— Woolsthorpe ;—Ropsley ;—Alconbury-cum- 
Weston and other places ;— Queen Camel and other 
places ;—Axbridge ;—Threckingham ;-- Henstridge ; 
— North Cadbury and other places ;—Castle Cary 
and other places ;--Milborne Portand other places ;-—— 
Bruton and other places ;—Cheddar ;— Bristol (two 
Petitions) ;— Wincanton and other places ;—Saint 
Ives (Huntingdon) ; — Farcet and other places ;— 
Diddington and other places ;—A/walton and other 
places ; — Arlingham ;— Offord Cluney and other 
places ; — Stilton and other places ; — Somersham 
and Pidley-cum-Fenton ; — Broughton and other 
places ;—Great and Little Gidding and other places ; 
—Kimbolton and other places ;—Connington and 
other places ;—Bythorn and other places ;— Great 
and Little Raveley and other places ;— Brampton 
and other places ;—Saint Neot’s and Eynesbury ;— 
Hartford and other places ;— Huntingdon and God- 
manchester ; — Everton-cum- Tetworth and other 
places ;—Fenstanton, Hilton, and Papworth Saint 
Agnes ;— Ramsey and Bury; — Bluntisham and 
other places ;—-Goudhurst ;-- Orpington ;--Harriets- 
ham ; — Mereworth ;— Ashwick ;—Warboys ;—Al- 
thorpe ;— Epworth ;— Wroot ;—Owston ;— Haxey ; 
— Belton ;— Newent ;—Gloucester ;—Churcham and 
Bulley ;—North Nibley ;— Frampton-on-Severn ;— 
Forthampton ;—Pauntley and Upleadon ;—Taynton 
and Rudford ;— Westbury-on-Severn ;— Painswick ; 
— Brockthrop and Whaddon ;— Stroud ; — Norton 
(two Petitions) ; — Slimbridge ;— Minsterworth ; — 
Pitchcomb ; — Huntley ; — Badgworth and Great 
Witcomb ;—Sandhurst (Gloucester) ;—Rodborough ; 
—-Longhope ;— Moreton Valence ; — Hempstead ;— 
Barnwood ;— Hardwick ;—Standish ;— Dymock ;— 
Hasfield ; — Oxenhall ; — Dursley ; — Longney ; — 
Avening and Nailsworth ; — Uley-cum-Owlpen ; — 
Leonard Stanley ;— Quedgley ;—Frocester ;— Bod- 
dington and Staverton ;—Brockworth ;—Shurding- 
ton ;—Saul ;— Kempley and Preston ;—Ashleworth ; 
—Haresfield and Harescomb ; — Churchdown and 
Hucclecote ;--Horsley ;—-Minchinhampton ;--Coaley ; 
—Hartpury , — Longford, Twigworth, and Kings- 
holm ;— Leigh (two Petitions) ;—Down Hatherley ; 
— Maisemore ; — Corse ; — Tirley ;— Upton Saint 
Leonard’s ; — Cranham ; — Twyning ; — Bisley ; — 
Deerhurst ;—Kilmersdon ;— Sutton ; —Hogsthorpe ; 
— Tothill ;--Well-with-Claxby ;--South Thoresby ;— 
Calceby-with-Driby ; — Rigsby-cum-Ailby ;— Hut- 
toft ; — Mumby-cum-Chapel ;— Saleby-with-Thores- 
thorpe ; — Aby-with-Greenfield ; — Trusthorpe ; — 
Farlsthorpe ;— Alford ;—South Witham ;—-Witham- 
on-the- Hill ;—Ufington ;—Toft and Lend ;-—Tal- 

Vou. 99. : 


25° Junie. 


439 


lington ;—Swayfield ;—Rippingale ;— Langtoft ;~ 
Sipadicon Beiky ; eae Yy 3— Grete i— 
Edenham ; —Dunsby ;— West Deeping ;—Deeping 
Saint James;— Market Deeping ; — Creeton ;— 
Corby ; — Carbby ;—Careby ; — Little Bytham ;— 
Castle Bytham ;—Braceborough ;—Baston ;—Bar- 
holm ; — Aslackby ; — Teeton ; — Naseby ;—~Cottes- 
brooke ;—Dodford ;— Weedon Beck ;— Walford ;— 
Boughton ;— Kishlingbury ;— Gayton ;-- Braunston ; 
—WNether Heyford ;—Rothersthorpe ;—Badby ; — 
Weston Fadell;— Yardley Hastings ;— Crick; — 
Cold Ashby ;—Stawerton ;— Moulton ;—Cooknoe ;— 
Clay Coton ;—Bugbrook ;— Pisford ;— Milton ;— 
Castle Ashby ; — Charwelton;— Great Billing ; — 
Barby ;—Preston Capes ;—Horton ;— West Had- 
don ;—Creaton ;—Grendon ;— Wootton ; — Wetton ; 
—Catesby ; —Isham; — King’s Cliffe ;— Wilby ;— 
Stanwich ;— Thrapston ;—Irchesier ;— Barnwell ;— 
Nassington ; — Great Doddington ;— Cotherstock ; 
































—Little Addington ; —Wollaston ; — Hargrave ; — 
Mears Ashby ;—Aldwinkle ;— Great Addington ;— 
Ringsted ;--Glapthorn ;-- Orlingbury;-- Bulwick ;— 
Bozeat ;—Polebrooke ;-- Warmington ;--Earls Bar- 
ton ;—Stoke Doyle ;—Finedon ;— Yarwell ;—Chel- 
veston ; — Raunds ; — Denford ; — Apethorpe;— 
Manton ;— Bisbrooke ; — Casterton Magna ;—Ash- 
well; — Market Overton; — South Luffenham ; — 
Barrowden ; —Ryhall ; —Brooke ;— Wing ;-—Lid- 
dington ; — Lyndon ; — Cottesmore ; — Egleton ;— 
Belton ;— Ayston ; —Stohe Dry ; — Thistleton ;— 
Hambleton;— Tickencote;—Gunthorpe;— Thorpeby ; 
—Braunston ; — Essendine ;— Morcott ;— Emping- 
ham ;— Burley ;— Ridlington ;—Ketton ;— Oakham 
(two Petitions); — Preston (Rutland); — North 
Luffenham ;—Belmisthorpe ;— Exton ;—Greetham; 
—Uppingham ;— Tinwell ;—Teigh;—Pichworth ;— 
Edith Weston ;—Wardley ;—Chipstead ;—Bletch- 
ingley ;— Merstham ; — Charlwood ;— Reamire ;— 
Carlton Minrott ;—Thorpfield ;--County of Aber- 
deen ;—Upsal ;— Barrow ;—Cortton ;-—-North Kil- 
vington ;— Thornton-le-Moor ; — Glaston ; — Stret- 
ton ;—Clipsham ; —Pilton ; — Horn ; — Caldecott ; 
—Seaton ;—Casterton Parva ;—Whitwell ; —Tix- 
over ;—Langham ;— Normanton ;—Blatherwick ;— 
Brown ;—Muthill and other places ;—Reigate ;— 
Betchworth ; — Horley ; — Gatton ; — Nutfield ; — 
Widford;—Stanstead Abbot ;— Saint Margaret’s 
(Hertford) ;—Gilston ; — Wormley ; — Watton ;— 
Thursdon ;— Eastwick ;-- Broxbourne ;--Great Am- 
well ;— Hertford (two Petitions) ;—-Sacomb ;--Little 
Berkhamsted ;—Hertingfordbury ;—Brichenden ;— 
Bramfield ; — Ware ; — Stapleford; — Servin ; — 
Ridge ;—Saint Peter (Hertford) ;— Knebworth ; — 
Essenden ; — Welwyn; — Saint Alban’s ; — Sheep- 
hall; — Codicott ; — Northam ;— East Barnet ;— 
Chipping Barnet; — Ayott Saint Lawrence; — 
Ayott Saint Peter ;— Thorley ; — Sawbridgeworth ; 
—Much Hadham; — Little Hadham; — Allbury 
(two Petitions) ;— Bishop Stortford ;—Great Gad- 
desden ;—Studham ; — King’s Langley ; — Flams- 
head ; — Flaunden ; — Kinsworth ;—Hemel Hemp- 
sted ;— North Mims ;— Harpenden ;— Bovingdon: 
— Sandridge ;— Wheathampstead ;— Saint Michael's 
(Hertford) ;— Hatfield ;— Aston ;— Datchworth ;— 
Cadington ; — Shinley ; — Royston ; — Kelshall ;— 
Thexfield ; — Sandon ; — Ashwell; — Radwell; — 
Newnham ;— Wallington ;— Weston ;—Hinaworth ; 
—Clothall ; —Bygrave ; — Wiggington ; — Putten- 
ham ;— Baldock ; — Tring ;—Northchurch ;— Little 
Gaddesden ;— Berkhampstead ;—Nunney ;—Leigh- 
upon-Mendip ;— Witham Friary ; —Mells ;—Ffar- 
leigh Hungerford; — Wanstrow ; — Redbourn ; — 
Rickmansworth ;— King’s Walden; — Pirton;— 
Little Wymondley ; — Graveley; — Stevenage ; 
—Great Wymondley ;— Paul’s Walden ;—Offiey ; 
— Hitchin ; — Ickleford ; — Kempton; — Hexton ; 
—Rushden;—Buckland Dinham ; —Hardington ; 
— Frome Selwood ; — Pilton ; — Ashwich ; — East 
Pennard ; — Hennington; — Road; — Shepton 
Mallet; — Binegar ; — Evercreech ; — Downhead ; 

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440 


Whatley ;— Upton Noble; —West Lydford ;—- 
Cloford ; —Berheley ; — East Cranmore ; —Writh- 
lington ;--Pylle ; —Rodden ;--Leighton Buzzard ; 
— Sturminster Newton ;—- Winchester, &amp;c.;— Bright- 
well ;— Thetford ;—- Aldborough ;—A bergavenny a 
Chertsey ;— Boroughbridye;— Roecliffe;— Minship; 
~~ Toddington ;—Witherley ;—Western District of 
Dorset ;—Harlington ;— West Cranmore ;—Embo- 
rough ; —Hornblotton ; — Milton Clevedon ;—Lam- 
yat ; -—Elm ; —Woolverton ;—Lansoy ;—Magor ;— 
Langoven ; —Mynyddyslwyn ; --Cwmcarvon ;—Ke- 
meys Commander ; — Chepstow ; — Kilgurrwg ; — 
Rochfield ;--Lantrissent ;-—Landenny ;-- Clytha ;-- 
Caldicot ; -- Lunvapley ; —--Shirenewton ; -- Lanbad- 


Q5° Junie. 





A, 1844, 


— Trevethin ;—Goytrey ;-—Lanishen ;— Woburn ;— 
Dunsforth Lower ;—Eversholt ;—Isleham ;—Stow- 
cum-Quy ; —Landewade ; —Stetchworth ;— Wickhen ; 
— Boro’ Green ;--Fordham ; —Carlton ; —Weston 
Colville;—Castle Camps ;—Ashley ;—Bottisham ;— 
Horseheath ;-- Burwell;-- Woodditton ;-- Snailwell ;-- 
Chippenham ;--Soham ;—Study Camps ;--Langua ; 
— Penrose; --Langattock Vibon Avel ; — Llanover 
Upper ;—Llanvair Disgoed ;— Howich ;— Glascoed ; 
—Llanvihangel Crucorney ;—Ragland ;—Lantellio 
Crosseny ;—Cwmyoy Upper ;—Chappel Hill ;—Pe- 
nyclawdd ;— Bryngwyn ; —Michaelstone Vedau ;-- 
Langwin Isha;— Saint Bride’s (Monmouth) ;--Saint 


| Bride’s, Netherwent ;—Llanvihangel Ystern Lewern; 
/—Monmouth ; — Witcham ; —Walkern ;— Leeds ;— 
| Thomas Rose and others ; — Stretham ; —Knares- 
| brough ;—Northern Division of the county of Lan- 
caster ;—Stowe and other places ;-— Wellington (So- 
ferior ;— Newport ;--Langattock-nigh-Usk;--Graig; merset) ;—Meare;—Langford Budville ;— Running- 
— Machen Lower ;-—Langattock Lingoed ;--Trelecks ton and other places; -- Winsford ; — Sampford 
Grange; — Lanvetherine ; — Risca ; — Bishton ; — | Arundell ;— Blackford ;—Upton( Somerset) ;— Luch- 
Lantillio Pertholey ;—Appleford and other places ; | ham ;—Sampford Brett ;—Cutcombe ;— West Quan- 
—Undy ; —Lanthewy Skirrid ; —Rumney ; —Lan- | tockhead ; — Wootton Courtney ; — Wittycombe ;-- 
lowell; — Saint Maughan’s (Monmouth) ; — New- , Stoke Pero;— Timberscombe;—Old Cleeve ;— Exton 
church East ;—Redwich;—Saint Pierre and Run- | (Somerset) ;—Withiel Florey 3——-Carhampton ;—El- 
stone ;—Penteney ;—Lanwenarth Ultra ;— Nash ;— worthy ;— Selworthy ;— Shilgate ; _— Saint Decu- 
Languwm Ucha;— Wonastow ; — Mitchel Troy ; — | man’s ;—Huish Champflower ;--Kilve ;-—-Minehead ; 
Bettws ; — Lanhennoch ;—Aberystwith ;—Penhow ;,—Monksilver ;—Porlock ;— Dunster ;— East Quan- 
— Langibby ;— Trostrey ; — Guernesney ;— Eye; | toxhead ; — Holford ; — Kilton ;—Lilstock ;— Lux- 


doch ;— Landegoeth ;--Newchurch West ; —Lanvi- 
hangel Torymynydd ;—Lanthewy Vach ;—Penalt ; 
—-Bettwys Newydd ;—Lanvihangel Pontymoyle ;— 
Langeview ; — Monkswood ; —Usk ; — Kemeys In- 


—Glinton ;— Laxton; — Maxey; — Newark and 
Eastfield ;--Newborough ;--Northborough ;—Pils- 
gate ;—Southorpe ;-— Tansor ;— Ufford;— Wakerley ; 
—Whittering ;—Wood Newton ; -— Belmisthorpe;— 


Ryhall;-- Chesterton ; --Panteague;—Mamhilad;— | 


Woolvesnewton ;—-Meesden;—Laysten ;— Throching ; 
—- Little Hormead; — Great Hormead ;— Cottered ; 
— Buckland ;— Barley ;-—- Barkway ; -- Aspeden ;-— 
Bennington;— Anstey ;— Litley ;-— Willian ;-—Ippo- 
litts; —Stampford ;— Ashton; — Bainton ; — Bar- 


borough ; — Culbone ; —Clatworthy ;—Crowcombe ; 
—Exford;—Brompton Ralph ;— Oare;—Brush- 
ford ; —Dulverton ; —Dodington ;—Badgworth ;— 
| Broomfield ;— Bleadon;— Brean ;—Chilton Cantelo; 
—Bauwdrip ;— Chedzoy ;—Chapel Allerton ;— Dur- 
| ston ; —Grenton ; --- biddlesham; —East Coker ;— 
| Closworth ; — Dinnington ; —Durleigh ; —Drayton 
| (Somerset) ; — Fiddington ;— Chard ;—Goathurst ; 
—Fivehead ;—East Brent ;—Enmore ;— Edington ; 


| —Baltonsborough;— Butleigh ;—Bicknoller ;—Hin- 


nach ; —Custor and Ailesworth ;— Thurdridge;—- | ton Saint George ; — Dowlishwake ; — Haselbury 
Bayford ; — Bengeo;-- Saint John (Hertford) ;— | Plucknett ;—Cannington ;—IIchester ;— Isle Abbots; 
Aldenham ;—Abbotts Langley ; — Watford ;--Lls- _—Huntspill ; — Huish Episcopi ;— Chilthorne Do- 
tree ;-—Sarratt ;-- Cheshunt ; — Reed ;— Bushey ;-- | mer ;—Crickett, Saint Thomas;— Compton Dundon; 
Yardley ;—West Mill; -- Standon ;— Stocking Pel- | —Charlinch ; —Cuatcott ; —Chaffcombe ;— Cossing- 
ham ; —Nuthampstead ; — Little Munden ; — Great | ton ;— Chilton Polden ;—- Coombe, Saint Nicholas ; 


Munden ;— Pitminster;—W iveliscombe ;— Halse ;— | —Crewherne ; — Chilton Trinity ;—Chillington ;— 
Fitzhead;--Creech Saint Michael;— Staplegrove; | Abbas Combe ; — Barwick ;—Cudworth ;--Ashoit ; 
--Ash Priors ;— Bishops’ Hull ;— Kittesford ;— | — Brympton ; —Somerton ; -- Podymore Milton ;— 


Corfe ;—Chipstable ;— Orchard Portman ;—Norton | Puxton ; — Middlezoy ;—Northover ;—North Pe- 
Fitzwarren ; —Thurlbear ;— Stoke Saint Mary ;— , therton ;—Montacute ;— Preston Pluchnett ;—West- 
Lydeard Saint Lawrence and Tolland ;— Wilton ;— | bury ;— Thurloxton ; — Muchelney ;--Moorlinch ;— 
Cothelstone ;—Trull ;—Augersleigh ;—Raddington; , Mark ;—Lyng ;—Merriott;— Priddy ;—Lympsham ; 
— Curland; — West Bagborough ; — Kingston ; — |— Spaxton ; — Stogursey ; —Long Sutton ;—King 
Bishops’ Lydeard ;—Stoke Saint Gregory ;—Ash- , Weston ;-- Lymington (Somerset) ; — Kingsdon ;— 
britile ;— Minehead ;— Thorne Falcon ;— Oak and | South Brent ; —Oldcombe ; -— Martock ; — Norton 
Hillfarence ; — Bradford ; — Milverton ; — North Sub Hamden ;—Stockhland Bristol ;—Misterton ;— 
Curry; — Staple Fitzpane ; — Ruishton; — West | Otterhampton ;--Sutton Bingham ;—Lopen;—North 
Rushlund ; — Otterford ;— West Hatch ;—Coombe | Perrott ; —Seaborough ; — Pawlett ;—Mudford ;— 
Florey ; — Stawley ;-—West Monkton ;— Goldeliff; | Kingstone ; — Pitney ;-- Othery ;—Isle Brewers ;-- 
—Lanwenarth Citra ;—Grosmont ;— Lanmartin and | Kewstoke ;— Rodney Stoke ;-- Knowle, Saint Giles 

Landevand; — Wilerich; — Saint Woollos (Mon- | —Puriton ;—Tintinhull ;—Sutton Mallett ;—Shap- 
mouth) ;--Langattoch-juxta-Caerleon ;--Whiston ;-- | wick ; — Stawell ;— Week Saint Lawrence ;~--West 
Duffryn;— Coedhernew ;—Bulch Trewyn ;—Peter- | Camel ;— Worle ;--West Coker ;-- Wookey ;— Yeovil 
stone ;— Machen Upper (two Petitions) ; — Lang- | (two Petitions) ;--Weare ;— Weston-super-mare ; — 
stone and Lambeder ; — Marshfield; — Lanthewy | Winsham ;--Walton (Somerset) ;— Woolavington ;-- 
Rytherch;—Cwmfoy Lower ;—Logerstone ;—Itton; | Wembdon ; -— Yeovilton ;-- West Pennard ;—Way- 








— Caerleon ;— Christchurch ; — Malpus ; — Lan- 
vihangel-nigh-Usk ; — Lanarth; — Oldcastle; — 


ford ;-- Westonzoyland ;--and, Hundred of Lons- 
dale North of the Sands (Lancaster); praying the 








Lantarnam ; —Caerwent and Crick ;— Llanfrist ; | House to resist the efforts now making by the Anti- 
—Llanvair Kilgedin;— Llanhilleth ;—-Saint Arvans | Corn Law League, and that no alteration whatever 
( Monmouth) ; --Lanviechra Upper ; — Mounton; — | may be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were pre- 
Gwehelog ;--Landogo ;-- Tredunnoch ;-- Lanvihangel | sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Rogiett and Ifton; —Portskewitt ; —Matthern ;— | 
Lanvrechva Lower ; -— Dixton ; — Dingestow ; -- | 
Henllis; — Saint Mellons (Monmouth) ;— Sken- | others of the parish of Lyneham, in the hundred of 
frith; -- Kirtling; — Buckden;-- Kingsbridge ; -- | Kingsbridge, m the county of Wilts, praying the 
CUpton ;—Dadlington ;—Shenton ;— Sheepy Magna; | House to repeal all the restrictive duties on Corn, 
— Stoke Golding ;—Sutton Cheney ;--Sheepy Parva; | Malt and all other necessaries of life by which la- 
—Katcliff Culey ; --Sibson ; —Trellech ; — Lande- , bour is supplied and the people are fed, was pre- 
venny ; —Lunvaches ; -~Tregare;—Tintern Parva ; | sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions 


A Petition of Farmers, Labourers, Tradesmen and Corn Laws, &amp;e- 








8 VicTorRIz. 


Petitions from Gloucester ;— Wyrardisbury ; — 
Brill ;—Sopley ;— Waterdiich ;— Throop ;—Sharn- 
ford (Rector and Curate) ;— Nuneaton ;—and, Down- 
ton; praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill. 


Public Petitions 
(Thirty-third 
Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 19th, 20th and 2ist 
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. 
Art-Unions. A Petition of Print-sellers of Carlisle, praying 
the House to abolish the sale of Prints by Art-Union 
Lotteries, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Art-Unions. 


Marriages 


Petitions fiom Burt ;—and, Dundee; praying 
(Ireland.) ne 


the House to declare good and valid, to all intents 
and purposes, all Marriages heretofore solemnized 
or hereafter to be solemnized by Presbyterian Mi- 
nisters in Zreland,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Property Tax. A Petition of Martha Eliza Rhoda Shuttleworth, 
complaining of delay by the Government officials 
at Somerset House not having a more prompt and 
better mode for return of Income Tax to be exempted 
by law, where the incomes are under 1501, a year ; 
and praying for alteration of the system, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Labouring Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
+ ae a on Petitions for Private Bills; ‘That in the case of 
Sedhety (No.2.) the Petition for the Labouring Classes Improvement 
Society (No. 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders relating 
to Bills of the Third Class had not been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ecclesiastical 


t A Petition of the President, Vice President and 
Courts Bill. 


Members of the Committee of the Birmingham Law 
Society, praying that the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Great Southern QOydered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
—— mittee of Selection, That they have power to appoint 
(Ireland) Bill, the Committee on the Great Southern and Western 
Railway (Zreland) Bill to meet upon Monday next, 
at twelve of the clock. 


Schoolmasters 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters in the 
(Scotland.) 


Presbytery of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, praying 
the House to adopt measures for ameliorating the 
condition of the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters 
of Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway 
(Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Earl of 
Portarlington, praying that he may be heard, by 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Great Southern and Western Railway (Jreland) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Warnford;—and, West Meon; 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor . . P . 
Dioceses” praying for the repeal of somuch of the Act 6 and 7 


Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of the Sees of 
Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the same time 
that speedy and strenuous endeavours may be made 


for the establishment of a bishopric at Manchester, 
Vou. 99. 


25° Juniz. 





_Act to amend the several Acts relating to the Pres- 





441 


by other means,—were presented, and read and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Llan- County Courts 
sannan, in the county of Denbigh, praying that the Bill. 
County Courts Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Mer- smoke Prohi- 
chants, Mill-owners and Manufacturers of Sheffield, bition Bill. 
in the county of York, praying that the Smoke Pro- 
hibition Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of Agriculturists and others residing in Bank of Eng- 
Stratford-upon-Avon and the neighbourhood ;—and, !and Charter 
Chairman of the Rutlandshire Agricultural Society ; _ 
praying that the Bank of England Charter Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and Message from 

Mr. Duckworth : the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending certain Canterbury 
Acts for paving, cleansing and lighting the Streets Pavement Bill. 
and other Public Passages and Places within the 
City and Borough of Canterbury : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending and ren- Lakenheath 
dering more effectual an Act for draining and pre- and Brandon 
serving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Draimee Bill. 
Parishes of Lakenheath and Brandon, in the County 
of Suffolk : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize an Exten- Edinburgh 
sion of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and and Glasgow 
to amend and enlarge the Provisions of the Acts ®#!way Bill. 
relating to such Railway : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating Legal European 
Proceedings by or against the European Life In- Life Insurance 
surance and Annuity Company: And also, ——o 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liverpool Fire 
Act to alter and amend an Act of the sixth and Prevention Bili. 
seventh years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
for the better Protection of Property in the Borough 
of Liverpool from Fire, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An South Eastern 
Act to enable the South Eastern Railway Company Reilway Bill. 
to complete and maintain a Branch Railway and 
Approach to the Harbour of Folkestone, and to con- 
struct other Works in connection with the said Har- 
bour; and also to effect certain Alterations and 
Extensions of the Works of the Maidstone Branch 
of the said South Eastern Railway, and to amend 
the Acts relating to the said Company, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendinents the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Manchester 
Act to alter and amend an Act of the fifty-third year mnie a 
of King George the Third, for the Appointment of ee 
a Stipendiary Magistrate to act within the Townships 
of Manchester and Salford, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Slamannar. 
Act for making a Railway to connect the Edinburgh — Bill 
and Glasgow and Slamannan Railways, with Amend- iene lal 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Preston ana 
Wyre Dock, 
- : &amp;c. Billi. 
ton and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock Com- — 
pany, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House 
And also, 

The 


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Mackenzie’s 
(Scatwell) 
Estate Bill. 


Mackenzie’s 
(Seaforth) 
Estate Bill. 


Exports and 
Imports, 


Joint Stock 
Banks. 


Corn Importa- 
tion. 


44Q 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable Sir James John Randoll Mackenzie, of 
Scatwell, Baronet, to add certain Lands and Estates 
belonging to him in Fee Simple, to his entailed Es- 
tate, upon certain Terms and Conditions; and to 
borrow certain Sums of Money, upon the Security 
of his entailed Estate, for Repayment of certain 
Claims for Money laid out, and to be laid out, in 
Improvements upon the said Estate ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for vesting in Trustees certain Parts of the entailed 
Estate of Seaforth, to be sold, and the Price applied 
in Payment of the Entailer’s Debts, and the Sur- 
plus to be laid out in the Purchase of other Lands ; 
for enabling the Heiress in possession to borrow a 
Sum of Money on the Credit of the said entailed 
Estates ; and for other Purposes connected there- 
with ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—An Account of the declared Value of the various 
Articles of British Produce and Manufacture ex- 
ported to the British West India Colonies for the 
past year, ending January 1844, and of the Quan- 
tities of the principal Articles, the Growth and 
Manufacture of the British West India Colonies, 
imported into the United Kingdom, and of the 
Quantity of last Article for Home Consumption, for 
the year ending January 1844; also, the Number 
ot Ships, distinguishing British and Foreign, and 
their ‘Tonnage, that have entered and cleared for 
the British West India Colonies, for the year end- 
ing January 1844:—A similar Return for the year 
ending January 1844, for the United States of 
America : — Similar Returns for the East India 
Company’s Territories and Ceylon :--A similar Re- 
turn for the Mauritius: — A similar Return for 
China :—A similar Return for the British North 
American Colonies :—A similar Return of each year 
for the past Twelve years for all the Ports in South 
America, exclusive of the Brazils:—And, a similar 
Return for the Island of Cuba for the past Twelve 
months, ending in January last. 

A Return of the Joint Stock Banks which have 
been established under the Provisions of the Act 
7 Geo. 4, c. 46; stating the period when and the 
place where established, and likewise the dates at 
which any such Banks, once established, had ceased 
to exist. 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee, for the purpose of considering the following 
Resolutions : 

That it appears, by a recent Census, that the 
people of this country are rapidly increasing in 
number: 

That it is in evidence before this House, that a 
large proportion of Her Majesty’s subjects are in- 
sufficiently provided with the first necessaries of life : 


That, nevertheless, a Corn Law is in force which | 


restricts the supply of food, and thereby lessens its 
abundance: 
_ That any such restriction having for its object to 
impede the free purchase of an article upon which 
depends the subsistence of the community, is inde- 
fensible in principle, injurious in operation, and 
ought to ke abolished: 

That it is therefore expedient, that the Act 5 and 
6 Vic. c. 14, shall be repealed forthwith ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words * provided 
with the” to the end of the Question, in order to 


add the words, “ means of purchasing the first ne- | 


“ cessaries of life; That, although a Corn Law is 


Q5°—26° Juniz. 


A. 1844, 


in force, which protects the supply of food pro- 
duced by British capital and native industry, and 
thereby increases its abundance, whilst it lessens 
competition in the market of labour, nevertheless 
machinery has for many years lessened amongst 
* the working classes the means of purchasing the 
same; That such Corn Law having for its object 
the protection of British capital, and the encou- 
ragement of native labour employed in the growth 
of an article upon which depends the subsistence 
of the community, is just in principle, beneficial 
in operation, and ought not to be abolished; That 
it is therefore expedient that every encouragement 
and protection shall be given to native industry, 
which is the ground-work of our national great- 
ness, and the source of our national wealth,” 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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And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 26° die Junii, 18 44: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


to promote the letting of Field Gardens to the La- 


| bouring Poor: And that Mr. Cowper and Mr. Wil- 


liam Miles do prepare, and bring it in. 


to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 
Turnpike Trusts in South Wales: And that Sir 
James Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton do prepare, 
and bring it in. 





to amend the Laws relating to the assessing, levying 
and collecting of County Rates: And that Sir 
John Yarde Buller, Lord Courtenay and Viscount 
Ebrington do prepare, and bring it in. 








| Mary, c.7, to prevent Abuses committed by Traders 

in Butter and Cheese, might be read; and the same 

| was read. 

| The House was also moved, That the Act 36 Geo. 

| 3, c. 86, to prevent Abuses and Frauds in the Pack- 
ing, Weight and Sale of Butter, and to repeal cer- 
tain Acts relating thereto, might be read; and the 

| Same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 38 Geo. 
3, c. 73, for amending and rendering more effectual 
an Act made in the thirty-first year of the reign of 
his present Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act to prevent 
Abuses and Frauds in the Packing, Weight and 
Sale of Butter,’ and to repeal certain Acts relating 
thereto, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

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

Acts :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
| the Committee. 


| 
| 


| (In the Committee.) 





| Resolved, hat the Chairman be directed to move 

the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Acts 4 Will. and Mary, c. 7, 36 Geo. 3, 

| ¢c. 86, and 38 Geo. 3, c. 73, for regulating the Trade 

‘in Butter and Cheese. 

| Resolution to be reported. 





| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Reso- 
| Intion. 

| Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

| Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
_and the same was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
‘the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
; repeal 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill og Gardens 
i . 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike Trusts 
= (South Wales) 


. 


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


The House was moved, That the Act 4 Will. and Butter and 


heese. 





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repeal the Acts 4 Will. and Mary, c. 7, 36 Geo. 3, 
c. 86, and 88 Geo. 3, c. 73, for regulating the ‘Trade 
in Butter and Cheese:—And he moved the House 
accordingly. 

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


And that Mr. Cripps and Mr. Robert Clive do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


SaintMargaret’s Ordered, That the Petition of the Rector, Church- 
Church, West- wardens and others, Vestrymen of the parish of Saint 
— Margaret, in the city of Westminster, in vestry as- 

sembled, relative to the repair of the Church of the 


said parish, which was presented upon Thursday 
last, be printed. 


Detached Parts The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
ofCounties Bill. 4 Committee upon the Detached Parts of Counties 
No.418. 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. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 8th day 
of July next. 


Dissenters’ 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Chapels Bill. 


reading of the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Customs Duties 
(Isle of Man) 
(No. 2.) 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider the Act 3 and 4 Vic. 
c. 60, for regulating the Trade of the Isle of Man, 
a Resolution; and the same was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties now payable 
upon the Importation of Foreign Brandy and Fo- 
reign Geneva into the Isle of Man, there be raised 
and levied the following Duties; viz. P 

£. ° 
Foreign Brandy, the gallon - - = 6 
Foreign Geneva, the gallon- = - - - 6 


bo He oo 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill, 
That they have Power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


Field Gardens 
Bill. 


No. 419. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to promote the let- 
ting of Field Gardens to the Labouring Poor: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 10th 
day of July next ; and to be printed. 


Sudbury Diss =Mr. Manners Sutton presented a Bill for Disfran- 


Fanchisement chisement of the Borough of Sudbury: And the 
No.420, Same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 


a second time upon Friday the 5th day of July 
next; and to be printed. 
Ordered, That a printed Copy of the Bill, and a 
Copy of the Order for reading the Bill a second 
time, be served upon the Returning Officer for the 
Borough of Sudbury. 
County Rates = Sir John Yarde Buller presented a Bill to amend 
-” the Laws relating to the assessing, levying and 


No. 421. collecting of County Rates: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of July next; and 
to be printed. 

Butter and Mr. Cripps presented a Bill to repeal certain Acts 
"ae Bill. for regulating the Trade in Butter and Cheese: And 
0. 422, 


the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday the 10th 
day of July next; and to be printed. 

Vor. 99. 


26° Juniz. 














443 


Mackenzie's (Scatwell) Estate Bill was read the Mackenzie’s 
first time. (Scatwell) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select =***¢ Bill 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mackenzie’s (Seaforth) Estate Bill was read the wfackenzie’s 
first time. (Seaforth) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select Estate Bill. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Commons 
Committee, this day, upon the Commons Inclosure Inclosure Bill. 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


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





Mercurti, 26° die Junii ; 
Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844, 
PRAYERS. 


M® Loch presented, pursuant to the directions Caledonian 
of an Act of Parliament,—The Thirty-ninth ©! 
Report of the Commissioners of the Caledonian No. 424. 
Canal. 


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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Police Bill. 
tituled, An Act for the good Government and Police 
Regulation of the Borough of Manchester; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 219. 1. 14. Leave out “ June” and insert 
“ July.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- Marianski’s 
turalizing Dionysius Onitfri Marianski, was read Nat. Bill. 
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. 


The Gaspé Fishery and Coal Mining Company Gaspé Fishery 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. and Coal Mining 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ComPa"y Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Edward Churton, of 26, Holles- Literary Union 
street, Cavendish-square, praying that in the event of England. 
of any Bill being brought into the House to legalize 
the Art-Unions, the House will extend the same 
protection to the Literary Union of England, was 


presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Art-Unions. 


Petitions from Thurso ;—Halkirk ;—Market La- Dissenters’ 
vington ;— Wenvoe ; —Lantrisant ;— Brintivian ;— Chapels Bill. 
Lanwynno ; — Kingswinford ; — Trehill ;— Lancar- 
van; —Eglwysilan (two Petitions) ;—Cadozton ;-- 

Rhadyr ;—Pendeylwyn ;—Lantwit Vardre ;—Pen- 
mark ; — Whitchurch (Glamorgan) ;—and, Corby; 
praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not 


pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


T 


Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Roch- Yeomanry 
dale and its neighbourhood, praying the House to Fees 


interfere to prevent the further extension of the 
312 Yeomanry 








444, 


Yeomanry Force, and especially that the troop now 
raising in that borough may be disbanded, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the deanery of 
Doncaster, in the diocese of York, praying for the 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, 
as relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph 
and Bangor, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Smoke Prohi- 


! 1 A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
bition Bill. 


Tynemouth, in the county of Northumberland, pray- 
ing that the Smoke Prohibition Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Sheffield, in council as- 
sembled, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, was also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Merchant Sea- 
men’s Act. 


Two Petitions from the Port of Leith; praying 

the House to take into consideration the necessity 
of a speedy revision of the Merchant Seamen’s Act, 
with a view to its alteration, so as to fit it more 
properly for the benevolent objects it has in view, 
and for distributing more equal justice to all its 
members,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Staves. A Petition of Coopers in the Port of Leith, pray- 
ing the House to pass a law for authorizing the im- 
portation of Staves from the British North American 
colonies duty free, and from foreign countries at a 
duty of 5 per cent. ad valorem, or to make such al- 
terations in the present rate of duties on Staves, as 
will enable the British Coopers to compete with fo- 
reign manufacturers, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Pendleton, &amp;c., 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Roads Bill. 


Pendleton, &amp;c., Roads Bill to make their Report be 
enlarged till Monday next. 


Bank of 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land, and 
England, 


others interested in agriculture, in the district of 
Alresford;—and, Members of the Stafford Agri- 
cultural Protection Society; praying that the Bank 
of England Charter Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Great Southem — Ordered, That the Copy of the Second Report of 
and Western ~— the Commissioners appointed to consider and re- 
Railway : 

(Ireland) Bill, Commend a general system of Railways for Ireland, 
which was presented upon the 27th day of July 1838, 
be referred to the Committee on the Great Southern 
and Western Railway (Jreland) Bill. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway 


(Trejand) Bill. 


A Petition of the Reverend P. Cumming, Clerk, 
Rector of the union of Dromed and Prior, now resid- 
ing at No. 65, Charlemont-street, Dublin, the father 
and guardian of Cummings, minors, praying that the 
Great Southern and Western Railway (Jreland) Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 


Committee of 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have 
Selection. 


leave to sit this day till five of the clock during the 
sitting of the House. 


Western 
Australia. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Peter Augustus 
Lautour, for inquiry into his claim for an allotment 
of land in Western Australia, which was presented 
upon the 6th day of this instant June, be printed. 
Com Laws, Petitions from Hepstonstall ;— Holcombe ;—Ba- 
bington ; — Kilmersdon ; — Sedghill ; — Fonthill 


26° Juniz. 





A. 1844, 


Bishop ;— Pertwood ;— West Knoyle ; —Compton 

Chamberlayne ;—Ebbesborn Wake ;—Chitterne All 

Saints ;— Alvideston ; — Willey ; — Horningsham ; 

— Bishoptrow ; — Warminster ; — Chicklade ; — 
Heytesbury ;— Norton Bavant ;—Donhead Saint 

Andrew ;—Maiden Bradley ;—Boynton and Cor- 

ton ; —Hindon ; —Imber ; —Stockton ; —Erchfont ; 

— Baxton ;— Hilperton ; — Tilshead ; — Codford 

Saint Peter; — Upton Lavell; — Longbridge ; — 

Kingston Deverill ;— Corsley ;—Monckton Deverill ; 

—Codford Saint Mary ;—East Tisbury ;—Teffont F 
Magna;—Tollard Royal ;—Chitterne Saint Mary ; ' 
—Semley ;— Fovant ;— Berwick Saint Leonard ;— : 
Stourton ;—Chilmark ;—-Sutton Mandeville ;— Hill 
Deverill ;—East Knoyle;--Berwick Saint John ;-- 
Sherrington ;—— Brixton Deverill ;—— Wardour ;— 
Fonthill Gifford ;—Dinton ;—Sutton Veney ;—Tef- 
font Elias;—Baverstock ;—Wolverhampton ;—Bad- 
ger 3-— Enville ; — Bobbington ; -— Bilston ; — Bre- 
wood ;—Sedgley ;--Rushall ;— West Bromwich ;— 
Pelsall ; — Wednesfield ;-- Seisdon and Trysull;— 
Penn ;-—Kinfare ;— Pattingham and other places ; 
— Aldridge ;—Himley ;-—Essington and Hilton ;— 
Codsall; — Cheslynn Hay ;-—-Bushbury ; -— Wom- 
borne ;— Tettenhall ; --Shareshill ;-- Addington ;— 
Furley ;-- Sanderstead ;-- Chelsham ;-- Beddington ; 
—and, Chaldon; praying the House to resist the 
efforts now making by the Anti-Corn Law League, 
and that no alteration whatever may be made in 
the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Appeal in 
reading of the Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill; — Cases 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time’ ~ 
upon Wednesday next. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish and neigh- County Courts 
bourhood of ZLlangwn, in the county of Denbigh, Bill. 
praying that the County Courts Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Court of Arches 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Bill. 
upon the 13th day of March last, That the Court 
of Arches Bill be now read a second time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 10th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lime Toll 
reading of the Lime Toll Exemption (Wales) Bill ; a on 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘ — 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Aliens Bill. 
mittee onthe Aliens Bill; 

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


Smoke Prei.- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- meer ag 


mittee onthe Smoke Prohibition Bill; __ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. , 





The Coroners (Ireland) Bill was, according to Coroners 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of July next. 


Juvenile 7 
Offenders Bill. 


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 inte the said Committee. 





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Corn Importas 
zion. 


Saint Margaret’s 


Church, West- 
minster. 


Savings Banks 
Navy.) 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
was yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
That this House do resolve itself into a Committee 
for the purpose of considering the following Reso- 
lutions :— 

That it appears by a recent census, that the 
people of this country are rapidly increasing in 
number : 

That it is in evidence before this House, that a 
large proportion of Her Majesty’s subjects are in- 
sufficiently provided with the first necessaries of 
life : 

That, nevertheless, a Corn Law is in force which 
restricts the supply of food, and thereby lessens its 
abundance: 

That any such restriction, having for its object to 
impede the free purchase of an article upon which 
depends the subsistence of the community, is inde- 
fensible in principle, injurious in operation, and 
ought to be abolished : 

That it is therefore expedient that the Act 5 and 6 
Vic. c. 14, shall be repealed forthwith ; 

And which Amendment was to leave out from the 
words “ provided with the” to the end of the Ques- 
tion, in order to add the words, “ means of purchas- 
** ing the first necessaries of life: That, although 
a Corn Law is in force, which protects the supply 
of food produced by British capital and native 
industry, and thereby increases its abundance, 
whilst it lessens competition in the market of 
labour, nevertheless machinery has for many years 
lessened amongst the working classes the means 
of purchasing the same: That such Corn Law 
having for its object the protection of British 
capital and the encouragement of native labour 
employed in the growth of an article upon which 
depends the subsistence of the community, is just 
in principle, beneficial in operation and ought not 
to be abolished: That it is therefore expedient 
that every encouragement and protection shall be 
given to native industry, which is the ground-work 
of our national greatness, and the source of our 
national wealth,” 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 ; 


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The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 
Then the main Question being put ; 
The House divided: 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Villiers, 
Yeas, L Mr. Milner Gibson : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Young, 
Noes, \ Mr. Henry Baring: 


So it passed in the Negative. 


hie. 


328. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Rector, Church- 
wardens and Vestrymen of Saint Margaret’s, West- 
minster, for aid towards repairing the Church, be 
referred to a Select Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for the 
establishment of Savings Banks for the Seamen and 
Marines in the Royal Navy :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Vo, 99. 


265°—27° Junii. 











445 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 13th, 17th, 20th and Ad4tesses. 


2ist days of this instant June (That Her ‘Majesty 
would be graciously pieased 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 an Jury Causes 
Address to Her Majesty,—A List of the Civil Causes (Glasgow.) 


set down for Trial with a Jury in Glasgow, in the 
year 1843, at the Spring and Autumn Circuits re- 
spectively, and the Names of the Judges appointed 
to try said Causes ; distinguishing the Causes which 
were tried from the Causes which were not tried 
at said Circuits, and stating the reasons, so far as 
known, why any of such Causes were not tried. 

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


No. 425, 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Exports Exports and 
and Imports, which were presented yesterday, be Jmports. 


printed. 


No. 426. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Joint Joint Stock 
Stock Banks, which was presented yesterday, be Banks. 


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. 








Jovis, 27° die Junii; 
Anno 8° Victoriz Regine, 1844, 


PRAYERS. 


N ingrossed Bill, for making a Dock and other 
Works connected therewith, in addition to the 
present Docks at Kingston-upon-Hull,and for amend- 
ing the Acts relating to such last-mentioned Docks, 
was read the third time. 
And two ingrossed Clauses being offered, and 
Amendments being proposed to be made to the Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Clauses, and Amendments, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 
Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
Third Reading of the said Bill be adjourned till 
Tuesday next. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill for 
making a Railway from the River Dee, in the County 
of the City of Chester, to Wrexham, in the County 
of Denbigh, with a Branch Railway from Wrexham 
to the Mineral Fields, in the Township of Brymbo, 
in the Parish of Wrexham, to be called “ The North 
Wales Mineral Railway,’ 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: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from the 
River Dee, in the County of the City of Chester, to 
Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, to be called 
“ The North Wales Mineral Railway.” 

Ordered, That Mr. Mainwaring do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


No. 423. 


Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill, 


North Wales 
Mineral Rail- 
way Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for authorizing the Newport Newport 
Dock Company to raise further Monies, and to make Duck Bill, 


ous Sale 





Liverpool Fire 
Prevention Bill. 


446 97° Junit. 


Sale of the Dock and Works, and for amending | 


certain Acts relating to the said Dock, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wawn 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 to alter and amend an Act of the 
sixth and seventh years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, for the better Protection of Property in 
the Borough of Liverpool from Fire ; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 5. 1.27. After “‘ Act” insert Clauses (A.) and 
(B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That so 
much of the said recited Act as declares that it 
shall be lawful for all persons interested in any 
warehouse which may be altered and improved 
according to the provisions of that Act, such per- 
sons being tenants for life or in tail, and also for 
the husbands, guardians, trustees, committees or 
attornies of any of such persons, being under co- 
verture, infants, idiots, lunatics or beyond the seas 
or otherwise incapacitated, and for the trustees 
or feoffees for charitable, parochial or other uses, 
from time to time to charge such warehouse or 
their share or interest therein, with the expenses 
of altering and improving the same according to 
the provisions of that Act, or, as the case may be, 
with their share or proportion thereof, and for se- 
curing the repayment of such money, with interest, 
to mortgage, either in fee or for a term of years, 
such warehouse or part or share thereof, unto or 
in trust for any person who shall advance such 
money, shall be and the same is hereby repealed.” 

Ciause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for all persons interested in any ware- 


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house or warehouses, or any part or share thereof, 
for the term of his natural life, there be contained 
a covenant to pay and keep down the interest of 
the money to be secured during his life, in such 
manner that no person afterwards becoming pos- 
sessed of such warehouse or warehouses, or share 
or interest therein, shall be subject or liable to 
pay any larger arrear of interest than for six 
months previous to the time when the title of 
such person shall have accrued or commenced ; 
and every such mortgage, whether the interest of 
the party making the same, shall be legal or equi- 
table, shall be valid in the law for the purposes 
thereby intended, and shall have priority over all 
previous charges or incumbrances on the property 
therein comprised ; and every such mortgagee and 
his representatives and assigns shall have the like 
remedies both at law and in equity, in case of 
non-payment of the money secured by such mort- 
gage, as in the case of a mortgage of the like 
nature created by a person seised to his own use 
of the hereditaments therein comprised, for a legal 
estate of inheritance in fee simple in possession, 
free from incumbrances.” 

Pr. 12. 1. penult. After “ vault” insert “ imme- 
“ diately.” 

Pr. 23.1. 4. Leave out “and except as to” and 
insert “ other than the building or re-building or 
“ altering of.” 

Pr. 23.1. 15. After “and” insert “ except.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 18. Leave out “ except” and insert 
** other than.” 

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. 


SEO ARTI OTTER ae 


: : Petitions of Directors and Share-hoiders of the Great Soutkern 
house which may be altered and improv ed accord- Great Leinster and Munster Railway Company aaa i 
ing to the provisions of the said recited Act and| ar ta &gt; Railway 

; : ; - Company of Undertakers of the Grand Canal, Jre- : 
this Act, or either of them, such persons being | ial: cael Wii Beties af Seanad (Ireland) Bill. 
legal or equitable tenants for life or in tail, and | A iy th. “t tL d M. be epotr ° 
also for the husbands, cuardians, trustees, com- | re yan oy See erchant ; praying 

crohns a a te "itable | tht they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
mittees or attornies, of or for any legal or equitable anenieieiin. sacikina aiatinlin wattin tities That Cities 
tenants for life or in tail or in fee, being under 5, _~2 ay unease 

one? he ~ thea 5 and Western Railway (Jreland) Bill, — were pre- 

coverture, infants, idiots, lunatics, or beyond the | pean ppt pc 4 
seas or otherwise incapacitated, and for all trus- | ar Prager ye _ 
tees or feoffees for charitable, parochial or other| And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 

lian wee memeeineeh poi it im, ts te to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
e “a pr ode pst. te pageant ae ae heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
oh : sch nein Gall Bee ie oe" tr f their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
ee ee ee ee | in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
for any charitable, parochial or other purposes, © 
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I Ordered, That the time for the Committee on Paisley General 
in case of two or more warehouses settled to the| the Paisley General Gas Bill to make their Report Sas Bill. 
same uses and upon the same trusts any one or} be further enlarged till Monday next. 

more of them, in order to raise the expense of| : 

altering and improving both or all or any of them, | 
or their share or interest therein respectively, with 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming Middle Level 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, ene “— 
the expenses of altering and improving the same| upon Monday last, was proposed to be made to the" * 
respectively, according to the provisions of the! Question, “That the vote of Mr. Eliot Yorke on the 
said recited Act and of this Act, or of either of| Middle Lerel Drainage and Navigation Bill isa 
them, with interest thereon, or,as the case may| good vote ;”” and which Amendment was, to leave 
be, with their share or proportion thereof, and| out from the words ‘“ That the” to the end of the 
with the expenses of making such charge, with) Question, in order to add the words “ rule and prac- 
interest thereon; and for securing the repayment | “ tice of this House is, that no Member shall vote 
of such money so charged on such warehouse or |“ upon any question in which he has a direct pecu- 
warehouses, with interest, together with all ex-| “ miary interest: That where any Member has voted 
penses of or relating to the mortgage, to mortgage | “ in violation of this rule, such vote, when chal- 
either in fee or for a term of years such warehouse | “ lenged in the House, has been disallowed: That 
or warehouses, or part or share thereof, unto or |“ every rule of the House applies equally to all 
‘ in trust for any person who shall advance or agree | “‘ Committees of the House: That a Member of the 
to advance such money, but so that every such | “ House of Commons having property within the 
mortgage be made with a condition to cease and |“ limits of an Improvement Bill, which property 
be void, or with an express trust to be surrendered | “* will be affected by the passing of the Bill, has 
or re-assigned when the money thereby to be se-|‘* such an interest as disqualifies him as a Member 
cured, with all interest thereon, shall have been |‘ of the House, and the representative of general 
fully paid and satisfied, and so that m every such | “ local interest, from voting on all questions affect- 
mortgage which shall be made by or on behalf of | “ ing the Preamble or Clauses of such Bill,” instead 
any person entitled to or interested in such ware- | thereof. 





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And the Question being again preposed, That, he 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate :—And the said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the vote of Mr. Eliot Yorke on the Middle Level 
Drainage and Navigation Bill is a good vote ; 

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 
“‘ it is the undoubted rule and uniform practice of 
“ this House, that no Member shall vote (either in 
“ the House or in any Committee thereof) upon any 
“ question in which he has a direct pecuniary in- 
“ terest, separately belonging to him: That a Mem- 
ber having property the value of which may be 
directly affected by the passing of a Private Bill, 
so as that the value of such property may thereby 
be improved or injured, has such a separate and 
direct pecuniary interest in regard to such Bill 
as would disqualify him from voting upon any 
question relating to the proceedings on such Bill, 
whether in the House or in any Committee 
thereof,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question: —The said proposed Amendment and 
Motion were, severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill, that the Rule of this House 
relating to the vote, upon any Question in the House, 
of a Member having an interest in the matter upon 
which the vote is given, applies likewise to any vote 
of a Member so interested in a Committee. 


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Standing Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
Orders ; on Standing Orders, a Resolution; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 
Labouring Resolved, That, in the case of the Labouring 
lasses 


Classes Improvement Society (No. 2.) Petition, the 
Saleptiiee) Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and 
the Lords. 


Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 


Boenshester The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Bonding Bill. Act for the warehousing of Foreign Goods for Home 
Consumption at the Borough of Manchester, in the 
County of Lancaster, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

Stratford (East- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


ern Counties) 
and Thames 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill, 


Act for making a Junction Railway from the Eastern 
Counties Railway, at Stratford, in the County of 
Essex, to the River Thames, with a Branch Railway 
therefrom ; and for constructing a Pier in the River 
Thames, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


South astern The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railway Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | * 


tituled, An Act to enable the South Eastern Rail- 
way Company to complete and maintain a Branch 
Railway and Approach to the Harbour of Folkestone, 
and to construct other Works in connection with 
the said Harbour ; and also to effect certain Altera- 
tions and Extensions of the Works of the Maidstone 
Branch of the said South Eastern Railway, and to 
amend the Acts relating to the said Company ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 6. ls. 15. and 16. After “ stationing” insert 
+ a” 

Pr. 10.1. penult. Leave out “ hereinbefore” and 
insert “ heretofore.” 

Pr. 11.1. 15. Leave out “ last.” 

Pr. 12. 1.37. Leave out “17™” and insert “ 17.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 1. Leave out “ 62™” and insert “ 62.” 

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Pr, 17.1. penult. Leave out “ compulsory.” 

Pr. 18.1. 5. Leave out “ so,” and in the same 
line and 1. 6., after “exercised” insert “ compul- 
“ sorily.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 35. Leave out “liberties” and insert 
“ liberty.” 

Pr.21. 1.35. Leave out “said,” and in the same 
line, after “ river” insert “ Medway.” 

Pr, 22. 1. ult. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
“ or” in Pr. 23. 1. 2. 

Pr. 23. 1.8. Leave out from “ the” to “said” 
in}. 11. 

Pr. 23. 1.12. After “ respectively” insert “ to 
that part of the said Railway, or of any cutting 
or embankment thereof, or of the said works, 
which is nearest to the said river.” 

Pr. 23. 1, 26. Leave out “ paths” and insert 
“ path.” 


Pr. 28. 1, 29. Leave out “ paths” and insert 
“ path.” 


Pr. 31. 1. 38. After “ whatsoever”’ insert Clause 


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Crauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this or any of the said recited Acts contained, 
shall be held to exempt the Railway by such Acts 
authorized to be made, from the provisions of an 
Act passed in the first and second years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act 


to provide for the Conveyance of the Mails by 
Railway.’” 


In the Schedule to the Bill: 
Pr. 57. 1. 31. Leave out from 
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to “ parish of Maidstone” in Pr. 59. 1. 7. 

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 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for making a Railway to connect 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Slamannan Rail- 
ways ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 118. 1. 20. Leave out “ except as hereinafter 
« mentioned.” 

Pr. 137. 1.26. After “‘ period” insert Clause (A.) 
CuiauseE (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Sheriff of any county in which 
the works of the said Railway shall be in progress 
of construction, and he is hereby required, upon 
the application of the said Company, or of any 
two Justices of the Peace of the district in or 
through which the Railway may be in course of 
construction as aforesaid, to appoint from time to 
time such fit and proper persons as he shall think 
proper, or as the said Company or any three of 
the directors thereof may nominate to him for 
that purpose, to be special constables within the 
limits of the said Railway and other works, and 
within half a mile therefrom, during the construc- 
tion of the said Railway and works ; and every 
person so appointed shall make a solemn decla- 
ration, to be administered by the Sheriff, duly to 
execute the office of a constable as hereinafter 
mentioned ; and every person so appointed, and 
having made such declaration, shall have full 
power to act as constable for the preservation of 
the peace, and for the security of persons and 
property against felonies and other unlawful acts 
within the limits aforesaid, and in the county or 
district in which he shall be so appointed, and 
shall have, use, exercise and enjoy all such pow- 
ers, authorities, protections and privileges in the 
execution of his office as belong by law to the 
office of constable in the district for which he is 
appointed to act; and it shall be lawful for the 

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“ Sheriff to dismiss or remove any such constable 
“ as may have been so appointed by him from the 
“ office of constable, and to appoint another fit and 
“ proper person in his stead; and upon every such 
“« dismissal or removal, all the powers, authorities, 
“ protections and privileges vested by virtue of such 
appointment in any person so dismissed or re- 
moved shall wholly cease; and every person so 
“ appointed by the Sheriff shall, during such time 
as he shall act as constable, receive from the 
Company such reasonable remuneration as is in 
use to be given to constables on duty within the 
county, payable at such times and in such manner 
“ as the Sheriff shall appoint.” 

Pr.173.1.28. After “ Parliament” insert Clause 
(B.) 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall be held to exempt the 
Railway by this Act authorized to be made from 
the provisions of an Act passed in the first and 
second years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, ‘ An Act to provide for the Conveyance 
“ of the Mails by Railway.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Forbes Mackenzie 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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Police Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

(treland.) a Return, to be taken from the Police Diary, of every 
Police Station in Jreland, showing the Number of 
Men who were on Patrole, and the length of Time 
they were absent on Patrole, between the Hour of 
Midnight and Six o’clock the following Morning, 
during each Night in the month of March 1844. 


Reproductive Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Loan Fund In- 


stitution (Ire- ® Copy of the Charter that has been granted by Her 


land.) Majesty to the Society calling itself the Irish Re- 
productive Loan Fund Institution. 
Keighley Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
nion, 


a Copy of a Letter from Sir John Walsham to the 
Poor Law Commissioners, dated the 11th day of 
June instant, relative to his Report on the Keighley 
Union, and of the Answer of the Commissioners 
thereto, dated the 19th day of June instant. 


Kingston-upon- A Petition of the Garrison Ground Committee 

ORE ag Kingston-upon-Hull, established by Act of Par- 
liament for the management and disposal of certain 
Lands granted by Act of Parliament to the Corpo- 
rations of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 
the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, and the Guild 
or Brotherhood of Masters and Pilots of the Trinity 
House in Kingston-upon-Hull, praying that the 
Kingston-upon- Hull Docks Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to hie upon the Table. 


County Courts 


Bill A Petition of the President and Honorary Secre- 


tary of the Manchester Law Association, praying 
that the County Courts Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Superior Courts A Petition of the President and Honorary Secre- 

(CommonLaw) tary of the Manchester Law Association, praying 

Bill. ‘. ‘ ‘pec. poe 
that the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill may 
no‘ pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Literary and 

Scientific 

Institutions. 


Mr. Tidd Pratt, the Barrister appointed to cer- 
tify the Rules of Friendly Societies in England and 
Wales, was called in; and at the bar presented,— 
Return to an Order dated the 19th day of this in- 
stant June, for a Return of the Names of the So- 
cieties which have been refused Certificates by the 
Certifying Barrister, under the Act 6 and 7 Vic. 
c. 36, specifying the Grounds of Refusal in each 





A. 1844. 


case (so far as relates to England and Wales) :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Bally- Dissenters 


jamesduff and its vicinity, praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill, 


Chapels Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill for granting to Her Majesty Sugar Duties 
certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United 8 
Kingdom for the Service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty-four, 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-five, certain Duties on Sugar imported 
into the United Kingdom for the Service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions of Members of the Caistor Agricultural Bank of Eng- 
Protection Society and others ;—Directors and Ma- amy mee 
nager of the Carlisle City and District Banking ~ 
Company ;—Chairman of the Vale of Gloucester 
Agricultural Protection Society ;— and, Lincoln; 
praying that the Bank of England Charter Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were present- 
ed, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into meg Eng- 
a Committee upon the Bank of England Charter Bill. gi). 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Criause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 5, (Ifany Banker shall cease to issue 
his own Bank Notes, Her Majesty in Council may 
authorize the Bank of England to increase the 
amount of Securities in the Issue Department, and 
to issue additional Bank of England Notes, provided 
that the increased Securities shall not exceed the 
proportion of the amount of Bank 
Notes which the Banker might issue). 

Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 3. Is. 30. and 
31. To leave out “ Her Majesty in Council, upon 
“ the application of the said Governor and Com- 
“ pany, to authorize and empower.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 3. 1s.38. and 
39. To leave out “ the proportion of . 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers forthe f Mr. Young, 1 
Yeas, Lord Arthur Lennox: s ss. 

Tellers for -“ Sir William Clay, } 38 
Noes, Mr. Gisborne : : 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Veneris, 28° die Junii, 1844: 


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 Petition of Rate-payers in the burgh of Mus- Prisons 
selburgh, county of Mid Lothian, for Prisons and (Scotland) Bill. 
Prison Discipline in Scotland, praying that the 

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Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Metropolitan The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Buildings Bill. mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


DamagebyFire The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Metropolis) mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) 
(No. 2.) Bill. Bill - 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Duchy of Corn- The Order of the day being read, for the second 


= — reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Assessionable 
Bill. Manors Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Thursday next. 


Duchy of Corn- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
wall Lands Bill. roading of the Duchy of Cornwall Lands Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 
Protection of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(clang) Billy reading of the Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c. (Zre- 
- " land) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Prisons The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Education Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Education Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


eset The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
nent Bill. ‘Mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
| anor The Order of the day being read, for the third 
“pews veading of the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Scilly Islands Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Mais. Copies of all Communications addressed to the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the Post- 
office Arrangements at the Islands of Scilly, with 
the Answers returned thereto; also, of any Cor- 
respondence which has taken place between the 
Treasury and the Postmaster General relating to the 
same. 
ae Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
uelosure. 


to inquire into the expediency of facilitating the 
Inclosure and Improvement of Commons and Lands 
held in Common, the exchange of Lands and the 
division of intermixed Lands; and into the best 
means of providing for the same, and to report their 
Opinion thereupon to the House:—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Lord Worsley, Mr. Cowper, 
Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. 
Bouverie, Mr. Brotherton, Lord Granville Somerset, 
Mr. Pusey, Colonel Wood, Viscount Sandon, Mr. 
Barneby, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Estcourt 
and Mr. Robert Clive ; with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
aoe Mr. Manners Sutton presented a Bill to consoli- 
ee ae and amend the Laws relating to Turnpike 
No. 427. Trusts in South Wales: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 


upon Monday the 8th day of J uly next; and to be 
printed. 


Vo. 99. 





A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Over- Greenwich 
seers of the Poor and Parishioners of Greenwcih, Park 
in the county of Kent, praying the House to exercise 
its power and influence to prevent the further dese- 
cration of the Royal Park of Greenwich, by the 
erection of buildings, the narrowing its limits by 
additional inclosures, and the destruction of the 
trees therein, and also to prevent the proposed re- 
servoir of water being formed in that part of the 
Park which has been marked out for its situation, 
on account of the historical interest attaching to 
the spot, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having contined to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 28° die Junii ; 
Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Committee on the Mid- Middle Level 

dle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill have Drainage and 
leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the Navigetion Bill. 
sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Paisley Paisley General 
General Gas Bill have leave to sit this day, till five Gas Bill. 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee public Petitions 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the (Thirty-fourth 
Petitions presented upon the 24th and 25th days Report.) 
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. 


Petitions from Llanidloes ; — Brixham ; — Moy yyissenters’ 

(four Petitions) ;—Eyam ;—Lancarvan ;-—M odera- Chapels Bill. 
tor of the Association of Baptist Churches, Stock- 
port ;— Ravenstone ;—Scalford ;— Whitehaven (four 
Petitions) ;— Dowlais ; — Baliborough ;—Andover 
(two Petitions) ;— Whitchurch (Hants) ; — Totton; 
— Shadorhurst and Orlestone; — Shildon; — and, 
Reverend Robert William Johnson; praying that the 
Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Leigh (Lancaster) ; — Clare ;— 
Kilfenora ; — Innoshannan ; — Balynadee ; — and, 
Roscrea; 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 Ministers of the Church of Scot- Schoolmasters 
land, within the Presbytery of Kirkaldy, and the (Scotland). 
county of Fife, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for ameliorating the condition of the Burgh 
and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, was 


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


A Petition of the Rural Dean and Clergy of the Saint Asaph 
deanery of Arustley, in the county of Montgomery 04 Bangor 
and diocese of Bangor, praying for the repeal of so P°***** 
much of the Act 6and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to 
the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor ; 
and at the same time that speedy and strenuous 
endeavours may be made for the establishment of a 
bishopric at Manchester, by other means, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Ship- Poor Law. 
ton Union, in the county of York, praying for al- 
teration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, by con- 
fiding to Boards of Guardians the power of fixing 
the measure of remuneration to be given to Medical 
Officers of Unions, was presented, and read; and 

3M referred 





Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Ayr Bridze 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Manchester 
Stipendiary 
Magistrate Bill. 


Preston and 
Wyre Dock, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


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referred to the Select Committee on Poor Law 
Amendment Act (Medical Relief). 


Petitions from New Winchester Union ;—and, 
Durham Union ; 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. 


The Ayr Bridge (No. 2.) Bill was read a second 
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, 
intituled, An Act to alter and amend an Act of the 
fifty-third year of King George the Third, for the 
Appointment of a Stipendiary Magistrate to act 
within the Townships of Manchester and Salford ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 4. 1. 31. After “ is” insert “ specifically.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 32. After “ done” insert “ within the 
“ said borough.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend the several Acts relating 
to the Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour and 
Dock Company; and the same were read, as fol- 
low: 

Pr. 4. 1. penult. Leave out “ Dock and” and 
insert “ Railway,” and in the same line after ‘‘ Har- 
“ bour” insert “ and Dock.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 10. After “ being” insert “ on behalf 
“ of and in the name of Her Majesty, Her heirs and 
** successors.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 28. After “ such” insert “ permanent 
** or redeemable fee-farm rent or annual.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 34. After “such” insert “ fee-farm 
“¢ rent or annual.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 37. After “a” insert “ fee-farm rent 
“ or annual,” and in the same line, after “ charge” 
insert “and the price or sum at which and the 
“ time when any such fee-farm rent or annual rent- 
“ charge, if redeemable, and redeemable within a 
“ limited time, may be so redeemed or purchased 
““ by the said Company, as the case may be ; and 
“any agreement which may already have been 
“ made or entered into by the said Chancellor and 
** Council of the said duchy for any of the purposes 
“ aforesaid, shall be valid and shall and may be 
“ carried into effect by the said Chancellor and 
“ Council for the time being.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 7. After “ such” insert “ fee-farm 
rent or annual.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 9. After “a” insert “ fee-farm rent 
or annual,” 

Pr. 6. 1.12. Leave out “ which said” and insert 
and also upon payment of such sum of money 
as shall have been agreed or settled as aforesaid, 
as or for the price and consideration for the re- 
demption or purchase of any such fee-farm rent 
or annual rent-charge which may have been made 
redeemable as aforesaid, at or within the time 
fixed for that purpose, if any time shall be fixed 
for that purpose, it shall be lawful for the said 
Chancellor and Council, for the time being, by 
any deed or writing under the seal of the said 
duchy, and in the name of Her Majesty, Her 
heirs and successors to release or extinguish any 
such fee-farm rent or annual rent-charge which 
may be so redeemed as aforesaid, and every 
such.” 


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Pr. 6. 1. 13. After “ writing” insert “ as afore- 
said.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 19. Leave out from “ effectual” to 
“ for” inl. 23., and in 1, 23. leave out from “ the” 
to “any” in l. 24., and insert “ purpose for which 
“ the same shall be made.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 34. Leave out “ and for,” and in the 
same line leave out “ purchase” and insert “ price.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 35. Leave out “ money” and insert 
of or.” 

Pr. 6. 1.37. After “ mentioned” insert “ or in 
“ discharge of such fee-farm rent or annual rent- 
“ charge, if such consideration shall be a fee-farm 
rent or annual rent-charge, and all sums of money 
paid for the redemption or purchase of such fee- 
farm rent or annual rent-charge.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten 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 Magistrates, Clergymen, Gentle- County Courts 
men, Merchants, Farmers and Traders of the dis- Bill. 
trict of Markethill, in the county of Armagh, pray- 
ing the House to extend to Jreland the provisions 

of the County Courts Bill, with such alterations 
and amendments, if any, as the circumstances of the 
case may require, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Bod- 
min, in the county of Cornwall, and other places 
adjacent thereto, praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of Land- Bank of Eng- 
owners, Farmers and others at Rochford ;—and, !and Charter 
Chairman of the Committee of the West Suffolk _ 
Agricultural Protection Society; praying that the 
Bank of England Charter Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Holmfirth 
the Report on the Holmfirth and Dunford Roads 74 —— 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, “*"* ©" 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, cleansing, Swansea 
watering, regulating and otherwise improving the — 
Town and Borough of Swansea, in the County of ~'* 
Glamorgan, and for removing and preventing Nui- 
sances and Annoyances therein, 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. 


A Petition of the Zondon and Brighton Railway Railways Bill. 
Company, praying that the Railways Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;—and, Manchester and Wood. 
Salford ; praying the House to impose a tax upon 
steam sawing, or upon Wood sawn by steam,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Lord Worsley reported from the Committee on the Pendleton, &amp;e» 
Pendleton, &amp;c., Roads Bill; and to whom two Peti- Roads Bill. 
tions 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 contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had made verbal Amendments thereunto; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 








A Petition 














8 VicToRiZ. 
A Petition of the Reverend Daniel Dobrée, M. a., 





msey. 

_— Rector of the parishes of the Forest and Torteval, 
in the Island of Guernsey, alleging mal-administra- 
tion of justice in the royal court of Guernsey, by 
which he has suffered severely; and praying for 
redress, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Mackenzie’s Mr. Home Drummond reported from the Select 

eng Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 


the case of Mackenzie’s (Seaforth) Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders were applicable. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mackenzie’s 


Mr. Home Drummond reported from the Select 


Cane Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 

“the case of Mackenzie’s (Scatwell) Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Corn Laws, Petitions from Lyneham ;—Lea and Cleverton ;— 


Tokenham ;—Hullavington ; — Alderbury ;— New 
Sarum (two Petitions) ;— Malmesbury ;—Laverstock 
and Ford ;—Winterslow ;—Cricklade ;—Stratford- 
sub-Castle ; — Wilton ; — Ashton Keynes ; — Bos- 
combe ;—Stert ; —Cliffe Pypard ;—and, Durnford; 
praying the House to resist the efforts now making 

y the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no alteration 
whatever may be made in the existing Corn Laws,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Joint Stock 
Companies’ 
Registration 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Companies 
Registration and Regulation Bill; and, after some 
time speat 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


and Regulation 
Bill. 


No. 428. 


Joint Stock 
Companies’ 
Remedies at 
Law and in 
Equity Bill. 


No, 429. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Companies’ 
Remedies at Law and in Equity 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Canal Companies Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Canal Com- 
panies Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Duties (Isle of Man) Bill; 

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


Customs Duties 


= of Man) mittee on the Customs 
uli. 


Customs Duties 
(Isle of Man 
(No. 3) 


The House was moved, That the Act 54 Geo. 3, 
) ¢. 143, to repeal the Duties granted by an Act 
passed in the eleventh year of his present Majesty, 
for repairing, amending and supporting the several 
Harbours and Sea Ports in the Jsle of Man, and 
for granting new Duties in lieu thereof, and for 
giving further powers to the Commissioners ap- 
pointed under the said Act, might be read, and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 3 and 
4 Will. 4, c. 60, for regulating the Trade of the Zsle 
of Man, might be read, andthe same being read ; 


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451 


And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, 
to consider of authorizing the payment; out of the 
Customs Duties collected in the Js/e of Man, of a 
yearly sum of money to the Harbour Commissioners 
of the said Island, in lieu of certain Harbour Duties 
and Rates proposed to be repealed ; 

Mr. Gladstone, 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, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants, Traders Kingston-upon- 
and others, at the port of Leith, praying that they Hull Docks Bill. 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 

against certain parts of the Kingston-upon-Hull 

Docks Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Camberwell and Walworth (Chair- Post-office. 
man) ;— Nottingham (Chairman) ;--Richard Sewell ; 
—National Charter Association of Carlisle (Chair- 
man) ;—Somers Town (Chairman) ;—and, Charter 
Association of Dumfries and Mazweltown (President 
and Secretary); praying for the repeal of the clause 
in the Act of Parliament, conferring on the Secretary 
of State for the Home Department the power of 
opening and taking copies of letters and other docu- 
ments sent through the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Apted, late of Brighton, but James Apted. 
now a Prisoner in Her Majesty’s Couaty Gaol at 

Horsham, complaining of a sale of his property being 
abandoned, in consequence of a dispute between the 

solicitor of the mortgagee and the auctioneer, as to 

the deposit, and of his effects being sold by the 
mortgagee, and himself confined in gaol upon a writ 

of Ca. sa., for 1,200/.; and praying for relief, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Cess-payers as- Public Works 
sembled at Special Sessions holden at Maryboro’, (Ireland) Act. 
in the Queen’s County, praying for the repeal of so 

much of the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 50, as makes it 
mandatory on the grand jury of any county to re- 

present any money which shall remain unpaid by 

the defalcation, absconding or insolvency of an 

treasurer, collector or other person who shall have 

received said money, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guar- Poor Relief 
dians of the Bailieboro’ Poor Law Union, praying (Ireland) Act. 
the House to relieve them from the payment of the 

loan granted for the building of their workhouse, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Thomas Cooper. 
habitants of Bethnal Green, in the borough of the 
Tower Hamlets, praying the House to take measures 
for securing to Zhomas Cooper, a prisoner in 
Stafford Gaol, a commutation of his sentence, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir James Graham presented, by Her Majesty’s Education 
Command,—A Copy of the Tenth Report of the (ireland.) 
Commissioners of National Education in Jreland, 
for the year 1843, with an Appendix. 

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


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Order, Registration 
—-A Return of the Total Number of Parliamentary 4 oe 
Electors appearing, by the Lists or Books of the (irelan ) 





Vot. 99. 


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Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Limerick City 
Writ, 


Bank of Eng- 
Jand Charter 
Bill. 


No. 430. 


452 


Clerks of the Peace, registered for each County, 
City, Town and Borough in Ireland, on the 1st day 
of February in each of the following years, viz. 
1835, 1837 and 1844; including in the Return for 
1844 those only who had been registered subse- 
quently to the 1st day of February 1836 ; distin- 
guishing, in separate columns, the Numbers regis- 
tered under different Qualifications; and showing 
the Increase or Decrease exhibited by the Numbers 
so appearing registered on the 1st day of February 
1844, compared with those appearing registered at 
each of the said previous Periods; with an Abstract. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for the Regulation of Suits relating to Meeting 
Houses and other Property held for Religious Pur- 
poses by Persons dissenting from the United Church 
of England and Ireland ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

‘The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘lo 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 thef Mr. Young, 


Yeas, (Mr. Henry Baring: \201. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Colquhoun, Lan 
Noes, (Sir Robert Harry Inglis: § 


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, 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. 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Citizen to serve in 
this present Parliament for the City of Limerick, in 
the room of Sir David Roche, Baronet, who, since his 
election for the said City, 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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


a Committee upon the Bank of England Charter 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Causes, N° 6 to N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 11, (Restriction against Issue of 
Bank Notes). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 6. 1. 4. To 
leave out from “ therefrom” to the end of the 
Clause : —Question proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Clause :— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 12 to N° 25, amended, and agreed 
to. 


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A, 1844. 


Crauses, N° 26 and N° 27, agreed to. 
Schedules (A.),(B.) and (C.) amended, and agreed 
to. 

Clauses added. 

Another Clause, (Limiting the issue of £.5. Notes 
to an amount not exceeding £.2,000,000.) 
brought up and read, 1°. 

Motion made and Question, That the Clause be 
now read, 2° put, and Negatived. 

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 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Education Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Education 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 directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Linen, &amp;c., 
into a Committee upon the Linen, &amp;c., Manufactures (Ireland) Bill 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, z 
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- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill: — : 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Charitable _ 
a Committee upon the Charitable Loan Societies ‘freland) Bille 
(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 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- Aliens Bill. 
mittee on the Aliens 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 and 
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- Suppiy. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill Protection of 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and er 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, § ee 
for Monday next. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Saint Margaret’s 
Wednesday last, That the Petition of the Rector, Church, West- 
Churchwardens and Vestrymen of Saint Margaret's," 
Westminster, for aid towards repairing the pee 

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be referred to a Select Committee, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Sir Charles Bur- 
rell, Lord Howard, Lord Seymour, Mr. D’ Eyncourt, 
Lord James Stuart, Mr. Jervis, Mr. Hindley, The 
Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Blackburne, Vis- 
count Mahon, Colonel Rushbrooke, Mr. William 
Fielden, Mr. Packe, Mr. Stafford O’ Brien and Co- 
lonel Fox; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records, 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Transportation, | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
&amp;c (Ireland.) Returns for the years 1841, 1842 and 1843, of the 
Number of Persons sentenced to Transportation by 
Courts of Quarter Sessions or General Sessions of 
the Peace in Ireland, Date of the Session, Name 
of the Person sentenced, and the Offence charged, 
and the Term of Transportation: —And, of the Num- 
ber of Persons left in Custody after each Assizes 
during the above period who were afterwards tried 
at Sessions; the Number of Persons who have ap- 
peared to take their Trial at the Assizes, who have 
been bailed and been afterwards tried at the Sessions. 


Saint Asaph, Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an 
&amp;c., Bishopricss Address to Her Majesty,—An Account of the Re- 


98° Juniz.—1° Juliz. 





venues of the Bishopricks of Saint Asaph, Bangor, 
Llandaff and Saint David's, according to the Re- 
ports of the Commission of Ecclesiastical Revenues, 
stating the Sources from which such Revenues are 
derived; and, Estimate of the Revenues of the 
Bishopricks of Bangor, Llandaff and Saint David's, 
as proposed by the Ecclesiastical Commission, and 
sanctioned by his late Majesty, or Her present Ma- 





jesty, in Orders of Council. 


Charitable Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
Sane and Order,—Returns made into the Office of the Com- 
(Ireland.) | missioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests, 


since 1830, specifying Name of Testator or Donor, 

articular Diocese or Court:—Of the Number of 
Bills filed, or Actions or other Suits instituted, in 
any Courts, in each year, specifying the Time of 
filing the Bills or commencing Actions :—Of the 
Number and Particulars of Cases prosecuted to Con- 
clusion, or settled by Compromise ; the Amount of 
Money realized, and the Taxed Costs or Expenses 
deducted :—Of the Number of Cases where the 
Commissioners have interfered, and recovered or 
administered any Funds or Property without Cost, 
with the Amount and Expenses :—Of the Amount 
of Sums voted by Parliament, in aid of the Board 
of Charity, since 1830:—Of the Number and Names 
of the Counsel for the Board in each case, and 
Amount of Fees paid to Counsel in each and every 
year :—Of the Number of Cases in which Suits in- 
stituted have not been prosecuted to a final Decision 
or Termination :—Of the Number of Cases in which 
the Board of Donations now administer the Funds ; 
Compensation by way of Agency :—Of the Sums in 
progress of Recovery :—Of the Sums in each case 
recovered, and the Expenses comparatively :—And, 
of the Sums now invested in the Names of the Com- 
missioners, and Specifications of Annuities and Cha- 
rities now under the Administration of the Board :— 
Specification of the Number and Particulars of the 
Charitable Donations and Bequests which appear 
to have been devoted to Roman Catholic Schools, 
Institutions or Charities :—Returns of the Number 
of Meetings in each year, for the last Five years, 
held by the Commissioners ; also, the Names of the 


Commissioners present at each Meeting :—And, of 


the ‘Total Number of Commissioners, their Names 
and Occupations :—Copies of all Communications 
between the Commissioners and the Reverend Mr. 


Birmingham, of Ballysaxe; also, his Answers to 


453 


incurred in all cases since 1830:—Return of the 
Names and Particulars of cases, when Proceedings 
commenced, what Progress made, and when termi- 
nated :—And, Account of the Amount of Principal 
Monies in dispute, and Costs deducted in each case. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Middle Level Middle Levet 

Drainage and Navigation Bill have leave to sit To- Drainage and 
: : ; Navigation Bill. 

morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 

House. 


The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 Vic. Colonial 
c. 96, for the Regulation of the Duties on Postage, Poste. 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider so 

much of the said Act as relates to Colonial Posts. 


A Petition of Spirit Retailers, Tea Dealers and Spirit Trade 
Tobacco Manufacturers of the towns of Mallow, Creland-) 
Kanturk, Charleville, Buttevant, Doneraile and Fer 

moy, in the collection called Cork Collection, pray- 

ing the House to grant a Committee to inquire into 

the grievances that affect the inhabitants of pro 

vincial towns in Ireland, who carry on the above 

trades, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lic 

upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 











Luna, 1° die Julti ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Keighley 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the Union. 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Copy of a 
Letter from Sir John Walsham to the Poor Law 
Commissioners, dated the 11th day of June 1844, 
relative to his Report on the Keighley Union, and 

of the Answer of the Commissioners thereto, dated 

the 19th day of June 1844:—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Mayor, Alder- Coventry 
men and Burgesses of the City of Coventry to make oe 
certain Improvements, to provide a Residence for ji 
the Judges during the Assizes in the said City, and 
to establish a Cemetery for the Dead near the said 
City, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Williams do carry 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stratford 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, ee 
intituled, An Act for making a Junction Railway — tin 
trom the Eastern Counties Railway, at Stratford, tion Railway 
in the County of Essex, to the River Thames, with Bill. 
a Branch Railway therefrom ; and for constructing 
a Pier in the River Thames; and the same were 
read, as follow: 
| Pr. 84. 1. 26. After “ claimants” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That the costs of one re-investment 
only in land, and the necessary orders for that 
purpose, shall be allowed, unless the Court be of 
opinion that the re-investment of the money in 
more purchases of land than one would be a pro- 
per application of the money, in case the same 
had been invested in the names of trustees, and 





same respecting a Legacy left to endow a School at 


said Place :—And, of that part of the Will of the 
Person who left said Legacy, as far as relates to 
said Bequest :—Account of the Amount of all Costs | “ 


Vou. 99. 





was to be laid out in the purchase of land under 
the authority of the Court ; and it shall be lawful 
for the Court to order the costs of any further 
re-investment of money in land which they shali 
deem proper, and of the necessary orders for that 

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Union with 
Ireland, 


Bank of Ire- 
land Charter. 


Registration 
of Electors 


(Ireland) Bill. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Interment in 
‘Towns, 








454 1° Juliz. A. 1844. 


“ purpose, to be paid by the Company; and also to| the living, was presented, and read; and ordered 
““ orderand adjudge the costs of any re-investment to lie upon the Table. 
not paid by the Company, and the necessary | 


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“ orders for such purpose, under the provisions | A Petition of the Reverend P. Cumming, Clerk, Great Southern 


hereinbefore contained, to be paid by the peti- Rector of the Union of Prior and Dromed, praying sod Wenern 


“ tioner for such re-investment, or such other per- | that the Great Southern and Western Railway (Jre- (Ireland) Bill, 


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“ son as the said Court shall consider, in the cir- | land) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
“ cumstances of the case, ought to pay the same.” | Was presented, and read ; and referred to the Com- 


Pr. 251.1. 7. After “pier” insert “ or works.” | Mittee on the Bill. 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, | 
were agreed to. 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Petitions from Roscommon ;— Manchester ;— Kil- 
michael;—Dromara ;—Kells;— Donabate and Port- 
rane ;— Lisnabrin ;—Ardagh and Moydow ;—Kil- 
leshandra ;—Glenade ;—Bumblin and Kiltrustan ; 
— Newmarket (Cork); — Raphoe ;— Kilfian and 
Rathrea ; —Kilimallock ; —Duagh ;—Ballynoe ;— 
Rathdowney ; —Culdaff ; — Balla ; —Clogheen and 
Burncourt ; — Kilmakarea and Kilfachnabeg ; — 
Shandrum ;— Johnstown ; — Timoleague and Kil- 
malooda; — West Tullaghbigly ; — Killimore ; — 
Moate ; —Tynan ; — Rathfarnham ;— Myshall ; — 
East Tullaghbigly and Raymunterdony ; — Kilbeg 
and Staholmock ; —Clonmeen ;— Kilbenny ;—Bal- 
linaghea ; — Toomeregan ; —Clonmancy ; —Feakle ; 
—and, Sligo; praying for the repeal of the Legisla- 
tive Union between Great Britain and Ireland,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Carrichedmund ; — Longford ;— 
Aghadergh ;— New Ross ;-— Killinkere ;— Cruagh, 
Trbradden and Rockbrook ;— Kilcornan ; — Lady’s 
Island, Carne and Saint Iberius ;— Carlingford ; 
— Kiltubride ;— Kells ;—Errigle Truagh ;—- Lisro- 
naugh and Powerstown ;— Knockbride ; — Mullina- 
vat ;—Donagh ;—Scrabby and Columbhille East ;— 
Clenhan ;—Maryborough ;— Tyholland ; — Culdaff; 
praying—and, Kildalkey; praying the House to 
refuse a renewal of the Bank of Jreland Charter, 
and to pass an Act extending the Banking pri- 
vileges guaranteed by the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 42, 
to the city of Dublin and the circle of fifty Lrish 
miles around it, with such amendments as to the 
House shall seem meet,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cleenish ;—Cione and Kilcormach; 
—Carrichbeg and Dysart ;—Hacketstown ;—Bal- 
lymore Eustace ;-— Mullagh;— Saint Mary’s (Wez- 


Ordered, That Mr. Bramston do carry the Bill | 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blackheath, in the Commons 
county of Kent, and its vicinity, praying that a Inclosure Bill, 


| clause may be introduced into the Commons Inclo- 
\sure Bill, exempting Blackheath and the common 
lands of the manor of East Greenwich, East Coombe 
\and Lewisham from its operation, was presented, 


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


Railway Company ;— Manchester and Birmingham 
Railway Company ;—and, Birmingham and Glou- 
cester Railway Company ; praying that the Railways 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing, maintaining and Holmfirth 
and Dunford 


and thence to the Huddersfield and Woodhead T — 


improving the Road from Flint-lane to Holmfirth 


pike-road, and for making and maintaining a new 
Line of Road from the said Road, at a place called 
Bents, to or near Dunford Bridge, all in the West 





Riding of the County of York, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Stuart Wortley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That 
they had heard counsel in support of two of the 
said Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour 
of the Bill; and that they had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





? 
and to whom a Petition against the said Bill was 


referred ; That no person appeared in support of the 
said Petition; and that they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railways Bill. 


Earl Jermyn reported from the Committee on the Paisley General 
Paisley General Gas Bill ; and to whom several &amp;* Bill. 


Lord Seymour reported from the Committee on Market Har- 


the Market Harborough and Coventry Road Bill; berough and 
Coventry Road 


Bill. 


ford) ;—Derrynoose ;— Mitchelstown ;-— Tynan ;— | 
Blackditches; — Ardagh and Moydow; — Batters- 
town; — Killargy; — Kilteely ; — Killbarron and 


“ for the purposes of the Railway from London to 
Finoe and Terriglass ;— Shandrum ; — Ballymac- pee y 


. on i Croydon, and others in the habit of travelling by 
nabb ;— Glendalough ; — Kileundiff; — Up er Ba-\ the ‘said Railway, praying that they may be heard, 
doney ;—I ortlis ;—Street 3—Clogheen ds aney s— | by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
Clonmany; — Croagh; — Ballyhague, Killury and tate parts of the London and Croydon Railway 
Rattoo;—Donaghmore ;—Killmallock ; — Ardagh ; (No 2.) Bill, was presented, and read 

° ate oT a &gt; . 


— Killmore 3 — Killfinny ;—Knockanore, K tlwater- | Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
lan, and te on = vee ri prea ; — Kil- | Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
ae a 8 a a ee Skee baal Wate teak | by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 

Aughana ;— Kells ;—Stigo ;—— and, Waterford ; | Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
praying that the Registration of Electors (Jreland) | vour of the Bill, avainst the said Petition. 
Pill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and | she 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








—r ie i _| bridge Union, in the county of Somerset, praying for 

A i etition of Attornies practising in the town of | alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, by con- 

( helmsford, - the county of Essex, praying that fiding to boards of guardians the power of fixing the 

the County Courts Bill may not pass into a law, as | measure of remuneration to be given to medical of- 

it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered ficers of unions, was presented, and read ; and re- 

to lie upon the Table. | ferred to the Seiect Committee on Poor Law Amend- 
iment Act (Medical Relief). 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Householders of Pim- | 


lico, praying that a law may be enacted to prevent) _A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballah, in the county Dissenters’ 
the Interment of the dead within the habitations of | of Warwick, praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Chapels Bil 


| Bill 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land taken London and 
Croydon Rail- 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Ax- Poor Law. 


Rr aaiakioas 





8 VicToRIz. 1° Julie. 455 


Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and | to give directions that there be laid before this House, 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. /a Return, in columns, of the ‘Total Number of de- 
| fended Causes which have been brought before the 
Guernsey. Ordered, That the Petition of the Reverend Daniel | First and Second Divisions of the Court of Session, 


Dobree, relative to the administration of justice in during the Winter Session of 1843-4, distinguishing 


the Island of Guernsey, which was presented upon the Number brought respectively before each of the 
Friday last, be printed. | said Divisions. 


| Ordered, That the said Addr dt 
Bank of Eng- A Petition of the Chairman of the East Suffolk | pean detained man Se grovintns: 4 


; é Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
land Charter = Aoricultural Protection Society, praying that the ; of Her A ; 


. Majesty’s Most h le Pri il. 
_ Bank of England Charter Bill may not pass into a | y= SERS ony nes 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 


coltanh te ie tpen ts Vile, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Railways Bill. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
_—r Petitions from Ferryfrystone ; — Gisburn ; — to give directions that there be laid before this 


| 


Slaidburn and the Forest of Bowland ;—Sykehouse ; 


the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn-Law 
League, and that no further alteration may be made 
in the existing Corn Laws,~were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


—and, Milton (York) ; praying the House to resist | 


House, Copies of any Memorial to Sir Robert Peel, 
by certain Directors and others connected with 
Railway Companies, against the Railways Bill now 
before this House ; and of any Correspondence 
thereupon between the Board of Trade and the afore- 


| said Memorialists. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Datit: . _Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
Savings Banks A’ Petition of the Chairman of the Trustees and | st, . . 
Bill, Managers of the Savings Bank established at | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Manchester, praying that the Savings Banks Bill | 


: , The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Duties 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- | 


Payment of 
Wages. 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


Marriages 
(lreland.) 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
= 
Dioceses, 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


Court of Session 


(Scotland. ) 


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


into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the (Ts! lee 
Payment, out of the Customs Duties collected in : 
the Isle of Man, of a yearly Sum of Money to the 


A Petition of Master and Operative a Harbour Commissioners of the said Island, in lieu 
turers of Cloth, Agriculturists and other Inhabit-| of certain Harbour Duties and Rates proposed to be 
ants of the township of Ossett-cum-Gawthorpe, in | tepealed. 


the West Riding of the county of York, praying the 
House forthwith to cause an inquiry to be made into 
the truck system, and be pleased to pass such a law 


as will enable the magistrates effectually to prohibit | 


truck, by declaring it to be unlawful for any master 
even to sell goods to his operative manufacturer, 
without any reference whatever to his wages, was 


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


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergymen, Gentle- 
men, Merchants, Farmers and Traders of Banbridge, 
and its vicinity, in the county of Down, praying the 
House to extend to Jreland the provisions of the 
Small Debts Bill, with such alterations and amend- 
ments, if any, as the circumstances of the case may 


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


A Petition of the Minister, Ruling Elders and 
other Members of the Congregation of Drumbo, in 
connection with the General Assembly of the Pres- 
byterian Church in Jreland, praying the House to 
pass a Bill to declare valid, to all intents and pur- 
poses in law, all Marriages heretofore solemnized, 
or hereafter to be solemnized, by Presbyterian mi- 
nisters in Ireland, provided that all such Marriages 
shall be solemnized and registered agreeably to the 
published laws of the Jrish Presbyterian Church, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Norfolk, praying for the repeal 
of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as 
relates to the union of the Sees of Saint Asaph and 
Bangor, and at the same time providing for the im- 
mediate appointment of a Bishop to the newly- 
erected See of Manchester, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Newry Poor Law Union, praying the 
House to relieve the Board of Guardians from the 
payment of the loan granted them for the building 
of their workhouse, 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 
Vou. 99. 


| 
| 


| 





(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the yearly Sum of Two thousand 
and three hundred pounds, be paid, out of the Cus- 
toms Duties collected in the Isle of Man, to the 
Harbour Commissioners of the said Island, to be 
applied to the same purposes as certain Harbour 
Duties and Rates now proposed to be repealed, 
would have been applicable. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed tho Chair ; and Sir George 
Clerk reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A Petition of Letter-press Printers, in the city of Arrestment 
Glasgow, praying the House to pass a Bill, with all (Soothend ) 
convenient speed, effectually to prevent Wages in : 
Scotland from being interfered with by any legal 
diligence, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-LandTax 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill; epg 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 5 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kilmore, praying the Education 
House to adopt measures for extending Scriptural (!re!*"4) 
Education in Jre/and, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself + ere a 
into a Committee, to consider so much of the Act a 
3 and 4 Vic. c. 96, for the Regulation of the Duties 
on Postage, as relates to Colonial Posts. 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Regulation of Colonial Posts. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. George 
William Hope reported, That the Committee had 
come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. George William Hope accordingly reported a 
Resolution; and the same was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 

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456 


the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Regulation of Colonial Posts :—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. George William Hope and Sir George 
Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; 

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


Message from 
the Lords, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 
and Mr. Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker, 


Hitchins’ The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
(or Fea to enable the Guardian of Henry Peach Keighley 
"Peach, an Infant, to sell the next Presentation to 
the Rectory and Parish Church of Jdlicote, in the 
County of Warwick; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Archbutt’s 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Samuel Archbuti, the 
younger, Gentleman, with Mary Amelia, his now 

ife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other Purposes therein mentioned; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Divorce Bill. 


Hitchins’? 
(or Peach’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Ffitchins’ Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


1° Juliz. 








A. 1844. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Small Debts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Chaplains te 
reading of the Chaplains to Hospitals, &amp;c., (Zreland) Hospitals, &amp;c., 
Bill ; (Treland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process Bill; Common Law 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday P'°¢ess Bill 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


NE RABAT 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of Com. 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process (Jre- mon Law Pro. 
land) Bill ; = 

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


The Order ot the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; Courts Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Unlawfal Oaths 
into a Committee upon the Unlawful Oaths (Zre- (Ireland) Bill. 
land) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 





Archbutt’s 


Archbutt’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; | 
Divorce Bill. 


. | 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Recistration 
of Electors 


(Ireland) Bill. posed, That the Order of the day for the second 


reading of the Registration of Electors (Jreland) 
Bill, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ other Orders of the day be now read,” 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 
““ other Orders of the day be now read” be added, 
instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the other Orders of the day be 
now read. 

And the Order of the day for the Committee on 
the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill being 
read accordingly ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
six months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Muuici¢al 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Railways Bill. |The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Railways Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


Savings Banks 


a The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ule 


mittee on the Savings Banks Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
ext, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


County Courts 


Con The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
ie 


further consideration the Report on the County 
Courts Bill; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


consideration upon Monday next. 


Superior Courts 
«Common Law) 
Bill. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- | shall continue until 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cuause, N° 1, (That the Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 74, 
). 

Question proposed, That the blank be filled with 
One year. 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. More O’ Ferrall, 


Yeas, Sir Denham Norreys : } ™ 
Tellers for the [ Mr. Young, \ 58 
Noes, Lord Arthur Lennox: J °° 


Blank filled with One year. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cuausz, N° 2, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Sir George 
Clerk reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made an Amendment there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prisons 
into a Committee upon the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Sir George Clerk 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, proceeded to take Bank of Eng- 
into further consideration the Report on the Bank !and Charter 
of England Charter Bill; and the Amendments ®" 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 








The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Education Bill. 
secure the Terms on which Grants are made by Her 
Majesty out of the Parliamentary Grant for the 
Education of the Poor, and to explain the Act of 
the fifth year of the reign of Her present Majesty 
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8 VicToriz. 


for the Conveyance of Sites for Schools, 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 acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Sir George Clerk reported the Linen, &amp;c., Manu- 
factures (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 Wed- 
nesday next. 


Linen, &amp;c., 
Manufactures 


(Ireland ) Bill. 


Charitable 
Loan Societies 
(ireland) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Charitable Loan Societies (Lreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 

Aliens Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Aliens Bill; 

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


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


Protection of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(iselaed) a” mittee on the Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c., (Ire- 
lund) Bill. Jond) Bill; 
. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Comunittee. 


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


Removal Bill. to continue Two Acts relating to the Removal of! 


Poor Persons born in Scotland and Ireland, and 
chargeable to Parishes in England: And that Mr. 
Manners Sutton and Mr. Young do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
Tumpike Acts Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
— to continue certain Turnpike Acts: And that Mr. 
" Manners Sutton and Mr. Young do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Militia Ballots. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Suspension Bill. to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots and 
Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom : 
And that Mr. Manners Sutton and Sir Thomas Fre- 
mantle do prepare, and bring it in. 


Stock in Trade 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants of Pa- 
rishes, 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: And that Mr. 
Manners Sutton and Mr. Young do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Merchant Seae 
men’s Fund, 


No. 431. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to examine into the state and prospects, and into 
the advantages, of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund, 
have Power to report their Opinion thereupon to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Mr. Gladstone 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 be printed. 

Vou. 99. 


1° -2° Juliz. 





457 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented a Bill to suspend Militia Ballots 
the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments 5'sPe"sion Bill. 
for the Militia of the United Kingdom: And the No. 440. 
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 a Bill to continue Vagrants _ 
Two Acts relating to the Removal of Poor Persons Re™va! Bill. 
born in Scotland and Ireland, and chargeable to No.482. 
Parishes in England: 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 a Bill to continue Stock in Trade 
the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, Town-®#!- 
ships and Villages from liability to be ratedas such, No. 438. 
in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property, to 
the Relief of the Poor: 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 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 F 
upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. No. 434. 

Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s Lunacy. 
Command,—Copy of the Report of the Metropolitan 
Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 

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


Ordered, That the Abstract ofthe Return relative Se 
to Registration of Electors (Jreland), which was 7, dlectors 


2 ; Ireland. ) 
presented upon Friday last, be printed. : No. 435. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Saint Asaph, Saint Asaph, 
&amp;c., Bishoprics, which was presented upon Friday &amp;, Bishoprics, 
last, be printed. No. 436. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 

















Martis, 2° die Julii ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


T H E House proceeded to take into consideration Pendleton, &amp;c., 
the Report on the Pendleton, &amp;c., Roads Bill ; Roads Bill. 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; and the same Orders; 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Kingston-upon- Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill, proposed Clauses and Amend- Hull Docks Bill. 
ments on third reading, the said Clauses and Amend- 
ments ought not to be adopted by the House at 
that stage. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Machenzie’s (Scatwell) Estate Bill was read a se- Mackenzie’s 
cond time ; and committed. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com--""* ”" 
mittee of Selection. 


Machenzie’s (Seaforth) Estate Bill was read a se- Mackenzie’s 
cond time ; and committed. eee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ie 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on Middle Level 
the Middle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill to pet a 
make their Report be further enlarged till Thursday “*'°"""™"™ 
next, 

3.N Mr. 





458 


PublicPetitions 
(Thirty-fifth 
Report.) 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Railways Bill, 


Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill. 


Kingston-upon 
Hull Docks Bil 


Bank of Eng- 
jand Charter 
Bill. 


Corn, &amp;e. 


County Cour 
Bill. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 26th, 27th and 28th 
days of June last; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Wir- 
rall Union, in the county of Kent, praying for 
alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, by 
confiding to Boards of Guardians the power of fixing 
the measure of remuneration to be given to Medical 
Officers of Unions, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Poor Law 
Amendment Act (Medical Relief). 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of 
the Northwich Union, 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 of the Great North of England Rail- 
way Company ;—Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Company ;— Bishop Auckland and Weardale Rail- 
way Company ;—and, Bristol and Gloucester Rail- 
way Company; praying that the Railways Bill may 


2 Julit. 


A. 1844. 


compensation for the loss which they must neces- 


sarily sustain, or appoint them to such offices in the 
newly-formed courts as their previous duties may 
have enabled them competently to fill, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


be read ; and the same were read, as follow: 

34. 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 ad- 
ministrators, for the payment of the money so sub- 
scribed. 

39. That in all cases where it is proposed to 
make, vary, extend or enlarge any Railway, the 
Plan shall exhibit thereon the height of the several 
embankments, and the depth of the several cuttings 
respectively, on a scale specified thereon. 

40. That in every Section of a Railway, the line 
marked thereon shall correspond with the upper 
surface of the rails. (See Line S. S. Fig. 2.) 

41. That a vertical measure from the datum line 
to the line of the Railway shall be marked in feet 





not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 


Petitions from Langonoyod ;—Stockton-on- Tees ; 


and inches at each change of the gradient or incli- 
nation (see F. F. Fig. 2), and that the proportion or 
rate of inclination between each such change shall 


also be marked. (See G. G. in Fig. 2.) 





— Elstead ;—and, Witley and Chiddingfold ; pray- 
ing that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


- The Order of the day being read, for resuming 

. the further Proceeding upon the third reading of the 
ingrossed Bill for making a Dock, and other Works 
connected therewith, in addition to the present Docks 
at Kingston-upon-Hull, and for amending the Acts 
relating to such last-mentioned Docks :—The House 
resumed the said further Proceeding. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill do 
pass ; 

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 in- 
terest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making new Docks, and other 
Works connected therewith, in addition to the 


present Docks at Kingston-upon- Hull, and for 


amending the Acts relating to such last-mentioned 
Docks. 


Ordered, That Sir John Hanmer do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


42. That the height of the Railway over or under 
the surface of every turnpike-road, public carriage- 
road, navigable river, canal or Railway, or junction 
with a Railway, shall be marked in figures at every 
crossing thereof (see 1. I. 1. Fig. 2); and if there 
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 shall 
be stated on the said Section. (See P. Fig. 2. 

43. That where tunnelling as a substitute for 
open cutting, or arching as a substitute for solid 
embankment, be intended, the same shall be marked 
both on the Plan and Section. (See Q. R. Figs. 1 
and 2.) 

85. 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 
30 feet; and of any other public carriage-road not 
more than one foot in 20 feet; and that 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. 

86. ‘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 re- 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In-| striction ought not to be enforced, with the reasons 


habitants of the city of Glasgow, praying that the 
Bank of England Charter Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, and 
others interested in Agriculture, in the vicinity of 


The House was moved, That the Standing Orders, Standing 
Nos. 34, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 85, 86 and 88, might Orders. 





Harleston, in Norfolk, praying the House to re- 
peal the duties on Foreign Corn, the duty on Malt, 


and to encourage perfect freedom of trade by the | 
removal ofall unnecessary restrictions upon it, was | 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


ts A Petition of Officers to the Sheriff of the city 
and county of Bristol, praying that in case the 
County Courts Bill should pass into a law the 
House will either cause the Petitioners to receive 








and facts upon which their opinion is founded. 

88. That in all Railway Bills there be inserted 
the following Clauses : 

*« And be it further Enacted, That it shall not be 
lawful for the said Company to proceed in the exe- 
cution of the said Railway herembefore authorized 
to be made, unless the said Company shall have, 
previously to the commencement of such work, de- 
posited 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 Scot- 
land, in or through which the said Railway 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 approved 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 





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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 

ost towns in or nearest to such parishes in [reland, 
in or through which such alterations shall have been 
authorized to be made, copies or extracts of or from 
such Plans and Sections as shall relate to such pa- 
rishes respectively ; and all persons interested shall 
have liberty to 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 hundred 
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 Railway 
as referred to the common 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, Jessees 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 consentof 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 public sewers, 
or the proprietors of any canal or navigation af- 
fected 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 nevertheless, That it shall be iawful for 
the said Company, 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 
Section, 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 alteration is in- 
tended 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 consent- 
ing to any such deviation from the said Sections, 
and to any tunnelling or arching as aforesaid, 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 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 


VoL, 99. 


2° Jule. , 459 


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 halfa mile, unless where it exceeds three 
miles on the said Plan.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be repealed. 


Resolved, That as regards Railway Bills, no Sub- 
scription Contract shall be valid unless it be entered 
into subsequent to the day fixed in the Session of 
Parliament previous to that in which application is 
made for leave to bring in the Bill to which it re- 
lates, as the last day on which Petitions for Private 
Bills may be presented, and unless the parties sub- 
scribing to it bind themselves, their heirs, executors 
and administrators, for the payment of the money 
so subscribed. 

Resolved, That in all cases where it is proposed 
to make, vary, extend or enlarge any Railway, the 
Plan shall exhibit thereon the distances in miles 
and furlongs, from one of the termini; and a me- 
morandum of the radius of every curve not exceed- 
ing one mile in length shall be noted on the Plan 
in miles and chains. 

Resolved, That in every Section of a Railway, 
the line marked thereon shall correspond with the 
upper surface of the rails. 

Resolved, That distances on the datum line shall 
be marked in miles and furlongs, to correspond with 
those on the Plan; that a vertical measure from the 
datum line to the line of the Railway shall be 
marked in feet and inches at each change of the 
gradient or inclination; and that the proportion or 
rate of inclination between each such change shall 
also be marked. 

Resolved, That the height of the Railway over 
or under the surface of every turnpike-road, public 
carriage-road, navigable river, canal or Railway, or 
junction with a Railway, shall be marked in figures 
at every crossing thereof, and the extreme height 
over or under the surface of the ground shall be 
marked for every embankment and cutting ; and if 
any alteration in the present level or rate of incli- 
nation of any turnpike-road, carriage-road or Rail- 
way be intended, then the same shall be stated on 
the said Section, and each numbered; also that 
cross Sections, in reference to the said numbers, on 
a horizontal scale of one inch to every 330 feet, and 
on a vertical scale of one inch to every 40 feet, shall 
be added, to explain the nature of such alterations 
more clearly. 

Resolved, That where tunnelling as a substitute 
for open cutting, or a viaduct as a substitute for 
solid embankment, be intended, the tunnelling shall 
be marked by a dotted line on the Plan, and shall 
also be marked on the Section, and the viaduct shall 
be marked on the Section. 

esolved, 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 not more than one foot in twenty feet, unless 
a report from some officer of the Railway Depart- 
ment of the Board of ‘Trade shall be laid before the 
Committee on the Bill, recommending that steeper 
ascents than the above may be allowed, with the 
reasons and facts upon which such opinion is founded, 
and the Committee shall report in favour of such 
recommendation :—Also, that 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. 

Resolved, That no Railway whereon carriages 
are propelled by steam, or by atmospheric agency, 
or drawn by ropes in connexion with a stationary 
steam engine, 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, 





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Resolved, That in all Railway Bills there be in- | 
serted the following Clauses :— 

“ And be it further Enacted, That it shall not be 
lawful for the said Company to proceed in the exe- 
cution of the said Railway hereinbefore authorized 
to be made, unless the said Company shall have, 
previously to the commencement of such work, de- 
posited 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 Scot- 
land, in or through which the said Railway 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 approved 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 se- 
veral parishes in England, the Schoolmasters of the 
several parishes in Scotland (or in royal burghs with 
the Town Clerk), and the Postmasters of the post 
towns in or nearest to such parishes in Ireland, in 
cr through which such alterations shall have been 
authorized to be made, copies or extracts of or from 
such Plans and Sections as shall relate to such pa- 
rishes 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 cus- 
tody of such Plan and Section, or of such extract 
or copy, the sum of one shilling for every such in- 
spection, and after the rate of sixpence for every 
one hundred words copied therefrom.” 

“ And be it further Enacted, That in making the 
said Railway it shall not be lawful for the said 
Company to deviate from the levels of the said 
Railway, as referred to the common datum Line de- 
scribed in 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 








A. 1844. 


the said Sections, and to any tunnelling or arching as 
aforesaid, 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 
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 for the said Company to deviate from or alter 
the gradients, curves, tunnels or other engineering 
works described in the said Plan or Section, except 
within the following limits, and under the following 
conditions ; viz. 

Subject to the above provisions in regard to alter- 
ing levels, it shall be lawful for the Company to 
diminish the inclination or gradients of the said Rail- 
way, to any extent, and to increase the said inclina- 
tion or gradients as follows; that is to say, in gra- 
dients of an inclination not exceeding one in a hun- 
dred to any extent not exceeding ten feet per mile, 
or to any further extent which shall be certified by 
the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for 
‘Trade, to be consistent with public safety, and not 
prejudicial to public interests; and in gradients of 
or exceeding the inclination of one in a hundred, to 
any extent not exceeding three feet per mile, or to 
any further extent which shall be so certified by the 
Lords of the said Committee as aforesaid : 

It shall be lawful for the Company to diminish the 
radius of any curve described in the said Plan, to 
any extent which shall leave a radius of not less than 
half a mile, or to any further extent authorized by 
such certificate as aforesaid, from the Lords of the 
said Committee : 

It shall be lawful for the Company to make a 
tunnel, not marked on the said Plan or Section, 
instead of a cutting, or a viaduct instead of a solid 
embankment, if authorized by such certificate as 
aforesaid from the Lords of the said Committee.” 








by such deviation, then the same shall not be made 


without the consent of the Trustees or Commis-| and the 1st day of this instant July (That Her Ma- 
sioners, or if there be no such Trustees or Commis-| jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions 


sioners, 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 situated, or 
without the consent of the Commissioners for any 
public sewers, or the proprietors of any canal or 
navigation affected by such deviation: Provided 
always, That it shall be lawful for the Company to 
deviate from the said levels to a further extent with- 
out such consent as aforesaid, by lowering solid 
embankments or viaducts, provided that the requi- 


site height of headway prescribed by Act of Parlia- | 


ment be left for roads, streets or canals passing 
under the same.” 

“ And be it further Enacted, That where in any 
place it is intended to carry the Railway on an arch 


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 always, 
Thax notice of every Petty Sessions to be holden for 
the purpose of obtaining such consent as is herein- 
before required shall, fourteen days previous to the 
holding of such Petty Sessions, be given in some 
newspaper circulating in the county, and also be 
affixed upon the church door of the parish in which 
such deviation or alteration 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 deviations from 











| 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. 


to Her Majesty,—Copies of any Memorial to Sir 
Robert Peel by certain Directors and others con- 
| nected with Railway Companies, against the Rail- 
| ways Bill now before this House ; and of any Cor- 
| respondence thereupon between the Board of Trade 
and the aforesaid Memorialists. 

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

| 


‘land now entitled to vote, with the Name of the 
| Baronies from which each Elector registers :—And, 
_a similar Return of the Electors registered after the 
| passing of the Irish Reform Act. 


the 1st day of February 1843 to the 1st day of Fe- 
bruary 1844 ; also, of the Total Number of Re@is- 
tered Electors for each County, City and Borough 
of Ireland, on the 1st day of February 1844. 


A Return of the Amounts and Particulars, as set Annoyance 
forth in the Presentments, of the Amerciaments le- Juries (West- 
vied by each Annoyance Jury of the City of West- minster. ) 


minster, during the years 1841, 1842, 1843 and 
1844; and of the Number and Amount of the Amer- 
ciaments remitted or mitigated during those years ; 
distinguishing those remitted from those vie ae 

an 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 24th day of June last Addresses. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, pursuant to an Address Railways Bill. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or- Electors 
or arches, or other viaduct, as marked on the said | ders,—A Return of the Electors for Counties in Jre- (Ire!and.) 


Returns of the Number of registered Electors in Flectors 
the Counties, Cities and Boroughs of Ireland, from (Ireland.) 


more 


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Loan Fund 
Board 
(Ireland.) 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Hythe Land- 
ing-place Bill. 


Liverpool 
Docks Bill. 


Willenhall 
Chapel Estate 
Bill. 


Glasgow 
Assizes. 


Post-office. 


8 VicToRIz. 


and stating to what Amounts the same were miti- 
gated. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Sixth 
Annual Report of the Commissioners of the Loan 
Fund Board of Jreland. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for making a Landing-place at or near Hythe, 
in the Parish of Fawley and Extra-parochial Places 
adjoining thereto, in the County of Southampton, 
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 enabling the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks 
to construct additional Wet Docks and other Works, 
and to raise a further Sum of Money, and for amend- 
ing and extending the Acts relating to the Docks 
and Harbour of Liverpool, 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 
to authorize the Sale of certain Estates and Mines 
belonging to the Chapel of Willenhall, in the Parish 
of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, and 
to provide a Residence for the Incumbent of the 
Chapel; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to appoint a Commission to inquire into the 
conduct of the Judges who presided at the Assizes 
held in the city of Glasgow, in the month of May 
last, and especially into the circumstances attending 
the trial of Alexander Walker, accused of an as- 
sault with intent to ravish a girl of tender age, 
named Grace M‘Farlane ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers forthe f Mr. Wallace, 

Yeas, Mr. Bannerman: 

Tellers forthe J Mr. Young, 

Noes, U Mr. Henry Baring: 


So it passed in the Negative. 


1 6 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
inquire into a department of Her Majesty’s General 
Post-office, commonly called “ The Secret or Inner 
Office,” the duties and employment of the persons 
engaged therein, and the authority under which the 
functions of the said office are discharged ; and that 
the said Committee do report their Opinion to the 
House, as well as upon the expediency of making any 
alterations in the Law under which tbe secret open- 
ing, delaying or detaining of Post Letters is con- 
ducted ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That a” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ Committee of Secresy be appointed, to inquire 
into the state of the Law in respect to the detain- 
ing and opening of Letters, at the General Post- 
office, and into the mode in which the authority 
given for such detaining and opening has been 
exercised,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being proposed, That the 


words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Voi. 99. 


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2 Julie. 





461 
Question : —The said proposed Amendment and 
Motion were, severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That a Committee of Secresy be ap- 
pointed to inquire into the state of the Law in re- 
spect to the detaining and opening of Letters at the 
General Post-office, and into the mode under which 
the authority given for such detaining and opening 
has been exercised, and to report their Opinion and 
Observations thereupon to the House :—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Viscount Sandon, Mr. 
Wilson Patten, Mr. Thomas Baring, Sir William 
Heathcote, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Warburton, Mr. 
Strutt, O’Conor Don and Mr. Ord. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That Mr. Thomas Duncombe be one 
other Member of the said Committee ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for ther Mr. James, sa 
Yeas, \ Mr. William Williams : } vie 

Tellers for thef Mr. Young, i 
Noes, Lord Arthur Lennox : 7 


So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Hume be one other Member of the 
said Committee:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Prison 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Discipline 


consider the Reports of the Inspectors of Prisons, 
and the state of Discipline, in the Gaols, for the 
adoption of an uniform system of punishment, with 
such improvements in the management as can be 
safely adopted :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
further to stay Proceedings in certain Actions under 


of excessive Gaming, and to prevent any similar 
Proceedings being taken under those Statutes during 
such further limited time: And that Viscount 


Palmerston and Mr. Tufnell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider of authorizing the 
Payment, out of the Customs Duties collected in the 
Isle of Man, of a yearly Sum of Money to the Har- 
bour Commissioners of the said Island, in lieu of 
certain Harbour Duties and Rates proposed to be 
repealed, a Resolution ; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That. the yearly sum of Two thousand 
and three hundred pounds be paid, out of the Cus- 
toms Duties collected in the Isle of Man, to the 
Harbour Commissioners of the said Island, to be 
applied to the same purposes as certain Harbour 
Duties and Rates, now proposed to be repealed, 
would have been applicable. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill, 
That they have power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


Sir George Clerk reported the Unlawful Oaths 
(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 Thursday 
next. 


3N3 Sir 


Actions for 
Gaming Dis- 
Ale &gt; HC? continuance 
the provisions of several Statutes for the Prevention (No. 2.) Bill. 


Customs Duties 
(Isle of Many 


(No. 3.) 


Unlawful Oaths 
(Ireland) Bill. 














































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Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Appea! in 
Criminal Cases 
Bill. 


Actions for 
Gaming Dis- 
continuance 


(No. 2.) Bill. 
No. 439. 


Colonial 
Postage Bill. 


No. 438. 


Keighley 
Union. 


No. 437. 


Committees, 


County Court 
(County Pala- 
tine of Lan- 
caster) Bill, 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Middle Level 


Drainage and 


Navigation Bill, 


Railways Bill. 


Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill. 


462 


Sir George Clerk reported the Prisons (Scotland) 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


Qo__ g° 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 10th day of this instant July. 


Mr. Tufnell presented a Bill further to stay Pro- 
ceedings in certain Actions under the Provisions of 
several Statutes for the Prevention of excessive 
Gaming, and to prevent any similar Proceedings 
being taken under those Statutes during such fur- 
ther limited Time : And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for the better 
Regulation of Colonial Posts: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and tobe printed. 


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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 3° die Julii ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Court (County Palatine of 
Lancaster) Bill; 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mill-street and its 
vicinity, in the parish of Aberdare, borough of Mer- 
thyr Tydvil, praying that the County Courts Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Pusey reported frem the Committee on the 
Middle Level Drainage and Navigation Bill; and 
to whom 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; That they had examined the al- 
legations of the Bill, and had amended the Preamble 
by striking out the words “the several” in page 3, 
paragraph 2, and inserting “ such of the,” and at 
the end of the paragraph inserting “as drain by the 
said Old Bedford River”; and that they had found 
the Preamble, as amended, to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their consent to the 
Bill, to the satisfaction of the Commiitee ; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chester and Birkenhead Rail- 
way Company, praying that the Railways Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shotley;— Somerstown ; — Ban- 
chory ;—North Pickenham ;—and, Hayes (Middle- 
sex}; praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 





Juli. A. 1844, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Registration Companies Re. 
and Regulation Bill ; er ae 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being - 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 

Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 

the end of the Question, in order to add the words 

“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 

“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 

proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 

—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 

of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 

the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
CrauseE, N°2,(Operation of Act as to Companies). 
Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 5. To 
leave out “ or agency therein” in order to insert “ in 
“ England,” instead thereof. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again,--——put, and agreed to. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pringle 
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- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Remedies at Companies 
thy ~ Gae a. Remedies at 
Law and in Equity Bill ;  eeamapen™ 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Equity Bili. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Duties 
mittee on the Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill; (Isle of Man) 
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 third Linen, &amp;c., 
reading of the Linen, &amp;c., Manufactures (Jreland) powered 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Cirencester and Bank of Ens- 
Gloucestershire Association for protection of Agricul- land Charter 
ture, praying that the Bank of England Charter 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 Charles Hugh Edwards, of the bo- Raiiways. 

rough of Birmingham, Yeoman, praying the House 
to institute an inquiry, whether the various Railway 
Companies do or do not really make a profit by the 
charges for carriage and transit of goods, and if it 
shall turn out that they do earn a profit for such 
charges, then that the House will regulate accord- 
ingly the charges for passenger traffic by reducing 
the same, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the High Bailiff of Westminster, State Tria! 
praying the House to present an humble Address to (Ireland.) 
the Queen, that Her Majesty may be graciously 
pleased to exercise Her Royal Prerogative in behalf 
of Daniel O'Connell and other Prisoners, by order- 
ing their immediate release, and by exonerating 





ordered to lie upon the Table. 


them from those fines and recognizances imposed 
L upon 


8 VicTORIZ. 


upon them at the expiration of their several periods 
of imprisonment by the sentence of the Court of 
Queen’s Bench in Jreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
New Zealand. A Petition of Owners of land in New Zealand, 
and others interested in the welfare of that colony, 
raying the House to take efficient steps to ensure 
to the British colonists security of life and protec- 
tion of property throughout the whole colony of 
New Zealand, and that their equitable claims may 
be promptly and generously entertained, and that 
confirmation of the titles to land may be promptly 
made, and also such further security to persons and 
property in the colony may be afforded, as will sus- 
tain the hope and energy of the settlers, and tran- 
quillize the minds of their connections at home, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on New Zealand. 


Postage. A Petition of Inhabitants of Derby, praying the 
favourable attention of the House to the whole of 
Mr. Hill’s Postage Scheme, which, in its operation, 
has already conferred so great a benefit upon the 
public, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Joint Stock Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Companies Re- Pegk Forest Canal ;—and, Company of Proprie- 
Series Bill; tors of the Canal Navigation from Manchester to or 
and, Joint Stock near Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham ; praying that 
Companies Re- the Joint Stock Companies Registration and Regu- 
oad in Equity lation ; and, Joint Stock Companies Remedies at 
Bill. Law and in Equity Bills, may not pass into law, as 
they now stand,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Prisoners’ 


A Petition of Prisoners confined for debt in the 
Letters. 


gaol of Warwick, complaining of their Letters being 
opened by the governor and other parties; and 
praying that the House will be pleased to take into 
consideration this grievance, and afford them redress, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Post-office. Petitions from Reading ;—Leicester (Chairman) ; 
—Rochdale (Chairman);—Members of the North 
Nottinghamshire Meeting of the National Charter 
Association ; — London (Chairman) ; — Barnsley 
(Chairman) ;—and, Failsworth ; praying the House 
to take immediate steps to repeal the clause in the 
Act of Parliament conferring on the Secretary of 
State for the Home Department the power of open- 
ing and taking copies of letters passing through the 
Post-office,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Joseph Ceppere A Petition of Joseph Capper, of Tunstal, in the 
county of Stafford, Blacksmith, stating that he has 
been sentenced to two years’ confinement at the 
special assizes held for the trial of The Potteries 
rioters, in October 1842, and that his health has 
suffered much in consequence of his confinement ; 
and praying the House to advise Her Majesty to 
liberate him forthwith, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the fifth day 
of July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, 
certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United 
Kingdom for the Service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty-four, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 
oachit The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
Prevention Bill, by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to extend 
an Act of the ninth year of King George the Fourth, 

Vo. 99. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Sugar Duties 
Bill. 


Night Poaching 


3° Jultz. 





463 


for the more effectual Prevention of Persons going 
armed by Night for the Destruction of Game, with- 


out any Amendment:—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- smoke Prohibi- 
mittee on the Smoke Prohibition Bill; tion 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, resolve 
“¢ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
It passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,”’ be added instead 
thereof:—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day three 
months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Coroners 
mittee on the Coroners (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Chaplains to 
reading of the Chaplains to Hospitals, &amp;c. (Ireland), Hospitals, &amp;c., 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Qourts of 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process Bill ; Common Law 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Process Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of Com 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process (Jre- mon Law Pro- 
land) Bill ; cess (Ireland) 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Cont- Ajiens Bill. 
mittee on the Aliens 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- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Meaus, 


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. 


Supply. 


The House, according to the Order made this Customs Duties 
day, resolved itself into a Committee upon the Cus- (Isle of Man) 
toms Duties (Zsle of Man) Bill; and, after some r 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 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 received To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend and continue certain Linen, &amp;c., 
Acts relating to Linen, Hempen and other Manu- Manufactures 
factures in Jreland, was, according to the Order eee 
made this day, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend and continue for Five 
years, and to the end of the next Session of Pazlia- 
ment, certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen and 
other Manufactures in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Sir George Clerk do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

3N 4 Resolved, 








Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland. 


Union Work- 
houses (Ire- 
Jand.) 


No, 441. 


Drainage of 
Lands Bill. 


Gaming. 


Drainage of 
Lands Bill. 


No. 442. 


Reproductive 
Loan Fund 
Institution 
(Ireland). 


ba o. 443. 


Railways Bill. 


No. 444. 
Electors 
( Ireland.) 
No. 435. 
Electors 
(Ireland. 
No. 435. 


Loan Fund 
Board 
(Ireland.) 


No. 445. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


4.64: 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee, to take into 
consideration the Act 17 and 18 Car. 2, c. 7, in- 
tituled, “ An Act for Provision of Ministers in Cities 
and Corporate Towns, and making the Church of 
Saint Andrew’s, in the Suburbs of the City of Dub- 
lin, Presentative for ever,” with a view to the repeal 
of so much thereof as relates to the payment of 
Ministers in Corporate Towns in Ireland. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to consider the Report of the 
Commission for inquiring into the execution of the 
Contracts for certain Union Workhouses in Ireland, 
and to report their Opinion and Observations there- 
upon to the House, and to whom two Petitions were 
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 do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law enabling the Owners of settled 
Estates to defray the Expense of draining the same 
by way of Mortgage: And that Mr. Pusey, Mr. 
William Miles and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


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 First 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships to inquire into the Laws respecting 
Gaming: And that Mr. Christie do carry the said 
Message. 


Mr. Pusey presented a Bill to amend the Law 
enabling the Owners of settled Estates to defray 
the Expense of draining the same by way of Mort- 
gage: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or- 
der,—Copy of the Charter that has been granted 
by Her Majesty to the Society calling itself the 
Trish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution. 

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


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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return of Elec- 
tors for Counties in Ire/and entitled to vote, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns of 
Electors registered in Jreland, which were presented 
yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Sixth Annual Report of the 
Loan Fund Board (Jreland), which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 4° die Julii ; 
Anno 8° Victoriz Regine, 1844. 


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 ; 


a 


3°— 4° Juliz. 


A. 1844. 


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 there- 
in mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby autho- 
rized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Sagar Duties 
fifth day of July One thousand eight hundred and Bill. 
Forty-five, certain Duties on Sugar imported into 
the United Kingdom, for the Service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four : 

An Act to repeal the Duty of Excise on Vinegar, Vinegar ana 
and to make the Duties and Drawbacks now payable Glass Duties 
on Flint Glass the same as on Bottle Glass : —_ 

An Act for authorizmg Her Majesty to carry into Slave Trade 
immediate execution, by Orders in Council, any Treaties Bill, 
Treaties for the Suppression of the Slave Trade : 

An Act to amend the Laws now in force for pre- Gold and Silver 
venting Frauds and Abuses in the marking of Gold Wes Bill. 
and Silver Wares in England : 

An Act for abolishing the Offences of Forestalling, Forestalling 
Regrating and Engrossing, and for repealing certain &amp;c., Bill. — 
Statutes passed in restraint of Trade: 

An Act to extend an Act of the ninth year of Night Poaching 
King George the Fourth, for the more effectual Pre- Prevention Bill. 
vention of Persons going armed by Night for the 
Destruction of Game: 

An Act to continue for Five years an Act of the Assaulis 
second and third years of Her present Majesty, (Ieland) Bill 
“ for the better Prevention and Punishment of As- 
saults in Ireland :” 

An Act to explain and amend an Act of the last Limitation 
Session of Parliament, intituled, “ An Act for ex- of Actiens 
tending to Jreland the Provisions, not already in aectanedaaae 
force there, of an Act of the third and fourth years 
of the reign of the late King William the Fourth, 
intituled, ‘ An Act for the Limitation of Actions and 
Suits relating to Real Property, and for simplifying 
the Remedies for trying the Rights thereto,’” and 
to explain and amend the said Act: 


An Act for making a Railway from Leeds to Brad- Leeds and 


ford, with a Branch to the North Midland Railway : Reilway Bill 


An Act for making a Railway from the Manches- Manchester, 


ter and Bolton Railway, in the Parish of Eccles, to yay — 
the Parish of Whalley, all in the County Palatine Railway Bill 


of Lancaster, to be called “‘ The Manchester, Bury 
and Rossendale Railway :” 

An Act for enabling the York and North Midland York and 

tailway Company to make a Railway from York ae 

to Scarborough, with a Branch to Pickering: er 

An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Eastern Coun- 
Company to make a Railway from the Northern ties ——e 
and Eastern Railway at Newport, by Cambridge, to aso 
Ely, and from thence Eastward to Brandon, and Extension) Bill. 
Westward to Peterborough : 


An Act to make a Branch Railway from the Lon- Salisbury _ 
don and South Western Railway to Salisbury : Brasch Rail- 


way Bill. 

An Act for making a Railway from the Town and Whitehaven 

Port of Whitehaven to the Town and Port of Mary- 274 Maryport 
. &gt; Railway Bil. 
port, in the County of Cumberland : 

An Act for making a Railway from Chester to Chester and 
Sayenes ; Reivvey’ Bil 

An Act for making a Railway from the City of North British 
Edinburgh to the Town of Berwick-upon- Tweed, Railway Bill. 
with a Branch to the Town of Haddington: 

An Act to authorize an Extension of the Edinburgh Edinbargh 
and Glasgow Railway, and to amend and enlarge the ray 
Provisions of the Acts relating to such Railway : —— 

An Act for making a Railway from the Shoreham Brighton and 
Branch of the London and Brighton Railway to Chichester | 
Chichester: Railway Bill. 

An Act for making a Railway from Exeter to Ply- South Devon 
mouth, to be called “ The South Devon Railway :” Railway Bill. 

An Act to enable the South Eastern Railway South Eastern 











Company to complete and maintain a Branch Rail- Railway Bill. 
way 














8 VicTORIZ. 


way and Approach to the Harbour of Folkestone, 
and to construct other Works in connection with 
the said Harbour, and also to effect certain Altera- 
tions and Extensions of the Works of the Maidstone 
Branch of the said South Eastern Railway, and to 
amend the Acts relating to the said Company : 


Slamannan An Act for making a Railway to connect the 
Sanction - Edinburgh and Glasgow and Slamannan Railways: 
Railway bull. 5 : : 

Stretford (East- An Act for making a Junction Railway from the 





em Counties) Eastern Counties Railway at Stratford, in the 
and Thames County of Essex, to the River Thames, with a Branch 


4° Sulit. 











tion Rail- : ‘ "i 
way Bill Railway therefrom, and for constructing a Pier in 
the River Thames : 
Swansea An Act to amend an Act for altering and amend- 
Harbour Bill. 


ing several Acts for the Improvement of the Har- 
bour of Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan : 


Preston and An Act to amend the several Acts relating to the 


Wyre Dock, Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock 
., Company : 

Coventry An Act for better supplying with Water the Pa- 
Waterworks = yishes of Saint Michael, the Holy Trinity and Saint 
_ John the Baptist, in the City of Coventry and County 

of Warwick: 

Shefield United An Act for uniting the Sheffield Gas Light Com- 
Gas Bill. 


panies : 

Manchester An Act for the warehousing of Foreign Goods for 
Bonding Bill. Home Consumption at the Borough of Manchester, 
in the County of Lancaster : 


Manchester An Act for the good Government and Police Re- 
Police Bill. — gulation of the Borough of Manchester : 

Manchester An Act to alter and amend an Act of the fifty- 
Stipendiary 


third year of King George the Third, for the Ap- 
pointment of a Stipendiary Magistrate to act within 
the Townships of Manchester and Salford : 


Magistrate Bill. 


Manchester An Act to enable the President, Treasurers, De- 
Royal Infrm- Huyty Treasurers, Benefactors and Subscribers of and 
ary, &amp;c., Bill. 





to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, Dispensary and 
Lunatic Hospital or Asylum, to enlarge the said 
Infirmary, and to purchase and hold Land for the 
Erection of a New Lunatic Hospital or Asylum : 


Manchester An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Man- 


_ chester : 

ll. 

Nottingham An Act for amending the Provisions of an Act 

(West Croft for forming a Canal and other Works within and 

pone heey near certain Lands, called The West Croft, in the 

(No. 2.) Bill. Parish of Saint Mary, in the Town and County of 
the Town of Nottingham, and for making certain 
Improvements within the said Town: 

PulteneyTown An Act to explain and amend the Acts incorpo- 

Harbour and 


rating the British Society for extending the Fishe- 


Improvement 





Bill. ries, and improving the Sea Coasts of the Kingdom, 
for enlarging and improving the Harbour of Pulteney 
Town, in the County of Caithness, and for lighting, 
cleansing and improving the said Town, and better 
supplying the same with Water: 

Southampton An Act for improving the Marsh and other Com- 

Marsh Improve- mon Lands, and extending Rights of Common and 

ment Bill, of Recreation within the Town and County of the 
Town of Southampton : 

Canterbury An Act for amending certain Acts for paving, 


Pavement Bill, cleansing and lighting the Streets and other Public 
Passages and Places within the City and Borough 
of Canterbury : 

Liverpool Fire 

Prevention Bill. and seventh years of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, for the better Protection of Property in the 


An Act to alter and amend an Act of the sixth | 





Borough of Liverpool from Fire : 


Rother Levels An Act to amend Three Acts for more effectually | 


Drainage Bill. draining and preserving certain Marsh Lands or | 
Low Grounds in the Counties of Kent and Sussex, 
draining into the River Rother and Channel of Ap- 
pledore : 

Lakenheath An Act for amending and rendering more effectual 

ah assay an Act for draining and preserving certain Fen 

‘amage Bill. Tands and Low Grounds in the Parishes of Laken- 
heath and Brandon, in the County of Suffolk : 

Cwm Celyn 


An Act to enlarge the Powers granted by an Act 
passed in the second Session of the fifth year of Her 


present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for regulating 
Vou. 99. 


and Blaina Iron 
Company Bill, 


6 
| ¢ 





465 


Legal Proceedings by or against the Cwm Celyn 


and Blaina Iron Company, and for granting certain 
Powers thereto :” 


An Act to facilitate the Settlement of the Affairs British Iron 
of the British Iron Company : Company Bill. 


An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or European Life 
against the European Life Insurance and Annuity Insurance and 


2 . nnuity Com- 
Company, and for granting certain Powers thereto: pany Bil, 


An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike- Sidmouth and 
road from Sidmouth to Collumpton, and also to or ae 
near to Hele Mill, in the Parish of Bradninch, all ~'" 
in the County of Devon: 


An Act for enabling George Edwards and Walter Edwards's 


| Colbourne, the Committees of the Estate of William Estate Bill. 


Beckett Neachell, 2 Person of unsound mind, to 
make Conveyances for carrying into execution an 
Agreement for the Partition or Division of the Real 
Estates of William Orme, deceased, pursuant to an 
Order of the High Court of Chancery : 

An Act to authorize the Sale of the Fee Simpie Rigby’s | 
of the Estates of Francis Hale Rigby, of Mistley, ®**'¢ Bill. 


\in the County of Essex, Esquire, deceased, as devised 


by his Will, and for laying out the Monies to arise 
by such Sale : 

An Act for authorizing a New Entail to be made Campbell’s 
of those Parts of the Lands and Estate of Blyths- Estate Bill. 
wood, which lie in the County of Lanark, and for 
enabling Archibald Campbell, Esquire, of Blyths- 
wood, the Heir in Possession of the said Estate, and 
his Successors, with consent of Trustees, to sell or 
grant Feus of certain Parts thereof, and for other 
Purposes therein expressed : 

An Act to enable Archibald Marquess of Ailsa Marquess of 
to borrow a certain Sum of Money upon the Secu- Ails«’s Estate 
rity of his Entailed Estates of Cassillis and Culzean, 
for repayment to him of a Portion of the Monies 
laid out by him in the Improvement of these 
Estates : 

An Act for altering and amending an Act passed West Croft 
in the third year of the reign of Her present Majesty, =" 
for inclosing certain Lands in the Town and County (No. 2.) Bill 
of the Town of Nottingham : 

_ An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Bleddfa and 
Bleddfa and Llangunilo, in the County of Radnor ; E'nennllo 


* Inclosure Bill. 


An Act for naturalizing Dionysius Onéfri Ma- Marianski’s 
rianshi. ; Nat. Bill. 


The Willenhall Chapel Estate Bill was read the Willenhall 
first time. — Estate 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select” * 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hythe Land- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- ing-P!ace Bill. 
tituled, An Act for making a Landing-place at or 
near Hythe, in the Parish of Fawley and Extra- 
parochial Places adjoining thereto, in the County 
of Southampton; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 116. 1. 8. After “ place” insert “ but in 
such place or places only, and in such way, manner 
and form only as the Commissioners for the time 
being, acting under and by virtue of two Acts 
passed respectively in the Forty-third and Fiftieth 
years of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Third, the one intituled, ‘ An Act for abolish- 
ing certain Dues called Petty Customs, Anchor- 
age and Groundage, and for improving the Port 
of the Town of Southampton, for making a con- 
venient Dock for the Security of Ships, for extend- 
ing the Quays and Wharfs, and making Docks 
and Piers in the Harbour there; and for erecting 
Warehouses for the safe Custody of Goods and 
Merchandize, and for imposing certain Duties for 
the above Purposes’, and the other intituled, ‘ An 
Act for altering and amending an Act made in the 
Forty-third year of his present Majesty’s reign, 
for improving the Port of the Town of South- 
ampton’ or their harbour-master shall from time 

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“‘ to time think fit or proper and approve of, but not | 
“ otherwise or elsewhere.” 
Pr. 173.].15. After “ Fishery” insert Clause (A.) 
Cravse (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
extend, or be deemed or construed to extend to 
affect, prejudice, alter, abridge, lessen, defeat, 
destroy or take away any rights, estates, interests, 
powers or privileges whatsoever, now belonging 
“ or appertaining to the Commissioners acting under 
“ or by virtue of the hereinbefore-mentioned Acts 
of the Forty-third and Fiftieth years of the reign 
of his said Majesty King George the Third, or to 
‘any other person or persons whomsoever, under 
and by virtue of the said Acts or either of them ; 
but all such rights, estates, interests, powers or 
privileges shall remain and continue in as full 
force and effect, and may be exercised and enjoyed 
by the said Commissioners and other the person 
“&lt; or persons entitled thereto, in as full, ample, be- 
“ neficial and effectual a way and manner, to all 
intents, effects, constructions and purposes what- 
soever, as if this Act had not passed, any thing 
herein contained or to be implied to the contrary 
thereof in any wise notwithstanding.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Compton do carry the Bill to 

the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed tothe Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of estates, 
situate in the Middle Level, part of the Great Level 
of the Fens called Bedford Level, and other Fens 
adjacent thereto, which estates are proposed to be 





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taxed under the powers of the Middle Level Drain- 
age Bill, was presented, and read; setting forth, | 
That Edward Fellowes, Esquire, one of the Members 

for Huntingdonshire, voted in the Committee of the | 
House on the Middle Level Drainage and Navigation | 


A. 1844. 


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

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings Middle Level 
of the Committee on the Middle Level Drainage Prainage and 
and Navigation Bill be printed. “aa Bill. 

Mr. Stuart Wortley reported from the Committee Great Southern 
on the Great Southern and Western Railway (Ire- 24 Western 
land) Bill; and to whom several Petitions against the (Ireland) Bill 
said Bill were referred ; That they had heard coun- 
sel 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 ; and that 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and had made verbal Amend- 
ments thereunto; aud that the Preamble,as amended, 
was proved to their satisfaction ; and that they had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpou! 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Docks Bill. 
tituled, An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Zi- 
verpool Docks to construct additional Wet Docks 
and other Works, and to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and for amending and extending the Acts 
relating to the Docks and Harbour of Liverpool ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 122. 1. 29. After “ removal” insert “ pro- 
vided that in case of the removal of any vessel 
for any other cause than on account of the re- 
pairing or cleansing of the Dock, if at the ex- 
piration of the said three days any such vessel 
shall have commenced and not have completed 


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Bill on all questions arising thereon before the said |e the loading of cargo to be taken on board such 
Comniittee, and especially after the instruction given | “ vessel in the said Docks, or the discharge of cargo 
to the said Committee by the vote of the House, on |‘ to be delivered from such vessel at the said Docks, 
the twenty-seventh of June last, that the rule of | “ the expense of the removal of such vessel, if the 
this House relating to the vote upon any question | “‘ same be caused and shall take place before the 
in the House of a Member having interest in the |“ completion of such loading or discharging re- 


matter upon which the vote is given, applies like- | 
wise to any vote of a Member so interested in a | 
Committee; that the said Edward Fellowes is the | 
owner of several thousand acres of land within the | 
said A/iddle Level, and the vote of the said Edward | 
Fellowes was challenged by counsel before the said | 
Committee, both before and after the said instruc- | 
tion so given to the said Committee, on the ground | 
not only of his having property affected by the Bill, | 
but also because he had a direct pecuniary interest 
in the passing of the said Bill, he having become | 
guarantee for and made himself liable to the pay- | 
ment of a large portion of the costs of the oad | 
Bill, in the event of the same not passing into a law, | 
which costs were made payable by a clause in the | 
Bill out of monies directed to be raised for that | 
purpose ; that the Chairman of the said Comunittee | 
decided that it was not within the province of coun- | 
sel to object to the vote of any Member sitting in | 
Committee ; that the said Edward Fellowes voted 
on the preamble of the said Bill, and the determi- | 
nation of the Committee on one or more of the 
most important clauses of the said Bill, materially 
affecting the rights and interests of the Petitioners, 
was decided by the vote of the said Edward Fel- 
lowes; aud praying that the said Bill may be 
re-committed, and that they may have liberty to be 
re-heard in Committee by their counsel, agents and 
witnesses, on the preamble, and such of the clauses 
of the said Bill as affect their interests, and where- 
on the said Edward Fellowes may have voted, and 
that the said Edward Fellowes may not have liberty 
to sit and vote as a Member of such Committee. 
And Mr. Fellowes being in his place ; 








“* spectively, shall be borne by the said Trustees, so 


that nevertheless if such removal shall be made 
by the master, owner or consignee of the vessel, 
the trustees shall not be required to pay for the 
costs and charges thereof any greater sum than 
“ forty shillings.” 

Pr. 131. 1. 8. After “ absolutely” insert “ or 
“ subject to such conditions as they may think 
“« proper.” 

Pr. 131. 1. 9. After the second “ and” insert 
either at a reserved rent ora fine, or both, as the 
“€ trustees shall think fit.” 

Pr. 131. 1. 12. After “ persons’ insert “ for 
any term not exceeding twenty-one years.” 

Pr. 181. 1. 21. After “ power” insert “ and 
which may not be required for the purposes of 
the said recited Acts or this Act, or which con- 
sistently therewith may be used and enjoyed by 
the purchasers, lessees or tenants thereof.” 

Pr. 131.1. 25. After “ lands” insert “ not re- 
quired as aforesaid, or which may be used and en- 
joyed as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 137. 1. 10. Leave out “ fifth” and insert 
“ sixth.” 

Pr. 138. 1. 28. Leave out “ or.” 
Pr. 138. ]. 29. After “ embankment” insert 
“ or other work.” 
Pr. 138. 1. ult. After 
“ below or.” 

Pr. 139. 1. 6. After “ sill” insert ‘“ according 
to the datum mentioned in the said Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Viscount Sandon do carry the Bill 
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to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 
Lordships. | 


Petitions from the County of Hereford ;—Long 





Bank of Eng- 
jand Charter 


a Sutton ;—and, Chairman of the Brigg Agricultural | 
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Protection Society, and others; praying that the 
Bank of England Charter 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 Guardians of the Poor of the South | 
Shields Union, in the county of Durham, praying 
for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, by 
confiding to Boards of Guardians the power of 
fixing the measure of remuneration to be given to 
Medical Officers of Unions, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Poor 
Law Amendment Act (Medical Relief). 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law Petitions from the President of the Kent Law 
Amendment 


Bill. Society ; — Bradford; — Basford Union (Chair- 
man and Clerk); — Westminster; -- and, Brigh- 
ton; 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. 

Two Petitions from Saint Mary-le-bone; praying 
that every parish governed by a local Act may be 
exempted from the operation of the said Bill, and 
that the parish of Mary-le-bone may be so exempted, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


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467 


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


Petitions from Thornhill ;—Gorbals (Chairman) ; Dissenters’ 


_—Edinburgh (three Petitions);—Glasgow (Chair- Chapels Bin. 


man) ;—and, Kincardine; praying that the Dis- 
senters’ Chapels Bill may not pass into a law,—were 


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


A Petition of the Convener of a Meeting in the Banking 
county of Renfrew, praying the House not to make (Scotland. ) 
any alteration in the present system of Banking in 
Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Convener of a Meeting in the Perth Peni- 
county of Renfrew, praying that the Penitentiary tentiary. 
at Perth may be maintained in the same manner as 
the General Penitentiary of Milbank, and others, in 
England, are maintained, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Convener of a meeting in the Prisons 
county of Renfrew, praying that the Prisons (Scot- (Scotland) Bill. 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Coleraine Union (Chairman) ;— Poor Relief 
and, Stranorlar Union (Chairman); praying the ('eland) Act. 
House to relieve the Rate-payers of those unions 
from any further repayment of the loan granted 
them for the building of their workhouses,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





County Courts Petitions from Presteign ;—Fowey ;—and, Saint 

Bill. Columb, Padstow and Wadebridge; praying that 
the County Courts Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway 
Company ;— Pontop and South Shields Railway 
Company ;— Hull and Selby Railway Company ;— 
and, London and Birmingham Railway Company ; 
praying that the Railways Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Railways Bill. 


Lord’s Day, A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens and Inha- 


bitants of the parish of Saint Bride, and of Bride- 
well Precinct, in the city of London, complaining 
of the exposure of articles for sale on the Lord’s 
Day, whether in shops and markets, or otherwise ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures for carry- 
ing out the existing laws upon that subject, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Marriages 


A Petition of the Minister, Ruling Elders and 
(Ireland.) 


other Members of the congregation of Tartaraghan, 
in connection with the General Assembly of the 
Presbyterian Church in Jreland, praying the House 
to pass a Bill to declare valid, to all intents and pur- 
poses in law, all Marriages heretofore solemnized, 
or hereafter to be solemnized, by Presbyterian minis- 
ters in Jreland, provided that all such Marriages 
shall be solemnized and registered agreeably to the 
published laws of the Jrish Presbyterian Church, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Townland 
Valuation 
(Ireland.) 


House. 
Actions for 


Gaming Dis- 
continuance 


A Petition of Charles Henry Russell, of Percy- | the year ended the 5th day of 
street, Bedford-square, Clerk to James Thomas | guishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spanish, Ma- 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Holyhead and 
habitants of Pwllheli, and its neighbourhood, pray- — 
ing that the House will not sanction the expenditure , 
of any of the public money on the Harbour of 
Holyhead, without appointing, either in the present 
or the ensuing Session of Parliament, a Select Com- 
mittee of the House to inquire into the relative 
merits of the ports of Holyhead and Portdynilaen 
as Packet stations, Railway termini and Harbours 
of refuge, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law. 
Copies of all Correspondence which has passed 
between the Poor Law Commissioners and the 
Guardians of the Brassington Incorporation, toge- 
ther with Copies of all Orders which have been 
issued to the said Guardians by the said Poor Law 
Commissioners, from the passing of the New Poor 
Law Act to the present time. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Act passed in the Gaspé Fishery 
Canadian Parliament for incorporating the Gaspé a 
: Abe ; ompany Act. 

Fishery and Coal Mining Company, which was 
presented upon the 12th day of June last, be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Gaspé Fishery and 

Coal Mining Company Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Revenne 
Copy of Special Report made by the Commissioners !aviry- 
of foot Inquiry, dated the 22d day of May 
1843, on the case of Mr. Rolls. 








| Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, Wine. 


'—An Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Town- | Wine imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty 
land Valuation (Jreland) have leave to sit this day | has been paid fur Home Consumption, and the 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the | Quantities exported: also, the Quantities retained 


_ for Home Consumption, after deducting the Amount 
| exported subsequently to the nae of Duty, for 
anuary 1844, distin- 


(No.2.) Bill, Russell, of the same place, Solicitor, praying that 'deira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian and other 
counsel may be heard at the bar of the House, on Sorts ; together with the Quantities of each Sort 
behalf of the Petitioner, against the Actions for | remaining in bond on the 5th day of January 1844, 


Gaming Discontinuance (No. 2.) Bill being passed 
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Spirits. 


Sugar, 


Bank of Eng- 
land Charter 
Bill. 


468 


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 or Jersey Spirits imported; of the Quan- 


tities upon which Duty has been paid for Home | Ch 


Consumption, the Quantities exported and the Quan- 
tities shipped as Stores, and used by the Navy, for 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1844; toge- 
ther with the Quantities of each Sort remaining in 
bond on the 5th day of January 1844, distinguishing 
London from the Cosas. 

A Return of the Quantity of Home-made Sugar 
from Potatoes or other things upon which an Excise 
Duty has been paid in 1841, 1842 and 1843 respec- 
tively, together with the Amount of Duty paid 
thereon, and in what manner that Duty was ascer- 
tained. 

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


The ingrossed Bill to regulate the issue of Bank 
Notes, and for giving to the Governor and Company 
of the Bank of England certain Privileges for a 
limited period, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider (That any sum, not ex- 
ceeding the sum of £.25 at any one time, shall be 
reputed in law or allowed to be a legal tender within 
Great Britain or Ireland, according to its value 
by weight, after the rate of five shillings and two 
pence for each ounce of Silver): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were, se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 11. 1. 31., by inserting after the 
word “ therefrom ” the words “ And with a view 
‘* to prevent loss to the working classes, that from 
and after the passing of this Act, the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England, at their 
Bank or Branch Banks of Issue, shall take, as 
of the value of twenty shillings all sovereigns, and 
as of the value of ten shillings all half sovereigns, 
tendered to them, which equally balance in the 
scales, notwithstanding the same may not turn 
the balance ; and that any loss arising to the said 
Governor and Company of the Bank ef England 
from the taking of such sovereigns or half sove- 
reigns, shall be deducted from the profit arising 
to the public from any increase of the issues of 


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public.” 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
io the Bill, in Pr. 15.1. 19., by leaving out the words 
“ Provided always,” and at the end of the Clause, in 
Pr. 16.1. 4., inserting the words “ Provided always, 
“ that all special cireumstances arising out of such 
contract or agreement be explained to such Com- 
missioners of Stamps and Taxes by one of the 
contracting parties to such contract or agreement; 
ard that the said Commissioners of Stamps and 
Taxes shall have power to take such special cir- 
cumstances into their consideration in adjusting 
the average under such contract or agreement.” — 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Clerk do carry the Bill 
to the Lords and desire their concurrence. 


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A. 1844. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 


mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
alr ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, "by leaving out from the word “That,” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 76, commonly called 
the New Poor Law, is unconstitutional in principle 
and oppressive in operation; that it is therefore 
expedient that the said Act should be taken into 
consideration, with a view, not to its partial 
amendment, but to its entire reconstruction,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
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twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 5° die Julii, 1844: 


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, oq sie ; } 18. 
Tellers for the Noes, {Me Hom’ Baring i 219. 


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 Yeas, i Hou’, Baring _}199. 
Tellers for the Noes, a a. } 19. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Sir George 
Clerk reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings 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 Damage by Fire Metropolis (No. 2.) 
Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Assessionable 
Manors 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 Duchy of Cornwall Lands Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 








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Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


Damage by Fire 
( Metropolis) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


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Copyholds The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Enfranctise- mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; 
ment Dill. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Protectionof The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Purchasers, kc. mittee on the Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c., (Lre- 
(Ireland) Bill. Zand) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Militia Ballots. ©The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, according 
Suspension Bill. to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Vagrants The Vagrants Removal Bill was, according to 
Removal Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Stock in ‘Trade 


The Stock in Trade Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. 


read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 


Bill. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
toa Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Unlawful Oaths The Order of the day being read, for the third 
(Ireland) Bill. reading of the Unlawful Oaths (Zreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Prisons The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law with respect 


(Scotland) Bill. to Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend and continue until the 
First day of September One thousand eight hundred 
and Sixty-one, and to the end of the then next Ses- 
sion of Parliament, the Law with respect to Prisons 
and Prison Discipline in Scotland. 
Ordered, That Mr. G'reene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Actions for 
Gaming Dis- 
continuance 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Actions for Gaming Discontinuance 
(No. 2.) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

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 
Bill be now read a second 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 f Mr. Christie, 

Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : } - 

Tellers for the J Mr. Young, ~ 

Noes, Lord Arthur Lennoz : } : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :— The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday next. 


Colonial a The Colonial Postage Bill was, according to Order, 
estage Bill. yead a second time; and committed to a Committee 


of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Joint Stock The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Companies Re- mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Registration 
gistration and : : 2 
Regulation Pil], 2d Regulation Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 99. 


4° 5° Juliz. 





469 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Remedies at —— 
" : 2 emedies at 
Law and in Equity Bill; pec a 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Equity Bill. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Chaplains to 
a of the Chaplains to Hospitals, &amp;c., (Ireland) Cocland’ =. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Aliens Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Aliens Bill; and, after No. 447. 
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 now received. 

Mr. Manners Sutton 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. 


Mr. Manners Sutton reported the Customs Duties Customs Duties 
(Isle of Man) Bill; and the Amendments were read, oy of Man) 
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. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- Municipal 
men who are appointed to prepare and bring in a — 
Bill to enable Barristers appomted under the Act” ~ 
5 and 6 Will. 4, to arbitrate between Counties and 
Municipal Corporations, to submit a Special Case 
to the Superior Courts, That they have Power to 
amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her 


present Majesty, for amending the Law concerning 
Prisons. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Select Houses of 
Committee appointed to inquire into the present Parliament. 
state of the Building of the New Houses of Parlia- No.448- 
ment, and to report thereupon to the House; and 
who were empowered to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them ; That they had consi- 
dered the matters to them referred, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 


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


Ordered, That the Petition of Joseph Mazzini, Post-office. 
and others, which was presented upon the 14th day 
of June last; and also, the Petition of Charles 
Siolzman, which was presented upon the 24th day 
of June last, complaining of their letters being de- 
tained and opened at the Post-office, be referred 
to the Committee of Secresy on the Post-office. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Law Courts 
to regulate and reduce the Expenses of the Offices (iteland) Bil 
attached to the Superior Courts of Law in Jreland, 
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 Assessed Taxes 
: “4s i” nn Compositions 
to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes; and ji), 
to amend certain Laws relating to Duties under 
the management of the Commissioners of Stamps 
and Taxes: 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 Taree-and-a- 
to exempt from the payment of Property Tax the palf per Cents 
Dividends on certain Annuities of Three Pounds ““"P'°" © 





303 Ten 








470 


Ten Shillings per centum per annum, payable for the 
quarter of the year ending the Tenth day of Oc- 
tober One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four : 
And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir 
George Clerk do prepare, and bring it in, 
Municipal Mr. Manners Sutton presented a Bill to enable 
— Barristers appointed under the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, 
= to arbitrate between Counties and Municipal Cor- 
No. 449. porations, to submit a special Case to the wht 
Courts, and to amend an Act of the Fifth and Sixth 
ears of Her present Majesty, for amending the 
lon concerning Prisons: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
Assessed Taxes Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
— to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and 
™ to amend certain Laws relating to Duties under the 
management of the Commissioners of Stamps and 
Taxes: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Three-and-a- 
half per Cents 
€xemption Bill. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to exempt from the payment of Property Tax the 
Dividends on certain Annuities of Three Pounds 


No. 450. Ten Shillings per centum per annum, payable for the 
quarter of the year ending the Tenth day of Oc- 
tober One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next ; and 
to be printed. 

Joint Stock Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
Banks Regula: to yeoulate Joint Stock Banks in England: And the 
tion Bill. . 

No, 451, Same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 

Law Courts Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
we to regulate and reduce the Expenses of the Offices 
0. 452. 


attached to the Superior Courts of Law in Ireland, 
payable out of the Consolidated Fund: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 
Sudbury Diss § The Order for reading a second time this day, 
— the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill, was read, and 
; discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Savings Banks. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
No. 453. 


Accounts of the Number of Depositors in Savings 
Banks, and of Charitable Institutions and Friendly 
Societies, and of the Sums deposited in Savings 
Banks, divided into classes, on the 20th day of No- 
vember 1843 :—Of the Amount of Money received 
from the Trustees of Savings Banks (including 
Friendly Societies) by the Commissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt, from the 6th day 
of August 1817 to the 20th day of November 1843, 
inclusive ; of the Amount of Money, Principal and 
Interest, due by the Commissioners to the Tieemes 
on the 20th day of November 1843; and of the 
Value of the Government Securities standing in 
the Names of the Commissioners on the 20th day 
of November 1843, at the Prices of that day (stating 
such Prices), to answer the Amount due to the Trus- 
tees, for Principal and Interest, on that day :—And, 
showing the difference between the Amount paid by 
the Public for Interest and Charges on the Sums 
due to the Trustees of Savings Banks and Friendly 
Societies, and the Amount received from Dividends 
on Stock or other Public Securities in 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 No- 
vember 1843 :—Returns of all the Savings Banks 


49-59 Juliz. 





A. 1844, 


in the United Kingdom, having an Amount standing 
to the credit of the Trustees in a separate Surplus 
Fund Account, with the National Debt Commis- 
sioners, on the 20th day of November 1843 (in 
pursuance of Section 23 of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 92); 
specifying the Amount carried to this Account from 
the General Account ofeach Savings Bank, and the 
Amount drawn from this Account by the Trustees 
of each Savings Bank, and the Amount standing to 
the credit of each Savings Bank on the said Ac- 
count, on the 20th day of November 1843 :—Of the 
Name of each Savings Bank or Parochial Society in 
the United Kingdom which had availed itself of the 
Power given by the Act 3 Will. 4, c. 14, to grant 
Annuities not exceeding 20/. each, to the Indus- 
trious Classes, up to the 5th day of April 1844; 
showing, in separate columns, 1st. The Number and 
Amount of each Description of Annuity granted by 
the Trustees of each Bank or Society, from the 5th 
day of April 1834 to the 5th day of April 1844 in- 
clusive ; 2d. The Amount of Money paid to the Na- 
tional Debt Commissioners by the Trustees of each 
Bank or Society for the Annuities so granted ; 3d. 
The Number and Amount of each Description of 
Annuity granted by these Banks or Societies which 
have fallen in; 4th. The Number and Amount of 
each Description of Annuity payable by the Trus- 
tees of each Bank or Society on the 5th day of April 
1844; 5th. The Amount of Money returned by the 
National Debt Commissioners to the Trustees of 
each Bank or Society on account of Persons who 
had contracted for Deferred Annuities having died, 
or become unable to continue the Payments, pre- 
viously to the commencement of such Annuities ; 
6th. And the manner in which the Money paid for 
the Purchase of the said Annuities was invested or 
disposed of :— And, showing, in detail, the Changes 
which have been made in the Bank Annuities and 
Exchequer Bills held by the National Debt Com- 
missioners on account of the Trustees of Savings 
Banks in England, in each year since the passing 
ofthe Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, under the authority given 
by the Sections 50 to 57 of that Act, and by Sec- 
tion 25 of Act 3 Will. 4, c. 14, showing, in separate 
columns, the Date, Description and Amount of each 
such Changes, and the Rates at which the same 
were effected, from the date of the passing of the 
Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, up to the 20th day of May 
1844 inclusive :—An Account of all the Additions 
made to the National Debt by Exchequer Bills 
funded on account of the Fund for the Banks for 
Savings in England, pursuant to 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, 
s. 50, showing the different kinds of Stock created, 
the Rate per cent. at which created, and the Average 
Rate at which created, up to the 20th day of May 
1844, inclusive :—And, a Return of the highest and 
lowest Prices of Consolidated 3 per cent. Annuities 
in each year, from the 5th day of April 1834 to the 
5th day of April 1844. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Papers. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after two of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 











Veneris, 5° die Julii ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


ISCOUNT Marsham reported from the Com- gar! of Guil- 
mittee ou the Earl of Guilford’s Estate Bull ; ford’s Estate 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, Bill. 
and found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned 








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Poor Relief 
(Gilbert’s Act.) 


State of Ireland. 


Railways Bill. 


Public Petitions 


(Thirty-sixth 
Report.) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Wood. 


Monkland 
Railways 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


8 VicToRIzZ. 


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. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Poor 
Relief (Gilbert’s Act) have leave to sit this day till 
five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of Edward O’ Farrell, of Hanover- 
street, East, in the city of Dublin, Householder, 
praying the House to institute an inquiry into the 
facts stated in his Petition connected with the State 
of Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the London and South Western 
Railway Company ;—and, Barnsley; praying that 
the Railways Bill may not pass into a law,—were 


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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the Ist and 2d 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. 


Petitions from Leeds ;—Zambeth (Chairman) ;— 
and, Saint Pancras (Chairman and Honorary Se- 
cretary); 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 Guardians of the Poor Law Union 
of Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, praying 
that a clause may be introduced into the said 
Bill, permitting the separation of the Warrington 
Poor Law Union into two or more Unions, and 
the forming of the township of Warrington into 
one Union of itself, and the out townships into 
one or more Unions, as may appear to the guardians 
and rate-payers of those townships most calcu- 
lated to promote the right administration of paro- 
chial relief in their respective townships, was also 


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


Petitions of George Robert Wythen Baxter, of 
the Brynn, near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Es- 
quire ;—and, Guardians of the Todmorden Union, 
in the West Riding of the county of York and the 
county of Lancaster; praying for the repeal of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Blagrave, of the parish of 
Tilehurst, in tne county of Berks, praying for alter- 
ation of the said Act, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operative Wood-sawyers of Paisley 
and vicinity, praying the House to impose a tax 
upon steam-sawing or upon Wood sawn by steam, 


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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Monkland Railways (No. 2.) Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

And Amendments being proposed to be made to 
the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be referred 


to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
Vou. 99. 


5° Juliz. 























471 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Paisley Genera! 
the Report on the Paisley General Gas Bill; and S Bil. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wishaw and 
the Report on the Wishaw and Coltness Railway ng Rail- 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. way Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Market Har- 
the Report on the Market Harborough and Coventry oroush and 
Road Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Road Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Ministers, Ruling Elders and other Marriages 
members of a Congregation in connection with (tel) 
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church 
in Ireland, praying the House to declare valid, to 
all intents and purposes in law, all Marriages here- 
tofore solemnized or hereafter to be solemnized by 
Presbyterian ministers in Ireland, provided that 
all such Marriages shall be solemnized and regis- 
tered agreeably to the published laws of the Jrish 
Presbyterian Church, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Glasgow, stating that there Promiscuous 
is a large class of persons in the principal towns !tercourse. 
of the United Kingdom who make a trade of and 
live by promoting Promiscuous Intercourse between 
the sexes; complaining that no adequate punishment 
is provided for this crime ; and praying the House 
to render trading in vice in the manner referred 
to a highly penal offence, and that mayistrates 
and officers of police be invested with such sum- 
mary powers of proceeding in cases of suspected 
delinquency, as to enable them not only to detect 
guilt, but to bring it to certain punishment,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and other Payment of 
Inhabitants of the burgh of Airdrie, praying the Wages. 
House to take the truck system in general and the 
payment of wages in particular into early considera- 
tion, and pass such Jaws as shall compel the pay- 
ment of all workmen engaged in the coal and iron 
works, at least once every week, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Roebuck and Mr. George Wil- Gaspé Fishery 
liam Hope be added to the Committee on the Gaspé = Coal a" 
Fishery and Coal Mining Company Bill. ompany Bill. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, praying the Annuities. 
House to order a copy of the correspondence that 
has taken place between the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners and the Petitioner, relative to his scheme 
of deferred Annuities, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Secresy on the Post-office. 
Post-office, have leave to sit during the sitting, and 
notwithstanding any adjournment of the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Military 
Copy of the Rules made by the Secretary at War, Savings Banks. 
and sanctioned by Her Majesty, for the Manage- 
ment of Military Savings Banks established under 
the authority of the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 71 (80th 
July 1842):—And, an Account of the Number of 
Military Savings Banks established under the au- 
thority of the above Act, stating the Regiments in 
which established, up to the 1st day of May 1844; 

304 also, 








Arson, &amp;c. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Garnkirk, 
Glasgow and 
Coatbridge 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
way Bill. 


Privy Council 
Bill. 


Ramsden’s 
Estate Bill. 


Ramsden’s 
Estate Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Registration 
and Regulation 
Bill. 


Toint Stock 
Companies 
Remedies at 
Law and in 


Eguity Bill, 


472 


also, an Account of the Amount of all Sums depo- 
sited in each Bank, up to the 31st day of March 
1844, and of the Amount of all Sums withdrawn, 
and of the Interest allowed upon such Deposits up 
to that period; and also, of the Number of Depo- 
sitors on the said 31st day of March 1844, so far 
as these particulars can be supplied from the Re- 
turns already transmitted to the Secretary at War. 


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 of the Number of Persons 
committed, convicted and executed for Arson and 
other Wilful Burning in England and Wales during 
each of the six years which have elapsed since 1837, 
when the Law was mitigated, with the Total Num- 
bers :——Also, the Number of Persons committed, 
convicted and executed for Arson and other Wilful 
Burning in England and Wales during each of the 
six years preceding the year 1837, when the Law 
was mitigated, with the Total Numbers :—Likewise, 
the Centesimal Proportions of Convictions to Com- 
mitments during each period of six years, preceding 
and following the mitigation of the Law. 


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. Dowdeswell 
and Mr. Farrer: 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to extend the Line of the Garnkirk and Glas- 
gow Railway; to enable the Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money, and to alter and amend the 
Acts relating to the said Railway, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to alter, explain, revive and continue the Powers 
and Provisions of the Acts relating to the Edin- 
burgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway, and to make 
two Branch Railways therefrom, 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 
for amending an Act passed in the fourth year of 
the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for 
the better Administration of Justice in his Majesty’s 
Privy Council,” and to extend its Jurisdiction and 
Powers; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enlarging the Powers contained in the Will of 
Sir John Ramsden, Baronet, deceased, to grant 
Leases of the Hereditaments in the Townships of 
Huddersfield, Honley, Dalton and Aldmondbury, 
devised by such Will, and for other Purposes ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ramsden’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
m'ttee on the Joint Stock Companies Registration 
and Regulation 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 on the Joint Stock Companies Remedies at 
Law and in Equity Bill; 

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


5° Jultz. 











A. 1844. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Canal Com. 
panies Bill, 


mittee on the Canal Companies Bill ; 
Resolved, That this Rates will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
Means, 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


s 


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. 


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant B 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing ofa Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Birminghan, in the 
room of Joshua Scholefield, Esquire, deceased. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Law 


into a Committee upon the Poor Law Amendment 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 2, (The putative father to be sum- 
moned to Petty Sessions on application of mother of 
bastard for summons). 

Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P.1.1.19. After 
child” to insert “ or at any time thereafter, upon 
satisfactory proof that the man alleged to be the 
father of such child has admitted the truth of such 
‘ allegation.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Another Amendment proposed, in P. 1.1.19. After 
child” to insert “ or at any time thereafter, upon 
proof that the man alleged to be the father of 
such child has, within twelve months next after 
the birth of such child, paid money for its main- 
tenance.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted ; 
put, and agreed to. 
Other Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CrauseE, N° 3, (Justices in Petty Session may 
make an order on the putative father for mainte- 
nance and costs, which order may be enforced by 
distress and commitment, under the warrant of Two 
Justices). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2.1. 31. To 
leave out “ two” in order to insert “ three,” instead 
thereof : 

Question proposed, That “ two” stand part of the 
Clause :—Amendmment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criavuse, N° 4, (Justices in Petty Session may 
adjourn the hearing of the case, but every appli- 
cation shall be heard and determined within the 
space of forty days from the service of the sum- 
mons; and if within twenty-four hours after the 
adjudication, and making an order on the putative 
father, such putative father shall appeal to the Ge- 
neral Quarter Session, the Justices in Quarter Session 
assembled shall hear and determine such appeal). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 3. ]. 24. To leave out 
from “ child” to “ provided” in 1. 37. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 

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ask leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put ; 

The Committee divided : 


Another Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 5, (Money under the order to be 
aid to the mother, or to a person appointed by the 
ustices ; order to cease on the child attaining the 

age of thirteen years, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 4.1.30. To leave 
out “ thirteen” in order to insert “ fifteen,” instead 
thereof. 

Question, That “ thirteen” stand part of the 

Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 


C.iause, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 7 to N° 10, agreed to. 

Criavuse, N° 11, (That the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners may define the trades to which children may 


be apprenticed, and may prescribe the duties of their 
masters). 


Amendments made. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Young, Vga. | 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: | | 

Tellers for the f Mr. Beckett Denison, L 40 
Noes, Mr. Liddell: | 





5°—6° 





Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 


The Committee divided: 


a Mr. Young, . 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: }1a1. 


, 7 Colonel Sibthorp 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. Wynn Ellis ; } 23. 
Cuiause, N° 12, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 13, (Repeal of 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 76, 
s. 40, so far as relates to the number of votes of 
owners and rate-payers ; and that owners and rate- 
payers shall vote according to a new scale). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 7.1. 33. To leave out 
from “ shall’ to the end of the Clause, in order to 
add “ each have one vote,” instead thereof. 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Young, hi 42 
Yeas, Lord Arthur Lennoz: as 
Tellers for the { Sir Charles Napier, } 17 
Noes, l Mr. Thomas Duncombe : . 


Clause agreed to. 


Cause, N° 14, (Votes of Owners and Proxies ; 
no person to be allowed to vote for more than four 
owners of property in any one parish, except he be 
a steward, bailiff or land agent, or collector of rents 
for the owners of property for whom he may be ap- 
pointed to vote). 


Amendment proposed, in P.8. Is. 13.14. and 15. 
To leave out “ except he bea steward, bailiff or land 
“ agent, or collector of rents for the owners of pro- 
“* perty for whom he may be appointed to vote.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the { Mr. Young, 157 
Yeas, Lord Arthur Lennoz : } 
Tellers for the J Mr. Wawn, } 15 

Noes, Mr. Lindley : - 


Clause agreed to. 
Crause, N° 15, agreed to. 


Ciavuse, N° 16, (The Commissioners may alter 
the number of Guardians to be elected for any pa- 


rish, without such consent as is required by the said 
first-recited Act). 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
Vor. 99. 





Julti. 473 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Lord Arthur Lennox, 111 
Yeas, Mr. Young : } ‘ 
Tellers for the [ Mr. Sharman Crawford, | 4; 
Noes, \ Mr. Arkwright: } si 
Crausss, N° 17 to N° 19, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 6° die Julii, 1844: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Richard 
Hodgson reported, That the Committee had made 
further Progress in the Bill; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 
to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyholds 
mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; eng 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ™™ *"" 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Ballots 
into a Committee upon the Militia Ballots Sus- Suspension Bill. 
pension Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pringle 
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 Vagrants’ 
into a Committee upon the Vagrants’ Removal Bill ; Removal Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Pringle posites 9 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 Stock in Trade 
into a Committee upon the Stock in Trade Bill ; Bi 

and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 

resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pringle 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 Turnpike Acts 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Contin- Continuance 
uance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pringle 
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 amend the Laws relating to Customs Duties 


the Customs in the Isle of Man was, according to (Isle of Man) 
Order, read the third time. Bill, 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir George Clerk do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Assessed Taxes Compositions Bill was, ac- Assessed Taxes 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and com- Compositions 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Bil, 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Merchant 
to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to Mer- Scamen Bill, 
chant Seamen, and for keeping a Register of Sea- 
men: And that Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Gladstone 
and Sir Charles Napier do prepare, and bring it in. 

3 P A Motion 























































Benefices 
(Ireland. ) 


Slaughtering 
Horses Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


Customs, 


Merchant 
Seamen Bill. 


No. 454. 


Clerk of the 
Crown in 
Chancery 


No. 455. 












































Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


No, 456. 





























474 


A Motion was made, and the Question being | 
put, That there be laid before this House, Returns | 
of the Promotions to all Benefices or Dignities, | 
or other Offices, including Surrogate, Deputy Sur- | 
rogate, Vicar General, Registrar or Chaplain, in the 
different Dioceses or united Dioceses in Ireland, | 
during the period of the present Diocesan’s Epis- | 
copacy; stating how the vacancy had arisen, whe- 
ther by death, resignation or promotion, and the 
Value of the Living; also, the Hes and Age ofthe 
Individuals promoted to such Vacancies, length of | 
time they had been in Orders at the time of each | 
Promotion ; whether they held any previous incum- 
bency, and for how long, and the Value thereof; 
and also the Age of the Individual at the period of 
each induction, together with his Relationship or 
Family connection with the Diocesan; stating also 
the Names of the different Curates in the different | 
Dioceses, and the length of time they had been in | 
Orders :—And, of the Number of New Churches 
built in Dioceses, and Amount of Subscriptions 
thereto by Diocesan :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend and render more effectual an Act of the 
twenty-sixth year of George the Third, for regulating 
Places kept for slaughtermg Horses: And that Mr. 
Cowper and Viscount Sandon do prepare, and bring 
it in. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law for the Trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions of Members to serve in Parliament: And that 
Lord Granville Somerset and Sir Robert Peel do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names of all Officers of the Customs 
who have been suspended, superseded or dismissed, 
since June 1842, stating the date of the entry of 
each Officer into the service, the several Offices 
each Officer has held, and how long in each ; also, 
the Salary and Allowances of each Officer at the 
time of his suspension, supersession or dismissal ; 
stating also the Names of such of these Officers as 
have been restored to the Service, and at what dates 
restored :—And, of the Names of all Individuals 
and Mercantile Houses who have been prosecuted 
at the suit of the Customs in connection with the | 
late Frauds, since June 1842, or against whom legal | 
Proceedings have been commenced, the dates of the 
several Trials, with the results thereof. 





Mr. Sidney Herbert presented a Bill to amend 
and consolidate the Laws relating to Merchant 
Seamen, and for keeping a Register of Seamen : And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and to 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the Duties and Emoluments of the Clerk 
of the Crown in Chancery, have Power to report their 
Observations thereupon to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the said Select Committee ; That they had inquired 
into the matter 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. 


Lord Granville Somerset presented a Bill to amend 


5° H°— 8° Juliz. 





A. 1844, 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to amend and render Slaughtering 
more effectual an Act of the Twenty-sixth year of Horses Bil, 
George the Third, for regulating Places kept for No.457, 
slaughtering Horses: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of this instant July ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an Poor and 


| Address to Her Majesty,—Returns from the Over- Borough Rates, 


seers of the Poor of Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, 
Liverpool and Manchester, of the Amount of Poor 
Rate assessed and levied upon each of these 
Boroughs for the last Five years respectively ; spe- 
cifying the Rate per Pound upon the rateable Pro- 
perty within each Union or Parts of an Union com- 
prised within each Borough, and the Purposes to 
which said Poor Rate has been applied :—And, of 
the Amonnt of Borough Rate assessed and levied 
upon each of said Boroughs respectively, for the 
same period ; specifying, in like manner, the Rate 
per Pound of said Borough Rate upon the rateable 
Property within each Borough, and the Purposes 
to which same was applied. 

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


Petitions from Standerwick ;— East Cranmore ;— Corn Laws. 
Great Elm and Buckland ;—and, Berkley and Rod- 
den; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no 
alteration whatever may be made in the existing 
Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; andordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Charitable Charitable 
Donations and Bequests (Zreland), which was pre- Donations 


sented upon the 28th day of June last, be printed. (Ireland) 


No. 458. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the River River Shannon 


Shannon, which was presented upon the 7th day of No, 459, 
June last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, which spirits. 
was presented upon the 7th day of June last, be No, 460. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wine, which wine. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 460. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, which spirits, 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 460. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, which Sugar. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 46h 


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, 8° die Julii ; 


Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Panper 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar Children. 
presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 12th day 
of March Jast, for Returns of all Children who have 
been removed from Union-houses into the Army and 
into the Navy; distinguishing the two classes; their 
Names, their Ages; Names of Unions from which 
removed, and date of such Removal; and whether 





the Law for the Trial of Controverted Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 





by consent of their Parents or not; with an Ab- 
stract :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Mr. 





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8 VicroRIz. 


London and Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Croydon Rail- 7 ondon and Croydon Raillway (No. 2.) 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 there- 
unto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Irvine’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 a verbal Amendment thereunto: 
and the same was read, as followeth: 

Pr. 16. 1.32. Leave out “ or other persons.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Irvine’s 


Estate Bill, 


Stone’s Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 

Estate Bill. — S¢one’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. 


Necton Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Tithes Bill. Vecton Tithes 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. 


Micdle Level = A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Inha- 
a ant, bitants of King’s Lynn, in the county of Norfolk 
avigation Bill. 

. praying that the Middle Level Drainage and Navi- 


8° Julie. 


475 


the case of the Tralee Navigation and Harbour Bill 
the Standing Orders relative to Bills of the Third 
Class had not been complied with, inasmuch as no 
Notices whatever had been given. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Ramsden's 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Estate Bill. 
the case of Ramsden’s Estate Bill, no Standing 

Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Hitchins’ 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; ‘That’ in oF Peach's 
the case of Hitchins’ or Peach’s Estate Bill, no = Bi" 
Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Archbutt’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; Archbutt’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. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing Market Har- 
the Road from Market Harborough, in the County borough and 
of Leicester, to the City of Coventry, was read the RS Ri), 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the better supplying and Paisley General 
lighting with Gas, or other Illuminating Power, the Gas Bil. __ 
Town and Suburbs of Paisley, and certain neigh- 
bouring Towns or Villages, and Places adjacent ; 
and for other Purposes relating thereto, was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








gation Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Middle Level 
Drainage and 
Navigation Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Middle Level Drainage and Na- 
vigation 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 f Mr. Pusey, 116 

Yeas, Mr. Hayter : \ : 

Tellers for thefLord George Bentinck, \ 26 

Noes, LViscount Jocelyn: | eee 

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. 





A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses sudbury Dis- 
of the borough of Sudbury, in Common Hall as- ftanchisement 
sembled, was presented, and read; setting forth, Bil! 
That a Bill is now pending in the House, intituled, 
“A Bill for the Disfranchisement of the Borough 
of Sudbury” ; that the said Sudbury Disfranchise- 
ment Bill is founded on the Report of Commissioners 
appointed under an Act of sixth and seventh Vic- 
toria, chapter ninety-seven, intituled, “ An Act for 
appointing Commissioners to inquire into the exist- 
ence of Bribery in the Borough of Sudbury”; that 
in similar Bills for the disfranchisement of other 
boroughs of England and Wales, the electors sought 
to be deprived of their ancient and constitutional 
rights of franchise have been permitted by the 
House to appear, by counsel, against such Bills of 
Disfranchisement ; that the Report of the said Com- 
missioners, and the Evidence appended thereto, 
printed and laid before the House by command of 
Her Majesty, contains no legal proof of more than 
a very small minority of the electors of Sudbury 
having received bribes in respect of their votes at 
the last election, or of electors concerned in the 
distribution of money among the voters before or 
during the election, or of persons so far implicated 
in the illegal practices which prevailed before and 
during the election; that the said Commissioners 





Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be | only reported to Her Majesty the names of seventeen 


ingrossed. 


Tralee Navi- 
gation and 


of those who received bribes in respect of their votes 
at the last election of members to serve in Parlia- 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select | ment for the said Borough ; that the said Commis- 


Harbour Bill, Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in| sioners only reported to Her Majesty the names of 


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Post-office. 


476 


fourteen persons who were concerned in the distri- 
bution of money among the voters before or during 
the last election for the said Borough ; that the said 
Commissioners only reported to Her Majesty the 
names of thirty-two persons who were so far impli- 
cated in the illegal practices which prevailed before 
and during the said election that they could not 
answer questions put by the Commissioners touching 
these practices without criminating themselves, or 
giving answers which might have that tendency ; 
that the sums of money reported to have been ex- 
— in the Borough by all the candidates at such 
ast election, can be proved to the House to have 
been in gross less than was expended in forty or 
fifty other boroughs in England and Wales, at the 
same general election; that the Commissioners only 
reported to Her Majesty that systematic and exten- 
sive bribery prevailed at the last election of Mem- 
bers of Parliament in that Borough ; that it is not 
and cannot be proved that the majority of burgesses, 
or any considerable number, have abused the privi- 
lege of electing Members of Parliament for the pur- 
poses of private privileges and emolument; that it 
is notorious that few of the ancient boroughs of Eng- 
land and Wales entitled to send Members to Parlia- 
ment, before the Reform Act of One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-two, were, before that period, or 
since, free from the taint of bribery and other cor- 
ruption, both before One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-two, and subsequently to the last general 
election of Members to serve in Parliament ; that 
the Petitioners, while they admit and deplore several 
acts of bribery committed at the last election of 
their late representatives, yet deny that such bribery 
was general, and they submit that no evidence exists 
implicating more than a small number of the elec- 
tors of the said Borough in such corrupt practices ; 
that the Borough of Sudbury was incorporated by 
Queen Mary, and that the right of returning Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for the said Borough is 
avery ancient right, and has been enjoyed by the 
burgesses of the said Borough for nearly four cen- 
turies, to wit, from the time of the reign of his then 
Majesty King Edward the Fourth ; and the Peti- 
tioners submit that they and their posterity ought 
not, without the most conclusive evidence of present 
general corruption against the majority of the elec- 
tors, to be deprived of such ancient rights and _pri- 
vileges; that the last Parliamentary return of the 
registered constituency records the right of upwards 
of six hundred electors to exercise the elective fran- 
chise ; that the electors of the ancient Borough of 
East Retford were last heard, by their counsel and 
witnesses, at the bar of the House, against the Bill 
for the disfranchisement of that Borough, and that 
the Petitioners confidently trust that the House will 
hear the Petitioners on the allegations of this Peti- 
tion ; and praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, and that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel, agents and witnesses, at the 
bar of the House, against the second reading, or 
before the Committee upon the said Bill, and that 
they may have such relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 


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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to the Marquess of Normanby, the Earl of 
Aberdeen and Viscount Melbourne to attend, in order 
to their being examined as witnesses, before the 
Committee of Secresy appointed by this House to 


inquire into the state of the Law in respect to the 


detaining and opening of Letters at the General 
Post-office, and into the mode under which the au- 
thority given for such detaining and opening has 
been exercised, and to report their Opinion and Ob- 
servations thereupon to the House: And that Vis- 
count Sandon do carry the said Message. 


8° Julie. 





A. 1844, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message from 

Mr. Senior : the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Newport ; 
Act for authorizing the Newport Dock Company to Dock Bill. 
raise further Monies, and to make Sale of the Docks ' 
and Works, and for amending certain Acts relatin 
to the said Dock, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Taf Vale 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the Taff Vale Railway Bill, 
Railway, to authorize the alteration of certain Works 
thereby authorized, and the formation of additional 
Works, and to enlarge the Powers of the Company, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
— desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London ana | 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the London and South-Westem \' 
South Western Railway, and to authorize an Exten- ( No?) Bill 
sion of the said Railway and other Works, at or© ~ “~~ 
near the Vine Elms Station, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of the First Re- Gaming. 
port from the Select Committee of the House of 
Lords, appointed to inquire into the Laws respecting 
Gaming, together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Committee :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Charles Henry Actions for 
Russell, relative to the Actions for Gaming Discon- Gaming Dis- 
tinuance (No. 2.) Bill, which was presented upon (No. 2.) Bill 
Thursday last, be printed. ssh seal 


Sir Thomas Fremantle presented,— Further Re- Army and 

turns to an Order, dated the 16th day of February Ordnance. 
last, fora Return of the Number of Officers and 
Men voted for the Army and Ordnance Military 
Corps, in the years 1792, 1805, 1810 and 1815 :— 
A similar Return for the years 1822 to 1843, both 
inclusive ; distinguishing the Number serving in 
Ireland and in India :—Returns of the Number of 
Officers and Men in the Army and Ordnance Mili- 
tary Corps who received Half Pay and Pensions, 
and the Amount voted for the same in each of those 
years :—And, of the Number of Military Pensioners 
returned fit for Service, and the Number called into 
active Service, under the authority of the Act 6 and 
7 Vie. c. 95, distinguishing the Number employed 
in Garrison Duty, and in aid of the Civil Power (so 
far as relate to the Army). 

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





Petitions from Fanlobbus ;—Dioceses of Cashel, Education 
Emly, Waterford and Lismore ;—and, Ballymoney ; (e!and.) 
praying the House to adopt means for extending 
Scriptural Education in Jreland,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of Coruners - 
the Apothecaries of Ireland, praying that the Co- (!telan¢) — 
roners (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Norwich ; — Directors of the Railways Bill. 
South Devon Railway Company ;—Sheffield, Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Company ; 
—South Eastern Railway Company ;—Liverpool ; 
| — York ;—Sheffield and Rotherham Railway Com- 

pany ;— Directors of the Leeds and Bradford Rail- 
way Company ;—Proprietors of Railway Stock re- 
siding in Sheffield (Chairman) ;—Bristol and Exeter 
Railway Company ;—Northern and Eastern Rail- 
way Company ;-—~ York and North Midland Railway 
Company ;— Stockton and Darlington Railway Com- 
pany ;—Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company ; 
—Chairman 














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8 VicToRIZ. 


—Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Shore- 
ham and Chichester Railway Company ;—LZondon 
and Croydon Railway Company ;—Yarmouth and 
Norwich Railway Company ;—Company of Pro- 
rietors of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal 
avigation and Railway ;—Midland Railway Com- 
pany ;—Shareholders in various Railways and resi- 
dent in Warrington ;--Great Western Railway Com- 
pany ;—Liverpool and Manchester Railway Com- 
pany ;—Grand Junction Railway Company ;—WVew- 
castle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway Com- 
pany ;--Guildford Junction Railway Company ;— 
North Union Railway Company ;—Vewcastie and 
Darlington Junction Railway Company ;— Man- 
chester and Leeds Railway Company ; — Eastern 
Counties Railway Company; — Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway Company ;—Glasgow, Paisley, 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company ;—and, the 
There-undersigned ; praying that the Railways Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Railways Bill. © A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the second 
reading of the Railways Bill be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“« other Orders of the day be now read,” instead 


8°—9° Julie. 





thereof. 


And the Question being proposed, That the words | 


proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : | 


—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave | 


of the House, withdrawn. | 


Ordered, That the Order of the day for the second | 
reading of the Railways Bill be now read; and the | 


same being read ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being | 


proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time; | 
The Amendments following were proposed to be | 


made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being proposed, That the word | 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate | 


arising thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 9° die Julii, 1844: 

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 Yeas, = ant } 53. 

' Mr Young, 
Tellersfor the Noes,) yy, Henry Baring : 


} 173. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Question :—And 
a Debate arising aes 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- 
day next. 


Detached Parts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Counties Bill. mittee on the Detached Parts of Counties Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Turnpike Trusts The Order of the day being read, for the second 

1. Wales) reading of the Turnpike Trusts (South Wales) Bill ; 

s Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Land Tax The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Tommissioners’ mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 
ames Bill. Bill . 
b] 
Vou. 99. 


| mittee on the Coroners (Zrefand) Bill ; 


477 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Savings Banks 

mittee on the Savings Banks Bill; 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 County Courts 
further consideration the Report on the County Bill. 
Courts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Superior Courts 
mittee on the Superior Courts (Common Law) Bill ; (Common Law) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday sag 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Small Debts. 

reading of the Small Debts Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the last Charitable _ 
Session, to consolidate and amend the Laws for the a. mee 
Regulation of Charitable Loan Societies in Zreland, eens 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Provisions of former Act to 
apply to the Zrish Reproductive Loan Fund Insti- 
tution in certain cases) was brought up, and thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene dv carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Coroners 
y (Ireland) 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- Courts of 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process Bill ; ere 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process (Zre- mon Law Pro- 
Wh. cess (Ireland) 
land) Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Drainage of Lands Bill was, according to Or- Drainage of 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- Lands Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; Buildings 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- Damage by Fire 
mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) (Metropolis) 
Bill ; (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 Com- Protection of 
mittee on the Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c. (Jreland) Purchasers, &amp;e 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the third Unlawful Oaths 
reading of the Unlawful Oaths (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Colonial _ 
mittee on the Colonial Postage Bill ; Postage Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 











itself into the said Committee. 
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Chaplains to 
Hospitals, &amp;c., 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Aliens Bill, 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Three-and-a- 
half per Cents. 
Exemption Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Regula- 
tion Bill. 


Law Courts 
(Ireiand) Bill. 





panies Bill. 


No. 463. 


| 
| 
t 
| Canal Come 
' 
; 
' 
; 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
meat Bill, 


Militia Ballots 


Vagranis’ 
Removal Bill, 


Bill. 





Continuance 


Bill. 

















478 


Suspension Bill. sion Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


Stock in Trade 


Turnpike Acts 


6° oh” 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Chaplains to Hospitals, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Report on the 
Aliens 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 To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Municipal Corporations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Three-and-a-half per Cents. Exemption 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 second 
reading of the Joint Stock Banks Regulation Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Law Courts (Jreland) 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, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Canal Companies 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 
18th day of this instant July. 


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 Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Militia Ballots Suspen- 


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 the 
Report on the Vagrants’ Removal Bill ; 
Ordered, 'That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Stock in Trade 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. 


ance 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 Turnpike Acts Continu- 





Juli. A. 1844, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Assessed Taxes 


into a Committee upon the Assessed Taxes Compo- pomPositions 


sitions Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


No. 462, 


The House was moved, That the Act 2&amp;3 Will. 4, Patty Proces. 
c. 118, to restrain for Five years in certain cases, sions (Ireland,) 
Party Processions in Jreland, might be read ; and *"* 

the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to continue the said Act for a time to be limited : 

And that Lord Eliot and Mr. Attorney General for 

Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Orders, Naval Force 
—An Account showing the Amount of Money issued (Irelaud.) 
for the Payment of the Naval Force employed in 

Ireland ; distinguishing the Expense for each year, 

from 1838 up to the present Estimate, inclusive. 

A Return of the Naval Force employed on the Naval Force 
Coast of and Rivers of Ireland, from 1834 to the (Ireland.) 
present period ; describing the Number and Class 

of each Vessel, and the Number of Seamen and 

Officers so employed for each year. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
their Address of the 5th day of this instant July, Address. 
(that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 

give directions that the Paper therein mentioned 

might be laid before this House), had been presented 

to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, that She will 

give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an Arson, kc. 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Statement of the Num- 
ber of Persons committed, convicted and executed 
for Arson and other Wilful Burning in England and 
Wales, during each of the six years which have 
elapsed since 1837, when the Law was mitigated, 
with the Total Numbers :— Also, the Number of 
Persons committed, convicted and executed for Arson 
and other Wilful Burning in England and Wales, 
during each of the six years preceding the year 
'1837, when the Law was mitigated, with the Total 
Numbers :—Likewise, the Centesimal Proportions 
of Convictions to Commitments during each period 
of six years, preceding and following the mitigation 
of the Law. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Lunatic 
Order,—Returns of the Expense of each District Asylums | 
Lunatic Asylum in Jreland for the year ending — 
31st day of March 1844; showing the Total Annual 
Expense, 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 lst 
day of April 1843, the Number admitted, the Num- 
ber 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 
1844; 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 Total Expenditure in Salaries and 
Servants’ Wages; the Expenditure per head per 





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Appeal in 
Criminal Cases 
Bill. 


Committees. 


Marriages 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Law 
Ameudment 
Bill. 


Colonial 
Postage Bill. 





8 VicToRIz: 


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 1844; the Number discharged 
as recovered; the Number discharged or taken away 
by their friends as relieved, or harmless and incur- 
able, or transferred to Workhouses within that pe- 
riod ; the Number of relapsed cases, and the Num- 
ber who have died within that period ; and the Total 
Number remaining in each Asylum, on the 31st day 
of March 1844 :—-Similar Returns from the Cork 
Lunatic Asylum :—And, a Return of the Number 
of Insane Persons in each Workhouse in Jreland, 
on the 31st day of March 1844, with the estimated 
Annual Expense of each, and the Total in Public 
Lunatic Asylums and Workhouses in Jreland, on 
the 31st day of March 1844. 

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


The Order for reading a second time To-morrow, 
the Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 17th day of this instant July. 


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, 9° die Juliz ; 
Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of the Minister, Ruling Elders and other 
Members of the Congregation of Lurgan, county 
Armagh, in connection with the General Assembly 
of the Presbyterian Church in Jreland, praying the 
House to declare valid, to all intents and purposes 
in law, all Marriages heretofore solemnized or 
hereafter to be solemnized by Presbyterian minis- 
ters in Ireland, between parties not within the pro- 
hibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity, and 
who have the consent of parents or guardians, and 
provided that all such Marriages shall be solem- 
nized and registered agreeably to the published 
laws of the Irish Presbyterian Church, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Leominster ;—and, Peterborough ; 
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 Guardians of the Sunderland Poor 
Law Union, in the county of Durham, praying that 
a clause may be inserted in the said Bill to increase 
the facilities by which parishes may be empowered 
to augment the number of their guardians according 
to the relative population of other parishes in the 
same union, and that the qualification of guardians 
may be reduced, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Colonial Postage Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 


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479 


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 Three-and-a- 
into a Committee upon the Three-and-a-half per lt per Cents. 
Cents. Exemption 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 directed him to report the 

same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read 

the third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Assessed Taxes 
into a Committee upon the Assessed Taxes Com- Compositions 
positions Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bi 

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 ingrossed Bill to suspend the making of Lists Militia Ballots 
and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of Suspension Bill. 
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-five the making of Lists and the Ballots and 
Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. 

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- 
five, and to the end of the then Session of Parlia- 
ment, the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, 
Townships and Villages from liability to be rated 
as such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other Pro- 
perty, to the Relief of the Poor. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue certain Turnpike Turnpike Acts 
Acts was, according to Order, read the third time. Continuance 
Resolved, Vhat 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-five, 
and to the end of the then Session of Parliament, 
certain Turnpike Acts. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Vagrants’ Removal Bill ; vagrants’ 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Removal Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Privy Council Bill was read the first time ; Privy Councit 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday Bill. 
next; and to be printed. No. 464. 


The Lecturers and Parish Clerks Bill was read Lecturers and 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time — Clerks 


upon Monday next; and to be printed. No. 465 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Sudbury Dis- 
reading of the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill ; — 

The House was moved, That the Petition of the” 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough of 
Sudbury, in Common Hall assembled, praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law, and that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel, agents 





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480 


and witnesses, at the bar of the House, against the | 


said Bill; and that they may have such relief in | 
the premises as to the House shall seem meet, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be heard, by their | 
counsel, at the bar, upon the second reading of the | 
said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time. 

Then the counsel was called in:—And the Bill 
was read a second time. 

And Counsel was heard :—And then he was di- 
rected to withdraw. 

Mr. Speaker opened the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 





| 


A Motion being made, ‘That this House will, To- 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
of providing for the payment out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Jreland, of Compensations for the loss of 
Salary or Emoluments of Officers attached to the | 
Superior Courts of Common Law in Treland, and 
also of Salaries, Incidental Expenses and Super- 
annuations, in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session ; 

Me. 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. 


Law Courts 
(Treland) 
[Compensa- 
tions, &amp;c. } 








County of Kent, part of the settled Estate of the 
Earl of Guilford, was read the third time. | 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That General Lygon do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. | 


Ordered, That Mr. Patrick Stewart and Mr. | 
Dennistoun be added to the Committee on the Ayr | 
Bridge (No. 2.) Bill. 


Ayr Bridge 
( No. 2.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Garukirk, Glasgow and Coatbridge 
Railway Bill be referred to the Select Committee 


Garnkirk, 
Glasgow and 
Coatbridge 





Railway Bill. s : 

, on Standing Orders. 
Edinburgh, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a oa the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
was Bill. -intituled, An Act to alter, explain, revive and con- 


tinue the Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating 
to the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway, 
and to make two Branch Railways therefrom ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 13. 1. 14. Leave out from “ reference ” to 
And” in Pr. 14. 1. 3.,and insert Clause (A.) 

Cuiavse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all 
cases where by reason of the execution of any of 
the works authorized by the said recited Acts or 
this Act any wells or springs of water have been 
or shall be dried up or drained, or the supply of 
water thereof diminished or any injury done to 
any lands of any nature or kind whatsoever not 
specified in the said recited Acts, the Company 
shall make full compensation to the owners, 
lessees and occupiers of such wells or springs, and 
for all injuries (not specified in the said recited 


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9° Jultz. 


second reading or before the Committee upon the 7 
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Earl of Guil- A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to autho- | I 
a rize the Sale of a certain Leasehold Estate, in the 

























































A. 1844, 


said first recited Act: Provided always, That 
nothing herein contained shall affect the rights of 
parties in any action now in dependence in the 
Court of Session, in relation to such damages, nor 
any arrangement already concluded, nor any set- 
tlement already made of the price of any lands, 
grounds or heritages, or of the compensation to 
be paid for any damage or injury done to any 
lands, grounds, wells, springs or other heritages.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 7. Leave out from “ thereof” to “ And” 
in 1, 29. 

Pr. 21.1. 32. After “ way” insert “ excepting 
“ the street or road at the terminus of the Lezth 
“ Branch called Dock-street.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend, enlarge and Wishaw and 
in part repeal the Acts relating to the Wishaw and Cultness Rail- 
Coltness Railway, was read the third time. “yom. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Southern 
the Report on the Great Southern and Western Rail- and Western 
way (Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, Crelwe) Bill 
and agreed to. uineitina iin 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

A Petition of Simon Foot, Esquire, of Dublin, 
praying that the said Bill may be re-committed, 
and that the Committee to whom the same may be 
referred may be instructed to take this Petition, and 
also the Petition of the Grand Canal Company 
against the said Bill, into their consideration, and to 
report further thereon to the House, or that the 

etitioner may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, in support of the allegations contained in his 
Petition, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee standing 

on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; and the Orders ; 
'same were read, as follow : 
1. Resolved, That in the case of the Monkland yyyputana 
Railways (No. 2.) Bill, proposed Amendments on Railways 
consideration of Report, the said Amendments are (Ne. 2.) Bill. 
'of such a nature as not to be adopted by the House 

| without the re-commitment of the Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Tralee Navi- Tralee Navi- 
gation and Harbour Bill, the Standing Orders ought gation and_ 
_to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted Herbour Bill. 
_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. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- pypiic petiions 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined (Thirty-seventh 
the Petitions presented upon the 3d, 4th and 5th days Report.) 
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 the Chairman and Clerk to the yajuations 
Board of Guardians of the Londonderry Poor Law (Irelaud.) 
Union, stating that great inconvenience has arisen 
in that Union from the numerous valuations required 








Acts), sustained or to be sustained by the owners, | to be made in order to collect the several local taxes ; 
lessees or occupiers of any land, according to their | that the Petitioners are of opinion the whole of the 
respective rights and interests, and if the Com-j local rates might be levied on one valuation made 
pany and such owners, lessees and occupiers do | by competent persons, and revised annually; and 
not agree as to the amount of such compensation, | praying the attention of the House to this subject, 
the same shall be settled as in other cases of dis-| was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
puted compensation, in manner provided by the | the Table. 









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A Petition 





a REPRE EE Ee oY 





Parliamentary 
Suffrage. 


Railways Bill. 


Smoke Prohi- 
bition Bill. 


Jewish Disa- 
bilities. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Stocking- 


makers. 


Dissenters’ 
Chapels Bill. 


George O’Mal- 


ley Irwin. 


Post-office, 


8 VicroriZz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Bridg- 
water, praying the House to extend the Parliament- 
ary Suffrage, and make provisions for securing a 
full, fair and free representation of the people in 
Parliament, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Kingston-upon-Hull ; 
—and, Brandling Junction Railway Company ; 
praying that the Railways Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, praying that 
the Smoke Prohibition Bill may pass into a law, 


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


A Petition of the Chairman of the Congregation 
of Protestant Dissenters of Hanover-square Chapel, 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne, praying the House to relieve 
the Jews from their Disabilities, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Palmer and James Smith, 
praying that the County Courts Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Stocking-makers, in Selkirk, com- 


praying the House to cause inquiries to be made 
into the same, and that the Commission which has 
already been granted to the frame-work knitters of 
England may be extended to Scotland, was pre- 


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


A Petition of the Church Session and Members 
of the Free East Church Congregation, Aberdeen, 
praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George O’ Malley Irwin, Esquire, 
of the city of Dublin, Barrister-at-Law, Master of 
Arts in the University of Dublin, and late Deput 
Assistant Barrister for the counties of Meath, Wick- 
low and Wexford, complaining of being unable to 
defend himself in a prosecution for a misdemeanor 
at common law, in the absence of an autograph 
official document, dated 12th October 1834, and 
by reason of the attorney denying the existence of 
Petitioner’s letter of September 15th 1833, to the 
then Government; and praying that the House will 
be pleased to address Her Majesty to direct an in- 
vestigation into the facts stated in his Petition, and 
the documents therein referred to, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of 
Commerce and Manufactures of the city of Edin- 
burgh, praying the House to effect such a change 
in Her Majesty’s mails, both morning and evening, 
as will bring letters and newspapers to Scotland in 


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481 


visions in the Poor Law Unions of Ireland, without 
regard to the number of paupers sent into the work- 
houses by each, most earnestly entreat that the ex- 
isting law may not be altered in this respect, and 
beg to state to the House that such a change in the 
law would subvert the most valuable principle con- 
tained in the Poor Relief (Zreland) Act ; and pray- 
ing the House to maintain the sound principle of 
local liability embodied in the present Jaw, and that 
no measure may pass which will tend to diminish 
the interest of the owners and occupiers of property 
in Ireland, in preventing the increase of pauperism, 
or to the keeping the workhouses at all times filled 
to the extent of their capacity, or which would throw 
any unjust burden on the Petitioners, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Pike, of Grove-street, Hol- Railways Bill. 


loway, in the parish of Saint Mary’s, Islington, in 
the county of Middlesex, praying the House to take 
into consideration the grievances which the third- 
class passengers will be liable to if a clause is not 
introduced in the Railways Bill to allow passen- 
gers to travel in the same manner on the lines which 
are already finished ; that the travellers by the third- 
class trains might have the same privilege as tra- 
vellers by the first-class train in the morning, and 
the last train at night ; and that the House will take 
into its consideration the allowance of fourteen 


x-mak /pounds in weight of luggage by the third-class 
plaining of grievances affecting their trade; and | 


passengers by-trains ; and also the grievances which 
the third-class passengers by railroad are subject 
to on the lines already completed, as those lines now 
in the Bill before the House, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Earl 
of Lonsdale and Lord Ponsonby to attend, in order 
to their being examined as witnesses, before the 
Committee of Secresy appointed by this House to 
inquire into the state of the law in respect to the 
detaining and opening of Letters at the General 
Post-office, and into the mode under which the au- 
thority given for such detaining and opening has 


Y| been exercised, and to report their Opinion and 


Observations thereupon to the House :—And that 
Viscount Sandon do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copy of a Letter addressed to the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, by John Finlayson, Esquire, dated 
17th June 1844, relative to Savings Banks. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Paper. 


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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 
Mr. Senior: 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 


Post-office. 


Savings Banks, 


Message from 


the Lords. 





A Bill, intituled, An Act for uniting the York Gas York United 
general by the speediest route, and thus obviate the | Light Company and the York Union Gas Light Gas (No. 2.) 


disadvantage of passengers arriving from London | Company, and for more effectually lighting with me 
many hours before communication by letter, thus | Gas the City of York, and the Suburbs and Vicinity 
anticipating intelligence which should not only come | thereof in the County of York: | 
equally to all, but which may also be productive of | A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing, maintaining Holmfirth 
public injury, not only to those engaged in trade, | and improving the Road from //int-lane, to Holm- and Donford 
but lay the foundation of schemes for the transmis- | firth, and thence to the Huddersfield and Woodhead ®o*¢s Pi. 
sion of letters, by which the Post-office Revenue may | Turnpike-road, and for making and maintaining a 
be seriously affected, was presented, and read ; and ,new Line of Road from the said Road, at a place 
ordered to lie upon the Table. called Bents, to or near Dunford Bridge, all in the 
West Riding of the County of York: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Eastern Union 
Act for making a Railway from Colchester to Ips- Railway 31}, 
wich, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


Poor Relief 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Ab- 
(Ireland) Act. 


beyleix Union, stating that the Petitioners, having 
heard that certain parties have petitioned the House 
for the purpose of obtaining an Act of Parliament, 


equalizing the charge upon the several electoral di- 
Vou. 99, 





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Marriages Bill. The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to declare the Law respecting the Publication of 
Banns of Matrimony, and the Celebration of Mar- 
riages, in Churches or Chapels to which Districts 
shall have been assigned under certain of the Church 
Building Acts; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

Cheape’s — The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Divorce Bill. to dissolve the Marriage of John Cheape, Esquire, 
a Lieutenant Colonel in the Military Service of the 
Honourable East India Company, with Amelia 
Frances Chicheley Cheape, 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 give leave to Lord John Russell and Sir James 
Graham (Members of this House), to attend their 
Lordships, in order to their being examined before 
the Secret Committee appointed by their Lordships, 
to inquire into the Practice of detaining and open- 
ing Letters under the Provisions of the Act 1 Vic. 
c. 36, and more particularly into the Circumstances 
under which the Letters of Mr. Mazzini, a Literary 
Foreigner, and of Captain Charles Stolzman, a Pole, 
residing in England, have been opened :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the last part of the said Message :—And Sir James 
Graham, being present in his place, declared that 
he was willing, with leave of the House, to go to 
the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Sir James Graham have leave to 
go to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships, if he think fit. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer to 
that part of the said Message which relates to Lord 
John Russell by Messengers of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith : —And then 
they again withdrew. 


Post-office. 


Statute Labour Ordered, That the Paper relative to Statute Labour 
(Caithness.) (Caithness), which was presented upon the 20th day 
No.466. of June last, be printed. 


Pauper Ordered, That the Abstract of the Return relative 
Children. to Pauper Children, which was presented yesterday, 
No. 467. be printed. 


Gaming. Ordered, That the Copy of the First Report from 
No. 468. the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the 
Laws respecting Gaming, which was communicated 

from the Lords yesterday, be printed. 


Army and Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Army 
Ordnance. and Ordnance, which were presented upon the 22d 
No. 469. day of April last,and yesterday, be printed. 


Nava! Force Ordered, That the Returns relative to Naval Force 

ireland.) (Ireland), which were presented yesterday, be printed, 
No. 470. 

Anwn, he. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Arson, &amp;c., 


No. 471. Which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Lunatic Asy- Ordered, That the Returns relative to Lunatic 
tums (Ireland.) Asylums (Zreland), which were presented yesterday, 


No.472. be printed. 


Denis Claims, | A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself into 
a Committee, to consider of an Address to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
take into Her early and most favourable considera- 
tion the case of the Claimants for losses sustained 
by the seizure of British ships and cargoes by the 
Danish Government in 1807, and reported to have 
been established by the Commissioners to whom it 
was referred to examine and adjudicate on all such 
Claims, in their Report bearing date the 12th day 
of May 1840; 


A. 1844. 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, a ute. } 68. 
Tellers for the Noes, = Host’ a } 72, 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Dog Stealing 
to inquire into the allegations of the Petition, pre- (Metropolis.) 
sented upon the 20th day of June, in the last Session 
of Parliament, praying for further protection against 
the depredations of Dog Stealers in the Metropolis, 
with a view to the correction of the evils complained 
of therein. 


Notice being taken, That Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 


Mercurii, 10° die Julii ; 


Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 








PRAYERS. 


M&amp; Greene reported from the Committee on Gaspé Fishery 
LV the Gaspé Fishery and Coal Mining Com- eee 
pany Bill; That they had examined the allegations ©°™P™"9 Bi 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 

amended the same by inserting therein the twenty- 

fifth section of the Act passed by the provincial 

| Parliament of Canada, in the seventh year of the 

‘reign of Her present Majesty, and other verbal 
Amendments ; and that the Preamble, as amended, 

had been proved to their satisfaction; and that they 

had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 

thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 














| Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Court 


mittee on the County Court (County Palatine of (County Pale- 
| Lancaster) Bill; tine of Lan- 


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. 


Ways and 
Means. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gy,,,15, 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


Mr. Greene reported the Colonial Postage Bill ; Colonial 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Postage Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Assessed Taxes Com- Accessed Taxes 
positions Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Compositions 
agreed to. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill to exempt from the Payment phree-andea- 
of Property Tax the Dividends on certain Annuities half per Cents. 
of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum per An- Exemption Bill, 
num, payable for the quarter of the year ending the 
Tenth day of October One thousand eight hundred 


and 














Vagré 
Reme 


Join 
Con 
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Reg 








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Vagrants’ ' 
Removal Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies Re- 
gistration and 
Regulation Bill. 


No. 473. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Remedies at 
Law and in 
Equity Bill. 


8 VicTORIR. 


and Forty-four 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 continue Two Acts relating 
to the Removal of Poor Persons born in Scotland 
and Ireland, and chargeable to Parishes in England 
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- 
five, and to the end of the then Session of Parlia- 
ment, Two Acts relating to the Removal of Poor 
Persons born in Scotland and Ireland, and charge- 
able to Parishes in England. 

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 Joint Stock Companies 
Registration and Regulation Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Crause, N® 2, (Operation of Act as to Com- 
panies). 

Amendment again proposed, in P. 2. 1. 5. To 
leave out “ or agency therein” in order to insert 
“ in England,” instead thereof. 

Question, That the words “ or agency therein” 
stand part of the Clause put, and Negatived. 

Question, That “in England” be inserted instead 
thereof——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 7. 
After “ Banking Companies” to insert “ Railway 
“ Companies” : 

Question proposed: That those words be there 
inserted—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravuses, N° 3 to N° 95, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Schedules 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Companies 
Remedies at Law and in Equity Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Crause, N° 1, (Construction of words). 
Motion made, and Question, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill put, and Negatived. 


Cuiause, N° 2, (If any incorporated commercial 
or trading Company, or any Company or body of 
persons associated together for commercial or trad- 
ing purposes, and having privileges under the 1st 
Vic., c. 73, or any Company or body of persons 
associated together for commercial or trading pur- 
poses, and registered either provisionally or com- 
pletely, shall commit any act which by this Act is 
to be deemed an act of bankruptcy on the part of 
such Company, a fiat in bankruptcy may issue 
against the Company, by the name or style of the 


Company, and be prosecuted in like manner as 
Vou. 99. 





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483 


against other bankrupts, subject to the provisions 
hereinafter made). 


Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 10. 
After “ Parliament” to insert “ except Railway and 
“ Canal Companies :” 


Question proposed : That those words be there 
inserted—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravse, N° 3, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuausss, N° 5 to N° 23, agreed to. 
Curause, N° 24, disagreed to. 

Crausss, N° 25 to N® 28, agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 

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 Thurs- 
day the 18th day of this instant July. 


Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Law. 

Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of all Corre- 
spondence which has passed between the Poor Law 
Commissioners and the Guardians of the Brassing- 
ton Incorporation, together with Copies of all Orders 
which have been issued to the said Guardians by the 
said Poor Law Commissioners, from the passing of 
the New Poor Law Act to the present time :—And 
then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sudbury Dis- 
mittee on the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill ; — 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other” 


Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Monkland 
of the Amendments proposed upon the consideration (ieee Bill. 
of the Report on the Monkland Railways (No. 2.)° 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed, so far as 
regards the said Amendments. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Irvine’s 
selling the entailed Estate of Schwas, in the County Estate Bill. 
of Aberdeen, belonging to Alexander Forbes Irvine, 
Esquire, and for investing the Price thereof in the 
Purchase of other Lands to be entailed in lieu of 
the said Estate, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 
pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Gordon do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to Middle Level 
amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in ae ~ 
the fiftieth year of the reign of King George the Neves Bil. 
Third, for improving the Drainage of certain Lands 
within the north and south-west Parts of the Middle 
Level, part of the Great Level of the Fens commonly 
called “ Bedford Level,” and of an Act passed in the 
twenty-seventh year of the reign of King George 
the Second, for improving and preserving the Navi- 
gation from Salter’s Lode Sluice, in the County of 
Norfolk, to Standground Sluice, in the County of 
Huntingdon, and other Navigations therein men- 
tioned ; and to make better Provision for the Drain- 
age of the said Lands, and of other Lands in the said 


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484 


10° Jule. 


A. 1844, 


Middle Level, and in certain Fens adjacent thereto, | the same, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
by means of a Cut from the said Middle Level to lie upon the Table. 


the River Ouse, and of other Works, and for improv- 
ing the Navigation of the Rivers and navigable 
Streams passing through the same Level, be now | 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Gladstone, 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. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for improving the Drainage and 
Navigation of the Middle Level of the Fens. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fellowes do carry the Bill te 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








Cheape’s 


Cheape’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
Divorce Bill. 


and ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House the Depositions trans- 
mitted from Jndia relating to the said Bill: And 
that Mr. Hayter do carry the said Message. 





Great Southern 
and Western 


A Petition of the Honourable Richard Hobart 





Releny Fitzgibbon, of Eaton-square, praying that the Great 
(Ireland) Bill. Southern and Western Railway (Ireland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Willenhall Captain Jones reported from the Select Committee 
a Estate on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of | 


the Willeniall Chapel Estate Bill, the Standing | 
Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 


(Dublin) Bill. 


Captain Jones reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Grand Jury Presentments (Dublin) Bill, the | 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Saint Margaret’s = Ovydered, That the Select Committee to whom the 


ans Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens and Vestry- 
vestminster, ye ’ - . : 
No.474, men of Saint Margaret’s, Westminster, for aid to- 


wards repairing the Church, was referred, have Power 
to report their Observations thereupon to the House, 





together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Sir Charles Burrell reported from the said Select | 
Committee; That they had examined the matters 
to them referred; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House; together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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





Earl of Stirling. A Petition of Alexander Earl of Stirling, com-' 


plaining of his Letters being opened by the Post- | 
office authoritjes in Scotland ; of proceedings against | 
him, consequent upon a litigation with the Crown 
in establishing himself as heir to the first Earl of 
Stirling, and of being denied the enjoyment of his 
privileges as a Peer of the Realm; and praying that 
the House will be pleased to grant him redress, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘Table. 


Robert 
Crothers. 


A Petition of Robert Crothers, stating that he | 
enclosed four sovereigns in a letter which he posted | 
at the Post-office in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the | 
10th day of May 1840; that the said Letter never | 
reached its destination, and that the Post-office | 
authorities have not furnished any satisfactory pre- 
text for holding possession of the Petitioner’s Let- | 
ter and money; and praying that the House will | 
assist him in soliciting Her Majesty’s Government | 
to order the Post-office authorities to deliver up | 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Brixham, in Torbay Torquay, &amp;c 
and its vicinity, stating that the tolls on the Tor- Roads.” 
quay and other Roads are most unequally levied, 
being at one end of the line double those paid at the 
other end; that such unequal charge of toll is a 
grievous burthen on the Petitioners, inasmuch as it 
impedes the transport of the produce of their fishery 
into the interior, and generally is seriously detri- 
mental to the trade and prosperity of their town; 
also that lime, which is the principal manure of the 
neighbourhood, is subject to the payment of a toll, 
and the Petitioners believe is exempt in many other 
turnpike-trusts ; and praying that in any Bill intro- 
duced into the House on the subject of turnpike- 
trusts, the evils of which the Petitioners complain 
may be removed, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned Persons, as gectesiastical 
well Catholic as Protestant, in the county of Lan- Gifts and 
caster, praying the House to take into consideration Bequests. 
the laws on the subject of Charitable Gifts and Be- 
quests for ecclesiastical purposes, with a view to the 
amendment of the same, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Adams, Cabinet-maker, Thomas 
King-street, Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, Paterson. 
praying the House to advise Her Majesty to order 
the release of Thomas Paterson, now confined in the 
general prison at Perth, or at least to remove him 
from his solitary confinement, and generally ame- 
liorate his treatment therein, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Magnus Cattlin, of No. 39, Thomas Magnus 


| Ely-place, Holborn, in the county of Middlesex, Cattlin. 


Gentleman, stating that in consequence of an over- 
sight, stamps of too small an amount were affixed 
to some leases and counterparts; that he did not 
discover that too little duty had been paid on the 
said leases and counterparts until within the last 


'few days; when he discovered the error that had 


been made in the stamps, he lost no time in en- 
deavouring to remedy the same, by having them im- 
pressed with the proper duty, without payment of 


penalties, which the Board of Stamps refused to 


comply with; and praying that a Committee of In- 
quiry may be granted into the above circumstances, 
and report thereon to the House, or to grant the 
Petitioner such relief as to them may seem meet, 
without payment of the penalties sought to be en- 
forced, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Poor Relief 
of Cork ;—and, Chairman of the Board of Guar- (Ireland) Act. 
dians of the Waterford Union; praying for altera- 
tion of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned Persons, as RomanCatholic 
well Protestant as Roman Catholic, in the county of Chapels. &amp;c. 
Lancaster, praying that the protection formerly given 
by law to the patrons of Roman Catholic Chapels 
be again secured to them, and that all causes relative 
to temporalities be settled exclusively in the Queen’s 
Courts, and that the House will be pleased to take 
into consideration whether the time has not arrived 
for a Concordat between the Queen’s Majesty and 
the Roman authorities on the subject of the appoint- 
ment of Bishops and Vicars Apostolic in England, 
or at least whether measures should not be taken 
to exclude from the Roman Catholic Episcopacy all 
who have not taken the oaths appointed by law to 
be taken by Roman Catholics, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 


Nailemakers. 


South Australia. 


8 VicToRIz. 


A Petition of Nail-makers of Bromsgrove, and its’ 
vicinity, in the county of Worcester, complaining of | 
distress and of the practice of the truck system ; 
and praying for the appointment of a Commission of 
Inquiry into the state of the Nail-makers of that, 
district, and the truth of the allegations set forth in | 
their Petition, 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 Letters and Accounts which 
have passed, since the 1st day of January 1843, be- 
tween the Manager of the South Australian Com- 
pany, on the one hand, and the Colonization Com- 
missioners for South Australia, or the Colonial Office, 
on the other:—Also, of all Memorials and Letters 
to Sir Robert Peel and the Secretary of State for 


10° Julie. 


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the Colonies, and of the Replies to the same, on 
the subject of the Emigration Land Fund of South 
Australia :—And, Extracts from the Despatches of 
Governor Grey on the expediency of renewing Emi- 
oration to 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. 





485 


““ numbered 79 and 983, on the plans deposited as 
“* herein mentioned.” 
Pr. 31. 1. 30. After “ Schedule” insert “ (C.)” 
Pr. 36. 1.31. After “ passed” insert Clauses 
(C.) and (D.) 

Criavse (C.) “ And whereas, by an Act of Par- 
liament passed in the fourth year of the reign of 
Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for re- 
gulating Railways,” and by another Act passed 
in the sixth year of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, intituled, “ An Act for the better Regulation 
of Railways, and for the Conveyance of Troops,” 
certain provisions were enacted for the supervision 
of Railways, and other purposes; Be it Enacted, 
That the provisions of the said recited Acts, except 
such of the same as shall be inapplicable to the 
Railway to be made by virtue ot this and the 
said recited Acts, shall be in force in respect to 
the said Railway, in the same manner as if such 
provisions were repeated and re-enacted in this 
Act, in reference to the same.” 

Criavse(D.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall be held to exempt the 
Railway by this and the said recited Acts autho- 
rized to be made, from the provisions of an Act 
passed in the first and second years of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to 


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Navy. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | « , " oe See ee ee ee 
Returns of the Number of Officers of the Royal ait 
Navy on the 1st day of January 1844 of each Rank, In the Schedules to the Bill: 
from Admiral to Lieutenant inclusive; and distin- At the end of Schedule (B.) insert a new Sche- 
euishing the Number of each Rank employed afloat | dule, called Schedule (C.) 
trom the Number of Officers on Half and on Retired ScuEDULE (C.) 
Pay at that date:—And, of the Names of Officers © Form of Transfer of Shares or Stock: 
in the Royal Navy, from the Rank of Admiral to “y f . - d 
that of Midshipman, both inclusive, promoted on! ,, Ges ol th f ” ‘dt a ug _ 
or since the 8th day of March 1843, distinguishing | ;, as — 7 =o aed ° ra oe d 
those on Fell. Pay tow those on Half Pay at the|., ore for shaves or stock, as the cose we 
time of their Promotion ; stating the Date of Entry | ,, — if alt cane eeakiieiies denen ae neh 
of each Officer into the Navy, and the Dates of the | ,, os the the cia ai a P hg ee: 
several Commissions which they have successively | ;, taking called “The Ta iff Vale Railway Company,? 
attained, (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper |, ;5 Seah socities tent andl , Ne sa ‘ad 
No. 449, of Session 1943). “ administrators and assigns [or successors and as- 
Sart Te adi of Se Ate being sant, for the seed TE Gocaenas ae ean eee ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be a a second time| “‘ and I the said do hereby agree to take 
upon Wednesday next. “ the said share [or shares or stock, as the case may 
“ be], subject to the same conditions. As witness 
Taff Vale The House proceeded to take into consideration| “ our hands and seals the day of - 
Railway Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
tituled, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the| were agreed to. 
Taff Vale Railway, to authorize the alteration of cer-| Ordered, That Mr. Philip Miles do carry the Bill 
tain Works thereby authorized, and the formation} to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
of additional Works, and to enlarge the Powers of| hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
the Company ; and the same were read, as follow : 





Lordships. 


Pr. 3. 1.10. Leave out from “ the” to “ pur- 
“ poses” in 1. 18., and insert “ objects and.” 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the Ministers’ 
Pr. 3. 1.24. Leave out “ the several” and insert 


19th day of this instant July, resolve itself into oo, 

such.” Committee to take into consideration the Act 17") 
Pr. 3. ]. 25. Leave out “ thereof.” and 18 Car. 2,c¢. 7, intituled, “‘ An Act for Provision 
Pr. 4. 1. 29. After “determine” insert Clauses | of Ministers in Cities and Corporate Towns, and 

(A.) and (B.) making the Church of Saint Andrew’s, in the Sub- 
Cuiausz (A.) “ And with respect to the crossing | urbs of the City of Dublin, Presentative for ever,” 

“ of roads by the altered line of the said Branch! with a view to the repeal of so much thereof as re- 

Railway; Be it Enacted, That if such altered | lates to the Payment of Ministers in Corporate 

line cross any ea or age —— Towns in Ireland. 

ee 2 ane ae ee Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Detached Parts 

“ is ate Meg sir Pcp A he lin solve itself into a Committee — the Detached ~ ecaeaa 

Railway shall be carried over eat road by means Parts of Counties Bill :—The douse accordingly °"" 

‘‘ of a bridge, of the height and width, and with resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after some 

* tee ensent oe discuel by the said-recited Acts in| time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 

“ that behalf provided, and such bridge and other | and Mr. Greene reported, That the Committee had 

“ necessary works connected therewith, shall be. _ through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 

rec »” . 
— be ag ‘od vale Eewoaat wie it shall | Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


be lawful for the Company to construct thealtered| Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Copyholds 
line of the said Branch Railway on the level, across | next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Copy- a 
a certain highway in the parish of Merthyr Tydvil,, holds Enfranchisement Bill. sia 
Von. 99. ; 3Q3+ The 























486 


Marriages Bill. 
No. 475. 
and to be printed. 


China. 


Command,—Copy of the Statement of the Foreign 
Trade with China, and an Account of the Inland or 
Transit Duties of the Chinese Empire. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 
Army Force Ordered, That the Account relative to Army Force 
Ginn) (Ireland), which was presented upon the 27th day 
No.470. of February last, be printed. 
Ordnance Ordered, That the Account relative to the Ord- 
(eehud.) nance Department (Jreland), which was presented 
No.470. Upon the 29th day of March last, be printed. 
Savings Banks. | Ordered,That the Paper relative to Savings Banks, 
No. 476. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Field Gardens = The Field Gardens Bill was, according to Order, 


10° Julie. 


The Marriages Bill was read the first time; and| actions which are about to be suspended by the 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ;| Bill; 





mm. read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 

Butter and The Butter and Cheese Bill was, according to 

Cheese Bill, 


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


Court of Arches 


C The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
ill, 


the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 13th day of March last, That the Court 
of Arches Bill be now read a second time ; 
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 new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the [ Mr. Elphinstone, 7 
Yeas, Mr. Christie : j 
Tellers for the f Mr. Young, 71 
Noes, Lord Arthur Lennox: Jf 
So it passed in the Negative. 


17. 


30 


Juvenile 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Ottenders Bill. reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Actious for 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


a mittee on the Actions for Gaming Discontinuance 
(No. 2.) Bill, (No. 2.) Bill; 


The House was moved, That the Petition of 
Charles Henry Russell, of Percy-street, Bedford- 
square, Clerk to James Thomas Russell, of the same 
place, Solicitor, praying that counsel may be heard 
at the bar of the House, on behalf of the Petitioner | 
against the Actions for Gaming Discontinuance 
(No. 2.) Bill being passed into a law, which was 
presented upon Thursday last, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard against 
the Bill, by his counsel, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Christie, 71 

Yeas, { Mr. Thomas Duncombe: Jf 

Tellers for aa | Mr. Young, 1 

Noes, Lord Arthur Lennox: J 

And the Numbers reported by the Tellers being 
Yeas 14, Noes 30, and objection being taken to the 
vote of Lord George Bentinck, Member for Lynn, 
on the ground that he is a defendant in some of the 





A. 1844, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the vote of Lord George Bentinck be 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s | disallowed : 


Whereupon Lord George Bentinck declared, that 
it was not his intention to take advantage of the 
provisions of the Bill, and plead the same in bar of 
such actions :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

An objection being taken to the vote of Mr. 
Gregory, Member for Dublin, on the ground that he 
is a defendant in some of the actions which are about 
to be suspended by the Bill; 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the vote of Mr. Gregory be disallowed : 

Whereupon, Mr. Gregory stated, he has not been 
served with any process in any of the said actions : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Whereupon, Mr. Speaker declared the numbers 
on the Division, Yeas 14, Noes 30. 

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 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for thes Mr. Young, 1 4s 
Yeas, Lord Arthur Lennox: | ae 
Tellers for thef Mr. Christie, a 9 
J, 


Noes, Mr. Milner Gibson: 
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 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- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands Bill; Lands 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 Chaplains to 
reading of the Chaplains to Hospitals, &amp;c. (Ireland) ne 
Bill; (Treland) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law relating to Aliens Bill. 
Aliens, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (All persons having been 
naturalized and residing in the United Kingdom, 
for five successive years, shall be entitled to all the 
privileges of British subjects as may be conferred 
on aliens), was brought up, and thrice read; and 
added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hutt do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Law Courts 
into a Committee, to consider of providing for the weaned 
Payment out of the Consolidated Fund of the United tious, «c.] 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of Com- 
pensations for the loss of Salary or Emoluments of 
Officers attached to the Superior Courts of Com- 
mon Law in Jreland, and also of Salaries, Incidental 

Expenses _ 














Mun 
Corp 
Bill. 


Sudl 
fran 
Bill. 











Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 
Bill. 


8 VicroRiIZ. 10°—11° Julie. 487 


Expenses and Superanuations, in pursuance of any 
Act of the present Session. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of the Com- 
pensations for loss of Salaries or Emoluments, and 
of the Salaries, Incidental Expenses and Superan- 
nuations which may become payable in pursuance 
of any Act of the present Session for regulating the 
Expenses of the Officers attached to the Superior 
Courts of Law in Ireland. 


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 To-morrow. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to extend 
the right of voting for the future Election of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Sud- 
bury, to all persons residing within the hundred of 
Babergh, within the county of Suffolk, and the 
hamlet of Ballingdon-cum-Brundon, in the county 
of Essex, having the qualification required as Elec- 
tors for Cities and Boroughs, under the Act of 
2 Will. 4, c. 45; and to make provision that the 
following persons, viz. Peter Alston, James Berry, 
Thomas Brown, William Barnard, William Cross, 
Joseph Cook, George Dawson, Thomas Erith, James 
Johnson, Charles King, Thomas Making, George 
Parsonson, William Rolfe, Richard Steed, William 
Tolliday and Joseph Wheeler, being guilty of re- 
ceiving bribes at the last Election; and Joseph 
Barker, Samuel Berry, William Cook, Thomas 
Ginn, Thomas Goody, Golding Herbert, Samuel 
Hale, James Herbert, John Jones and William War- 
ner, being concerned in the distribution of mone 
among the voters before or during the Election, be 
hereafter disqualified from voting at any Election 
for Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough 
of Sudbury ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Blackstone, 


Yeas, Mr. Cochrane : 1. 
Tellers for theJ Mr. Young: ws 
Noes, Lord Arthur Lennoz : . 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


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. 99. 








Jovis, 11° die Juli ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain London — 
of the City of London, was called in; and Corporation. 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of London Bridge, 
several Acts of Parliament,—An Account of Monies ©“ 
received and paid by the Chamberlain of the City 
of London, between the 6th January 1843 and the 
25th January 1844, being the Produce and Appli- 
cation of the several Duties and Payments pursuant 
to the Provisions of the Act of the 10th Geo. 4, 
¢c. 136, intituled, An Act for improving the Ap- 
proaches to London Bridge; and the Act of the 
11th Geo. 4, c. 64, intituled, An Act to make fur- 
ther Provision for defraying the Expenses of making 
the Approaches to London Bridge, and the Removal 
of Fleet Market; 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, 
and of the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 101, for continuing 
the Act of the Ist 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 1844. 

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 Ist and 2d Vic., 
c. 100, for making and improving the Approaches 
to London Bridge, &amp;c., for the year ending 5th Ja- 
nuary 1844, 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. 23, 4 Will. 4, c. 18, and 2 and 3 Vice. 
c. 107, for rebuilding London Bridge, and for im- 
proving and making suitable Approaches thereto, 
for the year ending the 31st December 1843. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Coal Market. 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
ending 31st December 1843, in relation to the Mar- 
ket established for the Sale of Coals, &amp;c., pursuant 
to the Act of Parliament 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 76, for 





y |tegulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals within 


the Cities of Zondon and Westminster, and in certain 
parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, &amp;c., 
and also the Act 1 and 2 Vic. 101, for continuing for 
Seven years the aforesaid Act of 1 and 2 Will. 4, for 
the year ending on the 31st of December 1843. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Blackfriars 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for lighting, Bridge. 
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 1843. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Royal 

Chamberlain of the City of London, 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 1st 
January to the 31st December 1843. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the London City 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in pursuance of Pl 
the Act of the 2d and 3d Vice. c. 94, intituled, An Act 
for regulating the Police of the City of London, in 
respect of the year ending the 25th eal 1843. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, pursuant to the 
Act 2 and 3 Vic.c. 94, for regulating the Police of 
the City of London, in respect of the City Police Su- 
perannuation Fund, for the Payment of Superannu- 
ated and Retiring Allowances, for the year 1843. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Mooring 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for defraying en ) 
the Costs and Charges of maintaining, repairing, &amp;c., ew 

3Q4 the 











488 


the Mooring Chains in the River Thames, of paying 
the Salaries of the several Harbour Masters, &amp;c., 
and other Expenses of the Harbour Service, on ac- 
count of the year ending the 25th of July 1843, 


pursuant to the Act 39 Geo. 3, c. 69, intituled, An| the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill in- 
tituled, An Act for making a Railway from Colches- 
ter to Ipswich ; and the same were read, as follow: 


| 


Act for rendering more commodious and for better 
regulating the Port of London, and the Act 4 and 5 
Will. 4, c. 32, for reducing the Tonnage Rates pay- 
able in the Port of London. 

A Statement of the 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. 50, | 
7 Geo. 4, c. 40, and 4 Will. 4, c. 118, from the 14th 
August 1842 to the 14th August 1843. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in pursuance 
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 25th September 1843. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, for making, 
maintaining, enlarging, repairing and cleansing the 
Vaults, Drains and Sewers within the said City and 
Liberties, pursuant to the several Acts of Parlia- 
ment of 11 Geo. 3, c. 29, 18 Geo. 3, c. 66, and 33 

Geo. 3, c. 75, for one year, ending the 29th of Sep- 
tember 1843. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for paving, 
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 of 
September 1843. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of 
the Charges of the Ward Clerks, Beadles, and other 
Expenses connected with the holding of Wardmotes 
and other Ward Meetings, and for local purposes 
connected therewith, within the several Wards of 
the City of London, pursuant to the Act 2 and 3 
Vic. c. 94: —And then he withdrew. 

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


Bridge-House 
Estates. 





Thames Navi- 
gation. 


Sewers. 





Paving, Cleans- 
ing and Lighting. 


Wardmotes, 





Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway 
(Ireland) Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining a 
Railway from the City of Dublin to the Town of 
Cashel, with a Branch to the Town of Carlow, was 
read the third time. 

And an Amendment being proposed to be made 
to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


Stone’s 


sa A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for car- 
wState Dil. 


rying into effect a Contract betweeen Edward Gres- 


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A. 1844, 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bit, 


Pr. 148.1. 5. Leave out from “ authorized” to 
Be” in |. ult., and insert “ And whereas the said 
last-mentioned Company have not hitherto formed 
any portion of the Railway so authorized to be 
made between Colchester and the said point of 
intersection, but have expressed their intention 
of completing the same in such manner and within 
such period as will allow of the same being simul- 
taneously opened, and thereafter used in connec- 
tion with the Railway by this Act authorized, and 
it is expedient to provide that, in the event of 
their so doing, the line by this Act authorized 
should not be made so far as such other line would 
answer the purposes thereof.” 

Pr. 149.1. 1. Leave out from “ that” to “it” 
in 1. 21., and insert “except in either of the events 
“ hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr. 149. 1.22. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 149. 1.24. After “or” insert “to,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ works” to “ be- 
“ tween” in 1. 25. 

Pr. 149.]. 28. After “line” insert “ authorized.” 

Pr. 149.1. 31. Leave out from “if” to “ the” 
in 1. 33., and in 1. 33., after “ the” insert “ said last- 
“ mentioned.” 

Pr. 149. 1. 34. Leave out from “Company” to 
“ shall” in 1. 36. 

Pr. 149. 1. 37. Leave out “ set” and insert 
““ staked,” and in the same line leave out from 
“ out” to “the” in |. 38. 

Pr. 149.1. penult. Leave out “same” and in- 
sert “said Railway which they are so authorized to 
“ make.” 

Pr. 150. 1. 8. Leave out “ the” and insert 
“ such,” and in the same line, after “ Railway” 
insert “ between the said point and the said town of 
“ Colchester, or shall not proceed therewith.” 

Pr. 150.1. 11. After “ by” insert “ the.” 

Pr. 150. 1. 15. Leave out from “ incorporated” 
to the first “or” in 1. 18., and insert “and which 
appointment the said justices are hereby authorized 
“and directed to make,” and in 1. 18., leave out 
“ such” and insert “ the said Eastern Counties 
“ Railway,” and also in 1. 18., leave out from 
“ Company” to “shall” inl. 19. 

Pr. 150. 1. 21. After “ guage” insert “ and of 
the same level at the point of junction as the 
Railway by this Act authorized.” 

Pr. 150. 1. 22. After “all” insert “ other.” 

Pr. 150.1]. 23. After “ thereon” insert “ conti- 
nuously.” 

Pr. 150. 1. 28, Leave out from “ Act” to “ then” 
in Pr. 151. 1. 6. 

Pr. 151.1. 10. After “to” insert “ purchase the 
** lands for and to.” 

Pr. 151.1. 12. Leave out from “ from” to “ of” 
in ], 13., and insert “ the point,” and in 1. 13., leave 
out “ as.” 


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ley Stone and Thomas Fulljames, Esquires, for the | 
sale to the said Thomas Fulljames of an Estate in | “ 
the Parishes of Hasfield, Ashleworth and Corse, in | “ 
the County of Gloucester, Part of the Estates devised | “ 
by the Will of John Stone, Esquire, deceased, and | “ 
for investing the Purchase Money in other Estates | “ 
to be settled to the same Uses, and for vesting cer- | “ 
tain other Detached Estates in the Counties of ‘ 
Gloucester and Worcester, devised by the same 
Will, in Trustees for Sale, and for investing the 
Monies arising therefrom in the Purchase of more 
convenient Estates, to be settled to the same Uses, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Dowdeswell do carry the Bill ‘y 


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Pr. 151. 1.14. After “ Colchester” insert “ and 
the certificate of the engineer to be appointed as 
aforesaid, to the effect that such lands have not 
been purchased and staked out, or that such 
works have not been commenced within the pe- 
riods hereinbefore specified, or that such works 
are not progressing as herein required, shall be 
conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated, 
and such certificate shall be deposited with the 
Clerk of the Peace of the county of Essex, and 
filed by him amongst the records of the court of 
quarter sessions of the said county; and the said 
certificate shall thereupon operate as a revival of 
the powers of this Act for the purpose last afore- 
said ; and it shall not be lawful for the said Eastern 
Counties 


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Counties Railway Company (notwithstanding any 
thing in the Acts relating to the said Company, 
or in any of them, contained), to execute or main- 
tain any works at or near the point of intersection 
aforesaid, or otherwise, which would have the 
effect of obstructing the execution of the works, 
or of impeding the passage of engines or carriages 
upon, or of preventing or interfering in any way 
with the free use and enjoyment of the Railway 
by this Act authorized.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Captain Gladstone do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Poor Law. A Petition of Out Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, 
residing in the borough of Stockport, praying for al- 
teration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Poor Relief A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians for 


(Ireland) Act. the Relief of the Poor of the Middleton Union, in 
the county of Cork, praying for alteration of the 
Poor Relief (Jreland) Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law Petitions of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
—_—* dians of the Yeovil Union;—and, Chairman of 


a Meeting of Inhabitant Householders and Rate- 


payers of the parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch ; | 
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 the Guardians of 
the Poor of the Edmonton Union, in the counties 
of Middlesex, Essex and Hertford, praying that by 
the said Bill authority may be given to Boards of 
Guardians to grant relief to destitute persons havin 
children, only on condition that such children shall 
be educated in such place and manner as shall be 
deemed most expedient by the Board of Guardians 
from whom relief is sought, and that all local Acts 
may be repealed, so far as granting relief to the 
poor, and raising funds for that purpose, was also pre- 


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


Turnpike Trusts 
(South Wales) 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Trustees for 
repairing and improving several roads in the county 
of Brecon, praying that the county of Brecon may 
be excluded from the operation of the Turnpike 
Trusts (South Wales) Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Westminster 
Bridge. 


No. 477. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the present state of Westminster Bridge, 
and into the expediency of continuing the present 
expenditure thereon, or of erecting a new Bridge on 
or near the site thereof; and also into the amount 
of the Bridge Estates and the Liabilities thereon ; 
have Power to report their Observations thereupon 
to the House; together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

Sir Robert Harry Inglis 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 Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 


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


French Claims. 


A Petition of James Masterson, of Aunagh-bog, in 
the county of Cavan, stating that at the French Re- 


volution he was entitled, with others as his relatives, | 


and seised of a small property in the French funds, 
amounting to 500 livres per annum; that he is in- 
formed that an ample indemnity was paid in the year 
1814 for such losses; that he did not hear of this 
indemnity, and neglected to register his claim ; and 


praying the House to cause justice to be done him, 
Vou. 99. 


11° Juliz. 


489 


and his claim to be satisfied, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clergy of the Dioceses of Glou- Saint Asaph 

cester and Bristol (two Petitions) ;—Aberhafesp ;— 204 Bangor 
Ysceifiog ;--Meliden;— Dyserth;—Deanery of Pont- a 
esbury ;— Eglywysfach ;—-Llanrhaiadr Mochnant ; 
— Oswestry ;—Saint Saviour’s and other parishes, 
in the Archdeaconry of Surrey ;—Llanmarewie ;— 
Llanfihangel;—West Peckham( Kent);— Tonbridge; 
— Malling ;— Welsh Metropolitan Church, Ely- 
place, Holborn;—Llanerful ;— Milton Abbas;—and, 
Llansilin ; praying for the repeal of so much of the 
Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as relates to the union of 
the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and at the same 
time providing for the establishment of a Bishopric 
at Manchester, by other means,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Church- County Courts 
stoke, in the counties of Montgomery and Salop, Bill. 
praying that the County Courts Bill may pass into 


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


Petitions from Bengeworth ;— Evesham (two Peti- Corn Laws. 
tions) ;-—-Doverdale; — Elmley Lovett ;—and, Old- 
bury; praying the House to resist the efforts now 
making by the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no 
alteration whatever may be made in the existin 
Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and | 
to lie upon the Table. 








| A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to remedy Necton — 
certain Defects in the Apportionment of the Rent- Tithes Bill. 
charge in lieu of Tithes in the Parish of Wecton, in 
the County of Norfolk, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Bingham Baring do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 


_House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


| Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Post-office. 
ito request that their Lordships will be pleased to 

give leave to the Earl Fortescue to attend, in order to 

i his being examined as a witness before the Commit- 

i tee of Secresy appointed by this House, to inquire into 

the state of the Law in respect to the detaining and 

| opening of Letters at the General Post-office, and 

into the mode under which the authority given for 

|such detaining and opening has been exercised, and 
| to report their Opinion and Observations thereupon 
,to the House: And that Viscount Sandon do carry 
the said Message. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Metropolitan 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider rSelariee 
of authorizing the payment, out of the Consolidated — 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of the Balance which may be required to 
make good the Salaries of the Official Referees and 
Registrar, under any Act of the present Session, for 
better regulating the Buildings of the Metropolitan 
Districts ; 

The Earl of Lincoln, 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, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of Henry Crease, of Plymouth, in the Duchy of Corn- 
county of Devon, Commander in the Royal Navy, os — 
praying that the Duchy of Cornwall Assessionable $i, 
Manors Bill may not pass into a law, and that he 
may be heard, by his counsel, at the bar of the House, 
against the principles of the said Bill, and that if 
the said Bill shall pass the second reading, the Pe- 
titioner may be allowed to appear, by counsel, in 
Committee on the clauses of the said Bill, or — 

3R the 








Tithe Commu- 


tation Act. 


Party Proces- 
sions (lreland) 


Bill. 
No. 478. 


Willenhall 
Chapel 
Estate Bill, 


Post-office. 


Tolls and Cus- 


4.90 


the House will afford him compensation for the in- 
jury thatwill be done to him by the said Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Robert Furley, Agent for Sir John 
Edward Honywood, of Evington, in the county of | 
Kent, Baronet, was presented, and read; setting | 
forth, That the greater part of the district of Romney | 
Marsh, in the county of Kent, consists of luxuriant | 
pastures, which are highly prized ; that a modus or | 


ment in lieu of Tithes, is payable throughout the said | 
district in respect of all such pasture lands, so long as 

they remain in pasture, but if they are broken up and | 
produce corn they become titheable; that the high 

price of corn during the war induced a few parties to | 
break up some of these pastures, and, as they cannot 
be advantageously laid down again, they continue in 
tillage ; that the remainder of the said district is in the 
hands of owners whose families have held it in pas- 
ture for many years, and who would not be tempted 
by the offer of additional rent to break it up; that 
the valuers under the Tithe Act have lately appor- 
tioned the rent-charges in that district, and in some 


11° Julee. 


A. 1844, 


in the county of Cork, praying the House to take 
into consideration the subject of the Tolls and Cus- 
toms in Jreland, with a view to their abolition or 
reduction and appropriation to the improvements of 
the several towns in which they are collected, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Trigg Parochial 
Minor, in the county of Cornwall and diocese of Assessments 
composition, real or prescriptive, or customary pay-|-Exeter, praying for the repeal of so much of the 4 


Parochial Assessments Act as affects the Assess- 
ments upon tithes and tithe rent-charge, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Sazné Lord’s Day. 
_Anne, Westminster, complaining of the public ex- 


posure for sale of articles on the Lord’s Day, whether 
in shops or markets or otherwise ; and praying the 
House to adopt measures for carrying out the exist- 
ing laws on that subject, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to Jie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, King’s Inns 





instances relieved the owners of the arable lands, by 
spreading a portion of the arable Tithe on the pas- | 


ture lands; that this course was adopted by the va- | 
| 


luer, in the parish of Appledore, in Kent, and in that 
parish Sir John Edward Honywood is a lessee of 
107 acres of old pasture, under the Dean and Chap- 
ter of Canterbury, and by his lease he is prohibited 
from breaking it up, under a penalty of 50/. per 
acie; but, notwithstanding this prohibition, the va- 
fuer has spread a portion of the arable Tithe on this 
estate; that Sir John Edward Honywood appealed 
against the apportionment, and offered evidence in 
support of his case; that the Assistant Commission- 
ers confirmed the apportionment, and Sir John Ed- 
ward Honywood thenappealed to the Commissioners 
themselves, who took the same view of the question 
as their Assistant Commissioners and the appor- 
tioners ; and he has now no other redress but to ap- 
peal to the Court of Queen’s Bench; but inasmuch 
as such appeal can only be on the question of law, 
and not of fact, he cannot procure a full investigation 
of the whole of his case ; and praying the House to 
restrain the Tithe Commissioners and their assist- 
ants and valuers, from confirming the apportionment 
in the said parish of Appledore, without a re-in- 


vestigation of the case, and grant such further relief | 


as the justice of the case requires. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to continue an Act 
of the second and third years of his late Majesty, 
for restraining for Five years, in certain cases, Party 
Processions 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 Willenhall Chapel Estate Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Joseph Mazzini, of 47, Devonshire- 
street, Queen-square, stating that he is informed that 
sertain accusations against him have been or are about 
to be brought before the Secret Committee on the 
Post-oftice ; and praying that he may be allowed full 
opportunity to refute any charges which, under shel- 
ter of a Secret Committee, may be brought against 
him, either by having such accusations brought to 
his face, or in such other manner as the House may 
think fit, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Committee of Secresy on the Post-office. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk to the 


tums (Ireland. ) Commissioners of the town and borough of Mallow, 





the Society of King’s Inns, Dublin, in each year, 
from the 1st day of January 1794 tothe 1st day of 
January 1844; distinguishing the Amount respec- 
|tively received from Students, Barristers’ Appren- 
tices, Attornies, and the portion of Stamp Duty 
received on Attornies’ Indentures; also, distin- 
guishing the Amount received under or by virtue of 
Statute Law from that only received by order of 
the Benchers of the Society of King’s Inns :—Of 
the Expenditure, Ordinary and Extraordinary, on 
account of the Society of King’s Inns for each 
year during the same period ;—Of the Expendi- 
ture, on account of the Society of King’s Inns, 
during the same period attendant upon the Dinner 
System, including Servants, Porters, &amp;c.; and dis- 
tinguishing the Expenditure for Wine and Liquors 
from that of the Culinary Department:—Of the 
| Expenditure, on account of the Society of King’s 
| Inns, on foot of their Library during the same pe- 
|riod ; distinguishing respectively the Amount ex- 
| pended for Buildings, Books, Officers’ Salary, &amp;c. : 
'—In detail, of all Expenditure, during the same 
_period, for or on account of the Society of King’s 
| Inns, in the promotion of Legal Education in Jre 
land, exclusive of any Expense in relation to the 
Library, Buildings and Culinary Department of the 
said Society: — Of the Number of years during 
which an Allowance has been received by or on ac- 
count of the Society of King’s Inns, in lieu of Copy- 
right, and the Annual and Gross Amount of such 
Receipts, with Return of the Manner and Periods 
in which the same has been expended :—And, of all 
Monies and other Property of which the Society of 
King’s Inns is now possessed, or to which it is now 
entitled, distinguishing how the same is circum- 
stanced, invested or secured. 





to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, showing, in columns, 1. The Num- 
ber of Causes enrolled for Debate before each Lord 
Ordinary, since the 29th day of April 1842 and 
the 20th day of July 1844, and the dates of Enrol- 
ment :—2. The Number of Causes actually debated 
before each Lord Ordinary, between the 29th day 
of April 1842 and the 20th day of July 1844, and 
also the date of each Debate :—3. The Number of 
Causes sent to each Lord Ordinary to be advised, 
or to Avizandum, between the 29th day of April 
1842 and the 20th day of July 1844, and the Num- 
ber returned from Avizandum, with the date of 
sending and returning said Causes, distinguishing 
such as have been put to any intermediate Roll, 
with reason therefor, and the dates of oe 
an 











ct. 


| Returns of all Monies received by or on account of (Dublin.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Court of Session 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Seo!n¢-) 


Dog Stealing 
(Metropolis. ) 


Piccadilly 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Trafalgar 
Square Bill. 


Piccadilly 
Improvement 
Bill. 


No. 479. 


Trafalgar 
Square Bill. 


No. 480. 


Cheape’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Assessed Taxes 
Compositions 
Bill. 


Colonial 
Postage Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Ashton, Staly- 
bridge, and 
Liverpool 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


8 VicrorRiz. 


liamentary Paper, No. 428, of Session 1842). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | Act to facilitate the disjoining or dividing of exten- (Scotland) Bill. 


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 the Informations lodged at the 
various Police Stations of the Metropolis, of Dogs 
supposed to have been stolen, and the Number of 
Convictions of Offenders brought up for Dog Steal- 
ing before the Police Magistrates, during the years 
1841, 1842 and 1843. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to widen and improve Piccadilly, in the City of 
Westminster: And that the Earl of Lincoln and 
Mr. Young do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the Care and Preservation of Trafal- 
gar-square, in the City of Westminster: And that 
the Earl of Lincoln and Mr. Young do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to widen 
and improve Piccadilly, in the City of Westminster : 
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 provide 
for the Care and Preservation of Trafalgar-square, 
in the city of Westminster: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayter reported, That he had carried to the 
Lords the Message of this House of yesterday, re- 
questing that their Lordships would be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Deposi- 
tions transmitted from Jndia in the case of Cheape’s 
Divorce Bill, and that their Lordships had been 
pleased to communicate a printed Copy of the Pro- 
ceedings of the Judges of the Supreme Court of 
Judicature, at Fort William, in Bengal, in relation 
to the said Bill: And he delivered the same in at 
the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue Compositions for 
Assessed Taxes, and to amend certain Laws relating 
to Duties under the Management of the Commis- 
sioners of Stamps and Taxes, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till after 
the other Orders of the day. 


The ingrossed Bill for the better Regulation of 
Colonial Posts, 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 Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | 
| The Joint Stock Banks Regulation Bill was, ac- Joint Stock 


Act for making a Railway from the Manchester and 


Leeds Kailway to the Towns of Ashton-under-Lyne 
VoL. 99. 


119°—12° Julzz. 491 


and consequent Interlocutor (in continuation of Par- | and Stalybridge, without any Amendment: And 


also, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Parishes 


| Sive or populous Parishes, and the erecting of new 
| Parishes, in that part of the United Kingdom called 
| Scotland, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
| And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Sheffeld, 
Act to enable the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and pao 4 = 
Manchester Railway Company to make Two Branch oa 
Railways, and to alter and enlarge the Powers of way Bill. 
the said Company, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Marriages _ 
for Marriages in Ireland, and for registering such (Ireland) Bill. 
Marriages ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act District Courts 
to extend the Powers of the Act for encouraging the = eevem 
establishment of District Courts and Prisons; to” * 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Marquess of Lans- Post-ofiice. 
downe and the Earl of Lonsdale to attend the Secret 
Committee appointed by this House on the Post- 
office, their Lordships (in their places) consenting ; 
pursuant to the Message of Tuesday last :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Petitions of Shareholders in Railways resident in Railways Bill. 
Liverpool;—Shareholders in the Chester and Birken- 
head Railway, and Inhabitants of Birkenhead ;— 
Shareholders in Railways resident in Chester ;—and, 
| the North British Railway Company ; praying that 
the Railways Bill may not pass into a law,—were 


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











The Order of the day being read, for resuming Railways Bill. 
| the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
; upon Monday last, were proposed to be made to the 
| Question “ That the Railways Bill be now read a se- 
| “ cond time ;” and which Amendments were, to leave 
out the word “ now,” and, at the end of the Ques- 
‘tion, to add the words “ upon this day six months.” 
And tie Question being again proposed, That the 
| word “ now” stand part of the 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 ¢ Mr. Young, \ 
1 


Yeas, \ Lord Arthur Lennox : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Entwisle, 

Noes, \ Mr. Ward: 

And the Numbers reported by the Tellers were, 
Yeas 186, Noes 98. 

And objection being taken to the vote of Mr. 
Russell, Member for Eeading, who voted with the 
Noes, on account of his having a private pecuniary 
interest as a Proprietor of Railroad Shares and 
Chairman of the Great Western Railway Company ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the vote of Mr. Fussell be disallowed : 
_—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
| withdrawn. 
| Whereupon, Mr. Speaker declared the Numbers 
'on the division, Yeas 186, Noes 98. 

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 Saturday next. 














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| 
| 
| 


cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ee 
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492 11°—1 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


oe Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 

reland ) ° ‘ ge 

ons l it was referred to consider of providing for the Pay- 

tions, &amp;c.] ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of Com- 
pensations for the loss of Salary or Emoluments of 
Officers attached to the Superior Courts of Common 
Law in Ireland, and also of Salaries, Incidental 
Expenses and Superannuations, in pursuance of an 
Act of the present Session, a Resolution ; and the 

3 


same was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of the Com- 
pensations for loss of Salaries or Emoluments, and 
of the Salaries, Incidental Expenses and Superan- 
nuations which may become payable in pursuance 
of any Act of the present Session for regulating the 
Expenses of the Officers attached to the Superior 
Courts of Law in Jreland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Law Courts (Jreland) Bill, that they 
have Power to make Provision therein, pursuant to 
the said Resolution. 


The Turnpike Trusts (South Wales) Bill was, ac- 
Wales) cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday the 22d day of this instant July. 


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


Turnpike Trusts 
(South 
Bill. 


Veneris, 12° die Julii, 1844: 


Mr. Greene reported the Sudbury Disfranchise- 
ment 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. 


Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 


Bill. 


Duchy of Com- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
= Assession- reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Assessionable 
Bill, Manors Manors Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Duchy of Corns The Order of the day being read, for the second 
wall Lands Bill. reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Lands Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday 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. 


Merchant 


; The Merchant Seamen Bill was, according to 
Seamen Bill. 


Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 22d 
day of this instant July. 


Controverted 


The Controverted Elections Bill was, according 
Elections Bill 


to Order, read a second time; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Metropolitan 


tropolitan The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Buildings Bill. 


mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Damage by Fire 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Metropolis) 


mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) 


(No. 2.) Bill. Bill ; 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
eae fl ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) Bil” Mittee on the Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c., (Jre- 


land) Bill ; 


2 Sulit. A. 1844. 


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 Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
| 


Unlawful Oaths 
(Ireland) Bill, 





f Law Courts 


| The House, according to Order, resolved itsel (Ireland) Bil 


into a Committee upon the Law Courts (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. 
| Mr. Greene reported the Detached Parts of Detached Parts 
| Counties Bill; and the Amendments were read, fCounties Bill, 
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 Butter and 
into a Committee upon the Butter and Cheese Bill ; Cheese 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 this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Actions for Gaming Dis- Actions for 
continuance (No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments Gaming Dis- 
were read, and agreed to. (No. 2.) Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 1.1. 10., by leaving out the words “ and 
“ that no other Proceedings of a like nature should 
“ be commenced or proceeded with during such 
** further period.” 

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.1.1. 15., by leaving out from the word 
“ same” to the word “ And” in P, 2. 1. 21. 

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 this day. 








The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Chaplains to Hospitals, &amp;c., (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Chaplains to 
Hospitals, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Municipal 
a Committee upon the Municipal Corporations Bill ; Corporations 
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 made this day, for resuming the further Assessed Taxes 
Proceeding upon the third reading of the ingrossed Compositions 
Bill to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes, ®!" 
and to amend certain Laws relating to Duties under 
the Management of the Commissioners of Stamps 
and Taxes, being read:—The House resumed the 
said further Proceeding. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until the Fifth day of 
April One thousand eight hundred and Forty-six, 
Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and to amend 
certain Laws relating to Duties under the Manage- 
ment of the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 











The 








Coroners 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Militia 
Estimates. 


Adjournment, 


Dog Stealing 
(Metropolis. ) 


Soap Allow. 
ances Bill. 


Western 
Australia Bill. 


Feudal Invese 
titure (Scot- 
Jand) Bill. 


Heritable 
Securities 
(Scotland) Bill. 


8 VicTrorIiz. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Monday next, upon the Coroners 
(Ireland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- 
bodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1845:—And 
a Committee was appointed of Sir Thomas Freman- 
tle, Viscount Howick, Viscount Palmerston, Sir John 
Hobhouse, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Ellice, Sir Edward 
Knatchbull, Colonel Gore Langton, Captain Boldero, 
Colonel Peel, Mr. Pringle, Colonel Wood, Mr. 
Manners Sutton and all Colonels of Militia. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
ut, That this House do now adjourn :—It passed 
in the Negative. 


The House was moved, ;That the Order made 
upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be 
appointed to inquire into the allegations of the Pe- 
tition presented upon the 20th day of June, in the 
last Session of Parliament, praying for further pro- 
tection against the depredations of Dog Stealers in 
the Metropolis, with a view to the correction of the 
evils complained of therein, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That Mr. Liddell be one of the Members 
of the said Committee ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the [ Mr. Liddell, } $5 
Yeas, Sir Charles Douglas : - 
Tellers for the J Mr. Labouchere, } . 
Noes, Viscount Howick : , 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Captain Rous, Mr. Kelly, Mr. 
Henry Berkeley Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Mackinnon, Sir John 
Yarde Buller, Major Beresford, Viscount Bar- 
rington, Mr. Montague Gore, Lord Arthur Lennoz, 
Sir Robert Pigot and Mr. Richard Hodgson be 
other Members of the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue certain of the Allowances of the Duty of 
Excise on Soap used in Manufactures: And that 
Sir George Clerk and Mr. Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 10 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to provide, until the Thirty-first day of De- 
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. George William Hope do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to simplify the Form and diminish the Expense of 
obtaining Feudal Investiture in Heritable Subjects 
in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate and Sir 
James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate the Transmission or Extinction of Herit- 


able Securities in Scotland: And that the Lord Ad- 
Vo. 99. 


11°—12° Juliz. 


493 


vocate and Sir James Graham do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Parishes 
Lords to the Parishes (Scotland) Bill be taken into (Scotland) Bill. 
consideration this day. 


The Marriages (Zreland) Bill was read the first Marriages 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon (Ireland) Bill. 
Thursday next ; and to be printed. No. 481. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to continue Soap Allow- 
certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on ances Bill. 
Soap used in Manufactures: And the same was No. 482. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day ; and to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Protection of 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of —” 
authorizing the Payment, out of the Consolidated [galaties, &amp;c.] 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of the Salaries and Expenses of the Office 
for registering Judgments in Jreland, in case the 
Fees of such Office shall not be sufficient for the 
purpose, and also of making Compensation, out of 
the said Consolidated Fund, to the Officers of any 
of Her Majesty’s Courts who may sustain loss in 
consequence of any Act of the present Session for 
providing one Office for registering all Judgments 
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. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Poor Law. 
Law, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 483. 


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, 12° die Julii ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Greene reported from the Committee on Ayr Bridge 
the Ayr Bridge (No. 2.) Bill; That they had (N* 2.) Bill 

examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 

same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 

and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and _ 
the Report on the London and Croydon Railway amas 
(No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Bij). 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ramsden’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Ramsden’s 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of John Elliot Fox, of Finsbury Circus, Poole Borough. 
in the city of London, Gentleman ;—and, William 
Shilbeck and Alfred Hall, of Southampton-buildings, 
Chancery-lane, in the county of Middlesex, “entle- 
men; praying that the Short-hand Writer who at- 
tended the Select Committee on the election of the 
Municipal Council of the Borough of Poole, in Ses- 
sion 1836, may attend a Trial at the assizes for the 
county of Dorset, to be held on the 18th day of this 
instant July, and take with him his notes of the 
Evidence taken before such Committee,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 





3R3 Ordered, 











Public Petitions 
——e 
eport. ) 


Corn Laws. 


Limerick 
Corporation, 


Lord’s Day. 


Church of 
England. 


Post-oflice. 


Railways Bill. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway 

(No. 1.) Bill 


494, 


Ordered, That the Short-hand Writer have leave 
to attend accordingly. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 8th and 9th 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. 


Petitions from South Stonehamand other places ; 
—and, Wheatenhurst; praying the House to resist 
the efforts now making by the Anti-Corn Law Lea- 
gue, and that no alteration whatever may be made 
in the existing Corn Laws,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Limerick, pray- 
ing the House to order copies of all searches made 


on the subject of their claims to the enjoyment of 


certain land called King’s Island, and of all the 
correspondence with all parties consulted thereon, 
and the grounds upon which the claims of the citi- 
zens to rights which they have long enjoyed, were 
rejected, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Mury-le-bone ;—and, Arch- 
deaconry of Wed/s; complaining of the public ex- 
posure of articles for sale on the Lord’s Day, whether 
in shops, markets or otherwise; and praying the 
House to adopt measures for carrying out the exist- 
ing laws upon that subject,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Wells, praying the House not only 
to protect our Catholic and Apostolic Church as 
she at present exists, and her ancient and undoubted 
rights of property (whether arising from Church 
Rates or other sources), but also to take into early 
consideration the measures by which the important 
work of giving additional churches and school-rooms 
to our people may be effectually accomplished, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Ath- 
lone, praying the House to pass a Bill repealing the 
clause in the Act of Parliament conferring the power 
of opening Letters passing through the General 
Post-ofiice, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Committee of Secresy on the Post-office. 


A Petition of the Newcastle-upon- Tyneand Carlisle 
Railway Company, praying that the Railways 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 to amend the Acts relating to the 
London and South Western Railway, and to autho- 
rize an Extension of the said Railway and other 
Works, at or near the Wine Elms Station ; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 4. 1. 17. Leave out from “ whereas” to “ Par- 
“ liament” in |. 18., and insert “ another Act has 
“ been passed during the present Session of.” 

Pr. 4. 1.29. Leave out from “ opened” to “ And” 
in 1. 33. 

Pr.19. 1. 6. Leave out “ destruction” and insert 
“ distinction.” 

Pr. 20. I. 18. After “ present” insert “ fifty 
“ pounds.” 


Pr. 35.1, 13. Leave out “ carriages” and insert 
“ carriage.” 
In the Schedules to the Bill: 
Pr. 43. 1. 34. Leave out from 
= | sewers | | | 3 


to “ parish” in Pr, 44. 1.1. 


12° Julii. 


A +. 1844. 
| Pr. 46. 1. 1. Leave out from 

” | | | stalder | 
to “ Part II.” in 1. 10. 


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 agveed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Petition of George Magrath, of Phibsborough, state Trial 
in the county of Dublin, Gentleman, Principal Clerk (Ireland.) 
in the office of the Clerks of the Peace for the city 
of Dublin, denying the allegations contained in the 
Petition of William Ford and others, presented on 
the 17th day of June last, with reference to the late 
State Trial in Jreland; and praying the House to 
take the facts stated in his Petition into considera- 
tion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 





Ordered, That the Petition of Henry Crease, of ry | of Com- 
Plymouth, in the county of Devon, Commander in = —” 
the Royal Navy, praying that the Duchy of Cornr- Ri, 
wall Assessionable Manors Bill may not pass into 

a law, and that he may be heard, by his counsel, at 

the bar of the House, against the principles of the 

said Bill, and that if the said Bill pass the second 

reading, the Petitioner may be allowed to appear, 

by counsel, in Committee, on the clauses of the said 

Bill, or that the House will afford him compensation 

for the injury that will be done to him by the said 

Bill, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Robert Furley, Tithe Comma- 
Agent for Sir John Edward Honywood, of Evington, io Act 
in the county of Kent, Baronet, relative to the Tithe 
Commutation Act, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned Engravers, Art Unions. 
praying the House to pass some legislative enactment 
to enable Art-Unions to be placed upon a firm and 
permanent basis, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Art Unions. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; and the Orders; 
same were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Great South- Great Southern 
ern and Western Railway (freland) Bill, proposed 44 Western 

: - = Railway 

Amendment on third reading, the said Amendment (Ireland) Bill. 
may be adopted by the House at that stage, if they 
shall think fit. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Garnkirk, Garnkirk, 
Glasgow and Coatbridge Railway Bill, Lords’ Glasgow and 
Amendment, the said Amendment is of such a na- een, 3 

3 Railway Bill. 
ture as may be adopted by the House, if they shall 
think fit. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 











The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Greet Soutlem 
further Proceeding upon the third reading of the in- and Wester 
grossed Bill for making and maintaining a Railway (Ireland ) Bill. 
| from the City of Dublin to the Town of Cashel, with 
}a Branch to the Town of Carlow :--The House re- 

;sumed the said further Proceeding:—And the 
| Amendment being again proposed to be made to the 
| Bill,in Pr. 97. 1. 21., by leaving out from the word 
| same” tothe word “ And” in Pr. 98. 1. 2.; 

| 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. 

Anda Motion being made, That the Bill do pass; 
| The Earl of Lincoln, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
‘acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
, been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
| Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 


cerned, 











enema 
sa 
































Hitchins’ 
(or Peach’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Greenwich 
Park. 


Merchant 
Seamen. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland. ) 


Land Tax. 


Literary, 
Scientific and 
Charitable 
Institutions, 


Monies in the 
Exchequer, 


8 Vicrorix. 


cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Stuart Wortley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Hitchins’ (or Peach’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 Freeholders of the parish of Green- 
wich, in the county of Kent, praying the House not 
to allow that Greenwich Park shall be further in- 
closed or built upon, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Chairman and Ho- 
norary Secretary of a Committee for promoting the 
welfare of the maritime community, praying the 
House to adopt measures for securing to worn-out 
Seamen and the widows of Seamen the full benefit 
of all money either left by will or assigned by deed 
for their use, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vice Chairman of the Poor 
Law Guardians of the Celbridge Union, praying 
that the House will be pleased to concur in altering 
the Poor Relief (Jreland) Act, so as to empower the 
several Boards of Guardians in Ireland, whenever 
two-thirds of the members of such boards shall 
agree and deem the same advisable, to strike one 
rate over the entire union, instead of different rates 
over the several electoral divisions, as now required, 


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


Petitions from East Ardsley ; —Shitlington ;— 
Flockton ;—Snarlestone ; —and, Horbury; praying 
for the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the President and Honorary Secre- 
tary of the Manchester Law Association ;—George 
Wallis Brown ;—Blofield Union ; — and, Barnsta- 
ple; praying that the Poor Law Amendment Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, —were 


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


A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of Burgh 
and Parochial Schoolmasters of the Presbytery of 
Kintyre, praying the House to adopt measures for 
ameliorating the condition of the Burgh and Paro- 
chial Schoolmasters of Scotland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Land Tax redeemed and unre- 
deemed, payable by each of the Counties of Eng- 
land and Wales, under the following heads; Names 
of Counties, Land Tax Redeemed, Land Tax Un- 
redeemed, Total. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 2d July 1844, 
directing Annual Reports to be made from all Li- 
terary, Scientific and Charitable Institutions, receiv- 
ing Grants from Parliament. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of Monies in the Exchequer or remain- 
ing to be raised on the 5th day of July 1844, to 
complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the 
service of the years 1842 and 1843. 

Vot. 99. 


12° Julai. 





495 


Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Account. 

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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to several County 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an Address Accounts 
to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of June last, for S¢uaé- 
a Return, in columns (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 191, of Session 1843), by the Queen’s 
and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer of the Court 
of Exchequer in Scotland, of all County Accounts 
lodged in the Exchequer for the year ending with 
the term of Whitsunday 1844, as required by the 
Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 69, s. 5; showing, 1. the whole 
Amount levied for being applied to the ordinary 
purposes of the Rogue Money Assessment; 2. for 
the Support ofa Rural Police, where any are; 3. the 
Payments made to Procurator Fiscals officiating 
before the Sheriff and Justices of the Peace respec- 
tively, and distinguishing between these; 4. the 
Payments made to Sheriff and Justice of Peace 
Clerks respectively: 5. the Payments made to Clerks 
of Supply ; and showing, in separate columns, the 
Sums paid as Salaries from Sums paid as Fees :— 

Also, the Sum Total under each of the above heads 
of Expenditure in each County respectively. 

A Return, in detail, of the Amount expended in Foreign Office, 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for Foreign Affairs, for Salaries and Expenses of 
Queen’s Messengers and Extra Couriers, in the year 
1843, stating the Names of the Messengers on the 
Establishment, and the Amount of Salary of each; 
and also the Amount of Charges for each separate 
Messenger and Courier, the Places to which they 
were sent and arrived ; so as to exhibit the entire 
Charge of that Branch of Service in the year, and 
the Regulations under which they are paid. 

Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to Or- Scilly Islands 
der,—Copies of all Communications addressed to Mails. 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the 
Post-office Arrangements at the Islands of Scilly, 
with the Answers returned thereto; also, of any 
Correspondence which has taken place between the 
Treasury and the Postmaster General relating to the 
same. 

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

Miscellaneous 

Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s ——* 
Command,—An Estimate of the Sum required to bey 4g4 
voted in the year 1844, for deepening and improving diacetate 
the Harbour of Portpatrick. Seckeuh. - 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in University of 
the year 1844, to defray the Expense of the Repairs Saint Andrew’s. 
necessary to the College Buildings of Saint Sal- 
vator’s and Saint Leonard’s, in the University of 
Saint Andrew’s. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Lord Nelson’s 
the year 1844, towards defraying the Expense of Monument. 
completing the Monument erected in 7rafalgar- 
square to the Memory of Lord Nelson. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in National 
the year 1844, for the Purchase of Pictures for the Gallery. 
National Gallery. 

An Estimate of the further Sum required to be British 
voted in the year 1844, to enable the Trustees of the Museum. 
British Museum to purchase certain Bocks, Manu- 
scripts and Coins, to be deposited in the Museum. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted China. 
to defray the Charge of the Establishment of the 
British Settlement at Hong Kong, and of the Con- 
sular Establishments at the Five Ports open to 
British Trade in China, to the 31st March 1845. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Murder 
a Return of the Number of Murders and Attempts (Tipperary.) 
to Murder, in the County of Tipperary :—Also, of 
BR4 the 








Mrs. Macfar- 
Jane. 


Newtownards 
Union. 


Tralee Navi- 
gation and 
Harbour Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 
Names Bill. 


Sudbury 
Disfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


496 


the Number of Persons against whom True Bills of 
Indictment for these Offences were found by the 
Grand Jury, and the Results thereof, showing the 
Number of Acquittals and Convictions, and the 
Punishment inflicted in each case, in each of the 
last Ten years. 


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 Indictment of Mrs. Mary Mac- 
farlane or Taylor, charged with the Crime of Mur- 
der and administering a within the County of 
an oy in 1842; with the Dates of the Warrant 
for her Apprehension and Imprisonment in Paisley 
Gaol; also, the Date and Place of each Declaration 
made by the above-named Party, with the Name or 


Names of the Magistrates before whom the Decla- | 


rations were made; also, the Date of Removal of 
the said Person from Paisley to Glasgow Gaol, with 
the Date of her Re-transmission to Paisley Gaol, 
with the Date of her Liberation from Gaol without 
being tried ; stating the whole period during which 


the said Mrs. Macfarlane or Taylor was confined in | 


Gaol, and whether subjected to Solitary Confinement 
during part or the whole period ; also, the Total Ex- 
penses incurred by the Crown, in consequence of 
the Proceedings at the instance of the Lord Advocate 
against the said Mrs. Taylor. 

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 
Copy of a Minute of the Board of Guardians of the 
Newtownards Union, dated the 3d day of July, re- 
lative to the Medical Qualifications of the District 
Vaccinators appointed for that Union ; and of Cor- 
respondence between the Chairman of that Union 


and the President of the Faculty of Physicians and 


Surgeons, Glasgow, on the subject, and the Resig- 
nation of one of the Vaccinators. 


Ordered, That the Tralee Navigation and Har- 
bour Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill ; 


12°—13° Juliz. 


A. 1844, 


Another Amendment proposed, in P. 10. 1. 20. 
After “ residing” to insert “ or rated to the relief 
“« of the poor in.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :--Amend ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


Cuiause, N° 23, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 24, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 25, agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 26, (Cost of obtaining site of work- 
house in the Metropolitan Police district). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 11. is. 13., 14. and 15. 
To leave out “ any part of which is situated within 
“ the Metropolitan Police district, or the city of 
“© London.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :--Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravse, N° 27, (Burials of Paupers.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 11. 1. 21. After 
“* Guardians” to insert ‘ Overseer or Relieving Of- 
* Geer.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


| Curavuse, N° 28, (That it shall be lawful for the 
Commissioners to combine the parishes and unions 
into districts for the audit of accounts, and the 
chairman and vice chairman of each Board of Guar- 
dians shall elect a person to be the auditor of the 
| district). 

| Amendment proposed, in P. 12. 1. 6. To leave out 
|from “ and” to “a person,” in |. 14., in order to 
| insert “ to appoint,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
‘out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 




















' j Mr. Young, } 
| Tellers for the Yeas,) oa af 132. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Charles Wood, \ 


Mr. Hawes: sj ™ 


Amendments made. 
Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | Clause to add “ Provided always, That nothing 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


An ingrossed Bill for Disfranchisement of the 
Borough of Sudbury, 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Poor Law Amendment 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Crauses, N° 20 and N° 21, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 22, (Justices who reside in extra-pa- 
rochial places or parishes within unions, to be ez- 
officio Guardians). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 10. 1. 13. After 
administered by” to insert “‘ Mayors and Justices 
of the Peace acting under the authority of an Act 
to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Cor- 
porations in England and Wales, shall be ex-officio 
members of the Board of Guardians of the poor.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 10. 1. 14. 
After “ Board of Guardians” to insert “ every 
“ Clergyman of the Established Church holding cure 
“* of souls within such parish or union.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


“ 
te 
it 
“ 


“ 


“ herein contained shall apply to any parish or pa- 
“ rishes governed by a Local Act.” 
Question put, That those words be there added 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Captain Pechell, 38 
Yeas, Mr. William Williams : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Young, Lr $9 
Noes, { Lord Arthur Lennoz : | iain 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the 





Mr. Young, 
Yeas, Lord Arthur Lennox: his. 
Tellers for the f Colonel Sibthorp, } 44 
Noes, Mr. Borthwick: : 


CrausE, N° 29, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausts, N° 30 to N° 34, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 13° die Julii, 1844: 


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. 





The 
































Ways aud 
Means. 


Supply. 


Joint Stock 
Companies Re- 
gistration and 
Regulation 


Bill. 


Marriages Bill, 


Drainage of 
Lands Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings 
[Salaries.] 


Law Conrts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Detached Parts 


8 VicToRI&amp;. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Registration 
and Regulation Bill ; 

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


The Marriages Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands Bill ; 

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


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 Ba- 
lance which may be required to make good the Sa- 
laries of the Official Referees and Registrar, under 
any Act of the present Session, for better regulating 
the Buildings of the Metropolitan Districts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made for the Payment, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Balance 
which may be required to make good the Salaries 
of the Official Referees and Registrar, under any 
Act of the present Session for better regulating the 
Buildings of the Metropolitan Districts. 


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. Greene reported the Law Courts (Ireland) 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to annex Detached Parts of 


of Counties Bill. Counties to the Counties in which they are situated, 


Butter and 
Cheese Bill, 


Actions for 
Gaming Dis- 
continuance 


(No, 2.) Bill, 


was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Nothing herein to affect 
the Assessments of the Land or Assessed Taxes), 
was brought up, and thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then an Amendment was made tothe Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Scott do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to repeal certain Acts for re- 
* culating the Trade in Butter and Cheese, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill further to stay Proceedings in 
certain Actions under the Provisions of several Sta- 
tutes for the Prevention of excessive Gaming, and 


to prevent any similar Proceedings being taken 
ou. 99, 


12°—13° Juliz. 





497 


under those Statutes during such further limited 
Time, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act further to stay, until the end of the 
next Session of Parliament, Proceedings in certain 
Actions, under the Provisions of several Statutes for 
the Prevention of excessive Gaming, and to prevent 
any similar Proceedings being taken under those 
Statutes during such further limited Time. 

Ordered, That Viscount Palmerston do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Chaplains to 
&amp;e., (Ireland) Hospitals, &amp;c., 


reading of the Chaplains to Hospitals, 
Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Greene reported the Municipal Corporations Municipal 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 7 
Hi. 


to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Parishes 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- (Scotland) Bill. 


tituled, An Act to facilitate the disjoining or dividing 
of Extensive or Populous Parishes, and the erecting 
of new Parishes, in that part of the United Kingdom 
called Scotland ; and the same were read, as follow: 

P. 18. 1. 25. Leave out from “ incapacity” to 
to” in 1. 27. 

P. 21.1.10. After “ county” insert “ Provided 
also, That no trustee, tutor or curator of unions, 
or person lawfully empowered to act for persons 
under legal disability or incapacity, shall make 
any such grant as aforesaid, without adequate 
consideration for the same, either in price or feu 
duty, the adequacy of which consideration shall 
be proved to the satisfaction of the said Sheriff of 
the county, before the portion or portions of land 
shall be marked out or set apart as aforesaid.” 

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. 


é 


The Soap Allowances Bill was, according to Or- Soap Allow- 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- #2¢¢s Bill. 


mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Protection of 


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 Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the Office for registering 
Judgments in /reland, in case the Fees of such Office 
shall not be sufficient for the purpose, and also of 
making Compensation, out of the said Consolidated 
Fund, to the Officers of any of Her Majesty’s Courts 
who may sustain loss in consequence of any Act of 
the present Session for providing one Office for re- 
gistering all Judgments in Ireland. 


(In the Committee). 


Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Office for registering Judgments 
in Ireland, in case the Fees of such Office should 
not be sufficient for the purpose, and also of the 
Compensations which may be granted to the Officers 
of any of Her Majesty’s Courts who may sustain 
loss in consequence of any Act of the present Session 
for providing one Office for registering all Judgments 
in Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
3s reported, 








498 12°— 


reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Parish Con- 


pnw se omy Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


to extend the Powers of the Act for the Appointment 
and Payment of Parish Constables: And that Mr. 
Manners Sutton and Sir George Clerk do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Loan Societies 


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


to continue the Act to amend the Laws relating; to 
Loan Societies: And that Mr. Manners Sutton and 
Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 


Criminal Justice 
(Midalesex) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
fur the better Administration of Criminal Justice in 
Middlesex: And that Sir James Graham and Mr. 
Manners Sutton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Farm Buildings 


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


to amend the Law as to burning Farm Buildings : 
And that Sir James Graham and Mr. Solicitor Ge- 
neral do prepare, and bring it in. 


District Courts 
and Prisons 


The District Courts and Prisons Bill was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 


a 485, upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 
oe Lord Stanley presented a Bill to continue an Act 
ustralia Bill, : 
: of the tenth year of King George the Fourth, for 
No. 486. providing for the Government of his Majesty’s Set- 
tlements in Western Austra/ia, on the Western Coast 
of New Holland: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 
— Buildings ~— Sir James Graham presented a Bill to amend the 
: Law as to burning Farm Buildings: And the same 
No. 487. was yead the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 
Parish Con- Mr. Manuers Sutton presented a Bill to extend 
ae a the Powers of the Act for the Appointment and Pay- 
0. 488. 


ment of Parish Constables: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Criminal Justice 
(Middlesex) 
Bill. 


No. 489. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for the better 
Administration of Criminal Justice in Middlesex : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next ; and 
to be printed. 


Loan Societies Mr, Manners Sutton presented a Bill to continue 





~ the Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Socie- 
No.490. ties: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday next ; 
and to be printed 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 
Sabbati, 13° die Julii ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 
Poor Law. 


A PETITION of Guardians of the Poor of the 
a Westbury and Whorwellsdown Union, in the 


county of Wi/ts, praying for alteration of the Poor | any Act.of the present Session, for better regulating 
Law Amendment Act, by confiding to Boards of | the Buildings of the Metropolitan Districts. 

Guardians the power of fixing the measure of | 
remuneration to be given to Medical Officers of | was agreed to. 
Unions, was presented, and read ; and referred to | 


the Select Committee on Poor Law Amendment Act 
(Medical Relief ). 


A Petition of the Reverend Luke Flood Page,.a., 


13° Juliz. 








' mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill, that they 

| have Power to make provision therein, pursuant to 
the said Resolution. 

| 


A, 1844. 


and Rector of Woolpit, Suffolk, praying for altera- 
tion of the said Act, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Law 
Guardians of the Warrington Union, stating that }mendment 
the Board of Guardians of that Union have felt the 
disadvantage of being placed under the control of 
the Poor Law Commissioners, on account of the 
impossibility, from the distance at which they meet 
from that union, of their knowing of the various 
cases which come before that Board ; and praying 
that the Poor Law Commission may be dissolved 
by the Poor Law Amendment Bill now before the 
House, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 








A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the Schoolmasters 
Presbytery of Annan, praying the House to adopt (Scotland.) 
measures for ameliorating the condition of the Burgh 
and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, was pre- 


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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Order, Revenue 
—Copy of Special Report made by the Commis- Inquiry. 
sioners of Revenue Inquiry, dated the 22d day of No. 491. 
May 1843, on the case of Mr. Rolls. 

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





The Order of the day being read, for the third Municipal 
reading of the Municipal Corporations Bill ; Corporations 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ® 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railways Bill. 
mittee on the Railways Bill ; 

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


The ingrossed Bill to regulate and reduce the Law Courts 
Expenses of the Offices attached to the Superior (Ireland) Bill. 
Courts of Law in Jreland, payable out of the Con- 
solidated Fund, 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. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day during the sitting of the House. 


La 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Metropolitan 
it. was referred to consider of authorizing the Pay- Buildings 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United [Salaries.] 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Ba- 
lance which may be required to make good the 
Salaries of the Official Referees and Registrar, 
under any Act of the present Session, for better 
regulating the Buildings. of the Metropolitan Dis- 
tricts, a Resolution; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That provision be made for the Pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 





Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelund, of the 
Balance which may be required to make good the 


Salaries of the Official Referees and Registrar, under 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


Mr. 

















bia 1 an 





Protection of 
Purchasers, 
Craries, 


8 VicTorRIz. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 


&amp;c. it was referred to consider of authorizing the Pay- 


Salaries, &amp;c.] Ment, out of the Consclidated Fund of the United 


Soap Allow- 
ances Bill, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the Office for registering 
Judgments in Jreland, in case the Fees of such 
Office shall not be sufficient for the purpose, and 
also of making Compensation, out of the said Con- 
solidated Fund, to the Officers of any of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Courts who may sustain loss in consequence 
of any Act of the present Session for providing one 
Office for registering all Judgments in Jreland, a 
Resolution; and the same was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of the Sala- 
ries and Expenses of the Office for registering Judg- 
ments in Jreland, in case the Fees of such Office 
should not be sufficient for the purpose, and also of 
the Compensations which may be granted to the 
Officers of any of Her Majesty’s Courts who may 
sustain loss in consequence of any Act of the pre- 
sent Session for providing one Office for registering 
all Judgments in Jreland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mitiee on the Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c. (Jre- 
land) Bill, That they have Power to make provision 
therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Soap Allowances 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 Poor Law Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 35 (That it shall be lawful for the 
said Commissioners, as and when they may see fit, 
to declare so many parishes or unions, or parishes 
and unions, to be combined into School Districts). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be postponed :—Motion, by leave withdrawn. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 16. Is. 25. and 26., 
To leave out “ to declare so many parishes or unions, 
“ or parishes and unions, as they may see fit, to be 
“ combined,” in order to insert “ to combine unions, 
“ or parishes not in union, or such parishes and 
“ unions,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause. 

The Committee divided : 

Paes 

Tellers for the Yeas, = rai \ 2 
; 7 Mr. Youn _- 
Tellers for the Noes,f Mr. May 4 Baring : 103. 

Proposed words inserted. 

Other Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided ; 
fMr. Young, 1 
UMr. Henry Baring — 

Mr. Borthwick, 
Mr. Ferrand: \ 1. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


6. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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

Vou. 99. 








13°—15° Juli. 499 


A Petition of Occupiers of land in the district of Lime Toll 
Usk and the neighbouring parishes, in the county of pores 
Monmouth, praying that the Lime Toll Exemption ‘ euineed 
(Wales) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir James Graham presented, by Her Majesty’s State of Towns, 
Command,—Copy of First Report of the Commis- &amp;«. 
sioners for inquiring into the state of large Towns 
and Populous Districts. 


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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


Lune, 15° die Julii ; 


Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 





PRAYERS. 


ORDE RED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Poor Law 
a Committee upon the Poor Law Amendment Bill. — 


(In the Committee.) 


Cause N° 36, (Commissioners may cause pa- 
rishes or unions, or parishes and unions, within the 
district of the Metropolitan Police or the city of 
London, or within the limits respectively of the city, 
towns or boroughs in the Schedule marked (B.), to 
be combined into districts for the purpose of pro- 
viding and managing asylums for the temporary 
reliet of the destitute houseless poor). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be postponed :— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided ; 


Tellers for thef Mr. Young, 1 8s 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: mie 
Tellers for thef Colonel Wood, \ ‘ 
Noes, (Mr. Hawes: . 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
ress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the sail Committee. 


The Grand Jury Presentments (Dublin) Bill was Grand Jury 
read a second time; and committed to a Select Presentments 
Committee. (Dublin) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Cheape’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Cheape’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 the Copy of the Proceedings of the 
Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort 
William, in Bengal, in relation to the said Bill, which 
was communicated from the Lords upon Thursday 
last, be referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Monkland 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by Railways 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against one of (N® %) Bill. 

382 the 














500 15° Juliz. 


the proposed Amendments offered upon considera- 
tion of Report on the Monkland Railways (No. 2.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
eT The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Company Bill, the Report on the Gaspé Fishery and Coal Mining 
Company Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Tralee Navi- The Tralee Navigation and Harbour Bill was, 
era — to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


London and An ingrossed Bill to continue and extend the 
Croydon Rail- Powers of the London and Croydon Railway Com- 
way (No. 2.) 


Bill. pany, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Elphinstone do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sheffield, Ash- | The House proceeded to take into consideration 

ea the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 

Railway Bill, tituled, An Act to enable the Sheffield, Ashton- 
under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Company to 
make Two Branch Railways, and to alter and enlarge 
the Powers of the said Company; and the same 
were read, as follow : 


In the Title of the Bill: 


L. 2. Leave out “ two” and insert “a.” 
L. 3. Leave out “ Railways” and insert “ Rail- 
“ way to Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

ee = A Petition of the Company of Parish Clerks, 

Bil. «praying that the Lecturers and Parish Clerks Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Churchwarden and Represen- 
tative Vestrymen of the parish of Saint James, West- 
minster, 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. 


Joseph Henry 


Rolle A Petition of Joseph Henry Rolls, late a Landing 


Waiter in Her Majesty’s Customs, stating that he, 
on the 8th of September 1842, was ordered by the 
Honourable the Board of Customs to be suspended 
from his office, and on the following day he was 
charged with dereliction of duty, in having neglected 
or wilfully refrained reporting to the Board, till the 
24.-h August 1842, the particulars of an overture 
male to him for fraudulent purposes in 1840; and 
praying that, in order that he may have the benefit 
of the unbiassed judgment of the Commissioners of 
Revenue Inquiry, and their recommendation made 
to the Lords of the Treasury, in their Special Report, 
viz. that the Petitioner be reinstated in the service 
of Her Majesty, and in the situation which he occu- 
pied antecedently to his dismissal, the House will 
take his case into consideration, and grant him relief, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





A. 1844, 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the electoral division Poor Relier 
of Kilmore, in the union of Wexford, stating that {Teland) Act, 
the Petitioners have heard, with alarm, that certain 
rate-payers and guardians of the above union, as 
well as other rate-payers and guardians of Poor Law 
Unions in Ireland, have prayed the House to alter the 
Act of Parliament for the relief of the poor in Ireland 
so far as it relates tothe amount of rates chargeable 
on electoral divisions ; and praying the House not 
to alter the Act in the manner proposed, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Prout, of East Hill, in the Registration 
parish of Wandsworth, in the county of Surrey, one of Voters. 
of the Electors for the eastern division of the said 
county, praying the House to adopt measures, 
whereby the Law for the Registration of persons en- 
titled to vote may be better defined; and to give the 
right of appeal against orders by revising barristers 
for the payment of costs in certain cases, and to pro- 
vide that in no case shall costs be awarded unless 
the abode of the person objected to, and the situa- 
tion of the property in respect of which he claims 
the right of vote, be sufficiently described to be 
identified, nor unless the person objected to shall 
first have proved his qualification in respect of the 
qualifying property before the court of revision, and 
shall appear in person before such court, was pre- 


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


A Petition of Holders of leasehold lands under Church Leases. 
the Church of Southwell, in the county of Notting- 
ham, complaining of the refusal of the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners to grant renewals of Church Leases ; 
and praying for such remedy as the House may 
deem fit to grant, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- post-office. 

habitants of the borough of Gateshead, in the county 
of Durham, praying for the repeal of so much of the 
Act which sanctions the opening of private letters 
in their passage through the Post-office, and thereby 
to restore the character of one of the most popular 
institutions in the State, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Committee of Secresy on the 
Post-office. 


Petitions from Glasgow ;—Abbey of Paisley ;— Bleaching 
and, Glasgow and Cambuslang; praying the House Works. 
to extend the provisions of the Factories Act to the 
Bleaching Works of Scot/and,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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, 1839-40, 1840-41, 
1841-42, according to the latest Advices, with an 
Estimate of the same for the succeeding year:—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Mr. Brougham: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Irvine’s 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for sel- Estate Bill. 
ling the entailed Estate of Schwas, in the County of 
Aberdeen, belonging to Alexander Forbes Irvine, 

Esquire, and for investing the Price thereof in the 
Purchase of other Lands to be entailed in lieu of the 
said Estate, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Wells Harbour 
Act for improving the Harbour and Quay of Wells, 294 Quay Bill. 
in the County of Norfolk, and for extending and 

altering 














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Southampton 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Coventry Im- 
provement and 
Cemetery Bill. 


Devaynes’ 
Estate Bill. 


Ladbroke’s 
Estate Bill. 


Post-office. 


Devaynes’ 
Estate Bill, 


Shipping and 
onhage 
(America, ) 


8 VicTorRIzZ. 


altering some of the Provisions of the Act relating to 
the said Harbour and Quay, with an Amendment ; 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for paving, lighting, cleansing and otherwise 
improving the Town of Southampton, and for re- 
moving and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances 
therein, 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 enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the City of Coventry to make certain Improve- 
ments, to provide a Residence for the Judges during 
the Assizes in the said City, and to establish a Ce- 
metery for the Dead near the said City, 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 
for vesting Parts of the Estates of William De- 
vaynes, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, upon trust, to 
be sold; and for paying off a Mortgage Debt of 
Eight thousand two hundred pounds, due to James 
Parkinson, Esquire, out of the first Purchase Mo- 
nies; and for laying out the Residue of the Pur- 
chase Monies, under the direction of the Court of 
Chancery, in the Purchase of other Estates, to be 
settled to the same Uses; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to confirm certain Contracts for Leases made and 
entered into by James Weller Ladbroke, Esquire, of 
Lands and Premises at or near Notting Hill, in the 
County of Middlesex, and to alter and enlarge the 
Powers of an Act passed in the First and Second 
years of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to enable James 
Weller Ladbroke, Esquire, and others, to grant 
Building Leases of Lands in Kensington, Padding- 
ton, Notting Barns and Westborne, in the County 
of Middlesex, and for other Purposes relating there- 
to ;” to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to give leave to the Lord Viscount Palmerston, (a 
Member of this House) to attend their Lordships, in 
order to his being examined as a Witness before the 
Secret Committee appointed to inquire into the 
Practice of detaining and opening Letters under the 
Provisions of the Act 1 Vic. c. 36, and more par- 
ticularly into the Circumstances under which the 
Letters of Mr. Mazzini, a Literary Foreigner, and 
of Captain Charles Stolzman, a Pole, residing in 
England, have been opened :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 

The House proceed to take into consideration the 
last part of the said Message :—-And Viscount Pal- 
merston, being present in his place, declared that he 
was willing, with leave of the House, to go to the 
House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Viscount Palmerston have leave 
to go to the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships, if he think fit. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith .—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Devaynes’ Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number and Tonnage of all British 
and Foreign Vessels entering and departing from the 
Ports within the limits of all the Consular Stations 
in the United States of America; and the Value of 
their respective Cargoes Inwards and Outwards, for 
the years ended the 31st day of December 1839, 
1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843. 

Vor. 99. 


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501 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Revenue 
Copy of a Report from the Commissioners of Cus- airy 
toms, dated the 5th day of July 1844, in reply to No.491. 
the Observations of the Commissioners of Revenue 
Inquiry on the case of Mr. Rolls. 

" Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
aper. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Post-office. 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to the Duke of Wellington and Lord 
Beauvale to attend, in order to their being examined 
as Witnesses, before the Committee of Secresy ap- 
pointed by this House to inquire into the state of 
the law in respect to the detaining and opening of 
Letters at the General Post-office, and into the mode 
under which the authority given for such detaining 
and opening has been exercised, and to report their 
Opinion and Observations thereupon to the House : 
And that Viscount Sandon do carry the said Message. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Savings Banks 
mittee on the Savings Banks Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process Bill; Common Law 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Courts of Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law Process (Jre- mon Law Pro- 
land) 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 Privy Council 
reading of the Privy Council Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lecturers and 
reading of the Lecturers and Parish Clerks Bill; _— Clerks 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ?"" 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second party Proces- 
reading of the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill; _ sions (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bi!!- 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Trafalgar 
reading of the Trafalgar-square Bill ; Square Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Banks Regulation Bill; Banks Regu- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday '*”" 3" 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Duchy of Corn- 
reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Assessionable wall Assession- 
Manors Bill ; ag ane 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Duchy of Corn- 
reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Lands Bill; wall Lands Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Controverted 
mittee on the Controverted Elections Bill; Elections Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


353 The 








502 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c., (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

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


Protection of | 
Purchasers, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill. 


| 
| 
| 
| 


Land Tex 
Commissioners’ 
Names Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names 
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- 
ome mittee of Ways and Means ; 
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 Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Jvint Stock 
Companies Re- 
gistration and 
Regulation Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Registration 
and Regulation Bill ; 

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





Marriages Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Marriages Bill ; 

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


Western 


Anstedie Bil The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Western Australia Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Farm Buildings The Order of the day being read, for the second 


_ reading of the Farm Buildings Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
Povish og The Order of the day being read, for the second 
stables Bill. 


reading of the Parish Constables Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bi!l be read a second time this 
day. 


Criminal Justice 
(Middlesex) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 


15° Julai. 





A. 1844, 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Dunshaughlin, in the state Triai 


county of Meath ;—and, Members of the Loyal Na- (Ireland. ) 
tional Repeal Association and others (three Peti- 
tions) ; setting forth statements of their complaints 


with reference to the late State Prosecutions in Ire- 
land ; and praying that an immediate inquiry may 
be granted, with the view of enabling them to 
establish the truth of the allegations contained in 
their Petitions,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, State Trial 
That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire, (Ireland.) 
in accordance with the prayer of the Petition pre- 
sented 17th June, into the facts connected with the 
formation of the Special Jury in the case of “ The 
Queen at the Prosecution of the Attorney General 
v. Daniel O’ Connell and others ;” 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Wyse, 

Mr. Villiers Stuart: 
Mr. Young, 

Mr. Pringle: 

So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ } 73. 
} 91. 


Tellers forthe Noes,{ 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 and 7 Vic. Church Endow 
c. 37, to make better Provision for the Spiritual ment Bill. 
Care of Populous Parishes, 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 Sir Robert Peel 
and Sir James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Cierk of the 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider Crown in 
of additional Provision for the Office of the Clerk ©h¢es- 
of the Crown in Chancery ; 

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 Party Processions (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Party Proces- 
cording to the Order made this day, read a second sions (Ireland) 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole _ 
House, for To-morrow. 





day. 


Loan Societies = The Order of the day being read, for the second 


_ reading of the Loan Societies Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
Soap Allow. The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
ances Bill. the Report on the Soap Allowances Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
Militia Esti- 


Sir Thomas Fremantle reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of the 
Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, for the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1845; That they had prepared the said 
Estimates accordingly ; and had directed him to 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mates, 


No. 492. 


State of Ireland. 
having property in Jreland, praying that the House 
will take the state of Jreland into immediate consi- 
deration, and adopt such healing measures as may 
appear best calculated to avert the dangers which 
now exist, and to prevent a recurrence of them, was 


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





A Petition of the There-undersigned Persons, | 


| he Trafalgar-square Bill was, according to the Trafalgar 


| Order made this day, read a second time ; and com- Square Bill. 
| mitted toa Committee of the whole House, fur To- 
| morrow. 


The Duchy of Cornwall Assessionable Manors Duchy of Corm- 
Bill was, according to the Order made this day, wall Assession- 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee ro _— 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 





The Duchy of Cornwall Lands Bill was, according Duchy of Com- 
to the Order made this day, read a second time ; wal! Lands Bill 
| and committed to 2 Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 





The House, according to the Order made this day, rand Tax 
‘resolved itself into a Committee upon the Land Tax Corumiesionery 
| Commissioners’ Names Bill. wens 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
| Preamble postponed. 


| Cxavuse N°, (Appointment of Commissioners) : 
|—Lists of Commissioners inserted, List for the 
| county of Warwick——read. 





| Motion made, and Question, That the name of 
James Sibley Whittam, Esquire, of a 
added 





























Western 
Australia Bill. 


Farm Buildings 
Bill. 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Criminal Justice 
(Middlesex) 
Bill. 


Loan Societies 
Bill. 


Soap Allow- 
ances Bill. . 


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added to the List for the County of Warwick—— 
put, and Negatived. 
List for the County of Roxburgh, added. 
CLAUSE, as amended, agreed to. 
CrauseE, N° 2, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. f 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


S 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pringle 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Western Australia Bill was, according to the 
Order made this day, read a second time ; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The Farm Buildings Bill was, according to the 
Order made this day, read a second time ; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House. for To- 
morrow. 


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


Martis, 16° die Juliit, 1844: 


The Parish Constables Bill was, according to the 
Order made this day, read a second time ; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Loan Societies Bill was, according to the 
Order made this day, read a second time ; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Soap Allowances Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


15°—16° Juliz. 


503 


—Of the Number of Arms registered in each County: 
—And, of the Sums of Money demanded and al- 


lowed as above to the different Clerks of Petty Ses- 
sions under the above Act. 


Commissioners in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1843 to the 
1st day of January 1844; 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 in Eng- 
land and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1843 to 
the 1st day of January 1844; 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 :—Also, of all Apportionments 
of Rent-charges which have been confirmed, from 
the 1st day of July 1843 to the 1st day of January 
1844. (In continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 598 of Session 1843.) 








to death for Murder were executed; stating, for 
each County and vear, the Number of Persons sen- 
| tenced to death for Murder, whose Sentences were 
| commuted; the Number of Persons committed for 
| Murder during the same year, and likewise in the 
| following year :—Also, the Total Numbers for all 
| the years collectively, and the Increase or Decrease 
| per cent. on the Commitments in the years following 
the Commutations :—And, of the Counties in Jre- 
land, from 1836 to 1842 inclusive, in which all of 
those sentenced to death for Murder were executed ; 
stating, for each County and year, the Number of 
Persons executed for Murder, the Number of Persons 
committed for Murder during the same year, and 
likewise in the followig year:—Also, the Total 
Numbers for all the years collectively, and the In- 
crease or Decrease per cent. on the Commitments in 
the years following the Executions, with an Abstract. 


Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation Tithes Commu- 
of Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe ™tion- 


Statements of the Counties in Jreland, from 1836 Murder 
to 1842, inclusive, in which none of those sentenced (Itelaud.) 


be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. Returns from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Ecclesiastical 


of Ireland, of the several Lands in the County of — 
" &gt; &gt;, . ; . 1 e 7 
4) Churches Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or- Limerick held previously by the Representatives of 





(Ireland.) 


ri= 
me 


rns 
Sill. 


ers’ 


Arms (lreland) 
Act. 


ders,—A Return of all Churches erected by the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland, under the 
Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 37; specifying whether 
same were Parochial or Chapels of Ease ; the Dio- 
cese and Parish where situate, the Number of Sit- 
tings which they are calculated to afford, and whe- 
ther free or appropriated, the Expenses of Erection, 
and the Proportions and Amounis thereof contributed 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and by Volun- 
tary Subscription :—A similar Return of all Churches 
rebuilt or enlarged by the Commissioners :—Re- 
turns of all Applications made to the Commissioners, 
with regard to the erection, rebuilding or enlarge- 
ment of Churches, with their decision thereon ; 
specifying the Diocese and Parish to which the Ap- 
plication referred, and the Accommodation proposed 
to be given :—And, of all Churches which have been 
taken down by the Commissioners ; specifying the 
date when same were taken down, the Diocese and 
Parish where situate, and whether same were Paro- 
chial or Chapels of Ease, the Accommodation here- 
tofore afforded by them, and whether any new 
Churches have been erected in their stead ; and the 
Application of the Proceeds, if any, of the Materials 
of the same. 

Returns of the Sums of Money demanded by the 
Clerks of the Peace in the different Counties and 
Counties of Cities in Jreland, to remunerate them 
for their additional Services under the new Arms 
Act :—Of the Sums of Money approved of by the 


different Grand Juries of Jreland tor that purpose : 
Vor. 99. 


Reyland or by Mr. Nash, which lately devolved 
upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by the ina- 
bility of the Tenant to renew same ; together with 
the several Denominations, and Number of Acres 
contained in each Denomination, with the respective 
Distances of each Denomination from the others :— 
Of the Advertisement for the letting of said Lands 
by the Commissioners :—And, of the several Pro- 
posals to them for said Lands, and the manner in 
which they let same; and to whom, and through 
whose Influence or Recommendation said Lands 
were so let; whether such new Tenant held any and 
what part of said Lands previously, and what was 
the inducement of the Board in letting the entire 
of said Lands to one stranger in place of separate 
lettings to solvent Tenants in possession ; whether 
any and what Legal Proceedings were subsequently 
taken by or in the names of the Commissioners, or 
any other Person, and whom, to evict the Tenants 
theretofore in possession for any and what length 
of time, in order to give Possession to said new 
Tenant ; and whether such new Tenant originally 
or at all proposed for the entire of said Lands, or 
was induced to do so by or on part of said Commis- 
sioners at the day of declaring the Tenant. 


the Second Annual Report of the Commissioners of 
Fisheries, Ireland, to the Lord Lieutenant. 


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





334 A Motion 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Fisheries 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of (Ireland.) 












































































































504 15°—16° Julie. 


CriminalJustice A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
tSeley] 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 Salary to the Assistant Judge of the 
Court of the Sessions of the Peace of the County of 
Middlesex ; 
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. 


TurnpikeTrusts A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
(South Wales) day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of 
 saaaaiaaes authorizing the Payment, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses 
of the Commissioners, Accountants, Clerks and 
other Officers, to be appointed under any Act of the 
present Session, to consolidate and amend the Laws 
relating to Turnpike Trusts in South Wales, and of 
advancing out of the said Consolidated Fund a Sum 
of Money for the purposes of such 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, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Literary, Ordered, That the Paper relative to Literary, Sci- 


Scientific and entific and Charitable Institutions, which was pre- 
Charitable 


Institutions, | Sented upon Friday last, be printed. 

No. 493. 
Monies in the Ordered, That the Account relative to Monies 
Exchequer. jn the Exchequer, which was presented upon Friday 


No.494. last, be printed. 


County Ordered, That the Return relative to County Ac- 
= : counts (Scotland), which was presented upon Friday 
Scotland, 


No, 495. last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on ‘Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


Martis, 16° die Julii ; 


Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 





PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day during the sitting of the House. 


Commitices, 


Ladbroke’s Ladbroke’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. 

Garnkirk, The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Glasgow. and the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Railway Bill. intituled, An Act to extend the Line of the Garn- 
: kirk and Glasgow Railway ; to enable the Company 
to raise a further Sum of Money, and to alter and 
amend the Acts relating to the said Railway; and 

‘he same was read, as followeth : 
Pr. 159. 1. ult. After “ repealed ” insert Clause 

(A.) 

CriaussE(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That if after 
the completion of the portion of the extension of 
“ the said Railway from Summerbee to the Wishaw 
“ and Coltness Railway, the Monkland and Kirkin- 
“ tilloch Kailway Company, having previously ob- 
tained authority from Parliament to that etfect, 
shall make tender to the Company of the whole 
expense of acquiring, making and completing 


&lt; 


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A. 1844, 


such portion, the amount of which expense in case 
of difference, shall, on the application of either 
party and after hearing parties thereon, be finally 
determined by the sheriff of the county; then 
upon payment of such expense, if not exceeding 
the sum of thirty thousand pounds, and if ex- 
ceeding thirty thousand pounds, then upon pay- 
ment of the sum of thirty thousand pounds, the 
Company shall be bound to convey and make 
over, with and subject to the same powers, pro- 
visoes, conditions, limitations, restrictions and 
enactments relating thereto which are contained 
in this Act, the said portion of the said Railway 
“ to the said Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway 
Company, absolutely, with all the works thereto 
belonging : Provided always, That if such tender 
shall not be made before the end of the Session 
* of Parliament ensuing one year after the comple- 
tion of such extension (to be certified by the 
sheriff of the county), the same shall thereafter be 
and remain the property of the Company under 
the powers and provisions of this Act.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
— agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Petition of Distillers and Rectifying Distillers Metropolitan 
carrying on business in and about the city of Lon- Buildings Bill. 
don, praying that the distillery and rectifying esta- 
blishments within the Metropolitan districts be ex- 

empted from the provisions of the Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill, as public gas works are by the 63d 

section, or at least from the operation of the 54th 

clause thereof, and that protection may be extended 

to them and to the articles usually vended by their 

trade to the extent and in the manner stated in their 

Petition, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Baddeley, of 29, Alfred- Damage by Fire 
street, Islington, Civil Engineer, praying that the meagan see 
Damag’; by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) Bill may not ead 
pass? .o a law, as it now stands, was presented, 

and ead; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Per- Post-ofiice. 
shore, in the county of Worcester, praying the House 
to repeal the clause in the Act of Parliament con- 
ferring the power of opening and taking copies of 
letters and other documents sent through the Post- 
office, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Committee of Secresy on the Post-office. 


A Petition of the Society of Solicitors in the Courts of 
Supreme Courts of Scotland, praying the House to Common Law 
, = Process ; and, 
exempt Scotland from the operation of the Courts Giri. ofCon- 
of Common Law Process ; and, Courts of Common mon Law Pro- 
Law Process (Jreland) Bills, or otherwise to pass cess (Ireland) 
into a law a Bill conferring similar jurisdictions on ®!!"* 
the Scotch Courts, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a County Court 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the County Court (County Pala- 
(County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill, was read, and 'i"¢ of Lan- 
discharged. 


caster) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; Buildings Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put ; 
The 








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The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Mr. Pringle, 9 
Lord Arthur toad 
{Mr. Hawes 
. \" J ? &amp; 
Tellers forthe Noes,) wr Tufnell : 5. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the Question being put ; 

_ 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. 


Crauses, N° 1 to N° 19, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 20, (Execution of works). 
Amendment proposed, in P. 16. 1. 11. After 
“ fence-walls ” to insert “ likely to endanger public 
“ safety.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and Negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 
Ciauses, N° 21 to N° 54, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 








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. 


Damage by Fire The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mee 9 — on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 

Mr. Brougham: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 
Bank of Eng- A Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate the Issue of 
land Charter Bank Notes, and for giving to the Governor and 
ae Company ofthe Bank of England certain Privileges 

for a limited period : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for facilitating the Col- 
lection of County Rates, and for relieving High 
Constables from Attendance at Quarter Sessions, in 
certain cases, and from certain other Duties: 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend until the 

‘ Thirty-first day of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred avd Forty-five, the making of Lists and the 
Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United 
Kingdom : 
Stock in Trade A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the 
Bill. First day of October One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-five, and to the end of the then Session 

of Parliament, 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: 

Charitable A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the 
— ae last Session to consolidate and amend the Laws for 
(ireland) Bill. the Regulation of Charitable Loan Societies in Zre- 
land : 

Turnpike Acts A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the 
eden oa Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred 
ane’ and Forty-five, and to the end of the then Session 

of Parliament, certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
roads in Ireland: 


Message from 
the Lords. 


County Rates, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


Militia Bullots 
Suspension Bill 


Market Har- A Biil, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- 
a = , pairing the Road from Market Harborough, in the 
Bi County of Leicester, to the City of Coventry: And 


also, 


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The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Dissenters’ 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Chapels Bill. 
Regulation of Suits relating to Chapels and other 
Property held for Religious Purposes by Persons 
dissenting from the United Church of England and 
Ireland, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Birkenhead 
Act for constructing Tidal Basins, a Dock and other Docks Bill. 
Works, at Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, 
and for other Purposes, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Leeds Vicarage 
to authorize the Division ofthe Parish and Vicarage 5i!!- 
of Leeds, in the County of York, into several Pa- 
rishes and Vicarages ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Werrington, 
for authorizing the Endowment of the Curacies of X¢+ Curacies 
Werrington and Saint Giles-in-the-Heath, in the *" 
County of Devon, and the Alienation and Convey- 
ance of the Rights of Patronage of the same Cu- 
racies respectively, to Persons who shall further 
endow the same, and for other Purposes relating 
thereto ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
this House:—And then the Messengers with- 

rew. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Revenue 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the Inquiry. 
Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, with an Ap- 
pendix and Minutes of Evidence. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Report be printed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 

“ together with the Minutes of Evidence.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 

ment and Motion were, severally, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

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


The Leeds Vicarage Bill was read the first time. Leeds Vicarage 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select Bill. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ayr Bridge 
the Report on the Ayr Bridge (No. 2.) Bill; and (No. 2.) Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

And an Amendment being proposed to be made 
to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Thirty-ninth 
Petitions presented upon the 10th, 11th, 12th and Rerer.) 
13th 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. 


The Select Committee on the Grand Jury Pre- Grand Jury 
sentments (Dublin) Bill was nominated of Lord sng 
Eliot, Siv Ralph Howard, Mr. Young, Mr. Bellew, P%"™ Bil. 
Mr. Gregory, Mr. Archbold, Mr. Grogan, Colonel 
Henry White, Mr. Hans Hamilton, Captain Taylor, 
and five Members to be nominated by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Joseph Henry Rolls, Sosepi: Henry 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. Rolls. 


A Petition of Attornies at Law and Solicitors, at Poor Law 
Tiverton, in the county of Devon, praying that the — 
Poor Law Amendment Bill may not pass into alaw,  ~ 





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506 


as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Fitzgerald, Esquire, of Na- 
vanstown, in the county of Kildare, complaining of 
the conduct practised against him for a number of 

ears by the four magistrates usually composing the 
‘Kildare bench of sessions; and praying that the 
House will institute an inquiry into the conduct of 
these magistrates, and also into the charges preferred 
to the Irish Government by the Petitioner against one 
of them in September 1841, also into the circum- 
stances under which he was removed from the 
Commission of the Peace in the year 1842, and 
also into the circumstances of a memorial to the 
Trish Government against the Petitioner, got up by 
these magistrates, and signed by three of them, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Castle Townsend, 
county of Cork, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for extending Scriptural Education in Ireland, 
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 the Total Number of 
African Negroes landed for the purposes of Slavery 
on the Islands and on the Continent of America, 
from the year 1815 to the year 1843, both inclusive ; 
distinguishing the Number so landed in each of 
those years, and distinguishing also the Number 
landed in each year on the Territory of each separate 
State or Power, so far as the same can be made up 
from Documents in the possession of Her Majesty’s 
Government :--Also, Cases adjudged under Slave 
Trade Treaties, and Number of Slaves emancipated 
in consequence, at Sierra Leone, Rio de Janeiro, 
Havannah, Surinam, and other Places respectively, 
from the year 1829 to the vear 1844. 

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 Patrick Stead, of Halesworth, in 
the county of Suffolk, praying the House to take 
the subject of the constitution and qualification of 
the Commissioners of the several Navigations and 
Harbours in the United Kingdom into consideration 
and inquiry, as well as the state of the different 
Tidal Harbours of the United Kingdom, and having 
regard to their vital importance in a national point 
of view; and also, that the House will be pleased 
to collect and consolidate all laws regarding Har- 
bours into one uniform and general law, as far as it 
is practicable, 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 appoint a Commission, to inquire into the past 
and present condition of the several Tidal Harbours, 
Ports and Creeks of the United Kingdom, with the 
view of ascertaining the state of the Navigation, and 
the depth of water of these Harbours, &amp;c.; whether 
the depth of water was greater formerly than at the 

resent time, and whether any and what extent of 
and over which the tide flowed at any former period 
has been inclosed ; under what authority the several 
inclosures were made, the effects of such inclosures 
of land, and of the erection of Piers, Jetties, &amp;c. 
in decreasing the depth, or in improving or injuring 
the Navigation of the several Harbours, Creeks, &amp;c. ; 
to call for and examine all general Reports of Civil 
Engineers and Public Commissioners, relative to the 
construction, improvement or preservation of the se- 





16° Juliz. 





A. 1844, 


veral Ports, Harbours, Creeks and Navigable Waters 
of the United Kingdom which have been regulated 
by Act of Parliament since 1800, the operations 
under such Acts, and whether the result has been 
beneficial or injurious to the Navigation of the said 
Ports ; also, to inquire into the nature of the powers 
entrusted to the Board of Admiralty, under any Acts 
of Parliament for protecting the Navigation of the 
Ports and Harbours of the United Kingdom, and in 
what manner they have exercised those powers ; 
and whether more extensive and more defined powers 
may be requisite to enable them to protect and to 
improve the Harbours of this Kingdom. 

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. 


of all Payments made by the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England, in each of the last Six 
years: —1. Of the Salary, Fees and Emoluments 
paid to any Counsel or Solicitor, with the Name of 
each Counsel or Solicitor so paid :—2. Of the Sa- 
lary, Fees, Travelling Expenses and Emoluments 
paid to each Architect, with the Name of each, and 
the Amount of per-centage (if any) allowed to each : 
—3. Of the Salary, Fees and Resleaads paid to 
each Agent or Surveyor employed, with the Name 
of each, and the Amount paid to each :—4. Of the 
Payments made in each year, particularizing what 
Sees have been augmented, for what Episcopal 
Residences House-rent has been paid, what Epis- 
copal Residences have been provided, and the Cost 
of each; what Reversions have been sold, and for 
what Amount; and what Estates have been pur- 
chased, and for what Amount, for any Episcopal 
See ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ also,a Return of the Total Income ofeach Arch- 
“ bishop and Bishop in England and Wales, in each 
“ year, since the 1st day of January 1837.” 

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. 

Mr. Elphinstone, 


Tellers for the Yeas, tie hcg } 37. 
Tellers for the Noes, i Pringle : } 55 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Payments made by the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England, in each of the last Six 
years:—1. Of the Salary, Fees and Emoluments 
paid to any Counsel or Solicitor, with the Name of 
each Counsel or Solicitor so paid :—2. Of the Sa- 
lary, Fees, Travelling Expenses and Emoluments 
paid to each Architect, with the Name of each, and 
the Amount of per-centage (if any) allowed to each: 
—3. Of the Salary, Fees and Emoluments paid to 
each Agent or Surveyor employed, with the Name 
of each, and the Amount paid to each :—4. Of the 
Payments made in each year, particularizing what 
Sees have been augmented, for what Episcopal 
Residences House-rent has been paid, what Epis- 
copal Residences have been provided, and the Cost 
of each; what Reversions have been sold, and for 
what Amount; and what Estates have been pur- 
chased, and for what Amount, for any Episcopal 
See. 


whom shall be referred the Petitions of Mrs. Char- 
lotte Forbes, Mrs. Elizabeth Purches and Mrs. 
Sarah Easter Ricketts, to examine the matter 





thereof, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- geclesiastical 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return Commissioners, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Mrs. Forbes 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to and others. 





Corporate 
Offices Bill. 


Limerick 
Corporation, 


Copyholds 
Enfranchisee 
ment Bill. 


District Courts 
and Prisons 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Lecturers and 
Parish Clerks 
Bill, 


Clerk of the 
Crown in 
Chancery. 


Party Proces- 
sions (Ireland) 
Bill. 


8 VicToRIzZ. 


thereof, and report the same, together with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the House ; 


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


Mercurii, 17° die Julii, 1844: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate Admission to Corporate Offices: And that 
Lord Seymour and Mr. Evelyn Denison do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Corporation of 
Limerick, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Copyholds Enfranchise- 
ment 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. 


The District Courts and Prisons Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Municipal Corporations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Lecturers and Parish Clerks Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee, to consider of additional Provision for 
the Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a yearly Salary of One thou- 
sand pounds be paid to the Clerk of the Crown in 
Chancery, in lieu of the Salary now paid to that 
Officer. 

2. Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for making good any deficiency 
which may occur in the Fee Fund of the Office of 
the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. 


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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

-Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
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16°—17° Julie. 





507 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Trafalgar. 
into a Committee upon the hs ay Bill ; Square 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 this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving LandTax | 
the Report on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names ee 
Bill; Names Ile 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Western 
into a Committee upon the Western Australia Bill ; Australia 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 Farm Buildings 
into a Committee upon the Farm Buildings 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 this day. 


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 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 second Criminal Justice 
reading of the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill; (Middlesex) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this i! 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Loan Societies 
into a Committee upon the Loan Societies 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 this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue certain of the Al- Soap Allow. 
lowances of the Duty of Excise on Soap used in es Bill 
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-six, 
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 Criminal Justice 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the Cuan 
Payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the’ 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of 
the Salary to the Assistant Judge of the Court of 
the Sessions of the Peace of the County of Middle- 
sex. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of a Salary to 
the Assistant Judge of the Court of the Sessions of 
the Peace of the County of Middlesex, who may 
be appointed in pursuance of an Act of the present 

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508 16°—17° Juliz. 


Session, for the better Administration of Criminal 
Justice in Middlesex. 
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. 


Turnpike Trusts The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
a 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, Allowances and Expenses of the Com- 
missioners, Accountants, Clerks and other Officers, 
to be appointed under any Act of the present Session, 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 
Turnpike Trusts in South Wales, and for advancing, 
out of the said Consolidated Fund, a Sum of Money 
for the purposes of such Act. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for paying the Salaries, Al- 
lowances and Expenses of Commissioners, Account- 
ants, Clerks and other Officers, to be appointed 
under an Act of the present Session, to consolidate 
and amend the Laws relating to Turnpike Trusts 
in South Wales, and for advancing the Sum of 
Two hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds for 
the purpose of paying off the Creditors on the said 
Turnpike Trusts, as in the said Act mentioned. 


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. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. mittee on the Metropolitan Buildings Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Damage by Fire The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | dia, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


A. 1844, 


of Military Savings Banks established under the 
authority of the above Act, stating the Regiments 
in which established, up to the 1st day of May 1844; 
also, an Account of the Amount of all Sums depo- 
sited in each Bank, up to the 31st day of March 
1844, and of the Amount of all Sums withdrawn, 
and of the Interest allowed upon such Deposits up 
to that period ; and also of the Number of Deposi- 
tors on the said 31st day of March 1844, so far as 
these particulars can be supplied from the Returns 
already transmitted to the Secretary-at-War. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The Werrington, &amp;c., Curacies Bill was read the Werrington, 
first time. &amp;c., Curacies 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Sir William M. Somerville, a Mem- Drogheda 
ber of the House, for leave to present a Petition for Improvement, 
leave to bring in a Bill for amending the Act of the 

fifth year of Her present Majesty, for the purpose 

of continuing in full force the Provisions of the Act 

30 Geo. 3, c. 39, so far as the clauses having reference 

to the establishment of a Court of Conscience in, and 

the paving and lighting of the town of Drogheda 

are concerned, and which clauses were unintention- 

ally repealed by the former Act, was presented, and 

read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 Vic., Books and 
c. 47, to amend the Laws relating to the Customs, Engravings. 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider so much 
of the said Act as relates to the Duties payable 
upon Books and Engravings. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East In- past tuaia. 
No. 500. 
Ordered, That the Returns relative to Tithes tithes Commu 
Commutation, which were presented yesterday, be tation. 
printed. No. 501. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Fisheries F;sheries 


(Metropolis) mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) | (Zreland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. (Ireland. ) 


(No. 2.) Bill. pip). 
&gt; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


County Rates § The Order for reading a second time, this day, the 

Bill. County Rates Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

Corporate Lord Seymour presented a Bill to facilitate Ad- 


Offices Bill. 


time upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Church Endcw- 
ment Bill. 


‘ mission to Corporate Offices: And the same was 
No. 496. read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to explain and|_* "Me Sy ee . Bil 
amend an Act for making better Provision for the | Bill, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, cleansing “" 


And then the House, having continued to sit No. 502, 


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








Mercurii, 17° die Julii ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


’ ; YH E House proceeded to take into consideration Southampton 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Improvement 


No.497. Spiritual Care of Populous Parishes: And the same | 2% otherwise improving the Town of Southampton, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a| 204 for removing and preventing Nuisances and 


second time this day; and to be printed. 


Ordnance. 


o. Ordnance, for the year 1844-5. 


Captain Boldero presented, by Her Majesty’s 
No,498. Command,—Supplementary Estimate of the Office | (A.) 


Annoyances therein; and the same were read, as 
follow : 


Pr. 125. 1. 35. After “accordingly” insert Clause 


“Cravse (A.) “ And whereas certain parts of the 


Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to |‘‘ London and South Western Railway and the 


the Committee of Supply. 
Ordered, That the said Estimate be printed. 


principal station of the same Railway, are situate 
“ in or adjoining different streets of the town of 
“€ Southampton, and it is desirable for the purpose 


Military Sir Thomas Fremantle presented, pursuant to Or- |“ of this Act to ascertain and define to which of 
Savings Banks. der,—-Copy of the Rules made by the Secretary at |‘‘ the said streets the said parts and station respec- 
No. 499. War, and sanctioned by Her Majesty, for the Ma-] “ tively shall belong; Be it therefore Enacted, 


nagement of Military Savings Banks established 
under the authority of the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 71 
(30th July 1842) :--And, an Account of the Number 


“ That the principal station and buildings, and so 
“ much ofthe line of the London and South West- 
“ ern Railway as are situate south of the Itchen 








“ Bridge- 


ef GSE IOI 


LEBRRI GSR LIE AT LINO 


oem preg PaemE 


Monkland 
Railways 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Mackenzic’s 
(Scatwell) 
Estate Bill, 


Mackenzie’s 
(Seaforth) 
Estate Bill. 


Committees, 


Poor Law. 


8 Vicrortz. 
“ Bridge-road, shall, for the purpose of this Act, be 
held to be situate in the street or place called 
Terminus-terrace, and that so much of the build- 
ings and line of the said Railway as are situate 
between the said Itchen Bridge-road and Marsh- 
lane, shall be held to be situate in the said 
Itchen Bridge-road, and so much of the same 
buildings and line as are situate between Marsh- 
lane aforesaid and Chapel-road, shall be held to 
be situate in Marsh-lane aforesaid, and so much 
thereof as are situate between the said Chapel- 
road and Bevois-street shall be held to be situate 
in Chapel-road aforesaid, and so much thereof as 
are situate between Bevois-strect aforesaid, and 
Northam-road, shall be held to be situate in Be- 
vois-street aforesaid, and so much thereof as shall 
be situate north of Northam-road aforesaid, shall 
be held to be situate, the southern moiety thereof 
in the said Northam-road, and the northern moiety 
thereof in the road or street which now crosses 
the line of the said Railway near Northam Farm.” 
Pr. 190. 1. 4. Leave out the second “ the” and 
insert “ this.” 
Pr. 376. 1. 
tad 


” 
n 


9 


$2. Leave out “two” and insert 


In the Schedules to the Bill: 


Pr. 304. 1. 30. In the third column, after 
“ Clarke” insert “ William Oke.” 

Pr. 305. 1. 15. In the third column, after “ Mary” 
insert “ Anne.” 

Pr. 320. 1. 37. In the fifth column, after “ of” 
insert “ above,” and in the fifth column, in Is. 37. 
and 38. leave out from ‘“ tenements” to “ Joseph” 
in Pr. 321. 1. 8. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. George William Hope do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Monkland 
Railways (No. 2.) (re-committed) Bill be revived :— 
And that they have leave to sit, and proceed, with 
one selected Member. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
this day, at half an hour after one of the clock. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Machenzie’s (Scatwell) 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 
Mackenzie’s (Seaforth) 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. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of Clergy of the parishes of which the 
union of Saint Columb Major, in the county of Corn- 
wall, has been formed, praying the House to make 
provision that in every Union Workhouse a duly 
ordained chaplain shall be appointed, with an ade- 
quate maintenance, and that a chapel be consecrated, 
or a room licensed by the bishop of the diocese in 
which such Union Workhouse is situate, to be set 


apart for religious worship, and provided with the 
Vou. 99. 


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509 


proper necessaries for the decent celebration of divine 
worship, according to the ordinances and rites of 
the English Church, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
— a Committee upon the Poor Law Amendment 
ill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Cravuse, N°37 (Constitution of the district boards 
for schools and asylums). 
Amendment proposed, in P. 17. 1. 22. After 
“ members” to insert “not exceeding seven in 
“ number.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 38, amended, and agreed to 
Crauses, N° 39 to N° 42, agreed to. 


Cuavses, N° 43 and N° 44, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crausg, N° 45, (Children may be sent to district 
schools from parishes and unions not combined, but 
not distant more than twenty miles). 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add “ Provided always, and be it Enacted, That 
“‘ whenever it shall appear to the board of any dis- 
trict school, that the space within such school is 
more than sufficient for the accommodation of 
poor children within the district for which such 
school shall have been built, it shall and may be 
lawful for such board to make order for the ad- 
mission of so many other children residing in the 
said district as shall seem expedient; and the 
weekly provision for the maintenance and educa- 
tion of such children shall be fixed by the board 
at such rate as shall in their judgment be amply 
sufficient to cover every expense on account of 
such children.” 

Amendment proposed to the said proposed 
Amendment: After “ such board” to insert “ sub- 
“ ject to the approval of the Poor Law Commis- 
“* sioners.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted : Amendment to the proposed Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N° 46, agreed to. 


CrauseEs, N° 47 and N° 48, amended, and agreed 


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to. 
Cravse, N° 49, disagreed to. 
CravsEs, N°50 and N° 51, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Crauses, N° 52 and N° 53, agreed to. 


Curause, N° 54, (Costs of certain civil and cri- 
minal proceedings to be paid out of poor rates). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 26. Is. 24. and 25. 
To leave out “ subject to the approval of the Poor 
‘* Law Commissioners.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 

stand part of the Clause——put, and Negatived. 

Amendment made. 

Clause, 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 further Pro- 
gress in the Bill ; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this + een will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Coventry 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen 
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Grand Jury 
Presentments 


(Dublin) Bill, 


Gaspé Fishery 


and Coal Mining visions of an Act of the Provincial Parliament of 


Company Bill. 


Archbuitt’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Slave Trade. 


Dundee 
Improvement, 
«ke. 


510 


and Burgesses of the City of Coventry to make 
certain Improvements, to provide a Residence for 
the Judges during the Assizes in the said City, and 
to establish a Cemetery for the Dead near the said 
City ; and the same were read, as follow : 


Pr, 74. 1. 33. Leave out “and at such time.” 


Pr. 90.1. 20. After “ monies” insert “‘ powers 
“ of sale of superfluous lands.” 

Pr. 90. ls. 25. and 26. After “‘ improvements” 
insert “ Provided nevertheless, that in case at the 
“ expiration of Ten years from the passing of this 
“&lt; Act, the whole of the land purchased for the Ce- 
“ metery shall not have been appropriated to that 
. ay it shall be lawful for the said mayor, 

ailiffs and burgesses, if they shall think fit, to | 
“ hold the unappropriated land for the further term | 
“ of Ten years, any thing in this Act hereinbefore 
“ contained to the contrary notwithstanding.” 

Pr. 99. 1, 4. Leave out from “ therewith” to 
“ except” in |. 6. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Williams 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 Committee on the Grand Jury 
Presentments (Dublin) Bill have leave to sit, and 
proceed, To-morrow at Twelve of the clock. 


An ingrossed Bill to confirm and extend the Pro- 


Canada, passed in the seventh year of the reign of 
Her present Majesty, for incorporating the Gaspé 
Fishery and Coal Mining Company, 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. 


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 


17° Jul. 


A. 1844. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant Sierra Leone, 
to several Addresses to Her Majesty,-A Return of No, 504, 
the Number of Patients received into Kissy Hos- 
em Sierra Leone (the Hospital attached to the 

iberated African Department), with the Nature 
of the Diseases, as far as reported ; together with 
the Number discharged Cured, and the Number of 
Deaths there, for the years 1835 to 1842 inclusive. 

A Return of all Ships, with their Names and Emigration, 
Tonnage, that have been employed in carrying Emi- No, 593 
grants from the United Kingdom since the passing ; 
of the last Colonial Passengers’ Act, as far as the 
same can be made up; together with the Number 
of such Ships of which the Emigration Commis- 
sioners have had information of or noticed :--A Copy 
of all the Correspondence which has taken place 
between the Public Boards and Public Officers 
in the year 1843, respecting the Emigrant Ships 
“ Catherine” and “ John and Robert,” conveying 
Emigrants to Cape Breton and Canada :—And, a 
Return of the Number of Emigrants, distinguish- 
ing Men, Women and Children, shipped on board 
the Ship “ Catherine”; and a similar Return of 
Emigrants transhipped on board the Ship “ John 
and Robert.” 

Returns toseveral Addresses to Her Majesty,dated New South 
the 16th day of May, and the 24th day of June last, Wales. 
—For Copies or Extracts of Despatches from the No. 506. 
Governor of New South Wales, transmitting Reports 
of the Legislative Council relative to the Monetary 
Depression in the Colony, and the Petition of the 
distressed Mechanics and Labourers:—And, for a 
Copy or Extract of a Despatch from the Governor 
of New South Wales, transmitting the last Annual 
— of the Legislative Council of that Colony 
on Emigration. 

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


The Slaughtering Horses Bill was, according to Slaughtering 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Com- Horses Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Appeal in 
reading of the Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill ; — Cases 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time * 








of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the Bill, intituled, An Act to dissolve the 
Marriage of Samuel Archbutt, the younger, Gentle- | 


upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Field Gardeus 
into a Committee upon the Field Gardens Bill; and, Bill. 


man, with Mary Amelia, his now Wife, and to enable | after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed No. 506. 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes therein | the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mentioned :—And that Mr. Greene do carry the said | mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 


Message. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Liverpool | 


Peace Society, praying the House to assist in putting | 
an end, without delay, to the system of armed in-| 
terference by this country for the suppression of the 
Slave Trade, was presented, and read; and ordered | 
to lie upon the Table. 


) 


A Petition of Men of the working classes, in 
Dundee, praying the House to pass a Building Act, 
which shall prohibit all future building in the said | 
town upon any plan inconsistent with the public | 
health, and shall facilitate the acquisition of old) 
property which it may concern the public health to| 
remove, and replace with more salubrious habita-| 
tions for the working classes; to confer adequate ! 
power to construct and maintain public drains and | 
sewers, and save the sewage for manure, to facili-| 
tate the introduction into the town of an abundant 
supply of water, to confer power for preserving the 
public health, inquiring into disease, removing the 
causes of contagion, regulating sepulture, and gene- 
rally watching over the sanatory condition of the 
town, and to repeal the duties on soap, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


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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 this day two months; and the 


Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Juvenile _ 
reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill; Offenders Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Copyholds Enfranchise- Copybolds 
ment Bill; and the Amendments were read, as fol- En!ranchise- 
low : ment Bill, 

Pr. 2.1.9. Leave out “ said” and insert “ afore- 

** said,” and in the same line, after “ Acts” insert 
“or this Act.” 

Pr. 2. 








District Courts 
and Prisons 
Bill. 


Lecturers and 
Parish Clerks 
Bill. 


Clerk of the 
Crown in 
Chancery. 


8 VicToRIz. 


Pr. 2.1.14. Leave out “ said” and insert “ afore- 
“ said,” and in the same line, after “ Acts” insert 
“or this Act.” 

Pr, 2. 1. 31. After “ manor” insert “ and for 
which entry the steward shall only charge thirteen 
shillings and four-pence, and which shall not be 
subject to any stamp duty.” 

Pr. 3.1.7. After “ Acts” insert ‘ or this Act.” 

Pr. 3.1.8. Leave out “either” and insert “ any.” 

Pr. 3. 1.20. After “ deemed” insert “ for all 
purposes in regard to expensive costs and charges 
which any such trustee may have to pay under 
the aforesaid Acts or this Act.” 

Pr. 3.1.23. Leave out “ said” and insert “ afore- 
said.” 

Pr. 4. 1.1. Leave out “ said” and insert “ afore- 
said,” and in the same line, after “ Acts” insert 
“or this Act.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 9. Leave out “ said” and insert “ afore- 
“ said.” 

Pr. 5.1. 24. In the interlineation, after “ con- 
veyed” insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in case 
any trustee nominated by the Copyhold Commis- 
sioners under the aforesaid Acts or this Act, 
should be desirous of resigning, or should become 
incapable of acting, the Commissioners may, if 
they shall think proper, appoint some other fit 
person, in like manner as if a vacancy had oc- 
curred under the provisions of the secondly here- 
inbefore-recited Act.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
provisions of the said first hereinbefore recited | 
Act, authorizing distress and entry in cases of | 
non-payment of the rent-charge authorized by | 
the aforesaid Act to be granted, shall extend and | 
be applicable to all rent-charges granted and | 
made payable under and by virtue of the said | 
hereinbefore-recited Act or this Act.” 

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 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 directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Lecturers and Parish Clerks Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee, to whom 
it was referred to consider of additional Provision 
for the Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chan- 
cery, several Resolutions; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a yearly Salary of One thou- 
sand pounds be paid to the Clerk of the Crown in 
Chancery, in lieu of the Salary now paid to that 
Officer. 

2. Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of G'reat 
Britain and Ireland, for making good any defici- 
ency which may occur in the Fee Fund of the Office 
of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. 

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. Greene, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk do 


17° Julzz. 


511 


Mr. Greene reported the Party Processions (Jre- Party Proces- 
land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and — (Ireland) 
agreed to. i 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill to provide for the Care and Trafalgar- 
Preservation of Trafalgar-square, in the City of square Bill. 
Westminster, 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. Greene reported the Western Australia Bill; Westen 
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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Farm Buildings Bill ; Farm Buildings 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. __ Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Parish Cou- 
Report on the Parish Constables Bill; stables Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill was, ac- Criminal Justice 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- (Middlesex) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To-~'* 
morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Loan Societies Bill ; Loan Societies 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Criminal Justice 
Middlesex) 
[Salary.] 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Sa- 
lary to the Assistant Judge of the Court of the Ses- 
sions of the Peace of the County of Middlesex, a 
Resolution ; and the same 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 Payment of a Salary 
to the Assistant Judge of the Court of the Sessions 
of the Peace of the County of Middlesex, who may 
be appointed in pursuance of an Act of the present 
Session, for the better Administration of Criminal 
Justice in Middlesex. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Turnpike Trusts 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Pay- {Salaries ey 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United eins 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Sa- 
laries, Allowances and Expenses of the Commis- 
sioners, Accountants, Clerks and other Officers, to 
be appointed under any Act of the present Session, 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Turn- 
pike Trusts in South Wales, and of advancing out 
of the said Consolidated Fund a Sum of Money for 
the purposes of such Act, a Resolution ; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for paying the Salaries, Al- 
lowances and Expenses of scien, Hrsatioany Account- 
ants, Clerks and other Officers, to be appointed under 
an Act of the present Session, to consolidate and 








eer and bring it in. 
ox. 99, 


amend the Laws relating to Turnpike Trusts in 
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Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


512 17°—18°9 Juli. 


hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds, for the 
purpose of paying off the Creditors on the said Turn- 
pike Trusts, as in the said Act mentioned. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 





A. 1844, 


South Wales, and for advancing the Sum of Two | reported, That the Committee had gone through 


the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Report be received To- 
morrow ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ To-morrow,” 


mittee on the Turnpike Trusts (South Wales) Bill,| in order to add the words “ upon Monday next,” 
That they have Power to make provision therein, | instead thereof. 


pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Metropolitan Buildings 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Instruction to the Committee on Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill, (That they have Power to make pro- 
vision therein, pursuant to the Resolution reported 
on the 13th of July)——read. 


Criausss, N° 55 to N° 117, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Schedule (A.) agreed to. 
Schedule (B.), amended, and agreed to. 


Schedule (C.), Part 7, (Rules concerning attached 
and detached and insulated buildings, as to the 
rates and walls thereof). 


“¢ Greenhouses, &amp;c. 


And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ To-morrow,” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment and Motion were, seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Damage by Fire 
mittee on the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) (Metropolis) 
Bill ; (No.2.) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








The Church Endowment Bill was, according to Church Enduw. 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a ment Bill, 
| Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Juvenile 
| reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill ; Otfenders Bil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


And with regard to greenhouses for plants, vine- | upon Wednesday the 31st day of this instant July. 


ries, aviaries, or such like buildings attached 
to other buildings,— 


| Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Clerk of the 


(Subject to any law in force applicable to such to amend so much of an Act of the fifth and sixth Crown in 


buildings, and subject to the rights of the Ye@rs of his late Majesty, as relates to the Salary of 


oo) 


Chancery Bill, 
No- 507. 


owner or occupier of the adjoining property),— the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery; and to make 

Any such building may be built, as to the other Provisions in respect of the said Office: And 
: g 

party-walls, if any, according to the rules of the same was read the first time; and ordered to 


this Act prescribed respecting party-walls ; but | be read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
in other respects in such manner only, and of printed. 


such materials only, as shall be approved by | 


the Official Referees.” 


Amendment proposed: To leave out the words | which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


“ Official Referees.”’ 


Question put, That the words “ Official Referees” 


stand part of the Schedule ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the Yeas {Ms. Young, los 
; “9 Mr. Pringle: ai 


Tellers for the Noes, i Tufnell: 


Ordered, That the Copy of Report of the Com- Revenue 
| missioners of Revenue Inquiry, with an Appendix, —s 
No, 508. 


| Mr. Manners Sutton presented,—Return to an Murder 

| Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of May (Scotland.) 
\last, for Statements of the Counties in Scotland, 

| from 1836 to 1842 inclusive, in which none of those 

/ sentenced to death for Murder were executed ; stat- 

ing, for each County and year, the Number of Per- 


10.) sons sentenced to Death for Murder whose Sen- 


/tences were commuted, the Number of Persons 


Motion made, and Question put, That Schedule | committed for Murder during the same year, and 


(C.) stand part of the Bill; 


The Committee divided: 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Young, 1 
Yeas, { Mr. Pringle: J =. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hawes, a 
Noes, Mr. Alderman Humphery :J 


‘likewise in the following year:—Also, the Total 

Numbers for all the years collectively, and the In- 
| crease or Decrease per cent. on the Commitments in 
the years following the Commutations :—And, of 
‘the Counties in Scotland, from 1836 to 1842 inclu- 


we is e ° 
| sive, in which all of those sentenced to Death for 


And it appearing that Forty Members were not | Murder were executed; stating, for each County 


present, the Chairman left the Chair. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


and year, the Number of Persons executed for 
Murder, the Number of Persons committed for 
Murder during the same year, and likewise in the 


And the House being told by Mr. Speaker; and following year :—Also, the Total Numbers for all 


Forty Members being present ; 


the years collectively, and the Increase or Decrease 


The House again resolved itself into the Com- | 2é” cert. on the Commitments in the years following 


mittee. 
(In the Committee). 


Question, That Schedule (C.) stand part of the 


Bill 





put, and agreed to. 


Schedules (D.) to (K.), with Amendments to se- 


veral of them, agreed to. 
Schedule (L.), disagreed to. 
Schedule (M.), amended, and agreed to. 


Another Schedule added instead of Schedule (L.) | 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 18° die Julii ; 
Anno, 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East Indic. 
the East India Company, was calledin; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 


Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene| several Acts of Parliament,— Resolutions of the 


Court 





East India. 


East India. 


East India. 


Staines Bridge. 


New Churches. 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Comnittees, 


Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


Canal Com- 
panies Bill, 


Savings Banks 
Bill, 


8 VicToRIz. 


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. 


List, (No. 124,) specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to the Daugh- 
ter of a Person who belonged to the late Maritime 
Service of the East India Company, under an Ar- 
rangement sanctioned by the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of India, and laid before the 
Honourable the House of Commons, on the 26th 
February 1835. 


Statement, (No. 125,) of the Amount proposed to 
be transferred 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 Establishment 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 Arrangement sanctioned by the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Affairs of Jndia, and laid before 
the Honourable the House of Commons on the 
26th February 1835 :-—And then he withdrew. 

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


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 1848 to the 
25th day of March 1844, both days inclusive :— 
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 
March 1843 to the 25th March 1844:—And then 
he withdrew. 


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


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Birkenhead Docks Bill be referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day during the sitting of the House. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Controverted Elec- 
tions Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Market Harborough, 
in the county of Leicester, and the neighbourhood, 
praying that the Canal Companies Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dorchester ;— and, Stockport 
(Chairman) ; praying that the Savings Banks Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were 


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


VoL, 99, 


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513 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Law 


into a Committee upon the Poor Law Amendment 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Cravusss, N° 55 and N° 56, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cuause, N° 57, (Guardians under local Acts to 
hold their meetings once in every fortnight, and to 
act asa Board: Provided always, That when the 
relief of the poor has been hitherto administered in 
any parish by Guardians appointed under a local 
Act, and not by the Overseers of the Poor, if such 
parish, according to the last enumeration of the po- 
pulation published by authority of Parliament, con- 
tain more than twenty thousand persons, it shall 
not be lawful for the said Commissioners, after the 
passing of this Act, without the consent in writing 
of two-thirds at least of such Guardians, to declare 
such parish to be united with any other parish for 
the administration of the Laws for the Relief of the 
Poor, any thing in the said first-recited Act to the 
contrary notwithstanding: Provided, however, That 
nothing herein contained shall prevent the said 
Commissioners from including any such last-men- 
tioned parish in a district for providing and manag- 
ing an asylum for the temporary relief of, and setting 
to work of destitute houseless poor, or from includ- 
ing such parish in a district for the audit of accounts 
under the provisions of this Act, except as herein- 
after enacted). 

Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed, in P. 29.1. 39. To 
leave out from “ Provided always” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to insert “ That it shall not be law- 
“ ful for the said Commissioners to interfere with 
the management of the poor in any parish con- 
taining more than twenty thousand inhabitants, 
where relief has hitherto been administered to the 
poor by Guardians under the provisions of a local 
Act, without first obtaining the consent, in writ- 
ing, of at least two-thirds of such Guardians, or 
a majority of Rate-payers assembled in public 
meeting, called especially for that purpose,” in- 
stead thereof. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

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Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add “ Provided always, That the said 
“ Commissioners shall, by order under their hands 
and seal, upon application in writing of two-thirds 
of the Guardians elected for any parish in which 
the relief of the poor is now administered by a 
Board of Guardians or a Board of Trustees under 
a local Act, and which is united with any other 

arish or parishes for the administration of the 
io for the Relief of the Poor, if such parish, 
according to the enumeration of the population 
published by authority of Parliament, contain 
more than twenty thousand persons, to declare 
such parish to be separated from such union; and 
the relief of the poor shall thereafter be adminis- 
tered in such parish by a Board of Guardians 
elected according to the provisions of the Poor 
“ Law Amendment Act, or by a Board of Guardians 
“ or Trustees elected under a local Act, as the said 
Commissioners may direct.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 58, (Parishes with a population ex- 
ceeding twenty thousand under local Acts, having 
adopted the provisions of the Ist and 2d Jill. 4, c. 
60, to elect permanent paid auditors). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 30. 1. 


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Standing 
Orders ; 


Drogheda 
Improvement. 


Ayr Bridge 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Devaynes’ 
Estate Bill, 


Ladbroke’s 
Estate Bill, 


Leeds Vicarage 
Biil. 


514 18° Julie. A. 1844. 


out “and,” in order to insert “ Provided also, That | 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Brandon, and. its Mildenhall 
“ where any two or more parishes situated within 


vicinity, in the county of Suffolk, stating certain Savings Bank, 
the district of the Metropolitan Police, containing , matters relative to the proceedings of the Trustees of 


together a population exceeding twenty thousand, the Mildenhall Savings Bank; and praying that the 
according to the last enumeration of the popula- | laws relating to Banks for Savings may be put on 
“ tion published by authority of Parliament, have | such a footing as will effectually save the depositors 
been united for the purpose of rating or settlement who lay up in them the savings of their honest 
under the provisions of any local Act, and are industry, from being misled in future by any state- 
“ governed by Guardians or Directors under such | ments put forth under the authority of the trustees ; 
“ Tocal Act, and have not been comprised in any | and that the trustees may, in all cases, be held liable 
“ union formed under the provisions of the said | to make good the statements so put forth by their 
“ first-recited Act, and have not an auditor ap-| authority, and in reliance on which the savings of 
pointed under the provisions of the said first-re- | the depositors are placed in their hands, was pre- 


cited Act,” instead thereof. sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Question, That the word “ and’ stand part of 

Clause put, and Negatived. 
Proposed words inserted. 
Other Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 





A Petition of Rigby Wason, Esquire, of Corwar, Controvertea 
|in the county of Ayr, praying the House, before Elections Bill. 
passing the Bill now before them, to amend the 
law relating to the Trial of Controverted Elections, 

Crause, N° 59, agreed to. to order the production of the Petitioner’s evidence 
a | before the Select Committee on Cuntroverted Elec- 

Crause, N° 60, (Clerks and Officers may conduct | tions, or early in the ensuing session to appoint 
proceedings before Justices at petty or special ses- | another Committee, who shall examine before them 
sions, on behalf of Boards of Guardians, although | 21 parties who have suffered by and complain of the 
not a eshte |administration of the existing law, was presented, 

mendment made. weil « i 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 32. 1. 4. im Ey SO aI Se ER ee Se 
After “special” to insert “ or quarter.” | A Petition of Abraham Wivell, of West-place, Damageby Fire 
_ Question proposed, That “ or quarter” be there | Pershore-road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, praying (Metropolis) 
— Se by ayy withdrawn. \that the Damage by Fire (Metropolis) (No. 2.) Bill (No. 2.) Bill, 

ause, as amended, agreed to. may pass into a law, and that a clause may be in- 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. pres ser therein, requiring parishes to have and 


_keep in readiness such fire-escapes as may be deemed 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene most sufficient and convenient, was presented, and 
reported, That the Committee had made further |Fead 5 and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to - . ‘ , , 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit | A Petition of Holders of Railway Stock resident Railways Bill 
amie in the city of Exeter, and its neighboarhood, praying 
ad e } . . . ; . &gt; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again that the Railways Bill may not poss intos law, was 

resolve itself into the said Committee. — and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘Table. 

Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee | A Petition of Artists and Patrons of Art in Li- Art-Unions 
on tan ling ign — Resolutions ; and the | verpool, praying the House to adopt measures for 
no eenieal That in the case of the Drogheda | — cag py ag eg — 4 the 

eee Renee “ec promotion of the Fine Arts) on a sound and per- 

Improvement Petition for leave to present a Petition. ease basis, was presented, and read ; and sat St 
= : — - — be permitted to present a Pe-| to the Select Committee on Art-Unions. 
ition accordingly. 


2. fesolved, That in the case of the Ayr Bridge| A Petition of Paul Pentin, in the city of Norwich, Paul Pentin. 
(No. 2.) Bill, proposed Amendments on considera- | late a Private in the West Norfolk Militia, com- 
tion of Report, the said Amendments are of sucha _plaining of being compelled to serve fifteen years 
nature as to justify the House in entertaining them, | and three months in the militia in lieu of five years, 
without the re-commitment of the Bill. \the period for which he was originally sworn in and 
3. Resolved, That in the case of the Birkenhead enrolled; and praying for inquiry, was presented, 
Docks Bill, Lords’ Amendments, the said Amend-| and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
ments are of such a nature as may be adopted by | 


the House, if they shall think fit. Petitions from Titchmarsh ;— Lichfield ;—Wars- Corn Laws. 
The first Resolution, being read a second time, low and Upper and Lower Elkeston ;—Leek (two 
was agreed to. | Petitions) ;— Holinsclough ;— Woodnewton ;— Bene- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | field ;— Tansor ;— Deene ;-- Lowich ;— Deenethorpe ; 
| —Grindon ; —Clapton (Northampton) ; — Fother- 
Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select | inghay;— Butterton;—and, Alstonefield; praying 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in | the House to resist the efforts now making by the 
the case of Devaynes’ Estate Bill, no Standing Or- | Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no alteration what- 
ders were applicable. jever may be made in the existing Corn Laws,— 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
ithe 
Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select ee 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in| 


the case of Ladbroke’s Estate Bill, no Standing | 
Orders were applicable. 





A Petition of Duncan Macintyre, Drysalter, in Duncan 
Fort William, N. 8., stating that on the 15th No- Macintyre. 
i'vember 1826, he rendered considerable services 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. |in detecting the embezzlement of barrack stores at 

| Fort William; and praying the House to take into 

Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select | consideration the service rendered by him exclu- 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in| sively for the benefit of his country, was presented, 


the case of the Leeds Vicarage Bill, the Standing |and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Orders relative to Bills of the first class had not 

been complied with. The House proceeded to take into consideration Post-office. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the) 


that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. oth day ofthis instant July, wherein their Lordships 


request 

















Queenborough 
Corporation, 


Mr. O'Driscoll. 


Post-offices 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


8 VicTorRIz. 


request that this House will be pleased to give leave 
to Lord John Russell, a Member of this House, to 
attend their Lordships, in order to his being exa- 
mined before_the Secret Committee appointed by 
their Lordships to inquire into the practice of de- 
taining and opening Letters, under the Provisions 
of the Act 1 Vic. c. 36, and more particularly into 
the circumstances under which the Letters of Mr. 
Mazzini, a Literary Foreigner, and of Captain 
Charles Stolzman, a Pole, residing in England, have 
been opened ; 

And Mr. Speaker having informed the House, 
that he had received a Letter from Lord John Rus- 
sell, stating that he had been detained in the country 
by illness in his family, and desiring him to signify 
his consent to attend the Committee of the Lords, 
as desired by their Lordships ; 

Resolved, That Lord John Russell have leave to 
go to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acquaint them, that this House hath given leave to 
Lord John Russell to go to the House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships, ifhe think fit: And that 
Mr. Greene 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, a Copy of the Report made by the Commis- 
sioner appointed to inquire into the affairs of the 
Corporation of the Borough of Queenborough. 

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 
Copy of Correspondence between Lord Chancellor 
Sugden and A. O'Driscoll, Esquire, a Magistrate 
of the County of Cork. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
osed, That it be an Instruction to the Secret Com- 
mittee on the Post-office, that they do allow Thomas 
Slingsby Duncombe, Esquire, Member for the Bo- 
rough of Finsbury, to attend before the said Com- 
mittee, and produce and examine witnesses in sup- 
port of the Petitions of Joseph Mazzini and others, 
and of Charles Stolzman, referred to the said Com- 
mittee ; 

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 
“© Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esquire, be added 
“* to the Committee of Secresy on the Post-office,” 
instead thereof. 

Whereupon Mr. Speaker stated, that a Motion 
was made on the 2d of July, That Thomas Slingsby 
Duncombe, Esquire, be one other Member of the 
said Committee ; that that Question was put, and 
negatived upona division ; that he considered it was 
contrary to the usage and practice of the House, 
that a Question which had passed in the Negative 
should be again proposed in the same Session :— 
And the said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. ' 

Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

Yeas, Mr. Hume: 

Tellers for theJ Mr. Young, 

’ Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: 

So it passed in the Negative. 


51. 


141. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
imtituled, An Act for constructing Tidal Basins, a 


Dock, and other Works at Birkenhead, in the County 
Vou. 99. 


18° Juli. 


515 


of Chester, and for other Purposes; and the same 
were read, as follow: 
Pr. 33. 1. ult. After “ grant” insert “ all the 
“ estate, right, title and interest of Her Majesty, 
‘“* Her heirs and successors of and in.” 

Pr. 34.1. 22. After “ Act” insert “all the estate, 
“ right, title and interest of Her Majesty, Her heirs 
** and successors, of and in.” 
Pr. 34.1. 24. Leave out from “ river” to “ as” 
in |. 25. 

Pr. 34. 1. 31. After “ case” insert “ the estate, 
right, title and interest of Her Majesty, Her heirs 
“ and successors, of and in.” 

Pr, 34. 1.33. Leave out from “ shore” to “ shall” 
in |. 34. 

Pr. 35.1. 22. Leave out “ formed” and insert 
“ constructed.” 

Pr. 36.1. 9. After “ convey” insert “ all the 
estate, right, title and interest of Her Majesty, 
“ Her heirs and successors, of and in.” 

Pr. 36.1.13. Leave out from “same” to “ which” 
in |. 16. 

Pr. 37.1. 10. After “ lease” insert “ the estate, 
right, title and interest of Her Majesty, Her heirs 
and successors, of and in.” 

Pr, 42.1. 33. After “ to” insert “ or from.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 4. After “ embankment” insert “ or 
the dam.” 

Pr. 44.1. 9. After “ thereto” insert “ or there- 
from.” 

Pr. 44. 1. 14. After “ embankment” insert “ or 
the said dam.” 

Pr. 44.1. 34, After “ thereto” insert “ or there- 
from.” 

Pr. 44. 1. ult. After “ or” insert “in any or 
either of the aforesaid cases or.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 14. Leave out from “ Poulton-cum- 
Seacombe” to “ Be” im}. 17. 

Pr. 96. 1. 6. After “ section’’ insert “ to be de- 
posited as.” 

Pr. 96.1.7. Leave out “ referred to” and insert 
mentioned.” 

Pr. 98. 1. 28. After ‘‘ repair” insert Clauses (A.), 
(B.), (C.), (D.), (E.)_ and (F.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Commissioners for executing this Act shall make 
in the said sea-wall between Seacombe and Wood- 
side, not less than two several and distinct slips 
or flights of stairs in such parts of the said wall, 
one between Seacombe Ferry and the large basin, 
the other between Woodside Ferry and the said 
basin, at nearly equal distances from each, both 
which said slips and stairs shall be landing and 
embarking places for the accommodation of the 
public, and shall respectively be not less than 
Six feet wide and of easy ascent, and the public 
shall have free access thereto and therefrom : 
Provided nevertheless, that nothing hereinbefore 
or in this Act contained shall prejudice, diminish, 
alter or take away the rights and privileges of 
the Ferries of Woodside and Seacombe, or of either 
of them.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Commissioners shall, before they cemmence the 
construction of the said sea-wall, extending from 
the said large tidal basin to near Woodside Ferry 
Slip, make the tidal basin on the north side of 
and adjoining the same slip for the accommoda- 
tion of the coasting trade of the port, of such 
dimensions as the Commissioners for executing 
the office of Lord High Admiral of the United 
Kingdom shall direct, such direction to be sig- 
nified in writing under the hand of the Secretary 
of the Admiralty for the time being.” 

Cuause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Commissioners shall, if required so to do by 
the Commissioners for executing the office of the 
Lord High Admiral, expressed in writing under 
the hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty, and 


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in writing under the hand of the acting conser- 
vator of the said River, make, at the Seacombe 
end of the said river wall, such further accommo- 
dation for the coasting trade of the said port as 
shall be thereby ordered.” 

Cravuse (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Commissioners shall keep and maintain, by 
dredging or otherwise, the said small] tidal basin 
near Woodside Ferry Pier, at a depth of six feet 
at low-water at the entrance thereof, and at a 
graduated depth from the said entrance to the 
south western boundary of the said basin, as de- 
fined on the said Plan, and so that low-water of 
an ordinary spring-tide should freely flow up to 
the said south western boundary, and shall gra- 
dually slope the beach from the said boundary of 
low-water for the space or area of six acres, and 
maintain the same as and for a beaching ground.” 

Cravuse (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
meantime and until the tide harbour basin at 
Woodside Ferry shall be completed and made fit 
for the reception of coasting vessels, at least 
twenty-five acres on the northern shore and 
twenty-five acres on the southern side of Wallasey 
Pool, shall be kept and be maintained in its pre- 
sent state, and left free for the use of such coast- 
ing vessels as usually resort thereto, and no por- 
tion of the works by this Act authorized which 
can in any way affect the said beaching ground 
of the said Pool, or prevent coasting vessels from 
anchoring or lying therein, shall be commenced 
or proceeded with, until the said tidal basin shall 
be fit and ready for the reception of the coasting 
vessels using the said Pool.’ 

Crause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Commissioners, and they are 


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A, 1844. 


Crause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they 
are hereby required to make and enforce a bye- 
law by which it shall not be lawful for any vessel 
above two hundred tons burthen to resort to or 
use any tidal basin hereby provided for the ac- 
commodation of coasting vessels, or any such 
other basin as shall be hereafter provided by the 
direction of the Admiralty.” 


In the Schedules to the Bill: 


Pr. 176. 1.34. Leave out from “spaces” to “on” 
in |. penult., and insert “ by this Act reserved.” 

Pr. 176. 1. ult. After “ south” insert “ sides,” 
and in the same line after “ pier” insert “ and slip.” 

Pr. 177. 1. 1. After “ pier” insert “ and slip.” 

_ The said Amendments, being read a second 
time ; 

(And it appearing that the Amendments in Pr. 96, 
1. 6. &amp; 1. 7, and the Clauses (A.), (B.), (C.), (D.), (E.) 
and (I’.) are to carry out more fully the intentions 
of this House), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton 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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A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 


and Mr. Senior: 


Mr. Speaker, 
_ The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 


the Lords, 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to exempt from the Three-and-a- 


Payment of Property Tax the Dividends on certain 
Annuities of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum 





hereby required, at their own cost, within two years 
after the passing of this Act, to raise Woodside 
Ferry Slip to a level with the sea-wall by this Act 
authorized to be made.” 


vided always, that nothing in this Enactment 
contained shall be held to alter or affect in any 
manner the provisions of an Act passed in the 
present Session of Parliament, intituled, ‘ An Act 
for enabling the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks 
to construct additional Wet Docks and other 
Works, and to raise a further Sum of Money, and 
for amending and extending the Acts relating to 
the Docks and Harbour of Liverpool.’” 

Pr. 102. 1. 2. Leave out “ Pool-street” and in- 


sert “ Livingstone-street.” 


Pr. 102. ls. 4. and 5. Leave out “ Pool-street” 


and insert “ Livingstone-street.” 


Pr. 106. 1. 4. Leave out “ Be it Enacted, That’’ 


and insert “ and whereas since depositing the said 


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Plans and Sections an alteration in the line and 
situation of the sea-wall adjoining the River Mer- 
sey, between Seacombe and Woodside Ferries afore- 
said, and also an alteration of several of the said 
works as laid down and defined upon such Plans 
and Sections, have been agreed upon and deter- 
mined: BE it therefore Enacted, That the said 
Plans, Sections and Books of Reference so depo- 
sited shall remain withand be kept by thesaid Clerk 
of the Peace; and that a Map or Plan describing 
the line and situation of the said sea-wall and 
other works respectively, as the same are intended 
to be made by virtue of this Act, authenticated 
by the signature of the Right honourable the 
Chairman of the Committees of the House of 
Lords, together with Sections thereto respectively, 
shall, within One calendar month after the Ad- 
miralty and the Lords Conservators have given 
their consent thereto, be deposited with the said 
Clerk of the Peace and.” 

Pr. 106. 1. 38. After ‘ Plans” insert “ so to be 
deposited.” 

Pr, 149. 1. 8. After “ provided” insert Clause 


(G.) 





: | First de lei “ed R | Bill. 
Pr. 99. |. penult. After “ pounds” insert “ Pro-| First day of October One thousand eight hundred Removal Bi 


‘and Forty-five, and to the end of the then Session 





| 


per Annum, payable for the quarter of the year end- 
ing the Tenth day of October One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-four: 


half per Cents. 
Exemption Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Vagrants 


of Parliament, Two Acts relating to the Removal of 
Poor Persons born in Scotland and Jreland, and 
chargeable to Parishes in England : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and continue Prisons 


then next Session of Parliament, the Law with re- 
|spect to Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland : 
| First day of August One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-five, and to the end of the then Session 
of Parliament, certain Turnpike Acts: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making a Railway 


Roch, in the Parish of Saint Michael, in Saint 
Minver Lowlands, in the County of Cornwall: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for lighting, paving, cleansing, widening and 
improving the Streets of the Town or Parish of Wells, 
in the County of Worfolk, for removing and pre- 
venting Nuisances therein, and for making new 
Streets or Roadways, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment 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, to inquire into fhe present state of the Build- 
ing of the New Houses of Parliament; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the 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, 





The 


until the First day of September One thousand (Scotland) Bil, 
‘eight hundred and Sixty-one, and to the end of the 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Turnpike Acts 


Continuance 
ill. 


Delabole and 


from Mellorn, in the Parish of Minster, to Black (Nera) Bill 


Wells Lighting 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Unlawful Oaths 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 515. 


8 VicToriz. 
The Order of the day being read, for the third 


reading of the ingrossed Bill to continue an Act of 


the second and third years of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, An Act to extend and render more effec- 
tual for Five years an Act passed in the fourth year 
of His late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend 
an Act passed in the fiftieth year of his Majesty 
George the Third, for preventing the administering 
and taking Unlawful Oaths in Ireland ; 

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 proposed, That the word 

“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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 to continue for One year an Act 
of the second and third years of Her present Ma- 
jesty, intituled, An Act to extend and render more 
effectual for Five Years an Act passed in the fourth 
year of his late Majesty George the Fourth, to 
amend an Act passed in the fiftieth year of his Ma- 
jesty George the Third, for preventing the adminis- 
tering and taking Unlawful Oaths in Ireland. 

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 Poor 
Law Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Criavuse, N° 61, amended, and agreed to. 
Criavuses, N° 62 and N° 63, disagreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 64 to N° 68, agreed to. 
ScHEDULEs (A.) and (B.), agreed to. 
Clauses added. 


Another Clause (Provided always, and be it fur- 
ther Enacted, That wherever Overseers shall have, 
for the first time, been separately appointed for any 
township or village, since the fourteenth day of Au- 
gust, A. D., One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
four, all persons who, in case such township or village 
had been a township or village maintaining its own 
poor from time immemorial, would have been legally 
settled in such township or village, shall be con- 
sidered to have their place of settlement in such 
township or village notwithstanding, at the occur- 
rence of the circumstances conferring any such 
right of settlement, such township or village was 
united with a larger district for the maintenance of 
the poor; and every such person shall or may be 
removed to such township or village, as to his or 
her place of last legal settlement)——brought up, 
and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question, That the said Clause 
be now read a second time put, and Negatived. 

Another Clause (And be it Enacted, That the Com. 
missioners shall not be empowered to enforce indis- 
criminate separation between man and wife, and 
that in no instance shall they sanction or allow se- 
paration when the application for relief shall be 
substantiated as arising from positive inability to 
obtain work, or from physical infirmity, and not 
from idleness, vice or crime)——brought up, and 
read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause be now read a second time; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Mr. Redhead Yorke, 





1 
Yeas, \ Captain Pechell : | i 
Tellers for thefJ Mr. Young, { 
Noes, Lord Arthur Lennox: y™ 
Vou. 99, 


[8°—19° Juli. 




















517 


Another Clause (And be it Enacted, That Boards 
of Guardians be empowered to permit the inmates to 
go out of union houses to seek employment during the 
day, subject to such regulations as they may deem 
— brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question, That the said Clause 
be now read a second time——put, and Negatived. 


Another Clause (And be it Enacted, That in the 
case of any person being a widow, who shall have a 
legitimate child or children dependent upon her for 
support, and no illegitimate child born after the 
commencement of her widowhood, it shall be lawful 
for the Guardians of the union or parish to which 
such widow or widows may have become charge- 
able, to grant relief, if they shall see fit, to such 
widow or widows, although not residing within the 
union or parish in which she or they may have a 
legal settlement)——brought up, and read the first 
time. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause be now read a second time ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Burroughes, 1 a9 

Yeas, Mr. Bankes : J ™ 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Young, 

Noes, \ Lord Arthur Lennox: \ 
Clause read a second time, and added. 


Another Clause (And be it Enacted, That no poor 
person, being of good character, and beyond the age 
of sixty, applying for relief, shall be compelled to go 
into a workhouse, but that relief in aid of the main- 
tenance of such person shall be given out of doors, 
when, from disability, they become fit and proper 
objects of relief) ——brought up, and read the first 
time. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
said Clause be now read a second time :— Motion, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause withdrawn. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





48. 





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 Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


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


Veneris, 19° die Juliit, 1844: 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Duchy of Corn- 


into a Committee upon the Duchy of Cornwall wall 


ssession= 


Assessionable Manors Bill; and, after some spent able Manors 


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. 


Bill. 


No, 509. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Duchy of Corn 
into a Committee upon the Duchy of Cornwall Wal Lands Bill. 


Lands 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 
consideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


3uU3 Petitions 


No. 510. 





Canal Com- 
panies Bill. 


Canal Com- 
panies Bill, 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Remedies at 
Law and in 


Equity Bill, 


Marriages 
(ireland) Bill. 


Railways Bill. 
No. 511. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Marriages Bull. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Regula- 
tion Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 


Names Bill. 


518 18°—19° Julie. 


Petitions of the Committee of Proprietors of the 
Barnsley Canal Navigation ;— Proprietors of the 
Stroudwater Navigation ;— Trustees of the River 
Lee Navigation ;— Committee of the Nottingham 
Canal Company ;—Proprietors of the Peak Forest 
Canal (Chairman) ;—Committee of the Company of 
Proprietors of the Navigation of the River Dun; 
—Committee of the Cromford Canal Company ;— 
Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation 
from Manchester to or near Ashton-under- Lyne and 
Oldham (Chairman) ;—Committee of the Company 
of Proprietors of the Rochdale Canal ;—Proprietors 
of the Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation (Chair- 


A. 1844, 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to reduce, under 
certain circumstances, the Duties payable upon 
Books and Engravings. 


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 now received. 


Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 





man);—and, Select Committee for managing the 
affairs of the Navigation from the Trent to the 
Mersey (Chairman) ; praying that the Canal Com- 
panies Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Canal Companies Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Joint Stock Companies 
Remedies at Law and in Equity 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 ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Marriages (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a| “ 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Savings Banks Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Marriages Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Banks Regulation 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Land Tax Commission- | 
ers’ Names Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to; and Amendments were made to the 


Bill. 


Resolved, That it is expedient to reduce, under 
certain circumstances, the Duties payable upon 


| Books and Engravings. 


| 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 and Mr. Glad- 
stone do prepare, and bring it in, 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Copyholds 
amend and explain the Acts for the Commutation of Entranchise- 
certain Manorial Rights in respect of Lands of mont BE, 


Copyhold and Customary Tenure, and in respect of 
other Lands subject to such Rights, and for facili- 
tating the Enfranchisement of such Lands, and for 
the Improvement of such Tenure, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

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. 


Establishment of District Courts and Prisons, was, 
according to Order, read the third time; and the 
Amendment following was made to the Bill: 


Pr. 4. 1.25. After “ division” insert Clause (A.) 


Crause (A.) “ And whereas by an Act passed 
in the third year of the reign of Her Majesty, 
intituled, ‘ An Act for the better ordering of 
Prisons,’ it is provided, that it shall not be lawful 
to enlarge, build or rebuild any Prison, until one 
of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 
| shall have approved the plan of such Prison or 
|“ intended Prison; Be it Enacted, That it shall be 
|“ lawful for the Secretary of State to appoint a pro- 
|“ per person, to be Surveyor-general of Prisons for 
|“ the purpose of advising the Justices and others 
having the superintendence of the construction of 
Prisons, and for reporting to the Secretary of 
State on the several plans which shall be sent to 
him for his approval as aforesaid, and for the 
performance of such other duties connected with 
the construction of Prisons as shall be from time 
to time entrusted to him by the Secretary of 
“ State.” 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
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 an Amendment ; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


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The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to ex- District Courts. 
tend the Powers of the Act for encouraging the and Prisons 
i. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lecturers and 
’ &gt; ? : 

into a Committee upon the Lecturers and Parish Parish Clerks 
Clerks Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ~'” 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 





Books and 
Engravings. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider the Act 6 and 7 Vic. 
c. 47, to amend the Laws relating to the Customs. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, Tnat the Committee had gonethrough the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





The 





urts. 








8 VicToRiz. 18°—19° Jul. 519 


Party Process The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act of the se- 
sions ({reland) ond and third years of his late Majesty, for restrain- 
- ing for Five Years, in certain cases, Party Processions 
in Ireland, 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 
June One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, 
an Act of the second and third years of his late 





Majesty, for restraining for Five Years, in certain 
cases, Party Processions in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Western The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act of the tenth 
Australia Billy 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, 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-six, 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. 


Farm Buildings The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law as to burn- 
Bill. ing Farm Buildings, 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. 


Parish Con- Mr. Greene reported the Parish Constables Bill ; 
stables Bill. and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (For removing doubts as to the power 
of Justices to appoint constables in certain cases), 
was brought up and twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Criminal Justice The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Middlesex) mittee on the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill ; 
=. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Loan Societies | The ingrossed Bill to continue the Act to amend 
Bill. the Laws relating to Loan Societies, 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-five, 
and to the end of the then Session of Parliament, 
the Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Socie- 
ties. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Sea Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Company. Copies of the Correspondence between the Chan- 
No. 512. cellor of the Exchequer and the South Sea Com- 
pany, relating to the completion of the Guarantee 
Fund, the Rate paid to the Company for Manage- 
ment, and the Balance to be retained on account of 

Unclaimed Dividends. 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 

presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


South Sea The House was moved, That the Act 55 Geo. 3, 
Company. c. 57, to repeal the Provisions of former Acts, grant- 























ing exclusive Privileges of Trade to the South Sea 


Company, and to indemnify the said Company for 
VoL. 99. 


the Loss of such Privileges, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 
the said Act. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mr. Coppinger. 


Copies of the Correspondence between Henry Sug- 
den, Esquire, Secretary to the Lord Chancellor of 
Ireland, and Thomas Stephen Coppinger, Esquire, of 
Midleton, in the County of Cork, relative to the re- 


moval of the latter from the Commission of the 
Peace. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Townland 
to inquire whether the present Townland Valuation Celene.) 
of Ireland made by the Commissioners of Valuation‘ ” 
under the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 115, can be made No. 5138. 
available for the imposition of poor rate and other 
local rates in that country, and also whether it be 
not desirable to alter the principle on which the 
Townland Valuation is now constructed, have Power 
to report their Observations thereupon to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Mr. Young 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 be printed. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill to enable Private Private Part- 
Partnerships to sue and be sued in the name of the nerships Bill. 


Firm: And the same was read the first time; and No. 514. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
next; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act of the pre- Thrce-and-a- 
sent Session, c. 4, for transferring Three pounds ten blf per Cents. 


shillings per Centum per Annum Annuities (One Dente 
thousand eight hundred and eighteen) into Annuities 

of Three pounds five shillings per Centum per Annum, 

and new Three pounds per Centum per Annum, might 

be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
present Session, c. 5, for transferring certain Annui- 
ties of Three pounds ten shillings per Centum per 
Annum and Government Debentures, into Annuities 
of Three pounds five shillings per Centum per Annum, 
and new Three pounds per Centum per Annum An- 
nuities, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee for the purpose of making 


provision for paying off the Dissentients under the 
said Acts. 


Ordered, That the additional Names for the divi- Land Tax 


sion of Horncastle and Hill, in the county of Lin- Commissioners’ 


coln, added to the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names N#™es Bill. 
Bill, be printed. 
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, 19° die Julii ; 


Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 





PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees be revived :-— Committees. 
And that they have leave to sit this day, till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; and the same Orders; 
was read, as followeth : 


Resolved, That in the case of the Leeds Vicarage Leeds Vicarage 
—_ the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Bil. 


3U4+ with ; 





Devaynes’ 
Estate Bill. 


Mackenzie’s 
(Scatwell) 
Estate Bill. 


Mackenzie’s 
(Seaforth) 
Estate Bill, 


Wells Harbour 
and Quay Bill, 


Railways. 


520 


with; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Devaynes’ Estate 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 to en- 
able Sir James John Randoll Mackenzie, of Scat- 
well, Baronet, to add certain Lands and Estates be- 
longing to him in Fee Simple, to his entailed Estate, 


19° Julie. 


A, 1844, 


and, in case the Line or Lines be stated in such 
Report to be a Competing Line or Competing Lines, 
the reasons which have induced the Committee to 
recommend the adoption or rejection of such Com- 
peting Lines, or either of them. 

Resolved, That in the case of Railway Bills, a 
Copy of all Plans, Sections and Books of Titneane, 
required by the Orders of the House to be deposited 
in the office of any Clerk of the Peace or Sheriff 
Clerk, on or before the 30th day of November im- 
mediately preceding the Session of Parliament in 
which application for the Bill shall be made, shall 
on or before the same day be deposited in the office 
of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. 





upon certain Terms and Conditions; and to borrow 
certain Sums of Money upon the Security of his 
entailed Estate, for Repayment of certain Claims for 
Money laid out, and to be laid out, in Improvements 
upon the said Estate, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gibson Craig 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 
vesting in Trustees certain parts of the Entailed 
Estate of Seaforth, to be sold, and the Price applied 
in Payment of the Entailer’s Debts, and the Surplus 
to be laid out in the Purchase of other Lands; for 
enabling the Heiress in Possession to borrow a Sum 
of Money on the credit of the said Entailed Estates ; 
and for other Purposes connected therewith, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gibson Craig 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 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for improving the Harbour and 
Quay of Wells, in the County of Norfolk, and for 
extending and altering some of the Provisions of 
the Act relating to the said Harbour and Quay; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 3. 1. 27. Leave out from “ Norfolk” to 
“ which ” in 1, 29. 

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. 


Resolved, That in the case of Railway Bills, if 
any Report made under the authority of the Board 
of Trade upon any Bill or the objects thereof be 
laid before the House, such Report shall be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 

Ordered, That the 11th Section of Standing Order 
No. 87, requiring the Committee, in the case ofa 
Railway Bill, to report specially, “ whether any and 
what competing lines of Railway there are existing, 


Resolved, That in the case of Railway Bills, a 
Copy of every Bill annexed to a Petition be depo- 
sited in the office of the Railway Department of the 
Board of Trade, on or before the day of presenta- 
tion of the Petition to the House. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ayr Bridge 
the further Proceeding upon the consideration of the (Ne. 2+) Bill. 
Report on the Ayr Bridge (No. 2.) Bill:—The 
House resumed the said further Proceeding; and 
the Amendment which, upon Tuesday last, was 
— to be made to the Bill, was agreed to. 

rdered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Metropolitan Buildings Metropolitan 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed Buildings Bill, 
to. No. 516. 

A Clause (Disqualification of Official Referees 
and Registrar), was brought up, and twice read ; 
and 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Joint Stock 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Companies Companies 
Registration and Regulation Bill; and, after some ottnetam 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair Bill. 
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, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Asseut 
the Black Rod : sie 
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 ; 








and whether any, and what, are in progress or con- 
templation, and to state, so far as circumstances 
will permit, in what respects the proposed Line is 
superior or inferior to the other Lines; but that no 
Line of Railway be deemed a competing Line in 
contemplation, unless the Plan, Section and Book 
of Reference for the same shall have been deposited 
with the Clerks of the Peace and in the Private 
Bil' Office respectively, as required by the Standing 
Orders,” be repealed. 

Resolved, That in the case of a Railway Bill, the 
Committee report specially, whether any Report 
from the Board of Trade in regard to the Bill, or 
the objects thereby proposed to be authorized, has 
been referred by the House to the Committee, and 
if so, whether any and what recommendations con- 
tained in such Report have been adopted by the 
Committee, and whether any and what recommen- 
dations contained in such Report have been rejected ; 














Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills therein 
mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 

Which Bills are as follow: 

An Act to regulate the Issue of Bank Notes, and Bank of Eng- 
for giving to the Governor and Company of the land Charter 
Bank of England certain Privileges for a limited™’* 
time : 

An Act to exempt from the Payment of Property Three-and-a- 
Tax the Dividends on certain Annuities of Three half per Cen 
pounds ten shillings per Centum per Annum, payable -**™?" ¥™ 
for the quarter of the year ending the Tenth day of 


—" One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
our: 





An 





as ~~ 


8 Vicroriz. 19° Juliz. 521 


Dissenters’ An Act for the Regulation of Suits relating to | 


An Act to extend the Line of the Garnkirk and Garnkirk, 
Chapels Bill. ~WMfeeting Houses and other Property held for Reli- | 


Glasgow Railway, to enable the Company to raise Glasgow and 
gious Purposes by Persons dissenting from the|a further Sum of Money, and to alter and amend Reiley Bill 
United Church of England and Ireland: the Acts relating to the said Railway : : 


Customs Daties An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Cus-| An Act for making a Railway from Mellorn, in iclabale ond 
(Isle of Man) toms in the Isle of Man: the Parish of Minster, to Black Rock, in the Parish eg 
Bill. of Saint Michael, in Saint Minver Lowlands, in °*) Bi 
Education Bill. An Act to secure the Terms on which Grants are | the County of Cornwall : 
made by Her Majesty out of the Parliamentary; An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Liverpool Liverpool 
Grant for the Education of the Poor, and toexplain | Docks to construct additional Wet Docks and other Docks Bill. 


the Act of the fifth year of the reign of Her present | Works, and to raise a further Sum of Money, and 


Majesty, for the Conveyance of Sites for Schools : | for amending and extending the Acts relating to 


County Rates, | An Act for facilitating the Collection of County | the Docks and Harbour of Liverpool: 








&amp;c., Bill. Rates, and for relieving High Constables from at- An Act for authorizing the Newport Dock Com- Newport 
tendance at Quarter Sessions, in certain cases, and | ee to raise further Monies, and to make Sale of Peck Bill. 
from certain other Duties : \the Docks and Works, and for amending certain 


Militia Ballots An Act to suspend until the Thirty-first day of! Acts relating to the said Dock : , ; 
Suspension Bill. August One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, An Act for constructing Tidal Basins, a Dock Bicbenbend 
the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments | aud other Works at Birkenhead, in the County of Ports Pil. 
for the Militia of the United Kingdom : | Chester, and for other Purposes: “ae 
Stock in Trade An Act to continue until the First day of October | = ~ _ | andi. lighting ~~ a rin ete 
Bill. One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, and to (ong eee eee en ne eee Oe 
see Sot te ca ees a Nes Begg ” and for removing and preventing Nuisances and 
wank é i . , the “X~ Annoyances therein : 
sae pln tg pet aoe An Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and Coventry 
of Stock in Trade, or other Property, to the Relief’ emanates: age ean sige eh 





f the P Improvements, to provide a Residence for the wj Cemetery 
a adh eget . ,; ' Judges during the Assizes in the said City, and to ~ 
Vagrants An Act to continue until the First day of October | gota}, = A 


oo . establish a Cemetery for the Dead near the said City: 

Removal Bills One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, and to An Act for uniting the York Gas Light Company York United 
— end of = then i . on 7 Acts and the York Union Gas Light Company, and for Ss (No. 2.) 
relating to the removal of Poor Persons born in oft flies ail " Bill. 

g : ‘more etlectually lighting with Gas the City of York 
Scotland and Ireland, and chargeable to Parishes Yad Ve ie : 


: and the Suburbs and Vicinity thereof, in the Count 
in England : . y ‘ y 


: ; ; \of York: 
Tumpike Acts — An Act to continue until the First day of August | 


: | An Act for making a Landing-place at or near Hythe Landing, 
-—meaaes One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, and to Hythe, in the Parish of Fawley and Extra-parochial place Bill. 

the end of the then Session of Parliament, certain | Places adjoining thereto, in the County of South- 

Turnpike Acts : |ampton : 
Parishes An Act to facilitate the disjoining or dividing of | An Act for repairing, maintaining and improving Holmfirth and 


(Scotland Bill. extensive or populous Parishes, and the erecting of |the Road from Flint-lane to Holmfirth, and thence Duniord Road 
new Parishes, in that part of the United Kingdom | to the Huddersfield and Woodhead Turnpike-road, ss 
called Scotland : _and for making and maintaining a new Line of Road 
_. An Act to amend and continue until the First | from the said Road, at a Place called Bents, to or 
(Scotland) Bills Gay of September One thousand eight hundred and | near Dunford Bridge, all in the West Riding of the 
Sixty-one, and to the end of the then next Session | County of York: et, 
of Parliament, the Law with respect to Prisons and | An Act for more effectually repairing the Road Market Har- 


Prisons 


Prison Discipline in Scotland : | — — FN in the County of Leicester, a. ~~. 
Charitable _ An Act to amend an Act of the last Session, to | ye or 
Loan Societies 


ies consolidate and amend the Laws for the Resulation!. A Act to authorize the Sale of a certain Lease- Earl of Guil- 
ll. ; ee S | ; . ord’ 
CE s Chasiable Lann Besislie: i, Bahend- | hold Estate in the County of Kent, part of the = Eame 
Turpike Acts = An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of | a ee oe eee ee 
Continuance Fu One thousand eieht hundred y Cay OF An Act to remedy certain Defects in the Appor- Necton 
(Ireland) will, “Wy One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, | tionment of the Rent-charge in lieu of Tithes, in Tithes Bill. 
and to the end of the then Session of Parliament, | “ . folh « 
cotnin Ate te tn: Dateien 8 the Parish of WVecton, in the County of Norfolk: 
pana : © 8 P a |. An Act for selling the entailed Estate of Schwas, Irvine's | 
Edinburgh, An Act to alter, explain, revive and continue the ‘7 6 
Leith and Gran- Powers and Provisions of the / : | Forbes Irvine, Esquire, and for investing the Price 
ton Railway owers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the | thereof in the Purchase of other Lands to be en- 
Bill. Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway, and to. : 


make Two Branch Railways therefrom : | tailed in lieu of the said Estate : 


Poa en ; ; An Act for carrying into effect a Contract between Stone’s 
er _ = y- An Act for making a Railway from the M/anches- | Edward Gresley Stone and Thomas Fulljames, Es- Estate Bill. 


Liverpuol Junc- £€7 and Leeds Railway _to the Towns of Ashton- | quires, for the Sale to the said Thomas Fulljames, of 
on Railway under-Lyne and Stalybridge : an Estate, in the Parishes of Hasfield, Ashleworth 
: and Corse, in the County of Gloucester, part of the 


yr An Act to enable the Sheffield, Ashton-under- | Estates devised by the Will of John Stone, Esquire, 
Lyne,and Lyne and Manchester Railway Company to make a | deceased, and for investing the Purchase-money in 
Manchester Branch Railway to Ashton-under-Lyne and Staly- | other Estates to be settled to the same Uses, and for 


Railway Bill. bridge, and to alter and enlarge the Powers of the 





: vesting certain other detached Estates in the Counties 

Taf Vale said Company : ; ‘of Gloucester and Worcester, devised by the same 

Railway Bill An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Taff | Will, in Trustees for Sale, and for investing the Mo- 
ye Vale Railway, to authorize the alteration of certain | 


A e . nies arising therefrom in the Purchase of more con- 
Works thereby authorized, and the Formation of yenient Estates to be settled to the same Uses. 
additional Works, and to enlarge the Powers of the | 
Company : 


Eastern Union — An Act for making a Railway from Colchester to 


Mr. Berthon, from the Trinity House, was called Pilotage. 
Railway Bill. 


; in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the di- 

Ipswich : rections of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 

London and An Act to amend the Acts relating to the London of the Receipt and Appropriation of the Pilots’ 
uth Western as h W = Baile : a x aie ie 

Reilway and South Western Railway, and to authorize an | Fund of the Corporation of Trinity House of Dept- 


(No, 1.) Bill, Extension of the said Railway and other Works at ford Strond, in the year ending 31st December 
or = = Nine Elms Station : | 1843 :—And then he withdrew. 
OL. . j 


| 3x Ordered, 









































A AEE ELIOT OI 

























































































Joint Stock 
Companies 
Registration 


and Regulation 


Bill. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Education 
(Treland.) 


Maynooth 
College. 


Marriages 


(Ireland. ) 


Roman 
Catholics. 


Monasteries, 


Poor Law 
Amendmeut 
Bill. 


522 


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


The House, according to the Order made this day, 
resolved itself into a Committee upon the Joint Stock 
Companies Registration and Regulation 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 Tues- 
day next. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of yester- 
day, wherein their Lordships request that this House 
will be pleased to communicate to their Lordships 
a Copy of the Report from the Select Committee, 
appointed by this House, to inquire into the present 
state of the Building of the New Houses of Parlia- 
ment; together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the Committee. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships in their said Message: And that Mr. 
Greene do deliver the same. 





Petitions from Ballymacward ;—and, Crossmoline; 
praying that the annual grant for National Education 
in /reland, may be discontinued,—were presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Members and Friends of the Pro- 
testant Association ;— Rincurran;— Tallow ;— Tower 
Hamlets ;—Clare (Suffolk) ;— Westminster ;—Bally- 
macward ;— Terling ;—Norwich ; —Otten Belchamp 
and Belchamp Saint Paul ;—Romaldkirk ;—and, | 
East and West Leake ; 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. 


Petitions from Penfield, Glasgow ;—and, Bally- | 
reagh; praying the House to pass a Bill, to declare 
valid, to all intents and purposes in law, all Mar- 
riages solemnized by Presbyterian ministers in Jre- 
land, provided they shall have been solemnized and | 
registered according to the published regulations | 
of the Presbyterian Church,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballymacward, Dio- | 
cese of Clonfert, praying that by the exclusion of | 
Roman Catholics from Parliament, Jreland may be 
restored to her position as a christian nation, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Norwich ;—Members and Friends 
of the Protestant Association; —East and West 
Leake ;—and, Terling ; praying that measures may 
be devised and taken for the suppression of Monas- 
teries, and the final prohibition and banishment from 
the United Kingdom of Jesuits and members of 
other religious orders, communities or societies of 
the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious 
vows,——were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Ips- 
wich Union, praying for the insertion of a Clause 
in the Poor Law Amendment Bill, recognizing the 
p-inciple of allowing out-door relief to able-bodied 
labourers, and investing the guardians of the poor 
with full discretionary powers to carry such clause 
into effect, uncontrolled by the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
in the counties of Denbigh and Flint, 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. 





19° Juliz. 







































A. 1844, 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, 
in the parish of Willesborough, in the county of 
Kent, praying the House not to exempt from the 
provisions of the said Bill, union poor-houses from 
the payment of all or any parochial charges or as- 
sessment whatsoever, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brighton Petty Sessions District ; Corn Laws, 
— Worthing Petty Sessions District ;— Cuckfield 
Petty Sessions District ;-- and, Alburgh ; praying 
the House to resist the efforts now making by the 
Anti-Corn Law League, and that no alteration what- 
ever may be made in the existing Corn Laws,—were 


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


A Petition of Members of the Liverpool Peace Punishment 
Society, praying for abolition of the Punishment of of Death. 
Death, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Nottingham :—and, Alness ; pray- Dissenters’ 
ing that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may not pass Chapels Bill. 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising County Courts 
in the counties of Denbigh and Flint, praying that Bill. 
the County Courts Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Commit- Public Petitions 
tee on Public Petitions; That they had examined (Fortieth Res 
the Petitions presented upon the 15th, 16th and 17th Pe) 
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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Courts of 
into a Committee upon the Courts of Common Law mest 
Process 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 Courts of Com- 
into a Committee upon the Courts of Common Law Mee (irelan a) 
Process (Lreland) Bill; and, after some time spent gin), 
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 ingrossed Bill to extend the Powers of the Parish Con- 
Act for the Appointment and Payment of Parish *tbles Bill. 
Constables, 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, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s stave Trade. 
Command,—Class A., Copy of Correspondence with 
the British Commissioners relating to the Slave 
Trade, 1843. 

Class B.—Copy of Correspondence on the Slave 
Trade with Foreign Powers, Parties to Treaties under 
which captured Vessels are to be tried by mixed 
Tribunals, 1843. 

Class C.—Copy of Correspondence on the Slave 
Trade with Foreign Powers, Parties to Treaties and 
Conventions under which captured Vessels are to se? 
trie 














Sinking Fund. 


Pensions, 


No. 517. 


Court of 
Craacery 
(Ireland.) 


Hawkers and 
Pedlars. 


Customs, 


Supply. 


Joseph Henr 
R y 


olls. 


Militia Esti- 
mates, 


8 Vicroriz. 


tried by Tribunals of the Nation to which they belong, 
1843. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Rate of Increase of the Sinking 
Fund, from the first establishment of it by Mr. Pitt 
in 1786, to the close of the War in 1815, in periods 
of Five years (in continuation of the Return laid 
before this House, 30th April last). 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—A List of all 
Pensions granted between the 20th day of June 
1843 and the 20th day of June 1844, and charged 
upon the Civil List. 

Copy of Treasury Warrant granting Compensation 
to Thomas Fenton, Esquire, one of the Examiners- 
in-Chief of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, for 
the quarter ending 10th July 1844. 

Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—Returns showing the different Rates of Li- 
cense granted to Hawkers, the Number of Licenses 
issued according to each Rate, and the Total Amount 
received for such Licenses, during each of the last 
Ten years :—And, of the Number of Persons con- 
victed under the Hawkers’ and Pedlars’ Act, at Ge- 
neral or Petty Sessions in England and Wales, 
during the year ending the 5th day of January 1844 ; 
and also the Number imprisoned during the same 
period for Non-payment of the Penalties imposed. 

Returns of the Names of all Officers of the Cus- 
toms who have been suspended, superseded or dis- 
missed, since June 1842, stating the date of the 
Entry of each Officer into the Service, the several 
Offices each Officer has held, and how long in each; 
also, the Salary and Allowances of each Officer at 
the time of his suspension, supersession or dismissal ; 
stating also the Names of such of these Officers as 
have been restored to the Service, and at what dates 
restored :—And, of the Names of all Individuals 
and Mercantile Houses who have been prosecuted 
at the suit of the Customs in connection with the 
late Frauds, since June 1842, or against whom 
Legal Proceedings have been commenced, the dates 
of the several Trials, with the results thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table ; and that the Paper respecting Pensions 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 words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Petition of Mr. Joseph Henry Rolls be re- 
“ ferred to a Select Committee, to report their 
“ Opinion thereupon, with the Evidence, to the 
“ House,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
— of Supply be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Report 
which, upon Monday last, was made from the Select 
Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of the 
Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain 
and Ireland, for the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1845, be referred to the Committee ; 

Sir Thomas Fremantle, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Ordered, That the said Report be referred to the 
Committee. 

Vot. 99, 


19°—20° Julie. 











523 


And a Motion being made, and ne Question 
— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

alr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Incendiarism, 
representing to Her Majesty that there is reason 
to believe that the Incendiarism which has for 
some time prevailed in Norfolk, Sussex, Essex and 
Cambridgeshire, is caused by deep discontent 
amongst the labouring population of those Coun- 
ties; and praying Her Majesty to issue a Com- 
mission to inquire into the condition of the agri- 
cultural labourers in those Counties, and to ascer- 
tain what are the grievances from which they 
suffer,” 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 thes Mr. Young, 


Yeas, \ Lord Arthur Lennox : — 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Milner Gibson, lia 
Noes, Mr. Bright : J ’ 


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.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty Education. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
Public Education in Great Britain, in the year 
1844. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- noe 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, “"™ ? 
to enable the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland to issue 
Money for the Advancement of Education in Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1845. 


3. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, RomanCatholic 


not exceeding Eight thousand nine hundred and Seliege 
twenty-eight Seale be granted to Her Majesty, ae 
towards defraying the Charge of the Roman Ca 
tholic College in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1845 ; 

The Committee divided ; 

Mr. Young, } 

Mr. Henry Baring: 
Mr. Plumptre, } 30 
Colonel Sibthorp : ‘ 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { 


Tellers for the Noes, 





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


Sabbati, 20° die Julti, 1844: 


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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ministers 

mittee to whom it was referred to take into con- (Ireland. ) 
sideration the Act 17 and 18 Car. 2, c. 7, intituled, 
“ An Act for Provision of Ministers in Cities and 
Corporate Towns, and making the Church of Saint 
Andrews, in the Suburbs of the City of Dublin, 
Presentative for ever,” with a view to the repeal of 
so much thereof as relates to the Payment of Mi- 
nisters in Corporate Towns in Ireland ; 

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

3x2 The 














524, 


The Privy Council Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Privy Council 
Bill. 


Protection of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Purchasers, Se» mittee on the Protection of Purchasers, Xe. (Ire- 
(Ireland) Bill, land) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Municipal The Order of the day being read, for the third 
— reading of the Municipal Corporations Bill ; 
. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
oe and 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. 


Church Endow- 

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 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


day next. 


Clerk of the 
Crown in 
Chancery Bill. 


Monday next. 


Marriages 


(Ireland) Bill. reading of the Marriages (Zreland) Bill ; 


Ordered, ‘(hat the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday next. 


Savings Banks 


ne mittee on the Savings Banks Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Maniages Bill. 
Ne, 518, 


ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- | 


mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Joint Stock Q 
ae mittee on the Joint Stock Banks Regulation Bill ; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


19°—20° Julie. 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself into | 
a Committee upon the Church Endowment Bill; | 





A, 1844, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Criminal Justice 
mittee on the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill; (Middlesex) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday” 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Threeeand-a- 
a Committee, to consider of making provision for Acar 
paying off Dissentients under the Act of the present 
Session, c. 4, for transferring Three pounds ten shil- 
lings per Centum per Annum Annuities (One thou- 
sand eight hundred and eighteen) into Annuities of 
Three pounds five shillings per Centum per Annum, 
and new Three pounds per Centum per yp aes ; and 
also the Act of the present Session, c. 5, for trans- 
ferring certain Annuities of Three pounds ten shil- 
lings per Centum per Annum and Government Deben- 
tures, into Annuities of Three pounds five shillings 
per Centum per Annum, and new Three pounds per 
Centum per Annum Annuities. 


(In the Committee). 











The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com-, 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for) 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


| Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 

Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 

| Britainand Ireland, for the Payment of the persons 

-who may not have assented, or who may have dis- 

‘sented, to the Terms contained in the Acts for the 

Transfer of certain £.3. 10s. per Centum Annuities. 
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 House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 Vic., Fisheries 
¢. 106, to regulate the Jrish Fisheries, might be (Ireland) Bill 
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. Attorney General for Ireland do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself’ 
into a Committee upon the Marriages 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- 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ecclesiastical 
for suspending the operation of the new arrangement Jurisdictions 
of Dioceses, so far as it affects the existing Eccle- ~ * 
siastical Jurisdictions, and for obtaining Returns 

from and the inspection of the Registries of such 
Jurisdictions: And that Sir James Graham and Mr. 

_ Nicholl do prepare, and bring in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. Excise Licenses 
81, to repeal several Duties payable upon Excise (Saleof Spirits.) 
, Licenses in Great Britain and Ireland, and to im- 
| pose other Duties in lieu thereof, and to amend the 

Laws for granting Excise Licenses, might be read ; 

and the same being read ; 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


\ 


| next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 


Land Tax The Order of the day being read, for the third | Said Act. 
enna gua reading of the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill; 
ames Dill, 


upon Monday next. 


Lecturers and 
Parish Clerks 
Bill, 


follow : 


Pr. 1. 1. 4. After “ preachers” insert “ in the 
“ holy orders of deacon or priest of the united 


“ Church of England and Ireland.” 


Pr. 2. 1. 1. After “ aforesaid” insert “ if he shall | 


“ think fit.” 


Pr. 4. 1.20. After “ aforesaid” insert “ if he shall 


“ think fit.” 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 


Mr. Greene reported the Lecturers and Parish 
Clerks Bill; and the Amendments were read, as 


A Petition of Philip Fennings, one of Her Ma- Joseph Henry 

jesty’s Surveyors General of Customs, denying the ls. 
allegations in the Petition of Joseph Henry Rolls, 
|presented upon the 15th day of this instant July ; 
and praying that his reply to the charge of Mr. 
Rolls may have that publicity afforded to it which 
has been given to the Petition of Mr. Rolls, was 
| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Sir James Graham presented a Bill for suspending Ecclesiastical 
‘the Operation of the new Arrangement of Dioceses, Jurisdictions 
so far as it affects the existing Ecclesiastical Juris- ~"* 


\dictions, and for obtaining Returns from and the No. 519. 


Pr. 6. 1. 34. Leave out from “ thereto” to “ pro- | Inspection of the Registries of such Jurisdictions : 


“ vided” in 1. 36. 


‘And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, | to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


were agreed to. 





Sir 


8 VicToRIz. 


Books and : 2 
Engravings Bill. certain circumstances, the Duties payable upon 


No.520. Books and Engravings: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 

Jury List Mr. Manners Sutton preseuted, pursuant to Order, 
(King’s —Copies of the Long Panel or Jury List of the 
County )- King’s County, for the last Four years. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 
Murder Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
(lreland.) to Murder (Ireland), which was presented upon 

No.521. Monday last, be printed. 

Murder Ordered, That the Return relative to Murder 
—. (Scotland), which was presented upon Wednesday 
No. 521. 


last, be printed. 


New Churches. 
Ne, 522. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to New 


Churches, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 


Lune, 22° die Julii; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 
N R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 


Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Orders,--A Return of the 


Poor Law 
(Orphan 
Children, &amp;c.) 


Number of Orphan Children, 7. e. having lost one | “ 


or both Parents, under Fourteen years of age, at 
present in the Poor Law Union Workhouses of 
England and Wales; distinguishing the Males from 
the Females :--The like Return in respect to Chil- 
dren who have been deserted by their Parents :-- 
A Return of the Number of Orphan Children, under 
Fourteen years of Age, at present in the Parish 
Workhouses of England and Wales, not incorporated 
in the Poor Law Unions; distinguishing the Males 
from the Females :--The like Return in respect to 
Children who have been deserted by their Parents: 
—And, a Return of the Number of Widows at 
present receiving Out-door Relief from the various 
Parishes and Unions in England and Wales; stating 
the Number of their Children under Fourteen years 
of age, who are dependent upon them for subsistence. 

A Copy of a Minute of the Board of Guardians 
of the Newtownards Union, dated the 3d day of 


Newtownards 
Duion. 


July, relative to the Medical Qualifications of the | 


19°—26°—.22° Jultz. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to reduce, under | 


525 
abling the discharge of cargoes into craft in the 


river, a privilege which the trade heretofore pos- 


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





An ingrossed Bill for widening, repairing and Ayr Bridge 
Maintaining the Bridge of Ayr, commonly called (Ne 2-) Bill. 
the New Bridge, leading across the River of Ayr, 
jat the Royal Burgh or Town of Ayr, in the County 
of Ayr, and for other Purposes in relation thereto, 
| was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Books and 
reading of the Books and Engravings Bill; Engravings Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Poor Law 
further consideration the Report on the Poor Law Amendment 
Amendment Bill; - 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Banks Regulation Bill ; nena gd 
And a Motion being made, and the Question“) "'" 





being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
| Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 

| Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
_the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
|“ it is expedient to give facilities for the formation 
of Joint Stock Banks with limited liability of the 
|“ Shareholders,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
| proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :-- 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; 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, this day, again 
| resolve itself into the said Committee. 


| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railways Bill. 
_into a Committee upon the Railways Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


District Vaccinators appointed for that Union ; and | graph. 


of Correspondence between the Chairman of that 
Union and the President of the Faculty of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, on the subject, and 
the Resignation of one of the Vaccinators :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day during the sitting of the House. 


Turnpike Trusts 
— Wales) Company ; — Inhabitants of L/andilofawr ;— and, 
; Justices of the Peace acting in and for the county of 
Brecon; praying that the Turnpike Trusts (South 
Wales) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Timber Duties. A Petition of Merchants and Importers of Deals 
and other Wood Goods, praying the House to cause 
a scale of duties on deals, battens, staves, &amp;c., to be 
framed, equivalent to the cubical measurement, in 
order to give a greater facility to the trade, by en- 

You. 99. 


Petitions of the Chairman of the Boughrood Bridge , out ‘‘ week-day,” 


Preamble postponed. 

CriauseE, N° 1, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N°3, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 5, agreed to. 


v5 
CuiavsE, N° 6, (Companies to provide on every 
week-day a train for third-class passengers). 
Amendment proposed, in P. 4. 1. 22. To leave 
in order to insert “ day on which 
| passengers are conveyed,” instead thereof. 
| Question put, That “ week-day” stand part of 
the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
(Mr. Pringle, } 41 
ay Arthur Lennox: 4 
1" ; . r. Lhornely, 
Tellers for the N oes,| Mr. Waddie . 73. 
Proposed words inserted. 
Another Amendment proposed, in P. 4. 1. 42. To 
leave out “‘ one penny” in order to insert “ one 
| « half-penny,” instead thereof. 
| 3x3 


Tellers for the Yeas,: 





Question, 






















































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Message from 
the Lords, 


Customs Duties 
(ise of Man) Jating to the Customs in the Isle of Man : 


Linen, &amp;c., 
Manufactures 


(Treland) Bill. 


Brighton, 
Lewes and 


Hastings Rail- 


way Bill. 


Mariners and 
General Lite 
Assurance 


Company Bill. 


London Gas 
Bill. 


Croydon and 


Epsom Railway 


Bill. 


H arris’s 
Estate Bill, 


Passingham’s 


Estate Bill, 


Bishop of 
London's Es 


at . . . . . . . 
Biil sate for confirming and carrying into execution certain 


Wilson's 
Estate Bill. 





526 22° Juliz, A. 1844, 


Question, That “ one penny” stand part of the | Settlement, and for laying out the Monies arising 

Clause,—-put, and agreed to. from such Sales in the Purchase of other Lands, to 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. be settled to the same bps - which oe — 

. re Jo desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Cravens, N°’ 7 to N° 24, agreed to. The Lords — a Bill, intituled, An Act LadyleDespen. 
Clause added. for carrying into effect a Compromise of a Suit for cer’sEstate Bil, 

Preamble read, and agreed to. raising Portions ~~ oo ee of 

ill nended, to be reported. Right honourable Thomas Lord le Despencer, de- 

ee ho A ceased, out of the settled Estates of the said Tho- 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene | ™@ Lord le Despencer, deceased, at Mereworth, in 
a That the Committee had gone through the = County — = —, i 8 = 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. ounty, and also for authorizing the Sale and Ex- 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. | Change of certain parts of the said settled Estates ; 

. P * |to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 





nos, aa the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and | “ne Lords have passed a Bill intituled, An Act Gape’s 


Wie Miaathen to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas Foreman Gape Pivorce Bil. 
The Loris have acreed to the several Bills fol-| With Fanny Louisa his now Wife, and to enable him 
naited etiiank Dacia + ols to marry again, and for other Purposes therein men- 
Bill. inti aes .&lt; pe. | tioned; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws re of this House &gt;And then the Memengus with- 
drew. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and continue R ‘ ia ' . 
“bese The ingrossed Bill for facilitating and improving Joint Stock 
for Five years, and to the end of the next Session of the Rem oes oh Kamran ts Mian ce it = ene 
Parliament, certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen - . os Remedies at 
; / i ee ee Joint Stock Companies, the Members, Directors and yaw ana; 
and other Manufactures in Ireland: And also ; : : and in 
: ae other Officers thereof, whether zn¢er se or in relation Equity Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | Per + hele caidas Meee ak te baited 
Act for making a Railway from the London and | to aca faire’ f C. blet os 
Brighton Railway to Lewes and Hastings, with a thei 5 op Ses Fue ss $A gp ne din “y 
Branch therefrom, all in the County of Sussex, with |e Pecuniary = “ngagements, was, according to 


. { he third time. 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- Order, read t - ; 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An pine be, -. hg apr womnen. amg — up = 
Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against = -P = ssa we _— a 
the Mariners and General Life Assurance Company, | then dened. Th Me’ Gree “44 d ry the Bill t 
and for granting certain Powers to the said Com- | a _ av — th — town utietseiiad 
pany, with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords, Gad Cesire thew concurrence. 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House:| The ingrossed Bill for the better regulating the Metropolitan 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | provide for the Drainage thereof, was, according to 


Act for incorporating the London Gas Light Com- | Order, read the third time. 

pany, with Amendments; to which Amendments| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: Title be, An Act for regulating the Construction 

And also, ‘and the Use of Buildings in the Metropolis and its 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Neighbourhood. 

Act for making a Railway from the London and| Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


Croydon Railway, at Croydon, to Epsom, with ' the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- | 











° ere T , i i ion Wells Lighti 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, | The House proceeded to take into consideration Wells Lighting 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- ——— 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act} © for liohii : Awe: ; 
for enabiing Trustees to sell the Estates devised by | tituled, An Act for lighting, paving, cleansing, wi- 
and settled to the Uses of the Will of William |dening and improving the Streets of the Town or 
Harris, Esquire, deceased, and for authorizing the | Parish of pe &gt; oe er of vorfe . td “a 
laying out of the Monies arising therefrom in the |™OVI7S @? preventing tees eh or 
Purchase of other Estates to be settled to the same | oe ¥ pes hse el oadways ; and the same 

. » “ie . . oy ’ ? 
aiiusaea.” desire the concurrence of | “Pr. 160. 1. 21. After “ had” insert « within the 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act “ jurisdiction of the said Justices. , 
for enabling the Trustees under the Will of the late Bes tice nS being read a second time, 
Mr. Jonathan Passingham to grant Leases of the | ¥@5 2 ; 
Devised Estates, with Licenses to dig Brick Earth, | Ordered, That Mr. Chute do carry the Bill to the 
and to raise Monies upon Parts of the said Estates, | ords; and acquaint them, that this ee 
and for the Purchase of an adjoining Property, and agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
for other Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the ships. 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Westminster 


Ordered, That the Westminster and Lambeth Sus- 4 Lambeth: 
pension Bridge Bill be withdrawn. Suspension 
Bridge Bill. 
Articles of Agreement made and entered into be-| Sir Juhn Yarde Buller reported from the Com- Archbutt’s 
tween Charles James Lord Bishop of London, Tho- | mittee on Archbutt’s Divorce Bill; That they had Divorce Bil. 
mas Thistlethwayte, Esquire, Thomas Somers Cocks, | examined the allegations of the Bill as to the Mar- 
Esquire, Christopher Hodgson, Esquire, the Com- \riage of the parties, the adultery charged as the 
pany of Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal | ground for dissolving the Marriage, the verdict at 
and the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, | law, and the sentence of divorce in the Ecclesias- 
and for other Purposes therein mentioned ; to which | tical Court, and, upon evidence satisfactory to the 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :| Committee, found the same and the other allega- 
And also, tions to be true ; and they saw no reason to suspect 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | collusion between the parties; and that the Com- 
for enabling the Trustees under the Marriage Settle- | mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
ment of William Henry Bowen Jordan Wilson, Es-' to report the same, without Amendment. 
quire, to sell the Estates comprised in the same| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Harris’s 








| Buildings of the Metropolitan Districts, and to Buildings Bill, 





i Soll om! 


ln ol 





Harris’s 
Estate Bill. 


Piccadilly 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Ladbroke’s 
Estate Bill. 


Passingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Wilson’s 
Estate Bill. 


Bishop of 
London’s Estate 
Bill. 


Gape’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Standing Orders 
Revision. 


Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Regu 
lation Bill, 


Corn Laws. 


College of 
Surgeons 
{ London. ) 


8 VicTORIz&amp;. 


Harris’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be 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 Piccadilly Improvement Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ladbroke’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Passingham’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Wilson’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Bishop of London’s Estate Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Gape’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider whether any and what alterations in the 
Standing Orders of the House respecting Private 
Bills the experience of the present Session may show 
to be desirable :—And a Committee was appointed 
of Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George Grey, Mr. 
Estcourt, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Greene, Mr. Strutt, 
Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. 
Aglionby, Mr. Ewart, Sir Robert Ferguson, Vis- 
count Sandon, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Miles and Mr. 
Loch, with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
a Committee, To-morrow, upon the Controverted 
Elections Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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 Joint Stock Banks Regulation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land within 
the Steyning Petty Sessions District ;—Owners and 
Occupiers of land within the Midhurst Petty Ses- 
sions District ;—and, Owners and Occupiers of 
land within the Lewes Petty Sessions District ; 
praying the House to resist the efforts now making 
by the Anti-Corn Law League, and that no alteration 
whatever may be made in the existing Corn Laws, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of George James Guthrie, of Berkeley- 
street, Berkeley-square, a Councillor and late Pre- 
sident of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, 
praying the House not to confirm the new charter 
granted to the Royal College of Surgeons of Lon- 
don, by any Act or Acts whatever relating to medical 
or surgical arrangements for the United Kingdom, 
until the House shall have granted the Petitioner 
an opportunity of being heard, by himself or counsel, 
against them, or the particular parts to which this 
charter must necessarily relate, either at the bar of 
the House, or in such other way as the House may 
be pleased to direct, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Voi. 99. 


29° Juli. 


527 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners resident in Coroners 
the counties of Londonderry and Antrim, in the (treland) Bill. 
Province of Ulster, praying that the Coroners (Ire- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 


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


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and other In- Joint Stock 
habitants of the city of Londonderry, praying that Companies 
Ireland may not be included in the Joint Stock pe neon 
Companies Registration and Regulation Bill, was — 


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


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, Samuel Gordon, 
Dublin, complaining of the conduct of certain offi- 
cers of the Court of Chancery in Ireland towards 
him, and praying for redress, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


_ A Petition of John Marshall, of Manchester, pray- Freedom of 
ing that penalties may not be inflicted for the free Opinion. 
expression of Political and Religious Opinions, was 
ga and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Abbey Education 
Strewry, diocese of Ross, and county of Cork, pray- (Ireland.) 
ing the House no longer to support the present 
system of Education in Jreland, but to provide for 
a system of Education as national, which will re- 











cognize the Book of God, in that place it ought to 
hold in it, as the basis of its instructions, was pre- 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- supply ; 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of Supply be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- Algiers, 

jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Ordinance issued by the French 
Government, having the effect of increasing the 
Duties on British Shipping and Merchandize in 
the Regency of Algiers,” 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 the Order of the day for the Com- 
—_ of Supply be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Ex- Account of 
chequer or remaining to be raised on the 5th day of Monies in the 
July 1844, to complete the Aids granted by Parlia- Exchequer 
ment for the Service of the years 1842 and 1843, ° 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this in- 
stant July, be referred to the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 


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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 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Royal Academ 
‘ That, as Patroness and Comptroller of the Royal of Arts. 
Academy of Arts, She will be graciously pleased 
to take into consideration the Laws and Regula- 
tions of that Institution, witha view of rendering 
it more conducive to the advancement of the Fine 
Arts, better suited to the spirit and circumstances 
of the present age, and more consonant with the 
original intention of its Royal Founder, George 
the Third,” 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. 


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Schools of 
Design. 


Professors 
(Oxford and 
Cambridge. ) 


Officers, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 


Portpatrick 
Harbour. 


Saint Andrew’s 


University. 


Lord Nelson’s 


Monument. 
National 
Gallery. 
British 


Museum. 


China. 


Supplies. 


Disembodied 


Militia. 


Royal Gun- 
powder Manu- 
tuctory, ke. 


528 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand four hundred and eleven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the School of Design, and for Aid to Provincial 
Schools, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to pay the Salaries and Allowances granted to 
certain Professors in the Universities of Oxford and 
Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand three hundred and forty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of cer- 
tain Officers in Scotland, and other Charges for- 
merly paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 
31st day of March 1845. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of deepening 
and improving the Harbour of Portpatrick, in the 
year 1844. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1844, the Expense of Repairs to 
the College Buildings of Saint Salvator’s and Saint 
Leonard’s, in the University of Saint Andrew’s. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards cefraying, in the year 1844, the Expense of 
completing the Monument erected in 7?rafalgar- 
square to the Memory of Lord Nelson. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand five hundred and twenty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for the Purchase of Pic- 
tures for the National Gallery, in the year 1844. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the British 
Museum to purchase, in the year 1844, certain 
Books, Manuscripts and Coins. 

9. Resolred, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1845, the Charge 
of the Establishment of the British Settlement at 
Hong Kong, and of the Consular Establishments at 
the five Ports open to British Trade in China. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 


A. 1644. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tumpike Tras 
mittee on the Turnpike Trusts (South Wales) Bill; (South Wates) 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ~"" 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come Merchant 
mittee on the Merchant Seamen Bill; Seamen Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Duchy of Cor. 
take into further consideration the Report on the Wall Assession 
Duchy of Cornwall Assessionable Manors Bill ; 9° Me's 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Her Majesty, with the consent of a 

majority of land-owners and tenants interested, may 

issue Commissions to ascertain boundaries of duchy 
possessions other than the Assessionable Manors), 

was brought up, and twice read ; and made part of 

the Bill. 

Another Clause (By like consent and by consent 

of the Crown the Commission may extend to the 

rights of the duchy in or under the sea, navigable 

rivers and ports), was brought up, and twice read ; 

and made part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 

next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Duchy of Com- 
into further consideration the Report on the Duchy ‘#!! Lands Bill 
of Cornwall Lands Bill; and the Amendments were 

read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 

next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- South Sea 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the Act Company. 
55 Geo. 3, c. 57, to repeal the Provisions of former 
Acts, granting exclusive Privileges of Trade to the 
South Sea Company, and to indemnify the said 
Company for the Loss of such Privileges ; 

Ordered, That the Copies of the Correspondence 
between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the 
South Sea Company, relating to the completion of the 
Guarantee Fund, the Rate paid to the Company for 
Management, and the Balance to be retained on 
account of Unclaimed Dividends, which were pre- 
sented upon Thursday last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 











jesty, to discharge the like Amount of Supplies 
granted for the Service of the year 1843, or for any 
preceding year. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, nox exceeding One hun- 
dred and forty-nine thousand e.ght hundred and 
twenty-three pounds, be granted o Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1845. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nineteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
repairing the Damages at the Royal Gunpowder 
Manufactory, and for the conversion of Buildings 
y ve eye re] 
for the reception of Military Offenders. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

And the House having continued to sit till after 


twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 23° die Julii, 1844: 
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. ‘ 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of such Sum 
as may be necessary to complete the South Sea 
Company Guarantee Fund, to the amount specified 
in the said Acts. 


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 Order of the day being read, for TreceiVINE Courts of 
the Report on the Courts of Common Law Process Common Law 
Bill ; Prucess Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Courts of Com 
the Report on the Courts of Common Law Process mon Law Pro- 
(Ireland) Bill; 

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





cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 








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Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ire land.) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to take into considera- 
tion the Act 17 and 18 Car. 2, c. 7, intituled, “ An 
Act for Provision of Ministers in Cities and Corpo- 
rate Towns, and making the Church of Saint An- 
drew’s, in the Suburbs of the City of Dublin, Pre- 
sentative for ever,” with a view to the repeal of so 
much thereof as relates to the payment of Ministers 
in Corporate Towns in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Privy Council The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Privy Council Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Protection of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Purchasers, &amp;e mittee on the Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c. (Jre- 
(Ireland) Bill. land) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Municipal The ingrossed Bill to enable Barristers appointed 

Corporations ynder the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, to arbitrate between 

- Counties and Municipal Corporations, to submit a 
special Case to the Superior Courts, and to amend 
an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her present 
Majesty, for amending the Law concerning Prisons, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Making valid the appoint- 
ment of Barristers before the passing of this Act), 
was brought up, and thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Power to appoint an 
arbitrator in certain cases), was brought up, and 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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. 


Church Endow- Mr. Greene reported the Church Endowment 


ment Bill. 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. 
Cron of the The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
frown in 


Chancery Bill. ® Committee upon the Clerk of the Crown in Chan- 
cery 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. 
Swings Banks = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
- mittee on the Savings Banks Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Marriages Bill. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Marriages 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. 


tand ‘tax ‘The ingrossed Bill to appoint additional Commis- 
Name Bil. Sloners for executing the Acts for granting a Land 


‘lax, and other Rates and Taxes, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by leaving out the name of the Reverend 
George Thackeray —Hemingby. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 


the Reverend George T'hackeray—Hemingby stand 
part of the Bill; 


Vou. 99. 


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529 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for they Mr. Young, \ 34 
Yeas, \ Lord Arthur Lennoz : ; 

Tellers for thef Lord Worsley, } 13 
Noes, Mr. Hume: : 

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 third Lecturers and 
reading of the Lecturers and Parish Clerks Bill ; a Clerks 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- CriminalJustice 
mittee on the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill ; _cccaaieg 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ~~ 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Three-and-a- 
it was referred to consider of making provision for a 
paying off Dissentients under the Act of the present pit 
Session, c. 4, for transferring Three pounds ten shil- 
lings per Centum per Annum Annuities (One thou- 
sand eight hundred and eighteen) into Annuities of 
Three pounds five shillings per Centum per Annum, 
and new Three pounds per Centum per Annum; and 
also the Act of the present Session, c. 5, for trans- 
ferring certain Annuities of Three pounds ten shil- 
lings per Centum per Annum and Government Deben- 
tures, into Annuities of Three pounds five shillings 
per Centum per Annum, and new Three pounds per 
Centum per Annum Auuuities, a Resolution ; and 
the same 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 Payment of the persons 
who may not have assented, or who may have dis- 
sented, to the Terms contained in the Acts for the 
Transfer of certain £.3. 10s. per Centum Annuities. 

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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Excise Licenses 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the Act Gale of Spirits.) 
6 Geo. 4, c. 81, to repeal several Duties payable 
upon Excise Licenses in Great Britain and Ireland, 
and to impose other Duties in lieu thereof, and to 
amend the Laws for granting Excise Licenses ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions Bill was, accord- Ecclesiastical 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed ——- 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Three-and-a- 
to provide for paying off such of the Three pounds helper Cents. 
“We : Ae issentients 
ten shillings per Centum Annuities and Government piu), 
Debentures which are to be paid off, under Two Acts 
2 papas : No. 523. 
passed in the present Session of Parliament: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day; and to be printed. 


Mr. Gladstone reported from the Select Committee Railways 
appointed to consider whether any and what new (Sixth Report.) 
gang ought to be introduced intosuch Railway WNo.524. 

ills as may come before this House during the 
present or future Sessions, for the advantage of the 
public and the improvement of the Railway system, 
and likewise to consider whether any and what 
changes ought to be made in the Standing Orders 
relating to Reaves, and to report their Opinion 
thereon to the House; and who were empowered 
to report their Opinion from time to time ; and who 





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530 


were instructed to consider of any arrangements 
advantageous to the public with regard to existing 
Railway Companies generally, to which, in the 
Opinion of the Committee, Parliament might justly 
give its sanction ; and who were further empowered 
to report the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
them to the House ; That they had further examined 
into the matters to them referred, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Adjournment. | A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby ; 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Brotherton, 1 ¢ 
Yeas, | Mr. Wawn: | es 
Tellers for the f Mr. Young, Vg 
Noes, | Lord Arthur Lennox: J°"" 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Poor Relief A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

(Gilbert's Act.) nosed, That Three be the Quorum of the Select 
Committee on Poor Relief (Gilbert’s Act) :——-And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Spirits 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(ireland) Bill. 


to continue so much of an Act of the second and 
third years of Her preseut Majesty, as enables Jus- 
tices to grant Warrants for entering places in which 
Spirits are sold, without License, in Ireland: And 
that Lord E/iot and Mr. Attorney General for Lre- 
jand do prepare, and bring it in. 


Transfer of 
Licenses 
(Post Horses) 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to transfer the Collection of the Duty on Licenses 
to let Horses for Hire in Jreland from the Commis- 
sioners of Stamps to the Commissioners of Excise : 
And that Sir George Clerk and Mr. Pringle do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Fisheries Lord Eliot presented a Bill to amend an Act of 
Oo the sixth year of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
No, 525. 


An Act to regulate the Jrish Fisheres, and to em- 
power the Constabulary Force to enforce certain 
Provisions respecting the Jrish Fisheries: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Transfer of 
Licenses 
(Post Horses) 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 526. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to transfer the 
Collection of the Duty on Licenses to let Horses for 
Hire in Jreland from the Commissioners of Stamps 
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. 


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, 23° die Julii; 
Anno 8° Victoriz Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
d Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,— Returns of the Name 
of each Union in England and Wales, formed in 
pursuance of the Poor Law Amendment Act, ac- 
cording to the Districts of the Assistant Commis- 
sioners ; with the Name of each Assistant Commis- 
sioner; the Number of Parishes in each Union; 
the Area in Statute Acres (excepting the Welch 
Unions); and the Population of each Union :— 
And, for each year, from 1840 inclusive, of the 
Weekly Average Number of Panpers relieved in the 


Poor Law. 





22°—23° Juli. 





A. 1844. 


Workhouse during each year; the Number of Me- 
dical Officers employed in each Union; the Ag- 
gregate Amount of their Salaries; the Aggregate 
Amount of Midwifery and Surgical Fees ; the Total 
Amount paid to the Medical Officers in each year; 
the rate per head of Medical Expenses on the Po- 
pulation of each Union in each year; and any Aug- 
mentation or Diminution of the Salaries of Medical 
Officers since the 25th day of March 1843 :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees, 
this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


The Leeds Vicarage Bill was read a second time ; Leeds Vicarage 
and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Joint Stock 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Banks Re- Banks Regula 
gulation Bill; and, after some time spent therein, “°° Bi! 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 0-528. 
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 Thursday next ; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Joint Stock Companies Joint Stock 

Registration and Regulation Bill:—And the Bill was a 
A : egistration 

re-committed to a Committee of the whole House: ind Regulation 
—~The House immediately resolved itself into the Bill. 
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 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 upon Thursday 
next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Railways Bill; and the Railways Bill. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


Mr. Hans Hamilton reported from the Select Com- Grand Jury 
mittee on the Grand Jury Presentments (Dublin) ee 
Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, and made ( “ee g 
Amendments thereunto. No. 527. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Petitions of Trustees and Creditors under the Turnpike Tolls. 
Barnstaple Turnpike Act ;—and, Trustees and Cre- 
ditors under the Southmolton Turnpike Act ; pray- 
ing that mail coaches carrying passengers and 
luggage may not be exempted from the payment of 
Turnpike Tolls,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
on Public Petitions; ‘hat they had examined the (Forty-first 
Petitions presented upon the 18th and 19th days of wane 
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 the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Post-office. 
cil of the city of Aberdeen, praying the House to 





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8 VicToRI@. 


cause such measures to be adopted, that the London 
and other letters for the north of Scotland shall on | 
their arrival in Edinburgh, be immediately sorted 
and despatched northward without delay, and that 
in the event of the London mail to Edinburgh being | 


23° Jultz. 


531 


Bowyer’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Bowyer’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select Estate Bill. 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Art Unions Bill was read the first time ; and Art Unions 


further accelerated by the adoption of the eastern | ordered to be read a second time, upon Monday Bill. 


line, advantage may be taken of the same in the next; and to be printed. 


still earlier despatch of the mails from Edinburgh | 


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


Poor Law A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Wel- | 
Amendment Tington Union, in the counties of Somerset and | 
- Devon, 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 Land-owners, Merchants and In- 
habitants of the county of Mayo, praying that the 
Registration of Electors (Jreland) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Registration 
of Electors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


College of Ordered, That the Petition of George James 
(tendon.) Guthrie, relative to the new Charter of the Royal 
vndon. 


College of Surgeons in London, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 





LadyleDespen- Lady le Despencer’s Estate Bill was read the first 
cer's Estate Bill. time, 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and 


No. 530. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to several State Trial 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Notes (Ireland.) 
taken by the Short-hand Writer appointed by the 
Crown to report the Proceedings at the late Trial 
of the Queen v. O’ Connell and others. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Prisoners for 
17th day of May last, for a Return of the Charges Debt, &amp;e. 
incurred for the Maintenance of Prisoners confined 
for Debt on Civil Process in the several Gaols and 
Prisons in Counties, Boroughs and ‘Towns in Eng- 
land and Wales, in the years 1842 and 1843 :—And, 

a similar Return for Prisoners for Offences against 
the Revenue in 1842 and 1843. 


A Return, in columns, of the Total Number of Court of Session 
defended Causes which have been brought before (Scotland. ) 
the First and Second Divisions of the Court of Ses- 
sion, during the Winter Session of 1843-4, distin- 
guishing the Number brought respectively before 
each of the said Divisions. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Lunacy. 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to 

er Majesty, praying Her Majesty to take into 
Her consideration the Report of the Metropolitan 
Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor, 
and presented to this House by command of Her 





the Lords, = Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 
Butter and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, 
Cheese Bill, An Act to repeal certain Acts for regulating the 
Trade in Butter and Cheese, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 
Copyholds Ens The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
franchisement hy this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend 


and explain the Acts for the Commutation of certain 
Manorial Rights in respect of Lands of Copyhold 
and Customary Tenure, and in respect of other 
Lands subject to such Rights, and for facilitating 
the Enfranchisement of such Lands, and for the Im- 
provement of such Tenure, without any Amendment : 
And also, 


District Courts The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 


= Prisons by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to ex- 
tend the Powers of the Act for encouraging the 
Establishment of District Courts and Prisons, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 
Charitable The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Donations 


at Senet for the more effectual Application of Charitable 
(Ireland) Bill. Donations and Bequests in Ireland; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House; and 


Majesty :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Guernsey. 

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 all Despatches and Correspondence that 
have passed between the Government and the Lieu- 
tenant Governor of Guernsey, from the 1st day of 
April last to the present time :— And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That this House approves of the various Quarantine. 

relaxations of the Quarantine Laws and Regulations 
which have from time to time been introduced, and 
desires that such further relaxations may be urged 
upon the attention of Foreign Governments, and 
adopted at home, as may be found compatible with 
a due regard to the public health, and the Commer- 
cial Interests of the Community. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Treaty of 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Saivt Peters- 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to” 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 








for legalizing Art Unions ; to which the Lords de-| * Statement of the equivalent advantages, if any, 


which have been granted to British Navigation by 
the Russian Government, in consideration of the 
Exemptions conceded by Her Majesty’s Government 
to Russian Ships, by the second separate article of 


Atkins Bowyer, Esquire, deceased, to grant build- | the Treaty of Saint Petersburg, of the 11th day of 


also, 

a Unions The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

—. The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
for enabling the Trustees of the Will of William| 
ing, improving and other Leases of certain Estates | 
at Clapham, in the County of Surrey, devised by 
the said Will and the Second Codicil thereto, to the | 
Trustees therein named; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: — And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 

passhalite The Charitable Donations and Bequests (Jreland) 

lonations 


and Bequests 


January 1843, which reserves to Russian Vessels 
| the exemption from Navigation Dues during the first 
| Three years, which is enjoyed by Vessels built in 

Russia, and belonging to Russian subjects :—And 
| the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Mr. O'Driscoll. 


Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be read| posed, That an humble Address be presented to 


(Ireland) Bill. @ — time upon Thursday next ; and to be| Her Majesty, praying for the removal of Mr. Alez- 
printed. 


Vot. 99. 


No. 529, 


| ander O’ Driscoll from the Commission of the Peace ; 
38y2 And 











532 


And the House oy 


twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 24° die Juliit, 1844: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby ; 


Tellers for the Yeas, oy . Browne: 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr teat 


So it passed in the Negative. 


} 50. 


1 
Baring: tgs 


Revenue 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
Inquiry. 


before the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, which 
were presented upon the 16th day of this instant 
July, be printed, for the use of Members only. 
Timber Duties. | Ordered, That the Petition of Merchants and Im- 
porters of Deals and other Wood Goods, relative to 
the Timber Duties, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


College of 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Surgeons, 


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 all Correspondence between the head of 
the Navy Medical Department, Sir William Bur- 
nett, and the head of the Medical Department of 
the Army, Sir James M’ Grigor, and the Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, on the subject 
of the Charter lately granted to the Royal College 
of Surgeons, and the manner in which it affects the 
affairs of their respective Services:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


College of 
Surgeons, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter addressed to the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department, by the 
President of the Royal College of Surgeuns, on the 
15th day of March 1844, inclosing two Letters from 
Sir James M‘Grigor and Sir William Burnett, on 
the nomination of a further number of Medical O€ 
ficers in the Army and Navy to the Fellowships of 


25°—94° Julie. 


continued to sit till after | 


A, 1844, 


granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Roman Catholic College in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Schools of 
thousand four hundred and eleven pounds, be granted Design. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the School 
of Design, and for Aid to Provincial Schools, to 
the 31st day of March 1845. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Professors 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- — and 
jesty, to pay the Salaries and Allowances granted ““™’'"“8*) 
to certain Professors in the Universities of Oxford 
and Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 1845. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Officers 
thousand three hundred and forty-five pounds, be (Scetland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of cer- 
tain Officers in Scotland, and other Charges formerly 
paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 31st day 
of March 1845. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Portpatrick 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Harbour, 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of deepening 
and improving the Harbour of Portpatrick, in the 
year 1844. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Saint Andrew’s 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to University. 
defray, in the year 1844, the Expense of Repairs to 
the College Buildings of Saint Salvator’s and Saint 
Leonara’s, in the University of Saint Andrew’s. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year 1844, the Expense of 
completing the Monument erected in Trafalgar- 
square, to the Memory of Lord Nelson. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven National 
thousand five hundred and twenty-four pounds, be Gallery. 
granted to Her Majesty, for the Purchase of Pic- 

tures for the National Gallery, in the year 1844. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six British 
thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to Museum. 
Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the British 
Museum to purchase, in the year 1844, certain 
Books, Manuscripts and Coins. 

12. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty China. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1845, the Charge 

of the Establishment of the British Settlement at 


Lord Nelson’s 
Monument. 





that College ; together with the Observations of 
the Council, explaining the principles upon which 
they proceeded in the preparation of the Schedule 
of Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons. 
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. 


Private Part- 


te Pa The Order of the day being read, for the second 
nerships Bill. ; 


reading of the Private Partnerships Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Books and The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Engravings Bill. reading of the Books and Engravings Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 

Supply Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Education, 


1, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
Public Education in Great Britain, in the year 
1844, 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to enable the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to issue 
Money for the Advancement of Education in Zreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1845. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be 


Education 


(Trefand.) 


Roman Catholic 
College 
(Ireland. ) 





Hong Kong, and of the Consular Establishments at 
the five Ports open to British Trade in China. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Supplies. 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to discharge the like amount of Supplies 
granted for the Service of the year 1843, or for any 
preceding year. 

14, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Disembodied 
hundred and forty-nine thousand eight hundred and Militia. 
twenty-three 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 
1845. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nineteen Royal Gun- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for sso _ 
repairing the Damages at the Royal Gunpowder ““""* 
Manufactory, and for the conversion of Buildings 
for the reception of Military Offences. 

The said Resolutions, bemg read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the Four- 
teenth Resolution: And that Sir Thomas Fremantle 
and Mr. Nicholl do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Seuth Sea 
it was referred to consider the Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 57, wr 
to repeal the Provisions of former Acts granting ex- 
clusive Privileges of Trade to the South Sea Com- 
pany, and to indemnify the said Company for the 
Loss of such Privileges, a Resolution; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, ‘Vhat provision be made, out of the 





Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Brituin 





Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland. ) 


Protection of 
Purchasers, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Church Endow- 
ment Bill. 


Clerk of the 
Crown in 
Chancery Bill. 


Marriages Bill. 


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Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of such Sum 
as may be necessary to complete the South Sea 
Company Guarantee Fund, to the amount specified 
in the said Acts. 

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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to take into considera- 
tion the Act 17 and 18 Car. 2, c. 7, intituled, * An 
Act for Provision of Ministers in Cities and Cor- 
porate 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 relates to the payment of Mi- 
nisters in Corporate Towns in Ireland ; 

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 Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c. (Lre- 
land) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to explain and amend an Act 
for making better Provision for the Spiritual Care 
of Populous Parishes, 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. Greene reported the Clerk of the Crown in 
Chancery 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 Marriages Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 3. Leave out from “ of” to “ King.” 

Pr. 1. ], 11. Leave out from “ the” to “ second” 
in}, 12. 


Pr. 1. 1. 12. Leave out “ years” and insert 
22 
ear. 


Pr. 1. 1.13. Leave out from “ Majesty” to “ in- 
“ tituled,” in 1. 14. 

Pr. 1.1.24. Leave out from “ the” to “ second,” 
and in the same line leave out “ years” and insert 
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year. 

Pr. 1. 1. 26. Leave out from “ Majesty” to “ in- 
“ tituled.” 

Pr. 1. 1. ult. Leave out from “ the” to “ fourth,” 
and in the same line leave out “ years” and insert 
“ ”» 

year. 

Pr. 2.1. 2. Leave out from ‘“ Majesty” to “ in- 
“ tituled.” 

Pr. 2.1. 7. Leave out from “ be” to “ solem- 
“ nized,” in 1. 8. 

Pr. 2. 1.13. Leave out from “ the” to “ second” 
and in the same line leave out “ years” and insert 
“ year.” 

"Pr. 2. 1. 14. Leave out from “ Majesty” to 
“ And” in |. 15. 
Pr. 2. 1.17. Leave out “therefore,” and in the 


same line leave out from “ enacted” to “ by” in 
1,18. 


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Pr. 3. 1. 38. Leave out from “‘and” to “ solem- 
“ nized,” in 1. 39. 

Pr. 4. 1.1. Leave out “celebrated.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 2. Leave out from “ solemnized” to 
ma 
Pr. 4. 1. 7. Leave out from “ good” to “ to” in 


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Pr. 4. 1.12. Leave out “ celebrated.” 


Pr. 4. 1. 13. Leave out from “ solemnized”’ to 
“ according.” 


Pr. 4. 1. 19. 
Pr. 4. 1. 22. 
in |. 24. 


Pr. 4. 1. 24. Leave out from “ invalid” to “ by” 
in |, 25. 


Pr. 4. 1, 29. Leave out “ always” and insert 
also.” 


Pr. 5. 1. 38. Leave out from “ touching” to 
“ the” in Ll. 39. 

Pr. 6. 1. 1. Leave out “ all.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 3. Leave out “ all.” 

Pr. 6. 1.17. Leave out from ‘“ so” to “ solem- 
“ nized,” in 1. 18. 


‘ Pr. 6. 1. 23. After “ respectively” insert Clause 
(A.) 

CrauseE (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That where 
a chapelry has been already or shall hereafter be 
assigned to any chapel under the provisions of 
the hereinbefore-recited Act, passed in the fifty- 
ninth year of the reign of King George the Third, 
and the Order in Council assigning such chapelry 
does not direct that Marriages may be performed 
in such chapel, it shall be lawful for Her Ma- 
jesty, by any supplemental Order in Council, 
on a representation to be made to Her by the 
said Commissioners, with the consent of the 
bishop of the diocese, to order that Marriages 
may be performed thereafter in such chapel ; and 
that all the fees arising therefrom or a part 
thereof, should thereafter belong and be paid to 
the minister of such chapel, or after the next 
avoidance of the parish church, or that all ora 
portion of such fees should belong and be paid 
to the incumbent of such parish church; and all 
the laws in force relating to Banns of Marriage, 
and Marriages in district chapels, and the regis- 
tering thereof, shall apply to Marriages performed 
under such supplemental Order in Council.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 35. After “ in” insert “ copies printed 
by the Queen’s Printer of.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 1. Leave out from “ making” to 
thereof” in]. 11. 

Pr. 7. 1. 18. Leave out from “ is” to “ pub- 
“ lished” in 1.19. 

Pr. 7. 1. 28. Leave out from “ Acts” to “ And” 

in |, 29. 


Pr. 7. 1. ult. Leave out from “ the’ to “ fourth ” 
in Pr. 8. 1. 1. 


Pr. 8. 1. 1. Leave out “ years” and insert 
year.” 
Pr. 8.1.16. Leave out from “ the” to“ seventh.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 17. Leave out ‘ years” and insert 
ear.” 
Pr. 8.1. 18. Leave out from “ Majesty” to “ in- 
“ tituled,” in 1. 19. ; 
Pr. 8. 1. 22. Leave out from “ the” to “ solem- 
“ nization.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Leave out “ celebrated.” 
Leave out from “ be” to “ invalid,” 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Criminal Justice 
mittee on the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill; (Middlesex) 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Bill. 
itself into the said Committee. 


‘Pr. 3. Is. 3. and 4. Leave out “ celebrated or.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 10. Leave out from “ Marriages” to 
“ solemnized”’ in ], 11. 

Pr. 3. 1. 15. Leave out “ situate 
“ situated ” 

Pr. 3. 1. 23. Leave out from “ Marriages” to 
“ solemnized,” in ]. 34. 


Vot. 99. 


” and insert 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Jurisdic- Jurisdictions 
tions Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. al 

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Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Tivee-and. a The Three and a half per Cents. Dissentients Bill 
half per Cents. 


: : is 
Disseatients Was, according to Order, read a second time; and | 


Heraberssrer and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 


for this «day. 


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Militia Pay Ord: ed, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
Bill. men wlw are appointed to prepare and bring in a 
Bill, pursuant to the 14th of the Resolutions which 
were this day reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, That they do make provision therein, for the 
employment of the Non-commissioned Officers of ” 
the said Militia, in certain cases. | 


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Danish Vessels —§ _Reso/ved, That an humble Address be presented 


to give directions that there be laid before this 


Trading with the British Colonies. | 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 


(ireland) Bill. 


No, 582. — sent Majesty as enables Justices to grant Warrants 


for entering Places in which Spirits are sold with- 
out License in Ireland : And the same was read the | 


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upon Friday next; and to be printed. ~ 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


No. 533. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle presented a Bill to defray 
the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and contingent | 
and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in 


‘é 


in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, 
Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates, and Serjeant Majors of | 


the Non-commissioned Officers: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | 
time To morrow ; and to be printed. - 
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Orde ed, That the Return relative to the Cus- | 
toms, which was presented upon Friday last, be re- | 
ferred to the Select Committee on Custom-House | “ 
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Poor Law 


iieeheen Ordeied, That the Return relative to Poor Law n 
Childien, &amp;¢.) (Orphan Children, &amp;c.), which was presented yes- | 
No. 534, terday, be printed. 











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A. 1844, 


Pr. 10. 1. 1. Leave out “ clerk” and insert “ se- 


cretary.”’ 


Bill. committed to a Committee of the whole House, for —~Pr. 11. 1. 16. Leave out from “ each” to “ and” 
this day. ‘in |, 17., and insert ‘* general council. 
Pr. 11. 1. 30. Leave out “ ordinary meeting’’ 
uJ a a) ° = . 3 99 
Transfer of The Transfer of Licenses (Post Horses) (Zreland) and insert “ general council. on 
Licenses Bill, was, according to Order, read a second time ; Pr. 36. 1. 22. Leave out “ their’ and insert 


such.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 13. Leave out “ with” and insert 
for the sale or supply of any matter or thing to.” 

Pr. 80. 1. 27. After “ works” insert “ for the 
manufacture of Gas.” 

Pr. 129. 1. 3. Leave out “ Bray” and insert 
Longman.” 

Pr. 129. 1. 4. Leave out “ Morton’’ and insert 
Norton.” 

Pr. 129. 1. 25. After “ bridges” insert “ except 
for the purpose of laying service-pipes.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Were agreed to. 
yo D pi 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
relating to an Order in Council, dated ist April hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
1835, granting to Danish Vessels the Privilege of Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brighton, Lewes 

Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 

of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. tituled, An Act for making a Railway from the 

| London and Brighton Railway to Lewes and Hast- 

Spirits Lord Eliot presented a Bill to continue so much | #98; with a Branch therefrom, all in the County of 
of an Act of the second and third years of Her pre- Sussex ; and the same were read, as follow : 


Pr. 57. 1. 30. Leave out from “ Company” to 
And” in Pr. 58. 1. 9. 
Pr. 88. 1.18. Leave out from “ fail” to “ to” 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time | '™ 1. 19. 


Pr. 93.1. 30. Leave out from “ contractors’’ to 
shall” in 1. 32. 

Pr. 161. 1. 20. Leave out from “ passed” to 
and” in |. ult. 

Pr. 174. 1. 37. Leave out “ reference” and in- 


oa. 8 ee a ee ee 
Great Britain and Ireland, to grant Allowances  ‘¢'t_“ referee. 


Pr. 176. 1. 19. Leave out “ secretary” and in- 


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Paymasters, Quarter Masters, Surgeons, Assistant | sert “ expenditor. 


Pr. 179. 1. ult. After “ encroachments’’ insert 


the Militia, and to authorize the Employment of | Clause (A.) 


Cravse (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 


“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
‘ 


Company or any person acting under their au- 
thority or on their behalf, to make, construct or 
carry on any work below the line of high-water 
mark at ordinary spring tides, without the previous 
consent of the Lord High Admiral of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the 
Commissioners for executing the office of Lord 
High Admiral aforesaid for the time being, to be 
signified in writing under the hand of the Secretary 
of the Admiralty.” 

Pr. 180. 1. 12. Leave out “ five’ and insert 
two,” and in the same line and |. 13., after “ hun- 
dred,” insert “ and fifty.” 

Pr. 181.1. 29. Leave out from “ give” to “ no- 
tice” in |. 30., and insert “ six weeks.” 

Pr. 181. 1. ult. Leave out “ five” and insert 
ten.” 

Pr. 182. 1. 13. Leave out from the second “ of” 


to “is” in |. 14., and insert “ six weeks.” 


Pr. 182. ]. 17. Leave out “ five” and insert 


Pr. 211. 1. 26. Leave out from “ him” to “ pro- 


| The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
‘were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Darby do carry the Bill to the 


~ to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
sitting of the House. 


agg ies Orde: ed, That the Paper relative to the Newtown- | “‘ 
No.sa5, 47ds Union, 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. 
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Mercurii, 24° die Julii ; 7 
Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. “ vided” in Pr. 213. 1. 10, 
PRAYERS. 
Commies RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 
The 


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Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- The House proceeded to take into consideration an 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. a An Act for incorporating the London 
'Gas Light Company; and the same were read, as 

| follow : 


Bill 


ndon Gas 


and Hastings 
Railway Bill, 


Croydon and 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration |“ 


Epsom Railway the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- “ 


Bill. 


Mariners and 
General Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


tituled, An Act for making a Railway from the Lon-  “‘ 
don and Croydon Railway, at Croydon, to Epsom; “ 
and the same were read, as follow : ‘as 

Pr. 46. 1. 36. Leave out from “ presumed” to | “ 
“ and” in |. ult. \* 

Pr. 85. 1. 20. Leave out from “ the” to “costs” “ 
in}. 22. ine 

Pr. 85. 1. 23. Leave out from “ of” to “ and” | “ 
in 1. 25., and insert “ one re-investment in land, and |“ 
“ the necessary orders for that purpose shall be al- | “ 
lowed, unless the court be of opinion that the re- | “ 
investment of the money in more purchases of | “ 
land than one would be a proper application of | “ 
the money in case the same had been invested in 
the names of trustees, and was to be laid out in 
the purchase of land under the authority of the 
court, and it shall be lawful for the court to order | « 
the costs of any further re-investment of money | « 
in land which they shall deem proper, and of the | « 
necessary order for that purpose to be paid by | « 
the Company, and also to order and adjudge the | « 
costs of any re-investment not paid by the Com- | « 
pany under the provisions hereinbefore contained | « 
to be paid by the Petitioner for such re-investment, 
or such other person as the said court shall con- | « 
sider, in the circumstances of the case, ought to | « 


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“ pay the same.” &amp; 
Pr. 105. 1. 14. Leave out from “ party” to | « 
“ and” in 1. 16. “ 
Pr. 105. 1. 24. After “ works” insert “ so.” ‘“ 
Pr. 211. 1. 4. After “ be” imsert Clauses (A.) | «« 
and (B.) “ 


Cuause (A.) “ AND whereas the Company are | « 
desirous of adopting the atmospheric principle of | « 
traction, as likely to prove the most economical, 
safe and speedy means of conveying carriages | « 
along the Railway: BE it therefore Enacted, | « 
That the necessary apparatus for that purpose | « 
shall be laid down, used and duly maintained by | « 
the Company onthe said Railway: Provided al- | « 
ways, that it shall be lawful for the Company, | « 
with the consent of the Committee of Her Ma- | « 
jesty’s Privy Council for Trade and Plantations, | « 
signified under the hand of the Secretary to the | « 
said Committee, but not otherwise, to abstain | « 
from or discontinue the use thereof.” « 

Crauset (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the | « 
stationary engines employed on the Railway shall | « 
be constructed on the principle of consuming | « 
their own smoke, and if any engine be not so | « 
constructed, the Company shall forfeit Five pounds | « 
for every day during which such engine shall be | « 
“ used.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, | « 
were agreed to. “« 
Ordered, That Mr. Manners Sution 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 |e 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | « 
tituled, An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by | « 
or against the Mariners and General Life Assurance 
Company, and for granting certain Powers to the | « 
said Company ; and the same were read, as follow: | « 
Pr. 7. 1. 13. Leave out from “ proceedings” to | «« 

“ And” in Pr. 8. 1. 32., and insert Clauses (A.) and « 
(B.) « 
Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the « 

“ plaintiff may, after any execution issued by him 
“ against the estate, funds and property of the 
“‘ Company, cause execution upon any judgment, 
decree or order obtained by him in any action, 
suit or other proceeding against any such nominal | 
party as aforesaid, to be issued against any share- | 
holder for the time being of the Company, and 


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holder, and cause the name of such shareholder 
to be inserted in the writ or process of execution, 
describing him thereiu as a shareholder of the 
Company ; and no writ of scire facias, nor any 
suggestion on the record, nor any leave of the 
court shall be necessary before issuing any such 
execution: Provided always, That the plaintiff 
shall not cause such execution to be issued against 
such shareholder until one week after notice in 
writing of his intention to do so shall have been 
given to such shareholder, and such notice shall 
contain a demand of payment of the sum for which 
such execution is proposed to be issued, and shall 
be signed by the plaintiff or his attorney, and be 
served on such shareholder personally, or by 
leaving the same at his usual or last known place 
of abode.” 


Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, Thatif such 
last-mentioned execution shall be ineffectual to 
obtain satisfaction of the sums sought to be reco- 
vered thereby, the plaintiff may cause execution 
upon any judgment, decree or order obtained by 
him in any action, suit or other proceeding against 
any such nominal party as aforesaid, to be issued 
and made against any person who was a share- 
holder of the Company at the time the contract, 
engagement or liability upon or in respect of which 
such action, suit or other proceeding shall have . 
been instituted, was entered into or formed, al- 
though such person, at the time of issuing such 
execution, may have ceased to be a shareholder 
of the Company, and so from time to time against 
any other such former shareholder ; and it shall 
not be necessary for such plaintiff to proceed by 
writ of Scire facias upon any such judgment, de- 
cree or order, but such plaintiff shall, from time 
to time, enter a suggestion upon the record, that 
the person against whom such execution is pro- 
posed to be issued, was a shareholder of the Com- 
pany when such contract, engagement or liability 
was entered into or formed; and the court in 
which such judgment, decree or order shall have 
been obtained, or some Judge thereof, shall allow 
such suggestion to be entered, upon application 
for that purpose, and such last-mentioned execu- 
tion may be issued and made, upon proof of 
notice of such application given to the person 
against whom such execution is proposed to be 
issued, unless such court or Judge shall be satisfied 
that such person was not a shareholder of the 
Company when such contract, engagement or 
liability was entered into or formed, and a co 
of the memorial hereinafter directed to be enrolled 
shall be sufficient prima facie evidence on the 
part of any such plaintiff of the parties named 
and appearing therein as shareholders of the Com- 
pany being in fact such shareholders, until they 
shall respectively appear by such memorials to 
have ceased or discontinued to be shareholders of 
the Company, and no traverse or denial of such 
suggestion shall be allowed as against such plain- 
tiff after the same shall have been so entered, and 
the plaintiff so issuing execution from time to 
time as aforesaid, shall be at liberty to levy and 
recover upon such execution all the costs, charges 
and expenses, which costs, charges and expenses 
the proper officer of the court is hereby authorized 
to tax and allow, by him from time to time in- 
curred in obtaining the same or any prior execu- 
tion, in addition to the sums recovered by such 
judgment, decree or order, and the ordinary ex- 
penses of such execution, upon endorsing the 
amount thereof on the writ of execution.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
|hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
so from time to time against any other such share- | Lordships. 


3y¥4 A Petition 

















536 


Courts of A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 

Common Law Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying the House 

me a onl to exempt Scotland from the operation of the Courts 

mon Law Pro- of Common Law Process ; and, Courts of Common 

cess (Ireland) Jaw Process (Ireland) Bills, or otherwise to pass 

—_ into law a Bill conferring similar jurisdiction on the 
Scotch Courts, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Post-office. A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- 
cillors of the city of Durham, praying the House to 
repeal the clause in the Act of Parliament, confer- 
ring the power of opening letters entrusted to the 
General Post-office, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Corn Laws. A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of 
the Sussex Society for the Protection of Agriculture, 
raying the House to resist the efforts now making 
‘a the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that no altera- 
ration whatever may be made in the existing Corn 
Laws, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Turnpike Trusts Petitions of Richard Spurrell;— George Spurrell ; 
Cath Wales) __ John James Stacey ;—and, Caleb Lewis; praying 
on the House to insert a clause in the Turnpike Trusts 
(South Wales) Bill, providing remuneration or com- 
pensation to the Petitioners, as Clerks to Trustees 
of certain Turnpike-roads, for the loss of their offices 
under such Bill,—were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Creditors on the Suspension Bridge 
Branch of the Llandovery and Lampeter Turnpike- 
road ‘Trust, in the county of Carmarthen, praying 
that provision may be made in the said Bill for 
paying off the principal and interest of sums ad- 
vanced by subscriptions, and of a sum borrowed of 
the Public Works Loan Commissioners in the year 
1832, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


TurupikeTruts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—" Weles) mittee on the Turnpike Trusts (South Wales) Bill; 
= And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it be an Instruction to the Committee, that they 
“ have power to include highways and county 
‘“‘ bridges within the provisions of the Bill,” 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 resulved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee). 

Instruction to the Committee that they have Power 
to make provision, pursuant to the Resolution re- 
ported on the 17th July ——read. 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciausss, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuiauszs, N° 4 to N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 7 and N° 8, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 9, (Commissioners to ascertain and 
estimate all debts). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 5.1. 35. To leave out 
“ and actual.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause, to add “ Provided always, That in estimating 








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“ the fair and actual value of every such one hun- 
dred pounds of debt secured by mortgage or as- 
signment of the tolls of such trust, the Commis- 
sioners shall not award less than the sum which 
any person being the bond fide holder of such 
bond or assignment, or his testator or intestate, 
in case of the holder having acquired the same 
by bequest or intestacy, shall have actually paid 
for the same.” 

Question, That those words be there added —— 
put, and Negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiausss, N° 10 to N° 28, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


CuauseE, N° 29, (Amount paid by Public Works 
Loan Commissioners under this Act, with interest, 
to be repaid by half-yearly annuity for thirty years). 

P.13.1. 10. Proposed to fill the blank with “ five 
“ pounds five shillings.” 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ four 
** pounds one shilling and two-pence.” 

Question proposed, That the blank be filled with 
“ four pounds one shilling and two-pence” :—And, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Blank filled with “ five pounds five shillings.” 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cxiauses, N° 30 to N° 58, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 59, (Lime to be charged half toll). 

Amendment made, in P. 25. 1. 38., by inserting 
after “ lime” the words “ on conveying any lime 
“* to be used for the purposes of manure.” 

Another Amendment proposed: After “ manure”’ 
to insert “ or coal.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and Negatived. 

Clanse, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 60 to N° 82, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 83, (Local Boards to be appointed, 
called District Roads Boards). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 37. 1. 17. To leave 
out “said Commissioners” in order to insert “ per- 
‘ sons who shall be rated to the relief of the poor 
“ in the parish or places in which any such district 
“* shall lie, and who shall be resident therein,” in- 
stead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criause, N° 84, disagreed to. 

Cxiausts, N° 85 to N° 115, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedules read, and agreed 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 received To-morrow. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- gishop of Lou- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the don’s Estate 
case of the Bishop of Zondon’s Estate Bill, no B- 
Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Dun- Charitable 
shaughlin, in the county of Meath, and of the parish —— ™ 
of Culmillin, in said county, praying that the Cha- (Ireland) Bill. 
ritable Donations and Bequests (Zreland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition 





he. 


Lecturers and 
Parish Clerks 
Bill. 


Property Tax 
Act. 


8 VicTorRiIz£. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs, Wardens and Assistants 
of the Company of Weavers, London, praying that 
the Lecturers and Parish Clerks 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 Tenant Farmers of Highworth and 
its vicinity, in the county of Wilts, and of Faring- 
don, in the county of Berks, and its vicinity, praying 
for the repeal of so much of the Property Tax Act, 
as makes it imperative on them to pay on half the 


_amount of their rent, whether they gain any profit 


Field Gardens 
Bill. 


Wood, 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


Marriages 
(Ireland.) 


Gaming, 


Raja of Sattara. 


Mortmain, 


No. 536. 


or not by their occupation, and also that the House 
will give them the right of appeal in the same man- 
ner as others enjoy it, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Labourers and some other Inha- 
bitants of Hunmanby, in the East Riding of the 
county of York, praying that the Field Gardens 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operative Wood-sawyers of Shef- 


field, praying for a tax on steam sawing, or upon 


Wood sawn by steam, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Newtownlimavady Poor Law Union, 
county of Londonderry, stating that the Board of 
Guardians of the said Union have received an order 
from the Poor Law Commissioners to pay 101. per 
annum towards the salary of an auditor appointed 
by them; and praying, that the Assistant Commis- 
sioner be directed to audit the accounts in future, 
without any charge to the Union, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Borgue ;—Renfrew ;—Barhead ;-- 
Calton, Glasgow ;— Cardross ;—Kirkcolm (Preses) ; 
— Aberdeen; — Leswalt ;-— Provincial Synod of 
Galloway (Moderator) ;—Udney ; — Kirkcudbright 
(Moderator) ;—and, Moderator of the General As- 
sembly of the Free Church of Scotland; praying 
the House to declare valid, to all intents and pur- 
poses in law, all Marriages heretofore or here- 
after to be solemnized by Presbyterian Ministers in 
Ireland, provided that all such Marriages shall be 
solemnized and registered agreeably to the published 
laws of the Jrish Presbyterian Church,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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 Second 
Report made from the Select Committee appointed 
by their Lordships to inquire into the Laws respect- 
ing Gaming: And that Mr. Bouverie do carry the 
said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter from the Governor General of 
India to T. P. Willoughby, Secretary to the Bombay 
Government, referring to his Letter dated the 11th 
day of July 1839, respecting the case of the Raja 
of Sattara:—And, Copy of a Letter from 7. P. 
Willoughby, dated the 18th day of September 1839, 
to the Governor-General of India, referring to the 
Governor-General’s Letter of the 12th day of July 
1839, respecting the Raja of Sattara. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the Operation of the Laws of Mortmain, 
and of the Restrictions which limit the Power of 
making Gifts and Bequests for charitable and re- 





94° Sulit. 537 


Lord John Manners reported from the said Select 
Committee; and to whom several Petitions were 
referred; That they had examined the matters to 
them referred; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House; together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Slaughtering 


a Committee upon the Slaughtering Horses Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Billread 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Preamble be postponed ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers forthe f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, \ 5, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Elphinstone : Rae 

Tellers for the § Mr. Cowper, 104 

Noes, Mr. Mackinnon : } . 
Preamble postponed. 


Cuause, N° 1, (All existing licenses to continue 
in force until the quarter sessions of October 1845). 

Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause, as 
amended, stand part of the Bill——put, and Nega- 
tived. 


Crauses, N° 2 to N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 5, disagreed to. 

Cuause, N° 6, (Power for constables or peace 
officers to enter licensed places). 

Amendment proposed, in P.3. 1. 25. To leave out 
from “ thereof” to “ and,” in |, 27. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and Negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cxiauses, N°7and N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N’ 9, (Penalties to be applied as fol- 
lows, namely, one moiety thereof to the person who 
shall inform and prosecute for the same, or to such 
other person as to such Justices shall seem meet, 
and the remaining moiety thereof to the Overseers 
of the Poor of the parish in which the offence shall 
have been committed). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 4. Is. 17. 18. 


and 19. To leave out “ namely, one moiety thereof 


‘€ to the person who shall inform and prosecute for 
“ the same, or to such other person as to such Jus- 
“ tices shall seem meet.” 
Question put, ‘That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for ~~ Cowper, 
Yeas, Mr. Stafford O’ Brien : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Noes, (Mr. Escott: 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Criausg, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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a ew) 


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. 











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0 ET Tee 


na The Order of the day being read, for the second Appeal in 
ligious Uses, have Power to report their Observa-| reading of the Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill; — Cases 
tions thereupon to the House; together with the| Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. “ii 


Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Vo. 99, 3z The 














Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


538 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Report on the 
Poor Law Amendment Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And be it Enacted, That when any two persons, 
being husband and wife, both of whom shall be 
above the age of sixty years, shall be received into 
any workhouse, in pursuance of the provisions of the 
said recited Act, or of this Act, such two persons 
shall not be compelled to live separate and apart 
from each other in such workhouse; and that to 
this end suitable and decent accommodation shall 
be provided in every workhouse for each man and 
his wife so of the ages aforesaid, any thing in the 
said recited Act, or in the rules or regulations for 
the government of any workhouse to the contrary 
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. Borthwick, 1 30 
Yeas, L Lord John Manners: 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Young, 1 os 
Noes, \ Mr. Henry Baring: i 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That when any two per- 
sons, being husband and wife, both of whom shall 
be under the age of sixty years, and either of whom 
shall, from infirmity of mind or body, require the 
attendance or assistance of the other of them, then 
and in such case two such persons shall have and 
be entitled to the benefit or privilege of the provi- 
sion hereinbefore contained, in regard to persons 
being husband and wife above the age of sixty years, 
any thing in the said recited Act or any rule or order 
to the contrary 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 se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That if any poor and in- 
dustrious person shall, by temporary infirmity or 
insufficiency of employment, be unable to maintain 
himself or herself, or his or her family, then upon 
complaint thereof by such person to any Justice of 
the Peace residing in or near the place of residence 
of such person, it shall be lawful for such Justice 
to inquire into the truth of such infirmity or insuf- 
ficiency of employment, and to certify the same in 
writing under his hand to the Guardians of the Union 
in which such poor person shall so reside ; and upon 
receipt of such certificate, the said Guardians shall 
immediately order sufficient relief for such poor 
person, and his or her family, out of such work- 
house, during the time of such temporary infirmity 
or insufficiency of employment, any thing in the 
said-recited Act or any rule or regulation to the con- 
trary 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 
tine :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That when children, being 
under seven years of age, shall be received into any 
workhouse, in pursuance of the provisions of the 
said-recited Act and of this Act, such children shati 
not be separated from their mothers, being inmates 
of the same workhouse, and that to all children, 
being under thirteen years of age, free access shall 
be afforded for their mothers, being in the same 
workhouse, at all convenient times): And the said 
Clause was. brought up, and read the first time. 





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A. 1844, 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That the Commissioners 
do and shall take order for the due performance of 
religious services in each of such workhouses, and 
for that purpose do and shall appoint fit persons, 
being Clergymen of the Church of England, to act 
as Chaplains in such workhouses, aad fix the amount 
to be paid to such Chaplains respectively by way of 
salary or allowance for their services (which amount , 
when so paid shall be paid out of the rates accord- 
ingly): Provided always, that no person who shall 
be so appointed to be a Chaplain for any workhouse 
shall act as such Chaplain unless he be approved 
for that purpose by the Bishop of the diocese with- 
in which such workhouse is situated): 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 the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 25° die Julii, 1844: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Stafford O’ Brien, 


V a0. 


Yeas, | Lord John Manners: 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Young, 89 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: } 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant 
into a Committee upon the Merchant Seamen Bill ; Seamen 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. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


No. 537. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Privy Council 


mittee on the Privy Council Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


ill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 


Means ; 


Ordered, That the Account of the Unfunded Debt Accounts, 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Demands teferred: 
outstanding on 5th January 1844; distinguishing Unfunded Debt 


Exchequer Bills ; Sums remaining unpaid, charged 
upon the Aids granted by Parliament; and Ex- 
chequer Bills to be issued out of the Consolidated 
Fund ; and distinguishing also such part of the Un- 
funded 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 1844, to defray 
such part of the Unfunded Debt, and Demands out- 
standing, as have been provided for; with Appen- 
dices, which was presented upon the 25th day of 
March last, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Ex- Monies in the 
chequer or remaining to be raised on the 5th ~ of Exchequer. 


uly 





8 VicrorizZ. 


July 1844, to complete the Aids granted by Parlia- 
ment for the service of the years 1842 and 1843, 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this in- 
stant July, be referred to the Committee. 
Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Six millions 
nine hundred and sixty-nine thousand eight hundred 
and fifty-six pounds, ten shillings and three pence, 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 
applied to the Service of the year 1844, the Sum of 
One hundred and eighty-four thousand three hun- 
dred and twenty-nine pounds nine shillings and 
nine pence, being the Surplus of Ways and Means 
granted for the Service of preceding years. 

3. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Five hundred 
thousand pounds, a part of the Sum in the Ex- 
chequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or remaining to be raised on the 5th 
day of July 1844, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1842 and 
1843, be applied to the Service of the year 1844. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


Surplus Ways 
and Means. 


Transfer of 
Aids. 





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. 


Protection of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee on the Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c. (Jre- 
reland) Bil Jand) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


Clerk of the The ingrossed Bill to amend so much of an Act 
Crownin sof the fifth and sixth years of his late Majesty, as 
Chancery Bill. s 


relates to the Salary of the Clerk of the Crown in 
Chancery ; and to make other Provisions in respect 
of the said Office, 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. 
Marriages Bill, The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to de- 
clare the Law respecting the Publication of Banns 
of Matrimony, and the Celebration of Marriages, in 
Churches or Chapels to which Districts shall have 
been assigned under certain of the Church Building 
Acts, was, according to Order, read the third time ; 
and the Amendments following were made to the 
Bill: 

In the Title of the Bill: 


L.1. Leave out from “ Act” to “ Banns”’ in I. 2., 
and insert “ concerning.” 

L.3. Leave out “ of Matrimony,” and in the same 
line leave out from “ and” to “ Marriages” in 1. 4. 

L. 4. After “ in” insert “ certain districts,” and 
in the same line leave out from “ Chapels” to the 
end of the Title. 

Resolved, That the Biil, 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. 

Vat. 99. 


Q4°—95° Jultz. 


539 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Criminal Justice 
mittee on the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill; (Middlesex) 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve = 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Ecclesiastical Jurisdic- Eeclesiastical 
tions Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Jurisdictions 
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 Three-and.a- 
into a Committee upon the Three-and-a-Half per balf per Cents. 
Cents. Dissentients 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 directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read 
the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Transfer of 
into a Committee upon the Transfer of Licenses song 
(Post Horses) (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time Ueland) Bil. 
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 Grand Jury 
a Committee upon the Grand Jury Presentments Presentments 
(Dublin) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ae 
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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Woods and Fo- 
auditing the Accounts of the Commissioners of Her rests Accounts 
Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works aa. 
and Buildings: 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 to Grand Canal 
enable the Commissioners of Public Works in Jre- (Ireland) Bill. 
land to accept a certaim Sum of Money in satisfac- 
tion of their Mortgage on the Branch Canals com- 
municating with the Grand Canal in Ireland: And 
that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir George 
Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Letters Patent 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased for Inventions, 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Issues tried upon Writs of 
Scire facias issued to procure the Repeal of Letters 
Patent for Inventions, and the Verdicts found on 
such Issues. 

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. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Woods and Fo- 
for auditing the Accounts of the Commissioners of tests Accounts 
Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 2! 

Works and Buildings: And the same was read the No. 538. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
‘To-morrow ; and to be printed. 








) 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to enable the Grand Canal 
_Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to accept (Ireland) Bill. 
a certain Sum of Money in satisfaction of their No.539. 
|Mortgage on the Branch Canals communicating 
with the Grand Canal in Jreland: And the same 
'was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


| second time ‘To-morrow ; and to be printed. 
| Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill South Sea _ 
for completing the Guarantee Fund of the South Company Bill. 
| Sea Company, for advancing for the Public Service No. 540. 
|part of the unclaimed Stock and Dividends in the 


322 hands 

















Poor Law. 


Prisoners for 
Debdt, &amp;c. 


No. 541. 


Scilly Islands 
Mails, 


No. 542. 


Willenhall 
Chapel Estate 
Bill. 


Hitchins’ 
(or Peach's) 
Estate Bill, 


Poor Relief 
-(Gilbert’s Act.) 


No. 543. 


Committees, 


540 


hands of the said Company, and for regulating the 
Allowance to be paid for the Management of the 
South Sea Stock and Annuities: 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 Returns relative to the Poor 
Law, which were presented yesterday, be referred 
to the Select Committee on Poor Law Amendment 
Act (Medical Relief.) 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Prisoners for Debt, &amp;c., which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Scilly 
Islands Mails, which was presented upon the 12th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


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


Jovis, 25° die Julit ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Willenhall Chapel Estate Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to betrue; 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 
Hitchins’ (or Peach’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 re- 
port the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the Administration and Operation of 
the Law for the Relief of the Poor in Unions formed 
under the Act 22 Geo. 3, c. 83 (Gilbert’s Act) ; 
and to report to the House their Opinion whether it 
is expedient that the said Unions should be main- 
tained, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Barneby reported trom the said Select Com- 
mittee; and to whom several Petitions on the sub- 


ject were referred; That they had considered the 


said Petitions ; and that they had in compliance with 
the directions of the House made progress in the 
inquiry entrusted to them; and had taken evidence 
relative to several of the Unions incorporated under 
Gilbert's Act, but finding it impossible, in conse- 
quence of the advanced period of the Session, to 
complete their inquiry, or to secure the attendance 
of such a number of the Members of the Committee 
as would render any Opinion they might offer as to 
the expediency of maintaining the Unions formed 
under Gilbert’s Act satisfactory to the House, the 
Committee had determined merely to report the 
Evidence taken before them up to the present time ; 
to which they begged to call the attention of the 
House. 

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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


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A. 1844, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law. 


Copy of Mr. Weale’s Reports to the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, relating to the Parishes calling them- 
selves the Brassington Incorporation. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tithes Commu 
Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of tation, 


Tithes, which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January to the 1st 
day of July 1844; 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 Incum- 
bents :—And, of all Awards for the Commutation 
of Tithes, which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January to the 1st 
day of July 1844; 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 :-—Also, of all Apportionments of Rent- 
charges which have been confirmed, from the 1st 
day of January to the 1st day of July 1844 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 501, of the 
present Session). 


Ordered, That the Piccadilly Improvement Bill Piccadilly 


be read a second time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Poor Law 
into further consideration the Report on the Poor —— 
ul. 


Law Amendment Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the 
Guardians of the poor to give a higher rate of out- 
door relief than that now given, at their discretion, 
to aged people above sixty years of age, who have 
paid their poor rates): And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That in the event of a 
married couple, or a single man or woman, possess- 
ing a cottage under the value of five pounds annual 
value, and having paid their poor rates, and being 
no longer able to work, they be eligible for out-door 
relief at the discretion of the Guardians): And the 
said Clause was brought upand 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. 

Sir Charles Napier, 
Mr. Redhead Yorke 
f Mr. Young, 
Mr. Henry Baring: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And be it Enacted, That from and after the Thirty- 
first day of March One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-five, the Commission appointed by an Act of 
4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 76, intituled, “‘ An Act for the 
Amendment and better Administration of the Laws 
relating to the Poor in England and Wales,” shall 
cease and be abolished, and the several unions and 
union workhouses that have been created or esta- 
blished for the maintenance of the Poor, under the 
aforesaid or any other Acts relating to the relief of 
the Poor in England and Wales, shall be exclusively 
and solely under the management, power and control 
of the several Boards of Guardians, constituted and 
appointed for the management of each separate 
union or union workhouse, without any interference, 

power 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Lee 


Tellers for the Noes, } 42. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Colonial 
Postage Biil. 
Assessed Taxes 


Compositions, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


Detached Parts 
of Counties Bill. 


Gaming. 


8 VicrorRiz. 


sioners): 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 _ Sap hei 8. | 
' Mr. Young, : 
Tellers for the Noes,) yy, Henry Baring: J 81. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause, (Guardians, by order of Commis- 
sioners, to appoint Collector of Poor’s Rates) was 
brought up, and twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That the Commissioners 
do and shall order Boards of Guardians to take 
measures for allowing all paupers, not being mem- 
bers of the Church of England, to attend their re- 
spective places of worship, when within reasonable 
distance, at all reasonable times): And the said 
Clause was brought up and read the first time ; and, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it further Enacted, That whenever it 
shall appear to the Board of any district school 
that the space within such school is more than suf- 
ficient for the accommodation of poor children with- 
in the district for which such school shall have been 
built, it shall and may be lawful for such Board, 
subject to the approval of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, to make order for the admission of so many 
other children residing in the said district as shall 
seem expedient to such Board ; and the weekly pro- 
vision for the maintenance and education of such 
children shall be fixed by the Board at such rate as 
shall in their judgment be amply sufficient to cover 
every expense on account of such children): And 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause (Relief to widows in certain 
cases), was brought up, and twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause, (Act to come into operation on 
the day after Her Majesty gives the Royal Assent 
thereto) was brought up, and twice read ; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and 
Sir George Rose: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the better Regulation 
of Colonial Posts : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the fifth 
day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty- 
six, Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and to amend 
certain Laws relating to Duties under the Manage- 
ment of the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to annex Detached Parts of Counties to the 
Counties in which they are situated, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of the Second 
Report from the Select Committee of the House of 
Lords appointed to inquire into the Laws respecting 


Gaming :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 
Vox. 99. 


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power or control of the aforesaid Board of Commis- | 


541 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Second Report Gaming, 
‘from the Select Committee of the House of Lords No. 544, 
|appointed to inquire into the Laws respecting 


Gaming, which was this day communicated from 
_ the Lords, be printed. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- Archbutt’s 
solve the Marriage of Samuel Archbutt, the younger, Divorce Bill. 
| Gentleman, with Mary Amelia, his now Wife, and 
'to enable him to marry again, and for other Pur- 
| poses therein mentioned, was read the third time. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Elphinstone 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 Wilson’s 
_Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in state Bill. 
| the case of Wilson’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 
| were applicable. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Passingham’s 
| Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Estate Bill. 
‘the ¢ase of Passingham’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
| Orders were applicable. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
| 
| Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Harris's 
| Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Estate Bill. 
| the case of Harris’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 
| were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


| Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Bowyer’s 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Estate Bill. 

the case of Bowyer’s Estate Bill, no Standing Or- 

ders were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Lady leDespen- 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; ‘That in cer’s Estate Bill. 
the case of Lady le Despencer’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Werrington, &amp;e. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Curacies Bill. 
the case of the Werrington, &amp;c., Curacies Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Werrington, &amp;c., Curacies Bill was read a Werrington, 
second time ; and committed. &amp;c., Curacies 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ®#"+ 
mittee of Selection. 


Bowyer’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Bowyer’s 
and committed. Estate Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Planters, Mer- Sugar and 
chants, Agricultural Labourers and other Inhabitants ©o#e- 
of the parish of Trelawny, in the island of Jamaica, 
stating that the Petitioners have heard, with feelings 
of the deepest dismay, that the House contemplates 
a reduction in the differential duties now levied 
upon Foreign Sugar and Coffee, as compared with 
the production of the British Colonies; and pray- 
ing that if the House should adopt the proposal 
referred to, a corresponding reduction may be made 
upon the duties now leviable upon British Colonial 
Produce, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gorey ;—and, Castlebridge ; pray- Charitable 
ing that the Charitable Donations and Bequests aaeonng and 
(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law,— were ({reland) Bil 


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





323 A Petition 














County Courts 
Bill 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Orcers of 
Removal. 


Commercial 
Marine. 


No. 545. 


Poor Law 
_ Unions. 


Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


542 


A Petition of the President, Vice President, Trea- 
surer and Members of the Committee of the Liver- 
pool Guardian Society for the Protection of ‘Trade, 
praying that the County Courts Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Wolverhampton 
Union, praying the House to insert in the Poor Law 
Amendment Billa clause restoring to Magistrates the 
power of punishing, by imprisonment, women guilty 
of repeated offences of bastardy, 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 from the Clerks of the Peace, of 
all Appeals to the Quarter Sessions against Orders 
of Removal in the years 1841, 1842 and 1843; 
distinguishing how many have been quashed on the 
merits or on points of form. 

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 Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the state and condition of the Com- 
mercial Marine of the Country, and to take into 
consideration and report on the best mode of en- 
couraging and extending the employment of British 
Shipping, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Lyall reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had inquired into the matters 
referred to them, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House; together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, and 
an Appendix. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Union Workhouses under the Poor 


Law Amendment Act, in which the Pauper Inmates 


thereof are, or have been since the formation of 


such Unions, employed in grinding or crushing 
Bones by means of Mills, Machinery or otherwise, 
together with the date of such erection of Mills or 
other Machinery, and the Names of the Chairman 


and Vice Chairman of the Board of Guardians of 
every such Union at the period :—Also, the Cost 
of the said Bones, including all Expenses of Car- 
riage,and other incidental Expenses, and the Amount 
which the same have produced in their manufac- 
tured state, and whether the same have been sold 


by Tender, or at a fixed Price, or otherwise. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


a Committee upon the Controverted Elections Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cuiauses, N° 1 to N° 45, with Amendments to 


several of them, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 46, (Election Petitions to be referred 
‘o the General Committee, and Lists of Petitions 
to be made). 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add “ Provided always, That when the return of 
“ any Member shall have once been questioned 


D5° Jultz. 





A, 1844. 


Question, That those words be there added 
put,and Negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add “ Provided always, That although 
“ the return of any Member shall have been ques- 
tioned before any Election Committee, and al- 
though such Committee may have found and 
declared such Member to be duly elected to serve 
for the then existing Parliament, such finding and 
declaration shall not prevent subsequent Peti- 
tions, presented in conformity with the Sessional 
Orders of the House, it being hereby expressly 
declared, that there is no limit to the number of 
Petitions or to the periods at which they may be 
presented against the returns of Members of 
Parliament.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and Negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 


Crausss, N° 47 to N® 101, with Amendments to 
several of them, 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 To-morrow. 


Dublin, on the subject of Local Taxation, to his 
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, at or 
subsequent to the 1st day of November 1842 :— 
Of any Communications upon the subject between 
his Excellency and the Commissioners for Paving 
and Lighting Dublin:—And, of the Commission 
issued by his Excellency, for the purpose of inquir- 
ing into the same subject, together with a Copy of 
the Report of the said Commissioners, and of any 
Communication addressed to his Excellency relating 
to such Report. 


the Report on the Poor Law Amendment Bill. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 7. 1. 3., by leaving out the twelfth Clause. 
And the Question being proposed, That the said 
Clause stand part of the Bill :--The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in P. 18.1. 42., by inserting after the 
word “final” the words “ Provided always, That 
‘“¢ when the relief of the poor has been hitherto ad- 
ministered in any parish or parishes by Guardians 
or Directors appointed under a local Act, and not 
by Overseers of the Poor, if such parish or pa- 
rishes, according to the last enumeration of the 
population, published by authority of Parliament, 
contain more than twenty thousand persons, it 
shall not be lawful to include such parish or pa- 
rishes in any such district for the audit of ac- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pubtin Local 
Copies of any Memorial from the Corporation of Taxation. 


The House, according to the Order made this Poor Law 
day, proceeded to take into further consideration Amendment 





before any Election Committee on a bond fide 
Petition or Petitions presented against his return, 
and when such Member shall have been reported 
by such Committee duly elected to serve for the 
then existing Parliament, the seat of such Mem- 
ber shall not be affected by any subsequent Peti- 
tion against the same seat for the same Election.” 








counts; and in every such parish or parishes, 
provided such parish or parishes have not at pre-- 
sent auditors elected under the provisions of an 
Act passed in the second year of the reign of King 
William the Fourth, intituled,‘ An Act for the 
better Regulation of Vestries, and for the Ap- 
pointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain Pa- 
rishes of England and Wales, the rate-payers 
thereof shall, within forty days after the passing 
of the Act, proceed to elect in vestry some one 
person who shall thenceforward act as sole Au- 
ditor of all accounts whatsoever of any Guardians 
or Directors, Vestrymen or other officers or boards 
having any control over any part of the parochial 
“ expenditure 


8 VicTorRIzZ. 


“c 


25° Julie. 
expenditure of such parish or parishes relating to | 
the poor, and they shall fix a salary to be paid | 
to such Auditor out of the poors’ rate of such 
parish or parishes, and such Auditor shall con- | 
tinue in office until he be dismissed by the Guar- 
dians or Directors; and every Auditor so ap- 
pointed shall exercise and fulfil, with regard to_ 
all the accounts of such parish or parishes, all 
rights, powers and duties to be exercised and 
fulfilled by Auditors to be appointed under the | 
authority of this Act: Provided also, That the the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
accounts of such parish or parishes shall be au- hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
dited once at least in every six months (that is | which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
to say), after the twenty-fifth day of March and | currence of their Lordships. 

-ni y mber in every year 
ote gre ag ala gc eoniatliions | The ingrossed Bill for suspending the Operation as ag 
provided.” |of the new Arrangement of Dioceses, so far as it pistons 

And the Question being put, That those words | affects the existing Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions, and 
be there inserted ; for obtaining Returns from and the Inspection of 
The House divided : the Registries of such Jurisdictions, was, according 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; to Order, read the third time. — 
The Noes to the old Lobby. An ingrossed Clause (Meaning of the word “ Re- 


Captain Pechell, gistrar,”) was brought up, and thrice read; and 
Tellers for the Yeas, Lord Alfred Hervey : } * | added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

1 

:J 


543 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Lecturers and 
better regulating the Offices of Lecturers and Parish — Clerks 
Clerks, was, according to Order, read the third time. ' 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 





1 


oO 


Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
gees Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to suspend until the Thirty-first 
day of December One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-seven, the Operation of the new Arrangement 
of Dioceses, so far as it affects the existing Kcclesi- 
astical Jurisdictions, and for obtaining Returns from 


Tellers for the Noes, 


bo 


Lord Arthur Lennox:J ° 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 





Joint Stock The ingrossed Bill for the Registration of Joint | and the Inspection of the Registries of such Juris- 
a Stock Companies, and for conferring on such Com- | dictions. 


and Regulation panies certain Privileges of Corporate Bodies, sub- | 
Bill. ject to the Payment of certain Fees, and on certain 
Conditions and Regulations; and for preventing the 
Establishment of Fraudulent Companies ; and for 
the Regulation of Joint Stock Companies, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (All deeds and instruments 
bearing the seal of the Company to be signed by 
two directors), was brought up, and thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Exemption of Mining 
Companies working on the cost-book principle), 
was brought up, and thrice read ; and added to 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, 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to provide for paying off such Three-and-a- 
of the Three pounds ten shillings per Centum An- ee 
nuities and Government Debentures which are to pi, 
be paid off, under two Acts passed in the present 
Session 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. 











Mr. Greene reported the Turnpike Trusts (South Turnpike Trusts 
Wales) Bill:—And the Bill was re-committed to SS Wales) 


Committee of the whole House :—The House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the said 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. 


Railways Bill. = The ingrossed Bill to attach certain Conditions 


to the Construction of future Railways, authorized 
or to be authorized by any Act of the present or 


succeeding Sessions of Parliament, and for other 
Purposes in relation to Railways, was, according to 
Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were 


Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry tne Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Criminal Justice (Mid- 
dlesex) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to confirm and enfranchise the (In the Committee.) 
Estates of the Conventionary Tenants of the Ancient} Instruction to the Committee, That they have 


Assessionable Manors of the Duchy of Cornwall, Power to make provision, pursuant to the Resolution 
and to quiet Titles as against the Duchy, and for | reported on the 17th July——read. 
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 desire their concurrence. 


Criminal Justice 
(Middlesex) 
Bill. 

Duchy of Come 
wall Assession- 
able Manors 
Bill, 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 


Preamble postponed. 


Crausgs, N° 1 to N° 8, with Amendments to se- 
veral of them, agreed to. 


Duchy of Com- ‘The ingrossed Bill to enable the Council of his} Cxause, N° 9, (That there shall be paid, out of the 


wall Lands Bill. Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, | Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
to sell and exchange Lands and enfranchise Copy- | Britain and Ireland, the sum of pounds 
holds, Parcel of the Possessions of the Duchy of | to such Assistant Barrister, for a yearly salary). 
Cornwall, to purchase other Lands, and for other | Amendment proposed, in P. 3. ls. 14. and 13. To 
Purposes, was, according to Order, read the third |leave out “out of the Consolidated Fund of the 


time. l« United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.” 
Vou. 99. 324 Question 




















Marriages 


(Ireiand) Bill, 


Jvint Stock 
Banks Regula- 
tion Bill. 


Charitable 
Donations 
and Bequests 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Private Part- 
nerships Bill. 


Books aud 
Engravings 
Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means ; 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


Surplus Way) 
aud Means. 


Transfer of 
Aids. 


544. 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Young, 
Yeas, \ Lord Arthur Lennox : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Brotherton, 1 
Noes, Mr. William Williams: f 
Blank filled with “ one thousand two hundred.” 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 
CrausE, N° 11, disagreed to. 
Cuiausss, N° 12 to N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 
CcrauseE, N° 16, agreed to. 
Clauses added. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


} 43. 


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


Veneris, 26° die Julii, 1844: 


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 Marriages (ireland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Report on the 
Joint Stock Banks Regulation Bill; and the! 
Amendments were read, and agreed to; and Amend- 
ments were made tothe 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 
reading of the Charitable Donations and Bequests 
(Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Private Partnerships Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Books and Engravings Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Ways 
and Means, several Resolutions ; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Six millions 
nine hundred and sixty-nine thousand eight hundred 
and fifty-six pounds ten shillings and three pence, 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 
~pplied to the Service of the year 1844, the Sum of 
One hundred and eighty-four thousand three hun- 
dred and twenty-nine pounds nine shillings and 
nine pence, being the Surplus of Ways and Means 
granted for the Service of preceding years. 

3. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Five hun- 
dred thousand pounds, a part of the Sum in the 
Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, or remaining to be raised on the 
5th day of July 1844, to complete the Aids granted 


25°—26° Julzz. 


A. 1844, 


by Parliament for the Service of the years 1842 and 
1843, be applied to the Service of the year 1844. 

The said Retslasiona, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, Thata Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Chancellor 
| of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, 
and bring it in. 





Mr. Greene reported the Transfer of Licenses Transfer of 
(Post Horses) (Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments sa 
were read, and agreed to. Cnlandy Bik 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ; 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Grand Jury Present- 
ments (Dublin) Bill : 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Grand Jury 
and the Amendments were Presentments 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petition of John Heathcote, Factories. 
late Superintendent of Factories for the Manchester 
district, for inquiry into the circumstances of his dis- 
missal from office, which was presented upon the 
29th day of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Clerks to 
for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors 4ttormies Bill 
who have omitted to enrol their Contracts ; and for 
amending the Law relating to the enrolment of such 
Contracts, and to the disabilities of such Clerks, in 
certain cases: And that Sir George Clerk and Mr. 

Pringle do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Customs (New 
clear up Doubts as to the Regulation and Audit of _ Wales) 
the Accounts of the Customs in New South Wales :~"* 

And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir 
George Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s Slave Trade. 
Command,—Copy of Instructions for the guidance 
of Her Majesty’s Naval Officers employed in the 
Suppression of the Slave Trade. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Customs (New 
to clear up Doubts as to the Regulation and Audit South Wales) 
of the Accounts of the Customs in New South?! 
Wales: And the same was read the first time; and No. 546, 
ordered to be read a second time this day; and to 
be printed. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for the Relief Clerks to 

of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors who have Attomies Bil. 
omitted to enrol their Contracts ; and for amending No.547. 
the Law relating to the Enrolment of such Con- 

tracts, and to the Disabilities of such Clerks, in 

certain cases: 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 Consolidated 
to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and Fund Bill. 
certain other Sums, to the Service of the year One No. 548. 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-four: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Cheape’s 
Cheape’s Divorce Bill; That they had examined Divorce Bil’ 
the allegations of the Bill as to the marriage of the 
parties, the adultery charged as the ground for dis- 
solving the Marriage, the interlocutory judgment in 
the action for criminal conversation, the inquiry of 
damages, the final judgment thereupon, and the sen- 
tence of divorce in the proper Ecclesiastical Court ; 
and, upon evidence satisfactory to the Committee, 





found 


8 Vicrori@m. 


found the same and the other allegations to be true ; 
and they saw no reason to suspect collusion be- 
tween 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. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—Returns of all Officers to whom Pensions 
had been granted for the loss of Limb, or Wounds 
equivalent thereto, and whose Pensions were sub- 
sequently purchased by the Government; stating 
the Name and Rank, and the Amount of Pension | 
of each Officer ; also the dates when such Pensions | 
were purchased, and the Amount paid by Govern- | 
ment for such Pensions ; with a Calculation of the | 
the Profit or Loss resulting to the Public, so far as | 
the same can be made out, up to the 31st day of 
March 1844 :—And, of the - ie of Chelsea and | 
Ordnance Pensioners who obtained permission to 
commute their Pensions; showing the Number of | 
those who actually commuted, and the Number of | 
those who, not having received the full Amount of | 
the commuted Allowance, were replaced on the | 
Pension List; with a calculation of the Profit or | 
Loss resulting to the Public, so far as the same can 
be made out, up to the 31st day of March 1844 :— 
Also, a Statement showing the Amount paid in 
Commutation, the yearly Amount of the Pensions 
saved thereby, and the Profit resulting to the Public, 
after deducting the Sums paid in Canada to the 
commuted Pensioners and their families, who had 
emigrated to that Country, and all Charges that 
have been incurred in consequence of this measure. 


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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
tilla quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 


clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


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Veneris, 26° die Julit ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
~ to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Committees, 


Wilson’s 


Wilson’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
Estate Bill. 


committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Passingham’s 


Passingham’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
Estate Bill, 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Harris’s 


— Harris’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and 
astate Bill. 


committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


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545 


Gape’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; and Gape’s 
committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills, Divorce 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 
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. Greene do 
carry the said Message. 


A Petition of William Phelps, of Red Lion-square, Gape’s 
in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, Solicitor for Divorce Bill. 
Thomas Foreman Gape, 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 loreman Gape and Fanny Louisa, 
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 
Orders have been made that it be an Instruction to 
the Select Committee to whom it has been referred, 
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 Fanny Louisa Gape is, as the Peti- 
tioner believes, residing out of the United Kingdom, 
and was, on the 11th day of June last, served ai 
Lausanne, in Switzerland, with an attested copy of 
‘the said Bill, together with the Order of the House 
of Lords for the second reading thereof in the said 


| House ; that it will be impossible to serve the said 


Fanny Louisa Gape personally with a copy of the 
said Bill and of the Orders of the House, in sufficient 
time to allow the said Billto pass during the present 
Session of Parliament, and the Petitioner is appre- 


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_| hensive that the interests of the said Zhomas Fore- 


man Gape may suffer by the progress of the said 
Bill being delayed ; that William Strickland Cook- 
son, of Lincoln’s-Inn, in the county of Middlesex, 
Gentleman, is the solicitor and confidential adviser 
of the said Fanny Louisa Gape, and as such, in- 
i structed his proctors to appear for her in the suit 
‘instituted by the said Thomas Foreman Gape against 
ithe said Fanny Louisa, his Wife, in the Consistory 
Court of London, for Divorce, on the ground of 
criminal conversation and adulterous behaviour ; 
and the Petitioner believes that the said William 
Strickland Cookson has full authority to act as her 
solicitor and agent in all matters relating to the said 
Divorce ; and praying that the service of the said 
Orders and of an official copy of the said Bill upon 
William Strickland Cookson may be deemed good 
service, and that personal service on the said Fanny 
Louisa Gape may be dispensed with, or that the 
House will be pleased to give such other relief in 
the premises as shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 





The Bishop of London’s Estate Bill was read a Bishop of 
second time ; and committed. L.ondon’s 











Lady le Despen- 


Lady le Despencer’s Estate Bill was read a se- 
cer’s Estate Bill, 


cond time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


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Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that the Committees on Wilson’s 
Estate Bill; Passingham’s Estate Bill; Harris’s 
Estate Bill; Bowyer’s Estate Bill; Lady le Despen- 
cer’s Estate Bill; and, Werrington, &amp;c., Curacies Bill, 
may be appointed to meet, and sit, and proceed, 
upon Monday next. 

Vou. 99, 


Committee of 
Selection, 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ©**** Bilt 


| mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that the Committee on the said 
Bill may be appointed to meet, and sit, and proceed, 
upon Tuesday next. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, Corn Laws. 
Tradesmen and Labourers within the Uckfield Petty 
Sessions District, in the county of Susser, praying 
ithe House to resist the projects of the Anti-Corn- 

Law League, and in consideration of the vast — 
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546 26° Julie. A. 1844. 


of capital and skill which has been expended in Amendment proposed, in P. 1.1.13. To leave out 

the improvement of land, preserve to the agricultu- |“ three pounds five shillings in order to insert 

rist and his labourers the protection to which they “ three pounds six shillings and eight-pence,” in- 

are entitled, was presented, and read; and ordered | stead thereof.” y rae 

to lie upon the Table. Question put, hat “ three pounds five shillings 
| stand part of the Clause ; 

| 


: ae a The Committee divided : 
Petitions from Carrick-on-Suir ;—Clooneen ; — 7 


Sonna and Balnacarig ;—Clonmult;—Emlafad and| Tellers for the Yeas, Mr es t 51. 
Kilmorgan ;— Boherlahan ;— Killenaule and Mo- Mr. Hean, J: 
glass ; —- Loughgall ;— Maistrim ; — Kildonery ;—}| Tellers for the Noes, Mr Tufnell: } 20. 
Ballinahiil ;— Kilglass ; — Inchicronan ;— Money- . . 


. Clause agreed to, 
more ;—Saint John’s ;—Kilenvoy, and Raharra ;— : “ i 
Upper Killeavy ,—Kiblarron ;—Kilcommon Erris; Cuause, N° 2, (After the twentieth day of No- 
—Ballymoodan and Kilbrogan ;—Clara ;—Borris vember One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four, 
O' Leigh ;— Bristol ;—-J ohnstown ;— Dungourney ;— | the interest payable to depositors by the Trustees 
Killinaine and other places;—Borrisokane and other | or Managers of any Savings Bank shall not exceed 





places ;— Ardcarn ;—Lisrona and Powerstown ;—| the rate of two pounds fifteen shillings per centum 
. ? “ ? ‘ 

K ilcoo ;— Killgeever ;— Castletown ;— Tipperary ;— | P&amp; annum). : 

Upper Church and Drombane ;— Rollestown and | Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 22. To leave 


Oldtown ;— Abington ;— Kinlough ;—Drangan ;— | oe . exceed the rate of ” Lg order to insert “ be less 
Crosser lough ;—Clontibret ; — Westport ;—Clogher than,” instead thereof. — 

(two Petitions); — Mayne and Faughalstown ;—| Question put, That the words “ exceed the rate 
Kilcommon ; — Leckpatrich ;—Street ;—Lorha ;— | of stand part of the Clause ; 

Ardee ; — Ballivourney ;— Barrendaugh and Kil-| he Committee divided : 





bride ; — Kinawley; — Castlerahan and Monter- Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Young, 4 } 58. 
conaught ; —Donoughmore ; —Moycarthy ;-—Clon-|  , Yeas, L Mr. Henry Baring: 

mellon and Killallon ; -—- Clonallan ; —Scrabby ;— | Pellers for “— Mr. Hume, ; } 14. 
Modeligo ; — Kildalhey ; — Kilmacduan and Kil-| Noes, Mr. Beckett Denison : 

seithiad —Donohill and Anacarty ; — Kilnabog ah Amendment made. 


Kill and Newtown ;—Doonane and Mayo;--Fahan| Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


and Dysertegny ; —Elphin ;—Moyne and Temple-| Cuiavses, N° 3 to N° 21, with Amendments to 
tohy ; — Lismore; —: Tyrella, Clough and Druma-| several of them, agreed to. 
road ;—Donoreand Rosnaree ;—Kilglass ;--Moore ; | Clauses added. 


— Castlecomer ;—Saint Peter’s and Drum; —and, | 


Bradford (York); praying for the repeal of the} Preamble read, and agreed to. 


Legislative Union between Great Britain and Tre-| Bill, as amended, to be reported. 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to ; pheeiennrencen assine Rian setae 
lie upon the Table. Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. G’reene 


| reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Petitions from Aglish ; — Enniscorthy ; — and, | Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Diocese of Ferns; praying that the Charitable Do-| Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


nations and Bequests (Jreland) Bill may not pass, day next. 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered | ; , 
to lie upon the Table, ’ : | Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cirencester 


| to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ 


ie , . ' : | for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
wart Sane aay a eat nee atePement fo the Borough of Cresent 
lon the House to refuse a renewal of the Bank of 0°” of Thomas William Chester Master, Esquire, 
Treland Charter, and to pass an Act extending the psig —_s pe el lg rough — 
banking pviloges guaranteed by the Act 6 Go: 4 ety Thre Chiltern Hundreds, of Stoke, Deso 
Trish miles around it, with such Amendments as | rough and Bonenham, in the county of Buckingham. 
to the House shall seem meet, was presented, and| 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Books aud 


into a Committee upon the Books and Engravings Engravings Bil. 


Bill; and, after some time speut 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Controverted Elections 
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 


. on the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 
into a Committee upon the Savings Banks Bill. 


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


(In the Committee.) Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Algeria. 


ae bs ye - ' Command,—Copy of Ordinances of the King of the 
ae read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para-| French, dated 11th November 1835 and 16th De- 
grap". cember 1843, relative to Trade with Algeria. 


Preamble postponed. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Crause, N° 1, (That on the twentieth day of No- Table. 


vember One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four, | 
the interest payable on the receipts issued to the | 
Trustees of Saving Banks by the Commissioners for | on 
the Reduction of the National Debt shall cease, 
that from and after the said twentieth 





day of No-| this instant July ; and had directed him to make a 


veinber all receipts issued prior to that day shall Report thereof to the House. 


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


carry interest at the rate of three pounds five shil- 
lings per centum per annum.) 


Ordered, 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Forty-second 
and | Petitions presented upon the 22d and 23d days of R«Po't) 





Dog-stealing 
(Metropolis. ) 


No. 549. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


High Con- 
stables, 


Land. 


State Trial 
Ireland.) 


Poor Law. 


William 
Coulson, 


Post-office. 





8 VicToRIz&amp;. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the allegations of the Petition pre- 
sented upon the 20th day of June, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, praying for further protection 
against the depredations of Dog-stealers in the Me- 
tropolis, with a view to the correction of the evils 
complained of therein, have Power to report their 
Observations thereupon to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the sete taken before them. 

Lord Arthur Lennox 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. 


A Petition of Rowland Goldhawk, of Hazel Hall, 
Shere, Guildford, Surrey, praying that the House, 
in consequence of the great difficulty in collecting 
parochial rates under an assessment of ten pounds, 
from the occupying tenant, will alter the law of 
assessment, and that all such tenants should pa 
rates on the property occupied by them, but that 
the landlord should ultimately be liable for the 
same, the tenant having a legal claim against the 
proprietor, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to he upon the Table. 


A Petition of the High Constable for the hundred 
of Isleworth, in the county of Middlesex, praying 
that the House, in the alterations and amendments 
they are making in the Poor Law Amendment Bill, 
will empower and authorize Magistrates to remu- 
nerate and pay High Constables for their services, 


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


A Petition of Matthew Phillips, Geographical 
and Civil Engineer and Surveyor, praying the House 
to enact a law that land may be permitted to be 
hired by parochial authorities, and re-let at a fair 
farm rental, in quantities according to the number, 
the necessities and the industry of the inhabitants, 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 


Luke, in the county of Middlesex, taking notice of 


the proceedings in the late State Trial in Ireland; 
and praying the House to do its utmost endeavours 
for the immediate liberation of Daniel O’ Connell, 
Esquire, and the Traversers with him, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, suggesting va- 


rious alterations in the Poor Law; and praying for 
their adoption, was presented, and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Coulson, of Derby, com- 
plaining of the conduct of two magistrates of Derby, 
and a police officer, in inducing him to break the 
law, and then committing him to prison for two 
months; and praying the House to address Her 
Majesty to remove the said Magistrates from the 


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


A Petition of Hugh Craig, Cloth Merchant, 
Kilmarnock, complaining that a letter posted by 
him on the 28th day of January 1843, at Kilmar- 
nock, and containing six bank notes of the Commer- 
cial Bank of Scotland, amounting inall to one hun- 
dred and ten pounds sterling, did not reach its des- 
tination, nor has since been heard of either by the 
Petitioner or the parties to whom it was sent ; and 
praying for inquiry, was presented, and read ; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Voz. 99. 


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547 


the 5th day of January 1842, 1843 and 1844; dis- 
tinguishing the actual Payments for the Expenses 
incurred in the Collection and Management of the 
Revenue ; for the Charges of the Public Debt (the 
terminable Annuities being also valued by 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 Jreland; 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 on account of 
the Sums voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and 
Miscellaneous 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 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 494, of Session 1843). 


and subsequent Orders of the Right honourable the 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
in each year since the passing of the said Act 59 
Geo. 3, c. 54., for the difference of Rates and 
Charges due to Corporations, Companies or Indi- 
viduals, for Foreign Vessels which, under Treaties 
of Reciprocity or otherwise, are admitted into the 
Ports of the United Kingdom at the same Rates of 
Charge as British Vessels; specifying each of the 
several Rates, on what account the same was paid, 
whether for Light Dues, Dock Dues, on Ships or 
Merchandize, Pilotage or otherwise. 


Fund, from the first establishment of it by Mr. Pitt 
in 1786, to the close of the War in 1815, in periods 
of Five years (in continuation of the Return laid 
before this House, 30th April last). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Number of Paupers in each 
Poor Law Union in England and Wales, in each of 
the years ending respectively on the 25th day of 
March 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844, who were affected 
with Fever, Scarlatina, Measles and Small Pox re- 
spectively, and the Number of Paupers so affected 
who died of the above Diseases, distinguishing the 
Number of Deaths under each form of Disease in 
each year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Paupers admitted into 
each Workhouse in Jreland, in the years ending the 
25th day of March 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844 re- 
spectively, distinguishing the Number of those not 
exceeding Seven years of age, those between Seven 
and Fifteen years of age, those between Fifteen and 
Fifty years, and the Number above Sixty :—Of the 
Number of Paupers affected with Fever, Scarlatina, 
Measles and Small Pox respectively, in each Work- 
house in Jreland, in each of the above years, and 
the Number of Paupers so affected who died in 
each Workhouse of the said Diseases, distinguish- 
ing the Number of the Deaths under each form of 
Disease in each year :—Of the Number of Persons 
successfully vaccinated in each Union in Jreland, 
under the operation of the Vaccination Extension 
Act, in the year ending the 25th day of March 1844, 
and of the Sums paid for such Vaccination in each 
Union :—And, of the Name and Population of 
every Poor Law Union in Jreland in which there 
is no Fever Hospital, and of the Name and Popula- 
4A 2 tion 











Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, Public Income 
—An Account of the Public Income and Expendi- 2nd Expendi- 
ture of the United Kingdom, in the years ending “"” 


No. 550. 


An Account of Sums paid out of the Consolidated Foreign 
Duties of Customs, under the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 54, Shipping: 


No. 551. 


A Return of the Rate of Increase of the Sinking Sinking Fund. 


No. 552. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland.) 











Lunatics 
(lreland.) 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 
Bill. 


Parish Cone 
stables Bill, 


Soap Allow- 
ances Bill, 


Western 
Australia Bill. 


Loan Societies 
Bill, 


Actions for 
Gaming Dis- 
continuance 


(No, 2.) Bill. 


Gaspé Fishery 
und Coal Mining 
Company Bill. 


Farm Buildings 
Bill. 


Trafalgar 
square Bill. 


County 
Coroners Bill. 


Rochdale 
Improvement 


Bill, 


548 


tion of every Union in which application has been 
made to the Poor Law Commissioners, to provide 
Relief for Poor Persons affected with Fever or-other 
dangerous contagious Disease, under the sixteenth 
section of the Act 6 and 7 of Her present Majesty, 
c. 92, and of the instances, if any, in which such 
application has been granted. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Lunatics from the Coun- 
ties of Armagh, Cavan and Fermanagh, received 
into the District Lunatic Asylum at Armagh, in the 
Two years ending the 1st day of July 1844, with the 
Number of Applications for Admission from each 
County during the same period; also, a Return of 
the Number of Criminal Lunatics confined in the 
respective Gaols, on the ist day cf July 1844. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and 
Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for Disfranchisement of 
the Borough of Sudbury: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the Powers of 
the Act for the Appointment and Payment of Pa- 
rish Constables : 

A Bill, intituled, 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-six, certain of the Allowances of the Duty of 
Excise on Soap used in Manufactures : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the 
Thirty-first day of December One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-six, 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: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the 
First day of October One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-five, and to the end of the then Session 
of Parliament, the Act to amend the Laws relating 
to Loan Societies : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act further to stay until the 
end of the next Session of Parliament, Proceedings 
in certain Actions under the Provisions of several 
Statutes for the Prevention of Excessive Gaming, 
and to prevent any similar Proceedings being taken 
under those Statutes, during such further limited 
Time: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to confirm and extend 
the Provisions of an Act of the Provincial Parlia- 
ment of Canada, passed in the seventh year of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, for incorporating the 
Gaspé Fishery and Coal Mining Company: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Law as to burning Farm Build- 
ings, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to provide for the Care and Preservation of 
Trafalgar-square, in the City of Westminster, with 
on Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
cesire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Law respecting the Office of 
County Coroner, 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 better lighting, paving, cleansing, watching, 
reguiating and improving the Town of Rochdale and 


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A, 1844, 


the Environs thereof, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, 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 Ventnor 
Act for better paving, lighting, cleansing and other- Improvement 
wise improving part of the Parish of Newchurch, ®" 
in the Isle of Wight, called Ventnor, and for esta- 
blishing a Market therein, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Insolvent 
to amend an Act passed in the fifth and sixth years Debtors Bill 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An 
Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors,” and to 
limit the Power of Arrest upon Final Process; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lord Lovat's 
to enable Thomas Alexander Baron Lovat to borrow Estate Bill. 
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 Improvement 
of these Estates; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Gervis’s 
to enable the Trustees of the Will of Sir George Estate Bill 
William Tapps Gervis, Baronet, deceased, to convey 
a Church at Bournemouth, in the County of South- 
ampton, to Her Majesty’s Commissioners for build- 
ing New Churches, and to endow the same; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bishop of 
for annexing to the united Bishopricks of Down, Dowt Conner 
Connor and Dromore the House known as Down Estate Bill, 
and Connor House, with the Appurtenances, and 
for other Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of the Minutes Gape’s 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships upon Divorce Bill. 
the Second Reading of Gape’s Divorce Bill:—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Lord Zovat’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Lord Lovat’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select Estate Bill. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Gervis’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Gervis’s_ 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select Estate Bill. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore’s Bishop of 
Estate Bill was read the first time. Down, Connor 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 3n4 Prone’ 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Insolvent Debtors Bill was read the first Insolvent 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Debtors Bill. 
Tuesday next; and to be printed. No. 553. 


The ingrossed Bill for the further Amendment of Poor Law 
the Laws relating to the Poor in England, was, ac- Amendment 
cording to Order, read the third time; and an Bl 
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 ingrossed Bill to consolidate and amend the Turnpike Trusts 
Laws relating to Turnpike Trusts in South Wales, - Wales) 
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. 


The ingrossed Bill to regulate Joint Stock Banks Joint Stock 
in England, was, according to Order, read the third —— 
time. P 


An 











Transfer of 
Licenses 

(Post Horses) 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


Merchant Sea- 
men Bill. 


Woods and 
Forests Ace 
counts Bill, 


Grand Canal 
(Ireland) Bill, 


South Sea 
Company Bill. 


Customs (New 
South Wales) 
Bill. 


8 VicTorIzZ. 


96° Juliz. 549 


An ingrossed Clause (Pending suits not toabate);| The Clerks to Attornies Bill was, according to Clerks to _ 
was brought up, and thrice read ; and added to the Order, read a second time; and committed to a Attomnies Bill. 


Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Chartered Banks to be 
deemed trading companies), was brought up, and 
thrice read ; and added to 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 ingrossed Bill to transfer the Collection of 
the Duty on Licenses to let Horses for Hire, in 
Ireland, from the Commissioners of Stamps to the 
Commissioners of Excise, 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 consolidate and amend the 
Laws for the Regulation of Grand Jury Presentments 
in the County of Dublin, was, according to Order, 
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. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Clause 
of Appropriation. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


mittee on the Merchant Seamen Bill ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the word “ Monday” 
and inserting the word “ Wednesday,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
Monday” stand part of the Question ; 
The [louse divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Mr. Young, 1 
Tellers for the Yeas, iit dete Lome 


“ 


Mr. Forster, } . 
Mr. Wawn: -" 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Tellers forthe Noes, 


The Woods and Forests Accounts Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Grand Canal (Jreland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The South Sea Company Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Customs (ew South Wales) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Vot. 99. 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Spirits (Zreland) Bill was, according to Order, Spirits 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee (Ireland) Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Piccadilly Improvement Bill was, according Piccadilly 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to Improvement 
the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Young, Captain Rous, Mr. _ 
| Leader, Colonel Wood, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Master- 

‘man, Mr. Gally Knight, Colonel For, Sir Charles 
| Lemon, and Five Members to be added by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Monday next. 





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 next. 





| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Pay 
into a Committee upon the Militia Pay 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 Protection of 
_a Committee upon the Protection of Purchasers, &amp;c. (ireland) Bille 
| (Zreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, si wits 
| 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Criminal Justice (Mid- Criminal Justice 
dlesex) Bill; and the Amendments, as far as Clause (Middlesex) 
Bill. 
(A.), were read, and agreed to. 
Clause (A.) The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment :—It passed in 
the Negative. 
Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 
A Clause (Compensation for fees on traverse 
juries), was brought up, and twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ministers’ 
mittee to whom it was referred to take into consi- Yous , 
deration the Act 17 and 18 Car. 2, c. 7, intituled, ‘ a 
An Act for Provision of Ministers in Cities and Cor- 
porate 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 relates to the Payment of Mi- 
nisters in Corporate Towns in Ireland ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Slaughtering 
the Report on the Slaughtering Horses Bill ; Horses Bill 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
4A3 





The 














Privy Council 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Menas. 


Sugar. 


Marriages 
(Ireland ) 
[Salaries and 
Expenses. | 


Army. 
No. 554. 


Ramsden’s 
Estate Bill, 


Committees. 


Gape’s 
Divorce Bill. 


550 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the ye Council 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 Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
an Account of the Quantity of Retined Sugar, the 
Produce of Foreign Sugar refined in Bond, exported 
from London and the Outports of the United King- 
dom ; distinguishing the Ports from whence, and the 
Countries to which the same was exported, between 
the 5th day of January 1841 and the Sth day of 
July 1844 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 239, of Session 1841). 


A Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, 
to consider of providing, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, for Payment of Salaries and Ex- 
penses of Officers to be appointed under any Act 
of the present Session for registering Marriages in 
Ireland ; 

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, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Army, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 29° die Julii ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


\ R. Greene reported from the Committee on 

Ramsden’s 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 satisfac- 
tion of the Committee; and that the Cominittee 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to 


26°— 29° Juliz. 











report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 


A. 1844. 


relating to this Divorce Bill, under a Power of At- 
torney signed by her :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That service of the Order of the House 
upon Mr. William Strickland Cookson, the agent 
of Mrs. Gape, and leaving an attested Copy of the 
said Bill with him, be deemed good service of the 
same upon the said Mrs. Gape. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Tralee Navi- 
Tralee Navigation and Harbour Bill ; That they had gation and_ 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the H#"bour Bil. 
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 re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Willenhall 
authorize the Sale of certain Estates and Mines be- Chapel Estate 
longing to the Chapel of Willenhall, in the Parish 
of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, and 


|to provide a Residence for the Incumbent of the 


Chapel, 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. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection, That the Committees on the Selection. 
Leeds Vicarage ; and, Ladbroke’s Estate Bills may be 
appointed to meet, and sit and proceed, ‘l'o-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Leeds Vi- Leeds Vicarage 
carage Bill have leave to make their Report To- 3#l. 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Ladbroke’s Ladbroke's 
Estate Bill have leave to make their Report To- =state Bill. 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Bowyer’s Estate Bowyer’s 
Bill have leave to make their Report To-morrow. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Passingham’s Passingham’s 
Estate Bill have leave to make their Report To- Estate Bill. 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Wilson’s Estate Wilson’s 
Bill have leave to make their Report To-morrow. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Werrington, &amp;c., Werrington, 
Curacies Bill have leave to make their Report To- &amp;e-, Curacies 
morrow. —_. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Harris’s Estate Harris's 
Bill have leave to make their Report To-morrow. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bishop of Bishop of 
London’s Estate Bill have leave to make their Re- — 4 

‘ state Bill. 
port To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Lady le Des- Lady leDespeu- 


this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of | pencer’s Estate Bill have leave to make their Report er’s Estate Bill, 


the House. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 
consideration the Petition of William Phelps, of 
Red Lion-square, in the county of Middlesex, Gen- | 


wT 
To-morrow. 


A Petition of the Board of Commissioners of Police Smoke Probi- 
for the city of Glasgow, praying the House to re- bition. 
consider the subject of the Prohibition of Smoke, 


tleman, Solicitor for Thomas Foreman Gape, Esquire, | and to appoint a Commission, with such powers as 


praying that service of the Orders of the House, and | 
a Copy of the Bill, in the case of Gape’s Divorce 


Bill, upon William Strickland Cookson, the agent of 
Mrs. Gape, may be deemed good service, which was 
presented upon Friday last :—The House proceeded 
to take the said Petition into consideration ; and 
the same was again read. 





William Strickland Cookson was called in; and 


at the bar stated, that he had acted for Mrs. Gape, | 
who is now in Switzerland, in all the Proceedings | 


the House may deem meet, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant 
into a Committee upon the Merchant Seamen Bill, Semen Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
CLAUSE 


8 VicToRIz. 


Ciavse N° 1, agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 2, (No Seaman to be taken to sea 
without a written agreement, or without a register 
ticket being obtained from Seaman ; agreement to 
be read over, and explained to Seamen). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. Is. 20., 21. 
and 22. To leave out “ and that under and by the 
“ terms of such agreement, the service shall ter- 
“ minate at some port belonging to Her Majesty.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 3, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 5, (Seamen not to be deprived of 
legal remedies; no agreement contrary to the Act, 
or to forego salvage, to be valid, and certified copy 
of agreement, evidence). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 4. 1. 40. To leave 
out “ salvage or reward for salvage services, or such.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 


Curauses, N° 6 to N° 65, with Amendments to 





99 Julit. 


551 


An Act concerning Banns and Marriages in cer- Marriages Bill. 
tain Districts, Churches or Chapels: 

An Act for Disfranchisement of the Borough of Sudbury Dis- 
Sudbury : 2 frauchisement 

Bill. 

An Act further to stay, until the end of the next Actions for 
Session of Parliament, Proceedings in certain Actions Gaming Dis- 
under the Provisions of several Statutes for the yoy: 

: . (No. 2.) Bill, 
Prevention of excessive Gaming, and to prevent any 
similar Proceedings being taken under those Sta- 
tutes during such further limited Time : 

An Act for better regulating the Offices of Lec- Lecturers and 
turers and Parish Clerks: — Clerks 

lle 

An Act to extend the Powers of the Act for the Parish Con- 


Appointment and Payment of Parish Constables : _ stables Bill. 

An Act to repeal certain Acts for regulating the Butter and 
Trade in Butter and Cheese: Cheese Bill. 

An Act tocontinue until the First day of October toan Societies 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, and to Bill. 
the end of the then Session of Parliament, the Act 
to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies : 

An Act to continue until the Thirty-tirst day of Western 
December One thousand eight hundred and Forty- Avstralia Bill. 
six, and to the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, 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 : 


several of them, agreed to. 

Schedules (A.), (B.) and (C.), agreed to. 
Schedule (D.), amended, and agreed to. 
Schedules (E.), (F.), (G.), (H.) and (I.), agreed 


An Act for the better Regulation of Colonial Colonial 
Posts : Postage Bill, 

An Act to amend and continue for Five years, Linen, &amp;c., 
and to the end of the next Session of Parliament, Manufactures 
certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen and other (elne) Bill 
Manufactures in Jreland : 

An Act to confirm and extend the Provisions of Gaspé Fishery 
an Act of the Provincial Parliament of Canada, %4Coal Mining 
passed in the seventh year of the reign of Her pre- ‘ania ndemaes 
sent Majesty, for incorporating the Gaspé Fishery 
and Coal Mining Company : 

An Act for making a Railway from the London Brighton,Lewes 
and Brighton Railway to Lewes and Hastings, with #4 Hastings 
a Branch therefrom, all in the County of Sussez : pe ee 


An Act for making a Railway from the Zondon Croydon and 
and Croydon Railway, at Croydon, to Epsom : — Railway 
ul. 





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 ‘To-morrow. 





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 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 continue until the Fifth day of April 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-six, Com- 
positions for Assessed Taxes, and to amend certain 
Laws relating to Duties under the Management of 
. the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes : 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


An Act for improving the Harbour and Quay of Wells Harbour 
Wells, in the County of Norfolk, and for extending and Quay Bill. 
and altering some of the Provisions of the Act re- 
lating to the said Harbour and Quay: 

An Act for lighting, paving, cleansing, widening Wells Lighting 
and improving the Streets of the Town or Parish of #"4 Improve- 
Wells, in the County of Norfolk, for removing and" se 
preventing Nuisances therein, and for making new 
Streets or Road-ways : 

An Act for incorporating the London Gas Light London 
Company: Gas Bill. 

An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or Mariners and 
against the Mariners and General Life Assurance General Life. 
Company, and for granting certain Powers to the et Bill. 
said Company : 

An Act to enable Sir James John Randall Mac- Mackenzie’s 
kenzie, of Scatwell, Baronet, to add certain Lands (S«#twell) 
and Estates belonging to him, in fee simple, to his "tt *""- 
Entailed Estate, upon certain Terms and Conditions, 
and to borrow certain Sums of Money, upon the 
Security of his Entailed Estate, for Re-payment of 





Assessed Taxes 
en Compositions 
Bill, 


sill, 


Copyholds An Act to amend and explain the Acts for the | certain Claims for Money laid out, and to be laid 

——— Commutation of certain Manorial Rights in respect | out in Improvements upon the said Estate : 

— of Lands of Copyhold and Customary Tenure, and| An Act for vesting in Trustees certain Parts of Mackenzie’s 
in respect of other Lands subject to such Rights, | the Entailed Estate of Seaforth, to be sold, and the —— 
and for facilitating the Enfranchisement of such | Price applied in Payment of the Entailer’s Debts, rere 
Lands, and for the Improvement of such Tenure: | and the Surplus to be laid out in the Purchase of 

Soap Allow. An Act to continue until the end of the Session | other Lands, for enabling the Heiress in Possession 

" ances Dill. 


of Parliament next after the Thirty-first day of July 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-six, certain 
of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on Soap 
used in Manufactures : 


to borrow a Sum of Money, on the credit of the said 


Entailed Estates, and for other Purposes connected 
therewith : 
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Samuel Arch- Archbutt's 


District Courts An Act to extend the Powers of the Act for en- 





yd ' f th butt, the younger, Gentleman, with Mary Amelia, pn a 
i,’ ~~ couraging the Establishment of District Courts and \his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
Prisons : and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 
Vox. 99. 


4Aa4 The 








Criminal Justice 
( Middlesex) 


Bill. 
made to the Bill. 
Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Farm Buildings The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Bill. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend the Law as to burning 
Farm Buildings; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 
Pr. 3. 1. 14. After “ person” insert Clause (A.) 
Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
male person under the age of eighteen years, who 
“&lt; shall be convicted of any offence under this Act, 
“ shall be liable, at the discretion of the court before 
which he shall be convicted, in addition to any 
other sentence which may be passed upon him, 
to be publicly or privately whipped in such man- 
ner and as often, not exceeding thrice, as the 
court shall direct.” 
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. 


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Detached Parts ~The House proceeded to take into consideration 
of Counties Bill. +446 Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to annex Detached Parts of Counties 
to the Counties in which they are situated ; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 
Pr. 1.1. 4. Leave out from “ county” to the first 
“ and” in I. 6. 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


29° Julia. 


The ingrossed Bill for the better Administration | 
of Criminal Justice in Middlesex, was, according to | Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Estate Bill. 
Order, read the third time; and Amendments were | the case of Gervis’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 





A. 1844, 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Gervis’s 


were applicable. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable Hitchins’ 
the Guardian of Henry Peach Keighley Peach, an (0 Peach's) 
Infant, to sell the next Presentation to the Rectory ““*° Bil 
and Parish Church of Idlicote, in the County of 
Warwich, 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 Petition of the President of the Trustees and Savings Banks 
Managers of the Savings Bank established at Eye, Bi!'- 

in the county of Suffolk, praying that the Savings 

Banks Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Inchicronan;— B. J. Loughran Cistitavic 
and others;—and, Patrick M‘Iver, and others ; Donations 
praying that the Charitable Donations and Be- 2" Bequests 





, : els ill, 
quests (Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were a 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Elizabeth Pigott, Widow of Robert Robert Pigott. 
| Pigott, Esquire, deceased, praying for inquiry into 
\the circumstances attending the stoppage of the 
pension of her late husband, an officer of excise in 





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


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to | A Petition of the Arbroath and Forfar Railway Raitways Bill, 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


Company, praying the House to insert a clause in 


hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- | the Railways Bill to extend the ——— so that 


ships. 


Trafalgar- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
square Bill. 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to provide for the Care and Preser- 
vation of T'rafalgar-square, in the City of West- 
minster; and the same was read, as followeth: 


Pr. 1. 1. 13. After “ expense” insert “ and | 


“‘ whereas upwards of twenty thousand pounds 
“ have been collected by private subscription, and 
“ expended towards the erection of a column in the 
“* said Square, to commemorate the public services 
“ of the late Admiral Lord Nelson of the Nile.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time ; 


The Amendment following was made thereunto ; 
viz. Leave out “ Admiral Lord Nelson of the Wile,” 
and insert “ Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson,” 


instead thereof. 


And the said Amendment so amended, was agreed 


to 


Lordships. 


Lord Levat's 
Estate Bill. 


Orders were applicable. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Pishop of 
Down, Connor 
z1.d Dromore’s 
Estate Bill, 





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, with an Amendment ; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Siv John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in | 
the case of Lord Lorat’s Estate Bill, no Standing | 


| no tax shall be levied upon receipts from the con- 
'veyance of passengers at fares not exceeding one 

enny per mile, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


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A Petition of Robert Robison, Esquire, late Cap- Robert 
tain in Her Majesty’s Army, praying the House to Robison. 
jrecommend that the Petitioner may be allowed 
| Government price of one pound per acre for his land 
in New South Wales, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Glasgow and Att-Unions 
West of Scotland Association for the promotion of Bi! 

the Fine Arts, praying that the Art-Unions Bill may 

pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Select Piccadilly 
Committee on the Piccadilly Improvement ond gnome 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, _ 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. Brotherion reported from the Select Com- Poor Law 
mittee appointed to inquire into the mode of adminis- Amendment 


tering Medical Relief to the Sick Poor under the — 


vidence taken before them; and to 


the case of the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dro-| whom several Petitions were referred, and who were 
more’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders were ap- | empowered to report from time to time; That they 
plicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 








had further considered the matters to them referred ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof - 
the 


provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act, and [Third Report] 
Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select | to report their sen thereupon, together with the No, 531. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in | Minutes of the 


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and ‘| 
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(No 


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Hart 


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Shipping 
and Tonnage 
(America. ) 


Monkland 
Railways : 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Port Patrick 
Harbour, 


Harbours, 


New Zealand, 
No. 556. 


Controverted 
Erections Bill, 


Books and 
Engravings Bill. 


Sinuggling. 


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the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

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


Mr. Gladstone presented, pursuant to Order,— 
A Return of the Number and Tonnage of all British 
and Foreign Vessels entering and departing from 
the Ports within the limits of all the Consular Sta- 
tions in the United States of America, and the Value 
of their respective Cargoes inwards and outwards, 
for the years ended the 31st day of December 1839, 
1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843. 

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


Mr. Duncan reported from the Committee on the 
Monkland Railways (No. 2.) (ve-committed) Bill; 
and to whom the Petition of the Garnkirk Railway 
Company, presented on the 15th day of this instant 
July, was referred ; That they had heard counsel in 
support of the said Petition, and had also heard 
counsel in favour of the Bill; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the House, without any fur- 
ther Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing, in columns and detail, the appli- 
cation of the several Grants of Money for Port 
Patrick Harbour, in continuation of the last Return 
made to Parliament; also, the items of the Esti- 
mate to which the Sum of £. 5,500, granted in the 
present Session, is to be applied, with the Sums in 
each year for Engineers’ Charges, distinguished from 
others, and the Names of the Engineers. 


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 Receipt of every Harbour in the 
United Kingdom, for each of the last Three years, 
stating the several heads of Income, the Authority 
by which the same are levied ;. and of the Expen- 
diture for each of the same years, stating the several 
heads of Expenditure, and the Amount of each head 
in each of those 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. 


Viscount Howick reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the state of the 
Colony of New Zealand, and into the Proceedings 
of the New Zealand Company, and to report the 
Minutes of Evidence, and their Opinion thereupon, 
to the House; and to whom two Petitions were 
referred ; 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 be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law for the 
Trial of Controverted Elections of Members to serve 
in 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Books and Engravings 
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 there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Establishments maintained 


for the Prevention of Smuggling in the United 
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553 


Kingdom in each of the years 1842 and 1843; 
stating, under separate heads, the Expense in Wages, 
Salaries, Vessels, Houses, &amp;c. ; the Expense of Pro- 
secutions by the Departments of Customs and 
Excise; the Amount of Produce of Seizures of 
Smuggled and Illegal Goods, the Share paid to the 
Officers seizing them, and the Amount remaining to 
the Crown; also, all other incidental Charges, so 
as to exhibit the entire Charge, according to the 
Order of the House of the 7th day of July 1825. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 
into a Committee upon the Consolidated Fund Bill ; coat Oe 
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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Woods and Fo- 

into a Committee upon the Woods and Forests fests Accounts 
Accounts 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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Grand Canal 

into a Committee upon the Grand Canal (Jreland) (lteland) Bill. 
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 To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Customs (New 
a Committee upon the Customs (Vew South Wales) South Wales) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, B! 
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 To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Clerks to 
into a Committee upon the Clerks to Attornies Bill ; Attornies 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Slaughtering Horses staughtering 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, Horses Bill. 
A Clause (Limitation as tosummary proceedings), No. 555. 
was brought up, and twice read; and made part of 
of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Appeal to Quarter Sessions), was 
brought up, and twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Wed- 
nesday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Message from 

and Mr. Russell : the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for widening, repairing Ayr Bridge 
and maintaining the Bridge of Ayr, commonly (No. 2.) Bill. 
called the New Bridge, leading across the River 

4B Ayr, 








Wishaw and 
Coltness Rail- 
way Bill, 


Aliens Bill. 


Kingston-upon- 
Hall Docks Bill, 


Protection of 
Purchasers, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
Process Bill. 


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Ayr, at the Royal Burgh or Town of Ayr, in the 
County of Ayr, and for other Purposes in relation 
thereto : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter, amend, enlarge 
and in part repeal the Acts relating to the Wishaw 
and Coléness Railway: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Law relating to Aliens, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed tothe Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making new Docks and other Works connected 
therewith, in addition to the present Docks at Kings- 
ton-upon-Hull, and for amending the Acts relating 
to such last-mentioned Docks, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House:—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Mr. Greene reported the Protection of Purchasers, 
&amp;c., (Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

A Clause, (Compensations to officers and others 
interfered with by this Act), was brought up, and 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by adding at the end of the Thirty-fourth 
Clause, the words “ Provided further, that it shall 
“ and may be lawful for the Court of Exchequer, 
if they deem it expedient, to remove the said 
Andrew Carew O’ Dwyer from his said office, 
and to consolidate, by their order to be made in 
that behalf, and notified to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, the said office 
of Secondary with the office of the Second Re- 
membrancer, or any other existing officer of the 
Court, with the consent of the officers respectively 
affected, and that in such case, the Second Re- 
membrancer or other officer shall be entitled to 
receive such sum as the said Court and the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may 
deem reasonable, but not to exceed the sum of 
Four hundred pounds per annum, in consideration 
of the additional duties transferred to him, and the 
said sum of Four hundred pounds shall be de- 
ducted and withheld from the average allowance 
to which the present Secondary shall be found 
entitled in respect of his said office, according to 
the provisions of this Act, and the remaining sum 
only of the said average sum shall be paid to the 
said Andrew Carew O’ Dwyer annually, during 
his life, in the manner and at the times directed 
for the payment of compensations and allowances 
under this Act, and the said Second Remem- 
brancer or other officer, and his successor in office, 
shall thenceforward take and receive all fees pay- 
able in the office of the Secondary for acts of 
office therein, and shall pay over these fees to the 
credit of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain 
and Ireland, on such days as the Court may ap- 
point, after deducting the necessary expenses in- 
curred for the discharge of the new duties trans- 
ferred to him ; and all power now enjoyed or ex- 
ercised by the Secondary of the Exchequer for 
the transaction of the business of the Court of 
Exchequer shall be vested in and exercised by 
the Second Remembrancer, or other officer, as 
fully and effectually as they had been exercised 
by the Secretary previous to the consolidation 
aforesaid.” 

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

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


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Mr. Greene 1eported the Courts of Common Law 
Process Bill; and the Amendments were read, as 
follow : 


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A. 1844, 


Pr, 2.1.11. After “ Court” insert “ and that 
such person was domiciled in England when such 
cause of action arose.” 

Pr. 2.1. 14. Leave out “ is” and insert “ has 
been for six calendar months at the least next 
before the making of such affidavit.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 35. After “ Court” insert “ Provided 
always, that the provisions of this Act shall not 
extend to authorize the order for the service of 
any such writ of summons as aforesaid, in any 
action to be commenced in any of the said Courts 
in any case where the person or persons against 
whom such action is to be commenced or prose- 
cuted, or such writ of summons shall be proposed 
to be issued, shall be resident within that part of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, which is called Scotland.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 29. First blank filled with “ first” and 
second blank with “‘ September.” 

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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Mr. Greene reported the Courts of Common Law Courts of Com- 
Process (Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were ™ Law Pro- 
read, as follow: Bill (icin) 

Pr. 2. 1. 5. After “ Jreland” insert “and that ~ | 
such person was domiciled in Ireland when such ) 
cause of action arose.’ : 

Pr. 2.1.8. Leave out “is” and insert “has been 
for six calendar months at the least next before 
the making of such affidavit.” 

Pr, 2. 1. 26. After “ Court” insert “ Provided 
always, that the provisions of this Act shall not 
extend to authorize the order for the service of 
any such writ of summons as aforesaid in any 
action to be commenced in any of the said Courts, 
in any case where the person or persons against 
whom such action is to be commenced or prose- 
cuted, or such writ of summons shall be proposed 
to be issued, shall be resident within that part of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, which is called Scotland.” 

Pr. 17.1. 1. Blank filled with “ first.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 2. Blank filled with “ September.” 

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 Order of the day being read, for the second Charitable 
reading of the Charitable Donations and Bequests min cl 
(dreland) Bill ; (Ireland) 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 to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Young, 

Yeas, _ Lord Arthur Lennoz : } iat 
Tellers for the J Mr. Dillon Browne, 

Noes, Mr. Somers: ~ 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative :--The Bill 
was accordingly read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marriages 








into a Committee, to consider of providing out Ce as 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Soanl 
Great Britain and Ireland, for payment of Salaries 

and Expenses of Officers to be appointed under 

any Act of the present Session for registering Mar- 

riages in Ireland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of the Salaries 





of - 


Marriages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 557. 


Private Part- 
nerships Bill. 


Savings Banks 
Bill, 


South Sea 
Company Bill, 


Spirits 
(ireland) Bill. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Militia Pa 
Bill, . 


Privy Council 
Bill. 


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of the Officers, and the Expenses of the General 

Register Office, which may be established in pur- 

suance of any Act of the present Session for Mar- 

riages in Zreland, and for registering such Marriages. 
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 To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Marriages (Ireland) 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Private Partnerships Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Savings Banks Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the South Sea Company 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 Spirits (Jreland) Biil ; 
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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Fisheries (Jreland) 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. 


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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Privy Council Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, as follow : 

Pr. 5.1.37. Leave out “ declared and.” 

Pr. 7. 1. ult. After “ assignees” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, that nothing herein contained shall 
give any validity or effect to any letters patent 
heretofore granted to any assignee or assignees, 
where any action or proceeding in Scire facias or 
suit in equity shall have been commenced at an 
time before the passing of this Act, wherein the 
validity of such letters patent shall have been or 
may be questioned.” 

Pr. 10. |. 26. After “ Crown” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuauss (A.) ‘“ And be it Enacted, That in all 
causes of appeal to Her Majesty in Council from 
Ecclesiastical Courts and from Admiralty or Vice 
Admiralty Courts, which now are or may here- 
after be depending, in which any person duly mo- 
nished or cited or requested to comply with any 
lawful order or decree of Her Majesty in Council, 


or of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Coun- 
Vou. 99. 


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555 


cil or their surrogates, made before or after the 
passing of this Act, shall neglect or refuse to pay 
obedience to such lawful order or decree, or shall 
commit any contempt of the process under the 
seal of Her Majesty in Ecclesiastical and Mari- 
time causes, it shall be lawful for the said Judicial 
Committee or their surrogates to pronounce such 
person to be contumacious and in contempt, and 
after he or she shall have been so pronounced 
contumacious and in contempt, to cause process 
of sequestration to issue under the said seal of 
Her Majesty against the real and personal estate, 
goods, chattels and effects wheresoever lying 
within the dominions of Her Majesty, of the 
person against or upon whom such order or decree 
shall have been made, in order to enforce obedi- 
ence to the same, and payment of the expenses 
attending such sequestration and all proceedings 
consequent thereon, and to make such further 
order im respect of or consequent on such seques- 
tration, and in respect to such real and personal 
estate, goods, chattels and effects sequestrated 
thereby, as may be necessary, or for payment of 
monies arising from the same to the person to 
whom the same may be due, or into the registry 
of the High Court of Admiralty and Appeals for 
the benefit of those who may be ultimately en- 
“ titled thereto.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Aliens Bill 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend the Law relating to Aliens ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 28. Leave out “ Court” and insert 
“ first.” 

Pr. 2.1. 24. Leave out from “be” to “ repealed” 
in 1. 25., and in 1. 25. after “ repealed” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Craussz (A.)“ And be it Enacted, That so much 
of the said Act of the first year of the reign of 
King George the First as provides, that no person 
shall hereafter be naturalized unless in the Bill 
exhibited for that purpose there shall be a clause 
or particular words inserted to declare that such 
person shall not thereby be enabled to be of the 
Privy Council, or a Member of either House of 
Parliament, or to take any office, either civil or 
military, or to have any grant of lands, tene- 
ments or hereditaments from the Crown to him- 
self or any other person in trust for him, and that 
no Bill of Naturalization shall hereafter be re- 
ceived in either House of Parliament unless such 
clause or words be first inserted, be repealed.” 

Pr. 2. 1.34. After “ heirs” insert “ executors.” 

Pr. 4, 1. 13. Leave out from “ enjoy” to “ all,” 
in 1. 17. 

Pr. 4. 1.37. Leave out from “ to” to “a” in 
1. penult., and insert “ one of Her Majesty’s prin- 
“ cipal Secretaries of State.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 13. Leave out from “ State” to the first 
“ to” in 1.14. 

Pr. 5. 1. 21. Leave out from “ State” to “ who” 
in 1, 22. 

Pr. 5. 1. 27. Leave out “ viva voce.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 34. Leave out from “ State” to “ if” 
in 1, 35. 

Pr. 8. 1. ult. Leave out “ for the Home Depart- 
“ ment.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 9. In Clause (A.), added by way of 
Rider to the Bill: 

L. 11. Leave out from “ Act” to the end of 
the Clause. 

Pr. 10. 1.9. After “ Act” insert Clause (B.) 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That any 
“ woman married or who shall be married to a na- 
“ tural-born subject or person naturalized, shall be : 

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“ deemed and taken to be herself naturalized, and | mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through Lo 
“ have all the rights and privileges of a natural-| the Bill, and directed him to report the same, without * 
“ born subject.” Amendment. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time,| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
were agreed to. . 
Ordered, That Mr. Hutt do carry the Bill to| Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Ladbroke’s 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | Zadbroke’s Estate Bill; That they had examined Estate Bill, 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to ~ 
Lordships. be true ; and that the parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Markets Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill| Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
(Ireland) Bill. for the Establishment and Regulation of Markets | through the Bill, and made an Amendment there- 
for the Sale of Corn and other Agricultural Produce, | unto; and same was read, as followeth : Ge 
in the Cities and Towns of Ireland: And that Mr.| Pr. 115.1. 8. After “ aforesaid” insert “ or.” Es 
Stafford O’ Brien, the Earl of Hillsborough, Mr.| The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
Morgan John O’ Connell and Mr. Vesey do prepare, | was agreed to. 
and bring it in. 























































. 
Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Bishop of : 
Education Petitions from Tullow ;—and, Fermoy; praying | Bishop of London’s Estate Bill; That they had ex- — E 
(Ireland.) the House to adopt measures for extending Scrip-| amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the ““““ - 

tural Education in Zreland,—were presented, and | same to be true; and that the parties concerned had L 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction E 

of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 

Markets Mr. Stafford O’Brien presented a Bill for the | gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
(Ireland) Bill. Establishment and Regulation of Markets for the | the same, without Amendment. V 
No. 558. Sale of Corn and other Agricultural Produce, inthe | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. i 
Cities and Towns of Jreland: And the same was . 


read the first time ; and ordered toberead asecond| Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Bowyer’s 
time upon this day month ; and to be printed. | Bowyer’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the Estate Bill. 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
Denish Claims, Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to an Ad-/ true; and that the parties concerned had given their 

dress to Her Majesty,—Copy of Memorial addressed | consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 

to Sir Robert Peel by Mr. Solly on behalf of the | mittee; and that the Committee had gone through 

Danish Claimants, dated 27th July 1843. the Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 

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


Table. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Werrington, 
nme —____._____ | Werrington, &amp;c., Curacies Bill; That they had exa- &amp;c., Curacies 
; : - mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same &gt;! 

Martis, 30° die Julit ; 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 

PRAYERS. through the Bill, and directed him to report the 

a : : same, without Amendment. 

cer's Estate Bill N "Lely 7 Donon’s Romie Bill; That they Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true ; and that the parties concerned | Ordered, That the Committee on Devayne’s Estate Devayne’s 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfac- | Bill have leave to make their Report this day. Estate Bill. 
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. 








Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 











Ordered, That the Copy of the Minutes of the Gape’s 
Evidence taken before the Lords upon the second Divorce Bill. 
reading of Gape’s Divorce Bill, which was communi- 


: cated from the Lords upon Friday last, be referred to 
Harris's Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on | the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Estate Bill. _Harris’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be | and proceed upon the said Bill, and to make their 
true ; and that the parties concerned had given their Report To-morrow. 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
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 pevayne’s 
Devayne’s Estate Bill; That thev had examined Estate Bill. 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and that the parties concerned had given 
Passingham's Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on | their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Estate Bil. Passingham’s Estate Bill ; That they had examined | Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 

the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to through the Bill, and directed him to report the 

be true; and that the parties concerned had given | same, without Amendment. 

their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
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. 





Gervis’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Gervis’s 
committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Wilson's | Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Estate Bill. Wilson’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the| The Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore’s gishop of Down, 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be | Estate Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Connor and 
true ; and that the parties concerned had given their} Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- soem A 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com-| mittee of Selection. — 


Lord 

















Lord Lovat’s 
Estate Bill, 


Committee of 
Selection. 


Gervis’s 
Estate Bill. 


Bishop of Down, 
Connor and 
Dromore’s 
Estate Bill. 


Lord Lovat’s 
Estate Bill, 


Ventnor 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Rochdale 
Improvement 
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Lord Lovat’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, That the Committees on Gervis’s 
Estate, Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore’s 
Estate, and Lord Lovat’s Estate Bills, may be ap- 
pointed to meet, and sit and proceed, upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Gervis’s Estate 
Bill have leave to make their Report upon Thursday 
next. 


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557 


Pr. 11. 1. 26. Leave out “ persons” and insert 
“¢ person.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 27. Leave out “ their respective 
“ places” and insert “ his place.” 
Pr. 11. 1.30. Leave out “ their names” and in- 
sert “ his name.” 

Pr. 12. |. 1. After “ inspected” insert “ at all 
reasonable times, without fee, and copies thereof 
may be had on payment of sixpence for every one 
hundred words.” 


Pr. 12. 1.3. Leave out “ without fee.” 


Pr. 12. 1. 6. After “ inspection” insert “ or to 
furnish such copies.” 


Pr. 12. 1. 36. Leave out “ at” and insert “ on.” 
Pr. 14. Is. 6. and 7. After “ person” insert “ and 


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Ordered, That the Committee on the Bishop of 
Down, Connor and Dromore’s Estate Bill have leave 
to make their Report upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Lord Lovat’s 
Estate Bill have leave to make their Report upon 
Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for better paving, lighting, cleans- 
ing and otherwise improving Part of the Parish of 
Newchurch, in the Isle of Wight, called Ventnor, 
and for establishing a Market therein; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 69. 1.35. Leave out “ by the Clerk of the 
“ Peace.” 

Pr. 94. 1. 17. 
““ place.” 

Pr. 140. ]. 5. Leave out “ may” and insert 
shall.” 

Pr. 166. 1. 2. Leave out “ purchase” and insert 
purchaser.” 

Pr. 189. ]. 18. Leave out “ brought” and insert 
bought.” 

Pr. 194. 1.35. After “ to” insert “ the.” 

Pr. 211. 1. 4. Leave out “ shall” and 
may.” 

Pr. 211. 1. 5. After “ award” insert “ any part 
“ thereof not exceeding,” and in the same line leave 
out “ thereof.” 

Pr, 211.1. 6. Leave out “ other half” and insert 
“‘ remainder, or the whole, in case no part shall be 
“ awarded to the informer.” 

Pr. 213. 1. 10. Leave out from “ vacated ” to 
“ nor’ in 1. 11., and in 1. 11. leave out “ shall the 
“ same.” 

Pr. 213. 1. 13. After “ courts” insert “ for want 
of form.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Leave out “ road’ and insert 


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“cc 


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insert 


oc 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for better lighting, paving, cleans- 
ing, watching, regulating and improving the Town 
of Rochdale and the Environs thereof, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 2. 1. penult. Leave out “ said.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 23. After “ under” insert “ the said 
“ recited Act or.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 5. Leave out “ at an election.” 

Pr. 8. 1.34. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 29. After “ stead,” insert “ and the 
clerk to the Commissioners shall, by placards to 
“ be posted in conspicuous places in the said town, 
“ forthwith give public notice of every such ap- 
“« pointment.” 

Pr. 11. 1.22. After “ and” insert “ every.” 
Vou. 99, 


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the voting papers shall be kept in the office of 
the Clerk to the Commissioners during six months 
at the least after every such election, and the 
Clerk to the Commissioners shall permit any 
person duly qualified to vote in the election of 
Commissioners to inspect the voting papers of 
any year, on payment of one shilling for every 
search.” 

Pr. 14, 1. 18. Leave out “ said.” 


Pr. 17. 1. 2. After “ rates” insert ‘for the time 
being,” and in the same line after “ Act” insert 
[or (as the case may be) under an Act passed in 
the sixth year of the reign of King George the 
Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act for lighting, cleansing, 
watching and regulating the Town of Rochdale, 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster.’]” 


Pr. 18. 1. 31. After “ same” insert “ or.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 3. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 12. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 22. ]. 23. Leave out “ first giving.” 

Pr, 22. 1, 24. After “ thereof” insert “ being 
first given.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 31. Leave out ‘ April” and insert 
May.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 20. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 20. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 27.1. 29. Leave out “ into” and insert “ in.” 

Pr. 28. 1 16. Leave out “ such” and insert 
the.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 7. After “kept” insert “ by their 
Clerk.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 6. After “ collector” insert “ sur- 
veyor.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 11. Leave out “ clerk,” and in the 
same line and |. 12., after “ treasurer” insert 
“ clerk,” and in |. 12. after“ collector” insert “ sur- 
“ veyor.” 

Pr. 33. 1.17. Leave out from “ every ” to “ no- 
“ tice” in ]. 18., and insert “ treasurer, clerk, col- 
“ lector, surveyor or assessor.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 31. Leave out from “ such” to “and” 
in 1. 383., and insert “ treasurer, clerk, collector, 
“* surveyor or assessor.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 16. After “clerk” insert “ surveyor.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 32. Leave out “ April” and insert 
« May.” 

Pr. 57. 1. 
signing.” 

Pr. 66. 1. 


“a 


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a 


é 


n 


‘ 


n 


¢ 


nw 


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25. Leave out “ signature” and insert 
“é 
2. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 66. 1. 12. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 16. Leave out “ his late Majesty.” 

Pr. 67. 1.33. Leave out “ his Majesty.” 

Pr. 72. 1.19. Leave out “ Company” and insert 
“ Commissioners.” 

Pr. 75. 1.7. Leave out “ proceeding ” and in- 
sert “ proceedings.” 

Pr. 91. 1. 27. After “ in” insert “ the.” 

Pr. 115. 1. 26. Leave out “hereby” and insert 
“ thereby.” 

Pr. 127. 1.19. Leave out from “ Commissioners” 
to “ and’ in Pr. 128. |. 6. 

Pr. 137. 1. 22. Leave out “to” and insert 
“ from.” 

Pr. 137. 1. 35. Leave out “ or.” 
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Pr. 142. 1. 8. Leave out “holder” and insert 
“ owner.” 

Pr. 143. 1. 19. Leave out “ applications” and 
insert “ application.” 

Pr. 145. 1. ult. Leave out “ paving’ 
“ pavement.” 

Pr. 148. |. 3. After “ Commissioners” insert. 
« os.” 

Pr. 149. 1. 37. Leave out from “ or” to “ hole” 
in |. 38. and insert “ such.” 

Pr. 152. 1. 17. Leave out “ this” and insert 
“ thing.” 

Pr. 156. 1. 2. Leave out “ in” and insert “ on.” 

Pr. 159. ls. 26. and 27. Leave out “ purposes” 
and insert “ purpose.” 

Pr. 160. 1.31. Leave out “ treasurer of the.” 

Pr. 160. 1. 36. Leave out “ sums” and insert 
sum.” 

Pr. 161. 1. 23. Leave out “ monies” and insert 
** money.” 

Pr. 162. 
" oa” 

Pr. 164. Is. 11. and 12. 
and insert “‘ window.” 

Pr. 166. ls. 19. and 20. Leave out “ inspector” 
and insert “ inspectors.” 

Pr. 168. 1.35. After “ Act” insert “ who.” 

Pr. 170. ls. 2. and 3. After “‘ whatever” insert 
* whether.” 

Pr. 176. 1. 30. Leave out “ of ” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 179. 1. 22. Leave out “ inhabitants” and 
insert “ inhabitant.” 

Pr. 180. 1.31. Leave out from “ of” to “and” 
in |, 32, and insert “ gas works.” 

Pr. 181. ].19. Leave out from “ Commissioners” 
to “ shall” in 1, 20. 

Pr. 181.1. 22. Leave out from “ such” to “ gas” 
in |. 23., and in 1. 23. after “ gas’’ insert “ works.” 

Pr. 181. 1. 37. Leave out from “ works” to 
“ and” in |, penult. 

Pr. 182. 1. 9. Leave out “ for.’ 

Pr. 182. 1. 10. Leave out from “ said” to “ gas” 
in 1. 12., and in 1. 12. after “ gas” insert “ works 
« for.” 

Pr. 183. 1. 5. Leave out “ buildings” and insert 
* building.” 

Pr. 183. 1. 6. Leave out “ inclosures” and insert 
“ inclosure.” 

Pr. 185. 1. 22. Leave out “ two Justices” and 
insert “ Justice,” and in the same line and 1. 23., 
leave out “‘ Justices” and insert “ Justice.” 

Pr. 185. 1. 32. After “ every” insert “ light so 
“ extinguished or.” 

Pr. 190. 1. 12. Leave out from “ done” to “ and” 
in 1. 23. 

Pr. 204. 1.14. Leave out “ the.” 

Pr. 205. 1. 23. Leave out “ Act” and insert 
“ Acts.” 

Pr. 205. 1. 
“ Acts.” 

Pr. 209. 1. 31. Leave out the first “ into” and 
insert “ unto.” 

Pr. 226. 1. 23. Leave out “ should” and insert 
“ shall.” 

Pr, 226. ls. 36. and 37. Leave out “ provision” 
and insert “ provisions.” 

Pr, 227. 1.10. Leave out “ provision” and insert 
" provisions.” 
Pr. 227. 1. 


? 


and insert 


1. 32. Leave out “three” and insert 


Leave out “ windows” 


30. Leave out “ Act” and insert 


‘ 


25. Leave out “ be” and insert 


“ being.” 

Pr. 231. 1. 36. Leave out “ such” and insert 
« the.” 

Pr. 232. 1. 16. Leave out “ owners” and insert 
“ owner.” 


Pr, 233. 1.3. Leave out “ under this Act.” 

Pr. 233. 1. 22. Leave out “such” and insert 
the.” 

Pr, 239. 


1. 33. Leave out “‘ boards” and insert 
a board.” 


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A. 1844, 


Pr. 239. 1. 36. Leave out “ boards ” and insert 
“ board.” 

Pr. 242, 1.25. Leave out “ carriages” and insert 
carriage.” 

Pr. 243. 1.12. Leave out “ so.” 

Pr. 253. 1. 33. Leave out “and” and insert 
or.” 

Pr. 261. 1. 9. After “ of” insert ‘‘ the.” 

Pr. 262. 1, 37. Leave out “ upon” and insert 
up in some.” 

Pr. 264. 1.13. Leave out “ on” and insert “in 
some.” 

Pr. 264. 1. 36. Leave out “ poor” and insert 
* poor’s.” 

Pr. 264. 1. 37. Leave out from “ the” to “ and” 
in 1. penult. and insert “ several townships or dis- 
“ tricts situated wholly or partly within the limits 
“ of this Act.” 

Pr. 267. 1. 12. After “ appeal” insert “ there- 
“ from.” 

Pr. 267. 1. 22. Leave out from “ him” to “ and” 
in |, 33. 


Pr. 275. 1. 6. Leave out “ be” and insert “ have 
“* been.” 


Pr. 289. |. ult. Leave out “ upon” and insert 
“ on.” 

Pr. 292. 1. 3. Leave out “ re-paving” and insert 
repairing.” 

Pr. 293.1. 35. Leave out from “ such” to “ and” 
in Pr, 294, 1, 19. and insert “ shall be pulled down 
“« by the Commissioners, and the materials thereof 
“ sold or removed, and the site thereof shall be the 
property of the person or persons who would have 
been entitled thereto in case such toll-house had 
not been erected thereon.” 


In the Schedules to the Bill : 


Pr. 302. 1. 8. Leave out “ by” and insert “ in 
pursuance of.” 

Pr. 303. 1. 3. After “ satisfied” insert ‘“ [the 
principal sum to be repaid at the end of 
years from the date hereof (in case any period be 
agreed upon for that purpose.) )” 

Pr. 304. 1. 31. Leave out “and” and insert 
am.’ 

Pr. 305. 1. 38. After “ 1’ insert “ have.” 

Pr. 306. 1. 30. In the third column, leave out 
Dreury” and insert “ Drury.” 

Pr. 308. 1. 10. In the third column, leave out 
Ramish” and insert “ Barmish.” 

Pr. 308.1. 34. In the third column, leave out 
Ramish” and insert “ Barmish.” 

Pr. 322. 1. 4. In the third column, leave out 
Bainford” and insert “ Bamford.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bright 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 Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of John Cheape, Esquire, a 
Lieutenant Colonel in the Military Service of the 
Honourable East India Company, with Amelia 
Frances Chicheley Cheape, his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes 
therein mentioned, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Cheape’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Leeds Vicar- Leeds Vicaras: 
age Bill have leave to make their Report To-morrow. Bill. 


Petitions of John Hindle, Weaver, Church-street, Frecdom of 
Ashton-under-Lyne;—and, William Carr, Calico- Opinion. 


printer, Butler-street, Manchester; praying the 
House 


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House to abrogate all laws interfering with the 
Freedom of Opinion, and all enactments or regula- 
tions relative to Blasphemy,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Guernsey. A Petition of Daniel ty veh Esquire, of the 
Island of Guernsey, stating that the Petitioner is 
possessed of property in England called Great 
Western Railway shares, for which he has been 
assessed, and which has been deemed also taxable 
by the court of that island for parochial rates and 
local purposes, tending to the improvement of local 
property, and which shares are charged already by 
Act of Parliament with poor rates and income 
tax; and praying that the House will protect from 
further taxation in that island the Petitioners’ pro- 
perty in England, and that the House will take 
measures to prevent the court of that island from 
taxing or interfering in future, either directly or in- 
directly, with any property whatever, within the ju- 
risdiction of the British Parliament or elsewhere, 
and that the authority of the Royal Court of taxing 
property be limited in future to such real and per- 
sonal property only as is situated within that bailie- 
wick, and that the owner of personal or real pro- 
perty of which he may be possessed out of that 
bailiewick be allowed, as any other British subject, 
the power of willing it as he deems fit, and also 
that the House will obtain and grant such a code 
of laws or such changes as may seem meet and 
proper, and that the proceedings of tke court should 
be more suited to the times, the position and the 
connection of that island with the Crown of Eng- 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 


this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Protection of 
Purchasers, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Protection of Purchasers 
against Judgments, Crown Debts, Lis pendens, and 
Commissions of Bankruptcy; and for providing one 
Office for the registering of all Judgments in Jre- 
land; and for amending the Laws in Jreland re- 
specting Bankrupts and the Limitation of Actions, 
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. 


Customs 
(New South 
Wales) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to clear up Doubts as to the 
Regulation and Audit of the Accounts of the Cus- 
toms in New South Wales, 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. 


Books and The ingrossed Bill to reduce, under certain cir- 
Engravings Bill. cumstances, the Duties payable upon Books and 


Engravings, 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. 


Courts of The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au- 
commen hem thorize, in certain cases, the Service of Process is- 
rocess Dill. 


suing out of Her Majesty’s Courts of Common Law 
at Westminster on Persons resident out of the Ju- 
risdiction of the said Courts, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 


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. 

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559 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au-Courts of Com- 
thorize, in certain cases, the Service of Process is- ated (ireland 
suing out of Her Majesty’s Courts of Common Law gi), 
in Ireland on Persons resident out of the Jurisdic- 
tion of the said Courts, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

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. 


The ingrossed Billi 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, to grant Allowances, in certain cases, to 
Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter 
Masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ 
Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, and to 
authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned 
Officers, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to defray until the First day of 
August One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, 
the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Contingent 
and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in 
Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances, in 
certain cases, to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay- 
masters, Quarter Masters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
geons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant Majors of the 
Militia, and to authorize the Employment of the 
Non-commissioned Officers. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Privy Council 
amending an Act passed in the fourth year of the Bill. 
reign of his late Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for the 
better Administration of Justice in His Majesty’s 
Privy Council,” and to extend its Jurisdiction and 
Powers, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tralee Navi- 

into a Committee upon the Z’ralee Navigation and fi" — 
: : arbour Bill. 

Harbour 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Consolidated Fund (Ap- Consolidated 
propriation) Bill; and the Amendments were read, Fund (Appro- 
and agreed to. priation) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Woods and Forests Ac- Woods and Fo- 
counts Bill; and the Amendments were read, and — Accounts 
agreed to. - 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Grand Canal (Jreland) _ a, 
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 Clerks to Attornies Bill; Clerks to _ 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. — Attomies Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time ‘l'o-morrow. 
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560 30° Juli. A. 1844, 


Mr. Greene reported the Spirits (Jreland) Bill; 


(Ireland) Bilk and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Marriages 
(ireland) 
[Salaries and 
Expenses. ] 


Piccadilly 
Improvement 
ill. 


South Sea 


Company Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen Bill. 


No. 559. 


Poor Law. 


Art-Unions 
Biil. 


China. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


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 Payment of Salaries and 
Expenses of Officers to be appointed under any Act 
of the present Session for registering Marriages in 
Ireland, a Resolution; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of G'reat 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of the Salaries 
of the Officers, and the Expenses of the General 
Register Office, which may be established in pur- 
suance of any Act of the present Session, for Mar- 
riages in Ireland, and for registering such Marriages. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Marriages (Jreland) Bill, that they 
kave Power to make Provision therein pursuant to 
the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Piccadilly Improvement 
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 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read 
the third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the South Sea Company 
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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Merchant Seamen Bill ; 
aud the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Returns and other documents relating 
to pleasure yachts, to be transmitted direct to the 
Registrar of Seamen), was brought up, and twice 
read; and 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 Thursday 
next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


A Petition of Guardians of Parishes in the united 
district of Montgomery and Pool, praying the House 
not to disturb by legislative enactment the local 
incorporation, under the provisions of which the 
poor in the Montgomery and Pool united district 
are maintained and managed, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Members of the 
Committee of the Manchester Association for the 
Promotion of the Fine Arts, praying that the Art- 
Unions Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Native and European Merchants 
and Capitalists, in Calcutta, in the Presidency of 
Bengal and the East Indies, praying the House to 
grant a committee of inquiry, to enable them to 
prove the inadequacy of the compensations awarded 
to them for the opium which was surrendered to 
Her Majesty’s Representative in China, in the year 
1839, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Couvicts. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in columns, of the Number of Con- 
victs, of each Sex respectively, confined in Prisons 
in the United Kingdom, distinguishing the Number 
whose State of Health renders them unfit to be re- 
moved from this Country under the Sentences of 
Transportation which have been passed upon them, 
showing the Places of their Confinement ; also, the 
Period of Confinement in this Country which by 
Law or by Usage is imposed upon such Convicts as 
being equivalent to the Terms of Seven, Ten and 
Fourteen years’ Transportation, and also to Trans- 
portation for Life. 

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 Poor Law 
Return of the Number of Days each Poor Law Commission. 
Commissioner has sat in discharge of his Official 
Duty at the Office appointed for such Official Sit- 
tings, or at any other Place, for the same Purpose: 
—Also, a similar Return of the Number of Days 
each Assistant Poor Law Commissioner has been 
engaged in the discharge of his Official Duty, the 
Place and Periods at which those have been per- 
formed respectively, whether at the Office of the 
Central Board of Commissioners, or in Visits and 
Inspections, or other matters of Official Duty, at 
the different Unions or Union Workhouses through- 
out England and Wales, the Number of Days em- 
ployed therein, and the Amount of Expense incurred 
by each Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, in tra- 


velling or in other incidental Expenses relating 
thereto. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Insolvent 
reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; Debtors Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Private Part- 
reading of the Private Partnerships Bill ; nerships Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Petitions from Leeds ;— and, Bradford (York) ; Insolvent 
praying that the Insolvent Debtors Bill may not Debtors Bill. 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Message from 

and Mr. Russell: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Party Proces- 
Act to continue until the First day of June One sions (Ireland) 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, an Act of 8! 
the second and third years of his late Majesty, for 
restraining for Five years, in certain cases, Party 


Processions in Jreland, without any Amendment : 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Marriages Bill. 


by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to declare 
the Law respecting the Publication of Banns of 
Matrimony, and the Celebration of Marriages in 
Churches or Chapels to which Districts shall have 
been assigned under certain of the Church Building 
Acts, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords haye agreed to the Amendments made Lecturers and 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for Parish Clerks 
better regulating the Offices of Lecturers and Parish ~ * 
Clerks, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Trafalgar- 
by this House to the Amendment made by their sre Bill- 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to provide 
for the Care and Preservation of Trafalgar-square, 
in the City of Westminster, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The 


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8 VicTORIz£. 


North Wales The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Mineral Rail- Act for making a Railway from the River Dee, in 
way Bill the County of the City of Chester, to Wrexham, in 
the County of Denbigh, to be called “ The North 
Wales Mineral Railway,” with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Great Southern 5 , to ) ; 
Act for making and maintainjng a Railway from the 


and Western 


Teaedl) pil, City of Dublin to the Town of Cashel, with a Branch 

( to the Town of Carlow, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

Transfer of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Property Bill. to simplify the Transfer of Property ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Debtors and The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Creditors Bill. for facilitating Arrangements between Debtors and 

Creditors; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 

of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of William Hough, a Major 
in the Military Service of the Honourable East India 
Company, with Sophia, his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for authorizing the Sale of certain Estates in the 
Counties of Meath and Cavan, limited by the Set- 
tlement executed on the Marriage of Pierce Morton 
and Louisa Morton, otherwise Somerville, his Wife, 
and for applying the Monies thence arising in Pay- 
ment of Incumbrances affecting the said Estates 
prior to said Settlement ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House:— And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Hough’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Morton’s 
Estate Bill. 


30° Sulit. 


561 


in the Queen’s County, and its neighbourhood, pray- 
ing the House to extend to [reland the provisions 
of the Small Debts Bill, with such alterations and 
amendment, if any, as the circumstances of the case 
may require, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Raja of Satara. 
Copies of all Correspondence not hitherto presented 

to this House relating to the deposed Raja of Sai- 

tara, which has taken place between the Government 

of India and the Government of Bombay, or be- 

tween the Government of India and Major Carpen- 

ter, the Officer in Charge of the Raja, from Septem- 

ber 1839 to the 1st day of January 1844. 


The Debtors and Creditors Bill was read the first Debtors and 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Creditors Bill, 
‘Thursday next; and to be printed. No. 560. 


as read the first Transfer of | 
Property Bill. 


No. 561. 


The Transfer of Property Bill w 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the several Petitions Coopers’ Trade. 
presented to this House during the present Session, 
for the repeal of the Duty on the Raw Material 
used in the Coopers’ Trade, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House will, early in the next 
Session of Parliament, take the Petitions of the 
Coopers into consideration, with the view of relieving 
them from their present distress :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Thames Em- 





Harbours, &amp;e. | Colonel Dawson Damer reported to the House, 
That their Address of the 16th day of this instant 
July, relative to Harbours, &amp;c., had been presented 
to Her Majesty ; and that Her Majesty was pleased 
to receive the same very graciously, and to give 
the following Answer ; 


I have received your Address relating to the se- 


veral Tidal Harbours, Ports and Creeks of the United 
Kingdom. 


My consideration shall be given to the subject to 


which your Address refers. 


Message from 
the Lords. and Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 
New South 
Wales, &amp;c., Go- 


A Message from the Lords, by’ Mr. Duckworth 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


to empower Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods ba»kment Bill 
to form a Terrace and Embankment, with conve- 

nient Landing Places for the Public, on the Mid- 

dlesex Shore of the River Thames, between West- 

minster and Blackfriars Bridges: And that the Earl 

of Lincoln and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and 

bring it in. 


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 
directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence which has passed be- 
tween Don Carlos (or on behalf of his Royal High- 
ness) and Her Majesty’s Government, relating to 
certain Propositions which have been made by that 
Prince, having for their object the Tranquillization 
of Spain; as also, Copies of all Correspondence 


Don Carlos. 





Act to explain an Act of the fifth and sixth years 
of Her present Majesty, for the Government of New 
South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


vernment Bill, 


Hough's 


: ; Hough’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; and 
Divorce Bill. ? 


ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 

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 Depositions 
transmitted from India, and a Copy of the Minutes | 
of the Evidence taken before their pater ton on the 
second reading of the said Bill: And that Mr. Greene 
do carry the said Message. 





Morton’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Morton's 
Estate Bill, 


Smali Debts 


oan A Petition of Magistrates, Clergymen, Gentlemen, 
ill, 


Merchants, Farmers and Traders of Portarlington, 
Vou. 99, 





which has passed between Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment and the Governments of France and Spain 
respectively, relative to the said Propositions : 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Mr. Borthwick, 
sag John Manners : 

ee . Mr. Young, 

Tellersforthe Noes, Mr. Pringle : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


} a3, 


Mr. Greene reported, That he had carried to the Hough’s 
Lords the Message of this House of this day, re- Divorce Bill, 


questing that their Lordships would be pleased to 
communicate to this House, the Depositions trans- 
mitted from India, and a Copy of the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before their Lordships in the case 
of Hough’s Divorce Bill; and that their Lordships 
had been pleased to communicate a Copy of the 
Proceedings of the Judges of the Supreme Court of 
Judicature at Fort William, in Bengal, with the 
Minutes of the Evidence, as desired by this House : 
Aud he delivered the same in at the Table. ; 

4c A Petition 












562 50°—31° Juliz. A. 1844, 





















































Fine Arts. A Petition of Members of the Institute of the Fine Pr. 129. 1. 21. Leave out “ Seven” and insert 
Arts, suggesting that a spacious hall be erected in | “ Eight.” 
London, for the reception of fine casts from all the Pr. 129. 1. 29. Leave out from “ being ” to 
most famous sculpture of the world ; that this hall | “ And” in Pr. 130. 1. 5. and insert Clause (A.) 
be, during the day, open to the public generally, Crauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
but in the evening be confined, under proper regu-| « foreshore or land in front of the said citadel, or 
lations, to artists and lovers of art, thus establishing | « any part thereof, commencing at and lying east- 
a place of mutual intercourse between the encou-|« ward from the River Hull, either above or below 
ragers and cultivators of art, which must naturally | « high-water mark, shall not at any time hereafter 
lead to their reciprocal advantage ; and praying that | « be taken or used, under the authority of this Act, 
the House will be pleased to take the premises into} « fo» any erections, buildings or works of any de- 
consideration, and adopt measures for carrying its | « scription whatsoever which shall, in the opinion 
objects into execution, was presented, and read ;|« of the Master General and Board of Ordnance for 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. “ the time being, be calculated to obstruct the range 
“ of fire from, or be in any manner injurious to, the 
Fine Arts A Petition of the President and Secretary of the | “ defences of the Citadel of Hull.” . 
(Ireland. ) Society of Ancient Art, in Dublin, praying that the Pr. 130. 1. 12. Leave out “ used ” and insert 
House will grant to the Zrish people, as a national | “ purchased.” 
trust, an edifice suited to contain a comprehensive Pr. 167. 1. 5. Leave out from “ whereas ” to 
collection of sculptural and architectural casts and |“ to” in 1. 6. and insert “ by the first-recited Act 
models, and that the House will further extend its |“ power is given to the Commissioners therein 
liberality to presenting them with a series of casts, |“ named.” 
taken from fresh moulds of such of the national Pr. 167. 1. 12. Leave out from “ haven” to 
treasures of ancient art in the British Museum, as | “ after” in 1. 13. and insert “ and a like power is 
the Petitioners shall select for the purpose, leaving | “ given.” 
to the Petitioners and the Jrish public to perfect Pr. 167. 1. 16. After “ them ” insert “ for the 
the collection, by the purchase of casts from works | “ said Commissioners.” 
only to be found in foreign galleries, was presented, Pr. 167. ls. 20. and 21. Leave out from “ rub- 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. “ bish” to “ and” in 1. 23., and in 1. 23. leave out 
“ also,” and also in 1. 23. after “ enforce” insert 
Fine Arts. A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- “ payment of.” ” , - 
posed, That a dutiful Address be presented to Her Pr. 167. I. 26. Leave out from proprietors 
Majesty, praying Her Majesty, that She will be - should ” in I. 27. and insert “and it is expe- 
graciously pleased to take into Her favourable con- dient that such powers. o . 
sideration the Prayer of the Petitions of Members Pr. 167. 1. 33. Leave out from executed ” to 
of the Institute of'the Fine Arts; and, the President | “ enforced ” in 1. 35. and insert and. —_ ” 
and Secretary of the Society of Ancient Art in Dub- Pine 167. 1. 37. Leave out from “Commissioners 
lin, praying for the establishment of Galleries for | to “in” in Pr. 168. 1. 2. tt isle a 
the reception of Casts of Sculpture and Architec-| Pr. 188. 1. 26. After basins insert “in re- 
ture, Ancient and Christian :—And the said Motion | “ spect of the same voyage. ati - : 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. . Pa asdnaneaiy 30. Leave out “Seven” and insert 
ou . 
Notice being taken, that Forty Members were Pr. 188. 1. 35. Leave out “ Seven ” and insert 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker; | « Fourteen.” 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being | Pr. 189. 1. 3. Leave out “ Seven” and insert 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad-| « fourteen.” 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first | Pr. 202. 1. 4. Leave out “ Seven ” and insert 
put, till To-morrow. | Westen” 
SSS | In the Schedules to the Bill: 
Mercurii, 31° die Julii ; | Pr. 235. 1. 1. Leave out “ any” and insert “a.” 
Pr. 235. 1. 2. After “ Company ” insert “ to be 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. ‘“ held on the day of 
ere |“ One thousand eight hundred — or at 
Me . 5 . . |“ any adjournment of such meeting.” 
Kingston-upon- 4 House proceeded to take into consideration! =p, 935 1 4. L ws cnk Cine, * Ueeaites ® 
Hull Docks Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the'Bill, A ei. a: ke ~ a 






to “ the ”’ in 1. 6. and insert “ if.” 


intituled, An Act for making new Docks and other Pr. 235 


“ ” 
Works connected therewith, in addition to the pre-|  L 7. Leave out may. 


sent Docks at Kingston-upon-Hull, and for amend-' ,, 


ing the Acts relating to such last-mentioned Docks ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 29. 1. 28. Leave out “ transmitied ”’ and in- 
sert “ submitted.” 
Pr. 29. 1. 29. Leave out from “ Company ” to 
* before” in ]. 30. 
Pr. 29. 1. 32. Leave out “ first.” 
Pr. 119. 1. Leave out from “ thereto” to 
‘ And” in 1. 8. and insert “ and after the expira- 
“ tion of Ten years from the passing of this Act, all 
the powers hereby granted to the Company for 
executing the Docks shall cease to be exercised, 
except as to so much of the Docks as shall then 
be completed.” 
Pr. 126. 1.17. Leave out “ Three” and insert 
not less than Two.” 
Pr. 128. 1. 16. Leave out “ Her Majesty 
insert “ the,” 


9. 
Oe 


“6 
cs 
éé 


ce 


ts 


2, 52 


s”? and 


Pr. 128. 1.17. Leave out “ and service” and’ 


insert “ of the said batteries and works of defence.” 


} 





Pr. 235 
said.” 
Pr. 235 


. 1. 8. Leave out “any ” and insert “ the 


. 1. 9, After “Company ” insert “ or any 


| adjournment thereof.” 


Pr, 235. 1. 11. Leave out from “ proper” to 
in” in |. 15. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for car- Lady le Despen- 
rying into effect a Compromise of a Suit for raising cet’s Estate Bill. 


Portions for the younger Children of the Right 
honourable Thomas Lord le Despencer, deceased, 
out of the settled Estates of the said Thomas Lord 
le Despencer, deceased, at Mereworth, in the County 
of Kent, and elsewhere in the said County, and 
also for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of cer- 
tain 





Ramsden’s 
Estate Bill. 


Harris’s 
Estate Bill, 


Morton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Hough’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Committees, 


Bahama 
Islands, 


Grand Canal 
(Ireland) Bill, 


8 VicToRIz£. 


tain Parts of the said settled 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. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for en- 
larging the Powers contained in the Will of Sir John 
Ramsden, Baronet, deceased, to grant Leases of the 
Hereditaments in the Townships of Huddersfield, 
Honley, Dalton and Aldmondbury, devised by such 
Will, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John * as 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 for 
enabling Trustees to sell the Estates devised by and 
settled to the Uses of the Will of William Harris, 
Esquire, deceased, and for authorizing the laying 
out of the Monies arising therefrom in the * ase 
of other Estates to be settled to the same Uses, 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. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, and 
to make their Report this day, upon Morton’s Estate 
Bill. 


Hough's Divorce Bill was, according to Order, 
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 the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, and to make their Report To-morrow. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Proceedings of 


the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature at 
Fort William, in Bengal, with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before their Lordships in the case 
of the said Bill, which were yesterday communi- 
cated from the Lords, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 


this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 


the House. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kettering, in the 


county of Morthampton, and others, complaining of 
the conduct of the Magistrates of the Island of 


Exuma, and in the settlement called Stevenstone, 
in committing a Baptist Preacher to prison, and of 
the punishment inflicted upon certain men, and of 
fines imposed on certain women, for attempting his 
rescue ; and praying the House to institute an in- 

uiry into the same, and inflict such punishment on 
the offenders as will effectually prevent all such 
proceedings in future, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Jreland to accept a certain Sum 
of Money in satisfaction of their Mortgage on the 
— ee communicating with the Grand 

ou. 99. 


31° Sule. 


563 


Canal 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 ingrossed Bill to continue so much of an Spirits 
Act of the second and third years of Her present (1teland) Bill. 
Majesty as enables Justices to grant Warrants for 
entering Places in which Spirits are sold without 
License in Ireland, was, according to Order, read 

the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bil do pass: And that the Title 

be, An Act to continue for Five years so much of an 

Act of the second and third years of Her present 
Majesty, as enables Justices to grant Warrants for 
entering Places in which Spirits are sold without 
License in Jrelund. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Piccadilly 
to widen and improve Piccadilly, in the City of Improvement 
Westminster, be now read the third time ; Bill, 

Sir James Graham, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 

been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 

think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for auditing the Accounts Woods and Fo- 
of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, rests Accounts 
Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, 3" 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Relief of Clerks to Clerks to 
Attornies and Solicitors who have omitted to enrol Attornies Bill. 
their Contracts, and for amending the Law re- 
lating to the Enrolment of such Contracts, and to 
the Disabilities of such Clerks, in certain cases, 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 apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 
Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to Fund (Appro- 
the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred Prition) Bill, 
and Forty-four, 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 Consolidated 
Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four, 
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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Tralee Navigation and Tralee Navi- 
Harbour Bill; and the Amendments were read, and £#tion and _ 
agreed nim Harbour Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the South Sea Company south sea 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, Company 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 the second Juvenile 
reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Offenders Bill. 











4c2 


A Message 
























































SS 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 


Names Bill. 


Tnree-and-a- 
half per Cents, 
Dissentients 
Bill. 


Lord Crans- 
toun’s Estate 
Bill. 


Lord Crans- 
toun’s Estate 


Bill. 


Leeds Vicarage 
Bill, 


Morton's 
Estate Bill. 


Morton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Gape’s 
Divorce Bl, 


564. 31° Julit. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 
and Mr. Russell: | 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol-' 
lowing, without Amendment, viz. : | 


Commissioners for executing the Acts for granting 
a Land Tax, and other Rates and Taxes: 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for paying | 
off such of the Three Pounds Ten Shillings per 
Jentum Annuities and Government Debentures, | 
which are to be paid off under two Acts passed in | 
the present Session of Parliament: And also, | 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 


A. 1844. 


Pr. 8. 1. 18. After “ real” insert “ freehold.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Petitions from Mewark-upon-Trent ;— Keighley, insolvent 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to appoint additional Bingley and Haworth ; — Uppingham ; — Saddle- Debtors Bin, 


worth ;—Aberford ;— Halifax ;—Selby ;— Hudders- 


JSield ; — Pontefract ;— Birstal; — Howden ;—and, 


Bradford (York) (two Petitions) ; praying that the 
Insolvent Debtors 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 Debtors confined in Whitecross- 
street Prison, in the city of London, praying that 


for effecting an Exchange of the entailed Estate of ‘the said Bill may pass into a law, and also that 


Rosehall, belonging to the Right honourable James 
Edward Lord Cranstoun, situated in the County of 


the same advantage may be granted to the Peti- 
tioners under the Insolvent law as is now given to 


Sutherland, for certain Lands in the County of|the bankrupt, and that the House will be pleased 


Kincardine, belonging to James Matheson, Esquire, 
of Achany ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Lord Cranstoun’s 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 Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, and to make their Report To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Leeds Vicarage Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 


to make the new law available to persons alread 
in prison, immediately on the passing of the Act, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Tradesmen and Labourers within the Horsham Petty 
Sessions district, in the county of Sussex, praying 
the House to resist the projects of the Anti-Corn- 
Law League, and in consideration of the vast amount 
of capital and skill which has been expended in 
the improvement of land, preserve to the agricul- 
turist and his labourers the protection to which they 
are entitled, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, Corn Laws. 








true; and that the parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the} A Petition of Farmers, Tradesmen, Labourers and Com, &amp;c. 
Committee ; and that the Committee had gone | others in public meeting assembled, at Stratton 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. | Saint Margaret, Wilts, on the 9th day of July 1844, 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further praying the House to repeal the taxes on Malt, Corn 
consideration upon Friday next. and all other things necessary for the support of 
the great body of the people, was presented, and 
Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- | read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of Morton’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders} Petitions from Kingscourt ;— Castletown Geo- Union with 
were applicable. ghegan ;—Ballyragget ; —Kilnfiera; —Toclea and 'eland. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | Touvahara ;—Drumgath ;— Kilteely ;—Roscrea ;— 
Monsea, Knigh Cloghprior, Kilodiernan and Dro- 
Morton’s Estate Bill was read a second time; | mineer ;—Tannagh, Kilmacullen and Drumcollum ; 
and committed. —Clogher ;—Crossmolina ;—Inniskheel;— Moirus ;— 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Sika, ~ Kiel Ballynacalla;— Kilcorkey; 
mittee of Selection. — Ardfert ; — Ballynagleragh ; — Killanemury ;— 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com-| Kenneigh ; — Freshford ; — Killina; — Drom and 
mittee of Selection, that the Committee on the said | Inch ;-- West Tullaghabigly ;--Ballyhale ;--Golden; 
Bill may be appointed to meet and sit, and proceed, —Shankhill ; —Abbeynockmoy ;— Beragh ;—Clon- 
upon Friday next. | broney ;—Kilbeggan ;—Manister and Kedemore ;— 
Ordered, That the Committee on the said Bill | Daneyfort ;-- Clough ;--Fuerty ;-- Glenscolin ;-- Dro- 
have leave to make their Report upon Friday next. | mara ;—Ahamlish ;—and, Donegal; praying for the 
lrepeal of the Legislative Union between Great 
Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee on | Britain and Ireland,—were presented, and read ; 
Gape’s Divorce Bill; That they had examined the | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
allegations of the Bill as to the Marriage of the 
parties, the adultery charged as the ground for dis-| A Petition of Inhabitants of Lismore, in the county Charitable 
solving the Marriage, the verdict at law, and the of Waterford, praying that the Charitable Donations Donations 
sentence of Divorce in the Ecclesiastical Court; and, | and Bequests (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law, Caled) Bil 
upon evidence satisfactory to the Committee, found | was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the same and the other allegations to be true; and | the Table. 
they saw no reason to suspect collusion between the | 
parties; and that the Committee had gone through| A Petition of the Grand Jury of the city of Water- Constabulary 





the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with | ford, assembled at the City Court House, Summer Force (Ireland.) 


smendments; and the same were read, as follow: | Assizes, 1844, praying that the expense of maintain- 

Pr. 7.1. 26. After “ Demands” insert “ if any | ing the Constabulary Force in Ireland may be de- 
at common law or by custom which she might , frayed by Government, was presented, and read; 
claim, by, through or in consequence of her mar-' and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


riage with the said Thomas Foreman Gape.” 


ti 


“ce 


aé 


Pr. 7. 1. 30. Leave out “ whereto.” | A Petition of James Dean, of Tottenham, in the Highway Act 
Pr. 7. 1. 38. Leave out “ or entitled.” county of Middlesex, Surveyor and Civil Engineer, 
Pr. 8.1. 3. After “ Gape” insert “ now.” | praying for amendment of the Highway Act 5 and 6 
Pr. 8. 1. 5. Leave out “to” and insert “unto.” | Will. 4, c. 50, by declaring that surveyors, district 
Pr. 8. 1. 13. Leave out “ title or’ and insert | surveyors or assistant surveyors may be compelled 


- 


* titles and.” 'to make, scour, cleanse and keep open drains, 
Pr. 8. 1,17. Leave out “or” and insert “and.” | ditches and watercourses for sanatory purposes, was 
presented, 


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8 VicToRIz. 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 
Food. A Petition of William Blazland, of Birmingham, 
praying the House to permit all articles of food 
to be sold outside the Queen’s warehouses at the 
same prices as within, and entirely free from all 
Customs dues or Excise whatsoever, was on 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Thames Em- 
bankment Bill. 


No. 562. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to empower 

Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods to form a 
Terrace and Embankment, with convenient Landing 
Places for the Public, on the Middlesex Shore of 
the River Thames, between Westminster and Black- 
friars Bridges: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
this day three months ; and to be printed. 
Slave Vessels. 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 Slave Vessels 
arrived in the Zransatlantic States since 1814, their 
Names, Description (as Brig, Schooner or Ship, &amp;c.), 
Masters’ Names, Tonnage, Armament, Number of 
Crew, National Flag, whether empty or with Slaves 
(whose number are to be stated), the Loss by Death 
on the Voyage, from what part of Africa arrived, 
the length of Passage, and date of Arrival, so far 
as these Particulars are known to Her Majesty’s 
Government: — Also, the Number of all Vessels 
clearing from Transatlantic Ports for Africa, and 
all Vessels clearing from Transatlantic Ports for 
other parts, and suspected of an intention of en- 
gaging in the Slave Trade, since 1814, their Names, 
Description, Masters’ Names, ‘'onnage, Armament, 
Number of Crew, National Flag, whether empty or 
with Cargo, and what Cargo, to what alleged Des- 
tination, and date of Departure, so far as these Par- 
ticulars are known to Her Majesty’s 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. 





Official Houses 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
and Buildings. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of Houses and Buildings in London, 
whether belonging to the Crown or otherwise, in 
the occupation of any Department of the Civil Ser- 
vice of the Government, distinguishing such as do 
not belong to the Crown, from whom and upon what 
Tenure held, the Rents or other considerations paid 
for the same, and the Purposes to which such Houses 
and Buildings are respectively applied :—Of all the 
Persons residing in such Houses and Buildings, 
specifying the Names and Official Designations of 
such Persons (distinguishing as to Houses or 
Apartments), and showing the extent and estimated 
early Value of their respective Occupancies :—And, 
of all Public Officers who are in the enjoyment, at the 
public expense, of Residences detached from their 
respective Offices, or who are in the receipt of Al- 
lowances in lieu of Official Residences, specifying 
their respective Names and Official Designations, 
and the Amount of the Allowance in each case :— 
The same for Jreland :—And, the same for Scotland. 
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. 


See Unlene ‘Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


31° Suliz. 


565 


The ingrossed Bill to amend and render more Slaughtering 
effectual an Act of the twenty-sixth year of George Horses Bill. 
the Third, for regulating Places kept for slaughtering 
Horses, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 4. 1. 32., by leaving out from the word 
“ thereof” to the word “ And” in Pr. 5. 1. 13. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for thes Mr. Cowper, 
Yeas, {ood John Manners : } 38. 
Tellers for the ion Thomas Duncombe, 6 
Noes, Mr. Hawes: 4 ” 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment. was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 5. 1. 34., by leaving out from the 
words “ deem fit” to the word “ And” in Pr. 6.1. 4. 

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 amend the Law for regulating 
Places kept for slaughtering Horses. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cowper do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Insolvent 
reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; Debtors Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the Notice of Motion relative to Captain Warner’s 
Inventions. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Captain 
Copy of Correspondence between Her Majesty’s Wamer’s 
Government and Captain Warner, relating to Cap- ventions 
tain Warner’s Inventions, from the Ist day of Sep- 
tember 1841 to the present time. 


The Insolvent Debtors Bill was, according to the Insolvent 
Order made this day, read a second time ; and com- Debtors Bill. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Factories. 
That the Petition of Mr. John Heathcote, late Su- 
perintendent of Factories, which was presented upon 

the 29th day of February last, be now taken into 
consideration ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the o!d Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Milner Gibson, 16 
Yeas, | Mr. Brotherton : } , 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Young, Log 
Noes, L Mr. Manners Sutton: Boas 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
supply an Omission in an Act of the sixth and se- 
venth years of Her present Majesty, for amending 
and continuing the Laws in Jreland relative to the 
Registering of Arms, and the Importation, Manu- 
facture and Sale of Arms, Gunpowder and Ammu- 
nition: And that Lord Eliot and Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral for Jreland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Arms (Treland} 
Bill. 


The House, according to the Order made this Art-Unions 
day, resolved itself into a Committee upon the Art- Bill. 
Unions Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 





itself into a Committee upon the Art-Unions Bill. 


Savings Banks 


Bill. the third time ‘To-morrow. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. Zand) Bill be received this day. 


Ordered, That the Savings Banks Bill be read 


Ordered, That the Report on the Fisheries (Zre- 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to supply an Omission Arms (Ireland) 
in an Act of the sixth and seventh years of Her Bill. 
present Majesty, for amending and continuing the No.563. 





Vor. 99, 


4c$ Laws 





566 
Laws in Jreland, relative to the Registering of Arms, 
and the Importation, Manufacture and Sale of Arms, 
Gunpowder and Ammunition: And the same was 


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


Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. Mr. Greene reported the Fisheries (Ireland) Bull; 


and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Commissioners empowered to alter the | 
close time for the Fishery), was brought up, and 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 





Another Clause (Commissioners from time to time | 


to define the mouth or entrance of any river, and 
deposit same with Clerks of the Peace), was brought 
up, and twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Charitable A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 
ell morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
(Ireland) of the provision to be made, out of the Consolidated 


[Salaries and 
Expenses, | 


Fund, for the Payment of the Salaries of the Secre- 
taries, and for defraying the other Expenses of the 
Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Be- 
quests for Jreland, who may be appointed in pur- 
suance of any Act of the present Session ; 

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. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 1° die August: ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


Bishop of Down, R. Greene reported from the Committee on 


a _ the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore’s 

romore’s : aan ; 

Estate Bill, Estate Bill; That they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their 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 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Gervis’s Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 

Estate Bill, 


Gervis’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. 


Lord Lovat’s 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Lord 
estate Bill. 


Lovat’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. 


Wilson's 


A A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for ena- 
Estate Bill, 


bling the Trustees under the Marriage Settlement 

of William Henry Bowen Jordan Wilson, Esquire, 

to sell the Estates comprised in the same Settlement, 

and for laying out the Monies arising from such 

Sales in the Purchase of other Lands, to be settled 

to the same Uses, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





31° Juliz.—1° Augusti. 





A. 1844, 


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 con- Ladbroke's 
firm certain Contracts for Leases made and entered Estate Bill, 
into by James Weller Ladbroke, Esquire, of Lands 
and Premises at or near Notting Hill, in the County 
of Middlesex, and to alter and enlarge the Powers 
of an Act passed in the first and second years of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “‘ An Act to enable James Weller Ladbroke, 
Esquire, and others, to grant Building Leases of 
Lands in Kensington, Paddington, Notting Barns 
and Westborne, in the County of Middlesex,” and 
for other Purposes relating thereto, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
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 an Amendment ; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for ena- Passinghan’s 
bling the Trustees under the Will of the late Mr, Estate Bill. 
Jonathan Passingham to grant Leases of the De- 
vised Estates, with Licenses to dig Brick Earth, 
and to raise Monies upon Parts of the said Estates, 
and for the Purchase of an adjoining Property, 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North Wales 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Mineral Rail- 
intituled, An Act for making a Railway from the ¥*Y Bil! 
River Dee, in the County of the City of Chester, 
to Wrerham, in the County of Denbigh, to be called 
“ The North Wales Mineral Railway”; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

Pr, 146. 1. 14. After “lands” insert “ Provided 
also, That nothing herein contained shall autho- 
rize the Company, in the construction of the said 
Railway through the property of the dean and 
chapter of Winchester, in the parish of Gresford, 
to construct the line of the Railway in that part 
of its course which lies nearest to a certain dwel- 
ling-house called the Rectory House, also the pro- 
perty of the said dean and chapter, nearer to the 
said house than is now laid down upon the Plan 
deposited, or nearer to the said house than seventy 
yards from the same, without the consent of the 
said dean and chapter.” 

Pr. 148. 1. 13. Leave out from ‘ whereas” to 
the” in 1. 16. 

Pr. 148. 1.19, Leave out “therewith” and insert 
“ with the Chester and Holyhead Railway.” 

Pr. 148. 1]. 21. Leave out from “that” to “all” 
in |, 24, 
Pr. 150. 1. 7. After “ obtained” insert Clause 

A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
That nothing in this Act contained shall extend 
to prejudice, diminish, alter or take away any of 
the rights, privileges, powers or authorities vested 
in the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, 
established and incorporated by an Act passed 
in the present Session of Parliament, intituled, 
An Act for making a Railway from Chester to 
Holyhead.” 

Pr. 172. 1.8. Leave out “ hereinafter” and insert 
hereinbefore.” 

Pr. 189. 1.36. After “ bridge” insert “ or arch.” 

Pr. 189. 1. 38. Leave out “and” and insert 


n 
n 


n 
” 


n 
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nn 
n 


if 





arch or.” 
The 


Committees. 


Werrington, 
&amp;c., Curacies 
Bill. 


Tobacco Trade. 


No. 565. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway 
(Ireland) Bill. 


8 VicTORIZ. 


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. | 

Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit | 
this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. | 


| 6¢ 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for au- 
thorizing the Endowment of the Curacies of Wer- 
rington and Saint Giles-in-the-Heath, in the County | 
of Devon, and the Alienation and Conveyance of 
the Rights of Patronage of the same Curacies re- 
spectively, to persons who shall further endow the 
same, and for other Purposes relating thereto, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yurde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 





Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to examine into the present state of the Tobacco 
Trade, and to inquire what effects have been pro- 
duced by the changes in the Laws relating to it, and 
whether any and what legislative measures compa- 
tible with the general interests of the country may 
be advisable, in order to promote the Trade, or to 
check Smuggling in Tobacco; and to report their 
Observations thereupon to the House, have Power 
- report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Mr. Hume reported: from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; and to whom several Papers, together with 
a Petition for reduction of duty, were 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, and an Appendix. 





{ 
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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, 
intituled, An Act for making and maintaining a Rail- 
way from the City of Dublin to the Town of Cashel, 
with a Branch to the Town of Carlow; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 81. 1. 5. Leave out from “ Act” to “ for” 
in |. 6. 

Pr. 81. 1. 11. After “ make” insert “ and for 
“ ever maintain in good order and condition in all 
“ respects.” 

Pr. 81. 1. 17. Leave out from “ and ” to “such” 
in |. 18. and insert “ all.” 

Pr. 81. 1. 24. Leave out from “ require” to 
and” in 1. 38. and insert “ Provided always, That 
it shall not be lawful for the said Company to 
take or use any portion of the said lands until 
the price of the same has been paid to or to the 
use of Her Majesty, in such and the like manner 
as is by law provided for the payment of the price | 


1° Auguste. 


| &amp;¢ 
| 


567 


“* Majesty, in and over the residue of the Curragh 


© of Kildare.” 


Pr. 111. 1.1. Leave out from the first “ the” 
to “in” in |, 2. and insert “ taxing officers.” 

Pr. 111. 1.18. Leave out “ Master” and insert 
“ taxing officer.” 

Pr. 253. 1. 16. After “ Company ” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That, except as is herein specially provided 
for, nothing contained in this Act shall extend or 
be construed to extend to alienate, defeat, lessen, 
abridge, diminish or prejudice any estate, right, 
title or interest, franchise, royalty, prerogative or 
jurisdiction of or appertaining to the Queen’s 
most Excellent Majesty, Her heirs or successors, 
in right of Her Crown, or otherwise howsoever.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


“cc 
iff 
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ce 


| Were agreed to. 


Ordered, That O’ Conor Don 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 for Bowyer’s 
enabling the Trustees of the Will of William Athins Estate Bill. 


Bowyer, Esquire, deceased, to grant Building, Im- 
proving and other Leases of certain Estates at Clap- 
ham, in the County of Surrey, devised by the said 


Will and the second Codicil thereto, to the Trustees 


therein named, was read tbe 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 ingrossed Bill to extend the Time limited by Tralee Navi 


an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the 
Reign of Her present Majesty, for improving the 
Navigation and Harbour of 7’ralee, in the County 
of Kerry, was, according to Order, read the third 


| time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
| Title be, An Act to extend the Time limited by an 
| Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of Her pre- 
isent Majesty, empowering the Commissioners for 
the Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works to 
compiete the Works for improving the Navigation 
and Harbour of Tralee, in the County of Kerry. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


ment Annuities through the medium of Savings 
Banks, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider (That whenever the sum 
standing in the name of any depositor shall amount 
to One hundred and fifty pounds, principal and in- 
| terest included, thenceforth no interest shall be 
| payable on such deposit): And the said Clause was 
| brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 





The ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws relating Savings Banks 
to Savings Banks, and to the purchase of Govern- Bill. 


of any other lands of Her Majesty in right of put, That the said Clause be now read a second time: 


Her Crown in Ireland, or a sale thereof by the 
said Commissioners on behalf of Her Majesty ; 
nor shall it be lawful for the said Company to 
take or use any portion of the said lands called 
the Curragh of Kildare, until a proper convey- 
ance thereof has been made and granted by the 
said Commissioners on behalf of Her Majesty to 
the said Company ; and such conveyance shall 
be made subject to such conditions, restrictions 
and regulations as the said Commissioners on 
behalf of Her Majesty shall think proper or ne- 
cessary for the protection, preservation and bene- 
ficial enjoyment of the rights and interests of Her 

VoL. 99 


| It passed in the Negative. 
| Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider (After the Twentieth 
day of November One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-four, Trustees not to receive, from any present 
or future depositor, any sum or sums exceeding 
Twenty pounds in any one year): And the said 
Clause was brought up; and read the first time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
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| 


| Ordered, 





568 1° August. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A, 1844. 


on Standing Orders Revision, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Marricges 


(reine) Bill The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
relia Ll, 


into a Committee upon the Marriages (Jreland) Bill. Mr. Greene reported the Art-Unions Bill; and Art-Unious 


the Amendments were read, as follow : ill, 





(In the Committee). 


Instruction to the Committee, that they have 
Power to make provision, pursuant to the Resolution 
reported on the 30th July read. 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravse, N° 1, (After 31st of March 1845, all 
rules prescribed by the Rubrick to continue to be 
observed. Marriages shall be solemnized on pro- 
duction of Registrar’s certificate). 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add, “ Provided always, That two or more credible 
“‘ witnesses shall be present at every marriage so- 
‘«¢ lemnized by such person in holy orders.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Criauses, N° 2 to N° 4, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuauses, N° 6 and N° 7, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 8, (Minister to grant licenses for 
marriages to be solemnized in Presbyterian meeting- 
houses, and for every license five shillings to be 
paid). ; 

Amendment proposed, in P. 4. 1. 32. To leave 
out “ five” in order to insert “ two,” instead thereof. 

Question, That “ five” stand part of the Clause 
put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 9 to N° 29, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to, 

Cuiause, Ne 30, (Marriages may be celebrated 
in registered places, before the Registrar and two 
witnesses, on any day except Sunday). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 13. 1. 4. To leave 
out “except Sunday.” 

Question, That the words “ except Sunday” stand 
part of the Clause——put, and agreed to.” 

Clause agreed to. 


Cravses, N® 31 to N° 85, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Schedules (A.) to (G.), 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 To-morrow. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for vest- 
ing Parts of the Estates of William Devaynes, 
Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, upon Trust to be 
sold ; and for paying off a Mortgage Debt of Eight 
thousand two maa Pounds, due to James Par- 
hinson, Esquire, out of the first Purchase Monies, 
and for laying out the Residue of the Purchase 
Monies, under the direction of the Court of Chan- 
cery, 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 Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order made upon the 22d day of July last, 
That Five be the Quorum of the Select Committee 





Pr. 1. ls. 1 and 2, Leave out “‘ and may here- 
“ after be.” 

Pr. 1.1. 15. After “associations” insert “ or for 
raising sums of money by subscription, to be dis- 
tributed by lot as prizes amongst the members, 
subscribers or contributors forming part of such 
associations, on the condition, nevertheless, that 
such prizes be expended solely and entirely in 
the purchase of pictures or other works of art ; 
and whereas other persons, either conjointly or 
separately, have also obtained funds from sub- 
scribers, on condition of such persons distributing 
by lot, or otherwise, certain pictures, engravings 
or other works of art among the subscribers last 
aforesaid.” 

Pr, 2.1.4. After “ contributors” insert “ dis- 
“ tributors. 

Pr, 2.1.14. After “liable” insert “ or to which 
they may become liable.” 

Pr, 2.1. 14. Leave out from “ such” to “ Be”’ 
in |. 17, and insert “ their proceedings as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 28. After “ subscribers” insert “ dis- 
* tributors.” 
Pr. 3.1. 2. Leave out “ January” and insert 
“ May.” 
Pr. 3.1. 7. Leave out from “lot” to “and” in 
ve. 4. 6. %. 
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 allegations of the Bill as to the Marriage of the 
parties, the adultery charged as the ground for dis- 
solving the Marriage, the interlocutory judgment in 
the action for criminal conversation, the inquiry of 
damages, the final judgment thereupon, and the 
sentence of Divorce in the proper 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, with Amendments; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 25. After “demands” insert “ (if any) 
at common law or by custom, which she might 
claim, by, through or in consequence of her mar- 
“ riage with the said William Hough.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 13. Leave out “ title or” and insert 
“ titles and.” 

Pr. 7.1.17. After “ real” insert “ freehold.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 28. After “ Sophia” insert “ or the said 
William Hough in his right is now entitled to or 
interested in, or in which the said Sophia.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself Charitable 
into a Committee, to consider of the Provision to be Donations 
. . . &lt;i" (Ireland) 
of the Salaries of the Secretaries, and for defraying [Salaries and 
the other Expenses of the Commissioners of Chari- Expenses] 


made out of the Consolidated Fund for the Payment 


table Donations and Bequests for Ireland, who may 
be appointed in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session. 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of the Sa- 
laries of the Officers and the Expenses of the Com- 

missioners 


Hogg veported from the Committee on Hough's 
Hough’s Divorce Bill; That they had examined Divorce Bill. 








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missioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests| A Petition of William Pringle Green, praying William Pringle 
for Ireland, in pursuance of any Act of the present | for consideration of his Petition, which was pre- Stee" 


Session, for the more effectual application of Cha-| sented upon the Ist day of April last, relative to 
ritable Donations and Bequests in Lreland. certain discoveries he has made in naval matters, 
Resolution to be reported. | involving very materially the interests of the State, 


— | was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene | the Table. 


reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- | 





lution. | A Petition of Medical Officers of the Horse and College of 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. | Foot Guards, praying that they may be heard, by S¥e™ 


| counsel, against the recent Charter granted to the 
Royal College of Surgeons of England, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord’s Day. A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens, Over- 
seers and Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Anne, 
Limehouse, complaining of the public exposure of 
articles for sale on the Lord’s Day, whether in shops, 





markets or otherwise ; and praying the House to Resolved, That an humble Address be presented College of 
adopt measures for carrying into effect the existing | to Her Majesty, that She will he graciously pleased Surgeons. 


laws upon that subject, was presented, and read;| to give directions that there be laid before this 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. House, a Copy of Letter addressed, on the 31st day 
| of July, by the President of the College of Surgeons 
Insolvent A Petition of Prisoners for Debt in the Queen’s | *° the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
~ Bill, Prison, praying that the Insolvent Debtors Bill may | 0” the subject of the Charter lately granted by Her 

‘ pass into a law; and also, that the late Queen's Majesty to the Royal College of Surgeons of Eng- 


Prison Act may be forthwith repealed, was pre- | @d, together with its Inclosure. 

sented, and saad: and ordered lie upon Phe | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Table. | Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | 
_of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


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Insolvent _ A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Bath, | 
Debtors Bill. 





Session of Parliament, was presented, and read ; | the Public Service part of the unclaimed Stock and 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. | Dividends in the hands of the said Company, and 
for regulating the allowance to be paid for the 

Samuel Gordon. A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, M%agement of the South Sea Stock and Annuities, 

Dublin, complaining of injuries inflicted on him by W®*&gt; according to Order, read the third time ; and 

officers in the Irish Court of Chancery, and praying Amendments were made to the Bill. 

for relief, was presented, and read ; and ordered to Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , 

lie upon the Table. | _ Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
‘the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dissenters’ A Petition of the Minister and Churchwardens 


Chapels Bill. and Inhabitants of the hamlet of Welby, Leicester- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Poor Law. 


shire, praying that the Dissenters’ Chapels Bill may pons —— ee ee Pra 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and | | SUPETS releved mi So 8, 
. tration of the Poor Law Amendment Act in England 
ordered to lie upon the Table. | . 
‘and Wales, during the quarters ended Lady-day 


Art-Unions A Petition of John Young, of Ludgate-street, in | 1838 and 1848 respectively. 
Bill. hd “A ’ &gt;| 
the city of London, Publisher, Charles Landseer, of | 


Southampton-street, Fitzroy-square, in the county of ‘The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the sixth Fisheries 
Middleser, Esquire, Pity tag potenti Biggs Yea" of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act to (ireland) Bill. 


Wright, of Hereford-street, Westbourne-green, Bays- regulate the Jrish Fisheries, and to empower the 

water, in the county of Middlesex aforesaid, Esquire, | Constabulary Force to enforce certain Provisions 

praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or | 'especting the Jrish Fisheries, was, according to 

agents, against certain parts of the Art-Unions Bill, | Order, read the third time. 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

the Table. Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Marriages Petitions from Burry ;—and, Glasgow (two Peti- 
(Ireland.) 


valid, to all intents and purposes, all Marriages so- | read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 


lemnized by Presbyterian Ministers in Ireland, and | Of the whole House, for To-morrow. 
provided that all such Marriages shall be solemnized | 


and registered according to the published regula-| A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Bishop of 
tions of the Presbyterian Church,—were presented, | posed, That the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An London’s 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | Act for confirming and carrying into execution cer- 

tain Articles of Agreement made and entered into 

Schoolmasters Petitions of the Presbytery of Chirnside ;—Pres- | between Charles James Lord Bishop of London, 
{Seotland.) bytery of Lauder ;—Presbytery of Dunse;—-and, Thomas Thistlethwayte, Esquire, Thomas Somers 
Presbytery of Jedburgh; praying the House to) Cocks, Esquire, Christopher pi Esquire, the 

adopt measures for ameliorating the condition of Company of Proprietors of the Grand Junction 

the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters in Scotland, Canal, and the Grand Junction Waterworks Com- 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon pany, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, be 


the Table. -now read the third time :—And a Debate arising 

- thereupon ; 
pet A Petition of the President, Vice President and! A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Bil. | Honorary Secretary of the Somersetshire Junior At- posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 


tornies’ Club, praying that the Poor Law Amend- the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
ment Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, drawn. 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon, Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 


the Table. time :— The Bill was accordingly read the third 
Vou. 99. 4D time ; 


praying that the further consideration of the In- | The ingrossed Bill for completing the Guarantee South Sea 
solvent Debtors Bill may be postponed till next | Fund of the South Sea Company, for advancing for Company Bill. 


tions); praying the House to pass a Bill, to declare | The Arms (Ireland) Bill was, according to Order, Arms (Ireland) 


570 


time; and the Amendment following was made to 
the Bill: 
Pr. 85. 1. 8. After “ sct apart” insert “ and he 

“ and they are hereby required to appropriate and 
“ set apart.” 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Clay do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


A Message from the Lords by Mr. Duckworth 

and Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
amending an Act passed in the third and fourth 
year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, “ An 
Act for the better Administration of Justice in His 
Majesty’s Privy Council,” and to extend its Juris- 
diction and Powers, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to repeal certain Penal Enactments made against 


Privy Council 
Bill. 


Roman Catholic 
Penal Acts 


Wepeel Bul. Her M ajesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Duke of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
a aid to explain an Act passed in the first year of Her 
randon’s . 7 oe 
Estate Bill. | Present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for authorizing 


the Sale and Exchange of the Real Estate devised 
by the Will of the Right honourable William Henry 
Earl of Rochford, deceased, and for the Application 
of the Produce thereof, and for authorizing the 
granting of Leases of the same Estate, and for other 
Purposes,” and for extending the Operation of such 
Act to certain Parties whose Consent thereto was 


1° Augustz. 


A. 1844, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lunacy. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, the Statistical Tables and Supplemental 
Report prepared by the Metropolitan Commissioners 
in Lunacy. 

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 Navy. 
Return of the Amount of Horse Power ordered for 
Her Majesty’s Steam Vessels, and the Number of 
Vessels to which it has been applied, between the 
Ist day of April 1839 and the 31st day of August 
1841. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Charitable 


into a Committee upon the Charitable Donations 7mtions 
t and Bequests 
and Bequests (Jreland) Bill. (Ireland) Bill, 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
CrauseE N° 1, agreed to. 
Ciavuse, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiausegs, N° 3 to N° 5, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 6, (That all matters concerning the 
doctrine, discipline or constitution of the United 
Church of England and Ireland, or of any body of 
Protestant Non-conformists, which shall be in ques- 
tion before the said Commissioners shall be referred 
to a Committee of the said Commissioners, consisting 
of those Commissioners who are Protestants ; and 
that all the matters concerning the doctrine, disci- 
pline or constitution of the Church of Rome, which 
shall be in question before the said Commissioners, 





required ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And the Messengers withdrew. 


Roman Catholic 
Penal Acts 
Repeal Bill. 


No. 564. 


Duke of 
Hauilton 
and Brandon’s 


Estate Bill. 


The Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal Bill was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon’s Estate 
Bill was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Western 
Australia, 


A Petition of Stewart Marjoribanks, Esquire, and 
Lieutenant James Drummond Buller Elphinstone, 
praying that the proper Officer of the House may 
be allowed to attend one of the Examiners cf the 
High Court of Chancery with the original Petition 
of Peter Augustus Lautour, and be examined as a 
witness in a suit pending in that court, to prove 
the presentation of the said Petition, and may also 
attend with the said Petition at the hearing of the | 
said suit, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the proper Officer have leave to 
attend accordingly. 


Lord Crans- 
toun's Estate 


Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of Lord Cranstoun’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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Lord Crans- 
toun's Estate 


Bill. 


Lord Cranstoun’s Estate Bill was read a second 
time; and committed, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


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shall be referred to a Committee of the said Com- 
missioners who profess the Roman Catholic Reli- 
cion). 
~ Amendment proposed in P, 2. 1. 36. After “ Lre- 
land” to insert “ which shall be in question before 
the said Commissioners shall be referred to a 
Committee of the said Commissioners consisting 
of those Commissioners who belong to the said 
Church, and that all matters concerning the doc- 
trine, discipline.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 3.1.1. After 
Roman Catholic Religion” to insert “ of whom 
three shall be Archbishops or Bishops of the 
Roman Catholic Church.” 
Question put, that those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided : 

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Mr. Pringle, 
Mr. Gaskell : 


Another Amendment proposed, in P. 3.1. 1. After 
Roman Catholic Religion” to insert “ three of 
whom shall always be Roman Catholic Visitors 
of Maynooth.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
| inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
| Amendment made. 
| Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
| Clause to add, “ Provided always, That if any ques- 

“ tion shall arise as to who is the Roman Catholic 
Priest or other Roman Catholic Clergyman en- 
titled to the benefit of any such grant or bequest 


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mittee of Selection, that the Committee on the | “ 
said Bill may be appointed to meet and sit, and | “ 
proceed, Tomorrow. hos 

Ordered, That the Committee on the said Bill | “ 
have leave to make their Report To-morrow. . 


as aforesaid, the same shall be determined by a 
certificate from the Roman Catholic Bishop, who 
is the ecclesiastical superior of the person who 
may be so entitled; and if any question shall 
arise as to who is the Bishop so entitled to give 
such certificate, the same shall be determined by 

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“ a certificate from the Roman Catholic Visitors for 
“ the College of Maynooth for the time being, or 
“ any two of them.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciavses, N° 8 to N° 22, agreed to. 


Cxause, N° 13, (Persons or bodies may, by deed, 
vest lands, &amp;c., in the Commissioners, in trust for 
building any chapel or place of religious worship, 
of persons professing the Roman Catholic Religion, 
or in trust for any Archbishop, Bishop or other per- 
son in holy orders, in the Church of Rome, &amp;c., and 
such estate, interest or property in such lands, &amp;c., 
shall vest in and be holden by the said Commis- 
sioners, subject to the trusts of such deed, without 
any writ or license other than this Act). 

Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 5. 1. 14. 
After “ this Act” to insert “ Provided always, That 
“ if any question shall arise as to who is the Roman 
“ Catholic Priest, or other Roman Catholic Clergy- 


1° August. 





571 


The ingrossed Bill to amend and consolidate the Merchant 
Laws relating to Merchant Seamen, and for keeping Seamen Bill. 
a Register of Seamen, was, according to Order, read 
the third time ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. G'reene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mines Regis- 
for establishing District Registers of all Mines and tration Bill, 
Mining Operations in England and Wales: And 
that Mr. Hodgson Hinde and Mr. Ord do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Mr. Pringle reported from the Select Committee Custom House 
to whom the Evidence taken before the Commis- Frauds. 








“ man entitled to the benefit of any such grant or 
“ bequest as aforesaid, the same shall be determined 
“ bya certificate or other evidence from the Roman 
“ Catholic Bishop who is the ecclesiastical superior 
“ of the person who may be so entitied.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Colonel Rawdon, 
Teliges Sar the f Mr. Morgan John O°Con-| 19. 


Yeas, ) nell : J 
Tellers for the { Mr. Young, 38 
Noes, Mr. Pringle : } = 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 14, (No donation, devise or bequest 
for pious or charitable uses, shall be valid to create 
or convey any estate in lands, tenements or heredi- 
taments, unless the deed, will or instrument be exe- 
cuted Three calendar months at least before the 
death of the person executing the same). 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 
, Mr. Young, 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr. Pring om } 48, 
Mr. Dillon Browne, } 9 
Mr. Mark Blake: ° 


Cravse, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


CiavseE, N° 16, (Vicar-general and Registrar of 
Prerogative Court to make return of every Charitable 
Donation contained in any will entered in the office 


of such Vicar-general, &amp;c.) 


Amendment proposed, in P. 5, 1. 43. To leave 


out from “ Court” to “ which return,” in P. 6. 1. 6. 


Question proposed, That the words proposed to 


be left out stand part of the Clause :.--~Amendment 
by leave, withdrawn. 


Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 
CiauseE, N° 18, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 19, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 20, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Green 


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, agai 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vou. 99. 


sioners of Revenue Inquiry (presented 12th June) No. 566. 
was referred, to examine the same and to report 
their Opinion to the House as to the parts thereof 
which it may be expedient to print, and to whom 
several Papers were referred; That they had exa- 
mined the same accordingly ; 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. Hodgson Hinde presented a Bill for establish- Mines Regis- 
ing District Registers of all Mines and Mining vation Bill. 
Operations in England and Wales: And the same No.567. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon this day three months ; and to be 
printed. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration yew gouth 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Wales, &amp;c., Go- 
tituled, An Act to explain an Act of the fifth and ve™ment Bill. 
sixth years of Her present Majesty, for the Govern- 
ment of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1.1.2. Leave out from “ the” to the first 
“ of” in |. 3., and insert “sixth year.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 30. Leave out from “ it” to “ by” in 1. 
31., and insert “ declared and enacted.” 

Pr. 2. |. 37. After “ aforesaid” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Criause (A.) “ And whereas doubts have arisen 
as to the manner in which the declaration required 
by the said recited Act to be made in certain 
cases by candidates at the election of a member 
of the Legislative Council, is to be made by can- 
didates not present at the election; Be it Enacted, 
That so much of the said recited Act as renders 
any such candidate incapable of being elected 
until he shall have made such declaration, shall 
be repealed.” 

CrauseE (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
elective member of the said Legislative Council, 
before he shall sit or vote in the said Council after 
the election of a speaker, shall make the said de- 
claration in writing under his hand, by delivering 
to the clerk of the Council, at the place where 
and while the Council is sitting, with the speaker 
in the chair, a paper signed by such member con- 
taining the said declaration, and also a statement 
of the county or counties in which the lands or 
tenements are situated out of which his qualifica- 
tion arises, with such other description thereof as 
may serve to identify the same, and the nature of 
his estate or interest therein or in the rents and 
profits thereof ; and the said papers shall be filed 
and kept by the clerk with the other records of 

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No. 569. 


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“ his office ; and every elective member of the said 
“ Council who shall sit and vote in the said Council, 
“ after the election of a speaker, before making such 
declaration as aforesaid, shall be liable, for every 
day on which he shall so offend, to a penalty of 
pounds ; and if he shall not be qualified 
according to the true intent and meaning of the 
said recited Act, his election shall be void, and a 
new writ shall be issued to elect another member 
in his stead.” 
Pr. 3.1.29. Leave out “ and the same is hereby.” 
Pr. 3. 1. 25. Leave out “ therein” and insert 
“ in the said recited Act.” 
Pr. 4. Is. 12. and 13. Leave out “ be declared” 
and insert “ declare.” 
Pr. 4.1. 35. After “it” insert “ declared and,” 
and in the same line leave out ‘and declared.” 
Pr. 5.1.1. After “land” insert Clause (C.) 
Cravsz (C.) “ And whereas by the said recited 
Act it is provided, that certain Bills shall in every 
case be reserved by the Governor for the signifi- 
cation of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon, and the 
intent of such provision was to insure that such 
Bills as aforesaid should not be assented to by 
the Governor without due consideration; Be it 
Enacted, That it shall not be necessary for the 
Governor to reserve any such Bill for the signifi- 
cation of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon, from 
which, in the exercise of his discretion, as limited 
in the said recited Act, he shall declare that he 
withholds Her Majesty’s assent, or to which he 
shall have previously received instructions on the 
part of Her Majesty to assent, and to which he 
shall assent accordingly.” 


In the Title of the Bill: 


Pr. 5.1.1. Leave out from “explain” to “ for” 

in |. 2., and insert “ and amend the Act.” 

The said Amendments, as far as Clause (B.), being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

CriauseE (B.) The next Amendment, being read 
a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Clause be committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

Tie House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


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Cuiause (B.) (Penalty on members sitting not 
being qualified or having made declaration)~—— 
read 1°; 2°. 

Blank filled with “ two hundred pounds,” and 
agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, to be reported. 





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, so amended, was agreed 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 Lordships, 
with an Amendment ; to which Amendment this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Danish Claims, 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping 
and Tonnage (America), which was presented upon 


‘Monday last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


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A. 1844, 


Veneris, 2° die Augusti ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


O# DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Duke of 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in —— and 
the case of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon’s sae oe 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders were applicable. ; 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Morton’s 
Morton’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the state Bill. 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their con- 
sent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee; 
and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for an- BishopofDown, 
nexing to the united Bishopricks of Down, Connor Counor and 
and Dromore the House known as Down and Con= fytnte Bil, 
nor House, with the Appurtenances, 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 Gervis’s 
the Trustees of the Will of Sir George William Este Bill. 
Tapps Gervis, Baronet, deceased, to convey a Church 
at Bournemouth, in the County of Southampton, to 
Her Majesty’s Commissioners for building New 
Churches, and to endow the same, 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 Lord Lovat’s 
Thomas Alexander Baron Lovat to borrow a certain Estate Bill. 
Sum of Money upon the Security of his Entailed 
Estates, for Re-payment to him of a Portion of the 
Monies laid out by him in the improvement of 
these Estates, 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. 


The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon’s Estate Duke of 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Extate Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that the Committee on the said 


Bill may be appointed to meet, and sit, and proceed, 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Leeds Vicarage 
take into further consideration the Report on the }#!!- 
Leeds Vicarage Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 16.1. 19. Leave out “ then” and insert “ at 
“ the time of constituting the same.” 

Pr. 16. 1, 22. Leave out “ said” and insert 
“ Jast-recited.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 23. After “ and” insert “ of.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 30. After “ and” insert “ of.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 13. After “ time” insert “ or times.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 2. Leave out “the” and insert “any.” 


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Pr. 21. 1. 20. After “‘ and” insert “ also.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 22. After “ the” insert “ said.” 
Pr. 21. 1.38. After “‘ know” insert “ then.” 
Pr. 22. ]. 28. After “ Ecclesiastical” insert 
*¢ fees.” 


Pr. 25. 1. 37. After “ such” insert “ newly 
constituted.” 

Pr. 25.1. 38. After “ exercise” insert “ in ad- 
dition to their powers and duties as such church- 
wardens.” 


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Pr. 25. 1. ult. After “‘ now” insert “ or here- 
“ after.” 

Pr. 26. 1.18. Leave out from “ the” to “ so” 
in 1. 5., and insert “ church of such parish pre- 
“&lt; viously to its becoming such parish church.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 9. After “ payable” insert Clause 
(A.) 
Cuauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall affect any of the powers, 
authorities and provisions contained in the thirdly 
herein-recited Act for providing additional burial 
grounds in the said parish of Leeds, and that all 
surplice fees and dues reserved and made payable 
on each interment under and by virtue of the 
said Act shall be and remain payable as if this 
Act had not been passed: Provided, always, that 
it shall be lawful, by the authority hereinbefore 
mentioned, to determine and direct in what man- 
ner the said surplice fees and dues shall be paid 
and payable to and amongst the Vicars of such 
newly-constituted parishes as aforesaid, and such 
Vicars and ministers shall have all such powers 
and authorities and privileges in relation thereto 
as are given and contained in and by the same 





Act: Provided also, that it shall be lawful, by 
the like authority, to declare and direct, that all 
or any part of the surplice fees and dues reserved 
and made payable under and by virtue of the 
same Act to the Vicar of Leeds shall be applied 
in or towards the payment of compensation, 
yearly or otherwise, to the present sexton and 
grave-digger at the said church of Saint Peter, 
for the loss of fees and emoluments by reason of 
the operation of this Act, and also in or towards 
carrying into execution the several purposes and 








provisions of this Act, in such amounts or pro- 
portions as by the like authority shall be deemed 
reasonable and proper; and the person or persons 
to whom the same shall so become payable shall 
have and possess and be subject to all such 
powers, privileges, authorities and liabilities in 
respect thereof, as are given to and conferred or 


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cumbent or party entitled to receive the same.” 
Pr. 30. 1. 35. Leave out “ last-mentioned” and 
insert “ first hereinbefore recited.” 


imposed in and by the same Act upon any in- | 





Pr. 31.1. 83. After “ seal’ insert “accompanied | 
by a certificate, under the hand of their treasurer | 
and secretary for the time being, that the title to | 
the purchased premises has been approved and 
a conveyance executed or about to be executed to 
his satisfaction.” 

Pr. 31.1. 37. After “ all” insert “and every.” 

Pr. 33.1. 20. After “of” insert ‘ the whole or.” 

Pr. 33. 1,21. Leave out from “ of” to “ belong- 
ing” in |. 22., and insert “ any land or buildings.” 

Pr. 33. 1.23. Leave out “ said” and insert 
Vicar and.” 

Pr. 33. 1.24. After the first “ or” insert “ be- 
longing,” and in the same line after the second 
or” insert “ held in trust.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 26. After “ the ” insert “ limits of 
* Ga” 

Pr. 33. 1.27. After “ Leeds,” insert “ or held 
in trust for or towards the repairs and incidental 
expenses of any such church or chapel, or for 
either or any of such purposes, solely or jointly 
with or upon any other trust whatsoever.” 


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Pr. 21. 1. 3. After “ order” insert “ under this | 


Pr. 33. 1. 31. Leave out “the ” and in the same 
line leave out from “ advantage ” to “ in’’in 1. 36. 

Pr. 33. 1.38. Leave out “them” and insert 
the said Commissioners.” 

Pr. 33. 1. ult. Leave out from “ of ”’ to “« Vicar- 
age” in Pr. 34. 1. 1., and insert “ land or build- 
ings belonging to or held in trust for the Vicar 
“ and.” 


Pr. 34. 1. 1. Leave out from “ Leeds” to “ with” 
in 1. 3. 

Pr. 34, 1.7. Leave out “ all other cases ” and 
insert “ the case of land or buildings belonging to 
‘* or held in trust for any other of the said churches 
“* or chapels as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 8. After “‘ Incumbent” insert “ there- 
7a” 

Pr. 34. 1.10. After “ land” insert “ or build- 
“ ings.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 12. Leave out from “ from ” to “held” 
in 1. 14. and insert ‘“ every such sale shall be paid 
“* to the treasurer and secretary for the time being 
“ of the said Commissioners, and his receipt shall 

be a sufficient discharge to the person or persons 
paying the same from all responsibility respect- 
ing the application thereof; and such monies, 
after payment thereout of the costs and expenses 
of and attending such sales respectively, shall be 
applied by the said Commissioners as follows ; 
that is to say, the proceeds of any land or build- 
ings belonging to the said Vicar and Vicarage 
of Leeds, until the said parish and Vicarage of 
Saint Peter, Leeds, shall have become constituted 
under the provisions hereinbefore contained, shall 
* 

Pr. 34. 1.15. Leave out from “ the ” to “ shall” 
in 1. 16. and insert “ exclusive benefit of the Vicar 
“ of Leeds for the time being, and as soon as con- 
“ veniently may be thereafter, the same monies.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 16. Leave out from “ with” to “be” 
in |, 17. and insert “ the consent of the Trustees of 
“« the advowson.” 

Pr. 34. 1.18. Leave out “ them” and insert 
“ the said Commissioners.” 

Pr. 34, 1. 20. Leave out “ of Leeds or.” 


Pr. 34. 1. 21. Leave out from “ Leeds” to “ to”’ 
in ], 22. and insert “ and his successors,” and in 
the same line after “ amount” insert “ at the time 
“ of such endowment.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 25. After “ fees” insert “ and tithes, 
and of the residence for the time being belonging 
to the said Vicarage for ever thereafter for the 
“ benefit of the said Vicar.” 

Pr. 34. 1.27. Leave out “ them” and _ insert 
the said Commissioners.” 

Pr. 34. 1.32. Leave out “ curates’’ and insert 
curate.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 35. Leave out “ them” and insert 
“ the said Commissioners.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 9. Leave out “ including any ” and 
insert “ or.” 

Pr. 35. 1.10. Leave out “ thereon.” 


Pr. 35. 1.13. After “ chapels” insert “ solel 
“* or held upon any of the joint trusts aforesaid.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 16. After “ respectively ”’ insert ‘ and 
“* to the other purposes respectively.” 

Pr. 35. 1.17. Leave out “ lands” and insert 
“ Jand.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 18. Leave out “ belonged or.” 


Pr. 35. 1. 19. Leave out from “ trust” to “ And” 
in Pr. 36. 1. 22. and insert “ in the proportions, or 
‘“‘ as near as may be thereto, in which the same or 
the rents and profits thereof have been heretofore 
applied,” and also insert Clause (B.) 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the said Commissioners to provide 
a suitable house of residence for the Vicar of Leeds, 
or of Saint Peter, Leeds, as the case may be, or 
for the Incumbent of the church of any and every 
other of the parishes to be constituted as afore- 

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said, in lieu of the vicarage house or other the 
house of residence belonging thereto respectively 
(if any), which shall not be within the limits of 
such newly-constituted parish, or which shall be 
considered unfit or inconvenient for residence, to- 
gether with offices, out-buildings and land, not 
exceeding in the whole Five acres, such houses 
respectively to be situate within the limits of the 
districts so respectively to be set out and declared 
or set out and constituted as such parish, and as 
near as circumstances will admit to the church 
belonging thereto, and, for the said last-mentioned 
iy to exchange any land or buildings be- 
onging to such church, or to apply any part of 
the proceeds arising by sale thereof as herein- 
before mentioned, for or in or towards the pur- 
chase or erection of any such house of residence, 
offices, out-buildings and land; and every such 
house of residence, with the offices, out-buildings 
and land (if any) belonging thereto which shall 
be so taken in exchange or purchased as afore- 
said, shall be conveyed and assured unto the said 
Vicar or Minister or Incumbent of such church 
or chapel respectively, as the case may be, and 
his successors for ever.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 20. Leave out “ enabled ” and insert 
enables.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 34. After “ shall” insert “ be made 
to the Bishop of Ripon and his successors, and 
shall or may.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 26. Leave out “ or ” and insert “ under 
the provisions of this Act, nor shall.” 


Pr. 42. 1.15. After “ made” insert “ entirely.” 


Pr. 43. 1. 7. Leave out from “ Commissioners” 
to “right” in 1. 8., and insert “ a desire to retain 
“ the.” 


Pr. 43. 1. 9. Leave out “ his.” 

Pr. 43. 1.10. Leave out from “ during ” to “the” 
in |. 11., and insert “ inhabitancy in.” 

Pr. 44. 1. 39. After “ situate” insert “ Provided 
“ always.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 35. Leave out “ or” and insert “ of.” 


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Pr. 46. 1. 26. Leave out “nor” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 48. 1. 7. Leave out ‘‘ and.” 

Pr. 50. 1. ult. Leave out “ when” 
** in the case of.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 1. Leave out from “ monies ” to 
“ vested ” in 1. 2. 

Pr. 51. 1. 11. Leave out “ and” and insert 
* 

Pr. 51. 1.37. Leave out from “ expedient” to the 
end of |. 36. Pr. 53., and insert Clause (C.) 

Criause(C.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 

case of any monies held by or vested in any per- 
son or persons or body corporate upon any trust 
or trusts for the benefit of or as an endowment 
or stipend for the Incumbent or Minister, or for or 
towards the repairs and incidental expenses, of 
any church or chapel within the limits of the said 
existing parish of Leeds, or for or in trust for such 
purposes jointly, including the proceeds of any 
land or buildings so held as aforesaid which may 
have been sold under the provisions hereinbefore in 
that behalf contained, it shall and may be lawful 
for the said Commissioners, with the consent of the 
Trustees or persons in whom such monies or pro- 
ceeds may be invested, or the survivors or survivor 
of them, or the major part of them respectively, if 
more than two, to divide, apportion and set apart 
such monies and proceeds as shall not have been 
theretofore held exclusively for any one or other 
of such purposes respectively, in such manner as 
shall be deemed expedient, and to lay out and 
invest such monies and proceeds so divided, ap- 
portioned and set apart, and also the monies and 
proceeds which shall have been held in trust for 
and applied to such purposes specifically, or any 
of them, in the purchase of any messuages, lands, 


and insert 


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A. 1844, 


tenements or hereditaments, being freehold of 
inheritance, in England, or of any rent-charge 
arising from or payable out of any such freehold 
messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments ; 
and the rents, issues and profits of such mes- 
suages, lands, tenements, hereditaments and pre- 
mises and rent-charge as shall have been pur- 
chased with monies and proceeds heretofore 
applied, or which shall have been so divided, ap- 
portioned or set apart for the benefit of or as an 
endowment or stipend for the Incumbent or Mi- 
nister of such church or chapel as aforesaid, shall 
be applied, as heretofore, for the benefit of the 
Incumbent or Minister of such church or chapel 
until such church or chapel shall have become a 
parish church under the provisions of this Act, 
and then for the benefit of the Vicar of such pa- 
rish ; and as soon as conveniently may be there- 
after such messuages, lands, tenements, heredita- 
ments or rent-charge shall be conveyed to and 
vested in such Vicar and his successors, and the 
rents, issues and profits of such lands, tenements, 
hereditaments and rent-charge as shall have been 
purchased with monies or proceeds heretofore ap- 
plied, or which shall have been hereby divided, 
apportioned or set apart for or to be applied to- 
wards the repairs and incidental expenses of any 
such church or chapel, shall be applied as here- 
tofore for or towards the repairs and incidental 
expenses of such church or chapel, until the same 
shall have become a parish church under the pro- 
visions of this Act, and then of such parish 
church; and as soon as conveniently may be 
thereafter such messuages, lands, tenements, here- 
ditaments and premises and rent-charge shall be 
conveyed to and vested in the churchwardens or 
chapelwardens and their successors, the annual 
produce to be applied by them in and about such 
repairs and incidental expenses, in such manner 
as by the said Commissioners shall be determined 
and directed.” 


Pr. 54. 1.2. Leave out “ legally.” 


Pr. 54.1. 14. Leave out from “‘ lawful” to “ with” 
in 1. 16., and insert “ for the said Commissioners.” 


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Pr. 54. 1. 18. Leave out from “ premises” to 
may” in |. 19. 

Pr. 54. 1. 19. Leave out “ invested” and insert 
vested.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 22. After “ respectively” insert “ if 
more than two.” 

Pr. 54. |. 27. Leave out “ to vest.” 


Pr. 54. 1. 31. After “ expenses” insert “ shall 
be conveyed to and vested.” 


Pr. 55. 1.1. Leave out from “ and” to “ the” in 
l. 2., and in |. 2. after “ residue” insert “ shall be 
“ conveyed to and vested,” and in the same line 
after “ Vicar” insert “ Minister or Incumbent.”’ 


Pr. 55. 1. 3. After “ successors” insert Clause 
(D.) 

CrauseE (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
purchase, grant, release, conveyance or other 
assurance of any land, buildings, hereditaments, 
rent-charge, pews or seats authorized or directed 
to be made or executed by or under the provisions 
of this Act shall be good and valid without any 
license or writ of ad quod damnum, the statutes 
of mortmain or any other statute or law to the 
contrary notwithstanding.” 


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Pr. 55. 1. 6. Leave out from “parish” to “as” 
in |. 7. 
Pr. 55. 
l. 26. 
Pr. 55. 1. 36. Leave out from “ relate” to the end 


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of 1. 7. Pr. 56., and insert Clause (E.) 

Cuiavuse (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the Bishop of the diocese, and he 
“ is hereby directed, at such time and in such man- 
“ ner as he may see fit, to establish and fix a table 








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of the fees to be taken in the parishes to be con-| 
stituted under the provisions havent for the pub- 

lication of banns, and the solemnization and per- 

formance of marriages, churchings and burials | 
respectively ; and it shall not be lawful for the | 
Vicar of any such parish thereafter to demand or 

receive any other or larger fee for such duties and 

offices respectively, nor at any time to demand 

any fee for the performance of any baptism or 

for the registration thereof.” 


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In the first Schedule : 


Pr. 59. 1. 5. In the fifth column leave out “ one 
thousand two hundred” and insert “ one thousand 
five hundred.” 

Pr. 59. 1. ult. In the sixth column leave out 
vacant” and insert “ Reverend Hugh Martin 
Short.” 


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In the second Schedule : 


Pr. 60. 1. 13. Leave out from “ Act” to “ here” 
in 1. 16., and in 1. 16. leave out “ take the title of,” 
and insert “ describe.” 

Pr. 60. 1.17. Leave out from “ Act” to “do” in 
1, 22 


Pr. 60. 1.25. Leave out “on” and insert “or,” 
and in the same line, at the end of the blank, insert 
“ if a corporation.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 26. After “ paid” insert “ or if the pew 
** or seat is to be conveyed without valuable consi- 
** deration, do hereby freely and voluntarily and 
“* without any valiiable consideration.” 

Pr. 60. 1.27. Leave out from “ Bishop” to “ of” 
in |. 28., and in the same line leave out from “ Ri- 
“ non” to “all” in 1. 29., and insert “and his suc- 
“ cessors.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 32. After the second “ or” insert “ a.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 33. Leave out “ here describe” and 
insert “ describing.” 

Pr. 60.1. 34. Leave out “ of the pew or seat” 
and insert “ thereof respectively.” | 

Pr. 60. 1. 35. Leave out “ identify” and insert 
“ identifying.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 36. Leave out “as far as may be.” 

Pr. 60. 1.38. Leave out from “ the” to “in” in 
1. ult., and insert “ same.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 3. Leave out “ to be constituted” and 
insert “ whereof the said church [or chapel] will be 
“ [or is] the parish church.” 

Pr. 61.1. 4. Leave out from “ Act,” at the end | 
of 1. 4., to “ subject” in 1. 6., and after “ subject” 
insert “ nevertheless.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 7. Leave out from “ disposal” to “ of” | 
in 1. 8., and leave out from “ the” in 1. 8. to “ for” 
in |. 9., and insert “ ordinary.” 

Pr. 61.1. 10. Leave out “ as ordinary” and in- | 
sert “ there add an appropriate reservation, if any 
*‘ is to be made, under the provisions of this Act, 
* in that behalf, of a right for life or during inha- 
“« bitancy in the parish. In witness, &amp;c.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, | 
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A Petition of Joseph Gaylor, of No. 2, Goswell- 
street, in the city of London, complaining of the 
overloading of Omnibuses, and the carelessness and 
misconduct of many of the drivers and conductors of 
those vehicles; and praying the House to take the 
matter into consideration, with a view of appointing 
competent persons, similar to those in France, and | 
also to use other measures for protecting the public 
from dangers arising therefrom, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Finsbury ;—Hundred of Ossulston 


(Middlesex) ;-- Bristol (Chairman) ;— James Ni- |‘ 


cholls and Edward Doyle ;— Blackburn ;—Philip 
Wyatt Crowther ;—Sheffield ;— Brentford ; — and, 
Saint Mary-le-bone ; praying that the Insolvent 
Debtors Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 


2° Auguste. 


575 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Marriages _ 
Congregational Union of Ireland, praying that the (Ireland) Bill. 


Marriages (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 Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Dudley 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 Dudley, in the room 
of Thomas Hawkes, 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider of the provision to 
be made out of the Consolidated Fund, for the Pay- 


Charitable 
Donations 
and Bequests 
(Ireland) 


ment of the Salaries of the Secretaries, and for de- |Salaries and 


fraying the other Expenses of the Commissioners 
of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland, 
who may be appointed in pursuance of any Act of 
the present Session, a Resolution ; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of the Salaries 
of the Officers and the Expenses of the Commis- 
sioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for 
Ireland, in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session for the more effectual application of Cha- 
ritable Donations and Bequests in Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Donations and Bequests 


(Ireland) Bill, That they have Power to make pro- 


vision therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


Mr. Greene reported the Marriages (Ireland) Bill ; 

and the Amendments were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1.16. After “the” insert “thirty,” and 
leave out “ January” and insert “ March.” 

Pr. 1.1. 18. Leave out from “ five” to “all” in 
1. 20. 

Pr. 1. 1. 25. After “ observed” insert “ except as 
“ hereinafter provided.” 

Pr, 2. 1. 1. Leave out from “ that” to “ and” in 
Pr. 
“ Registrar, and theissue of the Kegistrar’s certificate 
“ for marriage without license as hereinafter men- 
** tioned, may be used, and shall stand instead of 
the publication of banns, to all intents and pur- 
pases, where no such publication shall have been 
made; and every person in holy orders of the 
United Church of England and Ireland shall be 
bound to solemnize marriage on production of 
such certificate, in like manner as he is required 
to do by any law or canon now in force, after due 
publication of banns, so, nevertheless, that the 
church wherein any marriage according to the 
rites of the United Church of England and Ire- 
land shall be so solemnized shall be within the 
district of the Registrar by whom such certificate 
as aforesaid shall have been issued,”’ and insert 
Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Cravse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall affect the right of the 
Archbishop of Armagh and his successors, and 
his and their proper officers, to grant special 
licenses to marry at any convenient time or place, 
or, except as hereinafter provided, the right of any 
Surrogate or other person now having authority to 
grant licenses for marriage: Provided, that no 
Surrogate or other person now having authority 
to grant licenses fur marriages shall grant any 


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license for marriage, not being a special license, 
until seven days after notice shall have been given 
by one of the parties who shall have resided for 
not less than seven days then next preceding in 
the parish named in that notice, under his or her | 
hand, in the form of Schedule (A.) to this Act “ 
annexed, or to the like effect, to such Surrogate | 
or other person having authority to grant licenses 
as aforesaid, which notices he shall file and keep 
with the records of his office, and he shall also “ 
forthwith enter a true copy of such notices fairly 

into a book to be for that purpose furnished to | “ 
him by the Registrar-general hereinafter men- | 

tioned, to be called ‘The Marriage Notice Book,’ 
which book shall be open at all reasonable times 
without fee to all persons desirous of inspecting | 
the same; and such Surrogate or other person 

shall forthwith send a copy of such notice to the | o 
Incumbent or Incumbents of the parish or parishes 

in which the parties intending marriage dwell ; | “ 
and for entering every such notice the Surrogate | “ 
or other person shall be entitled to have a fee of | “ 
one shillmg over and above the accustomed fee | “ 
for granting the license ; and after the said thirty- | “ 
first day of March, no person applying for any 
such license shall be required to give any security 
by bond or otherwise before the grant of such 
license; and whenever a marriage shall not be 
had within three calendar months after the notice | 
shall have been so given to the Surrogate, or 
other person as aforesaid, the notice, and any 
license which may have been granted thereupon, | ‘ 
shall be utterly void.” : 


Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall affect any marriages 
by any Roman Catholic Priest, which may now 
be lawfully celebrated, nor extend to the regis- 
tration of any Roman Catholic chapel; but such 
marriages may continue to be celebrated in the 
same manner and subject to the same limitations 
and restrictions as if this Act had not been 
passed.” 


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. 34, and insert “the license of a Presbyterian | C 

Minister.” 
Pr. 4.1s. 9. and 10. Leave out “ as aforesaid” and 
insert “ of a Presbyterian Minister.” 

Pr. 4. 1.15. After “that” imsert “in either 
““ case.” | 
Pr. 4.1. 19. After “ said” insert “ thirty.” 
Pr. 4. Is. 19 and 20. Leave out “ January” and | “ 
insert “ March.” |* 

Pr. 4. ]. 22. After “solemnized” insert “by a 
Presbyterian Minister.”’ | 
Pr. 4.1. 26. After “ published” insert “by or | “ 
in the presence of a Presbyterian Minister.”’ | « 

Pr. 4. 1. 36. Leave out “ the” and insert “any | “ 
such,” “ 

Pr. 4. |. 37. After “ marriage” insert “by a 
Presbyterian Minister.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 2. After “ married” imsert “by a 
Presbyterian Minister.” 

Pr. 5. Is. 14. and 15. Leave out “ publishing 
such banns” and insert “by or in whose pre- 
sence such banns shall be published.” 

Pr. 5.1.18. Leave out from “and” to “ mar-| 
riage” in 1. 21., and insert “ any such.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 21. After “ marriage” insert “ by a! 
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Pr. 6. 1. 22. Leave out- “Synod” and insert 
Presbytery.” 
Pr. 6.1. 23. Leave out from “ May” to “sub- 


ject” in ]. 25., and insert “ from time to time.” 


Pr. 6.1. 27. Leave out “a Minister who” and 
insert “ appoint one or more Ministers who.”’ 

Pr. 6. 1. 28. After “ Registrar” insert ‘‘ herein- 
after mentioned.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 35. Leave out “Synod” and insert 
Presbytery.” 

Pr. 7.1. 5. After ‘ office” insert “ hereinafter 
mentioned.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 30. After “and” insert “ for every 
such entry, certificate and publication, the Re- 
gistrar shall receive at the time of delivery to him 
of the certificate the sum of one pound, and.” 

Pr. 7. 1. ult. Leave out “by him” and after 
aforesaid” insert “ within his Presbytery.” 

Pr. 8.1.2. After “annexed” insert “and for 
every such license shall be entitled to have of the 
party requiring the same the sum of five shillings, 
and in any case in which such Minister shall 
refuse to grant such license, the person applying 
for the same shall be entitled to appeal to the 
Presbytery by which such Minister shall have 


‘ been appointed, which shall thereupon either con- 


firm the refusal, or direct the grant of the license.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 24. Leave out from “make” to “ so- 
lemn” in |. 26., and insert “and subscribe an 
oath or a.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 27. After “ oath” insert “ which oath, 
affirmaticn or declaration such Minister is hereby 
authorized to administer.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 17. After ‘‘ annexed” insert “ or to the 
like effect.” 

Pr. 9.1. 19. After “member” insert “and has 
been a member for at least one calendar month 
preceding.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 23. After “ preserve” insert “in such 
place and manner as the Presbytery shall di- 
rect.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 33. After “same” insert “and for 
entering every such notice the Minister shall be 
entitled to a fee of one shilling,” and insert 
ause (C.) 

Cuause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That any 
person may enter a caveat with the Minister so 
appointed and approved, against the grant of 
a license for the marriage of any person named 
therein ; and if any caveat be entered with such 
Minister, such caveat being duly signed by or on 
behalf of the person who enters the same, together 
with his or her place of residence, and the ground 
of objection on which his or her caveat is founded, 
no license shall issue or be granted until the 
Minister shall have examined into the matter of 
the caveat, and is satisfied that it ought not to 
obstruct the grant of the license for the said 
marriage, or until the caveat be withdrawn by the 
party who ertered the same; and in cases of 
doubt it shall be lawful for such Minister to refer 
the matter of any such caveat to the Presbytery 
by which he shall have been appointed, which 
shall decide upon the same.” 

Pr. 10. 1.15. After “ said” insert “ thirty,” and 


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leave out “ January” and insert “ March.” 


Pr. 10.1. 22. After “ said” insert “ thirty,”’ and 


leave out “ January” and insert “ March.” 


Pr. 11.1. 19. After “ required”’ insert “ for any 


'“ marriage by a Roman Catholic Priest which may 
Pr. 5.1. 31. After “‘ whom” insert “ or in whose | “ 


now lawfully be celebrated or.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 21. After “ solemnized” insert “ by a 
Presbyterian Minister.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 34. After “ book” insert “the cost of 
providing, which shall be defrayed in like manner 
as the cost of providing the register-book herein- 
after mentioned.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 38. After “ same” insert “ and for 
every such entry the Registrar shail be entitled to 
have a fee of one shilling.” 


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Pr. 13. 


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Pr. 13. 1. ult. After “ behalf” insert “ and for 
“* every such certificate the Registrar shall be entitled 
“* to have a fee of one shilling.” 


Pr. 15. 1. 8. Leave out from “ void” to “ And” 
in |. 38., and insert Clauses (D.) and (E.) 

CuavuseE (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That after 
the said thirty-first day of March, no marriage 
shall be solemnized in Jreland, by license either 
of a Surrogate or Deputy Surrogate, or of a 
Presbyterian Minister or a Registrar, as herein 
provided, where either of the parties, not being 
a widower or widow, shall be under the age of 
Twenty-one years, unless the consent of the father 
of such of the parties so under age (if then living) 
be first had and obtained, or if dead, of the guar- 
dian or guardians of the person of the party so 
under age lawfully appointed, or one of them; 
and in case there shall be no such guardian or 
guardians, then of the mother of such party, if 
unmarried ; and if there shall be no mother un- 
married, then of the guardian or guardians ap- 
pointed by the Court of Chancery, if any or one 
of them ; and every person whose consent to a 
marriage by license is required as aforesaid, shall 
be authorized to enter a caveat against the issue 
of license by any person empowered by this Act 
to grant licenses, and shall be also authorized to 
forbid the publication of banns in any church or 
chapel, or certified Presbyterian meeting-house, 
and to forbid the issue of the Registrar’s certifi- 
cate.” 

Cuiause (E,) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That if the father or fathers of the parties 
to be married, or one of them, so under age as 
aforesaid, shall be non compos mentis, or the guar- 
dian or guardians, mother or mothers, or any of 
them, whose consent is made necessary as afore- 
said to the marriage of such party or parties, shall 
be non compos mentis, or in parts beyond the | 
seas, or shall unreasonably or from undue motives | 
refuse or withhold his, her or their consent to a | 
proper marriage, then it shall be lawful for any 
person desirous of marrying, in any of the before- 
mentioned cases, to apply by petition to the Lord 
Chancellor or the Lords Commissioners of the 
Great Seal of Zreland for the time being or Mas- 


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Pr, 22. 1. 6. After “ gazette” insert “ and for 
every such entry, certificate and publication, the 
Registrar shall receive at the time of the delivery 
to him of the certificates, the sum of one pound.’ 


Pr. 23. 1. 18. After “ building” insert “and for 
every such substitution the Registrar shall receive 
from the party requiring the substitution the sum 
of one pound.” 

ke 24. 1. 6. Leave out “ some” and insert 
the.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 7. Leave out from “ building ” to 
And” in 1. 24., and insert Clause (F.) 

CriavuseE (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Registrar shall be entitled, for every marriage 
which shall be solemnized under this Act in his 
presence, to have from the parties married the sum 
of ten shillings if the marriage shall be by license, 
and otherwise the sum of five shillings.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 3. Leave out “ one’’ and insert 
either.” 

Pr. 27. l.ult. Leave out “ provided” and insert 
and the said license shall be construed to extend 
to and authorize marriages in such chapels be- 
tween parties one or both of whom is or are resi- 
dent within the said district: Provided always, 
That where the parties to any marriage intended 
to be solemnized after publication of banns shall 
reside within different ecclesiastical districts, the 
banns for such marriage shall be published as 
well in the church or chapel wherein such mar- 
riage is intended to be solemnized as in the chapel 
licensed under the provisions of this Act for the 
other district within which one of the parties is 
resident, and if there be no such chapel, then in 
the church or chapel in which the banns of such 


last-mentioned party may be legally published : 
Provided also.” 


7 Pr. 29. 1.1. After “ solemnized” insert Clause 
(G.) 

Ciause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That all fees, 
dues and other emoluments on account of the 
solemnization of marriages which belong to the 
Incumbent or Clerk respectively of any church 
or chapel in any parish or district within which 
the solemnization of marriages shall be authorized 
as aforesaid, shall respectively be received until 
the avoidance of such church or chapel next after 


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proceed upon such petition in a summary way ; | « 
and in case the marriage proposed shall upon | « 
examination appear to be proper, the said Lord | 
Chancellor, Lords Commissioners of the Great 
Seal for the time being, or Master of the Rolls, | « 
shall judicially declare the same to be so; and « 
such judicial declaration shall be deemed and | “ 
taken to be as good and effectual, to all intents | « 
and purposes, as if the father, guardian or guar- | « 
dians or mother of the person so petitioning, had | 
consented to such marriage.” « 
Pr. 15, 1. 39. After “ said” insert “ thirty.” «“ 
Pr. 15. 1. ult. Leave out “ January” and insert | “ 
March.” “ 
Pr. 16. 1. 4. Leave out “ any” and insert “ his.” 
Pr. 16. ls. 4. and 5. Leave out “ under his su- | “ 
perintendence.” ¢ 
Pr. 16. 1. 7. After “‘ annexed” insert “ and for | “ 
every such license shall be entitled to have of the 
party requiring the same, the sum of five shil- | “ 
lings.” 
Pr. 16. 1. ult. Leave out from “ aforesaid” to 
and” in Pr. 17, 1. 2. 
Pr. 17. 1. ult. After “ person” insert “ upon the 


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Pr. 18. 1. ult. After “ said “ insert “ thirty.” 


Pr. 19. 1. 1. Leave out “ January ” and insert 
March.” 


Pr. 20. 1. 6. Leave out from “ Jreland” to “ or” 


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the passing of this Act, for and on account of 
such Incumbent, and until the vacancy in the 
office of Clerk next after the passing of this Act, 
for and on account of such Clerk, and be paid 
over to them, except such portion of the fees, 
dues or other emoluments as the said Bishop of 
the diocese, with the consent of the said Incum- 
bent and Clerk respectively, shall in such afore- 
said license assign to the Minister and Clerk 
respectively of the chapel in which the solemniza- 
tion of marriages shall be authorized as aforesaid ; 
and that it shall be lawful for the said Bishop, in 
and by such license, without any such consent, 
to declare that from and after such next avoidance 
or vacancy respectively, the whole or such part 
of the fees, dues and other emoluments on account 
of the solemnization of marriages in such last- 
mentioned chapel as shall be specified in such 
license, shall be receivable and the same shall 
thenceforth be received by or for the Minister and 
Clerk of such chapel respectively.” 


Pr. 32. 1.17. After “ said ” insert “ Thirty.” 


Pr. 32. 1.18. Leave out “ January ” and insert 
March.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 25. Leave out from “ Ireland ”’ to 
And”’ in 1, 34. 

Pr, 34. 1. 13. After “ office ” insert “ and which 
seal it shall not be necessary to prove.” 

Pr. 34. ]. 32. Leave out “the said recited ”’ and 


insert “ this,” and after “ Act” insert “ or by falsely 


representing himself to be acting on behalf of 
such person.” 


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Pr. 34. 1. 37. After “ said” insert “ Thirty,” 
and leave out “ January ” and insert “ March.” 
Pr, 35. 1. 1. Leave out “ except” and insert 
unless,” and after “ license ” insert “‘ of the Arch- 
bishop of Armagh and his successors, and his or 
their proper officers.” 


Pr, 35. 1. 9. Leave out “ church or chapel.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 14. After “ marriage ” insert “ by any 
Roman Catholic Priest which may now be law- 
fully celebrated, or a marriage.” 

Pr. 35. 1.20. After “‘ Jews” insert “ and every 
person who in any such registered building or 
office shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize any 
marriage or pretended marriage in the absence 
of the Registrar, shall be guilty of felony.” 

Pr. 35. 1, 25. After “ said ” insert “ Thirty.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 26. Leave out “ January” and insert 
*¢ March.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 38, Leave out “ any Presbyterian Mi- 
nister” and insert “ every person.” 

Pr. 35. 1. ult. Leave out “ without” and insert 
unless after.” 

Pr, 36. 1. 2. After “ license” insert “ or the 
issue of the Registrar’s certificate.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 8. Leave out “ forbidden as aforesaid” 
and insert “ lawfully forbidden by some person au- 
* thorized as aforesaid.” 

Pr, 37. 1. 12. After “ that” insert “ except in 
“ the case of marriages by Roman Catholic Priests, 
“* which may now be lawfully celebrated.” 

Pr. 37. 1.15. After “ said” insert “ Thirty,” 
and leave out from “ of” to “in” in]. 17. and in- 
sert “ March.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 17. Leave out from “ place ” to 
* other” in 1. 19. 

Pr. 37. 1. 19. After “ the” insert “ church or 
chapel or certified Presbyterian meeting-house in 
which banns of matrimony between the parties 
shall have been duly and lawfully published or 
specified in the license where the marriage is by 
license, or the.”’ 

Pr. 37. 1. 21. Leave out “ or other place.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 28. After “ such ” insert “ notice or.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 34, After “ said ”’ insert “ Thirty.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 35. Leave out “ January ” and insert 
* March.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 2. Leave out “ Provided always.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 3. After “ Enacted” imsert “ That 
“ after the said Thirty-first day of March, an Act 
passed by the Jrisk Parliament, in the ninth year 
of the reign of King George the Second, intituled, 
‘ An Act for the more effectual preventing Clan- 
destine Marriages,’ and so much of an Act passed 
in the twenty-third year of the same reign, for 
explaining and making more effectual the last- 
“ recited Act, as relates to the last-recited Act, shall 
be repealed, but.” 

Pr. 38. 1. ult. After “ Zreland ” insert “ who 


shall be married under the provisions of this 
« Act.” 


Pr. 39. 1. 5. Leave out “all” and insert “such,” 
and leave out from “ marriages” to “and ” in 1. 7. 


Pr. 39. 1. 23. After “ them” insert “ and the 
Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, or any Three of them, shall 
fix the salary of the Registrar-general, so that the 
same shall not at any time exceed the sum of 
Eight hundred pounds yearly, and shall fix the 
sa.aries of the officers, clerks and servants in fit 
prcportion, according to the duties they may have 
to perform,” and insert Clause (H.) 

Cuause (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That the sa- 
laries of the Registrar-general, and of the said 
officers, clerks and servants, and the amount of 
the sums hereinafter provided to be paid to the 
Registrars for every entry in the certified copies 
of the registers, and all expenses of carrying on 
the business of the General Registry Office, not 
“ herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid by 


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the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
“ and Jreland.” 

Pr. 40. 1.2. Leave out “ superintendent.” 

Pr. 40. 1, 26. Leave out from “ the” to “ form” 
in 1, 28., and insert “ passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 31. Leave out “ Registrar-general” 
and insert “ Lord Lieutenant.” 

Pr. 41.1. 13. After “ district” insert Clause (I.) 

Cuause (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That the ap- 
“ pointments of Registrars, and the duplicates and 
“* certified copies of registers hereinafter mentioned, 
shall be exempt from stamp duties.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 16. After “ Lreland” insert “ who 
shall be married under the provisions of this 
“ Act.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 36. After “ General” insert “ shall 
furnish to every Registrar a sufficient number of 
marriage register-books and forms for certified 
copies thereof as hereinafter provided, and also.” 

Pr. 44. 1. 50. After “ Provided” insert “ and 
the cost of all such books and forms shall be 
paid by the High Constable out of the county 
rates.” 

Pr, 46. Is. 36. and 37. Leave out “ or durable 
materials” and insert “ on one of the forms to 
be furnished to him as aforesaid by the Registrar- 
general.” 

“ Pr. 48.1. 20. After “respectively” insert Clause 
(h.) 

Criause (K.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Registrar shall forthwith register every marriage 
solemnized in manner aforesaid in his presence, 
either in a registered building or in his office, in 
a marriage register-book to be furnished to him 
for that purpose from time to time by the Re- 
gistrar-general, according to the form in Schedule 
(G.); and every entry of such marriage shall be 
signed by the Registrar, and also by the parties 
married, or attested by two witnesses, and every 
such entry shall be made in order, from the be- 
ginning to the end of the book, and the Registrar 
shall keep the said marriage register-books with 
the records of his office, and shall in the months 
of April, July, October and January respectively, 
make on one of the forms to be furnished to him 
as aforesaid by the Registrar-general, a true copy 
* certified by him as aforesaid, in the form of 
Schedule (F,) annexed to this Act, of all the eniries 
of marriages in the register-book kept by him 
since the last certificate, the first of such certifi- 
cates to be given in the month of July One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Forty-five, and to contain 
all the entries made up to that time; and if there 
shall have been no marriage entered therein since 
the last certificate, shall certify the fact under his 
“ hand.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 31. Leave out from “received” to “ if” 
in 1. 35., and insert “ and the Registrar-general.” 

Pr. 49. 1. 1. Leave out “ he.” 

Pr. 49. 1. 5. Leave out from “ supplied” to 
“ and” in|. 11. 

Pr. 49. 1. 36. After ‘‘ same” insert “ on pay- 
ment of the fee hereinafter mentioned (that Is to 
say), for every search extending over a period not 
more than one year, the sum of One shilling, and 
six-pence additional for every additional year, and 
the sum of Two shillings and six-pence for every 
single certificate.” 

Pr. 50. 1. 8. After “ Registrar” insert “on pay- 
ment of the fees hereinafter mentioned (that is to 
say), for every general search the sum of Five 
shillings, and for every particular search the sum 
of One shilling, and for every such certified copy 
the sum of Two shillings and six-pence.” 

Pr. 50. 1. 22. After “ registers” insert “ and 
for any general search of the said indexes shall 
be paid the sum of Twenty shillings, and for every 


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Insolvent 
Debtors Bill. 


No. 571. 


Insolvent 
Debtors [Com- 
pensations. } 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdictions 
Bill. 


Clerk of the 
Crown in 
Chancery Bill. 


Transfer of 
icenses 

(Post Horses) 

(Ireland) Bill. 


8 VicrorRiz. 


“ for every such certified copy the sum of Two shil- 
«¢ lings and six-pence, and no more shall be paid to 
“‘ the Registrar-general or such other officer as shall 
“€ be appointed for that purpose on his account.” 
Pr. 50. 1. 33. After “ office” insert “and which 
“ seal it shall not be necessary to prove.” 
Pr.51.1.10. Leave out from “house” to “ and” 
in 1. 12., and insert “and for the Registrar before 
“ whom any marriage is solemnized under this Act, 
“ either in any registered building or in his office.” 
Pr. 51.1. 16. After “ said” insert “ thirty.” 
Pr. 51.1. 17. Leave out “ January” and insert 
March.” 
Pr. 58. 1. 18. After “ be” insert “ and shall be 
* adjudged and.” 


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Pr. 59. 1. 11. Leave out “ profession” and insert 
condition.” 
Pr. 59.1. 14. Insert “ parish of Maryborough.” 
Pr. 64. 1.5. Leave out “ the marriage” and in- 
sert “a,” and leave out “ of” and insert “ kept 
for that purpose in.” 
Pr. G4. 1. 7. After “ parties” insert “ who is 
* and has been for the last calendar month.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


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 now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 
morrow, 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 Compensations for loss of any Fees and 
Emoluments which may be sustained under any 
Act of the present Session, to limit the power of 
arrest upon final process ; 

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, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 

and Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend until the 
Thirty-first day of December One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-seven, the Operation of the new 
Arrangement of Dioceses, so far as it affects the ex- 
isting Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions, and for obtaining 
Returns from and the Inspection of the Registries 
of such Jurisdictions : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend so much of 
an Act of the fifth and sixth years of his late Ma- 
jesty as relates to the Salary of the Clerk of the 
Crown in Chancery, and to make other Provisions 
in respect of the said Office : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to transfer the Collection 
of the Duty on Licenses to Jet Horses for Hire in 
Ireland from the Commissioners of Stamps to the 
Commissioners of Excise: And also, 

Vox. 99. 


g° August. 


579 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Ladbroke’s 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to con~ Estate Bill. 


firm certain Contracts for Leases made and entered 
into by James Weller Ladbroke, Esquire, of Lands 
and Premises at or near Notting Hill, in the County 
of Middlesex, and to alter and enlarge the Powers 
of an Act passed in the first and second years of 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled, ‘‘ An Act to enable James Weller 
Ladbroke, Esquire, and others, to grant Building 
Leases of Lands in Kensington, Paddington, Notting 
Barns and Westborne, in the County of Middlesex,’ 
and for other Purposes relating thereto, without anv 
Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Bishop of 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for con- London's 


firming and carrying into execution certain Articles 
of Agreement made and entered into between Charles 
James Lord ‘Bishop of London, Thomas Thistle- 
thwayte, Esquire, Thomas Somers Cocks, Esquire, 
Christopher Hodgson, Esquire, the Company of 
Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal, and the 
Grand Junction Waterworks Company, and for 
other Purposes therein mentioned, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to continue and extend the Powers of the Zon- 
don and Croydon Railway Company, with Amend- 
ments ; to ns Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, watering, regu- 
lating and otherwise improving the Town and Bo- 
rough of Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan, 
and for removing and preventing Nuisances and 
Annoyances therein, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords: desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


The Lords desire a present Conference with this 
House, in the Committee Room No. 2, upon the 
subject-matter of the Amendments made by this 
House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize, 
in certain cases, the Service of Process issuing out 
of Her Majesty’s Courts of Common Law at West- 
minster on Persons resident out of the Jurisdiction 
of the said Courts:—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. 


verie, Mr. Aglionby. Mr. Redhead Yorke, Mr. 
Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Entwisle, Mr. Kemble, Mr. 
Brotherton, Mr. Ireland Blackburne, Mr. Beckett 
Denison, Mr. Christie, Mr. Aldam, Mr. Divett, Mr. 
Spooner, Mr. Wawn and Mr. Morgan John O’ Con- 
nell do manage the Conference. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over ; 
and they went to the Conference :—And being re- 
turned ; 

Mr. Cripps reported, That the Managers had 
met the Lords at the Conference, which was ma- 








naged on the part of the Lords by the Earl Dela- 
warr, who acquainted the Managers on the part of 
the Commons, that the Lords being desirous at all 
times of maintaining a good correspondence with 
the House of Commons, had desired this Conference, 
in order to communicate to them the Reason which 
has induced the Lords to disagree to one of the 
Amendments made by the Commons to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to authorize, in certain cases, the 
Service of Process issuing out of Her Majesty’s 
Courts of Common Law at Westminster, on Persons 








resident out of the Jurisdiction of the said Courts ; 
4E2 the 


Estate Bill. 


London and 
Croydon Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 


Swansea 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
Process Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cripps, Mr, Pringle, Mr. Man- courts of 
ners Sutton, Mr. Arkwright, Mr. Escott, Mr. Bou- Common Law 


Process Bill. 








Message from 
the Lords, 


Courts of Com- 
mon Law Pro- 
cess (Ireland) 

Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
Process (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


580 2 Augusti. — A, 1844. 


the said Amendment being in Pr. 2. 1. 35.; which 
Reason is as followeth : 


Because the Amendments agreed to, requiring 
that the person to be sued was domiciled in 
JIingland when the cause of action arose, and 
has been for six calendar months resident out 
of the jurisdiction of the court, are sufficient to 
prevent any person from being improperly sued 
in England, and that there is no sufficient rea- 
son tv make a distinction between a residence 
in Scotland and elsewhere, out of the jurisdiction 
of the Court : 


And that, to the rest of the Amendments made by 
the Commons to the said Bill, the Lords had agreed ; 
and that they had brought back the Bill, and 
Amendments. 


jagreed ; and that they had brought back the Bill, 
and Amendments. 

Ordered, That the said Reason be taken into fur- 
ther consideration upon Tuesday next. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis Gape’s 
solve the Marriage of Thomas Foreman Gape with Divorce Bill, 
Fanny Louisa, 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, 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. 





Ordered, That the said Reason be taken into 


further consideration upon Tuesday next. | 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth | 

and Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords desire a present Conference with this 
House, in the Committee-room No. 2., upon the 
subject-matter of the Amendments made by this 
House to the Bill, intituled, “ An Act to authorize, 
in certain cases, the Service of Process issuing out 
of Her Majesty’s Courts of Common Law in Jre- 
land on Persons resident out of the Jurisdiction 
of the said Courts:—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. | 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Select Standing Orders 


|Committee appointed to consider whether any and Revision. 


what alterations in the Standing Orders of the No.572. 
House respecting Private Bills, the experience of the 
present Session may show to be desirable; That 
they had examined 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 upon Tuesday next; and be printed. 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 10th, 11th, 16th, 18th, Addresses. 
23d, 24th, 25th, 29th, 30th and 31st days of July 
last, and the 1st 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 presented to 
Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, that She will 


| give directions accordingly. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cripps, Mr. Pringle, Mr. | 
Manners Sutton, Mr. Arkwright, Mr. Escott, Mr. | 
Bouverie, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Redhead Yorke, Mr. | 
Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Entwisle, Mr. Kemble, Mr. | 
Brotherton, Mr. Ireland Blackburne, Mr. Beckett | 
Denison, Mr. Christie, Mr. Aldam, Mr. Divett, Mr. | 
Spooner, Mr. Wawn and Mr. Morgan John O’Con-| 
nell do manage the Conference. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference : — And 
being returned ; 

Mr. Cripps reported, That the Managers had met 
the Lords at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Earl Delawarr ; 
who acquainted the Managers on the part of the 
Commons, that the Lords, being desirous at all times 
of maintaining a good correspondence with the 
House of Commons, had desired this Conference, 
in order to communicate to them the Reason which 
has induced the Lords to disagree to one of the 
Amendments made by the Commons to the Bill, 
intituled, “An Act to authorize, in certain cases, 








Mr. Gladstone presented, pursuant to an Address Danish Vessels, 
to Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of any Cor- 
respondence relating to an Order in Council dated 
Ist April 1835, granting to Danish Vessels the 
Privilege of trading with the British Colonies. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the (Forty-third 
Petitions presented from the 24th to the 30th days RP) 
of July last, both inclusive ; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of George Pyne Andrewes, formerly of Queen’s Prison. 
Birchin-lane, Cornhill, Attorney-at-Law and Notary 
Public, and one of the Solicitors of the High Court 
of Chancery, but for upwards of eleven years a Pri- 
soner, first in the Fleet, and then, by general transfer, 


the Service of Process issuing out of Her Majesty’s | in the Queen’s Prison, where he still remains upon 
Courts of Common Law in Jreland on Persons re- | doublearrest in execution for anextinguished demand 
sident out of the Jurisdiction of the said Courts ;” | of 107/. 19s, 2d. for costs of dismissal of his bill in 
the said Amendments being in Pr. 2. 1. 26., which | Chancery, praying that a Committee may be formed, 
Reason is as followeth :-— with the usual powers, for examining the rules 
. |framed for the government and regulation of: the 

_ Because the Amendments agreed to, requir-| Queen’s Prison, under the Act of the 5th year of 

ing that the person to be sued was domiciled in| fer present Majesty, and report thereon, in order 
Ireland when the cause of action arose, and has}to the revision and alteration and improvem ont 
been for six calendar months resident out of the | thereof by any new rules, or otherwise, adapted to 
jurisdiction of the Court, are sufficient to pre-| ¢eneral or special cases in the removal of grievances 


vent any person from being improperly sued in | arising out of the present rules, was presented, and 
Ireland, and that there is no sufficient reason | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
to make a distinction between a residence in 


Scotland and elsewhere, out of the jurisdiction 


of the Court: A Petition of William Bridges, and others, sug- Railways 


And that to the rest of the Amendments made| preservation of wood to be used in the construc- 
by the Commons to the said Bill, the Lords had} tion of Railways in Jreland; and praying the 


House 








gesting the use of Payne’s Patent Process for the (Ireland.) 





Tith 


miss 


Me 
Sea 





Tithe Com- 
missions 


Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund. 


Russian 
Vessels, &amp;c. 


New South 
Wales, 


Art-Unions 
Bill. 


8 VicToRIz. 


House to take into consideration the general sug- 
gestions submitted in his Petition, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Miller, m.a., Clerk, praying 
for the dissolution of the Tithe Commission, was 


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


A Petition of the Chairman and Honorary Se- 
cretary of a Meeting of Sea-going Owners, Masters, 
Mates and Seamen in the port of London, praying 
the House to cause an inquiry to be instituted by 
the Board of Trade into the report of a Committee 
appointed by the Merchant Seamen for promoting 
the welfare of the maritime community, of the steps 
which they have taken to cause the Parliamentary 
inquiries which have been instituted in the year 1840 
and the present year, into the state ofthe Merchant 
Seamen’s Funds, and cause the accounts of the 
Merchant Seamen’s Corporation and Trustees of the 
Outports, between the years 1835 and 1840 to 
undergo a rigid examination, in order that during an 
early period of the ensuing Session of Parliament, 
a true state of the Funds may be ascertained and 
reported to the House, 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, Returns of all Tolls, Dues, Fees, Pilotage 
and other Charges imposed by public authority on 
Russian Vessels in each of the Ports of Russia, 
where British Vessels are allowed to trade under 
the Treaty of Saint Petersburg, ratified in 1843 ; 
stating the Particulars in each Case, and distinguish- 
ing the Cases in which Official Vouchers are given 
for those Payments, and in which they are not given : 
—Also, an Account of all other Charges which (in 
addition to those levied on Russian Ships) are levied 
on British Vessels in each of those Ports, whether 
imposed by Public Authority, the Russia Company, 
and by what Authority or otherwise ; together with 
a Statement of any Commercial, Fiscal or other Ad- 
vantages enjoyed by Russian Vessels, from which 
British Vessels are excluded. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
relative to Crown Lands and Emigration in Mew 
South Wales. 

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


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for le- 
galizing Art-Unions, was, according to Order, read 
the third time ; and the Amendment following was 
made to the Bill; 


In the Title of the Bill: 


L. 1. Leave out from “ Act’ to the end of the 
Title, and insert “ to indemnify persons connected 
‘¢ with Art-Unions and others, against certain Pe- 
“ nalties. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wyse 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. 

Vou. 99, 


ge August. 581 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Charitab'e 
into a Committee upon the Charitable Donations aio 
| and Bequests (Ireland) Bill. (Ireland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


No.570. 
Instruction to the Committee, that they have 


Power to make Provision, pursuant to the Resolution 
reported this day read. 


Clauses added. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; anc 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: —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, ‘Yhat 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 Debtors and 
into a Committee upon the Debtors and Creditors Creditors 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 had 


directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 





Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Transfer of 
into a Committee upon the Transfer of Property Bill ; 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 received To-morrow. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Arms (Ireland) 
into a Committee upon the Arms (Jredand) Bill; and, Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and had directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time To-morrow. 











The Private Partnerships Bill was, according to Private Part- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a nerships Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day month. 











A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Savings Banks. 
That this House will, early in the ensuing Session, 
take into consideration the following Resolutions 


respecting the Savings Banks of the United King- 
dom : 


1. That there has been received by the 
National Debt Commissioners from the 
| Trustees of the Savings Banks and Friend- 
| ly Societies in the United Kingdom, from £. s. d. 
, the 6th August 1817 to the 20th November 
| 1843, the Principal sum of - - - 30,833,239 7 5 P,P. 459. 1844. 
That the Interest placed to their credit 
and made Principal within the same period, 
has been - - = = = = 15,118,849 19 8 
Showing the aggregate sum credited them 
tohave been -—— - - - 
And that the Commissioners have repaid 
to the Trustees within the same period, 
the sum of - - - - = 17,093,533 9 3 








| 4538 


ee 


- - 45,947,089 7 1 P,P.215. 1844. 


| 








P. P.165 and 
258. 1844. 


P.P. 453. 1844. 


P.P. 453. 1844. 


P.P. 453-1844 


P,P. 453. 1844» 


P.P. 453. 1844. 


P.P. 258.1843. 
P.P.280. 1842. 
P.P 342. 1841. 


582 


Leaving due to the Trustees on the 20th : 
November 1843, the sum of = - - - 28,853,555 17 10 


2, That the amount due by the Com- 

missioners to the Trustees on 20th Novem- 

ber 1843 being, as above stated - ~ 28,853,555 17 10 
And on 20th November 1842, being - 26,855,886 17 10 


Shows an increase in the amount of lia- 
bilities within the year ended the 20th No- 
vember 1843, of - - - - - 

And that the increase in the amount of 
liabilities within the year ended the 20th 
November 1842, being - - - = - 








1,997,669 = 


1,011,965 19 &amp; 





Shows an excess of increase in 1848 


over that in 1842,of - - - -f 985,708 - 7 





3. That since the 20th November 1843, the amount of the 
liabilities of the Commissioners to the Trustees must have 
further very considerably increased, because between the 
12th December 1843 and 15th May 1844, the Commissioners 
have expended the large aggregate sum of 1,552,973/. 15s. 
in the purchase of Stock and Exchequer Bills on account of 
the fund for the Banks for Savings, having bought with that 
money on the 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st December 1843, 
sums amounting to 43,000/. in the 3} per cents. Stocks at 
1024 and 102§, and between the 22d Jdecember 1843 and 15th 
May 1844, sums amounting to 1,520,000 /. in the 3 per cents. 
Stocks at prices varying from 96§ to 1003, besides 15,3007. 
Exchequer Bills. 


4. That of the amount of money, prin- 


cipal and interest, due as above stated on £. s. d. 
20th November 1843, by the Commissioners 
to the Trustees ; viz. - - - - 28,853,555 17 10 


There was due to the Trustees of the 
395 Friendly Societies, depositing their 
funds direct with the Commissioners, the 


sum of - - ~ - - - - 1,609,288 - - 





Leaving due to the Trustees of the 
Savings Banks (including the sum of 
305,723/7. 5s. 7d. standing to their credit 
on the “ Separate Surplus Fund Account”) 
the sum of = - - ~ . - - 27,244,267 17 10 





5. That the amount due by the Commis- 
sioners to the Trustees of the 395 Friendly 
Societics on 20th November 1843 being, 
as above stated - ss te 


- = 1,609,288 - - 
And on 20th November 1842, being = - 


1,449,244 - - 


2° Auguste. 





Shows that the increase in the funds of 
Friendly Societies deposited direct with 
the Commissioners was, during the last year 
only . ~ - - - - - 

And that therefore the increase in the 
funds of the Savings Banks deposited with 
the Commissioners must have been during 
the same period asmuchas -  - * 


160,044 - - 


1,837,625 - - 





Because the total increase in the year 
ended 20th November 1843, in the amount 
of the liabilities of the Commissioners to 
the Trustees of the Savings Banks and 


Friendly Societies was, as above shown - 1,997,669 - - 





6. That the Sums, Stocks, Funds, An- 
nuities, Exchequer Bills and Cash, standing 
in the names of the Commissioners on 20th 
November 1843, on account of the Trustees 
of Savings Banks and Friendly Societies, 
were— 

£. 8. d. 
Three per cents. Stocks - 12,874,516 7 6 
Three-and-a-Half percents. 

Stocks - - - - 15,585,510 1 5 
Exchequer Bill - - 482,400 - - 
Uninvested Balance- - 296,609 - - 
7. That the value of these Securities and 
Cash on 20th November 1843, estimated 
at the market prices on that day (the 3 per 
cents. at 953 to 964 and the 34 per cents. 
at 101} to 103}, and the Exchequer Bills 
at par), being - - - - - 

And the amount of the claims of the 
Trustees on 20th November 1843 being, as 
above stated - - - - : - 28,853,555 17 10 


Shows an estimated excess of assets over 
the liabilities of the Commissioners of — - 


28,857,773 12 10 





4,217 15 - 

8. That the estimated excess of Liabili- 
ties over the assets of the Commissioners 
was - on 20th November 1842 - - 
= on 20th November 1841 - - 

5, andon 20th November 1840 - e 


263,029 18 9 
1,315,419 
1,163,188 1 11 





And that the estimated excess of assets 
over the liabilities of the Commissioners 
was, on the 20th November 1838 - 7,389 7 10 





A, 1844, 


| 8. That the whole of the money due by the Commis- 
| sioners to the Trustees (amounting, as above shown, to 
| 28,853,555 7. 17 s. 10d. on the 20th November 1843, and since 
| considerably increased from the capitalization of interest on 
| the 20th May 1844, and from the large payments which must 
| have been made by the Trustees to the Commissioners be- 
| tween these two dates, to justify their extensive purchases 
| of Stock and Exchequer Bills already alluded to) is by the 
| existing law payable in cash, viz. sums under 10,000 /. at five 

days’ notice, and sums above 10,0007. at fourteen days’ notice, 
| but no draft is to be presented for payment, bearing the same 

date upon any one day, on account of the same Savings 
Bank or Friendly Society, exceeding in amount the principal 
sum of 10,0002. 


10. That, according to this regulation, the Trustees of each 
Bank and Society may, in times of — excitement and 
monetary panic, thus legally make large demands for cash 
upon the Commissioners, thereby risking a heavy loss to the 
Government, and greatly inconveniencing, if not seriously en- 
dangering, the public credit. 


11. That according to the existing law, the Commissioners 
may buy Government Securities on account of the Trustees, 
and also exchange them, when and in whatever manner the 
may think fit, and they may also sell such Securities, both 
with and without reference to the demands made upon them 
for cash by the Trustees, and with the proceeds of the sales 
of one description of Security they may purchase another. 


12. That the extent to which Stock and 
Exchequer Bills have been sold and pur- 
chased by the Commissioners, and Exche- 
quer Bills paid off, on account of the Trus- 
tees in each year since the passing of the 
Act 9 Geo. IV., c. 92 (28th July 1828), 
under the authority given by sections 50 
to 57 of that Act, and by section 25 of the 
Act 3 Will. IV. c. 14 (10th June 1833), up 
| to 20th May 1844, is shown in the annexed 
Statement (marked A.), from which it ap- 
pears that the amount of— 

Three per cents. Stock sold was, £.7,155,051 
Three and-a-Half - - - 1,011,500 
And Exchequer Bills sold and 





paid off = - - - - 13,041,550 
Three per cents. Stock bought 4,519,500 
Three-and-a-Half - - - 4,137,500 
Exchequer Bills - = - - 19,888,100 





Showing the aggregateamount 
| of the transactions in Stock and 
| Exchequer Bills to have been 49,553,201 





| And that the amount realized by such £, &amp; d. 
| sales, and by the Exchequer Bills paid off, 

was -  - - = - - = 20,391,333 5 9 
And the amount paid fer such purchases 


was - - ° = 


28,089,348 5 - 


P.P.453. 1844. 





Showing the aggregate amount of money 
transactions connected with such sales and 
purchases to have been + ~ ~ 


48,480,681 10 9 





5. That it appears from the Parlia- 
mentary Paper from which the Statement 
above referred to has been prepared, that 
from 30th October 1828 to ath October 
1842, the dates of the first and the last 
sales of Stock and Exchequer Bills since 
the passing of the Act 9 Geo. IV. c. 92 (28th 
July 1828) up to the 20th May 1844, the 
sum of - - - - - - 

Was realized by the Commissioners by the 
sales of Stock and Exchequer Bills and by 
Exchequer Bills paid off, while it appears 
from other Parliamentary Papers, as shown 
in the annexed Statement (marked B.) that 
the amount drawn for by the Trustees on 
the Commissioners between 20th Novem- 
ber 1827 and the 26th November 1842, was 
only - - - - - - - 13,748,163 10 11 


20,391,888 5 9 


P.P.453. 1844- 


P,P, 1828. 
P.P. 165. 1843: 





Showing an excess of cash realized by the 
Commissioners, beyond the amount re- 
| quired to meet the drafts upon them of the 
Trustees, of | - - - - - - 6,643,169 14 10 








14. That in addition to the power over the funds of the 
Trustees already alluded to, the Commissioners may, accord- 
ing to the existing law, cancel any Exchequer Bills purchased 
, or taken up by them on account of the Trustees, and convert 

the amount of them into Stock, thereby changing the nature, 
‘and adding to the amount, of the Public Debt ; and it appears 
that Her Majesty’s Ministers have, through the agency of the 
Commissioners, most extensively exercised these extraordinary 
and unconstitutional powers, having since 24th October 1836 


up to 25th April 1844, added in this way an amount of 


| 7,627,384/. 17s. 11d. 3 per cents. Stock to the permanent 
Public Debt at an annual charge of 231,1097. 13s. 11d. as 
shown in the annexed Statement marked C, 

15. That 





P.P, 


E 





P.P, 45318444 


P.P.281, 1843. 


P,P, 281, 1843, 


P.P. 281, 1843. 





8 VicroRIz£. 


15. That of the amount of 7,627,3847. 17s. 11d. 3 per 
cents. Stock so created, the sum of 2,231,6687. 9s. 5 d, created 
since 25th May 1841, has been stated to have been created 
poe special power given by the Acts 5 Vic. c. 8, and 5-6 

ac, c. 9. 


16. That the Commissioners have paid 
and credited to the Trustees from the 6th 
August 1817 to the 20th November 1843, - s. d. 
as interest on the money deposited with 
them, the sum of - - = - - 15,118,849 19 8 


Whilst they have received as interest on 
the securities held by them on account of 
the Trustees up to the 10th October 1843, 
thesumof - - - = = = 12,942,657 7 


Lo 





Showing an amount of interest credited 
to the Trustees by the Commissioners, ex- 
ceeding that received by them, of - - 2,171,192 12 6 





17. That the annual charge or loss to the Government from 
the present rate of interest credited by the Commissioners to 
the Trustees has lately very rapidly increased, and must still 
continue to increase in proportion to the increase in the 
amount of money invested by the Trustees, so long as the 
rate of interest on the investments of the Commissioners ex- 
ceeds that paid by the Commissioners on the investments of 
the Trustees, the charge or loss for the year ended 20th No- 
vember 1842 having been 135,410/. 11s. 4d., while that for 
the year ended 20th November 1843 was 140,6327. 18s. 6d. 


18. That the Commissioners credit the Trustees of the 
Savings Banks with Interest half-yearly at the fixed rate of 
31,16 s. -—3d. per cent. per anuum, and the Trustees are autho- 
rized to credit the Depositors also half-yearly, with interest 
at the rate of 37. 8s. 5d. per cent. per annum; yet, notwith- 
standing that provision, few of them credit the Depositors 
with interest at that rate, and few of them carry interest to 
the Depositors’ account half-yearly, as will be seen by the 
following statement :— 


Year ended 20th November 1842. 








Number of Savings Banks £.. 8. ds 

paying Interest at the rateof - 3 8 5 { pre: |. a 
per annum f 

Ditto - between 3/. 8s.5d.and 36 8 - ,, - 41 
a+ «&lt; = - ORs | os 
Ditto - lower than - - -368 - , - 652 
Total ~ - - 562 
Number of Savings Banks ‘ 
crediting Interest eae a) cid’ ds ” en 
Ditto - - - -twiceayear - - 230 
Total - - - 562 


19. That, besides a dissimilarity in the arrangements of 
Savings Banks as to the rates of interest paid to the Depo- 
sitors, and the periods of carrying it to account, as above 
shown, there is great dissimilarity in the other regulations of 
the Savings Banks ; since it appears that in the year ended 
20th November 1842— 


39 Savings Banks allowed 


\ 
‘tenn an is ph 30 s. as the smallest sum. 





71 » = = = 20s, ~ 
= ~~ « «+ «Me be 
35 es - - - 10s. = 
Ss .-«» * «+ «+ - 
At » - - - other intermediate sums. 
1 me - - - 52. asthe smallest sum. 
Total 562 


20. That in the year ended 20th Novem- 
ber 1842, the amount of the difference of 
the interest between that credited half- 
yearly by the Commissioners to the Trus- £. s. d. 
tees of Savings’ Banks, and that credited by 
the Trustees to the Depositors, was - - 126,671 3 8 


The greater part of which was expended 
independent of any control on the part of 
the Government or of Parliament, as fol- 
lows :— £. s. d. 

For Salaries - - - 62,899 2 3 

Rent and Taxes - - 6,819 6 - 

Printing and Stationery- 6,817 12 8 

All other expenses - 16,500 1 8 


bo 
wl 


———_——__ 93,036 
making a total charge for the Management —- 

of the Savings Banks, and leaving a sur- 

plus, either to be carried to the expense 

accounts of the following year, or to be 

added to the Separate Surplus Fund Ac- 

count in the hands of the Commissioners, 

but liable to be called for by the Trustees, 

ifrequired by them, amounting to - - 33,635 1 1 


Vo. 99. 














2° August. 583 


21. That of the above expenditure of 93,0367. 2s. 7d., in the p,p.o81, 1849. 


year 1842 the sum of 14,345/. 13s. 8d. was expended by five 
of the London Savings Banks, as follows :— 























— of Amount paid Amount 
eposit as 0 
Prose snond Salaries. other Expenses. 
 &amp; d. | a &amp;. 
Bloomsbury - | 17,529] 1,420 8 - | 597 10 - 
Moorfields - | 34,694 2,567 11 8| 1,08 8 2 
St. Marylebone - | 13,349 1,196 18 5 | 1,100 16 4 
St. Martin’s - | 32,567] 3,81519 6) 1,691 5 7 
Southwark - | 10,735 638 15 10 | 231 - 2 
108,674 9,689 13 5 | 4,706 - 3 
| 
Salaries - - |, 9,689 138 5 





£.| 14,845 18 8 





22. That although it is stated in the Preamble of the g Geo, 4, c. g2. 


Savings Banks Act that “certain Banks for Savings have 
been established for the safe custody and increase of small 
savings belonging to the industrious classes of his Majesty's 
subjects, and it is expedient to give protection to such insti- 


tutions,” &amp;c., and again, in the Preamble of the Savings g Will. 4,c. 14, 


Banks Annuity Act, that “ the Trustees and Managers of a 
Savings Bank legally established may receive from a Depo- 
sitor or other person entitled to become a Depositor in a 
Savings Bank any sum for the purchase of an Annuity,” &amp;c. 
(from which it is inferred that the benefits intended by those 
Acts were to be confined to the strictly industrious classes), 


it is very doubtful whether such is the case, because, from P,P, 453. 1844. 


the only public document at all bearing on the subject, it 
appears, with reference to deposits, that on 20th November 
1843, 


The sum due to individual Depositors, £. 

with balances under 507. each, was - - 10,738,779 
The sum due to individual Depositors, 

between 50/7, and 1002. each, was - - 6,754,330 
The sum due to individual Depositors, 

and exceeding 100/. each, was - - - 7,936,958 





Showing the total due to individual 


a 95 A495 
Depositors to be - - - £. 55,625,067 





And with reference to the Annuities, it 
appears that of the total sum paid for the 
purchase of Savings Banks’ Annuities £ a d. 
from 5th April 1834 to 5th April 1844, 


amounting to - - - - - - 470,818 19 2 P.P. 453.1844. 


The sum paid for Annuities by annual 
payments, hasbeenonly- - - = = 18,874 6 5 





Showing that the sum paid for Annuities 
by immediate payments at once, has been 
asmuchas - - - - - - 451,944 12 9 





23. That whilst it is highly important to the best interests 
of the country that the Government should continue to afford 
encouragement and protection to the prudential investment 
and safe custody of the small savings of the really industrious 
classes, it is proper that such assistance should be afforded 
without great loss to the Government, and with as little 
danger as possible to the public credit ; but if the present 
system be continued, there must necessarily be great eventual 
loss to the public, whether the prices of the fuuds rise or fall, 
because, if, through panic or any other cause, the funds fall in 
price, it will be impossible to realise from the securities now 
in the names of the Commissioners a capital sufficient to 
repay the Trustees the amount due to the Depositors, and the 
inducements to Depositors to call for their money will be 
great in proportion to the fall in the funds, and to the amount 
of their balances respectively in the Savings Banks, and if 
the funds rise in price, the investment of further sums to be 
received from Depositors, and of the dividends on the Stock 
already standing in the names of the Commissioners, must 
increase the yearly loss to the Government from the present 
rate of interest. 


24. That, therefore, this House, in considering the ex- 9 Geo. 4, c. 92. 
pediency of amending the existing Savings Banks Acts, will 3 will, 4, c. 14- 


apply themselves to the means not only of relieving the 
public from a portion of the present annual charge with re- 
ference to the interest paid by the Commissioners to the 
Trustees of the Savings Banks, but also of preventing great 
eventual loss to the public with reference to the capital 
deposited in Savings Banks, by modifying the power of the 
Commissioners over such capital, and by other arrangements ; 
and further, of enforcing such regulations for the internal 
management of the Savings Banks as may insure uniformity 
in their proceedings, prevent all abuses in them, and render 

4E4 them, 































































SS 


a 


584. 


them, as originally contemplated by their founders, institu- 
tions for the safe custody and increase solely of the small 
savings of the really industrious classes. 





STATEMENTS referred to in the foregoing Resolutions. 


(A.) 

Statement of the Amounts of Stocks and Exchequer Bills 
sold and bought by the National Debt Commissioners in 
each year since the passing of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, 
(28th July 1828), to 20th May 1844, on account of the 
Fund for the Banks for Savings. 








2° Augusti, 


A. 1844, 


(C.) 
Account of all the Additions made to the Public Debt by 
Exchequer Bills, funded since the passing of the Act 
9 Geo. 4, c. 92 (28th July 1828), up to 20th May 1844, on 
account of the Fund for Banks for Savings. 
























































SOLD. 
Exchequer 
3 per Cents. |34 p’ Cents = Cash received. 
P ‘| sold and paid 
off. 
££. « &amp;@ 
5 Jan. 1829} 110,000 - 347,000 442,362 10 - 
» 1830] 1,110,000} -  - 653,000 | 1,626,853 10 11 
» 1831} 2,060,150| -  - 368,000 | 2,247,341 17. 6 
x» 1832 75,000 127,500 371,000 545,504 -— —- 
» 1833 865,000 20,000 100,000 426,162 10 - 
» 1834] 995,401 |] - - 3,750,000 ' 4,618,121 7 4 
» 1835 836,000 864,000 2,500,000 | 4,097,751 5 — 
» 1836 - oun es sis 
es «tes 1,002,000 | 1,002,000 - - 
»» 1838] - ia 1,059,400 | 1,059,400 - — 
» Ws ele « 1,304,400 | 1,304,400 - - 
» 1840] 210,000; -~ - 794,300 | 988,530 - - 
» 1841 183,500 - - 514,500 677,062 10 -— 
» 1842] 962,000 | - - 277,950 | 1,180,353 15 - 
» 1843 248,000 - - - - 225,490 - — 
7,155,051 | 1,011,500] 18,041,550 20,391,333 5 9 
» 1844 _ ee aes pa 
20 May ,, _ — oo = 
Totals - | 7,155,051 | 1,011,500] 13,041,550 20,391,333 5 9 
BOUGHT. 
Exchequer ; s 
3 per Cents. |3} p’ Cents. Bills. Cash paid. 
£. es ¢@. 
5 Jan. 1829; - - - - 500,000 500,000 — .. 
» 1830) - - - - 1,281,800 | 1,281,800 - - 
» 1831 - ~ 146,400 2,147,000 | 2,288,772 5 — 
» 1832) - - 126,100 174,000 288,081 - —- 
&gt;» 1833 - 185,800 - - 169,621 7 6 
» 1834} - = | 744,500] 3,750,000 | 4,464,593 17. 6 
&gt;» 1835) - - 431,800 | 2,500,000 | 2,927,302 12 6 
&gt;» 1836] - - 89,600 - - 88,681 10 - 
» 1837] 384,800 | 455,300} 1,318,700 | 2,129,610 18 6 
» 1838 5,300 | 384,000 1,323,650 | 1,728,659 6 6 
» 1839 720,400 208,000 1,919,600 | 2,800,338 - — 
» 1840 399,300 166,000 1,509,650 | 2,045,357 5 —- 
&gt;» 1841 17,200 | 274,000 1,485,100 | 1,773,110 - —- 
» 1842 112,300 50,500 1,748,700 | 1,898,706 12 6 
» 1843 593,500 ; 178,200 204,500 930,346 7 6 
2,232,800 |3,440,200 | 19,862,700 |25,314,981 2 6 
5» 1844] 666,700 | 697,300 10,100 | 1,362,917 12 6 
20 May ,, 1,420,000 | - - 15,300 | 1,411,450 - — 
Totals - | 4,319,500 |4,137,500 | 19,888,100 {28,089,348 15 ~— 














Amount 
of Principal and pe — 
Interest of 
Exchequer Bills 3 por Gam. Sot of the Stock 
Senied., | created. so created. 
x. s. a. £. s. ad. £. s. d. 
1856 | 1,079,480 11 3 | 1,177,878 17 1] 35,689 14 6 
1837 | 1,533,878 16 3 1,702,989 15 2] 51,600 11 3 
1838 601,790 8 4 648,264 911) 19,642 8 3 
1839 500,782 10 -| 541,386 9 8| 16404 - 1 
1840 500,164 1 3; 546,627 7 9| 16,562 16 2 
1841 {1,575,312 10 —/| 1,758,996 -11] 53,297 11 6 
1842 [1,063,718 5 2/1,191,177 1 8| 36,092 13 2 
1843 41,642 18 11 44.847 5 4 1,358 17 3 
1844 14,658 7 2 15,217 10 5 461 1 9 
Totals | 6,911,373 8 4) 7,627,384 17 11 | 231,109 13 11 


























(B.) 


Gross Amount of all Sums (Principal and Interest) paid by 
the National Debt Commissioners to the Trustees of 
Savings Banks and Friendly Societies. 


From 6th August 1817 to 20th No- 


£. s &amp; 

vember 1842 -  - - - - 16,298,742 12 1 
From 6th August 1817 to 20th No- 

vember 1827. - - - - - 2,550,579 1 2 


Difference, being amount paid between 
20th November 1827 and 20th No- 
vember 1842 - - - - - 13,748,163 10 11 

















It passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented a Bill to simplify Feudal 
the Form and diminish the Expense of obtaining Investiture 
Feudal Investiture in Heritable Subjects in Scotland : S&lt;otland) Bill 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered No. 573, 
to be read a second time upon this day month ; 
and to be printed. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to facilitate the Heritable 
Transmission and Extinction of Heritable Securities Securities 
for Debt in Scotland: And the same was read the ‘S¢°t!¢) Bil. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 574. 
upon this day month ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s Copyholds 
Command,—Copy of the Third Report of the Co- Commission 
pyhold Commissioners to Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, pur- 
suant to the Act 4 and 5 Vic. c. 35, s. 3. 


Copy of the Tables of Criminal Offenders for the Criminal 
year 1843, reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for (Scutand.) 
Scotland. (Scottand, 


Copy of the Ninth Report of the Inspectors ap- Prisons. 
pointed to visit the different Prisons of Great Bri- 
tain—Part I., Home District.—II. Northern and 
Eastern District.—III. Southern and Western Dis- 
trict.—IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham. 


Copy,—Poor Law Inquiry (Scotland) :--Appendix Poor Law 
—Parts IV., V., VI. and Part VII., being an Ana- Inquiry 
lytical Index. (Scotland. ) 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Poor Relief 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,-—Copies ( Ireland.) 
of Four Orders of the Poor Law Commissioners to 
Unions in Ireland, dated 5th June 1844 (3 of the 
said Orders) and 27th June 1844 (1 of the said 
Orders). 

Abstracts of the Statements of Accounts of Bo- Borougis. 
roughs in England and Wales, for the year, from 
1st September 1842 to 31st August 1843. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Manchester 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Keturn to an Division Petty 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of April 5°*""* 
last, for a Return of the Aggregate Amount of all 
Fees taken at any of the Courts of Petty Sessions 
held within the Division of Manchester ; distinguish- 
ing the Fees respectively taken at the New Bailey 
Court House at Salford, at the Town Hall at Salford, 
at Worsley and at ey ; also, an Account of 
the way in which such Fees are disposed of, for the 
years ending on the 1st day of February 1841, 1842, 

1843 and 1844, 


A Return of the Date of Incorporations of all Gilbert Unions 
Gilbert Unions, whether dissolved or not. 
A Return 








Fees in Misde- 
meanors. 


Queenboro ugh 
Corporation. 


No. 575. 


Courts of Law 
(Ireland.) 


Mr. Coppinger. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation. 


8 VicrorizZ. 


A Return of all Fees taken or demanded from 
Defendants in Misdemeanors, by the Clerks of As- 
size and Clerks of the Peace in England and Wales, 


at the last Assizes and two last Quarter Sessions re- | 


spectively. 


Copy of the Report made by the Commissioner 
appointed to inquire into the Affairs of the Corpo- 
ration of the Borough of Queenborough. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Returns from the Principal Officers of the 
several Courts of Law in Ireland, of Copies of the 
several quarterly Accounts submitted to and certi- 
fied by the Judges of the said Courts respectively, 
in the years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, of Sums 
incurred for Clerks employed in the Offices of the 
said Courts, and as and for the Expenses of Coals, 
Candles and all other Expenses of the said several 
Offices, and in the several Chambers of the said 
Courts, including the Remuneration of the Court- 
keeper and Stationery, and for additional Clerks 
employed in the said Offices respectively, and for 
further or increased Payment to any Clerks em- 
ployed in the said Offices respectively, and (in the 
Civil Side of the Court of Queen’s Bench) for the 
Salary of the Clerk in the Office of the Taxing Of- 
ficers:—From the Paymaster of Civil Services in 
Ireland, of the Sums paid through his Office in each 
Quarter of the years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, 
to the several Officers and Clerks of the Superior 
Courts of Common Law in Jreland; and also of the 
Sums paid upon the Certificates of the Judges of 
said Courts, for Incidental and other Expenses ; 
specifying the Names of the Persons to whom paid, 
and the Amount paid to each :—And, from the Com- 
missioners of Stamps, or the proper Officers of the 
Stamp Office, Dublin, of all Sums received by the 
Commissioners of Stamps, by, from or under the 
Duties made payable by the Act 1 and 2 Geo. 4, c. 
112, called the Law Fund Duties, in each of the 
years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, distinguishing 
so much of the said Duties as was paid in by the 
several Officers of the Superior Courts of Law in 
Ireland, from time to time, in each such year. 


Copies of the Correspondence between Henry 
Sugden, Esquire, Secretary to the Lord Chancellor 
of Ireland, and Thomas Stephen Coppinger, Esquire, 
of Midleton, in the County of Cork, relative to the 


removal of the latter from the Commission of the 
Peace. 


Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation 
of Tithes, which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January to the Ist 
day of July 1844; 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 Incum- 
bents: —Of all Awards for the Commutation of 
Tithes, which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January to the 1st 
day of July 1844; specifying also, in each case, the 
Amount of Rent-charge awarded to be paid in lieu 
of Tithes; and showing whether the same be pay- 
able to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical In- 
cumbents :—Also, of all Apportionments of Rent- 
charges which have been confirmed, from the 1st 


Q°_g° Augusti. 


585 


Sabbati, 3° die August ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


| R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Law. 
| Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return, showing 

the Number of aged and infirm Paupers relieved in 

585 Unions, under the administration of the Poor 

_Law Amendment Act in England and Wales, during 

the quarters ended Lady-day 1838 and 1843, re- 

| spectively :-—And then he withdrew. 


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





A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- Hough’s 
solve the Marriage of William Hough, a Major in Divorce Bill. 
the Military Service of the Honourable East India 
Company, with Sophia 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 Amendments, 
| 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, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That that there be laid before this Private Bills: 
House, a Return of the Private Bills which, in the 
present Session, have been treated as opposed Bills, 
distinguishing those against which no one appeared 
before the Committee, 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 Peti- 
tions for Bills presented in conformity with the 
Sessional Orders ; Number of Petitions for leave to 
present a Petition ; Number of Petitions referred to 
the Standing Orders Committee ; Number of Cases 
in which the Parties were allowed to proceed with 
the Bill; Number of Bills read a first time ; Number 
of Bills read a second time, and committed ; Number 
of Bills reported. 








Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Lord Crans- 
Lord Cranstoun’s Estate Bill; That they had ex- = Estate 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the - 
same to be true; and that the parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the 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. 


Petitions from Hurst Green Petty Sessions Dis- Corn Laws. 

trict ;--and, East Grinstead Petty Sessions Dis- ' 

trict; praying the House to resist the projects of 

the Anti-Corn-Law League ; and in consideration of 

the vast amount of capital and skill which has been 
expended in the improvement of land, preserve to 

the agriculturist and his labourers the protection to 

which they are entitled,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





day of January to the 1st day of July 1844 (in con- | 


tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 501, of the | 


present Session). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table ; and that the Paper relative to Queenborough 
Corporation be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Vot. 99. 


Petitions of Debtor Prisoners in Dorchester Imprisonment 

Castle ;-—-Debtor Prisoners in Bodmin ;—-Debtor for Debt. 
Prisoners in the county gaol at Brecon ;--and, 
Debtor Prisoners in the prison for the town and 
county of the town of Southampton; praying the 
House to pass a law abolishing Imprisonment for 
_Debt,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
, lie upon the ‘Table. 


| 


|. The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Marriages 
Marriages in Jreland, and for registering such Mar- (Ireland) Bil 
| 4P rlages, 





Insolvent 


Debtors [Com- 


pensations, ] 


Charitab'e 
Donations 
and Bequests 
(Ireland) Bill. 


586 3° Augusti. 


riages,' was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

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; te which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concur- 
rence of their Lordships. 


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 Compensations for loss of any Fees and Emolu- 
ments which may be sustained under any Act of the 
present Session to limit the power of arrest upon 
final process. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for Payment of Compensations 
for any losses of Fees and Emoluments which ma 
be sustained in consequence of any Act of the pre- 
sent Session, to limit the power of arrest upon final 
Process. 


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 
Monday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Cha- 
ritable Donations and Bequests (Ireland) Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, as follow : 

Pr. 2. 1. 15. After ‘ Jreland” insert “ for the 
time being,” and in the interlineation, after “ Zre- 
“&lt; land” insert “ for the time being.” 

Pr. 2. 1.19. After “ Ireland”’ insert “ for the 
“ time being.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 20. After “ be” insert “ from time to 
time.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 3. Leave out “ both” and insert “ all.” 


Pr. 4. 1. 11. Leave out from “ that” to “ of” in 
1. 13., and insert “ the consideration of all chari- 
“* table Donations and Bequests, and of matters 
relating to them, in which any question shall arise 
before the said Commissioners concerning the 
usages or discipline.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 16. Leave out from “ nonconformists” 
to “ shall,” inl. 18. 

Pr. 4. 1.21. Leave out from “ that” to “ shall” 
in 1. 26., and insert “ the consideration of all cha- 
“ ritable Donations and Bequests, and of matters 
relating to them, in which any question shall 
arise before the said Commissioners, concerning 
the usages or discipline of the Church of Rome.” 


Pr. 5. 1. 9. Leave out from “ the” to “ of” in 
}. 10., and insert “ usages or discipline.” 


Pr. 5.1. 22. After “ Act” insert “ Provided al- 
ways, That nothing herein contained shall be 
construed to limit or affect the jurisdiction of any 
** sourt of law or equity,” and insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other chief 
“* governors of Ireland, with the consent and appro- 
“* bation of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 

‘ Treasury, from time to time to appoint, during his 
pleasure, a Secretary or Secretaries to the said 
Commissioners, and also such officers, clerks and 
servants as may be necessary for the purposes of 
this Act; and the said Commissioners of Her Ma- 


it) 


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A. 1844, 


“* jesty’s Treasury shall fix the salary or salaries of 
“ the said Secretary or Secretaries, officers, clerks 
and servants, in fit proportions, according to the 
duties which they from time to time may have to 
perform.” 


Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the sa- 
laries of the said Secretaries, officers, clerks and 
servants, and also the necessary expenses of car- 
rying on the business of the said Commissioners 
of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland 
not herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid 
by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland.” 


Pr. 5. 1. 23. Leave out “ the Secretary” and in- 
sert “ one of the Secretaries.” 


Pr. 9. 1. 30. Leave out from “ any ” to “ and” 
in Pr. 10. 1.1. and insert “ Archbishop or Bishop or 
“ other person in holy orders of the Church of Rome 
“ officiating in any district, or having pastoral su- 
“« perintendence of any congregation of persons 
“ professing the Roman Catholic religion, and for 
those who shall from time to time so officiate, or 
shall succeed to the same pastoral superintend- 
ence or for building a residence for his and their 
use.” 

Pr. 10. 1, 38. Leave out “ Priest” and insert 
“ Archbishop, Bishop.” 
Pr. 11. 1. 15. Leave out “ Priest or person” and 
insert “ Archbishop, Bishop or other person in holy 
“ orders of the Church of Rome.” 


Pr. 11. 1. 16. After ‘** void” insert “ Provided 
always, That it shall and may be lawful for the 
said Archbishop, Bishop, or other person in hol 
orders of the Church of Rome, to execute suc 
leases as are hereinafter mentioned,” and insert 


Clause (C.) 


Cuause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
and may be lawful for the said Commissioners of 
Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland,. 
from time to time, by deed under the common 
seal of the said Commissioners, to demise or lease 
the said lands, tenements or hereditaments, or 
any part thereof, by and with the consent of the 
said Archbishop, Bishop or other person in holy 
orders of the Church of Rome, or those who re- 
spectively shall succeed them as aforesaid, testi- 
fied by his or their being a party to and executing 
such lease: Provided always, That the said lease 
shall take effect in possession and not in reversion 
or by way of future interest, and that there be 
made payable during the estate or interest thereby 
created, the best yearly rent that can be reason- 
ably obtained for the same, without any fine, pre- 
mium or foregift for the making thereof being 
paid or payable to the said Commissioners, or to 
the said Archbishop, Bishop or other person in 
holy orders, of the Church of Rome, and provided 
that there be contained in every such demise or 
lease a covenant for the payment of the rent 
thereby reserved, and a condition for re-entry on 
non-payment of the rent, or any part thereof, for 
twenty-one days next after the same shall become 
due, and so that the lessee or lessees therein 
named do execute a counterpart of the said demise 
or lease, and be not in any manner made dis- 
punishable for committing waste.” 


Pr. 11. 1.21. Leave out from “ return” to “ of ” 
in 1, 29., and insert “ upon oath to the Commission- 
“ ers of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ire- 
“ Jand, between the first day of July and the first 
“ day of November in every year.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 38. Leave out “ letter” and insert 
“ letters.” 

Pr. 12. 1.1. Leave out from “ administration” 
to “and” in 1. 9., and insert “ which return shall 
“ be lodged with one of the Secretaries of the said 
** Commissioners.” 


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Pr. 12. 1.13. Fill the blank with “ five.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 18. Leave out “ letter” and insert 
“ letters.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 1. Fill the blank with “ five.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 8. Leave out from “ Commissioners” 
to “ shall” in 1. 10., and insert “ of the sums pass- 
“ ing through their hands arising from Charitable 
“ Donations and Bequests.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 20. After “ said” insert “ chief or 
“ second.” 

Pr. 13. 1.24. After “said” insert “ chief.” 

Pr. 13. ]. ult. After “ said” insert “ chief.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 11. Leave out from “ of” to “and” 
in 1. 13., and insert “ January One thousand eight 
“ hundred and forty-five.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Debtors and 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
Creditors Bill. 


facilitating Arrangements between Debtors and Cre- 
ditors, 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 tothe same, without Amendment. 


Transfer of 


Mr. Greene reported the Transfer of Property 
Property Bill. 


Bill; and the Amendments were read, as follow : 
Pr. 2. 1. 30. After “ release” insert “ Provided 
always, That every such deed shall be chargeable 
with the same stamp duty as would have been 
chargeable if such conveyance had been made by 
lease and release.” 
Pr. 8. 1.19. Leave out from “ poll” to “ that” 
in Pr. 9. 1. 22. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


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The ingrossed Bill to supply an omission in an 
Act of the sixth and seventh years of Her present 
Majesty, for amending and continuing the Laws in 
Treland relative to the Registering of Arms, and the 
Importation, Manufacture and Sale of Arms, Gun- 
powder and Ammunition, 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. 


Arms (Ireland) 
B 


ill. 


County 
Coroners Bill, 


No. 576. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the County Coroners Bill be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be printed. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland.) 


No.577. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Poor Re- 
lief (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Gilbert 
Unions, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Fees in Misdemeanors, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Mr. Cop- 
pinger, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Tithes 
Commutation, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Gilbert Unions, 
No. 578. 
Fees in Misde- 

meanors, 


No. 579. 


Mr. Coppinger. 
No. 580. 


Tithes Commu. 
tation, 


No. 581. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


SP ...nf* Augusiz. 


587 


Lune, 5° die Augusti ; 
Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Greene reported from the Committee on Duke of 
the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon’s Estate &gt; and 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations of the Estate Bill. 
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 Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for effect- Lord Cran- 
ing an Exchange of the Entailed Estate of Rosenall, Rai"* Rate 
belonging to the Right honourable James Edward  * 
Lord Cranstoun, situated in the County of Suther- 

land, for certain Lands in the County of Kincardine, 
belonging to James Matheson, Esquire, of Achany, 

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 au- Morton’s 
thorizing the Sale of certain Estates in the Counties =stte Bill. 
of Meath and Cavan, limited by the Settlement exe- 

cuted on the Marriage of Pierce Morton and Louisa 
Morton, otherwise Somerville, his Wife, and for ap- 

plying the Monies thence arising in Payment of In- 
cumbrances affecting the said Estates prior to said 
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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Swansea 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Improvement 
intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, ” 
watering, regulating and otherwise improving the 
Town and Borough of Swansea, in the County of 
Glamorgan, and for removing and preventing Nui- 
sances and Annoyances therein ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. Is. 11. and 12. After “ successors” insert 
“ together with twelve other persons to be called 
special Commissioners.” 

Pr. 6. 1, 23. Leave out from “ Edmond’’ to 
“ shall” in 1. 26., and in 1. 26. after “ first”? insert 
“* special.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 32. After “ every” insert “ special,” 
and in the same line and in]. 33., leave out from 
“ Commissioner” to “ shall” in 1. 36. 

Pr. 7. 1. 1. After “ said” insert “ special.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 10. Leave out “ such” and insert 
* Ga.” 

Pr. 7.1.11. After “ another” insert “ special.” 

Pr. 7.1.17. After “a” insert “ special.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 27. After “ any” insert “ special,” 
and in the same line leave out from ‘“ Commission- 
“ er” to “ he” in |. 29. 

Pr. 8.1.1. Leave out from “ person” to “ being” 
in 1. 3, 

Pr. 9.1.2. After “ Act” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 9.1.15. Leave out from “ any” to “ shall” 
in 1. 17., and insert “ special Commissioner.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 19. Leave out “ person” and insert 
“ special Commissioner.” 


Pr. 9.1. 29. After “ a” insért “ special.” 
Pr. 10. 1. 23. After “ any” insert “ special.” 


Pr. 10. 1. 24. Leave out from ‘* Commissioner” 
to “ fail” in 1. 26. 








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588 


Pr. 157. 1. 10. After “ Act” insert “ or by any 
“ judgment or order of the Commissioners.” 

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 continue and extend the Powers 
ot the London and Croydon Railway Company ; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 22. Leave out “a Bill is now pending” 
and insert “ an Act has passed.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 23. After “in” insert “ the present 
“ Session of.” 

Pr. 1.1. 28. Leave out “ proposed to be.” 

Pr. 3.1.6. After “ that” insert “ the Company 
shall, with all convenient speed, lay down by the 
side of their present Railway, an additional line 
of rails with the apparatus necessary for the pur- 
pose of applying the atmospheric principle of 
traction to carriages and traffic on the said Rail- 
way, and that to that end.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 14. After “ that” insert “ it shall be 
lawful for the Company, with the consent of the 
Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council for 
Trade and Plantations (signified under the hand 
of the Secretary to the said Committee) to abstain 
from or discontinue the use of the said atmos- 
pheric means of traction: Provided also, that.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 12. After ** road”’ insert “ Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

CuiauseE (A.) “ AND whereas it may be con- 
venient that a portion of the traffic of the Rail- 
way should be conveyed to and from the London 
Bridge Terminus of the London and Croydon 
Railway over the London and Greenwich Railway : 
BE it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the 
Company, with the consent in writing of the Lon- 
don and Greenwich Railway Company under their 
common seal, to lay down and construct, either 
wholly or in ee at their own expense, upon or 
by the side of the London and Greenwich Rail- 
way, rails and apparatus for the purpose of en- 
abling carriages to be propelled according to the 
atmospheric principle of traction from the Zon- 
don and Croydon Railway to the said Terminus 
at London Bridge.” 

CuiauseE (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
stationery engines connected with the atmos- 
pheric apparatus employed on the Railway, shall 
be constructed on the principle of consuming 
their own smoke, and if any such engine be not 
so constructed, the Company shall forfeit Five 
pounds for every day during which such engine 
shall be used.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 7. After “ shares” insert ‘“ to be is- 
sued in manner aforesaid.” 

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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A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au- 
tl.orize the Division of the Parish and Vicarage of 
Leeds, in the County of York, into several Parishes 
and Vicarages, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett 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. 


5° Augusti. 


A. 1844. 


Petitions from Bristol Chamber of Commerce Insolvent 
(President);—and, Manchester; praying that the In- Debtors Bill, 
solvent Debtors Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sittings of the 

Return of the Number of Days on which the House House. 

of Commons sat in the Session of 1844; stating 

‘the Total Number of Hours occupied in the Sittings 

| of the House, and the Average Time ; and also dis- 
'tinguishing the Number of Nights on which the 

| House sat, and the Number of Hours after Midnight 

\(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 599, 

of Session 1843). 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Divisions of 
Return of the Number of Divisions in the Session the House, 
of 1844, stating the Subject of the Division, and 
the Number of Members in the Majority and Mi- 
nority, Tellers included ; also, the Aggregate Num- 
ber 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. 





Petitions from the Province of Connaught ;—Mul- Charitable 
linahone ;—.Davidstown ;— Pomeroy ;— Kilcormack ; a 
— Maistrim ; — Clifden ;—Baslick ;— Annaduff ;— (inte oe 
| Drumlane ;— Castletownroche ;—Clonfert ;—Knock- 
| brill;—Kilfian and Rathsea ;—Kilbride and Kil- 
| leagh ; — Mullagh ;—Kildysart and Kilfidanem ;— 

Clonalton ;—Aughnamullen West ;— Donaghmore ;— 

Kilbeaconty ;— Killmokea ;—Shanagolden and other 

| places;— Gores Bridgeand Paulstown;—Aughaboe; 
| — Caharagh ; —Callan ; —Rasharkin ; —Faughan- 
| vale; — Newtownards ;— Dunderrin ; — Clones ; — 
Marken and other places ;—ZJrvin and Boardsmill ; 
| —Killashee ;—Ardfert ;— Kilgeever ;—Capoquin;— 
| Shelburne;--.Bannow ;— Pallace Henry;—Templeham 
and Hook ;—Kilmuckridge and Killincooley ;—Cork 
(five Petitions) ;—Saint Canice (Kilkenny) ;—Ros- 
crea ;—Kilmegan ;— Dunderry Bridge ;—The There- 
‘undersigned (two Petitions) ;—Cashel ;—Killeena- 
_varra ; —Craughwill ; — Cappagh; —Killinkare ;— 
Arklen ;— Newross ;— Tuam ;— Waterford (two Pe- 
titions ; -— Kilfiera ;—Myshall ; — Upper Killeavy; 
—Sligo ;-—- Tipperary ;-—-Granard ;--Carrickedmond ; 
—Camus ;—Commeras ;—Monasterevan and other 
places ;—Taghmon ;—Whery and Tissarn ;— Balla- 
| sukerry ;—Killimore and Teeranascra ; —Thomas- 
| town ;—Killarney ;—Brunatty ;— Backs ;—Fahan 
jand Desertegny ; — Ballylandes; — Killhow and 
| Kilmanahan ; — Faughart; — Maryborough; — 
| Rathvilly ; — Croagh; — Rathfarnham ; — Ballee 
and Ballyculter ;— Clough ;— Ballymena ;—Augh- 
nish ; — Lobnistown ;—Ballygarratt ;—Kilclief ;— 
| Killeedy ;—Tullylish ;—Mungret and Crecoragh ;— 
| Ballyclough ;—Londonderry;— Mayo and Doonane ; 
—Drumgath ;—Clone and Kilcormock ;—Errigal ; 
— Moyhabologue ; -— Killanonlea ; — Moncoin ; — 
Louth ; — Doneraile ; —Denn ;— Monsea and other 
places ;— Drung ;—Culfaughtren ;— Powerstown ;— 
Kilerohan ;—Arles and Bally ; —Corofin ;—Rad- 
dinstown ; —Lower Drumgooland ;— Gorey ;—Ath- 
league ;— Bree and Galbally ;— Kilcoo ;—Blackbog ; 
— Killina ;— Kiltubrid ;— Ballisodane ;— Killisher ; 
-—Carrich-on-Suir ;—Rosnane and Donore ;—Dru- 
mane ; —Cove;—Barony of Dunboyne (Meath) ;— 
Ratoath ;—Drumarily ;— Clonfeacle ;— Donagh ;— 
Mountmelich ;—Killmeera ; —Gouran ;--Kilnamar- 
tyr ;--Adamstown and Newbawn ;— Badony Upper ; 
'—Shibbereen and Creagh ;—Holy Cross ;—Strad- 
bally ;— Turin and Toughenan ;—Barony of Eglish 
(King’s County); — Monammey ; -—Urney ; —Saint 
| Munchin’s (Limerick) ;—Clonmany ;— Kilcornan ;— 
| Duneane ; —Glynn ;— Kilkeedny ; —Newry ; —En- 
niscorthy ; — Bright ; — Clonuff ; — Augharas ; — 
Castlemartyn ; — Ballycallan ; — Grangegeith ; — 
Castletown ;—Ballymor;—Glenary and Kilbrad ;— 
Ballaghameehan ;— 


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Ballaghameehan ;-—-Ardbraccan ;--Clonbrony ;—- West 
Tullaghabigly ; —Killenaule ; —Tuosest ; ——Skreen ; 
— Cahirconlish ; —Ballymahon ;— Anna West ;— 
Kiltoturt ;—Stranorlar ;—League ;— Kilkenny ;—- 
Kilsaran and Stabannon ;—Killeveaney ;—Killanne ; 
—AHospital and Herberstown ; — Castlerahan and 
Monterconnaught ;— Donshill and Anacarty ;--In- 
nisheen ; —Achill ;—Kells ;—Ematris :—Saint Pa- 
trick’s and Monaleen (Limerick) ; —Danesfort ; — 
Clonmeen ; — Ardstraw ; — Newmarket (Cork) ; —- 
Larracor and Gallow ; —Termonomongan ; — and, 
Youghal; praying that the Charitable Donations and 
Bequests (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 
RomanCatholic A Petition of Members of the Protestant Con- 
Penal — federation of the town of Birmingham, and of the 
Repeal Bil. Protestants of Birmingham generally, praying that 
the Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Com Laws. A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, 


Tradesmen and Labourers within the Hailsham 
and Pevensey Petty Session district, in the county 
of Sussex, praying the House to resist the pro- 
jects of the Anti-Corn-Law League, and in consi- 
deration of the vast amount of capital and skill 
which has been expended in the improvement of 
land, preserve to the agriculturist and his labourers, 
that protection to which they are entitled, was pre- 


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


a 


Roman Catholic 
Penal Acts 


The Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 


Repeal Bill, nitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 

Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, 
this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 

Charitable The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the 

onations 


and Bequests 220Fe effectual Application of Charitable Donations 

(Ireland) Bill, and Bequests in Jreland, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

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. 


Transfer of The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
Property Bill. simplify the Transfer of Property, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

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. 


Tnsolvent 
Debtérs [Com- 
Pensations, j 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of Com- 
pensations for loss of any Fees and Emoluments 
which may be sustained under any Act of the present 
Session to limit the Power of Arrest upon Final 
Process, a Resolution; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Vox. 99. 


5° August. 


589 


Britain and Ireland, for Payment of Compensations 
for any losses of Fees and Emoluments which may 
be sustained in consequence of any Act of the pre- 
sent Session to limit the Power of Arrest upon Final 
Process. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mitiee on the Insolvent Debtors Bill, that they have 
Power to make provision therein, pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravusess, N° 1 to N° 71, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Schedule agreed to. 
Clauses added. 


Clause, (Remuneration to Thomas Acton War- 
burton, Esquire, Deputy Registrar of Court of Bank- 
ruptcy), brought up, and read the first time. 


Motion made, and Question, That the said Clause 
be now read a second time,—— put and Negatived. 


Schedule 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. 


tituled, An Act to amend the Law respecting the 
Office of County Coroner; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 18. 1. 24. Leave out from “ holden” to 
* And,” in Pr. 21. 1. 16. 

Pr. 21.1. 17. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 21.1. 18. Leave out “ the said.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 26. Leave out “ said,” and in the 
“‘ same line leave out “ so assembled in,” and in- 
“ sert “ of the peace in their.” 

Pr. 21. 1, 27. Leave out “as aforesaid,” and 
insert “ assembled for the county, riding, division 
“ or liberty where such inquisition would have been 
“ taken, or the major part of them.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were disagreed to. 

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 Amendments. 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Darby, 
Mr. Greene, Mr. Denison, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Hawes, 
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell, Mr. 
Manners Sutton, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Borthwick and 
Mr. Beckett :—And they are to withdraw imme- 
diately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


A Petition of Contractors for the Erection of Union 
Workhouses in Jreland, praying the House to direct 
that a full and searching inquiry be made into the 
several charges preferred against them in Mr. Penne- 


land, and into the several statements contained in 
this Petition, in order that they may be relieved 
from the odium cast upon them by the said Report, 
and that a fair and equitable adjustment of their 
claims against the Poor Law Commissioners may 











483 be 


father’s Report, into the circumstances attending 
his inspection of each Workhouse he visited in Ire- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Insolvent 
into a Committee upon the Insolvent Debtors Bill. Debtors Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration County __ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Coroners Bill. 


Union W ork. 


houses 
(Ireland), 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Tumpike 
Trusts. 


College of 
Surgeons, 


College of 
Surgeons, 


Public Bills. 


Aborigines 
(Australian 
Colenies. ) 


County 
Coroners Bill, 


590 


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


A Petition of the Bishop, Clergy and Lay Mem- 
bers of the United Church of England and Ireland, 
in the united Dioceses of Down and Connor and 
Dromore, praying the House to devise means for 
enabling the Bishops, Clergy and Members of the 
United Church of England and Ireland, in Irelund, 
to educate the children of the poor in accordance 
with their own sense of duty and in conformity with 
the principles of the Established Church, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstracts of 
the General Statements of the Income and Expen- 
diture of the several Turnpike Trusts in England 
and Wales, for the year 1842. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Copy of a 
Letter addressed to the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department by the President of the Royal 
College of Surgeons, on the 15th day of March 
1844, inclosing two Letters from Sir James M‘Gri- 
gor and Sir William Burnett, on the Nomination 
of a further Number of Medical Officers in the 
Army and Navy to the Fellowships of that Col- 
lege ; together with the Observations of the Coun- 
cil, explaining the principles upon which they pro- 
ceeded in the preparation of the Schedule of Fellows 
of the Royal College of Surgeons. 

A Copy of Letter addressed, on the 31st day of 
July, by the President of the College of Surgeons, 
to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
on the subject of the Charter lately granted by 
Her Majesty to the Royal College of Surgeons of 
England, together with its Inclosure. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Titles ofall Public Bills introduced 
in the course of the present Session; the Date of 
their several Stages; distinguishing those introduced 
from the House of Lords :—And, the same for the 
years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843. 


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 or Extracts from the Despatches 
of the Governors of the Australian Colonies, with 
the Reports of the Protectors of Aborigines, and 
any other Correspondence, to illustrate the Condition 
of the Aboriginal Population of the said Colonies, 
from the Date of the last Papers laid before Par- 
liament on the 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. 


Mr. Darby reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the 


5° Augustt. 


A. 1844, 


Because in 1836, the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the County Rates re- 

orted, that the payments to Coroners were 
inadequate to their services. 


Because such payments are now inadequate. 


Because by the present Bill a Coroner is in- 
capacitated from acting professionally in pro- 
secutions where he shall have sat as Coroner in 
the same case. 


Because if the Bill should be passed with the 
said Amendments, there would be further re- 
strictions without any equivalent in the emolu- 
ments of Coroners, whom the Commissioners 
reported as inadequately paid in 1836. 


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 Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Darby do go to the Lords, and desire the said 
Conference. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Navy. 


a Thursday last, That there be laid before this 
ouse, a Return of the Amount of Horse-power 
ordered for Her Majesty’s Steam Vessels, and the 
Number of Vessels to which it has been applied, 
between the 1st day of April 1839 and the 31st day 
of August 1841, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy. 


Returns of the Amount of Horse-power ordered for 
Her Majesty’s Steam Vessels between the 1st day 
of April 1839 and the 31st day of August 1841, 
and the Number and Tonnage of Vessels to which 
it has been applied or is intended to be applied :— 
And, of the Amount of Horse-power ordered for 
Her Majesty’s Steam Vessels between the Ist day 
of September 1841 and the 1st day of July 1844, 
and the Number and Tonnage of Vessels to which 
it has been applied, or is intended to be applied. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Order, Navy. 


—Returns of the Number of Officers of the Royal 
Navy on the 1st day of January 1844 of each Rank, 
from Admiral to Lieutenant inclusive, and distin- 
guishing the Number of each Rank employed afloat 
from the Number of Officers on Half and on retired 
Pay at that date:--And, of the Names of Officers 
in the Ruyal Navy, from the Rank of Admiral to 
that of Midshipman, both inclusive, promoted on or 
since the 8th day of March 1843, distinguishing 
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 the dates of the 
several Commissions which they have successively 
attained (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 449, of Session 1843). 

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


Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to the Amend- 
ments made by their Lordships to the County Co- 
-oners Bill; ‘That they had drawn up Reasons ac- 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Commons 
to inquire into the expediency of facilitating the Inclosure. 
Inclosure and Improvement of Commonsand Lands No, 583. 





cordingly, which they had directed him to report 
to the House ; and the same were read, as follow : 
The Commons disagree to the Amendments made 


by the Lords to the County Coroners Bill, for the 
following Reasons ; viz. 


Because the present rate of travelling ex- 
penses was fixed upwards of ninety years ago. 
Because previously to the year 1818, Coro- 


ners were supposed to be entitled to nine-pence 
a mile going and returning. 





held in Common, the exchange of Lands, and the 
division of intermixed Lands, and into the best 
means of providing for the same, and to report their 
Opinion thereupon to the House, have Power to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Lord Worsley reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and had agreed to certain Resolu- 
tions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House; together with the Minutes of the Evidence 


taken 








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taken before them; and the Resolutions of the 
Committee were read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That it appears, by the evidence 
of competent and experienced witnesses, that a 
large portion of the Waste Land of the Kingdom 
is capable of profitable cultivation, or of other im- 
provement. 


2. Resolved, That these Lands, as now used or 
cultivated, are comparatively unproductive, whilst 
they are, in several localities, a source of serious 
injury and inconvenience to the surrounding neigh- 
bourhood, by their effect upon the character of the 
population. 


3. Resolved, That the expense of procuring and 
carrying into effect Private or Local Acts of Parlia- 
ment for the Inclosure of Land is so great, as to be, 
in the case of Commons of limited extent, a serious 
impediment to their Inclosure, whilst in the case of 
Commons of large extent, the uncertainty of an ap- 
plication to Parliament, coupled with that of the 
amount of the expense attending it, almost equally 
prevents the parties interested from making such 
application, whilst, at the same time, it appears that 
the large expenses of passing Inclosure Acts through 
Parliament have been frequently occasioned by the 
want of due attention of parties interested to the 
legal means in their power to check and to control 
improper charges. 

4, Resolved, That the Legislature has, by repeated 
Acts and Resolutions, admitted the principle and 
advantage of affording facilities for the Inclosure of 
Waste Lands. 


5. Resolved, That the present time is more favour- 
able than any that has preceded it, for a general 
measure of Inclosure ; first, because the Waste and 
other Lands to which such measure would apply, 
are freed by the operation of the Tithe Act from any 
liability to an increased payment upon their cultiva- 
tion or improvement ; secondly, because the intro- 
duction and application of a more cheap and skilful 
system of draining and various artificial manures to 
Lands of this description, and the increase of agri- 
cultural enterprise, afford the prospect of raising 
them to a high degree of fertility, at a moderate 
cost ; whilst, thirdly, the expenses incident to the 
partition of all such Lands amongst the parties en- 
titled thereto would be greatly decreased, as, in many 
instances, the existing maps and valuations made 
for the purposes of the Tithe Act might be rendered 
available for the purposes of Inclosure. 


6. Resolved, That, under the operation of the 
6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 115, a large extent of Common 
Field Land has been inclosed, whilst the powers of 
that Act have not been so generally used as might 
be expected, if it were in some respects altered, 
especially with a view to diminishing expense. 

7. Resolved, That great loss and inconvenience 
have been found to result from the occupation of 
intermixed Lands, occupied in severalty, and de- 
tached from each other, and divided into parcels of 
such inconvenient form and size as to be incapable 
of improved and advantageous cultivation. 


8. Resolved, That great advantages would neces- 
sarily be found to result from affording increased 
facilities for the exchange of Lands to a limited 
extent, provided that, in affording such facilities, 
when parties are under legal incapacity, the rever- 
sionary interest of all persons be properly secured. 


9. Resolved, That loss and inconvenience have 
been frequently found to result from the incomplete 
and the imperfect execution and from the non-exe- 
cution of powers given to Commissioners of Inclo- 
sure, and that it would be advantageous to provide 
some remedy for that evil. 


10. Resolved, That it appears to be both practi- 
cable and expedient, under the provisions of a Ge- 


neral Inclosure Act, to entrust the superintendence 
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591 


of all applications for the Inclosure of Land, and the 
carrying of the same into operation, to some central 
body to whom all local functionaries should be re- 
sponsible, but that the sanction of Parliament in 
regard to all Inclosures authorized by a Central 
Board of Commissioners should be requisite before 
their decision should have legal effect. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Greenock, praying the Health of 
House to take into consideration the Sanatory State Towns. 
of Towns, and to adopt measures for the improve- 
ment thereof, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Drumlane Upper Registration 
Division, in the county of Cavan, praying that the of Electors 
Registration of Electors (Ireland) Bill may not (e!s"¢) Bill 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Creggan;— Upper Creggan; — ynion with 
and, Ballisakerry ; praying for the repeal of the Ireland. 
Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ire- 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of Vagrants 

the South Dublin Union, praying the House to re- Removal. 
peal the provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 40, 
authorizing the forcible transmission of Jrish Pau- 
pers from England to Ireland, and to pass an Act 
giving to every native of Zreland who shall have re- 
sided five years, or upwards, inany parish, township 
or other place maintaining its own poor in England, 
a legal right to relief, and that no child born of 
Irish parents in England shall, under any circum- 
stances, be sent by force to reland, under the pro- 
visions of any Poor Law Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of Lunatic Asy- 
the South Dublin Union, praying for the establish- !ums (Ireland. ) 
ment of Provincial Lunatic Asylums in Jreland, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne Message from 

and Mr. Russell : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Uniawful Oaths 
Act to continue for One year, an Act of the second (Ireland) Bill. 
and third years of Her present Majesty, intituled, 

An Act to extend and render more effectual, for Five 
— an Act passed in the fourth year of his late 

ajesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed 
in the fiftieth year of his Majesty George the Third, 
for preventing the administering and taking unlawful 
— in Ireland, without any Amendment: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Metropolitan 
Act for regulating the Construction and the Use of Buildings Bill. 
Buildings in the Metropolis and its neighbourhood, 
with Amendments ; towhich Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituied, An Turnpike Trusts 
Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to (South Wales) 
Turnpike Trusts in South Wales, 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 Church Endow- 
Act to explain and amend an Act for making better ment Bill. 
Provision for the Spiritual Care of Populous Pa- 
rishes, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messengers withdrew. 


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592 5° Augusti. 


Companies Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Linuses Corse for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions usu- 
* ally inserted in Acts, with respect to the constitu- 
tion of Companies incorporated for carrying on 
Undertakings of a public nature: And that Mr. 
Gladstone, Lord Granville Somerset and Mr. Greene 

do prepare, and bring it in. 


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

Consolidation for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions usu- 

_™ ally inserted in Acts authorizing the taking of Lands 
for Undertakings of a public nature: And that Mr. 
Gladstone, Lord Granville Somerset and Mr. Greene 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


RailwayClauses Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Consolidation for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions usu- 
Bill. ally inserted in Acts authorizing the making of Rail- 
ways: And that Mr. Gladstone, Lord Granville 
Somerset and Mr. Greene do prepare, and bring it in. 


County Mr. Darby reported, That having been with the 

Coroners Bill. Lords, to desire a Conference on the subject-matter 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Law respecting 
the Office of County Coroner :—The Lords gave for 
answer, that they will send an Answer by Messen- 
gers of their own. 


Merchant Seas The House was moved, That the several Acts 
men’s Fund. _yelative to the Merchant Seamen’s Fund might be 
Bill. d: d th bei 1: 
read ; and the same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Acts :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Laws relating to the relief and sup- 
port, in certain cases, of Merchant Seamen, their 
Widows and Children. 


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 the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to the relief and support, 
in certain cases, of Merchant Seamen, their Widows 
and Children:—And he moved the House accord- 
ingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Corry do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Staves, Ke. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Amount of Duty paid in the United 
Kingdom on Staves, in each Quarter, since the 10th 
day of October 1842; distinguishing Foreign from 
Colonial :—Of the Amount of Duty paid on Staves, 
in each of the years 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843 :— 
Of the Quantities of Staves and Casks of British 
Manufacture exported from the United Kingdom to 
the British West Indies, in each year since 1833: 
—Of the Quantity of Staves imported into the British 
West Indies from the United States and other Foreign 
Countries, in each year since 1833 :—Of Casks and 
Hoops imported into the United Kingdom, for Home 
Use, in each year, since 1833 :—Of the Quantities 
of Hoops and Staves of British Manufacture ex- 
ported from the United Kingdom to all parts of the 

‘World, in each year since 1833 :—And, of the Ave- 








A, 1844, 


rage Prices of, and Per-centage Duty on Foreign 
and Colonial Staves, in the years 1840, 1841, 1842, 
1843, and in each of the past months of the present 
year, so far as the same can be ascertained. 

Mr. Gladstone accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the declared Value of Furniture ex- 
ported from the United Kingdom, in the years 1840, 
1841, 1842 and 1843. 

Mr. Gladstone accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 


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


Furniture. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for consolidating Lands Clauses 
in one Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Consolidation 
Acts authorizing the taking of Lands for Undertak- ®#- 
ings of a public nature: And the same was read the No. 584. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon this day two months ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for consolidating Railway Clauses 
in one Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Consolidation 
Acts authorizing the making of Railways: And the Bill. 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 585. 
read a secend time upon this day two months ; and 

to be printed. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for consolidating Companies 
in one Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Clauses Conso- 
Acts with respect to the constitution of Companies !i#ation Bill, 
incorporated for carrying on Undertakings ofa public No. 586- 
nature: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon this day 
two months ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill to amend the Merchant 
Laws relating to the Relief and Support, in certain Seamen’s Fund 
cases, of Merchant Seamen, their Widows and Chil- 8! 
dren: And the same was read the first time; and No.587. 
ordered to be read a second time upon this day two 
months ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wheat. 

a Return of the Quantity of Wheat imported from 
the United States into Canada, from the 11th day 
of October 1843 to the 31st day of July 1844, both 
inclusive :—Also, the Quantity of Wheat and Flour 
imported from Canada into Great Britain and Ire- 
land, distinguishing the Quantity into each, from 
the same period to the same period. 


Viscount Sandon reported from the Committee of Post-ofiice. 
Secresy appointed to inquire into the state of the No, 588. 
Law in respect to the detaining and opening of Let- 
ters at the General Post-office, and into the mode 
under which the authority given for such detaining 
and opening has been exercised ; and to report their 
Opinion and Observations thereupon to the House ; 
and to whom several Petitions were referred; That 
they had considered the matters to them referred, 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Real Property: 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing the Total Annual Value 
of Real Property in each Parish of each County of 
England and Wales assessed to the Property and 
Income Tax, for the year ending April 1843 ; dis- 

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tinguishing that on Land, Houses, Tithes, Manors, 
Fines, Quarries, Mines, Iron Works, Fisheries, Ca- 
nals and Railways. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing the Total Annual Value 
of Real Property in each Parish of each County in 
Scotland, as assessed to the Property and Income 
Tax, for the year ending April 1843; distinguishing 
that on Lands, Dwelling-houses, Mines, easier | 
Iron Works, Manorial and other Profits, Fisheries, 
Canals, Railways, &amp;c. 

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, showing the Total Amount of 
County, Poor and Highway Rates, levied in each 
Parish in England and Wales, for the year ending 
the 25th day of March 1843, and the Proportion in 
the Pound which these Rates bear to the whole 
Value of Real Property in each Parish respectively, 
as assessed to the Property and Income Tax, fer 
the year ending April 1843. 

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, showing the Amount of Teind or 
Ministers’ Stipend, on which the Parochial Minister 
was assessed to the Property or Income Tax, in the 
year ending April 1843 ; also, the Amount of Stipend 
or Salary paid to the Parochial Schoolmaster by 
any Assessment on the Lands of each Parish, in 
the year 1843; also, of the Rental of each Parish 
on which the County Rate was assessed for the 
same year, andthe Rate per Pound Sterling at which, 
that Assessment was levied, distinguishing the Pro- 
portions of such Assessment which were made for 
County Police, Rogue Money, Gaol Assessment, 
Highway and Bridge Money, and any other Charge 
to be provided out of the County Rate, and the Pro- 
portion in the Pound which these Rates bear to the 
Total Value of Real Property in each Parish respec- 
tively, as assessed to the Property and Income Tax, 
for the year ending April 1843. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 6° die Augusti ; 
Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Swinburne, from the Commissioners of West- 
4 minster Bridge, was called in ; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—The Four Quarterly Accounts of the 
Treasurer to the Commissioners of Westminster 
Bridge, from the 5th day of April 1843 to the 5th 
day of April 1844:—And then he withdrew. 
. —- That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


5°—6° Augustz. 


593 





The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to ex- Duke of Hamil- 


oes an Act passed in the first year of Her present 
ajesty, intituled, “‘ An Act for authorizing the Sale 
and Exchange of the Real Estate devised by the 
Will of the Right honourable William Henry Earl 
of Rochford, deceased, and for the Application of 
the Produce thereof, and for authorizing the grant- 


ing of Leases of the same Estate, and for other 


Purposes,” and for extending the Operation of such 
Act to certain Parties whose Consent thereto was 
required, 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 House, according to Order, 
take into further consideration the Report which, 
upon Friday last, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to consider whether any and 
what alterations in the Standing Orders of the 
House respecting Private Bills, the experience of 
the present Session may show to be desirable ; 
and the same was read, as followeth ; 


Your Committee have not on the present occasion 
considered that any important alterations in the 
Standing Orders of the House were called for; and 
they have, therefore, confined their attention chiefly 
to the introduction into their proper places of the 
Orders which the House have agreed to in the course 
of the Session. 


The only alteration to which the Committee would 
draw the attention of the House, is that in Order 33, 
which makes applicable to all Bills of the Second 
Class, the reduction of the deposit from One-tenth to 
One-twentieth part of the amount subscribed for, 
which the House had sanctioned by an Order of the 
present Session in respect of Railway Bills. 


I. 
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. 


opposed cases, and Three a Quorum in unopposed 
cases; and such Committee shall be denominated 


‘“ The Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills.” 


Sub-Committees, each consisting of Seven Members 
at the least, and to make regulations for the trans- 
action of business. 


3. That a Committee be appointed at the com- 


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.” 


man 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 Com- 


Selection.” 


5. That the Committee on ever 
vate Bill,” not being a Divorce Bill, s 
of the Members on The Speaker's List of that County 
or that Division of a County to which the Bill spe- 
cially relates, and of such number of “ Selected 
Members” not locally interested in the Bill in pro- 
gress, and in such proportion, as the circumstances 
ofeach case shall in the judgment of the Committee 











VoL. 99. 


4G 





mittee shall be denominated “ The Committee of 


of 


ton and Bran- 
don’s Estate 
Bill, 


roceeded to Standing Orders 
Revision. 


No. 588. 


1. Tuat a Committee be appointed at the com- Commitiee on 
mencement of every Session, consisting of Forty- Petitions for 
two Members, of whom Five shall be a Quorum in Private Bills. 


2. That the Select Committee on Petitions for sub-com- 


Private Bills have leave to divide themselves into mittees on 
Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


: riage Committee 
mencement of every Session, consisting of Eleven on Standing 


Members, including the Chairman of the Committee Orders. 


4, That a Committee be appointed at the com- Committee of 
mencement of every Session, consisting of the Chair- Selection. 


- ye ry Pri- Committce 
nall consist o" Opposed 


rivate Bills, 





594 6° Augustt. A. 1844, 


of Selection require, of which Committee Five (in- 
cluding the Quorum of selected Members) shall be 
a Quorum. 
Committee 6. That the Committee on every “‘ Unopposed 
on Unopposed Private Bill,” not being a Divorce Bill, and which 


Private Bills. hall 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 
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 bea 
Quorum ; and such Committee shall be denominated 
“ The Select Committee on Divorce Bills.” 


Committee on 
Divorce Bills. 


Members not 


as eadiiel 8. That after any Committee on a Private Bill 
to Committee, Shall have been formed, no Members be added there- 
except by to, unless by special Order of the House. 


special Order. 





Il. 
DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. 


Duty or THE SeELEct ComMITTEE ON PETITIONS 
FOR PrivaTE BILLs. 


Compliance 9. That the compliance with the following Stand- 
ee ing Orders shall be proved before one of the Sub- 
proved before Committees of the Select Committee on Petitions 
Sub-Committee. 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- 
compliance 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. 
Proofof Notices 10. That in the case of any application for a Pri- 
ages vate Bill relating to England, the Committee may 
Bills relate to @dmit proof of the compliance with the Standin 
England. Orders which ‘refer to the affixing to the Church- 
doors the requisite Notices, on the production of 
affidavits sworn before any Justices in Petty Sessions 
assembled, for the division within which the Churches 
on which the Notices have been affixed shall be re- 
spectively situated. 
Stauding Orders 11, That in the case of any application for a Pri- 
yon, te at vate Bill relating to Scotland, the Committee may 
came admit proof of the compliance with the Standing 
Scotland. Orders of this House, 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. 
Stinding Orders 12, That in the case of any application for a Pri- 
a vate Bill relating to Ireland, the Committee may 
eas adinit proof of the compliance with the Standing 
Ireland. — 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 evideuce of such proof having 
been made, unless the Committee shall require fur- 
ther evidence. 
apetnany aay 13. That when the Sub-Committee shall report 
i ¢ lic to the House that the Standing Orders have not 
Orders have been complied with, they do report the facts upon 
= + yes which their decision is founded, and any special cir- 
eee cumstances connected with the case. 














14. That Notices be given in all cases where Ap- Notices of 
lication is intended to be made for leave to bring pplication. 
in a Bill relating to the subjects included in any of 
the following Classes :— 


ist Cuass: 

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. 

Stipendiary Magistrate or any Public Officer, Pay- 
ment of, if not out of County Rate. 


2d Crass: 
Making, maintaining, varying, extending or en- No 
larging any Ch 
Aqueduct. Navigation. 
Archway. Pier. 
Bridge. Port. 
Canal. Railway. 
Cut. Reservoir. 
Dock. Tunnel. 
Ferry. Turnpike-road. 
Harbour. Waterwork. N 
gd Crass: 0 


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 a 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 he published in Three suc- Notices to be 
cessive Weeks in the months of October and Novem- published. , 
ber, 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 Count 
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 Ga- 
zette, be delivered at the Office of the Gazette ina 
which the insertion is required to be made, during 
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 obtain powers &lt;2 ¢ — 
for the compulsory purchase of Lands or Houses, stated. 
or to levy any Tolls, Rates or Duties, or to alter any 
existing Tolls, Rates or Duties, or to confer, vary or 
extinguish any exemptions from payment of Tolls, 

Rates or Duties, or any other rights or privileges, 
the Notices shall specify such intention. 
17. That on or dace the 31st day of December Application to 


immediately 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 











Notices on 
Church.doors. 


Notice to 
Owners, &amp;e. 


Notices on 
Church-doors, 


Notice to 
Owners and 
Occupiers of 
Houses. 


Notices to 
contain Names 
of Parishes, &amp;c. 


Plans, &amp;c., 
with Clerk of 
the Peace, 


8 VicToRIZ. 


former Act for that purpose is sought, application 
in writing (and in cases of Bills included in the se- 
cond class, in the form, as near as may be, set forth 
in the Appendix marked (A.)), be made to the Owners 
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 hav- 
ing been duly made, the production of a written 
acknowledgment by the party applied to of the re- 
ceipt of such application, shall be sufficient evidence, 
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 re- 
spect thereto. (See as to depositing said Lists in 
Private Bill Office, No. 127). 





Orpers specially relating to Biuus of the 
First Crass. 


18. That in cases of Bills included in the First 
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 months of October and November, or either 
of them. 





6° Augusti. 











Crown, §c., Property. 

19. That in cases of intended Application to Par- 
liament for Bills relating to Crown, Church or Cor- 
poration 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 Petition 
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. 


Burial Grounds. 


20. That Notices be affixed to the Outer 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. 

21. 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 to the Owner and oe of every Dwelling- 
house situated within 300 Yards of the Boundary 
of the proposed Burial Ground. 





OrpERs specially relating to Brus of the 
Sreconp Cuass. 
22. 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 Refer- 
ence respectively, with the Clerks of the Peace, Pa- 
rish: Clerks, Schoolmasters, Town Clerks and Post- 
masters, as the case may be. (See Nos. 23 and 
27). 

23. 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 
Vou. 99. 


595 


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 Movember im- 
mediately 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 communication 
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 Les- 
sees, and Occupiers of such Lands respectively ; 
and in the case of Bills relating to Turnpike-roads, 
Cuts, Canals, Reservoirs, Aqueducts and Railways, 
a Section and Duplicate thereof, as hereinafter de- 
scribed, shall likewise be deposited with such Plan 
and Duplicate. 


23 a. That in the case of Railway Bills, a Copy Plans, &amp;e., at 
of all Plans, Sections and Books of Reference, re- Board of Trade. 


quired by the Orders of the House to be deposited 
in the Office of any Clerk of the Peace or Sheriff 
Clerk, on or before the 80th day of November im- 
mediately preceding the Session of Parliament in 
which application for the Bill shall be made, shall 
on or before the same day be deposited in the Office 
of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. 


24. That where it is the intention of the Parties Lands within 


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 
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 100 feet, an ad- 


Deviation, to 
be on Plan. 


ditional Plan of any Building, Yard, Court-yard or Buildings, &amp;c., 
Land within the curtilage of any Building, or of any 0" —- 
Ground cultivated as a Garden, either on the original 5°" 


line or included within the limits of the said devia- 
tion, shall be laid down on the said Plan or on the 
additional Plan deposited therewith, upon a scale of 
not Jess than a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet. 
(See Fig. 3). 

25. That the Section be drawn to the same hori- 
zontal scale as the Plan, and to a vertical scale of 
not less than one inch to every 100 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.) 

26. That the Clerks of the Peace or Sheriff Clerks, 
or their respective Deputies, do make a Memorial 
in writing upon the Plans, Sections and Books of 
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 depo- 
sited, 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 Parliament. 
(See Appendix, Act 1 Vic., c. 83). 

27. That on or before the 31st day of December, 
a copy of so much of the said Plans and Sections 
as relates to each Parish in or through which the 


| 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 
Parish in Ireland. (See Appendix, Act 1 Vic., c, 
83). 


4G2 28. That 


Section. 


Clerks of Peace 


to endorse a 
Memorial on 
Plans, &amp;c. 


Plan and 
Section with 
Parish Clerk, 
&amp;e. 








Time for 
Deposit in 
Private Bill 
Office. 


Estimate and 
Subscription 
Contract. 


Cases wherein 
Declaration 
may be sub- 
stituted for 
Subscription 
Contract. 


Cases wherein 
Declaration 
and Estimate 
of Amount of 
Rates may be 
substitated for 
Subscription 
Contract. 


Contract to con- 
tain Christian 
and Surnames 
of Parties. 


One-twentieth 
part of amount 
subscribed, to 
be deposited. 


Not valid, 
unless entered 
into subsequent 
to close of pre- 
vious Session, 


Copies of 
Subscription 
Contract, or of 
Declaration, 
&amp;c., to 
printed, and 
delivered in 
Vote Office. 


596 


28. That on or before the 31st day of December, 
a copy of the said Plans, Sections and Books of 
Reference be deposited in the Private Bill Office of 
this House. 


29. That an Estimate of the Expense be made 
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. (See as to depositing Es- 
timate and Subscription Contract in Private Bill 
Office, No. 127.) 

30. That in cases where the Work is to be made 
by means of Funds, or out of Money to be raised 
upon the credit of present Surplus Revenue, under 
the control of Directors, Trustees or Commissioners, 
as the case may be, of any existing Public Work, 
a Declaration 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 sub- 
stituted in lieu of the Subscription Contract, and in 
addition to the Estimate of the Expense. (See as 
to depositing Subscription Contracts in Private Bill 
Office, No. 127.) 

31. That in cases where the Work is to be made 
out of Money to be raised upon the Security of the 
Rates, Duties or Revenue to be created by or to 
arise under any Bill, under which no private or per- 
sonal pecuniary profit or advantage is to be derived, 
a Sediontion stating those facts, and setting forth 
the means by which Funds are to be obtained for 
executing the Work, and signed by the Party or 
Agent soliciting the Bull, 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 Con- 
tract, and in addition to the Estimate of the Ex- 
pense. (See as to depositing Estimate and Sub- 
scription Contract in Private Bill Office, No. 127.) 

32. That every Subscription Contract contain the 
Christian and Surnames, Description and Place of 
Abode of every Subscriber; his Signature to the 
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. 

33. That previous to the presentation of a Petition 
for a Bill, a sum equal to One-twentieth 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 Exchequer 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 Jreland. (Vide Ap- 
pendix C.) 

34. That no Subscription Contract shall be valid, 
excepting in the case of Railway Bills, (for which 
see Order 40), 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 Pay- 
ment of the Money so subscribed. 

35. That previous to the presentation of a Peti- 
ticn for a Bill, copies of the Subscription Contract, 
with the Names of the Subscribers arranged in al- 
phabetical order, and the amount of the Deposit 
respectively paid up by each such Subscriber, or 
where a Declaration and Estimate of the probable 
amount of Rates and Duties are substituted in lieu 
of a Subscription Contract, copies of such declara- 
tion or of such Declaration and Estimate, be printed 
at the expense of the Promoters of the Bill, and be 
delivered at the Vote Office for the use of the Mem- 
bers of the House. 


6° Auguste. 











A. 1844, 


36. That previous to the presentation of a Peti- Notice to 
tion for a Bill whereby any part of a Work autho- oe —~ 
rized by any former Act is intended to be relin- abridge — 
guished, Notice in writing of such Bill be given to Public Work. 
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. 


37. That in all cases where it is proposed to divert When it is 
into any intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct nee to 
or Navigation, or into any intended variation, exten- from an cavin 
sion or enlargement. thereof respectively, any Water Cut, &amp;c., into . 
from any existing Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct #" intended 

» Takei : » eaten ut, &amp;e., the 
or Navigation, whether directly or derivatively, and jame of the 
whether under any agreement with the Proprietors existing Cut, 
thereof or otherwise, the Notices shall contain the *¢» te be men. 
name of every such existing Cut, Canal, Reservoir, ee 
Aqueduct or Navigation, the Waters supplying 
which, by virtue of any Act of Parliament, will 
either directly or derivatively flow or proceed into 
any such intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct 
or Navigation, or into any intended variation, exten- 
sion or enlargement thereof. 

38. That in all cases where it is proposed to Plan to describe 
make, vary, extend or enlarge any Cut, Canal, Re- Brooks, &amp;c., to 

: 7 : e diverted, 

servoir, 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, ex- 
tension or enlargement thereof respectively, for sup- 
plying 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 improving 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. 





Railways. 


39. That in the case of Railway Bills, a Copy of Copy of Bill 
every Bill annexed to a Petition be deposited in the amexed to 
Office of the Railway Department of the Board of maamenee” 
Trade, on or before the day of presentation of the Board of Trade. 
Petition to the House. 

39a. That previous to the presentation of a Peti- One-twentieth 
tion for a Railway Bill, a sum equal to One-twentieth P#'t of Amount 

4 i é subscribed to 
part of the amount subscribed shall be deposited be deposited. 
with the Court of Chancery in England if the Rail- 
way is intended to be made in England, or with 
the Court of Chancery in England or the Court of 
Exchequer in Scotland if such Railway is intended 
to be made in Scotland, and with the Court of 
Chancery in Ireland, if such Railway is intended to 
be made in Ireland. 

40. That as regards Railway Bills, no Subscrip- Subscription 
tion Contract shall be valid, unless it be entered oe 
into subsequent to the day fixed in the Session of caiaaaih tate 
Parliament previous to that in which application is subsequent to 
made for leave to bring in the Bill to which it re- wont tom Od 
lates, as the last day on which Petitions for Private acne eo 
Bills may be presented, and unless the parties sub- Session. 
scribing toit bind themselves, their heirs, executors 
and administrators, for the payment of the money 
so subscribed. 

40a. That in all cases where it is proposed to Distances to 
make, vary, extend “or enlarge any Railway, the be merked ia 
Plan shall exhibit thereon the distances in miles + ae ond 
and furlongs, from one of the termini ; and amemo- memorandum 
randum of the radius of every curve not exceeding °f Curves 
one mile in length shall be noted on the Plan in 
miles and chains. 

41. That in every Section of a Railway, the Line Line of Raiiway 
marked thereon shall correspond with the upper 0 Section to 


° correspond with 
surface of the rails. salar unio 


4la. That of Rails. 





Verti 
sures 
mark 
chan 
gradi 


Hei; 
way; 
und 
to b 
evel 
of a 











8 VicToRIz®. 


Vertical mea= 41a. That distances on the Datum Line shall be 

cares to be marked in miles and furlongs, to correspond with 

eae of those on the Plan ; that a vertical measure from the 

gradient. Datum Line to the Line of the Railway shall be 
marked in feet and inches at each change of the 
gradient or inclination ; and that the proportion or 
rate of inclination between each such change shall 
also be marked. 


Height of Rail 42. That the height of the Railway over or under 
way, overor the surface of every turnpike-road, public carriage- 
I road, navigable River, Canal or Railway, or junc- 
every crossing tion with a Railway, shall be marked in figures at 
ofa Road, &amp;. every crossing thereof, and the extreme height over 
or under the surface of the ground shall be marked 
for every embankment and cutting; 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 shall be stated on the said 
Section, and each numbered ; also that Cross Sec- 
tions, in reference to the said numbers, on a hori- 
zontal scale of one inch to every 330 feet, and on a 
vertical scale of one inch to every 40 feet, shall be 
added, to explain the nature of such alterations 
more clearly. 
Tunnelling 43. That where tunnelling as a substitute for open 
paren cutting, or a viaduct as a substitute for solid em- 
bankment, be intended, the tunnelling shall be 
marked by a dotted line on the Plan, and shall also 
be marked on the Section, and the viaduct shall be 
marked on the Section. 





ORDERS specially relating to Bits of the 
Tuirp Crass. 
Documents to 


sto 44. That as respects all Bills of the Third Class 
oe ™ for the Incorporation of Joint Stock Companies, or 
Office. proposed Companies for carrying on any Trade or 
Business, or for conferring upon such Companies 





the power of suing and be sued, there be deposited 
in the Private Bill Office, previous to the Presenta- 
tion of the Petition for the Bill, a copy of the Deed 
or Agreement of Partnership (if any) under which 
the Company or proposed Company is acting, or of 
the Subscription Contract (if any), together with 
a declaration in writing stating the following mat- 
ters :— 


1st.—The present and proposed amount of 
the Capital of the Company. 


2d.—The number of Shares, and the amount 
of each Share. 


3d.—The number of Shares subscribed for. 
4th.—The amount of Subscriptions paid up. 


5th.—The names, residences and descriptions 
of the Shareholders or Subscribers (so far as the 
same can be made out), and of the actual or 
provisional Directors, ‘Treasurers, Secretaries 
or other officer, if any. 


And such documents shall be verified by the 
signature of some authorized officer of the Com- 
pany or proposed Company (if any), and by some 
responsible party promoting the Bill. (See as to 
depositing documents in Private Bill Office, Order, 
No. 127.) 


Letters Patent. 


Name of 45. That in cases of Bills for confirming or pro- 
me be longing the terms of Letters Patent, each Notice 
Capitalsto ‘Shall have prefixed to it in Capital Letters the name 
Notice. by which the Invention is usually distinguished, and 
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. 





Vot. 99. 


6° Auguste. 597 


Duty or THE SELEcT CoMMITTEE ON 
STANDING ORDERS. 


46. That when any Report of the Select Com- Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, in which they — iP 
shall report that the Standing Orders have not been ane oo 
complied with, shall have been referred to the Select whether Stand- 
Committee on Standing Orders, they shall report to ing Orders : 
the House whether such Standing Orders as have ~~. 
not been complied with ought or ought not to be pensed with. 
dispensed with, and whether in their opinion the 

parties should be permitted to proceed with their 

Bill, or any portion thereof, and under what (if any) 

conditions. 


47. That when any Petition for leave to dispense gelect Com- 
with any of the Sessional Orders of the House re- mittee on Stand- 
lating to Private Bills, shall have been referred to a 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, they Pa sl 
shall report to the House whether such Sessional ought or ought 


de . , : : not to be dis- 
Orders ought or ought not to be dispensed with. ahh, 


48. That when any Clause or Amendment pro- Committee to 
posed to any Private Bill on the Report, or the report whether 
Consideration of the Report thereof, shall have been yore : 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, henceuh ¥ 
they shall report to the House whether such Clause to be adopted or 
or Amendment be of such a nature as not to be pt — 
adopted by the House without the re-commitment pre esc 
of the Bill, or of such a nature as to justify the 

House in entertaining it without recurring to that 
proceeding, or of such a nature as not in either case 


to be adopted by the House. 


49. That when any Clause or Amendment pro- Committee to 
posed to any Private Bill on the Third Reading report whether 
shall have been referred to the Select Committee y sonra . 
on Standing Orders, they shall report to the House ‘Third Santee 
whether such Clause or Amendment ought or ought ought to be 


‘ d 
not to be adopted by the House at that stage. oy wag 


that stage. 


Duty or THE CoMMITTEE OF SELECTION. 


50. That the Committee of Selection shall refer Opposed Bill 
every Private Bill referred to them, when it be op- t be referred 
posed, to the Speaker’s List of that County or that —— 
Division of a County to which the Bill specially re- ~~ 
lates, and to such number of Members not locally 
interested in the Bill as the circumstances of the 

cease shall in their judgment require. 


51. That the Committee of Selection shall in Quorum of 
each case direct what number of the Members (not Selected 
locally interested in the Bill) selected and added to enenanel 
the Speaker’s List by them, shall be a Quorum of 
such Members. 


52. That the Committee of Selection shall, after Notice to 
the name of any Member shall have been added by Selected 
them to the Speaker’s List, direct the Clerk attend- eee 
ing 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. 


53. That the Committee of Selection shall con- What Bills not 
sider no Bill as an opposed Private Bill where no {© be considered 
Petition has been presented in which the Petitioners °?P°°°™ 
pray to be heard, by themselves, their Counsel 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. 


54. That the Committee of Selection shall refer Unopposed 
every unopposed Private Bill referred to them, and Bils tobe 
which shall have originated in this House, to the Chairman of 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, Ways and 
together with the Members ordered to prepare and Means &amp;e- 
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 Chairman 
of the Committee of Ways and Means, together 
with not less than Two other Members, to be named 
by the Committee of Selection. 








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Committee of 
Selection to 
appoint First 
Sitting of 
Committee, 


Postponement 
of First Sitting. 


Members of 
Committee to 
sign Declara- 
tion. 


Declaration 
of Member on 
Speaker's List. 


Declaration 
ot Selected 
Member. 


Form of Decla- 
ration supplied 
by Clerk. 


598 


55. That the Committee of Selection shall, subject 
to the Order that there be Seven clear days between 
the Second Reading of every Private Bill 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. 


56. That no Postponement of the First 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 or THE CoMMITTEE ON THE Bru. 


Orpers specially relating to the CommitTEE on 
an Opposep Bi. 


57. That each Member appointed to serve as a 
Member of a Committee on an opposed Private 
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 (according to 
the class to which he may belong) sign one of the 
following Declarations. 


58. That the following shall be the several Forms 
of Declaration :— 


No. 1.—Declaration of a Member whose name 
is on the List prepared under the direction of Mr. 
Speaker for . . 


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 
— a oe eo 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. 


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 
inthe Billfor . . . . 


I, C. D., being one of the Members selected 
and added to the List by the Committee of 
Selection, to which List the Bill for . . 
has been committed, do hereby declare, That 
my constituents have no local interest, and 
that | 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. 


59. That the Committee Clerk shall furnish to 
each Member appointed to serve on a Committee 
on a Private Bill, who shall apply for the same, a 
Form 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 Com- 
mittee Clerk, either in the Committee Clerks’ Office, 
previous to the time when the Committee shall have 
been appointed to meet, or in the Committee Room, 
previous to the door thereof being locked, as here- 
inafter directed. 


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A. 1844. 


60. That no Member shall be entitled to attend When Member 
or vote in a Committee on an opposed Private Bill, ot entitled to 
who shall not have delivered his Declaration to the *""4 &amp; vote 
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. 


61. That Five Members (including the Quorum Quorum to be 
of Selected Members) shall be the Quorum of every #!ways present, 
Committee on an opposed Private Bill, and that no 
such Committee shall proceed to business, or con- 
tinue their inquiry or deliberations, unless such num- 
ber of Members appointed and duly qualified to 
serve on such Committee shall be present. 


62. That so soon after the expiration of Ten mi- When Proceed. 
nutes, and not sooner, after the time appointed for 'gs of Com. 
the first sitting of a Committee on an opposed Pri- arte ‘° com 
vate 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. 


63. That the Member to be appointed the Chair- Chairman to 
man of each Committee on an opposed Private Bill ee 
shall be one of the Selected Members. ; 


64, That if at any time during the sitting of the Proceedings to 
Committee a Quorum of the Selected Members ne 
shall not be present, the Chairman of the Committee “a, i 
shall suspend the proceedings of such Committee 
until such Quorum shall be present ; and that if at 
the expiration of one hour se the time fixed for 
the meeting of the Committee, or from the time 
when the Chairman shall so have suspended the 
proceedings of such Committee, a Quorum of the 
Selected Members shall not be present, the Chair- 
man shall adjourn the Committee for any period not 
exceeding ‘Two clear days, or to the day on which 
the House shall next thereafter meet, and report 
to the House the circumstances of the case. 


65. That if at any time after the Committee on Absence of 
a Bill shall have been formed, a Quorum of Mem- — oi 
bers required by the Standing Orders cannot attend wise, to be 
in consequence of any of the Members who shall reported. 
have duly qualified to serve on such Committee 
having become incompetent to continue such service 
by having been placed on an Election Committee, 
or by death or otherwise, the Chairman shall report 
the circumstances of the case to the House, in order 
that such measures may be taken by the House as 
shall enable the Members still remaining on the 
Committee to proceed with the business referred to 
such Committee, oras the exigency of the case may 
require. 

66. That no Petition against a Private Bill be Petition agains: 
taken into consideration by the Committee on such Bill not to be 
Bill, which shall not distinctly specify the ground inn 
on which the Petitioners object to any of the provi- of objection 
sions thereof; and that the Petitioners be only heard sufficiently 
on such grounds so stated ; and if it shall appear ‘Pee 
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 inaccurately specified. 


67. That no Petitioners against any Private Bill Petition against 
shall be heard before the Committee on the Bill, ®#!! " = a 
unless the Petition shall have been presented to this rae be oe 
House Three clear days before the day appointed day appointed 
for the first meeting of such Committee, unless the for meeting 
Petitioners shall complain of any matter which may 
have arisen during the progress of the Bill before 
the said Committee. 





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Orpers specially relating to the CommitTEE 
on an Unorrosep Bit. 


What Chairman 68, That the Chairman of the Committee of Ways 
to be appointed» 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. 


69. That the Chairman of the Committee on every 
unopposed Private Bill (not being a Divorce Bill), 


Chairman at 
liberty to report 


Should S I shall be at liberty, at any period after such Bill shall 

treated as have been referred to him and the other Members of 

opposed. 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. 

Filled-up Bills 70. That a filled-up Bill, signed by the Agent for 

to be laid before 


the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to the Com- 
mittee, be laid by him before such Chairman at the 
time of giving notice of the meeting of the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, and that similar copies be also 
laid by the Agent for the Bill before the other Mem- 
bers of the said Committee Three days at the least 
before the First Meeting thereof. 


Chairman and 
Committee. 





Orpers relating to Committees on BiLts, 
whether OpposEep or Unopposen. 


Names of . 71. That the Names of the Members attending 
— © each Committee be entered by the Clerk on the 
Minutes, 


Minutes of the Committee; and if any Division 
shall take place in the Committee, the Clerk do 


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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. 


Committeeon 72. That no Committee shall have power to exa- 


Bill not to mine into the compliance or non-compliance with 
inquire into hs di O e : , 

certain Stand- Such Standing Orders as are directed to be proved 
ing Orders. before the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 


Bills, unless by special Order of the House. 


73. That in the case of any Private Bill relating 


Standing Orders ‘ 
to Scotland, the Committee may admit proof of the 


and Consents 
may be proved 


hae. compliance with the Standing Orders of this House, 

sab Sa and of the Consents of Parties concerned in interest 

Scotland. in such Private Bill, on the production of Affidavits 

sworn before any Sheriff Depute or his Substitute 

there, whose Certificate shall be admitted as evi- 

dence of such proof having been made, unless the 
Committee shall require further evidence. 

Standing Orders 74. That in the case of any Private Bill relating 

and — A to Ireland, the Committee may admit proof of the 

tn Affidavit, compliance with the Standing Orders of the House, 

— and of the Consents of Parties concerned in interest 

retand, 


in such Private Bill, 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. 


Cousents in all 75. That in all other instances, the Committee 





ovher Cases, may admit proof of the Consents of Parties con- 
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. 

Clause com- 76. That in all Bills presented to the House for 

pelling payment i 

/- Suber p= carrying on any Work by means of a Company, 

ene, Commissioners or Trustees, Provision be made for 


compelling Persons who have subscribed any Money | 
towards carrying any such Work into execution, to 


_ payment of the Sums severally subscribed by | 
them. 


Vou. 99. | 


599 


77. That in all Bills whereby any Parties are Provision to be 
authorized to levy Fees, Tolls or other Rate or _— i Fe, 
: 5 y which Tolls, 
Charge, Clauses be inserted, providing for the fol- &amp;., may be 
lowing objects, except in so far as any of such ob- levied. 
jects shall have been provided for in some general 


Act applicable to the subject-matter of the Bill :— 


That security be taken from the Treasurer, Security to be 
Collector or Receiver, and every other officer taken from 
entrusted with the collection or custody of '*"" 
monies under the Bill, for the faithful execution 
of his office. 

That full and accurate Accounts be kept of Accounts to be 
all monies received and expended under the "Pt 
provisions of the Bill, and that such Accounts 
be balanced once in each year at the least. 

That such Accounts be duly audited once in Accounts to be 
each year at the least, and that for such pur- sudited. 
pose an Auditor or Auditors be appointed 
by some person or persons not immediately 
connected with the ee A sc Directors, 

Trustees or other party, by whom, or by whose 
direction or authority, such Fees, Tolls, Rates 
or Charges shall be levied. 

That for the purpose of auditing such Ac- Accounts, 
counts, the Commissioners, Directors, Trustees hay serene oe 
or other such party as aforesaid be required to ¢, ym 
cause the Accounts, together with all their 
Books and Vouchers, to be produced to the 
Auditors. 

That the remuneration of the Auditor, and Remuneration 
his expenses, be defrayed out of the funds levied t Auditors. 
under the Bill. 

That an annual Account, in abstract, be pre- Account to be 
pared of the total Receipts and Expenditure of ——— ‘Clerk 
all funds levied under such Bill for the past of peace. 
year, under the several distinct heads of Re- 
ceipt and Expenditure, with a Statemerit of 
the Balance of the said Account duly audited 
and certified by the Chairman of the Commis- 
sioners, Directors, Trustees or other parties 
aforesaid, and also by the Auditors thereof; and 
that a copy of such annual Account be trans- 
mitted, 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 Borough 
within which the chief Office for the manage- 
ment of such funds shall be situated, on or be- 
fore the Thirty-first day of January in each 
year, under a sufficient Penalty for not prepar- 
ing and sending in the said Account, to be 
levied by summary process ; the said Account 
to be open at all seasonable hours to the in- 
spection of the Public upon payment of a Fee. 


&amp;e. 


78. 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 30 feet; and of any other public Carriage-road 


|not more than one foot in 20 feet; and that a good Fence to 


and sufficient fence, of four feet high at the least, Bridges. 
shall be made on each side of every Bridge which 
shall be erected. 

79. That every Plan and Book of Reference Play, &amp;c., to 
thereto, which shall be produced in evidence before pone ated by 
the Committee upon any Private Bill (whether the : 
same shall have been previously lodged in the Pri- 
vate 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 of 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 Private 
Bill Office. 

80. That the Chairman of the Committee - sign eutme am 
with his Name at length, a printed Copy of the Bill ane \’austs to 
(to be called the iommuilien Bill) on which the Oyen) 
Amendments are to be fairly written ; and also sign, 
with the Initials of his Name, the several Clauses 
added in the Committee. 


4G4 81. That 








Chairman to 
report on 
allegations of 
Bill, &amp;c. 


Counnittee to 
report Bill in 
all cases. 


Minutes of 
Committee. 


Restrictions as 
to Mortgage. 


Capital. 


Shares, &amp;e. 


Names, &amp;c., 
of Directors. 


Local Share- 
holders. 


Other parties, 
&amp;c 
Subscribers 


for 2,000 t, and 
upwards, 


Present means 
of conveyance 


600 

81. That the Chairman of the Committee upon 
every Private Bill shall report to the House, that 
the Allegations of the Bill have been examined ; 
and whether the Parties concerned have given their 
Consent (where such Consent is required by the 


Standing Orders) to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee. 


82. That every Committee to whom any Private 
Bill shall have been referred, shall report the 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 ; and 
when any alteration shall have been made in the 
Preamble of the Bill, such alteration, together with 
the ground of making it, shall be specially stated in 
the Report. 


83. That the Minutes of the Committee on every 
Private Bill be brought up and laid on the Table 
of the House, with the Report of the Bill. 


Railway Bilis. 


84, That in the case of a Railway Bill, no Com- 
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. 


85. That where the level of any road shall be al- 
tered 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 
not more than One Foot in Twenty Feet, unless a 
report from some Officer of the Railway Department 
of the Board of Trade shall be laid before the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, recommending that steeper as- 
cents than the above may be allowed, with the rea- 
sons and facts upon which such opinion is founded, 
and the Committee shall report in favour of such 
recommendation: Also, that 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. 


86. That no Railway whereon carriages are pro- 
pelled by steam, or by atmospheric agency, or drawn 
by ropes in connection with a stationary steam-en- 
gine, shall be made across any Turnpike-road or other 
public Carriage-way on the level, unless the Com- 
mittee on the Bill report that such a restriction 
ought not to be enforced, with the reasons and facts 
upon which their opinion is founded. 


87. That in the case of a Railway Bill, the Com- 
mittee report specially :— 


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. 

2. The amount of Shares subscribed for, and 
the Deposits paid thereon. 

3. The Names and Places of Residence of 
the Directors or Provisional Committee, with 
the amount of Shares taken by each. 

4, The number of Shareholders who may be 
considered as having a local interest in the line, 
and the amount of Capital subscribed for by 
them. 

5. The number of other Parties, and the 
Capital taken by them. 

6. The number of Shareholders subscribing 
for 2,0002. 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 


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A. 1844, 


by land or water, the average charges made for 
Passengers and Goods, and time occupied. 

8. The number of Passengers, and the weight Passengers, i, 
and description of the Goods expected upon expected,” 
the proposed Railway. 

9. The amount of Income expected to arise Income 
from the conveyance of Passengers and Goods, &amp;*Pected. 
and in what proportion; stating also generally 
the description of Goods from which the largest 
revenue is anticipated. 

10. Whether the proposed Railway be a Whether Rail. 
complete and integral Line between the termini way be a come 
specified, or a part of a more extended Plan ee 

se . . € 
now in contemplation, and likely to be hereafter extended Plan, 
submitted to Parliament, and to what extent 
the calculations of remuneration depend on 
such contemplated extension of the Line. 

11. Whether any Report from the Board of WhetherReport 
Trade in regard to the Bill, or the objects eg of 
thereby proposed to be authorized, has been re- Ar thr 
ferred by the House to the Committee, and if Committee, &amp;, 
so, whether any and what recommendations 
contained in such Report have been adopted 
by the Committee, and whether any and what 
recommendations contained in such Report 
have been rejected; and, in case the Line or 
Lines be stated in such Report to be a Compe- 
ting Line or Competing Lines, the reasons which 
have induced the Committee to recommend the 
adoption or rejection of such Competing Lines 
or either of them. 

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 ‘iffcultics. 
is intended they should be overcome. 

14. The length, breadth and height, and Ventilation of 
means of ventilation, of any proposed tunnels, Tunnels, 
and whether the strata through which they are 
to pass are favourable or otherwise. 

15. Whether in the lines proposed, the gra- Gradients ané 
dients and curves are generally favourable or Curves. 
otherwise, and the steepest gradient, exclusive 
of the inclined planes above referred to, and the 
smallest radius ofa curve. 

16. The length of the main line of the pro- Length of Line. 
posed Railway, and of its branches respec- 
tively. 

17. Whether it be intended that the Railway Passing High- 


should pass on a level any Turnpike-road or ways on a level, 


Highway, and if so, to call the particular at- 
tention 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 evidence, and 
to be fully adequate for the purpose. 

19. The estimated charge of the Annual Annuat 
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 evi- Revenue in 
dence before the Committee have satisfactorily reference to 
established that the Revenue is likely to be ul chase 
sufficient to support the Annual Charges of the 
maintenance of the Railway, and still allow 
profit to the Projectors. 

21. The number of asents, 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 
particulars 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 examined, 
opposition to it. 

23. The 





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Petitions in 23. The main allegations of every Petition 
opposition. which may have been referred to the Committee 
in opposition to the Preamble of the Bill, or to 
any of its Clauses; and whether the allega- 
tions have been considered by the Committee, 


and if not considered, the cause of their not 
having been so. 





Fitness in an And the Committee shall also report generally as 
&gt; ee to the fitness, in an engineering point of view, of 
Pidany other the projected line of Railway, and any circum~| 
circumstances. stances which, in the opinion of the Committee, it 


is desirable the House should be informed of. 


88. That in all Railway Bills there be inserted the 
following Clauses : 


Railway notto = “* And be it further Enacted, That it shall not be 
be proceeded awful for the said Company to proceed in the exe- 
with till certain : : : : i : 
Plans, &amp;e.,  Cution of the said Railway hereinbefore authorized 
deposited. to be made, unless the said Company shall have, 
previously to the commencement of such work, de- 
posited 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 Sco¢- 
land, in or through which the said Railway 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 approved of 
by Parliament, on the same scale, and containing 
the same particulars as the original Plan and Sec- 
tion 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 post 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 Sections as shall relate | 
to such parishes respectively, and all persons in- 
terested shall have hberty to inspect and make ex- 
tracts 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 hundred words copied therefrom. 
Limiting Devi- 


“ And be it further Enacted, That in making the 
aie said Railway it shall not be lawful for the said | 
Company to deviate from the levels of the said Rail- 
way, as referred to the common Datum Line de- 
scribed in the Section so approved of by Parlia- 
ment, 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 situated, 
or without the consent of the Commissioners for any 
Public Sewers, or the proprietors of any canal or 
navigation affected by such deviation: Provided 
always, That it shall be lawful for the Company to 
deviate from the said levels to a further extent with- 
out such consent as aforesaid, by lowering solid 

















embankments or viaducts, provided that the requi- 
site height of headway prescribed by Act of Parlia- 


ment be left for roads, streets or canals passing 
under the same.” 


Arches and “ And be it further Enacted, That where in any 

pero as __ place it is intended to carry the Railway on an arch 

marked on Plan : . 

and Section, to OF arches, or other viaduct, as marked on the said 

be made, &amp;c. Plan or Section, the same shall be made accord- 
ingly; and where a tunnel is marked on the said 
Plan or Section as intended to be made at any 

Vou. 99. 





6° Auguste. 601 


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 always, That notice of every Petty 
Sessions to be holden for the purpose of obtaining 
such consent as is hereinbefore required shall, 


Fourteen days’ previous to the holding of such Petty 
Sessions, be given in some newspaper circulating in 


the county, and also be affixed upon the church 
door of the parish in which such deviation or alter- 
ation 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 consent- 
ing to any deviations from the said Sections, and to 
any tunnelling or arching as aforesaid, 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 such persons, with 
or without the consent of any other persons inter- 
ested 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 Limiting Devi- 

lawful for the said Company to deviate from or alter — from 
: : : Gradients, 

the gradients, curves, tunnels or other engineering Qurves, Tune 
works described in the said Plan or Section, except nels, &amp;c. 
within the following limits, and under the following 
conditions, viz. : 

‘ Subject to the above provisions in regard to alter- 
ing levels, it shall be lawful for the Company to 
diminish the inclination or gradients of the said 
Railway to any extent, and to increase the said in- 
clination or gradients as follows ; (that is to say) in 
gradients of an inclination not exceeding one in a 
hundred to any extent not exceeding Ten Feet per 
mile, or to any further extent which shall be certified 
by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade to be consistent with public safety, and not 
prejudicial to public interests; and in gradients of 
or exceeding the inclination of one in a hundred to 
any extent not exceeding Three Feet per mile, or to 
any further extent which shall be so certified by the 
Lords of the said Committee as aforesaid : 

‘ It shall be lawful for the Company to diminish 
the radius of any curve described in the said Plan, 
to any extent which shall leave a radius of not less 
than half a mile, or to any further extent authorized 
by such certificate as aforesaid, from the Lords of 
the said Committee : 

‘ It shall be lawful for the Company to make a 
tunnel, not marked on the said Plan or Section in- 
stead of a cutting, or a viaduct instead of a solid 
embankment, if authorized by such certificate as 
aforesaid from the Lords of the said Committee.’ ” 


Letters Patent. 


89. That when any Bill shall be brought into the Copy of Letters 
House, for confirming of Letters Patent, there be a Patent to be 


true Copy of such Letters Patent annexed to the py? ° 
Bill. 





Inclosure and Drainage Bills. 


90. That in the case of any Bill for inclosing Notices and 
Lands, the Committee may admit proof of the No- Allegations. 
tices required by the Standing Orders, and of the 
Allegations in the Preamble of such Bill, by affi- 
davit taken and authenticated, according to the form 
prescribed in the Schedule to the General Inclosure Gen. Inc. Act. 


Act (41 Geo. 8, c. 109), unless such Committee 
shall otherwise order. 


91. That the Committee on every Bill for inclos- Consent Bill 
ing Lands shall in the first place require the Agent v4 Statement 
for the same to deliver in to the Committee a printed b- delice in. 
copy of the Bill, signed by the Lord of the Manor, 

(in cases where the Lord of the Manor has any in- 
terest as such in the lands to be inclosed) and by 
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Consent Bill 

and Statement 
of Property to 
be delivered in. 


Clause for 
leaving open 
Space for 
exercise and 
recreation, 


Consent Bil! to 
contain Names 
of Commis- 
sioners, and 
Compensations 
for Manorial 
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, 


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such Owners of Property 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 different copies of the Bill separately 
signed by the several Parties hereinbefore mentioned, 
instead of one copy signed by all of them collec- 
tively ; together with a List of all the Owners of 
Property within such Parish, showing the value ac- 
cording to the Poor Rate or Land Tax Assessment 
ofeach Owner’s Property therein, and distinguishing 
which of them have assented, dissented, or are neuter 
in respect thereto. 

92. That the Committee on every Bill for drain- 
ing Lands shall in the first place require the Agent 
for the same to deliver in to the Committee a printed 
copy of the Bill, signed by such Owners and Oc- 
cupiers of Property 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 different copies of the Bill separately 
signed by the several Parties hereinbefore mentioned, 
instead of one copy signed by all of them collec- 
tively; together with a List of all the Owners of 
Property within such Parish, showing the value ac- 
cording to the Poor Rate or Land Tax Assessment 
of each Owner’s Property therein, and distinguish- 
ing which of them have assented, dissented or are 
neuter in respect thereto. 

93. 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 ex- 
ercise and recreation of the neighbouring population ; 
and that the Committee on the Bill have before 
them the number of acres proposed to be inclosed, 
as also of the population in the parishes or places 
in which the land to be inclosed is situate ; and also 
do see that provision is made for the efficient fencing 
of the allotment, for the investment of the same in 
the Churchwardens and Overseers of the parish in 
which such open space is reserved, and for the ef- 
ficient 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. 

94. 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- 
posed Commissioners, and also the Compensations 
so bargained or agreed for. 

95. 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, superin- 
tendence or management of the estate of any person 
so interested. 

96. That in every Bill for inclosing, draining 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 exe- 
cution of the powers thereby given; and that there 
be also inserted in such Bill a Clause, providing 
that the Account of such Commissioner or Com- 
missioners, containing a true statement of all sums 
by him or them received and expended or due to 


6° Augusti. 





A, 1844, 


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, together 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 Commis- 
sioners; and that no charge or item in such Ac- 
counts shall be binding on the parties concerned, 
or be valid in law, unless the same shall be duly al- 
lowed by such person or persons. 





Turnpike-roads (Ireland). 

97. That in every Bill for making a Turnpike- Clause for 
road in Jreland or for the continuing or amending a of 
any Act passed for that purpose, or for the increase ~“°™™S"" 
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 Commissioner, 
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 cer 
tain value to be specified. 





Duty or SeLect ComMITTEE 
oN Divorce BILLs. 


98. That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills what Evidence 

shall require evidence to be given before them that to be given in 
an action for damages has been brought in one of Pivoree Cases. 
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 Ju- 
dicature of the Presidencies of Calcutta, Madras, 
Bombay or the Island of Ceylon, respectively, against 
the persons supposed to have been guilty of Adultery, 
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. 

99. That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills When Peti- 
shall, in all cases in which the Petitioner for the tioner for Bill 
Bill has attended the House of Lords upon the Se- &gt; ee oll 
cond Reading of the Bill, require him to attend be- 
fore them to answer any questions they may think 
fit that he should answer. 

100. That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills Committee to 
shall report every such Bill to the House, whether report Bil 
such Committee shall or shall not have agreed to” 
the Preamble, or gone through the several Clauses, 
or any of them. 





Ill. 
THE ORDERS 


REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF THE HOUSE 
WITH REGARD TO PRIVATE BILLS. 


101. That no Private Bill be brought into this Petition for 
House, but upon a Petition first presented, with a Bill, and 4 
printed copy of the proposed Bill annexed: And © be S18 
that such Petition be signed by the parties, or some 
of them, who are suitors for the Bill. 


102. That all Petitions for Private Bills be pre- Petitions, 
sented within Twenty-one days after the First Fri- when to - 
day in every Session of Parliament. presente 


103. That all Petitions for Private Bills, with Petitions for 
their annexed Bills, and all Petitions for additional Private Hone 
Provision in Private Bills, with the proposed Clauses ae he 
annexed, and all Estate Bills brought from the referred to 
House of Lords, after having been read a first time, Committee 


shall Petitions. 





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shall be referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Time between 104. That there be Ten clear days between the 
presentation of day on which the Petition for any Private Bill re- 
90 - lating to England shall be presented, and the day 
Seb-Commitee. on which the Sub-Committee shall sit thereupon ; 
and Fifteen days, in case such Bill shall relate to 
Scotland or Ireland. 


Reports that 105. That all Reports of the Select Committee 
Standing Orders On Petitions for Private Bills, in which they shall 
have oe -_ report that the Standing Orders have not been com- 
co yeferred to Plied with, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Comnitteeon Standing Orders. 
standing Orders, 
Petiions for 106. That all Petitions for leave to dispense with 
leave, &amp;e.,to be any Of the Sessional Orders of the House relating 
referred toCom- tg Private Bills, be referred to the Select Committee 
— on Standing Orders. 
ing raers. = 

107. That every Private Bill, printed on paper, 
of a size to be determined upon by Mr. Speaker, 
be presented to the House, with a cover of parch- 
ment 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 accord- 
ance with the subject-matter of the Bill, and shall 
not be changed unless by special Order of the 
House. 


Printed Bill to 
be presented, 


Rates, Tollsand 108. That the proposed amount of all Rates, Tolls 
other Matters and other matters heretofore left blank in any Pri- 
to be inserted =yate Bill when presented to the House, be inserted 
in Hilics. in Italics in the printed Bill. 


What Billsto | 109. That every Private Bill (except Name and 

be printed, and Naturalization Bills) be printed ; and printed copies 

when. thereof delivered to the Door-keepers for the use of 
the Members before the First Reading. 


110. That there be Three clear days between the 
First and Second Reading of every Private Bill. 


Time between 
First and Se- 
cond Reading. 
No Petition 111. That this House will not receive any Petition 
complaining of Complaining solely of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders Standing Orders of the House in respect of any 
—subsequent to 


Second Reading Private Bill, subsequently to the Second Reading 


of Bills, of such Bill, unless in the case of those Standing 
Orders which must necessarily be taken into consi- 
deration by the Committee on the Bill. 

SecondReading 112. That no Private Bill be read a Second time, 

nottotake until after tle expiration of Two calendar months 


place till Two 
Mouths after 
last Notice. 


from the day the last Notice shall have been given 
in the Newspaper. 


113. That a Breviate of every Private Bill (except 
Divorce, Name, Naturalization and Estate Bills, 
brought from the House of Lords, and not relating 
to Crown, Church or Corporation property, or pro- 
perty held in trust for public or charitable purposes) 
be prepared under the direction of Mr. Speaker, 
and 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. 


114. That no Private Bill be read a Second time 
seg until Three clear days after the Breviate thereof 
before Seoong SHall have been laid on the Table of the House, and 
Reading of Bill, have been printed. 


Breviate to be 
prepared, 


Breviate to be 
laid on Table 


When Fees to 


. 115. That no Private Bill, or Clause, for the par- 
e paid. 


ticular interest or benefit of any Person or Persons, 
County or Counties, Corporation or Corporations, 
or Body or Bodies of People, be read a Second time, 
unless Fees be paid for the same. 


Bills referred 
to Committee 
of Selection, 


116. That every Private Bill, not being a Divorce 
Bill, after having been read a Second time and com- 
mitted, shall be referred to the Committee of Se- 
lection ; and every Divorce Bill shall be referred to 
the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 

Vou. 99. 


6° Auguste. 





603 
117. That there be Seven clear days between the Time between 


Second Reading of every Private Bill and the sitting peer ae tg 
of the Committee thereupon. 


117 a. That in the case of Railway Bills, if any 
Report made under the authority of the Board of 
Trade upon any Bill, or the objects thereof, be laid 
before the House, such Report shall be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 


118. That the Report upon every Private Bill Report of Bill 
ordered to be printed as amended in Committee, /" printed as 


shall lie upon the Table. Tae ae 


119. That a Breviate of the Amendments made Breviates of 
in every Committee on a Private Bill be submitted Bi{s amended 
to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and to be taid before 
Means, and also laid upon the Table of the House Chairman of 
at least the day previous to the consideration of the — na 

. eans, &amp;c. 
Report of such Bill. 


120. That every Private Bill, as amended in Com- Bill to be 
mittee, excepting in the cases wherein the Committee printed after 
shall report the Amendments to be merely verbal or ““? - 
literal, be printed at the expense of the Parties ap- 
plying 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. 


121. That when any Clause or Amendment is Clauses and 
offered upon the Report, or the consideration of the ee a 
Report, or the Third Reading of any Private Bill, Rehort or 
such Clause or Amendment shall be referred to the Third Reading, 
Select Committee on Standing Orders: That such '® se 
Clause shall be printed: And when any Clause is jittee onStand- 
proposed to be amended, it shall be printed in ex- ing Orders. 
tenso, with every addition or substitution in different 
type, and the omissions therefrom included in 
brackets. 


122. That when any Clause or Amendment upon When referred, 
the Report, or the consideration of the Report, or ole tame a 
the Third Reading of any Private Bill, shall have haa collage 
been referred to the Select Committee on Standing ef Select Com- 
Orders, no further proceeding on either of such Mite onStand- 
stages shall be had until the Report of the said Se- ‘"* : 


lect Committee shall have been brought up. 


123. That in order to afford opportunity for the Reporis on 
proper discussion of the Reports on Railway Bills a 
included in the second class, this House will, upon upon every 
every Tuesday, proceed to the consideration of Re- Tuesday. 


ports on such Bills. 


124. That no Private Bill shall pass through two Bill not to pro- 


stages on one and the same day, without the special ae 
leave of the House. 


125. That (except in cases of urgent and pressing Notice to be 
necessity) no motion be made to dispense with any nea 
Sessional or Standing Order of the House without . ‘ 
due notice thereof. 





e¥. 
THE ORDERS 
REGULATING THE PRACTICE IN THE 
PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. 


126. That a Book, to be called ‘The Private Bill Private Bit! 
Register,” be kept in a Room, to be called “ The a 
Private Bill Office,” in which Book shall be entered _— 
by the Clerks appointed for the business of that 
Office, the Name, Description and Place of Resi- 
dence 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 to specify, briefly, 
each day’s Proceeding in the House, or in any 
Committee to which the Bill or Petition may be re- 
ferred ; the day and hour on which the Committee 
is appointed to sit; the day and hour to which such 
Committee may be adjourned, and the name of the 
Committee Clerk. Such Book to be open to public 

4H 2 inspection 








Plans, &amp;c., 
to be ludged. 


Copy of Bill 
annexed to 
Petition, to be 
deposited in 
Private Bill 
Office. 


Notice of 
Meeting of 
Sub-Committee 
on Petition, &amp;c. 


Notice of Post- 
ponement of 
Sub Committee. 


Examination 
Book, 


Custody of 
Bills, 


Examination 
of Bill and 
Breviate. 


Norice of Se- 
cond Reading. 


Notice of 
Committee, 


Filled-up Bill, 
to be deposited 
in Private [ill 
Office. 


604. 


inspection daily, in the said Office, between the 
hours of Eleven and Six. 


127. Thatall Plans, Sections, Books of Reference, 
Lists of Owners and Occupiers, Estimates, Copies 


of the Subscription Contracts and Declarations re- 


quired by the Standing Orders of the House, be 


lodged in the Private Bill Office; and that the re-' 
ceipt thereof be acknowledged accordingly, by one | 


of the Clerks of the said Office, upon the said Do- 
cuments, and upon the Petition, before it is pre- 
sented. 


128. That a Copy of every Bill annexed to a Pe- 
tition be deposited in the Private Bill Office on the 
day of the Presentation of the Petition to the 
House ; and that such Bill be open to the inspection 
of all parties. 


129. That Ten clear days’ notice in writing be 
given by the Agent for the Bill to the Clerks in the 
Private Bill Office of the meeting of any Sub-Com- 
mittee on a Petition for a Private Bill, and One clear 
day’s notice of the meeting of any Sub-Committee 
on a Petition for additional Provision, or on an 
Estate Bill brought from the House of Lords ; and 
that no such notices respectively be given until after 
such Petition shall have been presented, or such 
Estate Bill read a First time. 


130. That One clear day’s notice in writing be 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the 
Private Bill Office, of the postponement of the first 
meeting of any Sub-Committee on a Petition for a 
Private Bill, or on a Petition for additional Provi- 
sion, or on an Estate Bill brought from the House 
of Lords. 


131. That after each Private Bill has been read 
the First time, its Name (or short Title) shall be 
copied by the Clerks of the Private Bill Office, from 
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. 


132. That every Private Bill, after it has been 
read the First time and the Title copied and exa- 
mined 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 reported. 


133. That between the First and Second Reading 
of every Private Bill, every such Bill shall, accord- 
ing to its priority, be examined, with all practicable 
cespatch, 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. 


134. That Three clear days’ Notice in writing be 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in 
the Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the 
Second Reading of every Private Bill. 


135. That Seven clear days’ Notice, and in the 
case of are-committed Bill, Three clear days’ Notice, 
in writing, be given by the Agent for 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 the proceedings 
of any Committee of which such Notice shall not 
have been given, be void. 


136. That a filled-up Bill, signed by the Agent 
for the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to the 
Committee on the Bill, and in the case of a re-com- 
mitted Bill, a filled-up Bill, as proposed to be sub- 
mitted to the Committee on re-committal, be depo- 


6° Auguste. 


A. 1844. 


sited in the Private Bill Office One clear day before 
, the meeting of the Committee on every Private Bill; 

and that all Parties shall be entitled toa Copy there- 
of, upon payment of the Charges for making out 
Amendments of such Bill. 


| 137. That Notice, in writing, be given by the Notice of 
Clerk to the Committee of Selection, to the Clerks Postponement, 
in the Private Bill Office, of the postponement of 

_the first meeting of anv Committee on a Private 


Bill, on the day on which such postponement is 
made. 


138. That Notice, in writing, be given by the Com- Notice of 
mittee Clerk to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, Adjournment, 
of the day and hour to which each Committee is 
adjourned. 





139. That One clear day’s Notice, in writing, be Notice of 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the Report, and of 
Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the Re- 7" 
port of every Private Bill, and also for the con- 
sideration of the Report ofevery Private Bill ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


140. 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 Amend- _ ae 
ments made in the Committee; in which Bill, all 
the Clauses added by the Committee shall be regu- 
larly marked in those parts of the Bill wherein they 
are to be inserted. 


141. That when it is intended to bring up any Notice to be 
Clause or to propose any Amendment on the Report, — 
or the consideration of the Report, or on the Third oy gn consident 
Reading of any Private Bill, Notice shall be given tion ot Report, 
thereof, in the Private Bill Office, on the day pre- 0° Third Read. 
vious to such Report, or consideration of the Report, 
or Third Reading. 


142. That One clear day’s Notice, in writing, be Notice of 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the Third Reading. 
Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the 
Third Reading of every Private Bill; and that na 
such Notice be given until after the Bill to which 
it relates shall have been reported, or the Report 
thereof considered. 


143. That the Amendments (if any) which are Amendments 
made upon the Report or consideration of the Re- 0" Report, or 
port, and on the Third Reading of any Private Bill, aie on 
and also such Amendments made by the House of Third Reading. 
Lords as shall have been agreed to by this House, 
be entered by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill 
Office, upon the printed Copy of the Bill as amended 
in Committee ; which Clerk shall sign the said Copy 
so amended, in order to its being deposited and pre- 
served in the said Office. 





144, That to insure the Accuracy of the Ingross- Examination of 
ment of all Private Bills, the Clerk of the House Istossme™ts 
| be required to provide a sufficient number of Clerks, 
| to be called Examiners of Ingrossments. 





| 145. That no Private Bill be read a Third time Certificate of 
‘until a Certificate is indorsed upon the Paper Bill, #**™!™""- 
and signed by one or more of the Examiners of 

| Ingrossments, declaring that the Ingrossment there- 

| of has been examined, and agrees with the Bill, as 
‘amended in Committee, and on the consideration of 

the Report. 


146. That when Amendments made by the House Notice of 

| of Lords to any Private Bill sent up to them are to consideration 
be taken into consideration, Notice be given thereof jane 
in the Private Bill Office, the day previous to the 

same being proposed to be taken into considera~ 

tion. 

| 147. That all Notices required to be given in the Time for 
Private Bill Office be delivered in the said Office delivering 
‘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 








Daily Lists of 
Committees 
sitting. 


Plans to be 
verified as 
Mr. Speaker 
shall direct. 


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not sit; and that after any day on which the House | 
shall have adjourned, no Notice shal! be given for | 


the first day on which it shall again sit. | 


148. That the Clerks in the Private Bill Office | 
do prepare, daily, Lists ofall Private Bills, and Pe- | 
titions for Private Bills upon which any Committee 
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. 





149. 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. 








APPENDIX. 


[Foro referred to in Page 594.] 


Appendix (A.) 





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 
Aci], 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 yards 
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 Sec- 
tion of the said Undertaking, with a Book of Refer- 
ence 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 
situaiej, 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 said 
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 








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Appendix (B.) 


Anno Primo Victorie Regine. 
Car. LXXXIII. 


An Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for 
Counties and other Persons to take the Cus- 
tody of such Documents as shall be directed 
to be deposited with them under the Standing 
Orders of either House of Parliament. 


Wuereas the Houses of Parliament are in the 


habit of requiring, that previous to the introduction 
of any Bill into Parliament for making certain 


December instant, on which Plans your Property is| bridges, turnpike-roads, cuts, canals, reservoirs, 
designated by the numbers set forth in the annexed | aqueducts, waterworks, navigations, tunnels, arch- 
Schedule. | ways, railways, piers, ports, harbours, ferries, docks 
‘ , | and other works, to be made under the authority of 

As we are required to report to Parliament whe- 


ther you assent to or dissent from the proposed 
Undertaking, or whether you are neuter in respect 


Parliament, certain maps or plans and sections, 
and books and writings, or extracts or copies of 


rh | or from certain maps, plans or sections, books and 
thereto, you will oblige us by writing your Answer A 


of Assent, Dissent or Neutrality in the Form left 


writings, shall be deposited in the office of the 


: . , \clerk of the peace for every county, riding or 
herewith, and returning the same to us with your p y Lip e 


Signature on or before the day o 

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, 
To 





Vo. 99, 


| 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 of 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 
‘ 4nu3 peace, 


















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peace, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, schoolmasters, | be as good, valid and effectual to all intents and 
town clerks, post-masters and other persons, and | purposes as if an information in writing had been 
should remain in their custody for the purposes | exhibited. 

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, | 
Tuat 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 


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Appendix (C.) 


Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c., to 
receive the Do- 
cuments herein 
mentioned, and 
retain them for 
the purposes 
directed by the 
Standing Orders 
of the Houses 
of Parliament. 


Anno Primo &amp; Secundo Victorie Regine. 
Cap. Cxvil. 


Aw Acr to provide for the Custody of certain 
Monies paid in pursuance of the Standing Or- 
ders of either House of Parliament by Sub- 
scribers to Works or Undertakings to be effected 
under the Authority of Parliament. 


remain with the clerks of the peace, sheriff clerks, 
parish clerks, schoolmasters, town clerks, post- 
masters and other persons with whom the same 


WuereEas it is expedient to provide for the cus- 
tody of any sums of money paid in pursuance of 


any Standing Order of the Lords Spiritual and 

Temporal in Parliament assembled, or of the Com- 

mons in Parliament assembled, by subscribers to 

works or undertakings to be made under the autho- 

rity of an Act of Parliament; Be it therefore En- 

acted, by The QuEEN’s most Excellent Majesty, by 

and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spi- 

ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present 

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the 

same, T'nar in all cases in which any sum of money Authority to 

is required by any Standing Order of either House deposit. 

of Parliament, either now or hereafter to be in force, 

Il. And be it further Enacted, That all persons | to be paid by the subscribers to any work or under- 

interested shall have liberty to, and the said clerks | taking which is to be executed under the authority 

of the peace, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, school-| of an Act of Parliament, if the director or person 

masters, town clerks and post-masters, and every of| or directors or persons having the management of 

them, are and is hereby required at all reasonable | the affairs of any such proposed work or undertak- 

hours of the day, to permit all persons interested to | ing, or any Five of them, shall apply to the Chair- 

inspect during a reasonable time and make extracts | man of the Committees of the House of Lords with 

from or copies of the said maps, plans, sections, | respect to any such money required by any Standing 

books, writings, extracts and copies of or from the | Order of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Par- 

same, so deposited with them respectively, on pay- | liament assembled, or to the Speaker of the House 

ment by each person to the clerk of the peace, | of Commons, with respect to any such money re- 

sheriff clerk, clerk of the parish, schoolmaster, | quired by any Standing Order of the Commons in 

town clerk or post-master having the custody of any | Parliament assembled, the said Chairman or the 

such map, plan, section, book, writing, extract or| said Speaker may, by warrant or order under his 

copy, One Shilling for every such inspection, and | hand, direct that such sum of money shall be paid 

the further sum of One Shilling for every hour! in manner hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, 

during which such inspection shall continue after | into the Bank of Engcand 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 

every One hundred words copied therefrom. Exchequer in England, if the work or undertaking in 

Clerks of the Ill. And be it further Enacted, That in case any | respect of which the sum of money is required to be 

Peace, &amp;c., for clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish clerk, schooi- | paid is intended to be executed in that part of the 

pen Aha master, town clerk, post-master or other person, | United Kingdom called England ; or into the Bank 

the provisions Shall in any matter or thing refuse or neglect to | of England in the name and with the privity of the 

of this Act, comply with any of the provisions hereinbefore con- ; said Accountant-general, or into any of the Banks 

ee ip L tained, every clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish | in Scotland established by Act of Parliament or 

to be recovered Clerk, schoolmaster, town clerk, post-master or other | Royal Charter, in the name and with the privity of 

inasummary person shall for every such offence, forfeit and pay | the Queen’s Remembrancer of the Court of Ex- 

— any sum not exceeding the sum of Five Pounds; chequer in Scotland, at the option of the person or 
and every such penalty shall, upon proof of the | persons making such application as aforesaid, in 
offence before any Justice of the Peace for the | case such work or undertaking is intended to be exe- 
county within which such offence shall be com-j| cuted in that part of the United Kingdom called 
mitted, or by the confession of the party offending, | Scotland ; or into the Bank of Jre/and, in the name 
or by the oath of any credible witness, be levied and | and with the privity of the Accountant-general of the 
recovered, together with the costs of the proceedings | Court of Chancery in Jreland, in case such work or 
for the recovery thereof, by distress and sale of the | undertaking is intended to be made or executed in 
goods and effects of the party offending, by warrant | that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland ; 
under the hand of such Justice, which warrant such | and every such application as aforesaid to the said 
Justice is hereby empowered to grant, and shall be | Chairman or Speaker shall be made in writing, and 
paid io the person or persons making such com- | be signed by the director or directors or person or 
piaint ; and it shall be lawful for any such Justice persons having the management of the said work or 
of the Peace to whom any complaint shall be made | undertaking, or by any Five of them ; and therein 
of any offence committed against this Act to summon | shall be stated the name or description of such work 
the party complained of before him, and on such | or undertaking, and name and place of abode or the 
summons to hear and determine the matter of such | names and places of abode of such director or direc- 
complaint in a summary way, and on proof of the | tors, person or persons, and the sum of money re- 
offence to convict the offender, and to adjudge him | quired to be paid, and the bank and name into and 
to pay the penalty or forfeiture incurred, and to | in which the same is to be paid ; and such particu- 
proceed to recover the same, although no informa-| lars shall also be set forth in every such warrant 
tion in writing or in print shall have been exhibited | or order; and such warrant or order shall be a suf- 
or taken by or before such Justice; and all such| ficient authority for the Accountant-general of thee 
proceedings by summons without information shall | said Court of Exchequer in England, the Queen’s 


Remembrancer 


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 acknowledg- 
ments and receipts in respect of the same respectively | 
as shall be thereby directed. | 








Clerks of the 
Peace, Xc., to 
permit such 
Documents to 
be inspected or 
copied by per- 
sons interested. 




















Payment of 
Deposit. 


1 G. 4, Ce 350 


23 &amp; 24 G. 3. 
(I.) 


Investment 
of Deposit. 


Repayment 
of Deposit. 


8 VicToRIz. 


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 er persons named in such warrant or or- 
der, 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 securities in 
or upon which the same may be invested as herein- 
after 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 Exchequer, 
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 Exche- 
quer at Westminster, on account of the Suitors of 
the said Court, and for the Appointment of an Ac- 
countant-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 Re- 
ward; and every sum paid into the Bank of Jre- 
land in the name and with the privity of the Ac- 
countant-general of the Court of Chancery in Ire- 
land, 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 Par- 
liament of Zreland, 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 depositing 
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 sur- 
vivor 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 
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 Govern- 
ment security or securities. 

1V. And be it Enacted, That on the termination 
of the Session of Parliament in which the Petition 
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 al- 
lowed to proceed, or ifan 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 mo- 

Von. 99. 


6° August?. 





607 
ney 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 Remembrancer, 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 warrant 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 per- 
sons whom they may appoint in that behalf; but 
no such order shall be made in the case of any such 
Petition or Bill 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 pro- 
ceed, 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 proceeding 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 conclusive proof of such rejec- 
tion, 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. 

Resolved, That the Orders relating to Private 
Business recommended by the Select Committee, 
“ appointed to consider whether any and what altera- 
tions in the Standing Orders of the House respect- 
ing Private Bills the experience of the present Ses- 
sion may show to be desirable,” 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. 


_ A Petition of Inhabitants of Merthyr Tydvil and Frost, Williams 
its vicinity, praying the House to address Her Ma- 2nd Jones. 


jesty, in order that Her Majesty may be induced to 
grant a full and free pardon to John Frost, Zephaniah 
Williams and William Jones, and restore them to 
their families, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Debtors confined in the Prison of 
Whitecross-street, in the city of London, taking no- 
tice of the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; and praying that 
the Insolvent Debtor may be placed by the present 
Bill on the same footing as the Bankrupt, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of William Byrne, late of the Honour- 
able East India Company’s Saint Helena Artillery, 
stating that the Petitioner has served in the above 
corps for thirteen years and three hundred and sixty- 
one days; that he was discharged at Portsmouth on 
the 31st of May 1836, wanting four days of a pe- 
riod of fourteen years’ service; that at the period of 
his enlistment he was informed that he would be en- 
titled to receive a pension at the expiration of four- 
teen or twenty-one years respectively ; but on re- 
ceiving his discharge he was informed that in con- 
sequence of wanting the four days to complete 
fourteen years’ service, he was not entitled to a 








4H4 pension ; 


Insolvent 
Debtors Bill, 


William Byrne. 














608 


pension ; and praying for consideration of his case, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Tabie. 


Joint Stock 
Companies Re- 
gistration and 
Regulation 
Bill, &amp;c. 


A Petition of Samuel Cobham, of Newgate-street, 
praying for the introduction of a clause into the Joint 
Stock Companies Registration and Regulation Bill, 
that all such Companies shall keep a book in which 
shall be registered the names and residences of the 
shareholders, and the number of shares held by each 
shareholder, and that such book shall be corrected 
or made up at least once a month, and that such 
book shall be open for the inspection of the share- 
holders at all reasonable times, and that any and 
every person or persons who shall prevent any share- 
holder from inspecting, or who shall refuse to allow 
any shareholder to inspect such book at such times, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sub- 
jected to imprisonment or to a fine of 100/. for every 
such offence; and for restraint of the conduct of the 
Directors of the New Zealand Company, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 


No. 589. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 
ended the 5th day of July 1844, 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 pay- 
ing off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and 
Repayments for Local Works, &amp;c.:—And, of the 
Balances of the Public Money remaining in the 
Exchequer on the 5th day of July 1844, the Amount 
of Money raised by additions to the Funded or Un- 
funded Debt in the year ended the 5th day of July 
1844; the Money applied towards the Redemption 
of the Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt; the 
Total Amount of Advances and Repayments on ac- 
count of Local Works, &amp;c., with the difference ac- 
cruing thereon, and the Balances in the Exchequer, 
on the 5th day of July 1844. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Accounts. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Crown Lands 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(lreland.) 


a Copy of a further Report of Richard Griffith, 
Esquire, to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, &amp;c., on the Progress of the Roads and Land 
Improvements on the Crown Estate of King Wil- 
liamstown, in the County of Cork, in continuation 
of a Report presented to the House of Commons, 
and ordered to be printed 6th September 1841. 

The Earl of Lincoln accordingly presented the 
said Paper, 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Woods, Forests, The Earl cf Lincoln presented, pursuant to the 


— Revenues, directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Twenty- 
No 590 first Report of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's 
“““" Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Build- 
ings, being the Fifteenth Annual Report of the said 
Commissioners. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Manchester 
Court of Re- 
quests. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Sums of Money paid into the Man- 
chester Court of Requests by Debtors, all Sums re- 
ceived by Creditors, and the Sums remaining un- 
claimed on the 31st day of December in each year 
from 1808 to 1844; also, the Number of Causes 
tried, the Number of Executions issued against the 
Goods, and the Number against the Person of the 








6° Augusti. 


A. 1844, 


Debtor; also, the Number of Persons imprisoned 
in each year during the same period. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration yy, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Bu 


intituled, An Act for regulating the construction and 
the use of Buildings in the Metropolis and its neigh- 
bourhood ; and the same were read, as follow : 


“ 


‘é 


“ 














Pr. 2. 1. 20. Leave out from “ purpose” to 
whereby” in 1. 23. 

Pr. 5. 1. 12. After “ say” insert “ as to the dis- 
tricts, and the officers to be appointed in pursuance 
hereof, on the first day of September next, and.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 14. Leave out “ such.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 17. Leave out from “ five” to “ and,” 
1, 21. 

Pr. 8. 1. 16. After “ allevs” insert “ not.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 2. After the second “ year” insert “ or 
for any less term.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 14. After “ boundary” insert “ of the 
district hereby defined.” 


Pr. 13. 1. 27. After “ herein” insert “ and that 
notice of the time when it shall please Her Ma- 
jesty to order any such extension to be taken into 
consideration by Her Privy Council shall be pub- 
lished by Royal Proclamation in the London 
Gazette One month at the least before such ex- 
tension shall be taken into consideration ; and that 
three weeks at the least before such matter shall 
be so considered it shall be the duty of the Official 
Referees, and the Overseers of the parishes within 
which such parts or places are situate, to cause 
copies of such Proclamation tu be fixed on the 
doors of the churches and chapels within such 
parishes ; and that every Order in Council made 
in pursuance of this Enactment shall be published 
in the London Gazette.” 


Pr. 18. 1. 38. Leave out from “ appoint” to 

And” in Pr. 20. 1. 15., and insert Clause (A.) 
Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, with regard to any building of whatever 
class, so far as relates to the modification of any 
existing lease or agreement for a lease, being of 
the nature of a building lease, whereby any per- 
son may be bound to erect buildings, That, not- 
withstanding any thing herein contained, if it be 
made to appear to the Official Referees that any 
rules by this Act prescribed will prevent the due 
observance of or be at variance with any such 
lease or agreement, and that the objects of this 
Act may be obtained by modifying such rules, 
either entirely or partially, in conformity with 
such lease or agreement, then it shall be lawful 
for the said Official Referees, by their award, to 
authorize such modification, subject, nevertheless, 
to the approbation of the Commissioners of Works 
and Buildings ; and, subject to such modification, 
or in default thereof, it shall be the duty of such 
person so bound to erect buildings, and he is 
hereby required to evect every building agreed to 
be built by such lease or agreement according to 
the conditions rendered necessary by this Act, in 
the same or like manner as if this Act had been 
passed and in operation at the time of making 
such lease or agreement; and that on the com- 
pletion of such works, either according to the 
provisions of this Act or according to such modi- 
fication aforesaid, and on giving to the lessor and 
other owners of such building Fourteen days’ 
notice of his intention to apply to the Official 
Referees on this behalf, it shall be lawful for the 
lessee or tenant and he is hereby entitled to re- 
quire the Official Referees to ascertain what loss, 
present and prospective, has been occasioned by 
the observance of the provisions of this Act,and, 
having regard to the respective terms and interests 
of the lessee or tenant, the lessor and other 
owners of such building, and having regard to 
any profit, benefit or advantage which may have 
* accrued 


tropolitan 
ildings Bill, 











8 VicToRIz£. 


“ accrued to such lessee or tenant since the execu- 


tion of such lease or agreement, and which may 
appear to the said Official Referees not to have 
been in the contemplation of the parties to such 
lease or agreement at the time of such execution 
thereof as aforesaid, to determine whether he is 
entitled to any and what compensation, whether 
by payment of money or reduction of rent, or 
both, or otherwise; and that on the receipt of 
such requisition, and on proof of due notice 


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such Official Referees and they are hereby required 
to proceed to ascertain if any and what loss has 
been so occasioned, and, having regard as aforesaid 
to such terms and interest as aforesaid, and to such 
profit, benefit or advantage as aforesaid, to deter- 
mine if any and what compensation as aforesaid 
is to be paid in respect thereof, and by whom the 
same is to be paid, and in what proportions ; and 
their decision in the matter shall be final.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 9. Leave out “ extreme” and insert 
great.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 17. After “Surveyor” insert “ except 
as hereinafter is provided.” 


Pr. 25. 1. 23. After “ contained” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That if, by reason of any emergency, 
any act, matter or thing placed under the super- 
vision of the Surveyor be required to be done 
immediately, or before notice can be given to the 
Surveyor, then it shall be lawful for the builder 
or any person to do such act, matter or thing so 
requisite, but upon this condition, that within 
forty-eight hours after beginning to execute such 
work, notice thereof be given to the Surveyor.”’ 

Pr. 29. 1.33. After “ certify” insert “ accord- 
ingly.” 

Pr. 30. Is. 23. and 24. Leave out “ owner or.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 6. After “ B.” insert “ Part 1.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 23. Leave out “ owner or.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 25. Leave out from “ builder” to 
and” in 1. 26. 

Pr. 38. 1. 4. Leave out “ monies ” and insert 
moneys.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 18. Leave out from “ then” to “ and” 
in 1. 22., and insert “ it shall be the duty of the 
“« person entitled to the immediate possession of 
“ such building or the occupier, to make good the 

deficiency subject to reimbursement as hereinafter 
provided.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 17. Leave out “ four” and insert 
“* three.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 20. After “ Referees” insert “ and 
also such reasonable compensation as to the said 
Official Referees may seem proper for any loss 
which the adjoining owner shall have incurred by 
reason of such work.” 

Pr. 66. 1. 26. Leave out “ eight” and insert 
sixteen.” 

Pr. 72. 1. 30. After “ building’ insert “ being 
the person entitled to the immediate possession 
thereof.” 

Pr. 77. 1. 6. After “ furniture” insert “ goods, 
wares and merchandize.” 


Pr. 80. 1. 5. Leave out from “ the” to “ thereof ” 
in |. 10., and insert “ person who is entitled to the 
“ immediate possession of the adjoining buildings 
“* or ground whois in the immediate occupation.” 


Pr. 87. 1.37. Leave out “ or’ and insert “ and.” 


Pr. 90. 1.21. Leave out “ part” and in the same 
line after “ owners” insert “ according to the mean- 
“ ing of this Act.” 

Pr. 93. 1. 27. Leave out from “ dwellings” to 
“ be” in|. 28. 

Pr. 93. 1. 33. Leave out “ use and.” 

Pr. 93. 1. 34. Leave out “ use and.” 

Pr. 94. 1. 27. Leave out “ that” and insert 
« during which.” 


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thereof having been given to the lessor and other | 
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Pr. 97. 1.31. After‘ pounds” insert “ for every 
* day during which such building shall so remain 
“ near to such dangerous business.” 

Pr. 98. 1. 30. Leave out “ trades or.” 

Pr. 98. 1. 37. After “ other “ insert “ like.” 

Pr. 99. 1. penult. After “ situation” insert “ save 
“ as is hereinafter provided.” 

Pr. 100. 1. 5. After “ pounds” insert “ for every 
“ day during which such building shall remain near 
“« to such offensive or noxious business.” 

Pr. 100.1. 12. Leave out from “ day” to “ during” 
in |. 14. 

Pr. 101. Is. 7. and 8. Leave out “ trade or.” 

Pr. 102. 1.11. After “ to” insert “ the.” 

Pr. 103. 1. 17. After “on” insert “ of such busi- 
ness.” 

Pr. 109. 1. penult. Leave out from “ Council” to 
parish” in Pr. 110. 1. 1., and insert “ stating the 
existence of such offensive, noxious or dangerous 
business in such.” 

Pr.110.1.2. After “thereof” insert “ and pray- 
ing the removal of such business therefrom.” 


Pr. 112. 1. 36. Leave out “ operatives” and in- 
sert ‘‘ operation.” 


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Pr. 113. 1. 4. Leave out “or” and insert “ and 
that if by any Act of Parliament now in force, relat- 
ing to Gas Companies, to which such works belong, 
any extension of such works, or any additional 
works, or any other works be authorized to be 
erected or substituted, then such provisions shall 
not be deemed to apply to any such extension, 
addition or substitution within the limits of the 
district now lighted from such first-mentioned 
works, and that such provisions shall not be 
““ deemed to apply.” 

Pr. 114. 1. 4. After “of” insert “ one of.” 


Pr. 114. 1. 5. Leave out “ Secretary” and insert 
“ Secretaries,” and in the same line leave out from 
“ state” to “to” in |. 6. 

Pr. 114. 1. 35. After “ of” insert “ one of,” and 
in the same line and in 1. 36., leave out “ Secretary” 
and insert “ Secretaries,” and in 1. 36. leave out from 
“ state” to “to” in 1. 37. 

Pr. 117. 1. 3. After “ county” insert “ city or 
“ liberty.” 

Pr. 120. J. 31. Fill up the blank with “ eight.” 
Pr. 127. 
summon.” 


Pr. 129. 1. 28. Leave out from “ thereof” to 
it” in |. penult., and insert “ then and in every 
or any such case, it shall be lawful for any person 
to present a complaint in writing under his hand 
to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of 
London, or the Court of Quarter Sessions having 
jurisdiction over the district for which such Sur- 
veyor shall act for the time being, at any Sessions 
of the peace, quarter or general, either original, 
intermediate or adjourned, and which complain- 
shall set forth the nature and particulars of the 
offence charged by the complainant against any 
such Surveyor; and that the said Lord Mayor 
and Aldermen or Court of Sessions, as the case 
may be, shall, by order of court, appoint a time 
for the hearing of the said complaint, and a copy 
of which order and of the said complaint shall be 
served by or for the said complainant on the said 
Surveyor ten days at the least before the time ap- 
pointed for the hearing of such complaint; and 
the said Surveyor shall appear before the said 
Lord Mayor and Aldermen or Court of Sessions, 
as the case may be, at the time and place so ap- 
pointed for hearing the said complaint, to answer 
the same ; and that if, upon the hearing of the 
complainant and of the Surveyor, and the evidence 
respectively produced by or for them, it shall 
appear unto the said Lord Mayor and Aldermen 
or Court of Sessions, as the case may be, that 

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then.” 
Pr. 130. 1. penult. After “ for” insert “ one of.” 


Pr. 130.1. ult. Leave out “ Secretary” and insert 
Secretaries.” 


Pr 131. 1. 1. Leave out from “ state” to “and” | « 


Pr. 131.1. 12. After “ while” insert “ any.” " 


Pr. 131.1. 18. After “agent” insert “ or to act 
as Official Referee, in the case of any building or 
matter in which he shallact as Architect, and that 
if an Official Referee be employed as Architect, as 
to any building or matter within the limits of this 
Act, then it shall be the duty of such Official | 
Referee, and he is hereby required to report | 
thereon to the Commissioners of Works and | 
Buildings, and thereupon it shall be the duty of | 
such Commissioners of Works and Buildings, and ; “ 
they are hereby required to appoint some other | 
competent person to act in conjunction with the 
other Official Referee, as to such building or 
matter.” 

Pr. 137. l. 

Pr. 141. 1. 

Pr. 142. 1. 
certificates. 

Pr. 142. 1. 9. After “ award” insert “ or certifi- | 
cate or other document.” 


Pr. 148. 1. 27. After ‘ office” insert Clause (B.) | 


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27. Fill up the blank with “ eight.” | &amp; 
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impesed on such owner, subject, nevertheless, 
to any right or claim which such person or such 
occupier may have to be repaid such costs and 
expenses, and to be indemnified in respect of such 
duties, according to the provisions of this Act, 
according to the nature and extent of the cove- 
nants or agreements under which such person or 
occupier may hold such premises, as fully and 
effectually as if such covenants or agreements 
were herein recited.” 


Pr. 162. 1. 2. Leave out “ or ground” and insert 
fence, land, ground or tenement.” 


Pr. 162. 1. 25. Leave out “ or ground” and in- 


sert ‘‘ land, ground or tenement.” 


Pr. 162. 1.27. Leave out “ or ground” and in- 


sert “ fence, land, ground or tenement.” 


Pr. 162. 1.31. Leave out “ or ground” and insert 
land, ground or tenement.” 


Pr. 162. 1. 36. Leave out “or premises” and 


insert “ fence, land.” 


Pr. 162.1. ult. After the second “ year” insert 
or for any less term.” 


Pr. 163. 1.18. Leave out “ premises” and insert 
fence, land.” 


Pr. 163. Is. 28. and 24. Leave out “ premises” 


'and insert “ fence, land.” 


Pr. 163. 1. 35. Leave out “or premises” and in~’ 


sert “fence, land.” 


Pr. 164. ls. 8. and 9. Leave out “ or premises” 


Crause (B.) “ Provided always, and be it En-'| and insert “ fence, land.” 


acted, with regard to the officers appointed by or 
by virtue of this Act, so far as relates to the func- 
tions, appointment and tenure of office of such 
officers, That any appointments to such offices 
which shall be made by virtue of this Act shall 
be made subject to any provision that may be 
made by any Act of Parliameat hereafter to be 
passed for assigning other duties than those to} “ 
be imposed by virtue of this Act ; and such offices | 





In Schedule (A.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 171. ls. 25. 26. and 27. In the first column, 


leave out “4and 5 Will. 4., ¢. 35 (1834),” and in- 
sert “3 and 4 Vic. c. 85 (1840).”’ 


Pr. 171. 1. 
better.” 


Pr. 171. 1. 


26. In the second column, leave out 


28. In the second column, leave out 


shall be held not only subject to the pleasure of from “ and” to “ chimneys” in 1. ult. 


the officers and justices by whom such appoint- | 
ments shall be made, but also subject to the pro- | 
visions of any future Act of Parliament in relation | 
thereto.” 
Pr. 150. 1. 34. Leave out from “ that” to “ it” 
Pr. 151. 1. 6., and insert “ if any party claim any 
such sum of money then it shall be lawful for 
any one Justice of the Peace to summon the per- 
son on whom such sum is alleged to be charged, 
before any two Justices, or if the matter arise 
within the district of the Metropolitan Police, 
then before any Police Magistrate having juris- 
diction within that district ; and if such award 
or certificate be produced, or if such other pro- 
ceeding be proved by the oath of the party claim- | 
ing, or of any other credible witness, and if it be | , 
proved by the oath of such party or other witness | ¢, 
that such sum of money is still due, then.” si 


Pr. 153. 1. 5. After “ months” insert “ or.” | ¢ 


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Pr. 159. 1. 12. Leave out “so done” and insert | “ 
done by the authority or.” | 
Pr. 161. 1. 36. After “ buildings” insert Clause | “ 
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Crause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En-! 
acted, with regard to the owners of any building, 
fence, ground, land or tenement, so far as relates 
to their liabilities in respect of expenses incurred | «, 
in respect of such premises or otherwise, That in 
all cases, whatever may be the nature of the in-' 
terest in any such premises of the person entitled 
to the immediate possession thereof, or of the | 
occupier thereof, such person entitled to the im- 
mediate possession of such premises, or such oc-| 
cupier, shall in the first instance bear all costs' 
and expenses by this Act imposed on the owner 
thereof, and shall perform all duties by this Act | 
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Pr. 171. ls. 34., 35. and 36. In the first column, 


| leave out “ 4th—3 and 4 Vic., c. 85 (1840).” 


Pr. 171. 1.34. In the third column, leave out 
the same.” 


In Schedule (B.) to the Bill : 


Pr. 172. Is. 2.,3. and 4. Leave out the heading. 


Pr. 172. 1. 5. After “ Part I.” insert “ list of 
buildings of whatever class placed under special 
supervision.” 

Pr. 172. 1. 19. After “ prisons” insert “ and 
Bethlem Hospital and the house of occupations 
adjoining.” 

Pr. 173. 1.12. After “ garden” insert “ and the 
warehouses of or belonging to the Saint Katherine 
Dock Company, commonly called the New-street 
and Cutler-street warehouses, and the Haydon- 
square warehouses, purchased by the said Com- 
pany from the East India Company.” 


Pr. 173. 1. 22. After “ Part II.” insert “ list of 
buildings of whatever class exempted from su- 
pervision.” 


In Schedule (C.) Part I.. to the Bill: 


Pr. 178. 1. 15. Leave out “ capacity” and insert 
height.” 


Pr. 179. 1. 18. After “ building” insert “ rule 
for ascertaining area.” 


Pr. 179. 1. penult. After “ portico” insert “ rule 
for ascertaining the capacity of any building of 
the second class; and the capacity or cubical 
contents of any such building is to be ascertained 
by measuring, according to the rule for ascertain- 
ing area, and from the surface of the lowest floor 


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“ such building.” In Schedule (C . Part III. to the Bill: 
Pr. 180. 1. 18. Leave out from “ floor’ to “ rule” Pr. 187. Amend transverse sections of walls as 
in I. 29. follow : 
FIRST RATE. SECOND RATE. THIRD RATE. FOURTH RATE. 
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External. Party. External. Party. External. Party. External. Party. 

In Schedule (C.) Part IV. to the Bill: In Schedule (D.) Part I. to the Bill: 
Pr. 190. 1. penult. Leave out from “feet” to Pr. 200. 1. 34. Leave out from “thereon” to 
“ then,” in Pr. 191. 1. 2. “ height,” in Pr. 201. 1. 4. 
Pr. 191. 1. 3. Leave out “ warehouses ” and in- Pr. 202. 1. 15. After “ outside” insert “ except 
sert “ building.” ,, |“ the pavement of any public way.” 
Pes res 7. Leave out “ warehouse Pr. 202. 1. 19. Leave out from “ building” to 
and insert uilding. _ . “ thicknesses” in I. 33. 
Pr. 191. J. 28. After “ stone” insert “ or tron.” 
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In Schedule (I.) to the Bill : 
Pr, 241.1. 4 .Leave out from “ mews” to “ must” 
in |. 6. 
In Schedule (K.) to the Bill: 


Pr. 242. 1. 29. After “ square” insert “ above 
“ the level of the second story.” 


In Schedule (L.) to the Bill : 
Pr. 246. 1.2. After “ to” insert “ the.” 


In Schedule (M.) to the Bill: 


Pr. 250. 1. penult. In the seventh column, leave 
out “§ 109, &amp;c.,” and insert “ sections as to noti- 
“ fications.” 

Pr. 251. 1. 24. In the seventh column, leave out 
§ 109, &amp;c.,” and insert “ sections as to notifica- 
tions.” 


A. 1844. 


diction of the said Courts; and the same was again 
read. 

Resolved, That this House doth insist upon the 
Amendment made by this House, to which the Lords 
have disagreed. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for insisting on the Amendment made by 
this House to the said Bill, to which the Lords have 
disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Pringle, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Manners Sutton, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Attorney General for 
Ireland, Mr. Entwisle, Mr. Brotherton and Mr. 
Henley :—And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Courtsof Com 
Pr. 251. 1. 25. In the first column, leave out | take into further consideration the Reason given by mon Law Pro- 
“ 96.” : , the Lords at the Conference, held upon Friday last, 5-7 (Ireland) 


Pr. 252. 1. 5. In the seventh column, leave out 
§ 109, &amp;c.,” and insert “ sections as to notifica- 
tions.” 

Pr, 252. 1. 23. In the first column, fill up the 
blank with “ 26.” 

Pr. 252. 1. 24. In the seventh column, leave out 
“ § 109, &amp;c.,” and insert “ sections as to notifica- 
“ tions.” 

Pr. 252. 1. 30. In the seventh column, leave 
out “ § 109, &amp;c.,” and insert “ sections as to notifi- 
“ cations.” 

Pr. 253. 1. 2. In the seventh column, leave out 
§ 109, &amp;e.,” and insert “ sections as to notifica- 
tions.” 

Pr. 253. 1. 9. In the seventh column, leave out 
§ 109, &amp;c.,” and insert “ sections as to notifica- 
tions.” 

Pr. 253. 1. 12. In the first column, after “ mo- 
dification” insert “ or delay.” 

Pr. 253. 1.13. In the seventh column, leave out 


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for disagreeing to one of the Amendments made by 
this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to autho- 
rize, in certain cases, the Service of Process issuing 
out of Her Majesty’s Courts of Common Law in 
Ireland, on Persons resident out of the Jurisdiction 
of the said Courts; and the same was again read. 

Resolved, That this House doth insist upon the 
Amendment made by this House, to which the 
Lords have disagreed. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the seen at a Con- 
ference, for insisting on the Amendment made by 
this House to the said Bill, to which the Lords have 
disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Pringle, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Manners Sutton, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Attorney General for 
Ireland, Mr. Entwisle, Mr. Brotherton and Mr. 
Henley :—And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


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§ 109, &amp;e.,” and insert “sections as to notifica-| A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ailéan- Registration 
— nonlea, in the county of Clare, praying that the Re- of Flectors 


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Roman Catholic 
Penal Acts 
Repeal Bill. 


Insolvent 


Debtors Bill. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
Process Bill. 


Pr. 253. 1. penult. In the seventh column, leave 
out “§ 109, &amp;c.,” and insert “ sections as to noti- 
“ fications.” 

Pr. 259. 1. 11. Leave out from “ given” to 
“ three” in I. 12. 

Pr. 266. 1. 32. After “ 38” insert “ 39.” 

Pr. 267. 1. 22. After “ 38” insert “ 39.” 

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, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Roman Catholic Penal Acts 
Repeal 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Insolvent Debtors Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and, with an 
Amendment to one of them, agreed to; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 


[ These Amendments are inserted at p. 621.] 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Reason given by 














gistration of Electors (Jreland) Bill may not pass (eland) _ 


into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee ap- Courts of 
pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Common Law 


Lords, at a Conference, for insisting on the Amend- 
ment made by the Commons to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act to authorize, in certain cases, the Service of 
Process issuing out of Her Majesty’s Courts of 
Common Law at Westminster, on Persons resident 
out of the Jurisdiction of the said Courts, to which 
the Lords have disagreed ; 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 : 


Because this Bill, while it obliges a person 
resident in Scotland to submit to the jurisdic- 
tion of the English Courts of Law, introduces 
no reciprocity obliging a person resident in 
England to submit, in similar cases, to the juris- 
diction of the Courts of Law in Scotland; on 
this account, persons resident in Scotland have 
been exempted from the operation of 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 this House to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Pringle do go to the Lords, and desire the said 
Conference. 


the Lords at the Conference, held upon Friday last,| Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee ap- Courts of Com- 
for disagreeing to one of the Amendments made by | pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the ™™ 0 ae 
this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to autho- | Lords at a Conference, for insisting on the Amend- —* 
rize, in certain cases, the Service of Process issuing | ment made by the Commons to the Bill, intituled, 

out of Her Majesty’s Courts of Common Law at|An Act to authorize, in certain cases, the Service 
Westminster, on Persons resident out of the Juris- | of Process issuing out of Her Majesty’s Courts of 


Common 

















8 VicrorRiz. 


Common Law in Jreland on Persons resident out of 
the Jurisdiction of the said Courts, to which the 
Lords have disagreed ; 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 : 


Because this Bill, while it obliges a person 
resident in Scotland to submit to the jurisdic- 
tion of the Jrish Courts of Law, introduces no 
reciprocity, obliging a person resident in Jre- 
land to submit in similar cases to the jurisdic- 
tion of the Courts of Law in Scotland ; on this 
account persons resident in Scotland have been 
exempted from the operation of 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 this House to the said Bill: And that 


Mr. Pringle do go to the Lords, and desire the said 
Conference. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 31st day of July last, 
and the Ist, 2d and 3d 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. 


Public Petitions 
(Forty-fourth 
Report. ) 


Custom House 
Frauds and 
Customs. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Evidence appended 
to the Report presented to this House in the last 
Session of Parliament, respecting the Frauds which 
have been practised on the Custom House Depart- 
ment in London, which was presented upon the 12th 
day of thisinstant June ; together with the Returns 
of the Names of all Officers of the Customs who 
have been suspended, superseded or dismissed, since 
June 1842, stating the date of the Entry of each 
Officer into the Service, the several Offices each 
Officer has held, and how long in each ; also, the 
Salary and Allowances of each Officer at the time 
of his suspension, supersession or dismissal ; stating 
also the Names of such of these Officers as have 
been restored to the Service, and at what dates 
restored :—And, of the Names of all Individuals 
and Mercantile Houses who have been prosecuted 
at the suit of the Customs in connection with the 
late Frauds, since June 1842, or against whom Legal 
Proceedings have been commenced, the dates of the 
several Trials, with the results thereof, which were 
presented upon the 19th day of July last, be printed, 
for the use of Members only. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
the Lords. 


and Sir William Horne: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Duchy of Com- A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Council 
wallLands Bill. of His Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince of 
Wales, to sell and exchange Lands and enfranchise 
Copyholds, Parcel of the Possessions of the Duchy 
of Cornwall, to purchase other Lands, and for other 
Purposes : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the better Adminis- 
tration of Criminal Justice in Middlesex : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to defray, until the First 
day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-five, the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and 
Contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied 
Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, to grant Al- 
lowances, in certain cases, to Subaltern Officers, Ad- 
jutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, As- 
sistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant 
Majors of the Militia, and to authorize the Employ- 
ment of the Non-commissioned Officers : 

Vot. 99. 


Criminal Justice 
( Middlesex) 
Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill, 


6° August. 


613 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to clear up Doubts as Customs (New 
to the Regulation and Audit of the Accounts of South Wales) 
the Customs in Vew South Wales: i 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to reduce, under certain Books and 
Circumstances, the Duties payable upon Books and _— 
Engravings: And also, a 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Transfer of 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to sim- Property Bill. 
plify the Transfer of Property, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Hough’s 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- Divorce Bill. 
solve the Marriage of William Hough, a Major in 
the Military Service of the Honourable East India 
Company, with Sophia his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes, without 
any Amendment: And also, ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made New South 
by this House tothe Amendments made by their Lord- Wales, &amp;e., Goe 
ships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to explain an Act peeeee are 
of the Fifth and Sixth years of Her present Majesty, 
for the Government of New South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Railways Bill. 
Act to attach certain Conditions to the Construction 
of future Railways, authorized or to be authorized 
by any Act of the present or succeeding Sessions of 
Parliament, and for other Purposes in relation to 
Railways, 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 Law Courts 
Act to regulate and reduce the Expenses of the (Ireland) Bill. 
Offices attached to the Superior Courts of Law in 
Ireland, payable out of the Consolidated Fund, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed tothe Bill, intituled, An Act Municipal 
to enable Barristers appointed under the Act 5 and — 
6 Will. 4, to arbitrate between Counties and Munici-~ * 
pal Corporations, to submit a special Case to the Su- 
perior Courts, and to amend an Act of the fifth and 
sixth years of Her present Majesty, for amending the 
Law concerning Prisons, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 








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 lear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills therein 
mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 

Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act to provide for paying off such of the Three-and-a- 
Three pounds Ten shillings per Centum Annuities bulf per Cents. 
and Government Debentures which are to be paid Pisentients 
off under Two Acts passed in the present Session of 
Parliament : 

An Act to suspend until the Thirty-first day of Ecclesiastieat 
December One thousand eight hundred and Forty- Jurisdictions 
seven, the Operation of the new Arrangement _— 
Dioceses, so far as it affects the existing Ecclesias- 
tical Jurisdictions, and for obtaining Returns from 
and the Inspection of the Registries of such Juris- 
dictions : 

An Act for facilitating Arrangements between Debtors and 
Debtors and Creditors: ‘ Creditors Bill. 

413 n 














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; 





614. 6° Augusti. A. 1644. 


An Act to defray, until the First day of August | leading across the River Ayr, at the Royal Burgh 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, the | or Town of Ayr, in the County of Ayr, and for other 
Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Contingent and | Purposes in relation thereto : 
other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great; An Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, watering, Swansea 
Britain and Ireland, to grant Allowances, in certain | regulating and otherwise improving the Town and teprovemens 
cases, to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, | Borough of Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan, 
Quarter Masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons,' and for removing and preventing Nuisances and 
Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, | Annoyances therein : 
and to authorize the Employment of the Non-com-| An Act for making new Docks and other Works Kingston-upon, 
missioned Officers: | connected therewith, in addition to the present Hull Docks Bill, 
Aliens Bill. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Aliens: | Docks at Kingston-upon-Hull, and for amending 
Clerk of the An Act to amend so much of an Act of the fifth the Acts relating to such last-mentioned Docks: 
Crown in and sixth years of his late Majesty, as relates tothe, An Act for better lighting, paving, cleansing, Rochdale 
ye ae Salary of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and | Watching, regulating and improving the Town of Leeprovement 
to make other Provisions in respect of the said Of- | Rochdale, and the Environs thereof, in the County “"" 
fice: | Palatine of Lancaster : dl 
Privy Council An Act for amending an Act passed in the fourth | An Act for better paving, lighting, cleansing and nec Oi 
Bill. year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, An’ otherwise improving f art of the Parish of Newchurch, Bill. mt 
Act for the better Administration of Justice in his | in the Isle of Wight, called Ventnor, and for esta- 
Majesty’s Privy Council, and to extend its Juris-| blishing a Market therein : " . ; 
diction and Powers: | An Act to authorize the Sale of certain Estates Willenhall 
An Act to explain and amend the Act for the and Mines belonging to the Chapel of Willenhall, — Estate 
ern ee Government of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s|i% the Parish of Wolverhampton, m the County of ~~ 
vernment Dill, 


Militia Pay 
Bill 


New South 


Land: | Stafford, and to provide a Residence for the In- 
Trafalgar- An Act to provide for the Care and Preservation cumbent of the Chapel : . 
square Bill, og Trafalgar-square, in the City of Westminster : An Act to enable the Guardian of Henry Peach Hitchins 
Detached Parts An Act to annex Detached Parts of Counties to Keighley Peach, an Infant, to sell the next Presen- — 
of Counties Bill. 4h Counties in which they are situated : | tation to the Rectory and Parish Church of Idlicote, . 
Land Tex 


: ip : va = ak 
Tex | An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for |!" the County of Warwick : —" 
co executing the Acts for granting a Land Tax and| An Act for enlarging the Powers contained in the Ramsden’s 
i i ial in ” | Will of Sir John Ramsden, Baronet, deceased, to Est#te Bil. 


FarmBuildings An Act to amend the Law as to burning Farm | grant Leases of the Hereditaments in the Townships 
Bill. Buildings : ot Huddersfield, Honley, Dalton and Almondbury, 
Transfer of An Act to transfer the Collection of the Duty on devised by such Will, and for other Purposes : 
Licenses 


pang Licenses to let Horses for Hire in Treland from the An Act for enabling the Trustees = the Will ee 
(ircland) Bill. Commissioners of Stamps to the Commissioners of | of the late Mr. Jonathan Passing am, to grant 
Excise: Leases of the devised Estates, with Licenses to dig 

An Act to enable the Council of his Royal High- | Brick Earth, and to raise Monies upon Parts of the 
ness Albert Edward Prince of Wales to sell and | aid Estates, and for the Purchase of an adjoining 
exchange Lands and enfranchise Copyholds, Parcel Property, and for other Purposes : 
of the Possessions of the Duchy of Cornwall, to! . An Act for enabling the Trustees under the Mar- ene 
purchase other Lands, and for other Purposes : | Mage Settlement of William Henry Bowen Jordan wenden 

An Act for the better Administration of Criminal ; Wé/son, Esquire, to seil the Estates comprised in 


Duchy of Corn- 
wall Lands Bill. 


Criminal Justice 


(Middieses) Jestice in Mididieecs : _the same Settlement, and for laying out the Monies 
sate . {arising from such Sales in the Purchase of other 
Customs (New An Act to clear up Doubts as to the Regulation Lands, to be settled to the same Uses : 
— Wales) and Audit of the Accounts of the Customs in New’ Ay Act for enabline Trustees to sell the Estates Harris's 
South Wales : steel | devised by and settled to the Uses of the Will of Estate Bill. 
Beoksand Ene An Act to reduce, under certain circumstances 


weeny . ’ &gt;| William Harris, Esquire, deceased, and for autho- 

grevings Bill. the Duties payable upon Books and Engravings: | rizing the laying out of the Monies arising therefrom 

‘in the Purchase of other Estates, to be setiled to 

: ‘the same Uses: 

An Act to continue, for One year, an Act of the; An Act for carrying into effect a Compromise of LadyleDesper 
second and third years of Her present Majesty, in-} a Suit for raising Portions for the younger Children cer’s Estate Bill, 
tituled, An Act to extend and render more effectual, | of the Richt hencmeiiie Thomas Lord Fa Despencer 

for Five years, an Act passed in the fourth year of | deceased, out of the settled Estates of the ais 

his late M ajesty George the Fourth, to amend an | Thomas Lord le Despencer, deceased, at Mereworth, 


Act passed in the fiftieth year of his Majesty George | in the County of Kent, and elsewhere, in the said 
the Third, for preventing 


rp ing the administering and | County, and also for authorizing the Sale and Ex- 
taking unlawful Oaths in Sreland: 


Transfer of An Act to simplify the Transfer of Property : 
Property Bill. 

Unlawful Oaths 
(Ireland) Bui. 


; reCane &lt; | change of certain Parts of the said settled Estates: 
Party Proces- = An Act to continue, until the first day of June| An Act to confirm certain Contracts for Leases Ladbroke’s 
Bill. (Ireland) Oye thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, an Act | 


made and entered into by James Weller Ladbroke, Estate Bill. 

‘ ae See s ; } »| Esquire, of Lands and Premises at or near Wotting 

for restraiming for Five years, in certain cases, Party | Hill, in the County of Middlesex, and to alter and 
Processions in Lreland : en enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the first and 

Great Southern = An Act for making and maintaining a Railway | ' 





of the second and third years of his late Majesty 


| second years of the reign of his late Majesty King 
and Westem — from the City of Dublin to the Town of Cashel, with | G F inti ” t e 
pote At T= -s ashel, with | George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to enable 
(ireland) Bill, &amp; Branch to the Town of Carlow : | James Weiler Ladbroke, Esquire, and others, to 
Wishaw and An Act to alter, amend, enlarge and in part repeal | grant Building Leases of Lands in Kensington, 
: ng Rai- the Acts relating to the Wishaw and Coltness Rail- | Paddington, Notting Barns and Westborne, in the 
way Bill. - . 
’ way : 


County of Middlesex,” and for other Purposes re- 


North bw An Act for making a Railway from the River | lating thereto : 
way Bil “us Dee, in the County of the City of Chester, to Wrea- 


An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Will of Bowyer's 
William Atkins Bowyer, Esquire, deceased, to grant Estate Bill. 
Building, Improving and other Leases of certain 
Estates at Clapham, in the County of Surrey, de- 
vised by the said Will, and the second Codicil 
thereto, to the Trustees therein named : 

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of Sir Gervis’s | 
George William Tapps Gervis, Baronet, deceased, "***¢ 3". 

to 


ham, in the County of Denbigh, to be called “ The 
North Wales Mineral Railway :”’ 
London ond ; An Act to continue and extend the Powers of | 
ie d Rail- 7} 7 * 
Croyiton NM the London and Croydon Railway Company : 
way (No. 2.) 7 ’ 
Bill. ponies a ee 
aun Meidon An Act for widening, repairing and maintaining 
- ee . . “ee i T ; ae. 5 
(No. 2+) Bil. the Bridge of Ayr, commonly called the New Bridge, 











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ill, 








8 VicToRIzZ. 


6° August. 


615 


to convey a Church at Bournemouth, in the County | roan ;—Blissintown and other places ;— Tracton 


of Southampton, to Her Majesty’s Commissioners 
for building new Churches, and to endow the same : 

An Act to enable Thomas Alexander Baron Lovat 
to 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 : 

An Act for vesting Parts of the Estates of Wil- 
liam Devaynes, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, upon 
Trust, to be sold, and for paying off a Mortgage 
Debt of Eight thousand two hundred pounds, due 
to James Parkinson, Esquire, out of the first Pur- 
chase Monies, and for laying out the Residue of the 
Purchase Monies under the Direction of the Court 
of Chancery in the Purchase of other Estates to be 
settled to the same Uses: 

Bishop of An Act for confirming and carrying into execution 
London’s Estate certain Articles of Agreement made and entered into 
=. between Charles James Lord Bishop of London, 
Thomas Thistlethwayte, Esquire, Thomas Somers 
Cocks, Esquire, Christopher Hodgson, Esquire, the 
Company of Proprietors of the Grand Junction 


Lord Lovat’s 
Estate Bill. 


Devaynes’ 
Estate Bill. 


Canal and the Grand Junction Waterworks Com- | 


pany, and for other Purposes therein mentioned : 
An Act for authorizing the Sale of certain Estates 
in the Counties of Meath and Cavan, limited by the 
Settlement executed on the Marriage of Pierce 
Morton and Louisa Morton, otherwise Somerville, 
his Wife, and for applying the Monies thence arising 
in Payment of Incumbrances affecting the said 
Estates prior to said Settlement : 
Lord Cran- An Act for effecting an Exchange of the Entailed 
stwoun’s Estate Estate of Rosehall, belonging to the Right honour- 
Bill. able James Edward Lord Cranstoun, situated in the 
County of Sutherland, for certain Lands in the County 
of Kincardine, belonging to James Matheson, Ks- 
quire, of Achany : 


Morton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Werrington, An Act for authorizing the Endowment of the 
Xe» Curacies Curacies of Werrington and Suint Giles-in-the - 
Ube 


Heath, in the County of Devon, and the Alienation 
and Conveyance of the Rights of Patronage of the 


same Curacies respectively to Persons who shall fur- | 


ther endow the same, and for other Purposes relat- 
ing thereto : 


BishopofDown, An Act for annexing to the United Bishopricks 


— and = of Down, Connor and Dromore, the House known 

Pate Bill, 2&amp;8 Down and Connor House, with the Appurte- 
nances, and for other Purposes : 

Cheape’s An Act to dissolve the Marriage of John Cheape, 

Divorce Bill. Esquire, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Military Ser- 
vice of the Honourable East India Company, with 
Amelia Frances Chicheley Cheape, his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other | 
Purposes therein mentioned : 

Hough’s An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William ' 

Divoree Bill. Tough, a Major in the Military Service of the Ho- 
nourable East India Company, with Sophia, his 
now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purposes. 

Charitable Petitions of the Reverend WM. Slattery, p. D. A. ;— | 

Donations 


and, Michael Burke, vp. p., and others; praying 
that the Charitable Donations and Bequests (Ire- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and Bequests 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lord’s Day. A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, and 


other Inhabitants of the united parishes of Saint- 


Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe and Saint Ann, Blach-' 


friars, in the city of London, praying the House so 
to amend the Statutes prohibiting trading on the 
Lord’s Day, as to make the same adequate in the 


hands of the Executive to secure the objects for. 


which they were framed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Union with 
Tre!and. 


Petitions from Dublin ;-—Kiltulla and Killimer 


— Hugganstown ; — Killaleghton and Kilreekee ; — 
Ballyheigue and other places ;— Kilmore ;— Tulla- 
Vor. 99. 


Daly ;— Muccallee;— Kilmuchridge and Killincooly; | 


and Nohoval ;—Leagan ;—Adragool and Liskeevy ; 
—Castleisland ; — Airdrie ;— Duan ;— Pomeroy ;— 
Ratheline and Lanesborough ;—Glanworth ;— Lara 
Upper ;— Philipstown ;—JInch, Kilmore and Killy- 
beagh ; —Saint John’s (Limerich) ; — Clonea and 
Rathcormick ;—Salford ;— Aughagollen and Ballin- 
| dery ;—Listowel ;— Moylough ;— Killoughy ;—Bal- 
| Lyboy ;—Askeaton, Lismakerry and Iveruss ;—Kil- 
_ car ;— Clondrohid ;— Bally M‘ Elligett ;—Seagoe ;— 
_Kilcrohane ; — Kildysart and Kitfidane ; —Drum- 
| rily ;—Barony of Eglish (King’s County) ;—Cove ; 
| —Achill ; — Grange ; — Kiltohart ; — Clonfeakle ; 
'—Upper Badoney ;— Dysart Galen ;—Melena and 
| Kilnamena ; —Ballylanders;—Fenagh;— Aghihart; 
_—Ovens, Desertmore and Aglish ;— Gowran; — 
| Kilmore and half parish of Clonaft ;—Kilbeagh ;— 
'— Durrus ; — Killoe ; — Kilskerry ; —Clongish ;— 
Moygowna ; — Eyrecourt ;—Clare Abbey and Kil- 
_lone;—Drumcormack and other places ;— Ettagh 
and other places ;—Mungret and Crecoragh ;—Go- 
rey; — Banagher ; — Killaloe ;—Goresbridge and 
Paulstown ; —Ardrahan ;— Dungiven and Boveva ; 
_—Saint Mary’s, Wexford ;—Murhur and Knocka- 
| mure ; —Passage ;— Newfoundland ;—and, Toronto 
(Canada) ; praying for the repeal of the Legislative 
Union between Great Britainand Ireland,—-were pre- 
| sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration Railways Bill. 
_the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 

tituled, An Act to attach certain Conditions to the 
Construction of future Railways, authorized or to 

be authorized by any Act of the present or succeed- 

Ing Sessions of Parliament, and for other Purposes 

‘in relation to Railways; and the same were read, as 

| follow : 

Pr. 9.1. 18. Leave out from “ every” to “ pro- 
vide” in 1. 20., and insert “ week-day except 
Christmas-day and Good Friday (such exception 
|“ not to extend to Scotland).” 

Pr. 13.1.33. After “ aforesaid” insert Clause (A.) 
|  Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That when- 
ever any Railway Company, subject to the herein- 
before-nentioned obligation of running chea 
trains, shall, from and after the days hereinbefore 
specified on which the said obligation is to accrue, 
run any train or trains on Sundays for the con- 
veyance of passengers, it shall, under the obliga- 
|“ tions contained in its Act or Acts of Parliament, 

and with the immunities applicable by law to 
carriers of passengers by Railway by such trains 
each way on every Sunday as shall stop at the 
greatest number of stations, provide sufficient 
'“ carriages for the conveyance of third-class pas- 

sengers at the terminal and other stations at which 
such Sunday train may ordinarily stop.” 

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 ; 

Ordered, That the said Clause be committed toa 
~Committee of the whole House. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the Committee :—The House accord- 
ingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


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(In the Committee.) 


Crause (A.) (Third-class trains to be provided 
on Sundays on ail Railways subject to this Act on 
| which trains are run on that day) read, 1° 2°, and 
amended, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ and the fare or charge for each third-class pas- 
_“ senger by such train, shall not exceed one penny 





i for each mile travelled,” and agreed to. 


| Clause, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, ‘That the Committee had gone through the 
Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 


414 Ordered, 





Birth of a 
Prince. 


Colonial Ex- 
penditure, &amp;c. 


South Australia. 


Courts of 
Common Law 
Process Bill. 


Timber Duties. 


616 


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, so amended, was 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, with an Amendment ; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, to offer the 
Congratulations of this House to Her Majesty on 
the birth of another Prince; and to assure Her 
Majesty, that every increase of Her illustrious Fa- 
mily, and every addition to Her Majesty’s domestic 
happiness, afford the most unfeigned joy and satis- 
faction to Her faithful Commons. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Abstract from 
the Blue Books sent to the Colonial Office by the 
British Colonies, for the year 1842, of the Total 
Amount of Revenue received by each of these Co- 
lonies, under separate heads ; and also, the Amount 
of Expenditure, under separate heads, so as to ex- 
hibit the Total Amount of Taxation and Revenue 
of every kind, and the Total Amount of Expenditure 
of every kind, and showing the Balance for or 
against the Colony; stating also, the Amount granted 
by Parliament to each of these Colonies in that 
year :—And, a Return or General Abstract of the 
Military and Naval Expenditure, by Great Britain, 
for the Colonies, in the year 1843 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 632, of Session 1840, 
No. 1, App. A. and B) 

Copies of all Letters and Accounts which have 
passed, since the 1st day of January 1843, between 
the Manager of the South Australian Company, on 
the one hand, and the Colonization Commissioners 
for South Australia, or the Colonial Office on the 
other :—Also, of all Memorials and Letters to Sir 
Robert Peel and the Secretary of State for the Co- 
lonies, and of the Replies to the same, on the sub- 
ject of the Emigration Land Fund of South Aus- 
tralia : — And, Extracts from the Despatches of 
Governor Grey on the expediency of renewing Emi- 
gration to that Colony. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


6° A ugusti ’ 


A. 1844, 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
and Sir William Horne: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords agree to a Conference on the sub- 
ject-matter of the Amendment made by the Com- 
mons to the Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize, 


| in certain cases, the Service of Process issuing out 


of Her Majesty’s Courts of Common Law at West- 
minster, on Persons resident out of the Jurisdiction 
of the said Courts, to which their Lordships have 
disagreed, as desired by this House in the Message 
of this day; and appoint the same presently, in 
their Lordships’ Committee Room No. 2.:— And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 








Message from 
the Lords, 


Courts of 
Common Law 
Process Bill, 


Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed Courts of 


to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Common Law 


Conference, for insisting on the Amendment made 
by this House to the said Bill, to which the Lords 
| have disagreed, do manage the Conference ; and the 
jnames of Mr. Round, Mr. Redhead Yorke, Mr. 
| Greene, Lord Marcus Hill, Mr. Thornely, Mr. 

Hawes, Captain Pechell, Mr. Escott, Mr. Baring 
Wall, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Sheil and Mr. Trotter were 
added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over ; 
and they went to the Conference :—And being re- 
turned ; 

Mr. Pringle reported, That the Managers had met 
the Lords at the Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Earl of Liverpool; and 
that they had delivered to the Lords the Reason for 
insisting on the Amendment made by the Commons, 
to which their Lordships had disagreed ; and had 
left the Bill, and Amendments, with their Lordships. 


Lords to desire a Conference on the subject-matter 





of the Amendments made by this House to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize, in certain cases, 
the Service of Process issuing out of Her Majesty’s 
Courts of Common Law in /reland, on Persons re- 
sident out of the Jurisdiction of the said Courts, 
the Lords do agree to a Conference, and appoint the 
same immedately, in Committee-room No. 2. 
Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for insisting on the Amendment made 








by this House to the said Bill, to which the Lords 
have disagreed, do manage the Conference ; and the 
names of Mr. Round, Mr. Redhead Yorke, Mr. 
Greene, Lord Marcus Hill, Mr. Thornely, Mr. 
Hawes, Captain Pechell, Mr. Escott, Mr. Baring 
Wall, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Sheil and Mr. Trotter were 
added to them. 


Then the Names of the Managers were called 


Mr. Pr ingle reported, That having been with the | over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
Lords to desire a Conference on the subject-matter | returned ; 


of the Amendments made by this House to the | 


Mr. Pringle reported, That the Managers had met 


Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize, in certain cases, | the Lords at a Conference, which was managed on 
the Service of Process issuing out of Her Majesty’s the part of the Lords by the Earl of Liverpool ; and 
Courts of Common Law at Westminster, on Persons | that they had delivered to the Lords the Reason for 
resident out of the Jurisdiction of the said Courts : insisting on the Amendment made by the Commons, 


—The Lords gave for answer, that they will send an 
Answer by Messengers of their own. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Mer- 
chants and Importers of Deals and other Wood 
Goods, praying the House to cause a scale of duties 
on deals, battens, staves, &amp;c., to be framed, equiva- 
lent to the cubical measurement, in order to give a 
greater facility to the trade, by enabling the dis- 
charge of cargoes into craft in the river, a privilege 
which the trade heretofore possessed, which was pre- 
sented upon the 22d day of July last, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House will, early in the next Session 
of Parliament, take the said Petition into considera- 
tion :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


to which their Lordships had disagreed; and had 
left the Bill, and Amendments, with their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
and Sir William Horne : 
Mr. Speaker, 


Process Bill. 


Mr. Pringle reported, That having been with the Courts of Com- 


mon Law Pro- 


cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Message from 


the Lords. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Gape’s _ 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- Divorce Bill. 


solve the Marriage of Thomas Foreman Gape, with 
Fanny Louisa, his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Salmon 
Act to amend an Act of the ninth year of King Fisheries 


: “2 ill. 
George the Fourth, for the Preservation of the Sal- eae dan 


mon Fisheries in Scotland, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 








rence of this House: And also, 


The 








Paisle 
Gas I 


Leed 
Bill. 


Art- 
Bill. 


Hou 
Par 


Ar 
Bil 


Bi 








Paisley Genera! 
Gas Bill. 


Leeds Vicarage 
Bill. 


Art-Unions 
Bill. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Art-Unions 
Bill. 


Art-Unions 
Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


County 
Coroners Bill, 


8 VicTorRIz. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the better supplying and lighting with Gas, 
or other Illuminating Power, the Town and Suburbs 
of Paisley, and certain neighbouring Towns or 
Villages, and Places adjacent ; and for other Pur- 
poses relating thereto, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
authorize the Division of the Parish and Vicarage 
of Leeds, in the County of York, into several Pa- 
rishes and Vicarages, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords desire a present Conference upon the 
subject-matter of the Amendments made by this 
House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for legalizing 
Art-Unions: And also, 

The Lords request, that this House will be pleased 
to give leave to the Earl of Lincoln, a Member of 
this House, to attend their Lordships, in order to 
his being examined as a Witness before the Select 
Committee appointed by their Lordships to inquire 
into the Progress of the Building of the Houses of 
Parliament :—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. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wyse, Mr. Morgan John 
O’Connell, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Round, Mr. Ber- 
nal, Mr. Sheil, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Hogg, Lord Mar- 
cus Hill, Mr. Bellew and Mr. Redhead Yorke, do 
manage the Conference. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Wyse reported, That the Managers had met 
the Lords at the Conference, which was managed 


6° Augusti. 


617 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s Factoriese 
Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of 
Factories to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, for the half year 
ending 30th June, 1844. 

Copy of Report of the Inspectors of Milbank Pri- Milbank Prison. 
son, for the year 1844, pursuant to the Act 6 and 7 
Vic., c. 26, s. 11. 

Copy of Reports relating to Parkhurst Prison, Parkhust 
1844, Prison. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Schoolmasters 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of (Scctland.) 
the Parochial Schoolmasters in Scotland who have 
retired, or have been removed from their Situations, in 
consequence of their Secession from the Established 
Church, subsequent to the month of May 1843. 

A Copy of the Indictment of Mrs. Mary Mac- Mrs. Macfar- 
farlanz, or Taylor, charged with the Crime of Mur- '#"* 
der and administering Poison within the County of No. 491. 
Renfrew, in 1842; with the Dates of the Warrant 
for her Apprehension and Imprisonment in Paisley 
Gaol; also, the date and place of each Declaration 
made by the above-named party, with the Name or 
Names of the Magistrates before whom the Decla- 
rations were made; also, the Date of Removal of 
the said Person from Paisley to Glasgow Gaol, 
with the date of her re-transmission to Paisley 
Gaol, with the date of her liberation from Gaol 
without being tried ; stating the whole period during 
which the said Mrs. Macfarlane or Taylor was con- 
fined in Gaol, and whether subjected to Solitary 
Confinement during part or the whole period; also, 
the Total Expenses incurred by the Crown, in con- 
sequence of the Proceedings at the instance of the 
Lord Advocate against the said Mrs. Taylor. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Paper relative to Mrs. Mac- 
farlane be printed. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Order, Timber (Navy.) 
—Returns of the Amount paid under the Con- 
tract for British Oak Timber, Thick Stuff, Plank 
and Treenails, delivered for each of Her Majesty’s 
Dock Yards, under Contract of 6th March 1843 to 
the 31st December 1843, distinguishing the Quan- 
tity and Price of each description of Timber, viz., 
Rough Oak Timber, sided Oak, Thick Stuff, Two, 
Two-and-a-half, and Three and Four Inch Plank, 





on the part of the Lords by the Earl of Liverpool ; 
who acquainted the Managers on the part of the! 
Commons, that the Lords, being desirous at all | 
times of maintaining a good correspondence with 
the House of Commons, had desired this Conference, 
in order to communicate to them the Reasons which 
have induced the Lords to disagree to some of the 
Amendments made by the Commons to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for legalizing Art-Unions, for which 
they gave their Reasons: 

And that the Lords had agreed to some of the 
Amendments made by the Commons, with Amend- 
ments : 

And that to the rest of the Amendments made by 
the Commons to the said Bill, the Lords had agreed ; 
and that they had brought back the Bill, and 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the said Reasons be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
and Sir William Horne: 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords agree to a Conference on the subject- 
matter of the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the 
Law respecting the Office of County Coroner, as 
desired by this House in their Message of yesterday, 


with Number of Treenails of each length :—And, 
of the Quantity of African Teak Timber contracted 
for in 1828; with Copy of the Description, Con- 
ditions and Specification thereof, as advertised for 
Contract, and exhibited at Somerset House, previous 
to the day of Tender; the Date of Tender, the 
Terms of the several Tenders received on that day, 
and the date when Answers were returned ; also, 
Copy of the Correspondence upon the application of 
the Contractors to have the Quantities, Soodibetinn 
and Conditions of the Contract altered after it had 
been concluded ; with Particulars of the Alterations 
made in consequence thereof, and the Quantities of 
each description delivered, with the Total Amount 
aid. 

r Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Education 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies (1telaud.) 
of any Letters or Instructions which may have been 
written to Lord Heytesbury relative to the future 
disposal of Church Patronage in Ireland, with re- 
ference to Education Board :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Turnpike Trusts 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, (South Wales) 
intituled, An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws Bill. 
relating to Turnpike Trusts in South Wales; and 








and do appoint the same in their Lordships’ Com- 

mittee-room No. 2, on Thursday next, at five 

o’clock :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 
Vou. 99. 


the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 134. 1. 25. After “ Radnor” insert “ and of 
“ the said county of Brecknock.” 


4kK+ Pr, 134. 











618 


Pr, 134. 1.29. Leave out from “ Haverfordwest” 
to “nor,” in |. 30. 
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. 


Law Courts 


(Ireland) Bill The House proceeded to take into consideration 
reian ill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to regulate and reduce the Ex- 
penses of the Offices attached to the Superior Courts 
of Law in Ireland, payable out of the Consolidated 
Fund ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 10. 1. 22. Leave out from ‘ Lord” to “to” 
in 1, 25., and insert “ Chief Justice or Lord Chief 
“ Baron of the Court in which such vacancy shall 
«© occur.” 

Pr. 10. 1.38. Leave out “ rolls” and insert “roll.” 

Pr. 11. 1.6. Leave out from “created” to “such” 
in |. 8, 

Pr. 11. 1.18. Leave out from “ made” to “ and” 
in |, 23. 

Pr. 10. 1. 22. The first Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

Anda 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 Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence, for disagreeing to the Amendment to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 
Young, Mr. Greene, Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. 
Hawes, Mr. Darby, Mr. Manners Sutton and Mr. 
Brotherton :—And they are to withdraw immedi- 
ately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Church Endow- 


~h. The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ment All, 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to explain and amend an Act for 
making better Provision for the Spiritual Care of 
Populous Parishes; and the same were read, as 
follow : 
Pr. 
Pr. 
Pr. 


. 1. 8. Leave out “ Archbishop or.” 
. Is. 9.and 10. Leave out “ Archbishop or.” 
. 1. 16. Leave out “ or collate.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 32. After “any” insert “ such.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 35. After “ sequestration” insert “ or 
of the duties thereof being performed by a curate 
duly appointed, in consequence of the suspen- 
sion or the reputed incapacity of the incumbent 
“ thereof.” 

Pr. 4. 1.1. Leave out the first “ or,’ and in the 
same line, after “ lunatic”’ insert “ or person of un- 
** sound mind,” and also in the same line, after 
** sequestrator” insert “or to such curate.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 4. Leave out “ or,” and in the same 
line, after “ sequestrator” insert “ or curate.” 

Pr. 4. 1s. 10. and 11. After “ chapel” insert “ of 
“* any parish, chapelry or district.” 

Pr. 4. 1.13. Leave out “ the” and insert “ such,” 
and in the same line, after “ parish” insert “ cha- 
“ pelry.” 

Pr. 4. Is. 21. and 22. After “ chapelwardens” 
insert “ of any such church or chapel.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 24, After “ chapelwardens” insert “ or 
one of them.” 

Pr. 4.1. 30. Leave out from “ as” to “ shall” in 
1. 32., and insert “ the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
“* for England shall direct, and such churchwardens 
“* or chapelwardens, or one of them.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 33. Leave out “ Ecclesiastical” and in- 
sert “ said.” 

Pr. 4. 1, 34. Leave out “ for England.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 35. After “ Bishop” insert “ of the dio- 
“* cese.” 


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A. 1844. 


Pr. 5. 1. 35. Leave out “ Acts” and insert “ re- 
“ cited Act.” 

Pr. 5.1.36. Leave out “ six” and insert “twelve.” 

Pr. 5. l. ult. Leave out from ‘‘ the” to “ Act” in 
Pr. 6. 1. 1., and insert “ same.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 9. After “ Act” insert “ and in this 
“ Act.” 

Pr, 6. 1. 28. After “ constituted” insert “ or to 
and of any new district, as shall be determined 
by the like authority,” and also insert Clause (A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Declared and Enacted, 
That in the case of any district constituted under 
the provisions of the said recited Act, nothing 
contained in the scheme or order for constituting 
the same shall, in any manner whatever, affect 
any parish, chapelry or district as to the pastoral 
superintendence of the inhabitants thereof, or 
otherwise, until a minister shall have been duly 
licensed to such newly-constituted district.” 


In the Schedule to the Bill: 


Pr. 7. 1. 7. Leave out “an Act” and insert 
“ Acts,” and in the same line leave out “ session” 
and insert “ sessions.” 

Pr. 7.1. 8. After “ the” insert “ sixth and se- 
“ venth, and.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 10. After “ intituled” insert “ respec- 
“ tively,” and in the same line leave out “ &amp;c.,” 
and insert ‘‘to make better Provision for the Spiritual 
“ Care of Populous Parishes, and an Act to explain 
“ and amend an Act to make better Provision for 
“ the Spiritual Care of Populous Parishes.” 

Pr. 7. 1.18. Leave out “ or” and insert “ of.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 25. Leave out from “ the” to “or” in 
1. 26., and insert “ said Acts.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 27. Leave out from “ of” to “ See” in 
1. ult., and insert “ the said Acts.” 

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. 


n 
n 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s Population, 
Command,—Copy of Abstract of the Answers and 
Returns made pursuant to Acts 3 and 4 Vice. c. 99, 
and 4 Vic. c. 7, intituled respectively, An Act for 
taking an Account of the Population of Great Bri- 
tain, and an Act to amend the Acts of the last Ses- 
sion for taking an Account of the Population— 
Occupation Abstract 1841.—Part I—England and 
Wales and Islands in the British Seas —Part II— 

Scotland. 

Copy of the Third Report of the Commissioners Fine Arts. 
on the Fine Arts, with Appendix. 

Copy of Sixth Annual Report of the Registrar Births, Deaths 
General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Eng- and Marriages. 
land. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented,—Return to Dog-stealing 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of (Metropolis.) 
July last, for a Return of the Informations lodged at 
the various Police Stations of the Metropolis, of 
Dogs supposed to have been stolen, and the Number 
of Convictions of Offenders brought up for Dog- 
stealing before the Police Magistrates, during the 
years 1841, 1842 and 1843 (so far as relates to the 
Metropolitan Police District.) 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Holyhead and 
Copies of the Reports of Sir John Rennie and Mr. — 
Page, upon the Harbours of Holyhead and Port-°*"°"™ 
dynllean. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds Vicarage 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Amend- 3! 
ments made by this House to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act to authorize the Division of the oe 
and - 





Paisley 
Gas Bill 


4 





Paisley General 


Gas Bill. 


8 Vicroriz£. 


and Vicarage of Leeds, in the County of York, into 
several Parishes and Vicarages ; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

Pr. 33. 1. 27. Leave out “ with or upon any 
“ other trust, &amp;c., whatsoever.” 

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 House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for the better supplying and lighting 
with Gas, or other Illuminating Power, the Town 
and Suburbs of Paisley, and certain neighbouring 
Towns or Villages, and Places adjacent; and for 
other Purposes relating thereto ; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 1. After “ whereas” insert “ certain 
parts of.” 

Pr. 1.1. 2. Leave out “town” and insert “ Aé- 
“* bey Parish,” and in the same line leave out from 
“ Paisley” to “ and” in 1. 4. 


Pr. 1.1.19. After “in” insert “ parts of” and 
in the same line leave out “ town” and insert “ pa- 
“ rish.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 21. Leave out “ and suburbs,” 

Pr. 3.1. 27. Leave out from “ within” to “ of” 
in 1, 28., and insert “ those parts of the Abbey Pa- 
“ rish of Paisley which lie beyond the Parliamentary 
“ Burgh,” and in l. 28., leave out from “ Paisley” 
to “ the” in 1. 30., and insert “ comprehending.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 31. Leave out “ towns” and insert 
“ town,” and in the same line leave out “ villages” 
and insert “ village.” 

Pr. 3. 1, 32. After “ Johnstone” insert ‘ and 
“ also within the towns or villages of.” 

Pr. 3.1.33. After “ and’ insert “ other,” and 
in the same line after “ adjacent” insert “ to the 
“ said several towns or villages.” 

Pr. 3.1. 34. Leave out from “ the” to “ pa- 
rishes” in 1. 38. 

Pr, 4.1.10. After “ proper” insert “ Provided 
always, that it shall not be lawful for the Com- 
pany to erect any works for the manufacture or 
supply of Gas, or to distribute any Gas within 
the bounds of the present Parliamentary Burgh 
“ of Paisley.” 

Pr, 31. 1. 20. Leave out from “ the” to “ with- 
in” in], 22., and insert “ district comprehended.” 

Pr, 32. 1. 24. Leave out from “ July” to “ in” 
m J. 25. 

Pr, 37.1. 15. Leave out “ January” and insert 
“ July.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 27. Leave out “ January” and insert 
« July.” 

Pr. 37. 1. penult. Leave out “ January” and 
insert “ July.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 36. Leave out from “ of” to “ any” 
in |. 38. 

Pr. 79. 1. 34. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 87. 1. 11. Leave out from “ the” to “ sta- 
“ tute” in |, 12. 

Pr. 87. 1. 13. Leave out the second “ Trustees” 
and insert ‘ parties.” 

Pr. 87. Ils. 35. and 36. Leave out ‘“‘ Commis- 
‘“« sioners” and insert “ Trustees.” 

Pr. 88. 1. 2. Leave out “ Commissioners.” 

Pr. 88.1. 7. Leave out from “ to” to the first 
“ or’ in |. 8., and insert “ such Trustees.” 

Pr. 88. 1. 16. Leave out from “ recovered” to 
‘ And” in Pr, 90. 1. 25. 

Pr. 90. 1. 28. Leave out from “ with” to “the” 
inl. 34, 

Pr. 91. Is. 15. and 16. Leave out “ Commis- 
“ sioners.” 

Pr. 91. Is. 18. and 19. Leave out “ Commis- 
“ sioners.” 


Vou. 99. 


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619 


Pr. 94. 1. 12. After “ the” insert “ Justice of 
“ Peace or.” 

Pr. 106. 1. 36. Leave out “ town” and insert 
“ towns,” and in the same line leave out “suburbs” 
and insert “ places.” 

Pr. 121. 1. 36. Leave out from “ reasonable” 
to “ provided” in Pr, 122. 1. 19. 

Pr. 122. 1. 24, Leave out from “ of” to “ any” 
in Pr. 123. 1. 2. 

Pr. 123. 1. 6. Leave out “ town” and insert 
“ towns.” 

Pr. 123. 1. 7. Leave out “ the parishes.” 


In the Title of the Bill: 


L. 2. After ‘ power” insert “ parts of,” and 
in the same line leave out “ town and suburbs” 
and insert “ Abbey Parish.” 

L. 3. Leave out “ neighbouring.” 

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. 


A Petition of Merchants at Bombay, in the East china. 
Indies, praying that the House may be pleased to 
appoint a Committee or Commission, before whom 
the Petitioners may submit their statements of all 
the facts and circumstances connected with their 
claims for Opium surrendered to Her Majesty’s Re- 
presentative in China, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Manchester Manchester 


Division Petty Sessions, which was presented upon Division Petty 
Sessions. 


Friday last, be printed. No. 592. 


Ordered, That the Abstracts of Statements of Ac- Boroughs. 
counts relative to Boroughs, which were presented No. 593. 
upon Friday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor Poor Law. 


Law, which was presented upon Saturday last, be No.594. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Abstract of the Annual Returns Turnpike 
relative to Turnpike Trusts, which were presented ag 
yesterday, be printed. No, 595. 


Ordered, That the several Papers relative to the College of 
College of Surgeons, which were presented yester- Surgeons. 
day, be printed. No. 596. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, Navy. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 597. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Staves, &amp;c., Staves, &amp;c. 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 598. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Furniture, Furniture. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 598. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurit, 7° die August ; 
Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Relief 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the (Ireland) Act. 
bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Returns of the 
Date of each Audit in each of the Poor Law Unions 
in Ireland, stating the period when commenced and 
ended, and the Name of the Commissioner by whom 
it was made:—Of the Names of Assistant Commis- 
sioner or Commissioners, who resigned or were dis- 
missed since the 1st day of April 1842 :—And, of 
the Date of Attendance of the Assistant Commis- 
sioner at each Board of Guardians in Ireland, be- 
4k 2 tween. 








Poor Law. 


Post-office. 


Roman Catholic 
Penal Acts 
Repeal Bill, 


Sugar and 
Coffee. 


Poor Law. 


Railway 
Department. 


No, 599. 


Revenue, &amp;c. 


Insolvent 


Debtors Bill. 


New Churches. 


620 


tween the Ist day of April 1843 and the Ist day of 
April 1844. 

A Copy of Mr. Weale’s Reports to the Poor Law 
Commissioners, relating to the Parishes calling 
themselves the Brassington Incorporation :—And 
then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent*to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be — to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report 
made from the Secret Committee, appointed by their 
Lordships to inquire into the practice of detaining 
and opening Letters under the provisions of the Act 
1 Vic. c. 36, and more particularly into the circum- 
stances under which the Letters of Mr. Mazzini, 
a Literary Foreigner, and of Captain Charles Stolz- 
man, a Pote, residing in England, have been opened : 
—And that Mr. Thomas Duncombe do carry the 
said Message. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of 
the Protestant Association, praying that the Roman 
Catholic Penal Acts Repeal Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Westmoredand, in the 
Island of Jamaica, stating that the Petitioners have 
witnessed, with the greatest dismay, a proposition 
brought forward in the House, to admit, for home 
consumption, foreign Sugar at a differential duty of 
only ten shillings per cwt., and Coffee at two-pence 
per pound, without any corresponding reduction on 
the produce of the British Colonies ; and praying 
the House to take their case into consideration, and 
grant them relief, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lic upon the Table. 


A Petition of Representatives of the Colliers of 
Northumberland and Durham, stating that a great 
number of labourers from Wales have of late been 
imported into the counties of orthumberland and 
Durham, and who state that they have been sent from 
their native land by the Poor Law Commissioners, to 
work as miners in different coal-pits in the above- 
named counties, and that, moreover, many of them 
had never previously worked as miners ; and praying 
the House to give this subject their serious consi- 
deration, and give them redress, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Minute of the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade, relative to the 
Constitution and mode of Proceedings of the Rail- 
way Department. 

Tables of the Revenue, Population, Commerce, 
&amp;c., of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies. 
Part XII. 

Tables of the Revenue, Population, Commerce, 
&amp;e., of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies. 
— Supplement to Part XI1.—Returns from Foreign 
Countries. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Teble; and that the Paper relative to the Railway 
Department, be printed. 


Petitions of Philip Wyatt Crowther, of Baring 
Lodge, [eavitree, in the county of Devon, Esquire ; 
—and, Inhabitants of Bermondsey (Chairman) ; 
praying that the Insolvent Debtors Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 


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The Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Com- 
missioners for building New Churches. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Returns of the Amount of Horse Power ordered 
for Her Majesty’s Steam Vessels, between the 1st 
day of April 1839 and the 31st day of August 1841, 
and the Number and Tonnage of Vessels to which 
it has been applied or is intended to be applied :— 
And, of the Amount of Horse Power ordered for 
Her Majesty’s Steam Vessels, between the Ist day 
of September 1841 and the 1st day of July 1844, 
and the Number and Tonnage of Vessels to which 
it has been applied, or is intended to be applied. 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Navy. 


Mr. Greene reported the Roman Catholic Penal RomanCatholic 


Acts Repeal Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 1.1.5. After “ England” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 1.1. 6. Leave out from “ Britain” to “ ren- 
“ dered” in 1. 9. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of 
the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act 
for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors,” and to limit the 
power of Arrest upon Final Process, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered (Compensation 
to Thomas Acton Warburton, Esquire, for having 
performed the office of Deputy Registrar of the Court 
of Bankruptcy since the 21st day of May 1842, out 
of the Fund placed to the credit of the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, intituled, “ The Secretary of Bank- 
rupts’ Account,” not exceeding ‘ 

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 old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Milnes, 71 

Yeas, \ Lord Arthur Lennor: j “6. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Redhead Yorke, } 

Noes, Mr. Wakley : a 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Clause was accordingly read a se- 
cond time, with a blank ; and committed to a Com- 
miitee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

‘The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Clause, (Compensation to Thomas Acton War- 
burton, Esquire, for having performed the office of 
Deputy Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy since 
the 21st day of May 1842, out of the Fund placed to 
the credit of the Accountant in Bankruptcy, inti- 
tuled, “ The Secretary of Bankrupts’ Account,” not 
exceeding )——read 1°; 2°. 

Blank filled with “ eight hundred pounds,” and 
agreed to. 


Clause, as amended, to be reported. 





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 ; 

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and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; 
and the said Clause was read the third time; and 
added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill in P. 20, ls. 27 and 28, by leaving out the 
words “ passing of this Act,” and inserting the 
words “ twenty-fifth day of March One thousand 
“ eight hundred and Forty-five,” 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. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

The said Amendments, together with the Amend- 
ments made in Committee upon Monday last, and 
on Report yesterday, are as follow: 

Pr. 1. Is. 2. and 3. Leave out “ fifth and sixth 
“* years” and insert “ sixth year.” 

Pr. 1. 1, 12. Leave out from “ that” to “a” in 
L. 23%. 

Pr.1. 1.19. Leave out from ‘* be” to “ without ” 
in 1], 21. and insert “ presented to any Court or 
District Court of Bankruptcy, within the district of 
which the Petitioner shall have resided twelve calen- 
“ dar months.” 

Pr. 1. 1.24. Leave out from “ that” to “ every” 
in 1. 26. 

Pr. 2. ls. 16. and 17. Leave out “ Provided al- 
“ ways, That” and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 21. Leave out from “ that” to “ the” 
in}, 23. 

Pr. 3. 1. 31. Leave out from “ manner” to 
Provided” in Pr, 4. 1. 24., and insert Clause (A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
property of the Petitioner shall, for the purposes 
of the said recited Act and of this Act, vest in 
the Assignee or Assignees for the time being, by 
virtue of the appointment of such Assignee or 
Assignees ; and every such Assignee shall be 
deemed to be an officer of the Court in which the 
Petition shall be filed, and shall be liable as such 
to the control thereof: Provided always, That the 
property of the Petitioner shall in every case be 
possessed and received by the Official Assignee 
alone, save where it shall be otherwise directed 
by the Commissioner: Provided also, That it 
shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, or the 
Judges and Commissioners of the Court of Bank- 
ruptcy in London, or the majority of them, if 
authorized so to do by the Lord Chancellor, from 
time to time to make such orders, rules and regu- 
lations for the security of the property of the 
Petitioner as he or they may judge reasonable 
and proper.” 

Pr. 4, 1. 24. Leave out “ Provided always, and 
it is hereby” and insert “ And be it.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 28. Leave out from “ execution” to 
upon” in ], 27. 

Pr. 5. 1. 29. After “ debt” insert “ either not 
being a trader within the meaning of the Statutes 
relating to bankrupts, being a trader within the 
meaning of the said Statutes, owing debts 
amounting on the whole to less than three hun- 
dred pounds.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 16. After “ doing” insert “ and no 
sheriff, gaoler or other person whatsoever shall be 
liable to any action as for the escape of any such 
prisoner by reason of such his discharge.” 

Pr. 7.1. 1. Leave out from “ discharge 
And” in I. 7. 

Pr. 8. 1. 12. After “respectively” insert “ to be 
ascertained and appraised, if the Commissioner 
shall think fit, in such manner as he shall direct.” 

Pr. 8. l. 17. Leave out from “ that” to “ until” 
inl. 20. 

Pr. 9. ls. 20. and 21. Leave out “ Provided al- 
ways, That in case” and insert “ and whenever.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 21. Leave out “ and are.” 


Pr. 11. 1. 33. Leave out “ is and are” and insert 
«© shall be.” 


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Pr. 13. 1. 8. Leave out “ most.” 

Pr.14. 1. 32. Leave out “ are” and insert “ shall 
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Pr. 17. 1. 16. Leave out from “ deemed” to 
“ fraudulent” in |. 17. 

Pr. 19. 1. 3. Leave out “ and every.” 


Pr. 20. 1.4. Leave out from “ that” to “ the” 
in |. 6. 


Pr. 21. 1. 
sert “ he it.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 
in], 25, 

Pr. 22. 1. 30. Leave out from “ custody” to 
** but” in ]. 31. (interlineation.) 

Pr, 27. 1. 33. Leave out “ all and.” 

Pr. 30. 1. ult. After “ Commissioner” insert 
Clauses (B.), (C.), (D.) and (E.) 

Cuavuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
letter of attorney, affidavit, certificate or other 
proceeding, instrument or writing whatsoever, in 
the matter of any Petition for protection from 
process, nor any copy thereof, nor any advertise- 
ment inserted in any newspaper by the direction 
of any Commissioner of the Court of Bankruptcy 
relating to any such matter, shall be liable to or 
charged with the payment of any stamp or other 
duty whatsoever ; and that no sale of any real or 
personal estate of any such Petitioner as aforesaid, 
for the benefit of his creditors, under the said 
recited Act or this Act, shall be liable to any 
auction duty: Provided always, That no such 
exemption from auction duty shall be allowed 
unless such sale shall be conducted by a licensed 
auctioneer, and such auctioneer shall at the time 
of passing his account thereof produce to the Offi- 
cer of Excise a catalogue, signed and certified by 
the Assignees by whose order such sale shall 
have been made, in manner and form required by 
the Laws of Excise.” 

Cxiauss (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That under 
every Petition for protection from process after 
the passing of this Act in the Court of Bank- 
ruptcy in London, or in any district Court of 
Bankruptcy in the country, there shall be paid 
by the Official Assignee of the estate and effects 
of the Petitioner into the Bank of England, to 
the credit of the Accountant in Bankruptcy, to 
the Account, intituled, ‘The Secretary of Bank- 
rupts’ Account,’ a sum not less than one-eighth 
of a pound per centum, and not exceeding five 
pounds per centum, on the gross produce from 
time to time of the Petitioner’s estate, such sum, 
within the limit aforesaid, and the time or times 
for payment thereof, to be fixed by the Lord 
Chancellor, “by any general order for those pur- 
poses, and to be applicable to all the purposes of 
the said Account, and to be subject to the like 
orders as other monies directed to be paid in to 
the said Account; and that it shall be lawful for 
the Lord Chancellor from time to time to lessen 
or increase such sum, within the limit aforesaid, 
as to the Lord Chancellor may seem just and 
reasonable, upon consideration of the amount from 
time to time standing to the said Account, and of 
the claims from time to time chargeable there- 
upon.” 

Cuause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That from 
and after the passing of this Act it shall be law- 
ful for the Commissioner authorized to act in the 
matter of any Petition for protection from process 
to direct remuneration to the Official Assignee 
for his services in the matter of such Petition, in 
like manner as in Bankruptcy, but nevertheless 
so as such remuneration shall in no case exceed 
the rate of Five pounds per centum on the sum 
received as produce of the property of the peti- 
tioner.” 

Crause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That no fee 
or gratuity shall be received or taken by the Court 


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ruptcy, or any Solicitor, Auctioneer, Broker, Ap- | « 
praiser, Accountant, Messenger or other officer of | “ 
any such court, for any thing done or to be done 
in the matter of any such Petition, of or from 
any person whomsoever, except as hereinbefore | * 
authorized, and except such fees as shall at any 
time be specified in a list thereof to be signed by | “ 
the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy | 
authorized to act in the prosecution of fiats in| 
Bankruptcy in London, or the major part of them, 
and such of the Commissioners of the said court 
authorized to act in the prosecution of fiats in 
bankruptcy in the country as shall be nominated 
by the Lord Chancellor for that purpose, and to 
be approved of by the Lord Chancellor, a copy | “ 
of which list shall be exposed to view in every 
such court.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 25. Leave out from “ subject” to 
And” in Pr. 34. 1. 14. " 
Pr. 34. 1. 14. Leave out from “ And” inclusive 

“ And” in Pr. 36. 1. 19. 

Pr. 36. 1.28. After “ bankrupts” insert “ and 
upon payment of the like sum as is payable upon 
the granting a fiat upon the Petition of a creditor, 
to be carried to and applicable to the purposes of 
the account in the Bank of England, intituled, 
‘The Secretary of Bankrupts’ Account.’ ” \« 

Pr. 38. 1. 20. After “behalf” insert “ and |“ 
every Commissioner and Deputy Registrar acting | “ 
under any such order shall have paid to him his “ 
travelling and other expenses in the same manner | “ 
and out of the same fund as travelling and other | “ 
expenses are directed to be paid by the Acts |“ 
passed in the sixth year of the reign of Her pre- | “ 
sent Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act for the amend- | 
ment of the Law of Bankruptcy,’ to any Com- |“ 
missioner or Deputy Registrar acting for and in | “ 
aid of any Commissioner or Deputy Registrar in | “ 
cases provided for by such Act.” 7 

Pr. 39. 1. 1. After “ court” insert “ at such |“ 
salary, not exceeding One thousand two hundred | “ 
pounds per annum, as the Lord Chancellor shall |“ 
think fit, and to be entitled to an annuity not ex- | “ 
ceeding two-thirds of such salary, if and when | “ 
such officer shall be affected with some permanent | “ 
infirmity, disabling him from the due execution of | “ 
his office, such salary or annuity, as the case may | “ 
be, to be charged upon and paid (without any | “ 
deduction except the tax on income) out of the | “ 
same fund, and at the same times and in like | “ 
manner as the salaries or annuities, as the case | “ 
may be, of the Registrars and Deputy Registrars | “ 
of the said court.” “ 

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Crause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That upon | “ 
the taxation by virtue of this Act of any bills of | “ 
fees, charges or disbursements, there shall be paid | “ 
to the master such sum as the said master shall 
decide, not less than One shilling nor more than | “ 
the sum of Ten shillings, and also Four-pence a | “ 
folio, over and above the said sum of Ten shil- | “ 
lings, for every folio exceeding twenty folios of | “ 
such bill.” ws 
Crause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That the ro 
sums so directed to be paid to and received by | “ 
the master, and also all fees received by him for | “ 
swearing affidavits, shall be paid by him, at such 
times as the Lord Chancellor shall by any order 
direct, into the Bank of England, to the credit of | “‘ 
the Accountant in Bankruptcy, to the Account | “ 
intituled, ‘the Secretary of Bankrupts’ Account,’ | 
after deducting thereout such sum as the Lord |“ 
Chancellor shall think fit for the expenses of the | “‘ 
said office; and all monies to be so paid in to the | “ 
said Account shall be applicable to all the pur- |“ 
poses of the said Account, and be subject to the | 
like orders as other monies directed to be paid | 
in to the said Account.” 
Pr. 40. 1. 26. After “ Chancellor” insert “ and |“ 





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every deputy so appointed shall be paid out of 
the said fund, as the salary of the said master is 
chargeable upon such remuneration for his ser- 
vices as the Lord Chancellor shall direct in such 
order, not being in any case less than one-third 
of the amount of the salary of such master, and 
insert Clauses (H.), (I.), (K. N° 1.) and (K. N° 2.)” 

Crause (H.) “ AND whereas the Registrars 
and Deputy Registrars of the Court of Bank- 
ruptcy, in addition to their respective salaries, are 
entitled to and now receive the surplus of certain 
fees authorized to be taken, and the payment or 
partial payment of such officers by fees has been 
found to be objectionable: BE it Enacted, That 
instead of the salaries and surplus fees heretofore 
received by such Registrars and Deputy Regis- 
trars, there shall, from and after the Eleventh day 
of October next, be paid to them by the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England, out of 
the fund placed to the credit of the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, intituled, ‘the Secretary of Bank- 
rupts’ Account,’ by virtue of any order or orders 
of the Lord Chancellor to be from time to time 
made for that purpose, and without any draft 
from the Accountant in Bankruptcy, the several 
salaries hereinafter mentioned ; that is to say, the 
net yearly sum of One thousand two hundred 
pounds to each of the Registrars of the said 
court appointed under an Act passed in the reign 
of his late Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act to establish 
a Court in Bankruptcy,’ and his successors in 
such office; the net yearly sum of One thousand 
Pounds to each Deputy Registrar of the said 
court acting as such in the City of London, and 
his successors in such office, and the net yearly 
sum of Eight hundred Pounds to each Deputy 
Registrar of the said court acting 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 that if any 
person for the time being holding any of the said 
offices shall die, resign or be removed from the 
same, the executor or administrator of the person 
so dying, or the person so resigning or being re- 
moved, shall be entitled to receive such propor- 
tionable part of his salary as shall have accrued 
during the time that such person shall have exe- 
cuted his office since the last payment; and that 
the successor of any such person so dying, re- 
signing, or being removed as aforesaid shall be 
entitled to receive such portion of his salary as 
shall be accruing or shall accrue from the day of 
such death, resignation or removal.” 

Cuause (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That from 
and after the Eleventh day of October next, all 
fees received and taken by or accounted for and 
paid over to the Chief Registrar of the Court of 
Bankruptcy shall be paid by him, at such times 
as the Lord Chancellor shall by any order direct, 
into the Bank of England, to the credit of the 
Accountant in Bankruptcy to the Account inti- 
tuled, ‘ Interest arising from the Bankruptcy Fund 
Account,’ after deducting thereout such sum as 
the Lord Chancellor shall think fit for stationery 
and other incidental expenses of the offices of the 
Chief Registrar and the Court of Review; and 
that the salaries and sums of money to clerks, 
ushers and other under officers of the Court. of 
Bankruptcy, heretofore paid by the Chief Regis- 
trar out of such fees, shall thenceforth be paid 
by the Governor and Company of the Bank of 
England out of the fund standing to such Ac- 
count, under such order or orders as may from 
time to time be made by the Lord Chancellor, but 
subject and without prejudice to the payment “ 

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paid thereout ; and that, on or before the First | - 
day of March One thousand eight hundred and | “ 


Forty-five, if Parliament be then sitting, or if not, 
within Fourteen days from the commencement of 
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he laid before Parliament by the said Chief Re- | “ 
gistrar a return, made up to the Thirty-first day | “ 
of December then last, of the total amount of all | “ 


fees received by or accounted for and paid over 
to him, and of the payment over to the Bank of 
England, (such payment over to the Bank of 
England to be certified by the Accountant in 
Bankruptcy,) and that a like return shall be after- 
wards made by him annually at the same period 


for the year ending the Thirty-first day of De- | 


cember then last.” 

Curause (K. N° 1.) “ And be it Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, by any 
order or orders to be by him from time to time 
made on a Petition to be presented to him for that 
purpose, to order (ifhe shall think fit) an annuity 
or clear yearly sum of money to be paid to any 
person executing the office of Chief Registrar, 
Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the Court of 
Bankruptcy, and acting in London or in the 
country, not exceeding Two-thirds of the yeariy 
salary which such person shall, under this Act, 
be entitled to at the time of presenting such Pe- 
tition, 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 Eng- 
land to the Account intituled, ‘the Bankruptcy 
Fund Account, (but subject and without prejudice 
as aforesaid), if and when such person shall be 
afflicted with some permanent infirmity disabling 


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 interest and di- 
vidends 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 person, | 
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from the period when he shall resign his said of- 


fice for the term of his life, free from taxes, except | “ 


the tax on income.” 

Ciause (K. N° 2.) “ AND whereas one of the 
Deputy Registrars of the Court of Bankruptcy 
has since the Twenty-first day of November One 
thousand eight hundred and forty-two performed 
the duties of taxing officer, and during that pe- 
riod the duties of Deputy Registrar were dis- 
charged by Thomas Acton Warburton, Esquire, 
Barrister-at-Law; BE it Enacted, That out of 
the fund placed to the credit of the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, intituled ‘the Secretary of Bank- 
rupts’ Account,’ there shall be paid to the said 
Thomas Acton Warburton, by the Governor and 
the Company of the Bank of England, by virtue 
of an order in writing of the Lord Chancellor, 
such sum of money, not exceeding Eight hundred 
Pounds, as the Lord Chancellor shall think rea- 
sonable.” 

Pr. 41.1. 7. After “behalf” insert “ the travel- 
ling expenses of such officer to be settled by such 


court, and paid out of the estate of the Bankrupt | 


or Petitioner, as the case may be.” 
Pr. 41. 1. 32. After “ court” insert Clauses (L.), 


(W.), (X.), (Y.), (Z.), (A A.), (B B.) and (C C.) 
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cess; Be it Enacted, That from and after the | “ 
passing of this Act no person shall be taken or | “ 
charged in execution upon any judgment obtained | “ 
in any of Her Majesty’s Superior Courts, or in any | “ 


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County Court, Court of Requests, or other inferior 
court, in any action for the recovery of any debt 
wherein the sum recovered shall not exceed the 
sum of Twenty pounds, exclusive of the costs re- 
covered by such judgment.” 

CuavuseE (M.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
persons in execution at the time of passing this 
Act, upon any judgment obtained in any of the 
courts aforesaid in any action for the recovery of 
any debt wherein the sum recovered shall not 
exceed the sum of Twenty pounds, exclusive of 
the costs recovered by such judgment, shall and 
may, upon the application of every such person 
or persons for that — made at any time 
after the passing of this Act to a Judge of one of 
Her Majesty’s Superior Courts of Law at West- 
minster, or to the court in which such judgment 
shall have been obtained, to the satifaction of such 
Judge or court, be forthwith discharged out of 
custody as to such execution by an order of such 
Judge or court: Provided always, That if it shall 
happen that any such discharge shall have been 
unduly or fraudulently obtained upon any false 
allegation of circumstances, which, if true, might 
have entitled the prisoner to be discharged by 
virtue of this Act, such prisoner shall, upon the 
same being made to appear to the satisfaction of 
the Judge or court by whose order such prisoner 
shall have been so discharged, be liable to be 
again taken in execution, and remanded to his 
furmer custody, by an order of such Judge or 
court: Provided also, That no Sheriff, Gaoler or 
other person whatsoever shall be liable as for the 
escape of any such prisoner in respect of his en- 
largement during such time as he shall have been 
at large by means of such his undue discharge as 
aforesaid: Provided also, That for and notwith- 
standing the discharge of any debtor or debtors 
by an order of any such Judge or court in manner 
aforesaid, the judgment whereupon any such debtor 
or debtors was or were taken or charged in exe- 
cution shall nevertheless remain and continue in 
full force, to the intent and purpose that the 
judgment creditor or creditors may have and take 
remedy and execution upon every such judgment 
against the property and effects of any such debtor 
or debtors, in such manner and form as such cre- 
ditor or creditors otherwise could or might have 
done in case such debtor or debtors had never 
been taken or charged in execution upon such 
judgment, and it shall be lawful for such creditor 
or creditors to have and take such remedy and 
execution.” 

Crause (N.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That if at any time it shall appear to the 
Judge who shall try such cause, being either a 
Judge of one of the Superior Courts, or a Barris- 
‘er or Attorney at Law, that the defendant, in 
incurring the debt or liability which may be the 
subject of demand, has obtained credit from the 
plaintiff under false pretences, or with a fraudulent 
intent, or has wilfully contracted such debt or 
liability without having at the same time a rea- 
sonable assurance of being able to pay or dis- 
charge the same, or shall have made or caused to 
be made any gift, delivery or transfer of any per- 
sonal property, or shall have removed or concealed 
the same with an intent to defraud his creditors 
or any of them, it shall be lawful for such Judge, 
if he shall think fit, to order that such defendant 
may be taken and detained in execution upon 
such judgment, in like manner and for such time 
as he might have been if this Act had not been 
passed, or for any time not exceeding Six calen- 
dar months in any case in which the time for 
which a person taken in execution under process 
issuing out of any such court could lawfully be 
detained in custody, according to the constitution 
of the said court, before the passing of this Act, 
is less than Six calendar months, whether or not 

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execution against the goods and chattels of such 
defendant shall have issued as hereinafter pro- 
vided.” 

Crause (O.) “ And be it Enacted, That when- 
ever the Judge of any such court shall have made 
an order for the payment of money, the amount 
shall be recoverable, in case of default or failure 
of payment thereof forthwith, or at the time or 
times and in the manner thereby directed, by 
execution against the goods and chattels of the 
party against whom such order shall be made ; 
and the clerk of the said court, at the request of 
the party prosecuting such order, shall issue, 
under the seal of the court, a writ of Fieri ee 
as a warrant of execution to one of the Bailiffs 
of the court, who, by such warrant, shall be em- 
powered to levy, by distress and sale of the goods 
and chattels of such party within the jurisdiction 
of the said court, such sum of money as shall be 
so ordered, and also the costs of the execution, 
and all constables and other peace officers within 
their several jurisdictions shall aid in the execu- 
tion of every such warrant.” 

Cuiause (P.) “ And be it Enacted, That if the 
Judge of any such court shall have made any 
order for payment of any sum of money by in- 
stalments, execution upon such order shall not 
issue against the party until after default in pay- 
ment of some instalment according to such order, 
and execution or successive executions may then 
issue for the whole of the said sum of money and 
costs then remaining unpaid, or for each succes- 
sive instalment and costs then remaining from 
time to time unpaid, as the Judge shall order, 
either at the time of making the original order, 


‘ or at any subsequent time, under the seal of the 


court.” 

Crause (Q.) “ And be it Enacted, That if it 
shall at any time appear to the satisfaction of the 
Judge of any such court, by the oath or affirma- 
tion of any person, or otherwise, that any defend- 
ant is unable, from sickness or unavoidable acci- 
dent, to pay and discharge the debt or damages 
recovered against him, or any instalment thereof 
ordered to be paid as aforesaid, it shall be lawful 
for the Judge, in his discretion, to suspend or stay 
any judgment, order or execution given, made or 
issued in such action for such time as the Judge 
shall think fit, and so from time to time until it 
shall appear, by the like proof as aforesaid, that 
such temporary cause of disability has ceased. 

Cuiause (R.) “ And be it Enacted, That in or 
upon every such warrant of execution issued 
against the goods and chattels of any person 
whomsoever, the clerk of the court shall cause to 
be inserted or endorsed the sum of money and 
costs adjudged, with the increased costs allowed 
for such execution ; and if the party against whom 
such execution shall be issued shall, before an 
actual sale of the goods and chattels, pay or cause 
to be paid or tendered unto the clerk of the said 
court, or to the bailiff holding the warrant of 
execution, such sum of money and costs as afore- 
said, or such part thereof as the person entitled 
thereto shall agree to accept in full of his debt 
or damages and costs, together with such fees as 
shall have been lawfully incurred by him in the 
suit on which such execution issued, the execution 
shall be superseded.” 

Crause (8.) “ And be it Enacted, That in case 
any bailiff of any such court who shall be em- 
ployed to levy any execution against goods and 
chattels shall, by wilful or notorious neglect or 
connivance or omission, lose the opportunity of 
levying any such execution, then, upon complaint 
of the party aggrieved by reason of such neglect 
connivance or omission, (and the fact alleged 
being proved to the satisfaction of the court out 
of which execution issued, on the oath of any 
credible witness), the Judge shall order such bai- 








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liff to pay such damages as it shall appear that 
the plaintiff has sustained thereby, not exceeding 
in any case the sum of money for which the said 
execution issued, and the bailiff shall be liable 
thereto; and upon demand made thereof, and on 
his refusal so to pay and satisfy the same, it may 
be recovered against him by such ways and means 
as are provided for the recovery of debts adjudged 
in the said Court.” 

Cuiausz (T.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
bailiff or other officer of any such court, acting 
under colour or pretence of the process of the 
said court, shall be charged with extortion or 
misconduct, or with not duly paying or accounting 
for any money levied by him under the authority 
of the court, it shall be lawful for the Judge to 
inquire into such matter in a summary way, and 
for that purpose to summon and enforce the at- 
tendance of all necessary parties in like manner 
as the attendance of witnesses in any suit before 
him may be enforced, and to make such order 
thereupon for the repayment of any money ex- 
torted, or for the due payment of any money so 
levied as aforesaid, and for the payment of such 
damages and costs, as he shall think just; and in 
default of payment of any money so ordered to 
be paid, the same may be recovered by such ways 
and means as are provided for the recovery of 
debts adjudged in the said court.” 

Ciavuse (U.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
sale of goods which shall be taken in execution 
under process issuing from any such court for the 
recovery of small debts shall be taken to be within 
all the provisions of an Act passed in the eighth 
year of the reign of King George the Fourth, in- 
tituled, An Act for extending the Provisions of 
an Act made the Fifty-seventh year of King 
George the Third, for regulating the Costs of cer- 
tain Distresses.” 

Ciause (V.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
landlord of any tenement let at a weekly rent 
shall have any claim or lien upon any goods taken 
in execution under the process of any court of 
law for more than four weeks’ arrears of rent; 
and if such tenement shall be let for any other 
term less than a year, the landlord shall not have 
any claim or lien on such goods for more than the 
arrears of rent accruing during four such terms 
or times of payment.” 

Crause (W.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
claim shall be made to or in respect of any goods 
or chattels taken in execution under the process 
of any court for the recovery of small debts, or in 
respect of the proceeds or value thereof, by any 
landlord for rent, or by any person not being the 
party against whom such process has issued, it shall 
be lawful for the Clerk of the court out of which 
such execution issued, upon application of the 
officer charged with the execution of such pro- 
cess, either before or after any action brought 
against such officer, to issue a summons calling 
before the court out of which such execution 
issued both the party issuing such process and 
the party making such claim, and thereupon any 
action which shall have been brought in any of 
Her Majesty’s Superior Courts at Westminster, 
or in the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, 
or in any local or inferior court, in respect of such 
claim, shall be stayed; and the court in which 
such action shall have been brought, orany Judge 
thereof, on proof of the issue of such summons, 
and that the goods and chattels were so taken in 
execution, may order the party bringing such 
action to pay the costs of all proceedings had 
upon such action after the issue of such sum- 
mons; and the Judge of the court for the reco- 
very of small debts out of which such execution 
issued shall adjudicate upon such claim, and 
make such order between the parties in respect 
thereof, and of the costs of the proceedings, as 

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to him shall seem fit; and such order shali be | 
enforced in like manner as any order made in any 
suit brought in such court.” 


Cravsk&amp; (X.) “ And be it Enacted, That where 
any distress shal] be made for any sum of money 
to be levied by virtue of this Act, the distress 


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irregularity which shall afterwards be committed | 
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upon the case.” 


Craust (Y.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
person entitled to any fees or salary for his ser- 
vices as a Judge or other officer of any court, and 
every keeper or other officer of any debtors’ pri- 
son, whose emoluments shall be diminished under 
the operation of this Act, so far as the same relates 





to or restrains imprisonment for debt, shall be 
entitled to make a claim for compensation to the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury within 
Twelve calendar months after the passing of this | 
Act; and it shall be lawful for the said Commis- | 
sioners, in such manner as they shall think pro- | 
per, to inquire what were the lawful fees and 
emoluments of the claimant or claimants before 
the passing of this Act in respect of which such 
compensation should be allowed, and how the 
same have been affected under this Act, by rea- 
son of the decrease of the number of causes or 
otherwise, and the Commissioners in each case 
shall take into account the manner of appoint- 
ment of every such Judge, officer and person, and 
his term or interest in his office or employment, 
and all other circumstances of the case, and shall 
award such gross or yearly sum, and for such 
time, as they shall think just to be awarded, upon 
consideration of the special circumstances of each 
case, and shall order and direct such compensa- 
tion to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land.” 


Cuiause (Z.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury shall 
have power from time to time to appoint such 
and so many persons to be Commissioners for 
enabling them to ascertain the amount of com- 
pensation to be awarded under this Act as to 
them shall appear fit and necessary; and every 
such Commissioner shall ascertain the gross and 
net annual value, according to a fair average of 
Seven years before the passing of this Act, or, if 
the court shall not have been established with its 
present jurisdiction for Seven years, then for the 
period during which the court shall have been 
established with its present jurisdiction, of any 
fees and emoluments the consideration of which 
shall be referred to him by the said Commission- 
ers of the Treasury, and shall be empowered to 
inquire into and ascertain as well the legality as 
the amount of such fees and emoluments, and the 
manner of appointment of the person entitled 
thereto, and his term or interest in his office or 
employment, and such other circumstances of the 
case as shall be necessary for ascertaining the 
amount of such compensation.” 


Cause (A A.) “ And whereas by an Act which 
passed in the sixth year of the reign of King 
William the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act for invest- 
ing in Government Securities a portion of the 
Cash lying unemployed in the Bank of England 
belonging to Bankrupts’ Estates, and applying the 
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the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy ; 
and for the Relief of the Suitors in the said Court ; 
and for removing Doubts as to the extent of the 
Powers of the Court of Review and of the Sub- 
division Court,” it is enacted, that the salaries 
hereinbefore provided shall be in lieu of all fees 
and emoluments whatsoever, and that all such 
fees and emoluments, whether for commission, 
brokerage or otherwise, as are now receivable 
by the said Accountant General of the Court of 
Chancery in matters of bankruptcy, shall, from 
and after the appointment of the said Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, be received by him and paid into 
the bank in the name of the said last-mentioned 
Accountant, and be carried to the credit of the 
said account to be intituled, ‘ Interest arising 
from the Bankruptcy Fund Account,’ and be 
applicable to all the purposes of the said account : 
And whereas the said enactment requires altera- 
tion; Be it Enacted, That the said enactment 
shall be repealed.” 


Crause (B B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
salary allowed to the Accountant shall be in lieu 
of all fees and emoluments whatsoever, and that 
the Accountant shall not, directly or indirectly, 
receive any sum either for commission, brokerage 
or otherwise, but only the sum expressly allowed 
to him as his salary; that from henceforth the 
broker shall transact the brokerage business of 
the Accountant’s office upon such terms as the 
Accountant and any Two of the Commissioners 
of Bankrupts to be appointed by the Lord Chan- 
cellor shall, with the approbation of the Lord 
Chancellor, determine ; and that the sum paid to 
the broker shall be charged by the Accountant to 
the estate for which the investment or sale shall 
be made ; and that when such sum to be paid to 
the broker shall be determined, it shall be lawful 
for the Lord Chancellor to direct the payment or 
any part of it to be made from such time retro- 


spectively and prospectively as to him may seem 
just.” 


Crause (C C.) “ And whereas there are divers 
courts of requests and other inferior courts for 
the recovery of small debts not presided over by 
a Judge or Assessor; Be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Commissioners of any such 
court, if they shall think fit, with the approval of 
one.of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of 
State, to appoint any person, being a Barrister, 
who shall have practised asa Barrister for at least 
seven years then last past, or an Attorney-at-law 
of one of the Superior Courts of common law at 
Westminster, or of the Court of Common Pleas 
at Lancaster, who shall have practised as an At- 
torney for at least ten years, to be the Assessor 
of such court, and to direct what fees shall be 
paid to such Assessor by the suitors of such 
court, not exceeding the fees in the schedule 
marked (B.) hereunto annexed ; and it shall be 
lawful for the said Secretary of State to remove 
any such Assessor for incompetence or misbe- 
haviour: Provided always, That no Assessor so 
to be appointed shall be deemed to be entitled to 
any compensation for the loss of his office, or for 
any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of 
the passing of any general Act for the recovery 
of small debts.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 30. After “seal” insert “ and the 
word Judge, as applied to any court for the reco- 
very of small debts, shall mean and include the 
County Clerk, Judge, Steward and Assessor, or 
the person holding or presiding in such court.” 


Pr. 43. 1.30. Leave out from “ Act” to “ And” 
1. 35. 
In the Schedule: 
Pr. 45. 1. 23. Leave out from “ full” to “ that” 


in Pr. 46. 1.9. 


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Art Unions 
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In the Title : 
L. 1. Leave out from “ amend” to the end of the | 
Title, and add “ the Law of Insolvency, Bankruptcy | 
“ and Execution.” 
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. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 
take into further consideration the Reasons offered | 
by the Lords, at the Conference held yesterday, for | 
disagreeing to some of the Amendments made by | 
this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for legalizing | 
Art-Unions ; and the same were read, as follow: | 

The Lords agree to the first Amendment made by | 
the Commons. 

The Lords agree to the next Amendment made | 
by the Commons, being in Pr. 1. Is. 14. and 15., | 
with the following Amendment :— 

L. 10. Leave out from “ Art” to the end of the 
Amendment. 


The Lords propose this Amendment for the fol- 
lowing Reasons: 





Because the Lords see a clear distinction be- 
tween the cases of Art-Unions and those of 
private persons, who, without Parliamentary 
authority, shall have adopted the mode of dis- 
posing of their property by lottery or other 
mode of distribution by chance. 

Because such parties are not entitled to plead 
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A. 1844, 


Resolved, That this House doth disagree to the 
Amendments proposed by the Lords to the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the said Bill; and doth 
insist on the Amendments made by this House to 
the said Bill, to which the Lords have disagreed. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to 
draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to the Amendments 
proposed by their Lordships to the Amendments 
proposed by this House, and for insisting on the 
Amendments to which the Lords have disagreed :— 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Wyse, 
Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. 
Pringle, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Brotherton 
and Mr. Gally Knight :—And they are to withdraw 
immediately. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Houses of 
that part of the Message from the Lords of yester- Parliament, 
day, wherein their Lordships request, that this House 
will be pleased to give leave to the Earl of Lincoln, 
a Member of this House, to attend their Lordships, 
in order to his being examined as a witness before 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
to inquire into the progress of the Building of the 
Houses of Parliament. 

And the Earl of Lincoln being present in his 
place, declared he was willing, with the leave of the 
House, to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Earl of Zincoln have leave to 
go to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords 
to acquaint them, that this House hath given leave 
to the Earl of Lincoln to go to the House of Lords, 
as desired by their Lordships, if he think fit: And 
that Mr. Greene do carry the said Message. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 
and Sir William Horne : the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 





respect, various persons similarly situated, and 
seexing the same powers, having on several oc- 
casious first applied for Private Bills to obtain | 
a legal sanction for their proceedings : 

Because such Private Bills were judged to | 
be necessary in the case of Robert Bowyer, by | 
45 Geo. 3, ¢. 117; in that of John and Josiah | 
Boydell, by 44 Geo. 3, c. 6; of Doctor Thorn- | 
ton, by 51 Geo. 3, c. 112; and of Peter Wil- | 
liam Tomkins, by 57 Geo. 3, c. 61; thus fully | 
estabiishing the principle that, without a legal | 
authority, such modes of disposing of property | 


for private profit were not justifiable : it 


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The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Law for Slaughtering 
regulating Places kept for Slaughtering Horses: Horses Bill 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the Time li- Tralee Navi- 
mited by an Act passed in the Fourth and Fifth ting 
years of Her present Majesty, empowering the Com- 
missioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills for Pub- 
lic Works, to complete the Works for improving 
the Navigation and Harbour of Tralee, in the County 
of Kerry: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Law for Controverted 
he Trial of Controverted Elections of Members to Elections Bill. 


Because to permit certain persons to enjoy | serve in Parliament: 


this privilege, without extending it to all who | 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue for Five Spirits 


have engaged their capital in the same branches | years so much of an Act of the Second and Third (eland) Bill 


of industry, would be partial, unequal and un- 
just. 

The Lords disagree to the three next Amendments 
made by the Commons, for the same Reasons as 
those given for the Amendment made by the Lords 
to the Amendment made by the Commons, in Pr. 1. 
Is. 14. and 15. 

The Lords agree to the two next Amendments 
made by the Commons. 

The Lords disagree to the two next Amendments 


|years of Her present Majesty, as enables Justices 
to grant Warrants for entering Places in which 
Spirits are sold without License in Jreland : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for auditing the Accounts Woods and Fo- 
of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, hi} a 
Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings : a 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Commis- Grand Canal 


'sioners of Public Works in Ireland to accept a (Ireland) Bill 


certain Sum of Money in satisfaction of their Mort- 





made by the Commons, for the same Reasons as 
those given for the Amendment made by the Lords | 
to the Amendment made by the Commons, in Pr. 1, | 
Is. 14. and 15. | 


The Lords agree to the rest of the Amendments | 
made by the Commons. 


The Lords agree to the Amendment made by the | 


Commons in the Title, with the following Amend- | 
ment :— 


gage, on the Branch Canals communicating with 
the Grand Canal in Ireland : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to widen and improve Piccadilly 
Piccadilly, in the City of Westminster : tegeoenent 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for improving the Drain- Middle Level 
age and Navigation of the Middle Level of the Drainage _ 
Fens: And also, Navigation Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made i. 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for Mar- (tel) P™ 


riages in Jreland, and for registering such Mar- 
Leave out “ and others.” 


,riages, without any Amendment: And also, 


The 





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Railways Bill. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Law Courts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


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Municipal 
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The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made b 
this House to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to attach certain 
Conditions to the Construction of future Railways 
authorized or to be authorized by any Act of the 
present or succeeding Sessions of Parliament, and 
for other Purposes in relation to Railways, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

he Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act to amend the Laws relating to Savings 
Banks, and to the Purchase of Government Annui- 
ties through the medium of Savings Banks, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the Committee appointed to draw up Reasons, to be 
offered to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing 
to one of the Amendments made by their Lordships 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate and reduce 
the Expenses of the Offices attached to the Superior 
Courts of Law in Jreland, payable out of the Con- 
solidated Fund ; and the same were read, as follow: 

The Comnmions disagree to the Amendment made 
by the Lords in Pr. 10. 1. 22, for the following 
Reasons: 

Because from the earliest period of which 
Records are extant the right of appointing the 
principal Officers of the Courts of Law in Jre- 
land has been vested in and exercised by the 
Lord Lieutenant ; and that right, when ques- 
tioned, has been confirmed by the decision of 
the highest legal tribunals. 

Because the Royal Commissions which have 
been at several times appointed to inquire into 
the Courts of Justice in Ireland have not re- 
commended any change in this respect; and 
the Act of the 1st and 2d Geo. 4, c. 53, passed 
for the purpose of reforming the several Offices 
of the Courts of Law in Ireland, expressly pro- 
vided that the Appointment to those Offices 
should be made by the Lord Lieutenant. 

Because the experience of the past gives no 


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Reason to suppose that the Officers appointed 
by the Lord Lieutenant have been improperly 
selected, or have inadequately discharged their 
duties. 

Because the Bill, as sent up to the Lords, 
vested in distinct authorities the power of ap- 
pointment to and removal from office, and by 
giving the latter to the Courts, while the former 
remained with the Lord Lieutenant, imposed 
the most effective check on the nomination to 
or continuance in office of unfit or unworthy 
individuals, which check will be weakened by 
the proposed Amendment. 

Because in a case of public patronage, where 
no abuse of the existing right of appointment 
has been imputed or suspected, where no public 
benefit is to be derived from a change, there 
appears no sufficient reason for divesting the 
Lord Lieutenant of a power which has been 
always exercised by him, and has, when brought 
under the special notice of Parliament, been 
confirmed by legislative enactment. 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments 
to the Bill. 


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 Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that | 


Mr. Pringle do go to the Lords, and desire the said | 
Conference. | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | 


tituled, An Act to enable Barristers appointed under 
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the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, to arbitrate between Counties | 


627 


y | and Municipal Corporations, to submit a Special Case 


tothe Superior Courts; and to amend an Act of the 
fifth and sixth years of Her present Majesty, for 
amending the Law concerning Prisons; and the 
same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 1.1. 2. Leave out “ fifth and.” 

Pr.1. 1. 3. Leave out “ years” and insert “ year.” 

Pr. 1.1.8. Leave out from “ Wales” to “and” in 
Pr. 6.1. 19., and insert “ and by another Act passed 
“ in the sixth year of the reign of Her Majesty, in- 

tituled, An Act to amend the Law concerning 
Prisons, provision was made for the appointment 
of Barristers-at-law to arbitrate in cases of differ- 
ence concerning certain accounts and the amounts 
of certain expenses therein mentioned.” 

Pr. 6. 1.32. Leave out from “ law” to “arising” 

in 1. 33. 


Pr. 7.1. 5. Leave out from “ named” to “ as” in 
mA 


Pr. 7.1. 10. Leave out from “ law” to “ upon” in 
1. 12. 


Pr. 7.1.15. After “ Justices” insert “ of the pri- 
son.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 19. Leave out “ or affected by.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 20. After “ Barrister” insert “ shall be 
empowered, if he shall think fit, before making 
his award.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 22. Leave out from “ touching” to 
any” in ], 28. 

Pr. 7. 1. 28. Leave out from “ direct” to “ or” 
in |, 29. 

Pr. 7. 1. 30. Leave out “ or awards.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 33. Leave out from “ of” to “such” in 
1. 34., and in 1, 34. leave out “ courts” and insert 
“ court.” 


Pr. 7. 1. 35. Leave out “ courts” and insert 
court.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 4. After “ meet” insert “and the deci- 
sion of the court shall be binding on such Bar- 
rister in making his award,” and in the same line, 
after “it” insert “ declared and.” 

Pr.8.1.5. Leave out from “ case” to “ any” in 1.6. 

Pr. 8.1. 8. Leave out from “ named” to “ in” 
in 1. 9. 

Pr. 8.1.11. Leave out “ any”’ and insert “ ei- 
“« ther,” and in the same line leave out from “ them” 
to “the” in 1. 12., and insert “ or of this Act, shall 
“ die or refuse to act or be disabled from acting 
“ either from ceasing to practise as a Barrister, or 
“* for any other reason, before making his award.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 14. Leave out from “ mentioned” to 
“ authorized” in |. 15., and insert “ shall be.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 16. Leave out from “ name” to ‘ ano- 
“ ther” in 1, 17. 

Pr. 8. 1. 18. Leave out from “ all” to “the” in 
1.19. 

Pr. 8. 1. 24. Leave out from “ and” to the end 
of the Bill, including Clauses (A.) and (B.), added 
by way of Rider to the Bill, and insert “ the bar- 
“« rister so newly named shall have the same au- 
“ thority to decide the matters in difference as if 
“ no other appointment had been made.” 


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In the Title : 


L.i1. Leave out from “appointed” to “to” in 1. 2. 

L. 3. Leave out “ Municipal Corporations” and 
insert “ boroughs.” 

L. 4. Leave out from “ courts” to the end of the 
Title. 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 8. 1. 24., being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Pr. 8.1.24. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by add- 


|ing at the end thereof the words “ and in every 


“ such case in which, before the passing of this 
“ Act, a second Barrister has been appointed to 
settle or determine any matters in difference 
“ left unsettled or undetermined by the Barrister 
41L2 “ first 





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| 
first appointed for that age ey the appointment | 
of such second Barrister shall be deemed good, | 
“ and the Barrister so secondly appointed shall be 
‘ deemed to have and to have had, from his ap- 
pointment, the same authority as if appointed 
under this Act.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 

second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Manners Sutton do carry the 


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7° August. 


A. 1844, 


cluding their repeated Voyages), with the Number 
of their Crews, distinguishing Steam from Sailing 
Vessels, between the 31st day of December 1842 
and the 31st day of December 1843 :—Like Returns 
from and to the Colonies; further distinguishing 
British from Foreign Vessels :—Like Returns from 
and to Foreign Ports; also distinguishing British 
from Foreign Vessels: — Returns of the Number 
and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels registered at each 
of the Ports of the Colonies of the United Kingdom 
respectively, distinguishing those under and those 


Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this| above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day of De- 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by | C¢mber 1843 :--Similar Returns of Steam Vessels Lay 
their Lordships, with an Amendment ; to which | and fonnage:— Returns of the Number and Tonnage ws 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence | Of Vessels that entered and cleared at each of the 
of their Lordships. | Ports of each Colony coastwise in the same Colony, 
or to Ports of other Colonies of the United King- 
The House proceeded to take into consideration dom, distinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels, and 
(Scotland) Bill, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill,in- | a!so distinguishing between British, Colonial and 
tituled, An Act to amend an Act of the ninth year | Foreign Vessels, from the 31st day of December 
of King George the Fourth, for the Preservation of | 1842 to and including the 31st day of December 
the Salmon Fisheries in Scotland; and the same! 1843 :—Like Returns from and to the United King- 
were read, as follow: dom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man:—Like 
Pr. 1. 1. 26. Leave out from “ the” to “ shall”) Returns from and to Foreign Ports :—And, a Return 
in |. 27., including the interlineation to the Bill, and | of the Number of Vessels, with their Tonnage, (dis- 
insert “Salmon Fishery.” | tinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels,) that were 
Pr. 2. 1.11. After “ shall” insert “if the Sheriff, built and registered ; also, a Return of Vessels sold, 
“ or Justices shall think proper.” | wrecked and broken up, in the year 1843 (in con- 
Pr. 2. 1. 42. In Clause (A.), added by way of) tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 207, of Ses- 
Rider to the Bill: | ston 1843). 
Ls. 3. and 4. Leave out “the Crown or.” | An Account of the Land Tax redeemed and un- Land Tax. 
1. 6. Leave out “ the Crown or in.” | redeemed, payable by each of the Counties of Eng- 
At the end of the Clause add Clause (A.) | land and Wales, under the following Heads; Names 
Cravse (A.) “And be it Enacted, That nothing | of Counties, Land Tax Redeemed, Land Tax Un- 
“‘ herein contained shall affect the rights or property | redeemed, Total. 
“ of the Crown.” __ Copy of Correspondence between Her Majesty’s Captain 
The said Amendments, being read a second time,| Government and Captain Warner, relating to Cap- Werner's In- 
were agreed to. tain Warner's Inventions, from the Ist day of - 
Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to! September 1841, to the present time. 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House| Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to the Duchies of 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account Comal and 
Lordships. of the Gross and Net Revenue of the Duchies of 
| Cornwalland Lancaster, from the 1st January 1843 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a ‘to the 31st December 1843 ; showing the Amount 
Return of the Name of every Person employed in| of Revenue which became due, the Monies received 
the General Post-oflice, with the Date of each Ap-| and paid within the time, and the Arrears and Ba- 
pointment, the nature of the Duties performed by | lances at the end of the preceding and current year. 
each Individual, the Amount of Salary attached to! Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
such Duties, the Fund from which each Salary is | Table. 


paid, distinguishing what Portion, if any, is derived | 
from Fees :—And, a similar Return from the Ge-| 
neral Post-office, Dublin. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 


Post-office, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Pauper 
| to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Lunatics 

. , | to give directions, that there be laid before this re 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a; 57.) 


House, Copies of Correspondence between Her Ma- 
Return showing the Number of Persons on the Re-| Pts P oe 


owing | jesty’s Government in Jreland and the Grand Juries 
dundant List of the - ~ nay es age, oe assembled at Summer Assizes 1844, on the subject 
the commencement of the year pe et of providing additional Accommodation for Pauper 
that have died or become incapable of serving during 


Fay ye | Lunatics. 
the year, the Number that have re-entered the Pub- Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


lic Service during the year, the Number that have | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


been added to the List during the year, and the) o¢ yy “dns, 3 s : : 
$ . | er Majesty’s Most honourable Pr 3 
Number that remained on the List at the close of | Jesty § ourable Privy Council 


the year:—And, a similar Return for 1843. | ; ; 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said | The House proceeded to take into consideration Savings Banks 
Returns. | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | intituled, An Act to amend the Laws relating to 
Table. | Savings Banks, and to the Purchase of Government 

| Annuities through the medium of Savings Banks; 

Sir George Clerk presented,—Further Return to | and the same were read, as follow : 

an Order, dated the 14th day of February last, for! Pr. 1. 1. 8. After “ Banks” insert “and where- 
Returns of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing |“ as an Act was passed in the ninth year of the 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of Great |“ reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and | “ intituled, ‘An Act to consolidate and amend the 
Channel Islands; distinguishing those under and |‘ Laws relating to Savings Banks,’ and another Act 
those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day |“ was passed in the third year of the reign of his 
of December 1843 :—And, similar Returns of Steam | “ late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, 
Vessels, and their Tonnage :—Returns of the Num-| “ ‘An Act to enable Depositors in Savings Banks 


Pubiic Depart- 
ments, 


Shipping. 


ber and Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared |“ and others to purchase Government Annuities 
Coastwise at each of the Ports of Great Britain |‘ through the medium of Savings Banks, and to 
and Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands (in- | “ amend an Act of the ninth year of his late Ma- 

“ jesty, 











Law Courts 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Merchant 
Seamen Bill. 


Charitable 
Donations 

and Bequests 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lunacy. 


Medical Prac- 
tice Bill, 


Charitable 
Donations 
aud Bequests 
(Irelund) Bill. 


8 VicroRIz. 


‘ jesty, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
“ to Savings Banks.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 10. After “ assignee” insert “ or to 
“ be entitled to any money deposited in such Sav- 
“ ings Banks.” 

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 Thomas Fremantle reported, That having been 
with the Lords to desire a Conference upon the sub- 
ject-matter of the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate and 
reduce the Expenses of the Offices attached to the 
Superior Courts of Law in Ireland, payable out of 
the Consolidated Fund, the Lords do agree to a 
Conference, and appoint the same immediately, in 
Committee-room No. 2. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords, at 
a Conference for disagreeing to one of the Amend- 
ments made by their Lordships to the said Bill, do 
manage the Conference: And the names of Mr. 
Gally Knight, Sir Thomas Fremantle and Mr. Ac- 
land, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over ; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported, That 
the Managers had been at the Conference, which 
was managed on the part of the Lords by the Lord 
Steward; and that they had delivered the Reasons 
for disagreeing to the said Amendment, and had left 
the Bill, and Amendments, with their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Sir William Horne: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to 
Merchant Seamen, and for keeping a Register of 
Seamen, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the 
more effectual Application of Charitable Donations 
and Bequests in freland, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—The Statistical Tables 
and Supplemental Report prepared by the Metro- 
politan Commissioners in Lunacy. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Regulation of Medical Practice through- 
out the United Kingdom: And that Sir James 
Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for the more effectual Application of Chari- 
table Donations and Bequests in Jreland; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 11. 1. 16. In Clause (C.) 

L. 20. After “ lease” insert “ for any term 
not exceeding ‘Iwenty-one years, unless on 
building lease, in which case such lease may 
be granted for any term not exceeding One 
hundred years.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Vou. 99. 


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13 


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7° Augusti. 


629 


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. 


United Kingdom: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
this day three months; and to be printed. 





Sir James Graham presented a Bill for the better Medical Prac- 
Regulation of Medical Practice throughout the tice Bill. 


No. 600. 


Mr. Greene reported, That he had carried to the Post-ofice. 


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 Report 
of the Secret Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships to inquire into the practice of detaining and 
opening Letters, under the provisions of the Act 
1 Vic. c. 86, and more particularly into the cireum- 
stances under which the Letters of Mr. Mazzini, a 
Literary Foreigner, and of Captain Charles Stolz- 
man, a Pole, residing in England, have been opened ; 
and that their Lordships had been pleased to com- 
municate a printed Copy of the said Report, as de- 
sired by this House :—And he delivered the same 
in at the Table. 
Ordered, That the said Report be printed. 


laid before this House early in the next Session, 
Accounts from each Savings Bank in the United 
Kingdom, showing, in separate columns, for the 
two years ending the 20th day of November 1843 
and 1844, the Amount of reserved Interest or Profit ; 
the Amount of Income from any other Sources, and 
detailing such Sources ; the Amount paid as Salary 
or Allowance to each Stipendiary Officer, and the 
Total Amount of such Salary or Allowances ; the 
Nature of any other Emoluments or Advantages 
enjoyed by each Officer, and the estimated Annual 
Value of such Advantages ; the Amount paid for 
Rent and Taxes, and for other Expenses, and the 
Total Amount of Expenditure of the Bank; the 
Amount of Surplus accrued in the year, as shown 
in the Annual Statements by the Savings Banks to 
the National Debt Commissioners, the portion of 
such Surplus reserved to meet the Current Expenses, 
deducted according to the Act 23 Geo. 4, c. 92, and 
the Amount of Balance carried to the separate Sur- 
plus Fund Account; the Rate of Interest, the lowest 
Sum on which Interest is allowed, and the Periods 
at which it is credited to the Depositors, under the 
Act of 1844:—Of the Number of Depositors and 
of Charitable Institutions and Friendly Societies in 
each Savings Bank in the United Kingdom, and of 
the Amount of their Deposits, on the 20th day of 
November 1844, divided into the usual Classes ; and 
distinguishing the Number and Amount of Accounts 
under £.1., of Minors’ Accounts, of Trust Accounts, 
of the Accounts of Married Women, and of Persons 
having no Profession or Business : — From each 
Savings Bank in the United Kingdom, up to the 











| 20th day of November 1844; showing, in separate 


columns, the Name and Locality of each Savings 
Bank, and Date of its Establishment; the Aggre- 

gate Amount of Principal received from Depositors, 

and of Principal and Interest paid to Depositors ; 

the Aggregate Amount of Principal invested with 

‘the National Debt Commissioners, and of Principal 
and Interest drawn for by the Trustees on the Com- 
| missioners; the Aggregate Amount of Interest cre- 
'dited by the Commissioners to the Trustees, and by 
ithe Trustees to the Depositors, and the difference 
of reserved Interest or Profit; the Aggregate Amount 

of Income from other Sources, detailing such Sources, 

land the Total Amount of Profit or Income where- 
with to pay [Expenses of Management ; the Aggre- 
‘gate Amount paid as Salaries or Allowances to Sti- 
|pendiary Officers, in the Erection or Purchase of 
Houses or Offices, or in Alterations or Repairs, and 
4uL3 iw 


No. 601. 


Ordered, That there be prepared, in order to be Savings Banks. 








Poor Law. 


No. 602. 


Trinity House 
(Deptford 
Surond.) 


Richmond 
Bridge. 


630 


in Purchase of Land; the Aggregate Amount paid 
for Rent and Taxes, and of other Expenses ; and 
the Total Amount of Expenditure, the Balance, 
being the Surplus Profit, detailing the Particulars, 
and showing how invested or disposed, on the 20th 
day of November 1844; Amount of the General 
Account invested with the Commissioners, including 
Interest, on the 20th day of November 1844, the 
Cash Balance at the Treasurers’ or Bankers’, and 
Total Amount of Assets to meet the Claims of the 
Depositors, on the 20th day of November 1844 ; 
the Total Amount of Principal and Interest due to 
the Depositors on the 20th day of November 1844 ; 
and the Balance of Excess or Deficit on the Total 
Amount of Assets to meet the Claims of the De- 

ositors, on the 20th day of November 1844; the 
Sion and the Amount of Balances of Depositors’ 
Accounts on the 20th day of November 1844, and 
the Aggregate Amount of the whole; the Number 
and Amount of Balances (Principal and Interest) 
unclaimed for Five years preceding the 20th day of 
November 1844; Amount of reserved Funds on the 
20th day of November 1844 (if any) not included 
in the preceding Returns, but intended by the Trus- 
tees for Superannuation Allowances or Pensions to 
the Officers employed, or for other purposes, show- 
ing how such Funds have accrued, and the precise 
nature of them, and also the several purposes to 
which it is intended to devote them. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Poor 
Law, which were presented upon the 23d day of 
July last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 8° die Augusti ; 
Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


\ R. Maltby, from the Trinity House, was called 

in; and at the bar presented,—Further Re- 
turn to an Order, dated the 1st day of March last, 
for Returns of the whole Receipts and Revenue of 
the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford 
Strond ; distinguishing the particular sources from 
which the same are derived; together with a par- 
ticular and detailed Account of the Appropriation 
of the same, for each of the years 1841 to 1843, 
both inclusive (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 448, of Session 1842):—And, of the 
Number of Pensioners receiving Relief 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 1841; 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 vici- 
nity of which the Parties receiving 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 Three years, commencing on the Ist day of 
January 1841; distinguishing the Number of Va- 
cancies occasioned by the Death or Disqualification 
of Male Pensioners from the Number by Female 
Pensioners :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 

Mr. Smith, from the Commissioners of Richmond 
Bridge, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—Richmond Bridge Cash Account for the year 
1813 :—And then he withdrew. F 


Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


7°—8° August. 





A, 1844. 


Mr. Talman, from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Army Prize 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant Money. 


to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of unclaimed Army Prize Money (formerly 
made by the Deputy Treasurer of the Royal Hos- 
pital at Chelsea) from the 18th January 1809 to the 
31st December 1843 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Robert William Brandling, of Low Coal Trade. 


Gosforth, Esquire, praying for the appointment of 
a Commission of Inquiry into the disputes between 
the coal-owners and pitmen in the counties of 
Northumberland and Durham, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Friends of the Protestant Missions, Tahiti, 


residing in the borough of Leeds, praying the House 
to secure an unobstructed field for the prosecution 
of their work to British Protestant Missionaries in 
Tahiti ; to restore the people to the possession of 
their civil rights and religious freedom ; to re-instate 
Her Majesty’s humble and unoffending ally, Queen 
Pomare, in her full power as an independent sove- 
reign ; and to obtain the complete and final with- 
drawal of the French Protectorate from that island, 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Earl of Dundonald, stating Ear! of 
that he has discovered a peculiar method of assail- Dundonald. 


ing and destroying batteries and hostile fleets, and 
applicable also to other purposes of war ; and pray- 
ing the House to take the circumstances into con- 
sideration, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester and Salford ;—Mem- State Trial 
bers of the Loyal National Repeal Association, and (Ireland.) 


others ;--Inniskeen ;--and, Tamlaght O’ Crilly; pray- 
ing for inquiry into the circumstances attending the 
proceedings on the late State Prosecution in fredand, 


—-were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to Gaming, 


request, that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Third Report 
of the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships to inquire into the Laws respecting Gaming : 
—And that Mr. Christie do carry the said Message. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Merchant 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Seamen Bill. 


tituled, An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws 
relating to Merchant Seamen, and for keeping a 
Register of Seamen; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 21. 1. 7. Leave out “ sixpence” and insert 
“* four pence.” 

Pr. 21. ls. 9. and 10. Leave out “ one shilling” 
and insert “ eight pence.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 21. After “ every” insert “ surviving.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 27. In the Interlineation : 
L. 2. Leave out “ have” and insert “ produce 
a certificate from the master or chief surviving 
“ officer of the ship to the effect that he had.” 

Pr. 93. 1. 1. Leave out “ below one half” and 
insert “ to less than one-third.” 

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. 


“ 


Mr. Wyse reported from the Committee who were Art-Unions 
appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Bill. 


Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to the Amend- 
ments proposed by the Lords to the Amendments 
proposed by the Commons to the Art-Unions Bill, 
and for insisting on their Amendments to which 

the 








8 VicroriZ. 


the Lords have disagreed ; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Because, in granting an indemnity for the 
inadvertent violation of a particular law, by the 
distribution of works connected with the Fine 
Arts, there should be no distinction between 
persons associating themselves together for that 
purpose, and individuals, who, in pursuance of 
similar designs, have rendered themselves liable 
to similar penalties. 

Because private individuals possessed no 
greater means of obtaining an accurate know- 
ledge of the bearing of the law upon the pro- 
ceedings in which they were engaged, than the 
persons forming the Art-Unions. 

Because the opinions given to the Art-Unions 
by high legal authorities were contrary to each 
other. 

Because these opinions were publicly known 
and were calculated to induce great uncertainty 
in the minds of private persons as to the effect of 
existing Statutes upon this subject; and because 
the opinion which existed with regard to the le- 
gality of Fine Art Distributions, is indicated by 
the fact of the names of persons in high judicial 
stations appearing as subscribers to them. 

Because it is believed that persons engaged 
in Print-selling have been driven to adopt the 
scheme of disposing of their property by dis- 
tributions of this nature, in consequence of the 
competition to which they have been exposed 
by similar illegal proceedings on the part of 
the Art-Unions, the members of which it is the 
object of this Bill to protect. 

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 said Amend- 
ments :—-And that Mr. Wyse do go to the Lords, 
and desire the said Conference. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to re- 
peal certain Penal Enactments made against Her 
Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

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. 


Roman Catholic 
Penal Acts 
Repeal Bill. 


Slave Trade. Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Class (D.) Correspondence with Fo- 
reign Powers, not Parties to Treaties or Conventions, 
giving a mutual Right of Search of Vessels sus- 
pected of the Slave Trade, 1843. 

Sir Robert Peel also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of 
March last, praying that Her Majesty will be gra- 
ciously pleased to procure from Her Majesty’s Am- 
bassadors or other Diplomatic Authorities in Foreign 
Countries; 1st. A Statement of the Rate or Scale of 
any Taxes or Duties imposed (either by the Govern- 
ment or by Municipalities) on succession to Property 
after Death ; stating also if, in imposing such Taxes 
or Duties, any distinction be made in such Foreign 
Countries between Real (or immoveable) Preperty 
and Personal (or moveable) Property :—2d. A State- 
ment of the Annual Amount received from such 
Taxes or Duties. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Copies of the Reports of Sir John Rennie and 
Mr. Page, upon the Harbours of Holyhead and 
Portdynllean. 


Succession 
to Property 
Abroad. 


Holyhead and 
Portdynilean 
Harbours, 


Sugar. 


Produce of Foreign Sugar Refined in Bond, exported 


8° August. 


An Account of the Quantity of Refined Sugar, the 


631 


from London and the Outports of the United King- 
dom; distinguishing the Ports from whence and 
the Countries to which the same was exported, be- 
tween the 5th day of January 1841 and the Sth day 


of July 1844 (in continuation of Parliamentary 


Paper, No. 239, of Session 1841). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 2d, 5th Addresses. 


and 7th days of this instant August (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. 


Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of Correspond- 
ence between Her Majesty’s Government in Ireland 
and the Grand Juries assembled at Summer Assizes 
1844, on the subject of providing additional Accom- 
modation for Pauper Lunatics. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Lords, to desire a Conference upon the subject-matter 8 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act to legalize Art-Unions, the 
Lords do agree to a Conference, and appoint the 
same this day in the Committee-room, No. 2., at a 
quarter after five o’clock. 


The time being come for the Conference with the C 


— by their Lordships to the County Coroners 
ill; 

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 Amendments, 
do manage the Conference :—And the Names of 
Mr. Young, Mr. Sheil, Mr. William Henry Bodkin, 
Mr. Round, Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, Mr. 
Spooner and Mr. Sheppard, 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 met 
the Lords at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Earl Bathurst, and 
that they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing 
to the said Amendments; and had left the Bill, and 
Amendments, with their Lordships. 


made by their Lordships to the Art-Unions Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
todraw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to the Amendments proposed 
by the Lords to the Amendments proposed by the 
Commons, and for insisting on their Amendments 
to which the Lords have disagreed, do manage the 
Conference :—And the Names of Captain Pechell, 
Dr. Bowring, Mr. Forster, Mr. Trotter, Mr. Shep- 
pard, Mr. scott, Colonel Verner and Mr. Mas- 
terman, were added to them. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Wyse reported, That the Managers had met 
the Lords at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Earl Bathurst, and 
that they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing 
to the Amendments proposed by the Lords to the 
Amendments proposed by the Commons, and for 
insisting on the Amendments to which the Lords 
have disagreed ; and had left the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, with their Lordships. 





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Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an Pauper 
Lunatics 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 603. 


Mr. Wyse reported, That having been with the Art Unions 


ounty 


Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments Corners Bill. 


The time being come for the Conference with the Art-Unions 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 3#!!. 


A Petition 












































































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Steam Boat 


Companies, 


Parochial 


Settlement Bill. 


Clerks of 


Petty Sessions, 


&amp;c., Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


South Sea 


Company Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill, 


Clerks to 


Attornies Bill, 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 


Bill. 


Gaming. 


Gaming. 


No. 604. 


Union with 
Jreland, 


632 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Ship- 
builders, praying the House to provide that public 
money, granted for the purposes of steam navigation, 
shall be applied not for the exclusive advantage of 
any companies or individuals, but so that all en- 
gaged in shipping may fairly participate therein, or 
equally compete therefor, affording to the Peti- 
tioners the opportunity of showing to the House 
the truth, as to facts and principles, of all the state- 
ments in their Petition, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 


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Parochial Settlement, and to the Removal of the 
Poor: And that Sir James Graham and Mr. Man- 
ners Sutton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate the Appointment and Payment of Clerks 
and other Officers of the Courts of Petty and 
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, 
and Gaol Delivery: And that Sir James Graham 
and Mr. Manners Sutton do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
and Sir William Horne: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for completing the Gua- 
rantee Fund of the South Sea Company, for ad- 
vancing for the Public Service part of the unclaimed 
Stock and Dividends in the Hands of the said Com- 
pany, and for regulating the Allowance to be paid 
for the Management of the South Sea Stock and 
Annuities: 

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-four, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Relief of Clerks 
to Attornies and Solicitors who have omitted to 
enrol their Contracts, and for amending the Law 
relating to the Enrolment of such Contracts, and 
to the Disabilities of such Clerks, in certain cases : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable 
Barristers appointed under the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, 
to arbitrate between Counties and Municipal Corpo- 
rations, to submit a special Case to the Superior 
Courts; and to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth 
years of Her present Majesty, for amending the Law 
concerning Prisons, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the further Amendment of the Laws relating 
tothe Poorin England, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate a printed Copy of the 
Third Report from the Select Committee appointed 
by their Lordships to inquire into the Laws respect- 
ing Gaming :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Crdered, That the Copy of the Third Report from 
the Select Committee on Gaming, which was this 
day communicated from the Lords, be printed. 


Petitions from Drumtariff ;—Union of Shinrone ; 
Magheracoolmoney and Drumheeran ;—Donacovey ; 
— Barnacoola ;— Kenmare ;— Holmpatrick ;—and, 
Castlebridge ; praying for the repeal of the Legis- 
Jative Union between Great Britain and Ireland, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 











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Petitions from Birr ;—Erigle Truagh ;—Charle- Charitabie 

ville ;— Maheracloon ; — Philipstown ;—Cloonclare — 
and Glenfarn ;—Kilmore and Drumsnat ;— Moy- (Ireland) Bill 
nalty ;— Navan ;—Castlecomer ;—Ferns ;—Reslea ; 
—and, Drumtariff; praying that the Charitable 
Donations and Bequests (Ireland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to regulate Clerks of 
the Appointment and Payment of Clerks and other Petty _ 
Officers of the Courts of Petty and Quarter Sessions ga . 
of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery : No. 605. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon this day three months ; 
and to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to consolidate Parochial 
and amend the Laws relating to Parochial Settle- Settlement Bil, 
ment, and to the Removal of the Poor: And the No. 606. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon this day three months ; 
and to be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Poor Law 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Amendment 
intituled, An Act for the further Amendment of - 
the Laws relating to the Poor in England; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 19. Leave out “county” and insert 
“ petty sessional division of the county, or for the.” 

Pr, 2.1. 31. Leave out “a” and insert “ his.” 

Pr. 3.1. 20. Leave out from the second “ the” 
to “ may” in ]. 21., and insert “said Justices they.” 

Pr. 3.1. 24. Leave out “ the court” and insert 
“* they.” 

Pr. 3.1. 38. Leave out from “ if” to “ think” 
in |, penult., and insert “ they.” 

Pr. 4.1.3. Leave out “ shall.” 

Pr. 4.1. 9. After “ such” insert “ weekly.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 10. Leave out “ court” and insert “ said 
“ Justices.” 

Pr. 4.1.28. Leave out “ have” and insert “ has.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 36. Leave out from “sums” to “ do” 
in 1. 37., and in |, 37. leave out from “ him” to 
“ such” in |. 38., and insert “ under.” 

Pr. 5. ls, 2. and 3. Leave out ‘‘ complaint” and 
insert “ warrant.” 

Pr. 5.1.6. Leave out “ hand” and insert “ hands.” 


Pr, 5.1. 7. Leave out “ seal” and insert “ seals.’’ 
Pr. 5.1. 35. After “ hands” insert “ and seals.’’ 
Pr. 5. |. ult. Leave out from “ where” to “ there’’ 


in Pr. 6. 1. 1., and insert ‘¢ they have jurisdiction.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 34. Leave out from “ but” to “ within” 
in |. 36., and insert “ no such order shall be made 
“ unless applied for at such petty sessions.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 20. Leave out “ ensuing” and insert 
after the making of the said order.” 

Pr. 7.1. 21. Leave out “ in” and insert “ for.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 10. Leave out from “ Justices” to 
“ may” in], 13. 

Pr. 8.1.15. Leave out “ seal” and insert “ seals.” 

Pr. 9.1. 5. Leave out from “ a” to “to” in 1. 6.,. 
and insert “duplicate of such order or appointment 
“ signed by such clerk.” 

Pr. 9. ls. 10. and 11. Leave out from “ appoint- 
“ ment” to “ provided” in 1. 16. 

Pr. 11. 1. penult. Leave out from “ that” to “ if” 
in Pr. 12. 1. 12. 

Pr. 12. Is. 18. and 19. Leave out “ as aforesaid” 
and insert “ with respect to the maintenance of any 
“ bastard child.” 

Pr. 16.1. 9. After “ pounds” insert “ and that 
after the first day of October next no poor child 
shall be bound apprentice by the overseers of 
any parish included in any such union or subject 
to a Board of Guardians under the provisions of 
the first-recited Act, but it shall be lawful for the 
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“¢ in such case the indentures of apprenticeship shall 


be executed by the said Guardians, and shall not 
need to be allowed, assented to or executed by 
any Justice or Justices of the Peace, and the 
Guardians shall have all the powers for binding 
or assigning any such apprentice which are now 
possessed by Overseers, and shall cause all ap- 
prentices so bound or assigned by them to be 
registered by their clerk according to the form 
prescribed by the Statute of the forty-second year 
of the reign of King George the Third, relating 
to the Registration of Parish Apprentices, so far 
as the same may be applicable to such binding 
or assignment.” 

Pr. 16. Is. 13. and 14. After “ provisions” insert 
of any Act of Parliament,” and in 1. 14. leave out 
from “ apprentices” to “ And” in 1. 26., and insert 
“* to be bound to the sea service.” 

Pr. 20. 1.10. Leave out “ for” and insert “from.” 

Pr. 20.1. 31. After “ his” insert “ tenant.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 38. After “such” insert “ tenant.” 

Pr. 22.1.9. After “he” insert “or some person 
duly appointed for the purpose.” 

Pr. 22. 1,12. After “he” insert “or such other 
person.” 

Pr. 23. Is. 7. and 8. After “ objection” insert 
and established such objection.” 

Pr. 23.1. 38. Leave out “ deemed to be.” 

Pr. 23.1]. penult. After “the” insert “ only.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 3. Leave out from “ ensuing” to “ pro- 
vided” in 1. 5. 

Pr. 24. 1.15. After “ aforesaid” insert “ who 
shall have all such powers as are hereinbefore 
given to the clerk, and perform all such duties 
as are hereinbefore imposed on the clerk in that 
behalf ; Provided also, That nothing herein con- 
tained shall affect any election in which proceed- 
ings have been commenced before the passing of 
this Act.” 

Pr. 25.1. 5. After “ said” insert “ first,’’ and in 
the same line leave out from “ Act” to “it” in 1. 7. 

Pr. 29. ]. 24. After “ the” insert “ said.” 

Pr. 30.1.1. Leave out “ adjacent to” and insert 
“ coincident with.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 17. After “aforesaid” insert Clause 
(A) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Guardians of every parish or union appointed 
under any local Act, and their officers appointed 
to act in the relief of the pvor, and their clerks, 
shall, from and after the passing of this Act, have 
the like powers and shall be liable to perform the 
same duties with respect to insane persons as are 
provided in the case of Guardians appointed under 
the provisions of the said first-recited Act, their 
relieving officers and their clerks respectively.” 


Pr. 32. 1. 20. Leave out “ Poor Law” and insert 
said.” 


Pr. 35. 1. 11. 
may.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 18. Leave out from “ shall” to “ And” 
in Pr. 36. 1. 1., and insert “ on conviction thereof 
“‘ before any two Justices, forfeit and pay a sum not 
* exceeding five pounds.” 


Pr. 37. 1. 28. Leave out “‘ due from” and insert 
for which.” 


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Pr. 37. 1. 30. Leave out “accounts” and insert 


“ account.’’ 


Pr. 41. 1. 10. After “house” insert “ within the | “ 


“ parish.” 


Pr. 41.1. 13. After “ some” insert “ other.’’ 


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tiorari, to apply to the said Commissioners to 
inquire into and to decide upon the lawfulness 
of the reasons stated by the auditor for such al- 
lowance, disallowance, surcharge, and it shal 
thereupon be lawful for the said Commissioners 
to issue such order therein, under their hands and 
seal, as they may deem requisite for determining 
the question.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 32. Leave out ‘* so.” 

Pr, 47. 1. 33. After “ appointed” insert “ under 
the provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 55. ls. 14. and 15. Leave out *‘ licensed.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 2. Leave out from “ England” to 
And” in I. penult. 

Pr. 78. 1. ult. After “ and” insert “ subject to 
the approval of the said Commissioners.” 

Pr. 83. 1. 12. Leave out from “ Commissioners” 
to “ under” in ]. 13., and insert ‘ every appoint- 
“ ment.” 

Pr. 84.1. 18. Leave out “ such.” 

Pr. 86.1. 24. After ‘ officers” insert “ and all 
*“* powers of the inhabitants of any parish in vestry 
“ assembled, or of Justices of the Peace.” 

Pr. 86. 1. 29. Leave out “ such” and in the 
same line after “ collector” “ insert for any such 
“ parish as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 88.1. 36. Leave out “if” and insert “ where.” 

Pr. 89.1. 17. Leave out from “ Wales” to “ that” 
in ]. 20. and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 89. 1. 36. Leave out from “ have” to “ pro- 
vided” in Pr. 91. 1. 7., and insert “ an auditor 
or auditors appointed, and acting under any pro- 
tisions of such local Act relating to the audit of 
accounts in such parishes, it shall not be lawful 
to include such parish, or such two or more pa- 
rishes respectively, in any such district for the 
audit of accounts.” 

Pr. 91. 1.16. Leave out from “ audit” to “ And” 
Pr. 92. 1. 5. 

Pr. 93.1. 5. Leave out “ first recited.” 

Pr. 93. 1. 16. Leave out “ recited.” 

Pr. 94.1. 19. Leave out from “ Act” to “ And” 
Pr. 95. 1. 11., and insert Clauses (C.) and (D.) 

Cuavse (C.) “ And beit Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for any Board of Guardians or District 
Board, at any meeting thereof, to make a certifi- 
cate in the form or to the effect contained in the 
Schedule of this Act marked (C.), and that every 
such certificate and every copy of a minute of 
any order, complaint, claim, application or au- 
thority of any such Board of Guardians or District 
Board, purporting respectively to be signed by 
the presiding chairman ofsuch Guardians or Dis- 
trict Board and to be sealed with their seal, and 
to be countersigned by their clerk, shall, unless 
the contrary be shown, be taken to be sufficient 
proof of the truth of all the statements contained 
in such certificate, and of the directions respect- 
ing such order, complaint, claim or application 
having been given as alleged in the copy of such 
minute, and shall be received in evidence accord- 
ingly by and before all Courts of Justice and all 
Justices, without any proof of the signatures or 
of the official characters of the persons signing 
the same, or of such seal, or of such meeting; 
and that for the purpose of making any order of 
removal or other order no further or other evidence 
of chargeability than such certificate shall be re- 
quired, provided that every such order bear date 
within T'wenty-one days next after the day of the 
date of such certificate.” 

Cravuse (D.) “ And beit Enacted, That in any 
proceedings to be had before Justices in Petty or 


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acted, ‘That it shall be lawful for any person ag- | “ 
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visions of this Act or of any of the Acts required 
to be construed as one Act herewith, if any party 
to such proceedings request that any person be 
summoned to appear as a witness in such pro- 
ceedings, it shall be lawful for any Justice to 
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Message from 
the Lords, 


Duchy of Corn- 
wall Assession- 
able Manors 
Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 


(Dublin) Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 


(Dublin) Bill, 


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“ upon the matter of such proceedings ; and if any 
“ person so summoned neglect or refuse to appear 
“ to give evidence at the time and place appointed 
“ in such summons, and if proof upon oath be given 
“ of personal service of the summons upon such 
person and that the reasonable expenses of at- 
tendance were paid or tendered to such person, 
it shall be lawful for such Justice, by warrant 
under his hand and seal, to require such person 
to be brought before him or any Justices before 
whom such proceedings are to be had; and if 
any person coming or brought before any such 
Justices in any such proceedings refuse to give 
evidence thereon, it shall be lawful for such Jus- 
tices to commit such person to any house of cor- 
rection within their jurisdiction, there to remain 
without bail or mainprize for any time not ex- 
ceeding Fourteen days, or until such person shall 
sooner submit himself to be examined, and in 
case of such submission the order of any such 
Justice shall be a sufficient warrant for the dis- 
charge of such person.” 

Pr. 98. 1. 34. After “ Act” insert “ and the 
word ‘month’ shall be taken to mean calendar 
month.” 

Pr. 99. 1. 11. Leave out from “ minister” to 
and”’ in |. 28., and insert “ in the said first-re- 
cited Act, and ‘ minister’ in this Act shall be con- 
strued to mean and include every person in holy 
orders, and also every person teaching or preach- 
ing in any congregation for religious worship, 
whose place of meeting is certified and recorded 
according to law.” 


After Schedule (B.) add Schedule (C.) 


“ ScHEDULE (C.) The Board of Guardians of the 
“ Poor of the Union [or parish of] do 
hereby certify that on the day of 
“ A. B. and his wife C. B., and his child E. B., 
became chargeable to the parish of 
in the said Union [or to the said Union]. 


“ In testimony whereof the common seal of the 
said Guardians is hereunto affixed at a meeting 
* of their Board, this day of 18 

wa = (signed) W. J., Presiding 
Chairman of the said Board. 

“ (Countersiened) E. D., Clerk [or Acting 
“ Clerk to the Board of Guardians of.]” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bil! to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, tliat this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Sir William Horne : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to confirm and enfranchise the Estates of the 
Conventionary Tenants of the Ancient Assessionable 
Manors of the Duchy of Cornwall, and to quiet 
Titles as against the Duchy, and for other Purposes, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this Llouse: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for the Re- 
gulation of Grand Jury Presentments in the County 
of Dublin, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence 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 consolidate and amend the Laws 
for the Regulation of Grand Jury Presentments in 
the County of Dublin; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 45.1. 6. Leave out from “his” to “ reign” 
in |. 7., and insert “ present Majesty.” 


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A. 1844, 


Pr. 55. 1. 29. Leave out “ fifth and,” and in the 
same line after “ sixth” insert “ and seventh.” 

Pr. 78.1. 18. After “lands” insert “ houses.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Captain Taylor 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 Duchy of Corn. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, wall Assession. 


intituled, An Act to confirm and enfranchise the 
Estates of the Conventionary Tenants of the Ancient 
Assessionable Manors of the Duchy of Cornwall, and 
to quiet Titles as against the Duchy, and for other 
Purposes ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 3. Leave out from “ Cornwall” to 
“ and” in |. 5. 

Pr. 8. Ils. 1. and 2. After “ Cornwall” insert 
within the county of Cornwall.” 

Pr. 85. 1. 17. After “ whatsoever” insert “ si- 
tuate, issuing or arising in the county of Corn- 
“ wall.” 

Pr. 87. 1. 3. After “ whatsoever” insert “ si- 
tuate, issuing or arising in the county of Corn- 
“ wall.” 

Pr. 89. 1. 16. After ‘* whatsoever” insert “ si- 
tuate in the county of Cornwall.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 24. After “‘ whatsoever” insert “ si- 
tuate in the county of Cornwall.” 

Pr. 95. 1s. 19. and 20. Leave out “ or rents.” 

Pr. 95. 1. 22. Leave out “ have” and insert 
« hath.” 

Pr. 95. 1.35. After “ hereditaments” insert “ si- 
“ tuate in the county of Cornwall.” 

Pr. 100. 1.31. After “ contained” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted and declared, that the provisions herein- 
before contained for the limitation of actions and 
suits and the several other provisions, matters 
and things herein contained, shall apply only to 
lands, manors, tenements, rents, tithes, mines, 
minerals, stone, substrata, hereditaments and other 
things situate, issuing, arising or being in the 
county of Cornwall.” 

Pr. 103. lL. ult. Leave out from “ Highness” to 
“ And” in Pr. 107. 1. 29. 


In the Title of the Bill: 


L. penult. After “ titles” insert “ within the 
county of Cornwall.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir George Clerk do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Sir William Horne: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords desire a present Conference upon the 
subject-matter of the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend 
the Law respecting the Office of County Coroner : 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference, as desired by their Lordships. 

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 C»rone’s Bill. 


the Names of Sir James Graham, Mr. Wakley, Sir 
George Clerk and Mr. William Henry Bodkin, 

were added to them. 
Then the Names of the Managers were called 
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over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Sir James Graham reported, That the Managers 
had met the Lords at the Conference, which was 
managed on the part of the Lords by the Earl of 
Shaftesbury; and that their Lordships insist upon 
their Amendments to the said Bill, for the following 
Reasons :— 

Because it is inexpedient to throw unne- 
cessarily additional burthens on the County 
Rates: 

Because the expenses of travelling have been 
very considerably diminished of late years: 

Because the expensive contests which parties 
seeking the office of Coroner have willingly 
entered into, prove that it is an advantageous 
one to hold under its present allowances. 

The House proceeded to take the said Reasons 
into consideration. 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist on their 
disagreement to the said Amendments. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint their Lordships that this House doth 
not insist on their disagreement to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill :—And that 
Sir George Clerk do carry the said Message. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 


the Lords. and Sir William Horne: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Long (Ireland) A Bill, intituled, An Act to supply an Omission 


in an Act of the sixth and seventh years of Her 
| wasn Majesty for amending and continuing the 

aws in Jre/and, relative to the Registering of Arms 
and the Importation, Manufacture and Sale of 
Arms, Gunpowder and Ammunition : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Protection of 
Purchasers against Judgments, Crown Debts, Lis 
Pendens, and Commissions of Bankruptcy, and for 
providing one Office for the Registering of all Judg- 
ments in Jreland, and for amending the Laws in 
Ireland respecting Bankrupts, and the Limitation 
of Actions: And also, 

The Lords do not insist upon their disagreement 
to the Amendments made by the Commons, nor 
upon their Amendment to the Amendments made 
by the Commons to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
legalizing Art-Unions, to which the Commons dis- 
agree; but the Lords propose to amend one of the 
Commons’ Amendments to the said Bill: And, 
also, 

The Lords desire a Conference upon the subject- 
matter of an omission in the Amendments made by 
their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
amend and consolidate the Laws relating to Mer- 
chant Seamen, and for keeping a Register of Sea- 
men, To-morrow, at five o’clock :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference, as desired by their Lordships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith:—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Protection of 
Purchasers, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Art-Unions 
Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen Bill, 


Art.Unions 
ill, 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords 
to the Amendments made by this House to the Art- 
Unions Bill be taken into consideration To-mcrrow. 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be printed. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wi/son 
and Sir Wiliam Horne: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Biil, intituled, An Act to repeal 
certain Penal Enactments made against Her Ma- 


jesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects, without any 
Amendment: And also, 
Vou. 99, 


Roman Catholic 
Penal Acts 
Repeal Bill, 


8° August. 














635 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Fisheries 
Act to amend an Act of the sixth year of Her pre-(!eland) Bill. 
sent Majesty, intituled, An Act to regulate the Irish 
Fisheries, and to empower the Constabulary Force 
to enforce certain Provisions respecting the Lrish 
Fisheries, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Insolvent 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend Debtors Bill. 
an Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act 
for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and to limit 
the Power of Arrest upon Final Process, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Insolvent 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Amend- Debtors Bill. 
ments made. by this House to the Bill, intituled, 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifth and 
sixth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, An Act for the Relief of Insolvent 
Debtors, and to limit the Power of Arrest upon 
Final Process and the same were read, as follow: 


In Clause (U.),: 


L. 10. Leave out “ for extending” and in- 
sert “ to extend.” 
L. 11. After “ made” insert “ in.” 


In Clause (A A.): 


Ls. 8. and 9. Leave out ‘ Commissioners 
“ of the.” 

L. 13. Leave out ‘“ court ” 
“ courts.” 


and insert 


Ip Clause (B B.),: 


L. 12. Leave out “ bankrupts” and insert 
“ the Court of Bankruptcy.” 


In Clause (C C.): 


L. 4. After “a” insert “ Barrister or At- 
“ torney-at-law as.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir George Clerk do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- papticPetitions 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa-~ (Forty-fifth 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 5th, 6th, Report.) 
7th and sth 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. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court Court of Session 
of Session (Scotland), which was presented upon (Scotland.) 
the 23d day of July last, be printed. No. 607. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial Colonial Ex. 
Expenditure, &amp;c., which was presented upon Tues- Penditure, &amp;c. 
day last, be printed. No. 608. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to South South Austral’a. 


Australia, which were presented upon Tuesday last, No. 609. 
be printed. 


. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Schoolmas- Schoolmasters 
ters (Scotland), which was presented upon Tuesday (Scotlant. ) 
last, be printed. No.610. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Timber Timber (Navy.) 


(Navy), which were presented upon Tuesday last, No.611. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Crown Lands Crown Lands 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Tuesday last, oe 
be printed. No. 612. 


4m2 Ordered, 








Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


No. 613. 


Poor Law. 


No.614. 


New Churches, 


No. 615. 


Public 
Departments. 


No. 616. 


Navy. 
No. 617. 
Shipping. 
No.618. 
Land Tax, 
No. 619. 
Captain 


Warner's 
Inventions. 


No. 620. 
Lunacy. 
No. 621. 


Raja of Sattara, 
No. 622, 


Raja of Suttara, 
No. 622. 


I.dian Law 
Commissioners. 


No. 623. 


Adjournment, 


Royal Assent 
to Bills, 


636 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
Relief (dreland) Act, which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return reiative to the Poor 
Law, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Twenty-fourth Report of the 
Commissioners of New Churches, which was pre- 
sented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Public 
Departments, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, 
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 the Land 
Tax, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Captain 
Warner’s Inventions, which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunacy, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 9° die Augusti ; 
Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 
24th day of July last, for Copy of a Letter from the 
Governor General of India to J. P. Willoughby, Se- 
cretary to the Bombay Government, referring to his 
Letter dated the 11th day of July 1839, respecting 
the case of the Raja of Sattara :—And, Copy ofa 


Letter from J. P. Willoughby, dated the 18th day of | 


September 1839, to the Governor General of Zndia, 
referring to the Governor General’s Letter of the 12th 
day of July 1839, respecting the Raja of Sattara. 

Copies of all Correspondence not hitherto pre- 
sented to this House relating to the deposed Raja 
of Sattara, which has taken place between the Go- 
vernment of Jndia and the Government of Bombay, 
or between the Government of India and Major 
Carpenter, the Officer in charge of the Raja, from 
September 1839 to the 1st day of January 1844. 

Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of the 
Special Reports of the Indian Law Commissioners : 
—And then he withdrew. . 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Thursday the 5th day 
of September next ;——— 


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 


8°—9° Augusti. 








A, 1844, 


Assent to the several Public and Private Bills there- 
in mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby autho- 
rized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act to apply a Sum, out of the Consolidated Consolidate 
Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of the Furd (Appro- 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four, P™"°" Bill. 
and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Ses- 
sion of Parliament: 

An Act to explain and amend an Act for making Church Endow. 
better Provision for the Spiritual Care of Populous ™e"' Bill. 
Parishes : 

An Act for the further Amendment of the Laws Poor Law 


relating to the Poor in England : Amendment 


ul, 
An Act to enable Barristers appointed to arbitrate Municipal 
between Counties and Boroughs to submit a Special harerations 
Case to the Superior Courts : 7 


An Act to confirm and enfranchise the Estates Duchy of Com. 
of the Conventionary Tenants of the ancient Asses- "al! ‘ssestiow 
sionable Manors of the Duchy of Cornwall, and to pi," 
quiet Titles within the County of Cornwall, as 
against the Duchy, and for other Purposes: 


An Act to repeal certain Penal Enactments made RomanCatholic 


against Her Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects: Penal Acts 
D J Repeal Bill. 


An Act for regulating the Construction and the Metropolitan 
Use of Buildings in the Metropolis and its Neigh- Buildings Bill, 
bourhood : 


An Act to widen and improve Piccadilly, in the Piccadilly 


City of Westminster : Improvement 
Bill, 


An Act to amend the Law of Insolvency, Bank- Insolvent 
ruptcy and Execution : Debtors Bill. 


An Act to attach certain Conditions to the Con- Railways Bill, 
struction of future Railways authorized or to be au- 
thorized by any Act of the present or succeeding 
Sessions of Parliament, and for other Purposes in 
relation to Railways : 


An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- Turnpike Trusts 


lating to Turnpike Trusts in South Wales : —?. see 


An Act to amend the Law for the Trial of Contro- Controverted 
verted Elections of Members to serve in Parliament ; Elections Bil. 

An Act for auditing the Accounts of the Com- Woods and Fu 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land tests Accounts 
Revenues, Works and Buildings: ™ 

An Act to amend the Law respecting the Office County _ 
of County Coroner : Coroners Bill. 

An Act for completing the Guarantee Fund of South Sea__ 
the South Sea Company, for advancing for the Pub- Comp@'y Bil 
lic Service Part of the Unclaimed Stock and Divi- 
dends in the hands of the said Company, and for 
regulating the Allowance to be paid for the Ma- 
nagement of the South Sea Stock and Annuities : 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to Savings Savings Bauks 
Banks, and to the Purchase of Government Annui- Bill: 
ties through the medium of Savings Banks: 

An Act to amend the Law for regulating Places Slaughtering 
kept for Slaughtering Horses : Horses Bill, 

An Act for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Clerks to 
Solicitors, who have omitted to enrol their Contracts, Attornies Bill 
and for amending the Law relating to the Enrolment 
of such Contracts, and to the Disabilities of such 
Clerks, in certain cases : 

An Act to extend the Time limited by an Act Tralee Navi- 
passed in the fourth and fifth years of Her present gation “ 
Majesty, empowering the Commissioners for the 1#PevF ai 
Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works to com- 
plete the Works for improving the Navigation and 
Harbour of Z'ralee, in the County of Kerry: 

An Act toamend an Act of the ninth year of King salmon 
George the Fourth, for the Preservation of the Sal- Fisheries Bill 
mon Fisheries in Scotland: (Beottand)m 

An Act for Marriages in Zreland, and for regis- Marriages _ 
tering such Marriages : (Ireland) Bill 

An Act to continue, for Five years, so much of an Spirits 
Act of the second and third years of Her present (Ireland) Bil 
Majesty, as enables Justices to grant Warrants for 
entering Places in which Spirits are sold without 
License in Jreland: 

An 





8 VicrorizZz, 9° Augusti. 637 
An Act to enable the Commissioners of Public; The time being come for the Conference with Merchant 
(Ireland) Bill. Works in Ireland to accept a certain Sum of M oney the Lords, upon the subject-matter of an omission in Seamen Bill. 
in satisfaction of their Mortgage on the Branch the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Canals, communicating with the Grand Canal in| Merchant Seamen Bill ; 
Ireland: Ordered, That Mr. Sidney Herbert, Admiral 
An Act to supply an Omission in an Act of the | Dundas, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Manners 
sixth and seventh years of Her present Majesty, for | Sutton, Mr. Hawes, Viscount Ebrington, Sir George 
amending and continuing the Laws in /re/and re-| Clerk, Mr. Nicholl, Mr. Sheil, Mr. Spooner, Lord 
lative to the Registering of Arms, and the Importa- | Eliot and Mr. Forster do manage the Conference. 


Grand Canal 


Arms (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Protection of 
Purchasers, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Charitable 
Donations 

and Bequests 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Preseutments 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Middle Level 
Drainage and 
Navigation Bill, 
Paisley General 
Gas Bill. 


Duke of 
Hamilton and 
Brandon’s 
Estate Bill. 


Leeds Vicarage 
Bill. 


Gape’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Adjournment. 


tion, Manufacture and Sale of Arms, Gunpowder 
and Ammunition : ; 

An Act for the Protection of Purchasers against 
Judgments, Crown Debts, Lis Pendens and Com- 
missions of Bankruptcy, and for providing one Office 
for the Registering of all Judgments in Ireland, 
and for amending the Laws in Ireland respecting 
Bankrupts and the Limitation of Actions : 

An Act to provide for the more effectual Appli- 
cation of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Jre- 
land: 


An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for 
the Regulation of Grand Jury Presentments in the 
County of Dublin : 

An Act for improving the Drainage and Naviga- 
tion of the Middle Level of the Fens: 


An Act for the better supplying and lighting with 
Gas, or other illuminating Power, Parts of the 
Abbey Parish of Paisley, and certain Towns or 
Villages and Places adjacent, and for other Pur- 
poses relating thereto: 


An Act to explain an Act passed in the first year , 


of Her present Majesty, intituled, “An Act for au- 
thorizing the Sale and Exchange of the Real Estate 
devised by the Will of the Right honourable William 
Henry Ear| of Rochford, deceased, and for the Ap- 
plication of the Produce thereof, and for authorizing 
the granting of Leases of the same Estate, and for | 
other Purposes,” and for extending the Operation of , 


such Act to certain Parties, whose Consent thereto | day. 


was required : 


An Act to authorize the Division of the Parish | 


and Vicarage of Leeds, in the County of York, into 
several Parishes and Vicarages: 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas lore- 
man Gape with Fanny Louisa, his now Wife, and 
to enable him to marry again, and for other Pur- 
poses therein mentioned. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
this House will, at the rising of the House this day, 
adjourn till Thursday the 5th day of September 


Then the names of the Managers were called 
/over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Sidney Herbert reported, That the Managers 
ihad met the Lords at the Conference, which was 
managed on the part of the Lords by the Earl of Li- 
verpool; who acquainted them that the Lords, being 
desirous at all times of maintaining a gvod corre- 
spondence with the Commons, have desired this 
Conference, in order to communicate to them, that 
in the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and con- 
solidate the Laws relating to Merchant Seamen, 
and for keeping a Register of Seamen, (which has 
been returned to the Lords, with the Amendments 
made therein by them agreed to by the Commons), 
there was an omission of one Amendment in the 
Paper of Amendments sent to the Commons, namely, 
in Pr. 66.1. 8. To leave out the words “ and Prize 
“* Money,” which Amendment was made by the 
Lords, in addition to those contained in the Paper 
‘of Amendments formerly sent down by them, but 
which was inadvertently omitted from the Paper of 
Amendments so sent down; to which Amendment 
they desire the concurrence of the Commons. 





And the Question being again proposed, That this Adjournment. 


House will, at the rising of the House this day, ad- 
journ till ‘Thursday the 5th day of September next : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 


| ference held this day upon the subject-matter of an 
omission in the Amendments made by their Lordships 
| to the Merchant seamen Bill; and Mr. Speaker 
having been desired to give his opinion to the House, 
on the point of form in respect of the proposal made 
by the Lords, stated, that he was not aware of any 
| precedent directly applicable to the present case, 
‘but he considered that it would establish a most 
| inconvenient and dangerous one if the House were 
now to entertain the Amendment which had un 





next ;—— fortunately been omitted from the Merchant Seamen 

_—" “ Bill when it was sent back from the Lords; that 

an gg A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson | omissions and mistakes had occasionally been rec- 

ee and Sir William Horne : tified during the progress of measures in the two 

Mr. Speaker, Houses of Parliament; but in the present instance 

Joint Stock The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | the Lords’ Amendments had been acreed to ata 

ee Act for facilitating the winding up the Affairs of stage when it was no longer possible for the House 

emedies at ° . : ge : : ger } 

Law andin Joint Stock Companies unable to meet their P €cu- | to reconsider them, if they were in any degree af- 

Equity Bill. niary Engagements, with Amendments; to which | fected by the Amendment which had been omitted ; 

Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of | and the Commons’ agreement to these Amendments 

this House: And also, having been indorsed upon the Bill by the Clerk, 

Hoint Stock The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled,|this proceeding ought, in his opinion, to be con 
a An Act to regulate Joimt Stock Banks in England, | sidered final and conclusive. 

; with Amendments; to which Amendments the| Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And/|draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at 
also, a Conference, for not taking into consideration the 

a Stuck The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An| Amendment now proposed by the Lords:—And a 
ompanies 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Merchant 
‘the matter communicated by the Lords at the Con- Seamen Bill. 





Tedionsien Act for the Registration of Joint Stock Companies, | Committee was appoited of Mr. Sidney Herbert, 

and Regulation 2nd for conferring on such Companies certain Pri-| Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Manners Sutton, 

Bill, vileges of Corporate Bodies, subject to the Payment | Mr. Hawes, Viscount Ebrington, Sir George Clerk, 
of certain Fees, and on certain Conditions and Re- | Captain Gordon, Mr. Bellew and Admiral Dundas ; 
gulations ; and for preventing the Establishment of -—And they are to withdraw immediately. 
Fraudulent Companies ; and for the Regulation of Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
Joint Stock Companies, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur-} The Order of the day being read, for resuming Adjournment, 
rence of this House:—And then the Messengers the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 


withdrew. | this day, That this House will, at the rising of the 
Vor. 29, 4m 3 








Message from 
the Lords. 


Law Courts 


(ireland) Bill. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Art-Unions 
Bill, 


Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen Bill. 


638 


of September next ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate ; 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Sir William Horne: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords do not insist on their Amendment 
made to the Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate and 
reduce the Expenses of the Offices attached to the 
Superior Courts of Law in Ireland payable out of 
the Consolidated Fund, to which this House hath 
disagreed :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


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 Second Re- 
port made from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships, to inquire into the Progress of the 
Building of the Houses of Parliament :—And that 
the Earl of Linco/n do carry the said Message. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Amend- 
ments made by the Commons to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for legalizing Art-Unions; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

The Lords do not insist upon their disagreement 
to the Amendments made by the Commons, nor 
upon their Amendment to the Amendments made 
by the Commons, to which the Commons disagree, 
but propose, with respect to the Amendment in 
Pr. 2.1. 30., to amend the same, as follows: 

At the end thereof to add, “ shall, so far as re- 
“* lates to persons other than members of the said 


«* Art-Unions, or persons acting on their behalf, be 
« 


c 
‘ 
“e 


n 


liabilities, pains and penalties, to which by law 
they may be liable, as being concerned in lotteries, 
little-goes or unlawful games for anything done, 
or which may be done by them, or any of them, 
herebefore, or before the first day of October 
next ensuing the passing of this Act, and as to 
all other persons being members of the said Art- 
Unions as aforesaid, they.” 

The Lords do not insist upon their Amendment 
in the Title of the Bill, to which the Commons dis- 
agree. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wyse do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


n 


‘ 
“ 


“ 


n 


“cc 
“ 


The House proceeded to take into censideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend an Act of the sixth year 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act to re- 
guiate the /rish Fisheries, and to empower the Con- 
stabulary Force to enforce certain Provisions re- 
specting the Jrish Fisheries; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

Pr. 12.1]. 3. Leave out from “ river” to “ And,” 
in Pr. 15. 1. 36. 

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. Sidney Herbert reported from the Committee 
who were appointed to draw up Reasons, to be of- 
fered to the Lords at a Conference, for not taking 
into consideration the Amendment now proposed 


by the Lords to the Merchant Seamen Bill ; That | vigetion between Her Majesty and the King of 


9° Auguste. 
House this day, adjourn till Thursday the 5th day | 


discharged and freed from all suits, prosecutions, | 


A. 1844. 


they had drawn up Reasons accordingly, which they 
had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same were read, as follow : 


The Commons express their deep regret, that 
by any inadvertence the whole of the Amend- 
ments made by their Lordships in the Merchant 
Seamen Bill should not have been presented to 
the House of Commons before the Bill was re- 
turned with the Amendments agreed to by the 
House of Commons. 

They consider, however, that great inconve- 
nience would result from establishing a prece- 
dent for entertaining any Amendment made b 
either House of Parliament in Bills sent down 
from the other House, which Amendment had 
not been inserted in the Bill as sent down, after 
the Bill shall have been returned with all the 
Amendments agreed to which were submitted to 
the consideration of the Commons. 

It appears to the House of Commons very 
possible that an Amendment, perhaps unim- 
portant in itself, may have a material bearing 
upon the effect of other Amendments ; and as 
the Commons possess no power of altering the 
Amendments to which they have agreed, and 
which have been returned to the Lords, it might 
occur that material changes in the law might be 
inadvertently effected, by adopting an Amend- 
ment under the circumstances under which the 
present Amendment is now sent down by their 
Lordships. 


For these Reasons the Commons cannot agree to 
the Amendment, as proposed by their 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 an omission in 
the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
, said Bill:—And that Mr. Sidaey Herbert do go to 
the Lords, and desire the said Conference. 





The Order made upon Monday last for presenting 


to Her Majesty an humble Address that She would © 


| be graciously pleased to give directions that there 
| be laid before this House, Returns, showing the 

Total Amount of County, Poor and Highway Rates, 
‘levied in each Parish in England and Wales, for 

the year ending the 25th day of March 1843, and 
| the Proportion in the Pound which these Rates bear 
| to the whole value of Real Property in each Parish 
| respectively, as assessed to the Property and Income 
Tax, for the year ending April 1843, 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, 
Keturns, showing the Total Amount of County, Poor 
and Highway Rates, levied in each Parish in Eng- 
land and Wales, for the year ending the 25th day 
of March 1843, and the Proportion in the Pound 
which these Rates bear to the Amount on which the 
Assessment is levied, distinguishing that on Land, 
Houses, Tithes, Quarries, Mines, Fisheries, Canals 
and Railways. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Iler 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 List of Benefices and Churches augmented by the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, made up 
to the Ist day of May 1844. 7 

Sir Robert Peel accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 








| Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s 
| Command,—Copy of Treaty of Commerce and Na- 


Hanover, 


County Rates, 
c. 


County Rates, 
&amp;e. 


Benefices and 
Churches. 


No. 624. 


Hanover. 





Chelsea — 
Qut-Pensioners. 


No. 625. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


Union with 
Treland, 


New South 
Wales. 


No. 626. 


Aborigines 
(Australian 
Colonies.) 


No. 627. 


Merchant 
Seamen Bill. 


8 VicToRIzZ. 9° Augusti. 639 


Hanover, signed at London, July 22, 1844, with 
various Documents annexed thereto. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copies of Provisional Instruc- 
tions for Staff Officers of Pensioners, relative to 
Fines and Penalties, new Enrolments, and the bil- 
letting and messing of the Local Companies within 
their respective districts, framed by the Secretary at 
War, under the authority of the Act of the 6 and 7 
Vic. c. 95, and of the Circular transmitting the same. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Navan Union, praying the House to relieve them 
from the payment of the loan granted them for the 
building of their workhouse, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of the 
Poor of the Cal/an Union, stating that the Guardians 
of that Union have ascertained that those electoral 
divisions, which include cities, market, sea-port or 
other towns, are subject to an unfair rate of taxation 
by ingress of paupers from other portions of the 
Union, as well as mendicants from other parts 
of the United Kingdom, who, by a residence of 
twelve months, become qualified to claim admission 
into the poor-house, and thereby chargeable on such 
division ; and praying that with the view to protect 
all cities, market or sea-port towns from any such 
undue levy of poor rate, an alteration may be 
made in the Poor Relief (Jreland) Act, so as to 
extend the term of residence from twelve months 
to the proof of an uninterrupted one of at least 
three years, and that in default of such proof any 
pauper claiming admission, should be chargeable 
upon such electoral division of the union or union 
at large, or provision made for his or her transfer to 
such union in Jreland or parish in the United King- 
dom, as such applicant had previously belonged to, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tennanmaguck ;—Templecrene ;— 
Faughart ;—and, Kilmore and other places ; pray- 
ing tor the repeal of the Legislative Union between 
Great Britain and Ireland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copies or Ex- 
tracts of any Correspondence relative to Crown 
Lands and Emigration in New South Wales. 

Copies of or Extracts from the Despatches of the 
Governors of the Australian Colonies, with the Re- 
ports of the Protectors of Aborigines, and any other 
Correspondence, to illustrate the condition of the 
Aboriginal Population of the said Colonies, from the 
date of the last Papers laid before Parliament on 
the subject. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert reported, That having been 
with the Lords, to desire a Conference upon the sub- 
ject-matter of an omission in the Amendments made 
by their Lordships to the Merchant Seamen Bill, 
the Lords do agree to a present Conference in the 
Committee-room No. 2. 

Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
last Conference do manage this Conference. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Sidney Herbert reported, That the Managers 
had met the Lords at the Conference, which was 


managed on the part of the Lords by the Lord Privy 
Vou. 99. 


Seal; and that they had delivered the Reasons for 
not taking into consideration the Amendment pro- 
posed by their Lordships to the said Bill; and had 
left the Bill, and Amendments, with their Lordships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Petty Session 
Return from the Clerk of each Petty Sessions in (Ireland. ) 
Ireland, of the Amount of Fees receiyed by him 
during each of the last Three years ending the 31st 
day of December 1843. 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land, Trades- Corn Laws. 

men and Labourers within the Arundel Petty Sessions 
district ;—and, Chichester Petty Sessions district ; 
praying the House to resist the projects of the Anti- 
Corn-Law League, and, in consideration of the vast 
amount of capital and skill which has been expended 
in the improvement of land, preserve to the agri- 
culturist, and his labourers, the protection to which 
they are entitled,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Or- Divisions of 
ders,—A Return of the Number of Divisions in the House. 
the Session of 1844, stating the subject of the No. 628. 
Division, and the Number of Members in the majority 
and minority, Tellers included ; also, the Aggregate 
Number in the House on each Division; distin- 
guishing also the Divisions on Private Bills from 
Public ; and also the Number of Divisions before 
and after midnight. 

A Return of the Titles of all Public Bills intro- Pubiic Bills. 
duced in the course of the present Session; the No, 628. 
date of their several Stages; distinguishing those in- 
troduced from the House of Lords :—And, the same 
for the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843. 

A Return of the Private Bills which, in the pre- Private Bills. 
sent Session, have been treated as opposed Bills, No, 628. 
distinguishing those against which no one appeared 
before the Committee, 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 selecied 
Member has served on such Committee ; Number 
of Petitions for Bills presented in conformity with 
the Sessional Orders; Number of Petitions for 
leave to present a Petition; Number of Petitions 
referred to the Standing Orders Committee ; Num- 
ber of Cases in which the Parties were allowed to 
proceed with the Bill; Number of Bills read a 
first time; Number of Bills read a second time, 
and committed ; Number of Bills reported. 

A Return of the Number of Days on which the Sittings of the 
House of Commons sat in the Session of 1844 ; House. 
stating the Total Number of Hours occupied in the No.628. 
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 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 599, of Session 1843.) 
Ordered, That the said Returns be printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s Pentonville 
Command,—Copy cfa Letter from the Surveyor- Pisen. 
General of Prisons, of August 8, 1844, to the Se- 
cretary of State for the Home Department, together 
with Plans of Pentonville Prison. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioner appointed Mining 
under the Act 5 and 6 Vie., c. 99, on the state of Pepulation. 
the Mining Population in parts of Scotland, Staf- 
fordshire, Sc. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented,—Return to Oaths, &amp;e. 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of 
June last, for Copies of all Oaths, Declarations or 
Subscriptions required from the Judges, Advocates, 
Proctors, and ali Officers, upon their Admission ; 
and of all Oaths, whether customary or special, 
which are taken or may be taken by Advocates and 
Proctors in the performance of their duties, in all 
the Provincial and Diocesan Ecclesiastical Courts, 

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Joint Stock 
Companies 
Registration 
and Regulation 
Bill. 


640 


and in the High Court of Admiralty; with a State- 
ment of the Authority by which every Oath, De- 
claration or Subscription 1s required. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for the Registration of Joint Stock 
Companies and for conferrig on such Companies 
certain Privileges of Corporate Bodies, subject to 
the Payment of certain Fees, and on certain Con- 
ditions and Regulations; and for preventing the 
Establishment of Fraudulent Companies; and for 
the Regulation of Joint Stock Companies; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 2. ]. 11. Leave out from “ four” to “ And” 
in |. 14. 

Pr. 2. 1. 23. Leave out “ or.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 36. Leave out from “ also” to “ And” 
in Pr. 4. 1. 5., and insert “ every partnership which 
“ at its formation or by subsequent admission (ex- 
“ cept any admission subsequent on devolution or 
“ other act in law) shall consist of more than 
“ twenty-five members.” 

Pr. 4. 1.37. After “ officer” insert “or person.” 

Pr. 5. 1.10. Leave out from “ defined” to “ the” 
in |. 13. 

Pr. 5. 1. 17. Leave out from “ defined” to “ the” 
in |. 19. 

Pr. 6. 1. 35. Leave out from “ secretaries” to the 
first ‘* of” in 1. 37. 

Pr. 7. 1. 21. After “ England” insert “ or Jre- 
« land.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 30. After “ number” insert “ if any.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 34. After ‘ document” insert “ at 
any time.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 6. Leave out “ the” and insert “ this.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 1. After “ thereof” insert “ distin- 
guishing the numbers of the shares on which the 
deposit has been paid from those on which it has 
not been paid.” 

Pr. 15. |. 16. Leave out “ and” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 16. ls. 8. and 9, Leave out “ co-partner- 
ship” and insert “ Company.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 10. Leave out “ the.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 25. Leave out “ or as soon thereafter” 
and insert ‘‘ for the purpose of registering the same 
“ or as soon after such production.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 32. After “ deed” insert “ and other 


sé 


“ matters.” 
Pr. 17. Ils. 5. and 6. After “ omission” insert 
“ ; recards he atters | ‘ebv r = 1.” 
as regards the matters hereby required. 
Pr. 17. 1. 7. After “ may” insert “ from time to 
“ 


time.” 
ir. 17. 1. 30. After “ of” insert “ any of.” 
Pr. 18. 1.29. After “ orders” insert “ such.” 
Pr. 18. ls. 84. and 35. Leave out “ duplicate” 
and insert “ copy.” 
Pr. 19. 1. 16. 
any.” 
Pr. 19. 1. 27. After “every” insert “ such.” 
Pr. 19. 1.38. After “ in” insert “ the Schedule 
¢ to.” 
Pr. 20. 1. 8. Leave out “ of the directors” and 
insert “ director.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 20. Leave out “ of the directors” and 
insert “ director.” 
Pr. 24. 1. 36. After “ Company” insert “ or their 
solicitor as aforesaid.” 
Pr. 25. 1. 7. After “ or’ insert “ their solicitor 
“ or such.” 
Pr. 25. 1. 28. Leave out “ said” and in the same 
line after “ Schedules” insert “ annexed to this Act.” 
Pr. 31. Is. 18. and 19. After ** renewed” insert 
“ which may be done on application for that pur- 
« pose.” 
Pr. 32. 1.6. After “ dock” insert “ which can- 
“ not be carried into execution without the autho- 
“« rity of Parliament.” 


Leave out “ such” and insert 
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9° August. 





A. 1844, 


Pr. 32. 1. 12. Leave out “ is’ and insert “ may 
“th” 

Pr. 34. |. 32. After “ Company” insert “ at any 
“ time before the complete registration thereof.” 

Pr. 35. 1.9. After “ Company” insert “ or any 
of the members thereof.” 

Pr. 35. 1.12. Leave out from “ equity” to “ but” 
in |. 14, 

Pr. 36. 1. 18.’ After “ license” insert “ general 
or special.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 27. Leave out “ its” and insert “ the,” 
and in the same line, and in]. 28., after “ operation” 
insert “ of such Act.” 

Pr. 42. 1, 25. Leave out “a” and insert ‘ such.” 
Pr. 43.1. 14. Leave out from “if” to “ make” in 
1. 15., and insert “ any such director or officer know- 
“* ingly.” 
Pr. 43.1.17. Leave out “ they” and insert “ he.” 
Pr. 43. |. 35. At the end of the interlineation 
add “and also.” 
Pr. 44. 1. 26. Leave out the second “of” and 
insert “ to.” 
Pr. 44.1. 38. After “ directors” insert “ to pur- 
“ chase any shares of the Company, nor to sell any 
“ such shares, except shares forfeited on the non- 
“« payment of calls or instalments, nor.” 
Pr. 45. 1. 29. Leave out “ stock.” 
Pr. 45. 1. 30. Leave out from “ if” to “ without” 
in 1. 33. 
Pr. 46.1. 2. Leave out “ such.” 
Pr. 46. ls. 11. and 12. After “ Company” insert 
“* knowingly concurring in such representation.” 

Pr. 46.1. 17. After “ Act” insert “ be.” 

Pr. 47. ls. 25. and 26. After “‘ insolvent” insert 
or shall have suspended payment or compromised 
*€ with his creditors.” 

Pr. 48. 1. 36. Leave out “every.” 

Pr. 48. 1]. ult. Leave out “ entries” and insert 
“ the entry.” 

Pr. 49. 1. 5. After ‘ Act” insert “ purport to.” 

Pr. 49. ls. 13. and 14. Leave out “ such books” 
and insert “ the boox in which such entry shall be 
“ made.” 

Pr. 51.1. 30. After “ meetings” insert “ in per- 
son or by proxy.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 18. After “ and” insert “ except.” 
Pr. 55.1. 24. After “ thereof” insert “ or signed 
by some officer of the Company, on its behalf, to 
be thereunto expressly authorized by some minute 
or resolution of the board of directors, applying 
to the particular case.” 

Pr. 56.1. 10. After “contract” insert “ whether 
under seal or not.” 

Pr. 56. 1. 20. After “ and” insert “ that.” 

Pr, 57.1. 9. After “issue” insert “ or accept.’ 

Pr. 57. 1. 15. Leave out “ name” and insert 
names,” 

Pr. 58. 1.21. After “and” insert “ that.” 

Pr. 58. 1. 34. After “ note” insert “ Provided 
always, That nothing herein contained shall be 
deemed to make any such secretary or officer 
personally liable upon any such bill of exchange 
or promissory note, nor be deemed to make any 
such directors personally liable thereon, except as 
shareholders of the Company; and that every 
such Company, on whose behalf or account any 
bill of exchange or promissory note shall be made, 
accepted or eudorsed in manner and form afore- 
said, shall and may sue and be sued thereon, as 
fully and effectually and in the same manner as 
in the case of any contract made and entered into: 
“ under their common seal.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 8. After “ settlement” insert Clause 


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(A.) 
Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
shareholder fail to pay any instalment of capital 
due upon or in respect of any share held by him, 
when the same shall become due, it shall be law- 
ful for any such Company, and they are hereby 
authorized to sue such shareholder for the amount 
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the declaration in any such action, it shall be 
sufficient to state only that at the time of the 
commencement of the suit, the defendant, as the 
holder of certain shares (stating how many) in a 
certain Company or undertaking, as the case may 
be, (naming it), was indebted to the Company 
in a certain sum (stating the amount of the in- 
stalments, or so much thereof as is sought to be 
recovered), for certain instalments of capital then 
due and payable in respect of the said shares, 
and that the defendant hath not paid the same ; 
and that if upon the trial of any such action it 
shall be proved that the defendant was the holder | 
of any share when such instalments, or any of | 
them, in respect of the same, and for which the 
action is brought, became due, then such Com- 
pany shall recover such instalments, or so much | 
thereof as is due, together with interest for the | 
same at the rate of Five pounds per centum per. 
annum, to be computed from the day on which , 
such instalment shall have become due.” 
Pr. 64. |. ult. After “and” insert “ the number | 
of shares held by each, and also a list of.” 
Pr. 65.1.1. After “ and” insert “a copy.” | 
Pr. 66. 1. penult. After “ certificate” insert 
but.” | 
Pr. 66. 1. ult. Leave out “ being” and insert | 
shall be.” | 
Pr. 67. 1.3. Leave out “ but” and insert “and.” 
Pr. 68. 1. 33. Leave out “ said.” | 
Pr. 68. 1.34. After “Secretaries” insert “ of the , 
said Committee.” | 
Pr. 71.1. 8. After “any” insert “ existing.” 
Pr. 71.1. 16. Leave out “ not prohibited by this 
Act.” 
Pr. 71. 1.17. After “manner” insert “and with | 
the same legal consequences.” | 
Pr. 71. 1. 33. Leave out from the first “ Act” 
“be” in |. 35. 
Pr. 72.1. 6. After “ the” insert “ London,” 





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it shall be lawful for such court or Judge to make 
absolute or discharge such rule, or allow or dis- 
miss such motion, (as the case may be), and to 
direct the costs of the application to be paid by 
either party, or to make such other order therein 
as to such court or Judge shall seem fit ; and in 
such cases such form of writs of execution shall 
be sued out of the courts of law and equity re- 
spectively, for giving effect to the provision in 
that behalf aforesaid, as the Judges of such courts 
respectively shall from time to time think fit to 
order; and the execution of such writs shall be 
enforced in like manner as writs of execution are 
now enforced : Provided that any order made by 
a Judge as aforesaid may be discharged or varied 
by the court, on application made thereto by either 
party dissatisfied with such order: Provided also, 
That no such motion shall be made nor summons 
granted for the purpose of charging any share- 
holder or former shareholder until ten days’ notice 
thereof shall have been given to the person sought 
to be charged thereby.”’ 

Pr. 80.1. 31. Leave out from “ determined” to 
And” in 1, penult. 

Pr. 81. ls. 31. and 32. After “ Majesty’s” insert 
superior,” and in 1. 82. leave out from “ courts” 


to “for” in 1]. 34. 


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Pr. 83. 1.35. After “ the” insert “ amount of 
all.” 


Pr, 83. 1. 37. After “ registration” insert “ and 


_“ for every other purpose.” 


In Schedule (A.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 86. 1. 23. After “ proceedings” insert “ viz.” 
Pr. 87. 1. 18. Leave out from “a” to “of” in 


1, 19., and insert “‘ person to take the chair.” 
! 


In the Title of the Bill: 


L.1. After “ registration” insert “ incorporation 
and regulation,” and in the same line leave out 


from “ companies” to the end of the Title. 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


in the same line leave out “and” and insert “then.”’? WETe agreed to. 


of Rider to the Bill, add Clause (B.) 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
| Lordships. 


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Pr. 73. 1.11. After Clause (B.), added by way | 


Cravuse (B.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
extend or be construed to extend to partnerships | 
in Ireland, commonly called ‘ Anonymous Part- | 
nerships,’ formed under and by virtue of an Act | 
passed in the Parliament of Jreland, in the 
twenty-first and twenty-second years of the reign 
of his late Majesty King George the Third, inti- 
tuled, ‘An Act to promote Trade and Manufac- 
tures, by regulating and encouraging Partner- 
ships.’” 

Pr. 75. Is. 11. and 12. Leave out from “ Com- 
pany” to “ Provided” in Pr. 76. 1. 17. 

Pr. 76. 1. 21. Leave out “ executions” and insert 
execution.” 

Pr. 77. |. 7. After “ copartnership” insert Clause 


Cravuse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
cases provided by this Act for execution on any 
judgment, decree or order in any action or suit 
against the Company, to be issued against the 
person or against the property and effects of any 
shareholder or former shareholder of such Com- 
pany, or against the property and effects of the 
Company, at the suit of any shareholder or former 
shareholder, in satisfaction of any monies, da- 
mages, costs and expenses paid or incurred by 
him as aforesaid in any action or suit against the 
Company, such execution may be issued by leave 
of the court or of a Judge of the court in which 
such judgment, decree or order shall have been 
obtained, upon motion or summons for a rule to 
show cause, or other motion or summons consist- 
ent with the practice of the court, without any 
suggestion or Scire facias in that behalf; and that 




















Vou. 99, 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


| tituled, An Act for facilitating the winding up the 


Affairs of Joint Stock Companies unable to meet 
their Pecuniary Engagements ; and the same were 
read, as follow : 


Pr. 1. 1.1. Leave out from “ whereas” to “ it” 


in]. 15. 


and in the same line after “ or’ 


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Pr, 2.1. 21. After “ any” insert “ privilege or,” 
insert “ power 
or.” 


Pr. 2. 1. 22. After “ shall’ insert “ before or 


after the passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 23. Leave out 
be.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 33. After “ Parliament” insert “ or 
any commercial or trading Company or Body, 
which by the said Statute made and passed in the 
first year of the reign of Her present Majesty is 
to be considered as subsisting, and to be subject 
to the provisions of the said Statute in manner 
therein mentioned.” 

Pr. 2.1. 38, Leave out “ the said-recited” and 


“ or shall hereafter 


insert “ any.” 


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“cc 
“ 


“ 


Pr. 2. |. penult. After “ Act” insert “ passed 
or to be passed in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment for the Registration and Regulation of Joint 
Stock Companies.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 28. Leave out “ serving” 
service of.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 36. Leave out “ leaving” and in the 


and insert 


same line after “same” insert “ having been left.” 


4N rr. 9 


Joint Stock 


Companies 
Remedies at 
Law and in 
Equity Bill. 








542 9° Augusti. A. 1844, 


Pr. 9. 1. 9. Leave out “ serving” and insert | “ 
“ service of.” {* 
Pr. 9. 1. 17. Leave out “ leaving” and in the | “ 
same line after “ same” insert “ having been left.” | “ 
Pr. 10. 1. 34. After “ sued” insert “ as the no- | “ 
‘“‘ minal defendant.” be 
Pr. 14. 1. 31. After “ nothing” insert “ herein | “ 
contamed,” and in the same line after “ co-| “ 
partners” insert “ provided also, that no execu- | “ 
tion in respect of any debt or demand proveable | “ 
under the fiat against any such Company or Body 
adjudged bankrupt shall be issued against the | “ 
person, property or effects of any member or | “ 
members for the time being of such Company or | “ 
Body, or any former member or members thereof, ” 
until after such debt or demand shall have been | “ 
proved under such fiat, nor shall any such execu- | “ 
cution be issued after the appointment of a re- | “ 
ceiver in manner hereinafter mentioned, without | “ 
leave of the High Court of Chancery.” " 
Pr, 21. 1.18. Leave out “ director’ and insert | “ 
“ person.” - 
Pr. 23. 1. 37. After “ contrary” insert Clauses | “ 
(A.), (B.), (C.), (D.) and (E.) _ 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall | “ 
“‘ be lawful for the court authorized to act in the | “ 
“ prosecution of any such fiat in bankruptcy to direct | “ 
the assignees of the estate and effects of any such “ 
Company or Body to apply to the High Court of | “ 
Chancery, by petition in a summary way, to the |“ 
Lord Chancellor or the Master of the Rolls, pray- | “ 
ing that all such orders and directions may be | “ 
given as shall be necessary for the final winding | “ 
up and settling the affairs of such Company or | “ 
Body, and to compel a just contribution from all | “ 
the members of such Company or Body, towards | “ 
the full payment of all the debts and liabilities of | “ 
such Company or Body, and of the costs of winding | “ 
up and finally settling the affairs of such Company | “ 
or Body; and that upon the hearing of such pe- | “ 
tition it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor | “ 
or Master of the Rolls to refer it to one of the | “ 
Masters of the High Court of Chancery, to take | “ 
all such accounts and make all such inquiries as | “ 
shall be required for the purpose of ascertaining | “ 
what sum of money in the whole, and what sums | “ 
of money as proportionate parts of the whole, | “ 
will (having regard to the deed of settlement of | “ 
such Company, and the calls actually paid by the | “ 
several and respective members thereof, and also | “ 
having regard to any proceedings in the Court of | “ 
Bankruptcy), be necessary and proper to be raised | “ 
by calls or contributions from the respective | “ 
members of such Company or Body, for the full | “ 
payment and satisfaction of all the debts and lia- | “ 
bilities of such Company or Body, and also of all | “ 
the costs of winding up and settling the affairs | “ 
of the said Company ; and that the High Court | “ 
of Chancery, upon confirmation of the Master’s | “ 
report made upon any such reference, may order 
the payment of the several and respective sums | “ 
of money which by such report are found neces- | “ 
sary and proper to be paid, and may refer it to | “ 
the Master to appoint a receiver to collect and | “ 
receive such sums of money, and pay the same | “ 
into the Bank of England, in the name and to | “ 
the account of the Accountant General of the | “ 
High Court of Chancery, to the credit of such | “ 
Company or Body, and may, upon the petition | “ 
of the assignees of the estate and effects of such | “ 
Company or Body, order such sums of money to 
be paid in or towards satisfaction of the debts | ‘ 
which by the proceedings in bankruptcy shall | “ 
have been found to be due to the creditors of | ‘ 
such Company or Body, and all persons having | ‘ 
claims and demands thereon, and also in satis- | ‘ 
faction of costs.” ‘ 
Cravse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That if it |&lt; 
shall appear that any individual members of such | ‘ 
Company or Body have claims against each other | ‘ 





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in respect of the affairs or transactions of such 
Company or Body, it shall be lawful for the Court 
of Chancery, upon the petition of any member 
of such Company or Body, alleging that he hath 
any such claim against any other member of the 
said Company or Body, to make all such orders 
as shall be just for the purpose of finally settling 
and determining such claim, and may order the 
payment of such sum of money (if any) as shall 
appear to be due in respect of any such claim.” 

Ciavuse (C.) “ And whereas the law is defective 
in the means of making the members of Joint 
Stock Companies Contributaries for paying their 
debts in full, and in the means of giving relief 
where execution may have been had in respect of 
a debt due from any such Company against one 
or a very few members of such Company, and 
also in the means of adjusting the rights of the 
members of any such Company amongst them- 
selves, and finally winding up the affairs of such 
Company ; Be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful 
for the Lord Chancellor, with the advice and con- 
sent of the Master of the Rolls and the Vice Chan- 
cellors for the time being, or any two of them, 
from time to time, and as often as circumstances 
shall require, to make and prescribe such rules 
and orders touching and concerning the form and 
mode of proceeding to be had and taken in the 
Court of Chancery for settling and enforcing the 
contribution to be paid by any member or mem- 
bers for the time being of any such Company, or 
any former member or members thereof, or any 
real or personal representative, or other persons 
liable in that behalf, and the practice to be ob- 
served by such court in or relating to such pro 
ceeding, or any matters incident thereto, and the 
form and mode of proceeding to be had and taken 
before any one of the Masters of the said court, 
primarily or by reference from the said court, in 
any matter for or relating to contribution, as shall 
from time to time seem necessary and proper for 
the advancement of justice in such cases, and for 
adjusting and determining the rights and equities 
of the parties concerned, and for suing for and 
getting in the assets, and for ascertaming and 
discharging the liabilities of such Companies, and 
requiring the creditors thereof to claim their debts, 
and finally winding up the affairs thereof, with as 
little delay, expense and uncertainty as possible : 
Provided always, That such rules and orders shall 
be laid before both Houses of Parliament within 
one month from the making thereof, if Parliament 
be then sitting, or if Parliament be not then sit- 
ting within one month from the commencement 
of the then next Session of Parliament ; and every 
rule and order so made shall be binding and ob- 
ligatory on the said court, and be of like force 
and effect as if the provisions contained therein 
had been expressly enacted by Parliament.” 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That an Act 
passed in the forty-first year of King George the 
Third, intitvled, ‘ An Act for the more speedy and 
effectual Recovery of Debts due to his Majesty, 
his Heirs and Successors, in right of the Crown of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and for the better Administration of Justice 
within the same,’ shall extend to decrees or 
orders made by the said Court of Chancery in 
any suit, proceeding or matter under or by virtue 
of this Act.” 

Crause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That on pro- 
duction of an office copy of any decree or order 
of the Court of Chancery made in any proceeding 
under or by virtue of this Act, and of an affidavit 
that application has been duly made to the person 
mentioned in such decree or order for payment of 
the sum thereby ordered to be paid by him, and 
that default has been made in payment thereof, 
to one of the principal clerks of the Court of 
Session in Scotland, or his deputy, for registration 

“ there, 











8 VicToRIz. 


“ there, such decree or order shall thereupon be | 


registerable and registered there in like manner as 
a bond executed according to the law of Scotland, 
with a clause of registration therein contained, 
and execution shall and may pass upon a decree 
to be interponed thereto, in like manner as exe- 
cution passes upon a decree interponed to such 
bond, and shall have the like effect upon and 


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cuted such bond.” 

Pr, 28. 1. 12. Leave out from “ unsettled” to 
And” in 1, 18. 

Pr. 29. 1. 18. After “labour” insert Clauses 
(F.) and (G.) 

Crause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That in con- 
struing this Act all powers given or duties directed 
to be performed by the Lord Chancellor may be 
performed by the Lord Keeper or Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Great Seal; and every word im- 
porting the singular number only shall extend 
and be applied to several persons or things as 
well as one person or thing, and bodies corporate 
as well as individuals ; and every word importing 
the plural number shall extend and be applied to 
one person or thing as well as several persons or 
things ; and every word importing the masculine 
gender only shall extend and be applied to a 
female as well as a male; and the words ‘ fiat in 
bankruptcy’ shall mean also and include any 
Commission of Bankrupt; unless (in the cases 
above specified) a different construction shall be 
provided, or the construction be repugnant to the 
subject-matter or context.” 

Ciavusz (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That this 
Act shall commence and take effect on the first 
“« day of November next.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


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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 regulate Joint Stock Banks in 
England; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr, 4. 1. 26. After “ preventing” insert “ the 
“ Company from purchasing any shares or making.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 30. After “ business” insert “ until all 
the shares shall have been subscribed for and.” 

Pr. 5. 1.32. After “ executed” insert “ personally 
or by some person duly authorized by warrant of 
attorney, to execute the same on behalf of such 
holder or holders.” 

Pr.'6. 1. 31. Leave out “ limited,” and in the 
same line after “ years” insert “not exceeding 
“ twenty years.” 

Pr. 7. 1. ult. Leave out “ estate funds and.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 1. After “ property” insert “ and 
“ effects.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 4. Leave out from “ person” to “ pro- 
perty” in 1. 5., and in 1. 5. after “ property” insert 
“ and effects.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 18. Leave out from “ the” to “ pro- 
“ perty” in 1. 19., and in 1. 19. after “ property” in- 
sert “ and effects.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 25. Leave out “ move the court for an 
“ order” and insert “ have execution.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 27. After “ against” insert “ the per- 
son, property and effects of.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 31. After “against” insert “the per- 
son, property and effects of.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 34. Leave out from “time” to “ pro- 
vided” in Pr. 9. 1. 5. and insert “ when the cause 
of action against the Company arose.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 31. After “ whom” insert “ or against 
whose property or effects.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 33. Leave out “ been.” 


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Pr. 9. 1.34, Leave out “ funds or’ and in the 
same line after “ property” insert “ and effects.” 
Pr. 10. 1.13. Leave out “ estate funds or,” and in 
the same line after “ property ” insert “ and effects.” 
Pr. 10. 1. 21. Leave out from “ to” to “ and” 
inl, 27., and insert “ have execution against the 
“ property and effects of the Company in satisfac- 
“ tion of such money, damages, costs and expenses.” 
Pr. 10. 1.34. After “ issue” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
cases provided by this Act for execution on any 
judgment, decree or order in any action or suit 
against the Company, to be issued against the 
person or against the property and effects of any 
shareholder or former shareholder of such Com- 
pany, or against the property and effects of the 
Company at the suit of any shareholder or former 
shareholder, in satisfaction of any monies, da- 
mages, costs and expenses paid or incurred by 
him as aforesaid in any action or suit against the 
Company, such execution may be issued by leave 
of the court, or of a Judge of the court in which 
such judgment, decree or order shall have been 
obtained, upon motion or summons for a rule to 
show cause, or other motion or summons consis- 
tent with the practice of the court, without any 
suggestion or Scire facias in that behalf, and that 
it shall be lawful for such court or Judge to make 
absolute or discharge such rule, or allow or dis- 
miss such motion (as the case may be), and to 
direct the costs of the application to be paid by 
either party, or to make such order therein as to 
such court or Judge shall seem fit ; and n such 
cases such form of writs of execution shall be 
sued out of the courts of law and equity respec- 
tively, for giving effect to the provision in that 
behalf aforesaid, as the Judges of such courts re- 
spectively shall from time to time think fit to 
order, and the execution of such writs shall be 
enforced in like manner as writs of execution are 
now enforced ; provided that any order made by 
a Judge as aforesaid may be discharged or varied 
by the court, on application made thereto, by 
either party dissatisfied with such order: Pro- 
vided also, That no such motion shall be made 
nor summons granted for the purpose of charging 
any shareholder or former shareholder until ten 
days’ notice thereof shall have been given to the 
person sought to be charged thereby.” 

Pr. 14, 1. 32. After “ Stamps” insert “ and 
Taxes.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 7. After “search” insert “ and the 
Company shall from time to time cause to be 
printed and kept, in a conspicuous place acces- 
sible to the public in their office or principal place 
of business, a list of the registered names and 
places of abode of all the members of such Com- 
pany for the time being.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 16. After “ Stamps” insert “and 
Taxes.” 


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18. After “ Stamps” insert “ and 


‘“ Taxes.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 25. After “ Stamps” insert “ and 
“ Taxes.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 87. After “ Stamps” insert ‘* and 
“¢ Taxes.” 

Pr. 23. 1. penult. Leave out “ Company” and 


insert “ Directors.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 11. Leave out “ Company” and in- 
sert “ Directors.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 8. Leave out “ Company” and in- 
sert “ Directors.” 

Pr, 25, 1, 20. Leave out “ Company” and in- 
sert “ Directors.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 10. Leave out ‘ may” and insert 
“ shall.” 

Pr. 29.1. 13. After “ contract” insert “ within 
“ Six calendar months next after the confirmation 
“ of the forfeiture.” 

Pr. 32 ]. 16. Leave out ‘ veriod” and insert 

4N2 “ time,” 








Harbours, 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


No. 629, 


644. 


“ time,” and in the same line leave out “ Six” and 
insert “ twelve.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 22. After “ Act” insert “ and after 
the expiration of the said Twelve calendar months, 
in case the Company shall not be incorporated 
under this Act, shall have, for the purpose of 
closing their trade or business, but for no other 
purpose, the same powers and privileges which 
they would have had if this Act had not been 
passed.” 

Pr. 32. 1, 35. Leave out “ period” and insert 
“ time.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 
Twelve.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 23. Leave out from “ be” to “make” 
in ], 25., and insert “ specially called for the pur- 
** pose may resolve to.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 21. Leave out from the second “ the” 
to “ shall” in 1. 22., and insert “ grant of such 
‘* letters patent.” 


Pr. 36. 1. 18. After “ stamps” insert “ and 
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taxes. 


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In the Schedules to the Bill: 
Pr. 38.1.24. After ‘“‘ above” insert “ mentioned.” 
Pr. 38. 1. 26. After “ above” insert “ written 
“ account.” 
Pr. 38. 
“ said.” 
Pr, 39. 1. 8. Leave out “ said” and in the same 
line leave out “ [or” and insert “ of [ or.” 
Pr. 39. 1. Leave out “ any and.” 
Pr. 39. 1. Leave out “ any and.” 
Pr. 39. 1, 27. Leave out “ may have” 
has.” 
Pr. 39. 1. 
Pr. 39. I. 
« has.” 
Pr. 40. 1. 6. 
account.” 
Pr. 4¢. 1. 8. 
Pr. 40. }. 15. 
Pr. 40. |. 30. 
Pr, 40.1. 3 


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bo to bo 
a) 
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and insert 


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31. Leave out “ may have” and insert 


After ‘* above” insert “ written 


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Leave out “ any and.” 

5. Leave out “ any and.” 

», Leave out “ said.” 

1. Leave out “ for’ and insert “ of 


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. 


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, by the Commissioners appointed 
under the several Acts of Parliament relating to the 
Harbours and Havens in the United Kingdom, stat- 
ing the Titles of the several Acts of Parliament, or 
Charters and Commissions, under which they have | 
acted and now act; also, Copies of all Maps of | 
the Harbour or Port in their Possession, and of all 
Reports made by Engineers or other Officers re-, 
specting the Port or Harbour; together with Copies 
of any Complaints made to the Commissioners of 
the several Harbours and Ports, of the Defects of 
the said Harbours. 

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 Earl of Lincoln 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 Second 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships, to inquire into the Progress of the 
Building of the Houses of Parliament; and that 
their Lordships had been pleased to communicate 


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A. 1844, 


a printed Copy of the said Report :—And he de- 
livered the same in at the Table. 
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented, pursuant to the London ana 
directions of several Acts of Parliament, — The Holyhead, &amp;., 
Twenty-first Report of the Commissioners for the 84s. 
Improvement of the Road from London to Holy- No. 630. 
head, and from London to Liverpool. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, National Debt, 
Accounts showing the Results of the Operations 
undertaken in 1822, 1824, 1825, 1830, 1834 and 
1844, for reducing the Charge on account of the 
National Debt, and the Terms upon which such Re- 
duction was made; also showing the Annual Interest 
on the Funded Debt saved thereby :—And, showing, 
in columns, the Total Amount of the Funded and 
Unfunded Unredeemed Public Debt of the United 
Kingdom, and the Annual Charge thereon on the 
5th day of January 1817, and on the 5th day of 
January in every subsequent year, up to 1844. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented pominica, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relative to 
the late Disturbances among the Negroes, in the Is- 
land of Dominica. 
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, 
Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of the Church 
Missionary Society to Lord Stanley, relative to the 
Affairs of 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. 


New Zealand. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 

and Sir William Horne: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords do not insist on their Amendment to Merchant 
the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and consolidate Seamen Bill. 
the Laws relating to Merchant Seamen, and for 
keeping a Register of Seamen, to which this House 
hath disagreed :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Army Prize Army Piize 
Money, which was presented yesterday, be printed, Money. 
Ne. 631. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Succession Stccession 
to Property Abroad, which was presented yesterday, a 
be printed. eee 
No. 632. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Holyhead aatpieet and 
and Portdynilean Harbours, which was presented Fordsule 
yesterday, be printed. No. 633. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Sugar, Sugar. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. G4 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday the 
fifth day of September next. 






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8 VicTorRIz. 


Jovis, 5° die Septembris ; 
Anno 8° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


China, M R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
aS and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of 
Treasury Minute, dated 13th August 1844, granting 
a special Superannuation Allowance to Mr. Elmslie, 
late Secretary and Treasurer in the Superintendent’s 
Establishment in China. 

Parochial and = Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to several 

Borough oe Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns, by the Over- 

Sc eales.) sets of the Poor, acting for Parishes or portions of 

No.635 Parishes, or other places, within the several Parlia- 
~ " "mentary Boroughs in England and Wales; of the 
Total Amount of Rates levied by them respectively, 
on such respective Boroughs or portions of Boroughs 
within their respective Collections, in the year end- 
ing the 81st day of December 1843, and the Sum 
in the pound, on Annual Value, to which the Total 
Sum so levied by them respectively, within such 
year, amounted, in respect of the Premises on 
which such Rates were levied, specifying the pur- 
poses, in addition to the Support of the Poor, for 
which such Rates were levied, and the Acts of 
Parliament authorizing the same:— And, from the 
several Boroughs in England and Wales, returning 
a Member or Members to serve in Parliament, of 
the respective Sums assessed for Borough Rates on 
such Boroughs respectively, for the year ending at 
the period to which the Accounts of such Boroughs 
have been last audited; and also of the Sums paid 
by such Boroughs respectively, in the year ending 
at the same period, on each of the following Ac- 
counts ; viz. Expense of Gaol and Maintenance of 
Prisoners ; Administration of Justice and Prosecu- 
tion of Prisoners; County Expenses; Coroner; 
County Rates. 
CourtofSession Returns showing, in columns,—1. the Number of 
(Seotland.) — Causes enrolled for Debate before each Lord Or- 
No, 607. dinary, since the 29th day of April 1842 and the 
20th day of July 1844, and vhe Dates of Enrolment : 
—2. The Number of Causes attually debated before 
each Lord Ordinary, between the 29th day of April 
1842 and the 20th day of July 1844, and also the 
Date of each Debate:—3. The Number of Causes 
sent to each Lord Ordinary to be cedvised, or to 
Avizandum, between the 29th day of April 1842 
and the 20th day of July 1844; and th: Number 
returned from Avizandum, with the Date of sending 
and returning said Causes, distinguishing such as 
have been put to any intermediate Roll, with reason 
therefor, and the Dates of Enrolment, and conse- 
quent Interlocutor (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 428, of Session 1842). 
PauperLunatics Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 


5° Septembris, 645 


the Peace in Ireland, Date of the Session, Name of 

the Person sentenced, and the Offence charged, and 

the Term of Transportation :—Of the Number of 
Persons left in custody after each Assizes during 

the above period who were afterwards tried at Ses- 

sions ; the Number of Persons who have appeared. 

to take their Trial at the Assizes, who have been 

bailed and been afterwards tried at the Sessions. 

A Return of the Number of Murders, and attempts Murder 
to murder, in the County of Tipperary :—Also, of (Tipperary-) 
the Number of Persons against whom ‘True Bills of 
Indictment for these Offences were found by the 
Grand Jury, and the results thereof, showing the 
Number of Acquittals and Convictions, and the 
Punishment inflicted in each case, in each of the 

last Ten years. 

A Return of the Number of Lunatics from the Lunatics 
Counties of Armagh, Cavan and Fermanagh, received (Ireland. ) 
into the District Lunatic Asylum of Armagh, in the 

Two years ending the 1st day of July 1844, with the 
Number of Applications for Admission from each 
County during the same period ; also, a Return of 

the Number of Criminal Lunatics confined in the 
respective Gaols, on the 1st day of July 1844. 

A Return of the several Establishments maintained gmuggling. 
for the Prevention of Smuggling in the United King- wo 37, 
dom in each of the years 1842 and 1843; stating, 

under separate heads, the Expense in Wages, Sa- 
laries, Vessels, Houses, &amp;c.; the Expense of Pro- 
secutions by the Departments of Customs and Ex- 

cise ; the Amount of Produce of Seizures of Smuggled 

and Illegal Goods, the Share paid to the Officers 
seizing them, and the Amount remaining to the 
Crown: also, all other Incidental Charges, so as to 
exhibit the entire Charge, according to Returns laid 

before the House of Commons on the 7th day of 
February 1825. 

Return to an Order dated the 5th day of August wheat. 
last, for a Return of the Quantity of Wheat imported yo. gag. 
from the United States into Canada, from the 11th 

day of October 1843 to the 3ist day of July 1844, 

both inclusive :—Also, the Quantity of Wheat and 

Flour imported from Canada into Great Britain 

and Ireland, distinguishing the Quantity into each, 

from the same period to the same period, (so far as 
relates to the Importations from Canada into the 
United Kingdom). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to Parochial 

and Borough Rates, &amp;c., (England and Wales) ; 
Court of Session (Scotland) ; Pauper Lunatics (Lre- 
land); Mr. James Guthrie Wright; Smuggling ; 

and, Wheat, be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Lancashire 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Norther Divi- 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in "°° W""* 
this present Parliament for the Northern Division of 


(ireland. ) dated the 7th day of August last, for Copies of | the County of Lancaster, in the room of the Right 


No.603. Correspondence between Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment in Jreland and the Grand Juries assembled at 

Summer Assizes 1844, on the subject of providing 

additional accommodation for Pauper Lunatics. 

Mr, Thomas Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Guthrie Wright. A Copy of the Report made by Mr. Thomas Guthrie 
No.636, Wright, to Baron Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner, 
and the other Judges of the Jury Court in Scotland, 


honourable Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, com- 
monly called Lord Stanley, 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. 


Petitions from Dolwyddelan ;—Llanegryn ;—and, Small Debts 


in the year 1827 (which Report was made under | Welshpool; praying that the Small Debts Bill may Bil. 


orders from the aforesaid Judges). 


pass into a law; and that the Judges of the local 





Police Further Returns to an Order dated the 27th day 
(Ireland.) of June last, for a Return to be taken from the 
Police Diary of every Police Station in Ireland, 
showing the Number of Men who were on Patrole, 
and the length of time they were absent on Patrole, 
between the hour of midnight and six o’clock the 
following morning, during each night in the month 
of March 1844. 
Transportation, | Returns for the years 1841, 1842 and 1843, of the 
‘e., (Ireland.) Number of Persons sentenced to Transportation by 


Courts of Quarter Sessions or General Sessions of 


courts in Wales may be acquainted with the language 
of the Welsh people,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Presbyterian Con- sugar. 
gregation of Bellevue Chapel, in the parish of Tre- 
lawney and the Island of Jamaica, praying the House 
to reduce the duty on British Colonial Sugar at the 
same time with that on Foreign Sugar, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Vou 99. 





4n3 A Petition 





Medical 
Profession. 


Trinity House 
(Deptford 
Strond. ) 


No. 639. 


Answer tc 
Address, 


Mecklenburg 
Schwerin and 
Mecklenburg 
Strelitz. 


Steam Vessels, 


Journal to be 
printed, 


Answ er vo 
Addresses. 


Dominica. 


No, 640. 


New Zealand. 


No. 641. 








646 A. 1844, 


resented,—Further Return to Succession to 


5° Septembris. 


A Petition of Robert Thomas Webb, of Wyndham-| Sir Robert Peel pres 
strect, Saint Mary-le-bone, praying the House to | an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of 
ass a law to establish a Royal College of Medical ; March last, for—ist. A Statement of the Rate or 
ciences, of which all lawful practitioners of all or | Scale of any Taxes or Duties imposed (either by 
any branch of Medical Science shall be members | the Government or by Municipalities) on succession 
and entitled to be styled and called Doctors of Me- | to Property after Death ; stating also if, in imposing 
dical Sciences, and to add after their names the | such Taxes or Duties, any distinction be made in 
letters M. D. s., and to take rank and precedence | such Foreign Countries between Real (or immove- 
next after the mM. p’s. of Her Majesty’s present Uni- | able) Propertyand Personal (or moveable) Property: 
versities, or that he may be heard at the bar of the | —2d. A Statement of the Annual Amount received 
House, before they proceed to pass any law on the | from such Taxes or Duties. 
subject of the Medical Profession, was presented, | Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
ee read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Table ; and be printed. 


Propert 
yi seg 


No. 632, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Tr inity | 
House (Deptford Strond), which was presented upon 
the 8th day of August last, be printed. © 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- State Trial 
posed, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to re- Ireland.) 
quest that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 

r . | municate to this House, a Copy of the Opinions de- 
_ a mp pte a0 r a eo | livered by the Judges in the House of Lords on the 
Ade — 1 : vagy yen a il aga H d Ma; er Me | Questions of Law propounded to them in the case of 
Congratulations of this House to Her Majesty on| O&gt; Connell and others, v. the Queen; together with 
the birth of another Prince ; and to assure Her Ma-| , Copy of the Notes taken by the Short-hand Writer 


jesty, that every increase of Her illustrious Family, | ; : . 
. a poe addivion to Her Majesty's densities ioe | appointed to report the Proceedings and Judgment 


; . : ; ; | thereon ;—— 
piness, afford the most unfeigned joy and satisfaction 
to Her faithful Commons, had been presented to} 4 . . 
; gy: Messs by Sir A tus Clifford, Gentlema 
Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had been pleased | 1y.4,., of the Beck R ae — . 5, em 
to receive the same very graciously ; and to give the | Mr. Speaker ° 
a ? 


following Answer : ‘ , i ot 
{ return you My hearty thanks for your dutiful | Rete — a Her Royal Assent tos 
and loyal Address, and I have received with satis- | : a a 
dee potted : _veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, and for 
pny anism hal ay ate | proroguing this present Parliament, do desire the 





immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | the House of Peers, to hear the Commissions read. 
mand.—A C P iettnn ae ee | Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
»—A Copy of Treaties of Commerce and Na- Sty P ? - ee We 
vigation between Her Majesty and the Grand Dukes | Up to the House of Peers, where a Commission under 
of Mecklenburg Schwerin and Mecklenburg Stre- | the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring and noti- 
litz, signed at Schwerin, May 1, 1844. | fying the Royal Assent to the several Public Bills 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | therein mentioned; and the Lords thereby authorized 
Table. declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which 


- ' , : Bills are as follow: 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | An Act for the Registration, Incorporation and Joiut Stock 
a Return of the Number of Steam Vessels completed | 


; 1b Regulation of Joint Stock Companies : a “g 
during each of the Two Periods, from the 1st day | pe ernadg 


of April 1839 to the 31st day of August 1841, and | 
from the 1st day of September 1841 to the Ist day | 
of July 1844, with the respective Total Amounts of | 
Horse Power and Tonnage. 


Regulation Bill, 
An Act for facilitating the winding up the Affairs Joint Stock 
of Joint Stock Companies unable to meet their Pe- —— 


cuniary Engagements : - agar 

. . Equity Bill. 
An Act to regulate Joint Stock Banks in Eng- Jcint Stock 
Banks Regula- 
tion Bill. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from the | 
end of the last Session of Parliament, to the end of the | land: 


‘resent Sessi ith &lt; x 2 Ni -ni | ee , , 
present Session, with an Index to the Ninety-ninth _ An Act to indemnify Persons connected with Art- Art-Unions 
Volume, be printed. | 


Unions, and others, against certain Penalties : Bill. 
Ordered, That One thousand two hundred and | ie iii 


fifty Copies of the said Journal and Index, be printed, |, An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relat- Merchant | 
by the appointment, and under the direction of John , ™g to Merchant Seamen, and for keeping a Register Seamen Bill. 
Henry Ley, Esquire, the Clerk of this House. of Seamen : 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be An Act to regulate and reduce the Expenses of Law Courts 
printed by such persons as shall be licensed by Mr. the Offices attached to the Superior Courts of Law (Ireland) Bill 
Speaker; and that no other person do presume to in Ireland, payable out of the Consolidated Fund: 


print the same. | An Act to amend an Act of the sixth year of Her fisheries 

| present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act toregulate the (Ireland) Bill. 
2» ce cau 7? , . ete Tr 

House, That their several Addresses of the 9th day | ~ ish Fisher a and es “Prov _ the Constabulary 

of August last (That Her Majesty would be graci- | Ii og ecg certain Provisions respecting the 

ously pleased to give directions that the Papers | “7 */0eres- 

therein mentioned might be laid before this House) | . 

had been presented Hg A Sidesty; and tek _ | And afterwards a Speech of the Lords Commis- Lords Cow- 

Majesty had commanded he to acquaint this | Semners was Colvered to Beth Howees by the Lave — 

ayes ad é € a Si qy: eee a e ; speech. 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. High Chancellor, which is ss followeth : ° 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to | My Lords and Gentlemen, 
several Addresses to Her Majesty, —Copies or Ex-| We are commanded by Her Majesty, in relieving 
tracts of Correspondence relative to the late Distur- | you from further attendance in Parliament, to ex- 
bances among the Negroes in the Island of Domi- | press to you the warm acknowledgments of Her 
nica. | Majesty for the zeal and assiduity with which you 
have applied yourselves to the discharge of your 
public duties during a laborious and protracted 
Session. 

The result has been the completion of many legis- 
‘lative measures calculated to improve the adminis- 
tration 


A Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of the ' 
Church Missionary Society to Lord Stanley, relative 
to the Affairs of New Zealand. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 





8 Vicroritz. 5° Septembris.—10° Octobris—12° Decembris. 647 


tration of the Law, and to promote the public wel- 
fare. 

Her Majesty has given Her cordial assent to the 
Bill which you presented to Her Majesty, for regu- 
lating the issue of Bank Notes, and for conferring 
certain Privileges upon the Bank of England for a 
limited period. 

Her Majesty trusts that these measures will tend 
to place the pecuniary transactions of the Country 
upon a sounder basis, without imposing any incon- 
venient restrictions on commercial credit or enter- 
prise. 

Weare directed to inform you, that Her Majesty 
continues to receive from Her Allies, and from all 
Foreign Powers, assurances of their friendly dis- 
position. 

Her Majesty has recently been engaged in dis- 
cussions with the Government of the King of the 
French on events calculated to interrupt the good 
understanding and friendly relations between this 
Country and France; you will rejoice to learn that, 
by the spirit of justice and moderation which has 
animated the Two Governments, this danger has 
been happily averted. 








Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


We are commanded by Her Majesty to thank 
you for the readiness with which you voted the 
Supplies for the service of the year. 

Her Majesty has observed with the utmost satis- 
faction, that by the course to which you have steadily 
adhered in maintaining inviolate the public faith, 
and inspiring a just confidence in the stability of the 
national resources, you have been enabled to make 
a considerable reduction in the annual charge on 
account of the Interest of the Public Debt. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 





After which a Commission was read, for pro- partiament 
roguing the Parliament until Thursday the 10th day Prorogued. 
of October next; and the Parliament was accord- 
ingly prorogued until Thursday the 10th day of 
October next. 








Jovis, 10° die Octobris ; 


Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844, 


T 


country ; 
A Message was brought from the Lords, 


by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: vite 


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 pro- 
roguing of the Parliament until Thursday the 12th 
day of December next; and the Parliament was 
accordingly prorogued until Thursday the 12th day 
of December next. 








Jovis, 12° die Decembris ; 








Her Majesty desires us to congratulate you on 
the improvement which has taken place in the con- 
dition of our manufactures and commerce, and on 
the prospect that, through the bounty of Divine 
Providence, we shall enjoy the blessing of an abun- 
dant harvest. 

Her Majesty rejoices in the belief that on your 
return to your several districts you will find gene- 


rally prevailing throughout the Country a spirit of 


loyalty and cheerful obedience to the Law. 
Her Majesty is confident that these dispositions, 


so important to the peaceful development of our 
Resources and to our National Strength, will be con- 
firmed and encouraged by your presence and 


example. 


We are commanded by Her Majesty to assure 
you that, when you shall be called upon to resume 
the discharge of your Parliamentary functions, you 
may place entire reliance on the cordial co-opera- 
tion of Her Majesty in your endeavours to improve 
the social condition and to promote the happiness 


and contentment of Her People. 


Anno 8° Victorie Regine, 1844. 


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 4th day of 
February next; and the Parliament was accord- 
ingly prorogued until Tuesday the 4th day of Fe- 








bruary next. 











INDEX 





HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 


HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 


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